Wang Liqin was the first to blow! The national table tennis was defeated, with 16 singles players participating and 15 out; Japan is strong

In the early morning of April 26, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Tunisia regular challenge ended the 4th day of competition, and the top 16 of singles were officially released (see the chart below for details)!

The national table tennis suffered a big rout, and 15 of the 16 singles participants have lost out, leaving only Yao Ruixuan in the women's singles; The Japanese team has a total of 15 participants, and both the men's and women's singles retain the hope of hitting the championship; One member of the South Korean team has also lost the tournament, so let's get the details below.

First of all, let's look at the situation of the national table tennis team, this event is the last international event before the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, the main players of the national table tennis stay in China to prepare for the World Table Tennis Championships, and send 16 young players to participate, the oldest is 18 years old, and the youngest is only 13 years old!

Two days ago, the Chinese Table Tennis Association completed the mid-term adjustment, Liu Guoliang resigned, and former national table tennis Olympic champion Wang Liqin became the new chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association. Although Liu Guoliang was in office, the overall performance of the national table tennis team was still very good, and last year's Paris Olympics won all 5 gold medals, but fans who understand the current situation of the national table tennis team should know that there are still certain problems in the national table tennis team, which has been strongly impacted by foreign associations!

In the table tennis singles World Cup that ended a week ago, the national table tennis men's singles lost the championship at the home stadium of Macau, raised the Brazilian flag and played the Brazilian national anthem in Portuguese.

Therefore, after Wang Liqin became the chairman of the Table Tennis Association, the challenges are still very great! And it was in Wang Liqin's first international event as the chairman of the Table Tennis Association that the national table tennis suffered a big rout, and only one of the 16 singles participants advanced to the top 16 of the women's singles, and the 8 men's singles were wiped out early! Although this situation has little to do with Wang Liqin, the current situation of the national table tennis echelon is so unbearable, which really makes Wang Liqin feel a headache.

A total of 16 people participated in the national table tennis singles, 8 men and 8 women's singles, and the 8 participants in the national table tennis men's singles were Wu Yifei (16 years old), He Zhonggui (18 years old), Huang Xunan (17 years old), Sun Yang (17 years old), Sun Long (17 years old), Wang Jixuan (17 years old), Li Hechen (16 years old), Zhai Jiale (16 years old), of which Wu Yifei directly advanced to the men's singles main event, and the remaining 7 people had to start from the men's singles qualifying round.

As a result, only the 16-year-old Li Hechen broke through in the men's singles qualifying round, and the remaining 6 players all stopped in the qualifying round, and only Wu Yifei and Li Hechen advanced to the men's singles main match in the national table tennis men's singles.

Li Hechen, 16 years old, ranked 160th in the world in men's singles, won two consecutive victories in the group stage (3-1 victory over 23-year-old Stoll of Switzerland, ranked 330th in the world; In the second match, they defeated 24-year-old Manash Shah of India, ranked 74th in the world, to win the group and advance to the final round of the qualifying round.

In the final round of the men's singles qualifying round, Li Hechen defeated the 17-year-old Tunisian player Essid, who is ranked 132nd in the world, 3-0, and won 3 consecutive games to advance to the men's singles main draw!

Results of the remaining 6 qualifying players in the national table tennis men's singles:

He Zhonggui lost both games in the group stage (0-3 in the first game to Brazil's Teodoro; In the second game, he lost 0-3 to Slovenia's Kozuer) and was eliminated;

Huang Xu lost both games in the group stage (lost 2-3 to Chile's Gomez in the first game; In the second game, he lost 1-3 to Romania's Ovidou Ionescu) and was eliminated;

Sun Yang lost both matches in the group stage (1-3 loss to India's Manash Shah in the first game; Defeated 0-3 in the second game to France's Bard) was eliminated;

Sun Long lost both games in the group stage (lost 0-3 to Algerian player Bloss in the first game; lost 1-3 to Sweden Magnus Carlsen in the second game) was eliminated;

Wang Jixuan lost 1-1 in the group stage (lost 2-3 to Czech star Jancharik in the first game; defeated Egypt's Helmi 3-1 in the second game), ranked second in the group and was eliminated;

Zhai Jiale lost 1-1 in the group stage (lost 0-3 to France's Dole in the first game; In the second game, they defeated Luxembourg's Mladenovic 3-1 and finished second in the group and were eliminated.

Coming to the first round of the men's singles main event, the national table tennis men's singles Wu Yifei and Li Hechen lost out, and the 16-year-old Wu Yifei, who has no world ranking, lost 0-3 to the Indian player Desai, who is 15 years older than him and ranked 68th in the world; Li Hechen lost 0-3 to the Japanese table tennis star Matsushima Terukor, who is 1 year older than him and ranked 21st in the world, so far all 8 players in the national table tennis men's singles have been wiped out, and none of them have advanced to the top 16 of the men's singles.

