On December 18, Beijing time, WTT announced the registration list for the Qatar Doha Star Challenge, and the list of participants in the national table tennis was also announced!
In January 2024, Doha, Qatar will be the focus of fans' attention, and the WTT World Cup Finals Men's Stadium, WTT Star Challenge, and WTT Regular Challenge will be staged one after another. Among them, the finals will be held from January 3rd to 5th, and the Star Challenge will be held from the 8th!
Tournament Name: WTT Star Challenge
Date: January 8 to January 13, 2024
Venue: Doha, Qatar
List of national table tennis:
Men's Singles: #, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Yi, Lin Shidong
Chen# Kid: Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Account, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi
Doubles: The list has not yet been announced
In this competition, a total of 12 players from the national table tennis side participated in the singles, of which Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha are the top seeds, Wang Chuqin and Wang Manyu are both the No. 2 seeds, Ma Long and Chen Meng are both No. 3 seeds, and Liang Jingkun and Wang Yidi are both No. 4 seeds.
Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong are the No. 7 and No. 9 players in the men's singles respectively, and Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi are the No. 6 and No. 7 players!
Among the players of the foreign association, Hugo, Lin Yunru, Zhang Benzhihe, Zhang Yuzhen and others participated, and the threat of Hina Hayata, Shin Yubin, Szokos, Han Ying and others is still very big, and the national table tennis players will continue to fight with them and compete for various glory!
It should be said that the WTT Star Challenge is a wonderful tournament with a high level, but there are too many high-level events in 2024: World Table Tennis Championships Team Competition, World Cup, World Cup Finals, Grand Slam Tournament, Olympic Games......
Even so, the players still need to take this tournament seriously. Because: this is the opening battle of the 2024 season, Doha, Qatar has hosted 3 consecutive tournaments, which can be seen in the layout plan of the ITTF and the World Table Tennis Federation, the importance of the city of Doha, and there will be many competitions held here in the future!
In addition, the prize money of the Star Challenge is still okay, and it has relatively high points, which will affect the players' world ranking points and Olympic points, and ultimately affect whether they can qualify for the Olympic Games!
Good luck to all the participating players!