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The second leg of the WTT Grand Slam 2022 was scheduled to be held from April 25 to May 9. According to the original plan, the Grand Slam Tournament will hold 4 stops this year.
But so far, there has been no news about the second leg of the Grand Slam, and there is no news about the Grand Slam schedule on the official websites of the Itttennis Federation and the World Table Tennis Federation, and only one tournament has been arranged in April, that is, the Austrian Youth Tournament.
The second, third and fourth leg of the Grand Slam did not see any notices or messages.
To be sure, the second leg of the Grand Slam, which was scheduled to start at the end of April, has been postponed, leaving a few questions: Will the 2022 Grand Slam still be held for four stops? If there are 4 stops, when will the second stop be held, and why was the second race postponed?
These questions can only wait for the most professional answers from the International Table Tennis Federation and the World Table Tennis Federation.
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WTT Grand Slam
WTT Grand Slam, which is the highest standard event under the World Table Tennis Federation system, points and prize money are very high levels, and the Olympic World Table Tennis Championships are on a par with each other, and because its prize money is very high, it attracts some players to participate.
According to the plan, starting from 2022, WTT Grand Slam tournaments will be held four times a year to learn from the successful experience of tennis in market-oriented operation. In March 2022, the first Grand Slam tournament was successfully held in Singapore.
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Why was the second leg of the WTT Grand Slam postponed?
The second Grand Slam tournament was originally scheduled for April 25th to May 9th, but today it has reached the 20th, and there is still no news of the event promotion, so it can basically be determined that the game has been postponed or cancelled.
As for why this game was postponed, everyone is also speculating at present, and the more reasonable view is still the cause of the epidemic.
At present, the epidemic situation in the world is still very strong, no matter where the competition location is located, there is a certain risk, and the cost of the event is extremely high, because it costs a lot of money to do safety and health work.
Moreover, many associations, including national table tennis, have only ended their quarantine in the past two days, and they are not suitable for participating in international competitions immediately.
The second reasonable guess is that the WTT World Table Tennis Federation can not afford to hold the cost. WTT Grand Slam is a commercial event, need to do their own ROI, currently do not know how much revenue the World Table Tennis Federation through the first Grand Slam, but the expenditure can be seen, bonuses, hotel catering, facility maintenance, event promotion and so on are all costs. For the World Table Tennis Federation, it is still more stressful.
The third guess is that the national table tennis basically covers all the honors, and the players of the foreign association do not have too strong sense of participation, so there is not much difference from other events of the International Table Tennis Federation in the past.
Individuals are more inclined to the first guess, after the epidemic situation improves, I believe that the second Grand Slam tournament can still be held. However, the second and third speculations are also well-founded, and indeed this is also a problem facing the World Table Tennis Federation.
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