On April 10, 2024, the table tennis Olympic mixed doubles qualifying tournament was announced, and the national table tennis had already locked the qualification so it did not register.
The mixed doubles qualifying tournament is for the association that did not get the quota in advance, to create the possibility of appearing on the stage of the Paris Olympic Games, as for the national table tennis has long lost the suspense, Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha is a two-time World Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles champion, ranked first in the world for a long time, it can be said that it has absolute strength, and at the same time maintains a very high winning rate in foreign wars, and after the Olympic qualification has been locked, the absence is also in line with expectations.
There are also some combinations that have worse results, but at least they can qualify by virtue of their world rankings, such as Japan's Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayata, South Korea's Lin Zhongxun/Shin Yubin, and Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru/Chen Siyu.
According to the International Table Tennis Federation, the mixed doubles qualifying tournament will only play for two days, and four Olympic places will be determined, and the participating combinations will be divided into two groups to compete, and two champions will be produced on the first day, and other combinations will compete for two championships on the second day.
The six pairs with higher rankings have a bye and advance directly to the quarterfinals, with a significantly slightly better overall strength and a greater likelihood of standing out, Luxembourg veteran Ni Xialian leads the young player Mladenovic and is expected to bring surprises, and the Indian pair of Gana Sekaran / Batra cannot be ignored, and the North Korean pair Lee Jung-sik / Kim Qin-young is not familiar to everyone, and there may be a surprise performance.
In the first group, Xiao Yaoqian/Robles, Galdos/Polkanova, Execchi/Madaraz had byes, Sangwankhin/Palanan vs Kumar/Wang Amy, Neil/Cruz vs Levajac/Luprescu, Ghananasekaran/Batra vs Stoutulo/Dimitriu, Lee Jung-sik/Kim Jin-young vs Pisteje/Balazova, Ojebode/Monfatini vs Valenta/Blaskova.
In the second group, Huang Zhenting/Du Kaiqin, Karlsson/Christina, Ionescu/Szokos have byes, Kurtsky/Vilgos vs. Limonov/Bratenko, Gonduz/Artinkaya vs. Ursu/Giliakova, Mladenovic/Ni Xialian vs. Kunaz/Balavoke, Zhou Zheyu/Zeng Jian vs. Zhong Ziyi/Keren, Kojabashev/Jovkova vs. Boggs/Vega, so stay tuned.