The schedule of the second half of this year is very compact, after the Asian Championships in September, immediately participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games, October 2 Asian Games competition ended, turned around and rushed to Lanzhou to participate in WTT events, October 9 National Table Tennis Championships kicked off again, a long period of continuous combat made the national table tennis players physically and mentally exhausted, no wonder not long ago the National Table Tennis announced that all members withdrew from the Turkish Challenge.
Now, the WTT Franfokker Championship will also kick off on October 29 for eight days, with the men's and women's singles finals on November 5 at 9pm Beijing time. The event is one of the highest level of table tennis competitions, with a very high gold content, and the champion will receive 1,000 points and 35,000 US dollars in prize money. In addition to the high prize money is very tempting, 1,000 points is very important for national table tennis players who are currently vying for the qualification of the men's and women's singles at the Paris Olympics.
From the official list of participants, it can be seen that National Table Tennis sent a total of 8 players, 4 men and 4 men, the men's team was led by Ma Long, the participants were Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Fan Zhendong, and the women's team was led by Sun Yingsha, and Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi participated in the women's singles competition.
Frank Fokker is located in the East District 1, 7 hours later than us, for national table tennis players need to adjust the time difference, as soon as possible to adapt to the local competition schedule and geographical conditions, the last time in Lanzhou game there was a team member of altitude sickness, Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan both went to take oxygen in the middle of the game, which caused a great impact on their body and the state of the game. In addition, the final is arranged in Europe, for the national table tennis players also lost the home combat advantage, the enthusiasm of the on-site fans will be relatively low, and at the start of the game, the domestic fans have fallen asleep, can only get up the next morning to watch the game with the results.
There is still good news for domestic fans, the final is scheduled for 9 pm Beijing time, just in line with our routine and rest, and we can watch the final battle through the Internet and TV.