On March 27th, the much-watched Incheon Championship kicked off! This tournament is all singles competitions, and the tournament will be held until March 31.
In women's singles, the national table tennis sent four main forces, because it is related to the Olympic selection, so everyone is vying to create good results and strive for more points. In addition to Sun Yingsha's basic locking of singles seats, there is also a singles and a team competition seat that has not been revealed, Wang Yidi is basically impossible to participate in singles, but she can still compete for the women's team seat. The pressure on Wang Manyu and Chen Meng is not small, and the former still has hope of hitting the singles seat.
In men's singles, it was a surprise that Singapore Grand Slam singles champion and current world No. 1 Wang Chuqin announced his withdrawal from the competition. This time, Fan Zhendong met Japanese teenager Matsushima Teruku in the first round, and the two faced each other in the team competition of this year's World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, and the latter was full of bravery. Malone met Moregard. Liang Jingkun is in the 4/4 division, and the situation is slightly better.
On the first match day, in terms of national table tennis, the men's singles Ma Long and Liang Jingkun played, and the women's singles only Wang Yidi played. Ma Long and Liang Jingkun are not under much pressure overall.
What attracted more attention was Misei Ito of the Japanese team, who recruited Liu Yangzi to avoid losing. Because of her outstanding performance in the women's singles at the Singapore Grand Slam, Ito became the only player in the Japanese team to reach the top 8, and also gained a lot of points, and is currently ranked 8th in the world, second only to Hina Hayata, who is ranked 6th in the world in the team. Earlier, because she lost the Olympic trials, Ito regretted that she was not selected for the Olympic singles and team quotas, but she also let go of the pressure and relaxed. This time she is still fighting for herself and for her ranking.
The 27th is the first day of the Incheon Championships, and it is worth looking forward to whether the three matches in which the national table tennis players participated can successfully advance together.