With less than 3 days left before the start of the WTT Doha Star Challenge, the official website of the International Table Tennis Federation updated the latest player list, but the names of many of the main players of the national table tennis were not seen. Qin Zhijian said in a broken word. Details are as follows:
What happened when a number of key players of the national table tennis team withdrew from the WTT Doha Star Challenge?
Previously, including Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Liu Shiwen, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun and other major players of national table tennis signed up for the WTT Doha Star Challenge, of which Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin participated in the three events of singles, doubles and mixed doubles at the same time.
However, according to the latest news from the official website of the International Table Tennis Federation, 17 national table tennis players who had previously registered, such as Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong, Wang Chuqin, Xiang Xiaopeng, Xu Haidong, Chen Meng, Chen Xingtong, He Zhuojia, Ku Man, Liu Shiwen, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi, chose to withdraw from the competition.
However, in the men's singles: including Zhao Zihao, who is currently ranked 37th in the world, Sun Wen, who is ranked 116th in the world, Xu Yingbin, who is ranked 127th in the world, Yu Ziyang, who is ranked 150th in the world, and Xue Fei, who is ranked 158th in the world, will still participate.
In the women's singles: including Qian Tianyi, who is now ranked 42nd in the world, Liu Weishan, who is ranked 46th in the world, Zhang Rui, who is ranked 77th in the world, Fan Siqi, who is ranked 143rd in the world, Yang Huijing, who is ranked 224th in the world, Chen Yi, who is ranked 314th in the world, Shi Xunyao, who is ranked 358th in the world, Qi Fei, who is ranked 717th in the world, and Qin Yuxuan, Zhonggeman, Zhu Sibing, who has no world ranking, will participate in the competition.
It is worth mentioning that as of the time of publication, in the men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles entries, the names of the national table tennis team Lin Gaoyuan / Liang Jingkun, Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin, Ma Long / Xu Xin, Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha, Qian Tianyi / Wang Yidi, Chen Meng / Liu Shiwen, Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha and other names are still listed. The possible reason is that the official website of the International Table Tennis Federation has not been updated in time.
Why is it said that Qin Zhijian is broken?
For the national table tennis players collectively withdrew from the WTT Doha Star Challenge, the outside world did not know. In this regard, Qin Zhijian, the head coach of the Chinese table tennis men's team, said that he talked about three points: First, the Singapore Grand Slam Tournament has successfully completed the purpose of training troops and obtaining event points. The implication is that whether or not to continue to participate in the WTT Doha Star Challenge is not important to the main players of national table tennis.
Second, after the recent intensive and high-intensity competitions, many main athletes have consumed a lot of physical strength and energy, and expressed their willingness to rest. It can be seen that the main reason for the withdrawal is the willingness of the players themselves; the third is that the Table Tennis Association has chosen to return to China directly to the absolute main force participating in the Singapore competition and the Olympic champion to rest in order to avoid the impact of injuries and illnesses caused by athlete fatigue, so the national table tennis team has chosen to return to China directly to rest and recuperate, and to meet the subsequent events with a better mental and technical state. It can be seen that the national table tennis is a big family with temperature!
Finally, I would like to say that although the main players of the national table tennis have withdrawn from this tournament, I hope that the fans will continue to cheer for the young players of the national table tennis, and I hope that they will live up to the expectations of the public and strive to return with a full load! So, how do you evaluate the retirement of the main players of the national table tennis? Welcome to the interactive communication below!
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