The national table tennis team members have returned to China from Singapore and are undergoing recovery training, and they should not have time to rest, because immediately in early April, April 9th to April 15th for a week, will be in Xinxiang City, Henan Province WTT Champions Cup match, from the level point of view, the champion cup competition is second only to the WTT four major slams and the World Cup final at the end of the year, higher than the level of ordinary regional events and sub-events.
The winner of this competition will receive 35,000 US dollars, and another 1,000 points. The Champions Cup will be a relatively small tournament, with only men's and women's singles matches. At the same time, both men's and women's players will only invite 32 players to participate, and the current list of participants has been basically confirmed, and there will be no changes on the national table tennis side.
According to the regulations, the top ten players in the world ranking will automatically qualify, but this ranking is based on the ranking in early February, that is, the international ranking in the fifth week of this year, in the women's singles, the Chinese team has four automatic participation places, namely Sun Yingsha, who was ranked first in the world at that time, Chen Meng, who ranked second, Wang Manyu, who ranked third, and Wang Yidi, who ranked fourth, Chen Xingtong was not able to get an automatic participation place, and the Chinese team will be the only wild card place. gave Qian Tianyi, who performed very well in this Grand Slam tournament. In the latest issue of the world rankings, Qian Tianyi also surpassed Chen Xingtong and came to the seventh position in the world, so to give him this place is indeed to let Chen Xingtong have nothing to say, although you are the main force of the Chinese team at the World Table Tennis Championships two years ago, and have long been the fifth person in the Chinese women's singles, but the performance in the Grand Slam is indeed not as good as Qian Tianyi, then it is very normal to lose this place.
In the men's singles competition, the top ten in the world rankings at that time, the Chinese team also had four players, namely the world's No. 1 Fan Zhendong, the second-ranked Ma Long, the world's No. 4 Wang Chuqin and the seventh-ranked Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, one of the five main players of the Chinese team, did not get the automatic quota, and the men's singles wild card place, the Chinese team was given to the young player Lin Shidong, Lin Gaoyuan had no way to participate in this competition, which is also a pity.
Lin Gaoyuan and Chen Xingtong have long been the main goalkeeper of the Chinese team, upward is the Chinese team's several relatively stable main forces, downward to face the impact of some young players, now it seems that their position as a goalkeeper is not particularly stable. Previously, the two won the mixed doubles championship in the last direct Durban qualifiers, but they still could not ensure that they directly qualified for the World Table Tennis Championships, and they still needed to have a good performance in the next direct competition. Therefore, this time the Champions Cup match is not played, and it also leaves enough time for the two to prepare for the next straight race, which may be more important for them.
At present, the men's and women's singles players, each has established 31 places, men's and women's singles also have a wild card, this wild card should be given to some foreign players, from the current number of participants, China's men's and women's teams are the most involved, the Chinese men's team is currently plus this wild card A total of 5 people participated, the women's team also has 5 people participated, which is also the second consecutive year that Xinxiang has held WTT's top events.