Dear table tennis friends, the WTT Doha Stars Challenge will meet us on Monday, starting on the 8th and ending on the 13th. According to the latest information, a total of 8 people participated in the men's singles showdown in this national table tennis competition, let's find out together!
In this competition, there are a total of 64 men's singles places in the main draw. The current registration information shows that 40 players have confirmed the qualification for the main competition and will start directly from the main competition, and 60 players have registered for the qualifying competition. In other words, these 60 players need to compete to get 24 main draw spots!
The qualifying round starts on the 8th, finishes on the 9th, and the next 4 days are the main stage. In terms of national table tennis, only Yuan Licen signed up for the qualifying round, and the remaining 7 players all started directly from the main competition, including: Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan 5 world champions, as well as Lin Shidong and Zhou Qihao 2 powerful players!
At present, the draw of the tournament has not yet seen the results, but it is certain that Fan Zhendong will definitely be the top seed, guarding the top half of the district, and Wang Chuqin will definitely be the second seed, guarding the bottom half of the district, and getting the No. 64 signing! If both of them play normally, they are very hopeful to break out of their own half of the zone, and finally stage a peak showdown in the final again!
During the Paris Olympic cycle, the pattern of national table tennis men's singles gradually changed, and Ma Long was gradually surpassed by Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong from the original No. 1/2 men's singles player, forming a twin star pattern with Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin as the core. Both Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan were directly disqualified from competing for the Olympic singles roster, and existed as No. 4 and No. 5 players.
Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin also lived up to everyone's expectations, the two men's doubles partners have won many championships, and the men's singles field is now basically the final of their division, the final showdown.
In the past 2023 season, Fan Zhendong defeated Wang Chuqin at the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban and won the singles championship, and in the second half of the season in the Hangzhou Asian Games, Wang Chuqin played better and defeated Fan Zhendong to win the championship; In the opening game of the 2024 season, in Doha, Wang Chuqin just defeated Fan Zhendong to win the championship!
So, now everyone is already discussing the question of who has a greater hope of winning the gold medal at the Paris Olympics! The competition between the twin stars is actually a good pattern, and the two stimulate each other and improve each other!