On March 22, 2022, according to the official announcement of the International Table Tennis Federation, the main force of the national table tennis collectively withdrew from the star challenge and gave up this opportunity to participate, which was unexpected, originally the national table tennis was planned to go to Doha, Qatar, after the end of the Grand Slam, to participate in the star challenge, and now it seems that the plan has changed, many fans have expressed safety first, and hope that the national table tennis players will return to China for rest as soon as possible.
The national table tennis this time is a batch of participation, 16 people went to Singapore to participate in the Grand Slam, the result is known to everyone, the final 5 championships and 2 Asian championships, Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng won the singles championship, straight to the Asian Games singles, won the championship to get 2000 points, 23 people went to Qatar to participate in the Doha Challenge, won the championship to get 400 points, the purpose is very clear, is to increase the practical experience of young players through the competition.
However, the main players are absent, facing the top masters of the foreign association is not very easy to play, the men's singles are only Zhao Zihao and Yuan Licen, Zhao Zihao against the Danish brother Gross, Yuan Lichen against Chinese Taipei star Lin Yunru, there are five women's singles, Zhang Rui against Austria's Polkanova, Ziffy against Hong Kong's Li Haoqing, Fan Siqi against Sweden's chipper Linda.
Shi Xunyao against Japanese teenager Mizu Nagasaki. Yang Huijing against Puerto Diaz, and a pair of men's doubles Cao Wei / Xu Yingbin against the Polish combination sirusek / Polanski, mixed doubles and women's doubles in the second round without national table tennis players to play, Xu Haidong and Qian Tianyi two young players withdrew, Shen Qiao also came off the bench to defeat Francesca, Yang Xiaoxin directly advanced.
The original plan of national table tennis is after the end of the Grand Slam, in Doha, Qatar, the main players directly participate in the star challenge, won the championship 600 points, the men's team head coach Qin Zhijian revealed the answer, he introduced the game in Singapore, the intensity is indeed too high, the goal of the coaching staff has been completed, now many people express their willingness to rest, after comprehensive consideration, decided to return directly to China for rest.
Going out to participate in the risk, everyone's safety is the most important thing, to know that not only the national table tennis, the national feather also collectively withdrew from the Swiss Open, such an arrangement can also be understood, the next step should be to come back as soon as possible for rest, because the national table tennis this year there are Asian Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, the national table tennis also has other participating tasks, everyone continues to participate, it does take time to rest, to avoid injuries.
However, the national table tennis players who are participating in the Doha Challenge in Qatar have no intention of retiring for the time being, it should be said after the end of this competition, no matter how the national table tennis coaching team arranges next, it will put everyone's physical health in the first place, and finally let us wish the national table tennis all the best, come back as soon as possible for rest, and prepare for the next stage of training.