The Lagos Challenge has begun! The main force of the national table tennis is absent, and the second main force is "half a body" to participate, and it is difficult to win the championship~
The WTT Nigeria Regular Challenge kicked off today (12 June) in Lagos. The champion has 400 points.
Schedule: 12-14, 3 days of qualifying; 15th-18th, 4-day main competition. Nigeria has a 7-hour time difference with China.
The Japanese team abandoned the tournament due to the team's Olympic trials.
The Chinese team sent a total of 19 players to participate, of which 10 participated in singles; The top ranked Lin Shidong, Xu Yingbin, Fan Siqi, He Zhuojia and Liu Weishan only participated in doubles.
Men's singles: Xiang Peng, Yuan Licen, Zhou Qihao, Liang Jiancang and Sun Wen 5 people participated, all starting from the main competition. The main opponents are Jang Yujin (South Korea, No. 1 seed), Chuang Zhiyuan (Chinese Taipei), Dako Jochik (Slovenia), Ochalov (Germany), Francesca (Germany) and others. Men's singles national table tennis players want to win the championship, and it is not small.
Women's singles: Zang Xiaotong, Yang Yiyun, Wang Xiaotong, Li Yake, Guo Yuhan 5 people participated. Due to the low world ranking, you need to start with the qualifying round. Mainly faced the challenges of Zheng Yijing (Taiwan, China No. 1 seed), Shin Yubin (South Korea) and others. The women's singles has no task of winning the championship, so she can only go wherever she goes.
Men's Doubles: Lin Shidong/Xu Yingbin, Xiang Peng/Yuan Licen, Liu Dingshuo/Zhao Zihao, Liang Yancang/Zhou Qihao
Women's Doubles: Fan Siqi/Liu Weishan, He Zhuojia/Wang Xiaotong, Zang Xiaotong/Yang Yiyun, Li Yake/Guo Yuhan
Mixed doubles: Xiang Peng/Liu Weishan, Liu Yebo/Fan Siqi, Zhou Kai/He Zhuojia
In terms of doubles, the main opponents of national table tennis are all Korean combinations: Durban World Table Tennis Championships runner-up Zhang Yuzhen / Lin Zhongxun is the top seed in men's doubles, and Durban World Table Tennis Championships women's doubles runner-up Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin is the top seed in women's doubles,
Lim Joong-hoon/Shin Yu-bin are the No. 1 seeds in mixed doubles.
The Chinese team's doubles lineup is slightly stronger than the singles lineup, but they are all temporary pairs, and the degree of tacit understanding is certainly not as good as the Korean combination with long-term fixed partners.
National table tennis is obviously to train young players, and if they can win 2-3 championships in the end, they will complete the task.
