On April 11, 2024, the mixed doubles qualifying tournament for the table tennis Paris Olympics began, with 26 mixed doubles pairs competing for four championships.
This year's mixed doubles qualifying tournament, producing four places for the Paris Olympics, the national table tennis has already locked the qualification in advance, Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha naturally does not need to register, just concentrate on preparing for the World Cup, like Zhang Benzhihe / Hayada Hina and other old opponents, can be shortlisted through the world ranking, the absence is expected, only this cycle of low points, poor results of the combination, there is a need for registration.
The event adopts special rules, and only lasts two days, to avoid delaying the World Cup, 26 pairs of pairs after the draw, divided into two groups, each group of champions to qualify for the Paris Olympics mixed doubles, the daily competition must be played, the first day of the end of the two places to determine two places, the next day left 24 pairs of pairs to re-draw the lottery to continue the game, and then determine the other two places, the schedule is particularly tight.
The six highest-ranked pairs in the world will have byes, with Spain's Robles/Xiao Yaoqian in Group A, Austria's Gardos/Polkanova, and Hungary's Ekseichi/Madaraz, and Group B in Hong Kong's Wong Chun-ting/To Hoi King, Sweden's Karlsson/Christina, and Romania's Ionescu/Szokos.
Other players will need to start from the first round, with Luxembourg's Mladenovic/Ni Xialian taking on Belarus' Kunaz/Balavok, India's Ganasekaran/Batra taking on Greece's Taturus/Dimitriu, and North Korea's Lee Jung-sik/Kim Jin-young taking on Slovakia's Pisteje/Balazova.
Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiqin became the number one favorite, Huang Zhenting just won the men's singles championship, but Du Kaiqin's performance was unstable, whether the two can stand out, seize this good opportunity, and get a place in the Paris Olympics, it is a little difficult at present, Ni Xialian continues to partner with young player Mladenovic to play, the 60-year-old veteran is very confident, and said that he will go all out to fight, hoping to leave no regrets.
If you want to say that everyone is the most unfamiliar player, it is Lee Jung-sik / Kim Qinying, after all, he rarely came out to play in the past, but the competitive level has not been bad, and he has the strength to impact the qualifying championship, and then there is Ghana Nasekaran / Batra can not be ignored, although the national table tennis players have not signed up, but the performance of the opponent is still worth paying attention to, which is conducive to preparing for the Paris Olympics and being prepared for danger in times of peace.