At the recently concluded Singapore Grand Slam, the women's doubles world No. 1 Korean pair Tian Zhixi and Shin Yubin unexpectedly lost to a pair of multinational pairs Zhu Qianxi and Kihara Miyu, which was a big surprise!
Zhu Qianxi is a South Korean table tennis player, and Miyu Kihara is a Japanese table tennis player. And in order to participate in the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, the two are temporarily paired. Tian Zhixi and Shin Yubin are the world's number one women's doubles. The pairing and combination of the two people for a long time has already been very tacit! But in the face of the temporary transnational combination Zhu Qianxi and Kihara Miyu, they were swept 0-3, and the biggest upset in the women's doubles event also broke out.
Tian Zhixi, as a 32-year-old veteran and a naturalized player, although her face was still full of smiles after the game, it is not difficult to see that she is still a little lost in her heart! Because she knows that the Korean Table Tennis Association has not left many opportunities for her to perform in the World Series! And the 2025 national team selection rules and the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships selection rules recently released by the Korean Table Tennis Association have been questioned by fans as the targeted elimination of Tian Zhixi.
Among the two selection rules announced by the Korean Table Tennis Association, the requirements described above are normal. However, the final part emphasizes that from the perspective of selecting and protecting domestic players, a maximum of one naturalized player will be selected from 2025 in principle. South Korea's national table tennis has two naturalized players, Zhixi Tian and Zhu Qianxi. From the perspective of training, Zhu Qianxi is significantly higher than Tian Zhixi. This also means that from next year, it will be difficult for Tian Zhixi to represent South Korea in the World Series! As the former first sister of the Korean women's table tennis, Tian Zhixi encountered such a situation, which also made fans feel sorry!
It has been learned that Tian Zhixi plans to retire after the Paris Olympics. And Tian Zhixi has already made an appointment at the Hong Kong confinement center! The Hong Kong confinement center has a one-year deadline. This also means that Tian Zhixi plans to get married and have a baby within a year! Because the confinement center is to give birth to a baby, and a baby will definitely get married! As a fan, we can send our blessings in advance!
Speaking of which, we have to mention Tian Zhixi's boyfriend Tsui Hark. Tsui Hark's background is not small, and he was once a member of the national table tennis. When he was young, he won the World Youth Championships, and he also defeated Ma Long and Xu Xin! He became famous at a young age, and he was once very optimistic! But because the competition within the national table tennis was too fierce, Tsui Hark soon became obscure. Tian Zhixi became a naturalized South Korean, which is similar to Tsui Hark's situation. Or maybe it's the same experience that brings the two people together in the end. In May 2023, Tian Zhixi also officially announced the relationship between the two on social media!
Tian Zhixi and Tsui Hark successfully held hands, and they were also favored by many fans!