On April 20, Beijing time, the Korean Table Tennis Association, a strong rival of national table tennis, is hosting the Asian Games and the World Table Tennis Championships Trials. This season's Asian Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, whether it is the Japan Table Tennis Association or the Korean Table Tennis Association, attach great importance to it and specially hold special selection competitions. At present, the Japanese Asian Games and the World Table Tennis Championships big list has been released. Tomokazu Jang, Makoto Yoshimura, Miyu Hirano, and Hina Hayata receive singles tickets.
At present, the Asian Games of the Korean Table Tennis Association and the World Table Tennis Championships Trials are underway. In this selection competition, April 18 to 20 is the first stage of competition. According to the rules set before the competition, the top 10 athletes in the world directly qualified for the competition and did not need to participate in the selection competition, and only Tian Zhixi of the Korean team met the requirements. Tian Zhixi is a Chinese player and the younger sister of Coach Liu Guoliang, and the two are both disciples of the meritorious coach Yin Xiao.
In addition, the Korean coaching staff stipulates that those who rank first in the first stage of the selection competition will directly receive tickets for the competition. The top three in the second stage of the selection competition won the qualification for the competition. At present, the first stage of the Korean Selection Tournament has ended.
In the men's team, a total of 10 people competed, and South Korea's jung Young-sik was absent from the competition. South Korea's Lim Joong-hoon and Kim Dong-hyun withdrew. At present, in the men's team round robin competition, South Korean star Zhang Yuzhen won 8 consecutive victories, ranking first, and took the lead in qualifying for the Asian Games and the World Table Tennis Championships. Zhang Yuzhen won 5 3:0 and 3:1 in 3 games. Zhang Yuzhen is indeed very strong, and the Houston World Table Tennis Championships reached the men's doubles final, and finally lost to Sweden to win the runner-up.
In other arenas of the first stage, South Korea's Kang Dong-taek won 5 and lost 3, ranking second. Cho Dae-sung, Ahn Jae-hyun, and Hwang Min-ha are all 5-2, and Cho Seung-min and Lee Sang-so are both 4-4. Park Chan-hyuk won 2 and lost 5. According to the rules of the competition, the first ranked in the first stage and the last ranked one do not need to participate in the second stage of the competition. At present, Liu Guoliang's sister Tian Zhixi and the world runner-up Zhang Yuzhen took the lead in winning tickets for the Asian Games and the World Table Tennis Championships.