Table tennis WTT Bangkok Star Tournament has started, the draw results of the current main stage have been released, the only two players in the national table tennis - Chen Xingtong and Lin Gaoyuan are facing the test, of which Chen Xingtong and Ito Micheng, Zhu Qianxi, Szokos, Kihara Miyu, Han Ying and others are in the same area, but judging from the recent foreign performance, the possibility of the national table tennis world champion advancing is relatively large.
Relatively speaking, the competition in the men's singles event has always been the most intense, Lin Gaoyuan lost to Hong Kong, China player Huang Zhenting not long ago, this time the two may meet in the 1/8 finals, in addition to a number of foreign association masters to participate in the battle, the pressure is not small!
There was no one to sign up for this competition, but Chen Xingtong and Lin Gaoyuan were added in the follow-up, and many people speculated that the coaching staff might want to let them observe the state of the strong opponents at close range before the Olympics, of course, it could also be for other reasons.
In terms of foreign associations, the women's singles Japan and South Korea are undoubtedly the strongest opponents, and although the men's singles lacks the joining of European masters, as mentioned earlier, the competition in this project is already more intense, and the results of winning or losing are more difficult to predict, plus Lin Gaoyuan's recent foreign performance is relatively inferior to Chen Xingtong, so the difficulties faced by national table tennis may be more.
The Zhang Ben brothers and sisters, who won the WTT Tunisia regular season singles championship not long ago, are in different halves with the national table tennis players this time, so they will not meet before the finals, but the two are in the same area as the world's top ten Lin Yunru and Shen Yubin, among which the pressure on the elder brother Zhang Benzhihe is greater, and the younger sister Zhang Benmeihe is relatively relaxed, but she definitely does not dare to let her guard down.
There are two opponents in the same district as Chen Xing, who are ranked in the top 10 in the world, that is, Szokos and Ito Micheng, but Ito Micheng has already been in decline, and it is still difficult to predict whether he can pass Zhu Qianxi in the quarterfinals.
In the men's singles, as mentioned earlier, Lin Gaoyuan may meet Huang Zhenting, who defeated him not long ago, in the second match, and it will be difficult to advance. In addition, four South Korean stars Lee Sang-so, Cho Dae-sung, Jang Woo-jin and Ahn Jae-hyun are also in the top half, while Japan's Maharu Yoshimura and Ruiki Kawa and Chinese Taipei's World Champion Chong Chi-yeon also have a strong impact.
In general, it is not easy for Chen Xingtong and Lin Gaoyuan to win the championship in this competition, but they still have advantages, and it is expected that the two can successfully resist pressure and strive to win a beautiful battle before the Olympic Games, and also provide valuable information for the main Olympic team and coaching staff.