The list of participants in the first leg of the closely watched T2 League (held in Malaysia on July 18-21) can be described as an official announcement like "squeezing toothpaste", on the evening of June 18, it was announced that Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin would participate in the men's singles; at noon on June 19, it was announced that Ding Ning and Zhu Yuling would participate in the women's singles. What's more, this is only part of the list of contestants, and the final list has not yet been announced.
On the evening of June 18, the T2 League officially announced the first partial men's singles entry list: Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Zhang Benzhihe, Mizutani Hayabusa, Boer, Caldrano Hugo. A total of 16 men's singles players in the T2 League participated, and this only announced 7 people, which can be described as an appetite.
At noon on June 19, the T2 League officially announced the first partial women's singles participation list: Ding Ning, Zhu Yuling, Ishikawa Yoshijun, Szokos, Feng Tianwei, Ito Mimachi. The women's singles is also 16 people competing, and only 6 people have been officially announced so far.
In the women's singles list, the focus is on Japan's Ishikawa Yoshijun. According to the first three tournament points of 2019 (Hungarian Open, Qatar Open, China Open), the men's singles and women's singles are the top 15+ one out-of-the-box players, and from the ranking of the first three stops of the tour, Ishikawa Yoshinori ranks 18th.
In addition to the 18th place is Ishikawa Yoshijun qualified, according to Japanese media reports, the Japanese women's singles qualifier is Ito Mimako, Hirano Miyu, Ishikawa Yoshinori, Kato Miyu. Miyu Kato is ranked 19th. The Japanese media wrote in the article that due to the reduction of the chinese team, the Japanese team Ishikawa Yoshinori and Kato Miyu qualified for the competition.
After the first three open tournaments in 2019, in the top 15 of the Tour standings, the Chinese women's singles team has Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, Liu Shiwen, Zhu Yuling, Ding Ning, Sun Yingsha, Chen Xingtong, Wang Yidi, He Zhuojia, and 9 players qualified for the first leg of the T2 League. If Japanese media reports are true, the Chinese women's team is at least 3 players withdrawing from the first leg of the T2 League.