There are two days left for the ITTF Macau World Cup to start, and at present, the main players of the national table tennis team have gone to Macao for adaptation training!
In this competition, the Chinese team attaches great importance to it, and the men's team sent six players to participate in the competition: Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Ma Long, Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong!
As for the women's team, the Chinese team sent six players Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong and Kuo Man to participate in the competition!
Among the twelve participating athletes, Malone is the athlete who has participated in the World Cup the most times!
Malone has participated in eight World Cups before, and this tournament will be Ma Long's ninth participation!
Ma Long participated for the first time in 2008, when Ma Long lost to Germany's Boll in the semi-finals, and the final championship was won by Wang Hao.
In 2009, Ma Long participated in the World Cup for the second time, and lost to Belarusian star Samsonov in the semifinals.
In 2012, the 24-year-old Ma Long participated in the World Cup for the third time, and in the final, Ma Long defeated Xu Xin and finally won his first world singles championship!
In 2014, Ma Long participated in the World Cup for the fourth time, and Ma Long lost to Zhang Jike in the final and missed the championship!
In 2015, Ma Long and Fan Zhendong participated in the World Cup together, and Ma Long defeated Fan Zhendong in the final and won the World Cup singles championship for the second time in his career!
In 2017, Ma Long participated in the World Cup for the sixth time, and this time it was Lin Gaoyuan who participated with Ma Long, and as a result, this time Ma Long was once again reversed by the German veteran Boll in the semi-finals, and finally won the third place!
In 2019, Ma Long participated in the World Cup for the seventh time, and this time he participated with Ma Long Fan Zhendong, but Ma Long lost to Japanese player Tomokazu Zhang in the semifinals, and then lost to Lin Yunru, a young player of the Chinese Taipei team, in the third place match!
In 2020, the 32-year-old Ma Long participated in the World Cup for the eighth time, although Ma Long successfully reached the final, but lost to Fan Zhendong in the final and missed the championship!
This year's Macau World Cup will be Ma Long's ninth World Cup appearance, can the veteran Ma Long win the World Cup singles championship for the third time?
In addition to Ma Long, this Macau World Cup will be Fan Zhendong's sixth World Cup match!
In 2015, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long participated in the World Cup together, and lost to Ma Long in the final and missed the championship!
Subsequently, Fan Zhendong participated in four World Cup competitions in 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2020, and Fan Zhendong also won four singles championships!
In this year's World Cup, Fan Zhendong participated in the World Cup for the sixth time, and he is also expected to tie Liu Shiwen's record of five World Cup crowns!
Lin Gaoyuan once participated in the World Cup in 2017, but lost to the German star Boll in the 1/4 finals and missed the World Cup semi-finals!
In terms of the women's team, only Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha have participated in the World Cup before!
In the 2020 Weihai World Cup, Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha participated in the World Cup for the first time, and Chen Meng defeated Sun Yingsha in the final to win his first world singles championship!
And Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong and Kuo Man, have not participated in the World Cup before!
The competition is about to begin, who will win the final singles championship at this year's World Cup in Macau? Let's wait and see!