The WTT Star Challenge will kick off in Doha, Qatar, from March 25 to 31, and unlike grand slam tournaments that require strict world rankings, the Star Challenge national table tennis will play collectively, which is equivalent to combining the players of the previous Singapore Grand Slam and Doha Side Tournaments! As of now, on the list released by the International Table Tennis Federation, the national table tennis registration lineup is huge, with 24 men and 19 women respectively, and it is more surprising that the 4 Olympic champions Xu Xin/Ma Long, Chen Meng/Liu Shiwen will start from the doubles qualification tournament.
The qualifications of 10 men's singles players were determined: Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Xu Xin, Lin Gaoyuan and Zhao Zihao who participated in the main competition; Zhou Qihao, Xiang Peng, Xu Yingbin and Sun Wen who participated in the qualification competition; and 14 people who needed to wait for the INTERNATIONAL Table Tennis Federation to confirm the qualifications (Wang Chuqin, Xu Haidong, Yuan Licen, Lin Shidong, Yu Ziyang, Xue Fei, Huang Youzheng, Wang Tingyu, Zeng Beixun, Cao Wei, Zhang Yudong, Liu Dingshuo, Liang Guodong, Chen Yuanyu)
Judging from the situation of the Singapore Grand Slam and Qatar regional competitions, the reserve strength of the Chinese men's singles is more optimistic, and it has won the top four seats in the regional competition, especially several straight players Zhao Zihao, Xue Fei and Xu Haidong, who have been Xu Xin's successor, have shown gratifying results in singles and doubles. However, the real strength to win the championship in the star game, still can not escape Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun and other main players, wang Chuqin, Xu Xin and Lin Gaoyuan, who urgently need to improve the world ranking, are the people who need the men's singles championship the most, 3 people have been hovering around the world's 10th, in order to avoid touching teammates before the future 8 finals, we must try to improve the ranking.
The qualifications of the 13 women's singles players were determined: Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, He Zhuojia, Liu Weishan and Qian Tianyi who participated in the main competition; Ku Man, Zhang Rui, Shi Xunyao, Fan Siqi, Chen Yi and Yang Huijing who participated in the qualification competition; and 6 others needed to be confirmed by the INTERNATIONAL Table Tennis Federation (Liu Shiwen, Chen Xingtong, Zhong Geman, Qin Yuxuan, Zhu Sibing, Qi Fei)
The Chinese women's singles has never lost in major competitions such as the World Championships and the Olympic Games and the World Cup for many years, and unless they abandon the competition, they will not fall behind the championship. In the end, it is basically a situation of internal war champions, and the battle for the top three in the world between Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng is likely to continue, while young players such as Qian Tianyi and Ku man have potential, but it will take time to break through the three main forces.
There is only one pair of mixed doubles Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha directly into the main competition. The women's doubles main competition includes Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi/Qian Tianyi, and Chen Meng/Liu Shiwen starting from the qualifiers. Men's doubles Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan, Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin participated in the main competition, and Ma Long/Xu Xin played the qualifiers. Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin seem to have to fight in the third line again, as the only team members of the national table tennis to sign up for the mixed doubles, the overall strength is currently the strongest in the world, and it is no accident that they are still the favorite champions. Women's doubles Sun Yingsha / Wang Manyu strength crushed, the new combination Of Wang Yidi / Qian Tianyi is worth looking forward to, especially the results of the foreign war. The Olympic warm-up combinations Chen Meng and Liu Shiwen need to start from the qualification round, and the same need to play the qualification match is the World Championship champion and olympic champion xu Xin/Ma Long.