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The WTT Xinxiang World Cup Finals will be played on October 27, and some of the participants in the tournament have been announced. In the previous article, I shared the list of women's singles, and in this article I will share the men's singles.
Event name: WTT World Cup Finals, Xinxiang Station
Event: October 27-30
Partial list:
As we all know, the World Cup finals have 16 singles spots. At present, with the world ranking, a total of 11 players have qualified for the competition, and 5 players are still to be determined, and they need to compete for places through the WTT Macau Championship!
01 11 places have been identified
The top five in the world rankings, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Zhang Benzhihe and Hugo, have undoubtedly secured the top five seeds.
Ranked 6-11, Moregaard, Lin Yunru, Darko, Qiu Dang, Ocharov and Wang Chuqin also successfully won the competition. Therefore, for them, there is no pressure on the Macau Championship, the motivation lies in the higher points and prize money, which is of great help to improve the world ranking and accumulate personal wealth!
For Fan Zhendong, he was the men's singles champion last year (World Cup Finals in Singapore), so he is also aiming to defend his title this year! But it's not easy, we see that men's sides are still very competitive!
02 5 places to be determined
Since there are a total of 16 singles qualifications in the tournament, and 11 have been confirmed so far, there are still 5 to be determined, and Macau can basically be determined after the tournament. The specific rules are as follows:
National table tennis player Lin Gaoyuan, if you can advance to the 1/4 final, you can get a place; If he is eliminated in the 1/16 final or before, and 5 players ranked below him advance to the 1/4 final, they will be disqualified.
Germany's Francesca can secure a place if she advances to the semifinals; If he is eliminated in the 1/4 final or before, and 4 players ranked below him advance to the 1/4 final, he will be disqualified.
Aruna, an African brother, qualifies by advancing to the semi-finals; If he is eliminated in the 1/4 final or before, and 3 players ranked below him advance to the 1/4 final, he will be disqualified.
Germany's Boll qualified for the final; If he is eliminated in the semi-finals or before, and two players ranked below him advance to the semi-finals, they will be disqualified.
Veteran Chuang Zhiyuan, who won the championship to qualify, was eliminated in the final or before, and one player ranked below him advanced to the semi-finals and was disqualified.
In addition, Zhang Yuzhen, currently ranked 17th in the world, and Wang Yang, who is ranked 38th, may all get places, but at least they need to reach the semifinals in Macau to have hope!
The above is the men's singles list of the Xinxiang event, who do you think will win the championship, and can Fan Zhendong successfully defend his title?