The 2023 WTT tournaments have all ended, but the men's finals will not start until January 3, 2024, and the three-day competition will last for the same time, just like the women, with 1,500 points for the singles champion, 1,050 for the runner-up, 525 for the semi-finals, 265 for the quarterfinals, and 100 points for the top 16.
The doubles is played in a best-of-five format, the singles singles 1/8 finals and 1/4 finals are also a best-of-five system, and the semi-finals and finals are a best-of-seven system.
A total of 8 people were shortlisted in the national table tennis, 6 people participated in singles, Yuan Licen and Xiang Peng participated in the men's doubles, and they were shortlisted at the end of the whistle, ranking eighth, which is also an encouragement to the two young players, not only doubles, but also needs to be strengthened in singles in the future, Lin Shidong has a breakthrough this year, the ninth place in singles is shortlisted, and the fourth place in doubles and Lin Gaoyuan is shortlisted.
The national table tennis men's singles won the top four seeds, namely Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, the same as the women, but the men want to successfully defend their 1/4 area, it is still very difficult, this year's national table tennis in the men's singles competition, the top four records are not much, the group advantage is not as obvious as the women's, so the pressure is still very high, the opponents are very strong, and the first round after the 5th may draw the top 4 seeds.
There are 16 selected men's singles players from many association countries, with only one from the strong teams Japan, South Korea, and Sweden, and Carlberg is still the last to be selected, and only two from Germany have been selected from other associations, and one from Brazil, France, Slovenia, and Nigeria.
The game time was also announced, according to Beijing time, starting at 16 o'clock on January 3, the 1/8 finals will be held, and there will be only one table in the whole process, and it will still be the 1/8 finals at 20 o'clock.
The quarterfinals of men's doubles and men's singles will be held at 4 p.m. on the 4th, and the quarterfinals will also be held at 20 o'clock.
The schedule on the 5th is very intensive, to play the semi-finals of men's doubles and men's singles, as well as the final final, for the players who are also in the event, it is likely to play four games, like the just-concluded women's finals, Sun Yingsha played four games on the last day, because the women's doubles and women's singles both reached the finals.
Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, and Lin Shidong of national table tennis are all concurrent, and it is possible that they will need to play four matches on the 5th, and of course they will reach the finals of men's doubles and men's singles in advance. It is indeed tiring enough, and the semi-finals and finals of singles are to play seven games and four wins, which requires a high level of physical fitness, men are more intense than women, and the physical consumption is obviously greater.