The Bangkok Star Challenge is the last international event before the Paris Olympics, and it still plays a big role.
One is to grab points, and the other is to adjust the state and test the training problem.
However, the national table tennis has a tradition of training and preparing for the Olympics before going to the Olympics, and in addition, it is firmly guarded in the points ranking, so there is no need to disrupt the rhythm for the Bangkok competition, and there is no need to worry about signing the division at that time, so only two players Lin Gaoyuan and Chen Xingtong were sent to participate, which is intended to train and also restrict the blocking of foreign associations such as Japanese table tennis.
The Japanese table tennis basically sent all the main forces of Paris to Bangkok.
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Note: The three main players of the Japanese women's team originally participated.
However, just before the start of the main match, there were still some "accidents" on the part of the Japanese table tennis women's team.
Hina Hayada and Miu Hirano announced their withdrawal from the women's singles main draw.
So why is that?
Hope Hayata.
It is nothing more than giving up singles and keeping mixed doubles.
Hina Hayata's latest singles world ranking is No. 5 with 3,600 points. The Paris Women's Singles is the No. 3 seed. At the front are Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng. Chen Meng's points are 5360, even if Hina Hayada gets 600 points for the championship in this station, the ranking cannot surpass Chen Meng, and the score difference is too big.
In Mixed Doubles, Hina Hayada and Tomokazu Haramoto will need to overtake Korea's Shin Yubin/Lim Jong Hoon in order to avoid the Chinese pair in Paris. At present, the difference between Japan and South Korea is 200 points, and if they win this tournament, they will reach their goal. Hina Hayata/Tomokazu Haramoto have won three consecutive low-division mixed doubles titles for the second place in the rankings, with Bangkok being the final sprint, so the Japanese are not stupid.
However, Miu Hirano's withdrawal from singles is a bit incomprehensible.
Miu Hirano, currently ranked 13th in the world, would have helped to move up the world rankings if she had achieved a good position in this tournament, but now after retiring, South Korea's Tian Zhixi is expected to surpass her and become the No. 8 seed in the women's singles at the Paris Olympics.
There are people who understand to explain it this way:
Miu Hirano 23 Zagreb 400 points invalidated
and withdrew from the Bangkok Stars Tournament
Now Tian Zhixi has surpassed Miu Hirano
The possibility of becoming the No. 8 seed in the women's singles at the Paris Olympics
As long as Tian Zhixi achieves the top 4 or more in Bangkok
to become the No. 8 seed
2024 WTT Bangkok Stars
Women's Singles top eight seeds
Chen Xingtong Zhang Benmei and Shen Yubin Szoks
Misei Ito, Diaz, Zheng Yijing (Chinese Taipei), Tian Zhixi
Among these eight people, Tian Zhixi will definitely not win
There are those who can win by giving it a fight, but there is no opponent that she will win.
What the hell do you think, we don't care, we don't worry about it, people can do whatever they like.
So: Retirement from the Bangkok Star Challenge has become a trend, what other famous players or well-known players have withdrawn?
The French Lebrun brothers withdrew.
Cause: Injury
The French coach revealed the reason: F. Lebrun due to wrist pain and A. Lebrun due to knee pain, and the two announced their withdrawal from the match between Tunisia and Bangkok.
They have small injuries everywhere, and it's a month before the Olympics, so it's better for them not to compete in order to stay in good shape for the Olympics, they need to be strong and take precautions. Felix has seen a reduction in his game volume in recent weeks, but he was active between January and May, having spent 250 days racing last year.
Brazil's Hugo withdrew
Reason: It is said to be an injury as well.
Parvard was the main player of the French women's team, competing in singles at the Paris Olympics, but is said to have withdrawn because he had to participate in the association's Olympic simulation tournament.
Akula of India withdrew. Akula, who was a little hot a while ago, withdrew. The reason is unknown.