National Table Tennis won all 5 gold medals at the WTT Singapore Grand Slam Tournament and once again showed its dominance. In the men's doubles event that is prone to problems, Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin joined forces to win the gold medal, which can also be regarded as a temporary relief for Qin Zhijian's worries. On March 22, according to the news of the World Table Tennis Federation, the main players of the national table tennis withdrew from the Doha Star Challenge, which will be launched on the 25th. Qin Zhijian, secretary general of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, responded to the reasons for the withdrawal of the main players of the national table tennis, and the officials of the World Table Tennis Federation were also happy about the result, and they believed that they could give other players more opportunities.
The dominance of national table tennis has continued to be strengthened in the past two years, especially in the women's singles event, the national table tennis has won the top 4 in the World Table Tennis Championships and this Grand Slam competition, and the people in both times are exactly the same, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi 4 people have shown higher than the ability of other players. Ma Long and Fan Zhendong are still unbeatable in the men's singles event, and the women's doubles combination of Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha has won two consecutive World Table Tennis Championships championships and this Grand Slam championship. The mixed doubles combination of Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha successfully succeeded Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, while the men's doubles combination of Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin gradually entered a better situation.
After winning all five championships in Singapore, on March 22, the World Table Tennis Federation announced that the main players of the national table tennis team had given up participating in the Next Star Challenge in Doha on the 25th. This also means that Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Liu Shiwen, Wang Yidi and other players will no longer need to compete continuously, but can get valuable rest opportunities. However, the players who are currently competing in the Doha Challenge will continue to participate in the Star Challenge and get the opportunity to exercise further.
In this regard, Qin Zhijian, secretary general of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, also responded to the reasons for the withdrawal of the main player of national table tennis. Qin Zhijian said that the national table tennis was originally envisaged that the main force would turn to Doha after the completion of the Grand Slam, but considering that the consumption of the team members has been very large, and combined with the changes in the global epidemic and the risk of the journey and other factors, in order to reduce the injury problem caused by fatigue of athletes, the national table tennis finally decided to return to China directly to repair and better prepare for the next game. This time, the national table tennis took the initiative to adjust and arranged for Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, and Chen Meng to return to China in advance.
Indeed, the national table tennis in the Singapore Grand Slam tournament is very expensive, Ma Long and Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu are all hard to fight 7 sets to win or lose. Not only that, the 2 women's singles semi-finals have also played 7 games, and Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha and others are one person and three, it can be said that everyone is very tired. Sun Yingsha's 3-4 defeat to Wang Manyu in the women's singles semifinals may also have something to do with Sasha's ability to consume a lot of physical energy in three events. In this case, Liu Guoliang's decision to cooperate with Chinese table tennis to send the main players back to China can be said to be very correct.
In this regard, WTT World Table Tennis Federation Director Pound and Tournament Director Dakit both expressed optimism, believing that this would give other players more opportunities to participate, in line with their original intention to design the game. Indeed, the main players of the national table tennis do not participate, in fact, to give other players, especially foreign masters, more opportunities, to avoid the big package of national table tennis, which is no wonder that many officials of the World Table Tennis Federation will be happy about it.