The Durban World Table Tennis Championships Asian qualifiers are in full swing, and on January 10, Beijing time, another international event will kick off, that is, the WTT South Africa Durban Regular Challenge. Since the main players of the national table tennis are all competing in the World Preliminary Round, it is naturally impossible to go to South Africa, so only 12 non-main players such as Lin Shidong are left to register.
However, there are many foreign association masters participating in this competition, especially the men's team will face Hugo, Qiu Dang, Francesca, Aruna Kalberg, Simon, Felix and other strong opponents, there is a complete risk of total annihilation, really be careful!
As we all know, the 2023 single World Table Tennis Championships is held in Durban, South Africa, and it is also the habit of many athletes to go to the local venue in advance, and it just so happens that the WTT South African Tournament was held this time, so even if it is far from the hometown of most table tennis celebrities, it still attracts many masters to sign up.
But embarrassingly, at the same time, Asia is hosting the qualifiers of the World Table Tennis Championships, so the main forces of China, Japan and South Korea cannot go to South Africa to participate in the war, which also makes the overall strength of other continents significantly higher, and national table tennis and Asian athletes face a severe test.
According to the registration form, National Table Tennis sent a total of 12 athletes to participate in the WTT South African Tournament this time, of which the men's team is Lin Shidong, Liang Yancang, Xue Fei, Chen Yuanyu, Sun Wen, Xu Yingbin, and the women's team is Fan Siqi, Zhang Rui, Liu Weishan, Qu Man, Qian Tianyi, Chen Yi, although not the strongest team in the team, but still enough to wrestle with other masters from other countries.
Relatively speaking, the pressure of the national table tennis women's team is not very large, the strongest opponent is German main Mittham, Shan Xiaona, most of the famous players did not sign up, so the possibility of us winning the championship is still very large, the more dangerous is the men's team.
Although the strength of Lin Shidong and others is also very good, there are more foreign association masters participating in the South African competition, among which two of the world's top ten are Hugo (Brazil) and Qiu Dang (Germany), both of whom can impact the main opponents of national table tennis.
In addition, Francesca (Germany), who has won the five main players of national table tennis, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, and Lin Gaoyuan, is also on the list, and Aruna (Nigeria), who has won the Olympic men's singles quarterfinalist, will also participate, while France's Simon, Felix, and Sweden's Carlberg are also strong.
In 2021, the national table tennis men's team has suffered many defeats in international competitions, and the five main players have not been able to maintain a complete victory, and the rest of the non-main players and young players have lost a mess. The strength comparison between China and foreign men's table tennis in this South African tournament is also not optimistic, and it is no exaggeration to say that we may be destroyed by the group again.
However, the vicissitudes of the sea show the true colors of heroes, in the case of strong enemies, who can withstand the pressure and stand out, who can get a higher status in the hearts of the coaching staff: look forward to everyone can have a good performance, strive to win the championships, come on!