On September 4, Beijing time, the national table tennis 2022 Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships selection tournament will continue. In the previous day's showdown, 3 people have been completely out and lost, namely the 17-year-old talented youngster Lin Shidong of the men's team, and Liu Weishan and Fan Siqi of the women's team, while the world champion Lin Gaoyuan, who has attracted much attention, is currently in full swing, and the first game is 3-0 sweeping the famous Zhao Zihao, which is really imposing!
Today's selection competition will come to an end, the men's team will directly give birth to the "fifth person" of the World Table Tennis Championships, and the players who won the women's team cannot be selected for the time being, and must wait for the results of the WTT Oman Competition: If Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi cannot win the championship, the final winner of the women's team selection competition can successfully pass through the World Table Tennis Championships.
A total of 11 athletes from the national table tennis team were selected for the World Table Tennis Championships, including 6 members of the men's team, namely Lin Gaoyuan, Zhao Zihao, Yuan Licen in Group A, and Liu Dingshuo, Xiang Peng and Lin Shidong in Group B; The women's team has 5 people, including Ku Man's first-round bye, and He Zhuojia and Liu Weishan, Zhang Rui and Fan Siqi played out in the first round.
In the competition on September 3, the men's team A formed a "serial set", Lin Gaoyuan swept Zhao Zihao 3-0, Zhao Zihao defeated Yuan Licen 3-0, if Lin Gaoyuan can defeat Yuan Licen next, he will advance to the second round, if he loses, everyone will continue to play round robin, but the format will become 3 sets and 2 wins, "bloody battle to the end"!
The situation of the men's team B group is relatively clear, because Lin Shidong lost to Liu Dingshuo and Xiang Peng in two consecutive 0-3 defeats, which completely lost the qualification for promotion. As a star of hope for national table tennis who once defeated Xu Xin and Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong's performance this time was indeed not good, and he ended the battle so early that fans and friends regretted it.
The format of the women's team is different, the first round is a cruel knockout round, the result is He Zhuojia (Changjiao) in the case of 0-2 behind the three consecutive sets of liu Weishan, while Zhang Rui (raw glue) is 3-0 sweep Fan Siqi - two special playing athletes can have such a good performance in the team competition, it is indeed worth affirming!
On September 4, the women's team will play a second round of matches, starting with He Zhuojia and Zhang Rui, followed by a round robin with Ku man. The men's team continues to play in the group stage, the final winner of A and B groups advances to the final, who can win, who can be selected for the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships men's team list, worth everyone's attention!
At present, Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi are still competing overseas, and after the WTT Bulgaria match ends tonight, the two will immediately go to the Middle East to participate in the WTT Oman Race. According to the regulations of the Table Tennis Association, whoever can win the women's singles championship of Oman can be selected for the World Table Tennis Championships, which means that the results of the women's team selection competition are directly invalidated.
So who can get the last two tickets to Chengdu? The answer is about to be revealed, let's wait and see!