The 11 world champions of national table tennis withdrew, and Ma Long Fan Zhendong led the absence! Qin Zhijian pointed out 3 reasons. 2022 WTT Qatar Doha Star Challenge will start on March 25, the national table tennis originally planned to send all the main players to participate, from the latest news, the main force of the national table tennis has been collectively withdrawn, including Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng and other 11 world champions, and now there are some young players in the regular challenge, but whether to participate in the star challenge behind still need to wait for official news.
In the previously concluded Singapore Grand Slam, the national table tennis won 5 championships and 2 runners-up, of which Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng won the men's singles and women's singles championships respectively, and also qualified for the Hangzhou Asian Games. The original plan of the national table tennis coaching team was that after the Singapore Grand Slam, the main players would immediately go to Qatar to meet the second-tier players, and then participate in the star challenge, but the plan could not catch up with the changes, the national table tennis coaching team decided to let the main players return to China to rest, and the second-team players continued to play in Qatar. Qin Zhijian, head coach of the men's national table tennis team, said in an interview that the first group of players participated in the Oman Challenge, and then transferred to Qatar, the second group of younger players went directly to Qatar to participate in the side events and challenges, and the third group of main players originally planned to move to Qatar to participate in the Star Challenge after participating in the Singapore Grand Slam, and finally everyone returned to China together, but now the main players first returned to China to rest, and other young players were on standby.
Subsequently, Qin Zhijian also pointed out the reasons why the main players withdrew from the Doha Star Challenge, mainly in 3 points. The first point is that the main players have gone through 2 to 3 weeks of intense confrontation at the Singapore Grand Slam tournament to achieve the purpose of training and gaining tournament points. The second point is that the main players have recently played a lot of intensity, physical strength and energy consumption is also very large, and the main players also hope to rest and avoid injuries caused by fatigue. The third point is that the epidemic situation abroad is more serious now, there is a risk of infection during the journey, combined with these factors, the national table tennis coaching team finally decided to let the main players directly return to China for recuperation.
Although Ma Long Fan Zhendong and other national table tennis main players will not participate in the Doha Star Challenge, but the national table tennis players who are currently participating in the Doha Regular Challenge in Qatar have no intention of retiring for the time being, as for whether they will participate in the star challenge behind, it depends on how the national table tennis coaching team is arranged, whether it is to continue the game, or to return home immediately after the regular season challenge, we must believe that the national table tennis coaching team will put everyone's physical health in the first place, and hope that the national table tennis team members can play safely and go home healthy.