The ITTF WTT Goa Star Challenge, the last event of January, will be held on January 23-28, with the draw on the 23rd and the first round of qualifying on the 24th, with all five individual events qualifying, with the men's singles led by Brazilian Hugo and the women's singles led by Shen Yubin.
Men's Singles seeded players (10)
There are 10 seeded players in the Men's Singles: Hugo, Lebrun, Zhang Yuzhen, Ocharov, Qiu Dang, Darko, Carlberg, Aruna, Lim Zhongxun and Freitas.
The number of qualifiers is as high as 38, and South Korea's Cho Dae-sung and Cho Seung-min will lead the qualifiers, and only 10 people will enter the qualifying round.
Women's Singles seeded players (10 players)
Women's singles seeds, Shen Yubin, Yang Xiaoxin, Zhu Qianxi, Zheng Yijing, Tian Zhixi, Mitham, Yuan Jianan, Goda, Batra, Du Kaiqin.
There are up to 35 qualifiers, and 10 will be promoted to the main event, which will be determined on the 24th-26th of the main event, and then compete with the seeded players for the round of 16 and the top 8.
With China and Japan collectively absent from the event, South Korea and Europe are the big winners in Goa, with the winner of five individual events on the 28th.