From January 8th to 13th, Beijing time, the WTT Doha Star Challenge will meet fans and friends. There is less than a day left before the start of the competition, and all the preparations for the event are ready to start!
So in this article, let's take a look at the top 5 seeds in men's singles in this tournament!
Top seed: Fan Zhendong
No. 2 seed: Wang Chuqin
The overall strength pattern of the national table tennis men's singles is constantly changing.
It was originally the era of Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang's twin stars, Ma Lin, Wang Liqin, and Wang Hao opened the golden age of two kings and one horse, and their dominance reached its peak.
After Zhang Jike faded out, it was the era of Fan Zhendong and Ma Long Xu Xin; long after that, it was the two-person duel between Fan Zhendong and Ma Long, and Fan Zhendong paid a lot of tuition during that time; now Xu Xin has faded out, and the pattern of national table tennis has gradually developed to the era of Fan Zhendong and Ma Long Wang Chuqin. As Ma Long gradually gets older, he can no longer be seen in the finals of the top singles tournaments in the last 2 seasons, and it has changed to a big showdown between Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong!
In this Star Challenge, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin will continue to serve as the top and No. 2 seeds, getting the No. 1 and No. 64 picks respectively, guarding the upper and lower halves. It's hard for the two of them to meet in singles, and if they do, it has to be the final!
No. 3 seed: Ma Long
No. 4 seed: Liang Jingkun
No. 5 seed: Hugo
Since 2005, I believe that old fans have heard the name for 20 years, from the initial soy sauce Anshan pony, to the two kings and one horse as a sparring partner, to gradually attack the big brothers, to gradually go to the peak, he achieved the first record in men's history, and his status in the table tennis world has risen significantly.
Now, we have to gradually adapt to his decline, which is the normal circadian rhythm of man. However, at the age of 35, he is still at a very high level and can play the Olympic singles, but it may be difficult to qualify!
Liang Jingkun has always been in the main force of national table tennis, but he has not reached the level of the top three cores, so he can only work hard to get a P card in the Olympics!
Hugo is the only player in the foreign association to win the top 5 seed, and to be honest, his performance in the tournament is very ordinary, and it has always been difficult to reach the semi-finals and final accounts of the big scene, so don't expect too much!