On May 5, Beijing time, the WTT US Open will start tomorrow. In this open tournament, the individual champion will receive 150 points. With the World Table Tennis Federation changing the points rules, 150 points is already precious for athletes. Therefore, the US Open, which does not have a high gold content, still attracts a large number of famous players, including world champions Zhuang Zhiyuan, Fark and others.
Unfortunately, the main player of the national table tennis did not register for the competition, and Liu Guoliang's coaching team did not arrange for the second team to participate. At the same time, the European association leagues are in full swing. Today, the Croatian Table Tennis Super League came to a successful end, with DR CASL winning seven consecutive titles and the ninth in the club's history.
It is worth mentioning that Ni Xialian, a 59-year-old Chinese world champion, and Zhang Mo, a Chinese athlete, are both athletes of the club. The 59-year-old Ni Xialian can be described as old and strong, the sword is not old, and once again led the club to win the Croatian league championship. The club lost just one game in the league throughout the season.
Although she is 59 years old, Ni Xialian is still active in the world table tennis arena. At last year's World Table Tennis Championships, Ni Xialian and teammate Nat successfully won the women's doubles bronze medal, creating table tennis history. In this year's WTT Singapore Grand Slam tournament, Ni Xialian and teammate Nat once again advanced to the final four, and finally lost to the national table tennis demon Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu. Ni Xialian pursues the principle of happy table tennis, the mentality of playing ball is very good, whether it wins or loses, it is a positive and optimistic view.
In addition, world champion Ocha made an important decision in an interview with the media, Ocha said that he had terminated his contract with Orenburg, the club did not set any obstacles, and expressed understanding of Ochalov's choice. It is worth mentioning that the world champion Ocha refused the invitation of the Japanese club, did not choose to play in Japan, but accepted the invitation of Germany's Ulm.
In the new season 2020, world champion Ochalov will represent Ulm in the Champions League, but also in the German Cup and possibly occasionally in the Bundesliga. In terms of national table tennis, the coaching team has not signed up for 2 US Open tournaments, and the main players of national table tennis are actively preparing for the next Hangzhou Asian Games in Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, and look forward to the main players of national table tennis to achieve good results at home.