The WTT World Table Tennis Federation Branch Tournament Olomouc Station came to an end in the early hours of this morning, and national table tennis player Qian Tianyi defeated South Korea's Lee Eun-hye 4-1 to win the women's singles championship, which is also the only championship won by the national table tennis in this competition. The South Korean team won the men's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles titles, and the Japanese team won the men's doubles championship.
The 2022 Chengdu Team World Table Tennis Championships will be held at the end of September, and some members of the national table tennis team are conducting closed training in Chengdu, and the coaching team has also sent some of the main players to participate with young players to increase their experience and earn points. In the WTT regional tournament Olomouc, the national table tennis sent a lineup of 12 men and 10 women, and in the end, only Zhou Qihao entered the final four in the men's singles, losing 1-4 to Japanese mixed doubles world champion Makoto Yoshimura in the semifinals; In the women's singles, Qian Tianyi and Xu Yi entered the final four, but Xu Yi withdrew due to fever, and Qian Tianyi defeated Ni Xialian 4-2 and Li Enhui 4-1 to win the championship. In the women's doubles, Wu Yangchen / Zang Xiaotong advanced to the final, but had to withdraw from the competition because of Zang Xiaotong's fever, and the opponent South Korean combination Kim Na-young / Yoon Hyo-bin won the championship. The men's singles title went to South Korea's Cho Seung-min, who defeated Japan's Makoto Yoshimura 4-1, while Makoru Yoshimura and Kazuhiro Yoshimura won the men's doubles title 3-1 against teammates Seisen Yokoya and Yugen Tanigaki.
After the end of this competition, the WTT regional tournament Pana gyurishtai station will start tomorrow, and the national table tennis players will continue to fight, but Zang Xiaotong, Fan Shuhan and Xu Yi will retire, and the world champion Chen Xingtong will participate in the competition. 12 men's singles players played, Zhou Qihao, Xu Haidong directly entered the body, Cao Wei and other 10 people from the qualifiers; Women's singles Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi directly entered the main competition, and Wu Yangchen and 6 others started from the qualification round. Men's doubles Cao Wei / Xu Haidong entered the main competition, Niu Guankai / Quan Kaiyuan, Ren Hao / Zhou Kai participated in the qualifiers, women's doubles Wang Yihua / Chu Hanwen, Li Yuqi / Leng Yutong participated in the qualifiers, mixed doubles Xu Haidong / Wu Yangchen, Liang Yumao / Leng Yutong, Liu Yebo / Li Yuqi participated in the qualifiers.
Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi's Chengdu Team World Table Tennis Championships ticket dispute also began early from this stop. According to the selection method for the Team World Table Tennis Championships announced by the Chinese Table Tennis Association, Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi, whoever wins the women's singles championship of the Oman Regular Season Challenge from September 4 to 10, will be eligible for the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships. If neither wins, tickets to the World Table Tennis Championships will go to the team selection champion. Qian Tianyi just won the women's singles championship of the WTT regional tournament Olomouc, and Chen Xingtong temporarily added the WTT regional tournament Panaghurishtai station, although this tournament does not determine the ownership of the World Table Tennis Championship tickets, but it will be a head-on duel between the two before the Oman station, who performs better, in Oman may occupy a certain psychological advantage. The battle for tickets to the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships is about to begin.