Halfway through April 2022, the world table tennis scene is still calm. Prior to this, the question of whether the WTT Tokyo Grand Slam tournament will be held has been widely spread in the table tennis circle, some people say that it will be held, and some people say that it will not be held, which makes fans and friends confused: Can it be done in the end? Everyone is still waiting to see the national table tennis fight Zhang Benzhihe and Ito Mimachi again!
Unfortunately, by consulting the official websites of the International Table Tennis Federation and the World Table Tennis Federation, we can basically conclude that the Tokyo Grand Slam, which was scheduled to start around April 25, will at least not be held as scheduled, as to whether it will be postponed or cancelled. Then you can only wait for the latest news.
As we all know, the WTT Grand Slam is the latest top event held in the table tennis world, and from the points of view of the world ranking alone, it can fully compete with the Olympic Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, which has also become an important measure in the international table tennis federation's initiatives to promote commercial events in recent years.
It is precisely because of the rich prize money and points, so the first grand slam in March this year - WTT Singapore Grand Slam Tournament has won the full support of famous players around the world, in addition to Zhu Yuling, Ochalov and other people who gave up participating because of physical health, the rest of the top table tennis players have participated, the battle is also very fierce, it is indeed a feast for fans and friends.
However, just when the eagerly awaited second Grand Slam tournament in April kicked off in Tokyo, everything was calm. The original competition held in Japan was very eye-catching, and the confrontation between the Chinese and Japanese teams was the focus of table tennis, but after the arrival of April, everyone did not receive any relevant publicity, and the situation was already not good.
Judging from the scheduling of the world table tennis federation in April, there is only one youth event held in Austria, and further down, until December, we did not see the word "Smash" representing the Grand Slam, and indeed there was no arrangement.
According to the previous plan, 2022 was supposed to hold 4 Grand Slam tournaments, but now only 1 stop has been played, which can not help but worry about the other 2 traditional events, that is, the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships and the Hangzhou Asian Games. What is even more disturbing is that the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships have been postponed, and many fans can't help but worry: Will it be cancelled like the last Busan World Table Tennis Championships?
However, as netizens said, at the moment of the epidemic, safety is still the first. I can only pray here that the disaster that mankind is now facing can end as soon as possible and let everyone return to normal life together.