Yesterday, the WTT World Table Tennis Federation announced the good news that the Chinese team in the Singapore Grand Slam tournament has added four more players to the original 12-person base. That is to say, WTT Singapore's first Grand Slam tournament, the national table tennis will have 16 players play. What's going on? It turned out that this was the final decision of the organizing committee. After consultation, the organizing committee gave 15 host players, 2 French players and 3 Chinese players wild cards to participate. Chinese table tennis team World Youth Championships men's and women's singles champions Xiang Peng and Ku Man won the qualifying wild card, and He Zhuojia, ranked 37th in the world, won the regular wild card.
What is even more gratifying is that in addition to these three wild cards, the WTT World Table Tennis Federation also nominated 17-year-old Chinese youngster Lin Shidong to directly advance to the main competition. Lin Shidong was also very happy, expressing his gratitude to the organizing committee and Chairman Liu Guoliang on the social platform, he said: "When I learned that I could participate in this competition, I felt very surprised, and my heart is now very excited and looking forward to it. I am very grateful to the WTT World Table Tennis Federation and the Chinese Table Tennis Association and Chairman Liu for giving me the opportunity to participate in the WTT Singapore Grand Slam tournament this time, I will definitely cherish such a stage, in the competition to play the morale and vitality of young athletes, and strive to play their highest level in this competition, in the game dare to confront the opponent and strive to spread certain highlights in this competition. ”
Why was the young general Lin Shidong able to be taken care of and favored by Chairman Liu Guoliang, and why did everyone call him Fan Zhendong's successor? It turns out that the young player born in 2005 seems to be exactly the same as Fan Zhendong in terms of body shape, playing style and game mentality, so fans call him "Little Fat". Last year, on May 3, 2021, in the men's singles group stage of the "Straight through WTT Grand Slam" World Table Tennis Championships and Olympic Simulation Tournament, Lin Shidong beat Olympic champion Xu Xin 3-2. After that, he also won Yan An, which can be described as a famous battle. For this reason, he also received personal praise from Liu Guoliang and affirmed his performance.
Last month's WTT Macau tournament, he defeated Zhou Qihao to advance to the quarterfinals, but lost to Lin Gaoyuan in the 1/4 match, and the skills and hard work he showed in the game were unforgettable, which may be the reason why Liu Guoliang gave him the green light
In addition to participating in the first Grand Slam tournament in WTT Singapore, Lim Shi Dong also participated in the WTT Oman Challenge, and yesterday he flew from Guangzhou to Oman with Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Chuqin. The youngster will participate in the men's singles and men's doubles, and the men's doubles he and Xiang Peng form a young new combination, and here to congratulate them on their good results.
After the Oman Challenge, it will be the long-awaited first Grand Slam tournament in Singapore, and I hope that the three veterans of Ma Long Xu Xin Liu Shiwen and the newly qualified He Zhuojia, Ku Man, Xiang Peng and Lin Shidong and all the participating players can achieve the results of their dreams, come on!