The 2022 WTT American Ferimón Regional Tournament began, because the latest edition of the world rankings was just released this week, the regional tournament had to re-announce the list of seeded players, of which the Japanese rival Yukiya Utada, who reached the top 4 of the Singapore Grand Slam men's singles, will play in the men's singles competition with the No. 2 seed, and Shin Yubin, a 17-year-old girl from South Korea who appeared for the first time this year, unexpectedly pressed Zheng Yijing to gain the top seed seat in the women's singles, and the total prize money of the US regional tournament was 20,000 US dollars, and the championship points were 150 points.
Due to the collective abandonment of the Chinese team, the two top teams of South Korea and Japan have just held the selection of the World Table Tennis Championships and the Asian Games, and only some players have been sent to participate, and they are not the main lineup that stands out in the selection competition, resulting in the dim star of this regional competition. However, the Chinese Taipei team led by world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan still sent all the main players except Lin Yunru to compete and compete for more points. Zhuang Zhiyuan competed as the number one seed in the men's singles, but he did not have the strength to win the championship in the men's singles event, and the preliminary prediction was that reaching the men's singles semifinals was victory.
According to the ITTF World Rankings in Week 18, the top 8 seeds in men's singles are: 1. Tomoyuki Chuang (World No. 25) 2.Yukiya Utada (No. 27 in the World) 3.Kanek (No. 30 in the World) 4.Duda (No. 33 in the World) 5.Fark (No. 38 in the World) 6.Iugni (No. 47 in the World) 7.Hayasuke Tokami (No. 49 in the World) 8.Brian (No. 60 in the World)
The loudest call for the men's singles championship is Japan's Yukiya Utada, who has been pinned high hopes by the Japanese Table Tennis Association since winning the Japanese Championship in 2020, and finally reached the top 4 of the men's singles at this year's Grand Slam, and lost 6 sets of the semi-final with Fan Zhendong, showing a certain strength, this is an excellent opportunity for him to win the men's singles championship. Those who can create obstacles on the way to Yukiya Utada's victory include the host men's single brother Kanek, Sweden's Fark, Germany's Duda and Japan's Toue Hayabusa. Kanek defeated Tomokazu Chang in one fell swoop at the Singapore Grand Slam, Falke was the runner-up of the men's singles at the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships and the men's doubles champion of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships, Duda was the German team's P card at the Tokyo Olympics, and Toue Hayabusa was the men's singles champion of this year's Japan Championships.
The top 8 seeds in this women's singles station are: 1. Shen Yubin (world no. 25) 2. Chen Siyu (world no. 30) 3. Zheng Yijing (world no. 34) 4. Erland (world no. 48) 5. Zhang An (world no. 49) 6. Kamas (world no. 66) 7.Akula (no. 68 in the world) 8.Liu Xinyin (no. 70 in the world)
Shin Yubin began to represent the Korean team in international competitions in 2019, although known as a talented girl, but did not have much achievement in the women's singles field, this year due to injury missed the South Korean team's World Table Tennis Championships and Asian Games selection, chose to come back in this station Although high in the women's singles number one seed, her prospects for winning the championship are not optimistic. Chinese Taipei's sister changed hands, Zheng Yijing, who once won the World Cup runner-up, dropped from 12th in the world ranking to 34th, 4 places lower than Chen Siyu, the two are expected to win the championship in the women's singles competition of this station, and the host American sister Zhang An and India's double sister Akula and Camas also have the opportunity to impact the women's singles championship.