The 8 participants in the national table tennis women's singles are Ding Yijie (17 years old), Yan Yulu (17 years old), Hu Yi (16 years old), Yao Ruixuan (15 years old), Yang Huize (15 years old), Zhao Wangqi (15 years old), Zhu Qihui (13 years old), Liu Ziling (13 years old), of which Ding Yijieyu and Yan Yulu directly advanced to the women's singles main event, and the remaining 6 people have to start from the women's singles qualifying round.

As a result, in the women's singles qualifying round, Yao Ruixuan and Yang Huize stood out, and the remaining 4 stopped in the women's singles qualifying round. The 15-year-old Yao Ruixuan, ranked 246th in the world, has won two consecutive group stage games (3-0 in the first match against hosts Tunisia's Galsi; defeated Egypt's Yosera 3-0 in the second match), and the first in the group advanced to the final round of the women's singles qualifying round; In the women's singles qualifying round, she defeated Chile's Vega 3-1 and advanced to the women's singles main event.

Yang Huize won both games in the group stage (3-2 victory over India's Kotcha in the first game; defeated Brazil's Takahashi Juliet 3-0 in the second match), and defeated France's Zarif 3-2 in the final round of the women's singles qualifying round to advance to the women's singles main draw.

Hu Yi lost 1-1 in the group stage (defeated the host Tunisian player Salah 3-0 in the first game; In the second game, he lost 0-3 to India's Sutirta Mukherjee), and was eliminated in the second group;

Zhao Wangqi lost 1-1 in the group stage (lost 1-3 to Turkish player Halak in the first game; defeated France's Charlotte Lutz 3-0 in the second game), and was eliminated in the second group;

Zhu Qihui is only 13 years old and has won both group stage games (3-1 victory over Iran's Neda in the first game; In the second game, he defeated Chinese Taipei's Ye Yitian 3-1), and the first in the group advanced to the final round of the women's singles qualifying round, but in the final round of the women's singles qualifying round, Zhu Qihui lost 1-3 to Japan's Kaesawa Xingyin and missed the women's singles main event.

Liu Ziling, also 13 years old, lost 1-2 in the group stage (lost 0-3 to France's Camille Lutz in the first game; In the second game, he lost 0-3 to Sweden's Bogard; In the third game, they beat the host Tunisian player Unais 3-0 and were eliminated in the third place in the group. So far, 8 people have participated in the national table tennis women's singles, and 4 people, Ding Yijie, Yan Yulu, Yao Ruixuan, and Yang Huize, have advanced to the women's singles main event.

Coming to the first round of the women's singles main event, Ding Yijie, Yan Yulu, and Yang Huize lost the game, Ding Yijie lost 0-3 to the top seed of the women's singles in the tournament, the 16-year-old rising star of the Japanese table tennis women's singles, Zhang Benmeihe, you must know that Ding Yijie and Zhang Benmei and colleagues were born in 2008, Ding Yijie's birthday is 6 months older than Zhang Benmeihe, and it can only be said that Zhang Benmeihe is already an invincible existence at the same age.

Yan Yulu lost 0-3 to Japan's Hitomi Sato; Yang Huize lost 0-3 to Swedish chipper Bergström; Yao Ruixuan won the victory, defeating Romania's Diaknu 3-0, so far there are 8 national table tennis women's singles participants, and only 15-year-old Yao Ruixuan has advanced to the top 16 of women's singles. To sum up, it is not difficult to see that there are 16 participants in the national table tennis singles, and after 4 match days, only Yao Ruixuan in the women's singles is left.

Next, the Japanese team will send the main players to participate in this event, with a total of 15 singles, 6 men's singles and 9 women's singles. The 6 Japanese table tennis men's singles are Matsushima Teikor, Shinozuka Daito, Uda Yuya, Tanaka Yutai, Sakai Yutobi, and Kawa Ruiki, of which Sakai Yufei and Chuan Ruiki will start from the men's singles qualifying round, and the remaining 4 will directly advance to the men's singles main event.

As a result, Yufei Sakai and Ruiki Chuan both achieved 1 win and 1 loss in the group stage, and they were eliminated in the group stage. In the first round of the men's singles main event, Yuya Uda and Yutai Tanaka lost out, and Yuya Uda lost 2-3 to Egypt's Aziz; Yutai Tanaka lost 1-3 to the second seed in men's singles and Slovenian star Darko.

Matsushima Teruku and Shinozuka Daito won the victory, and Matsushima Teruku defeated national table tennis player Li Hechen 3-0; Shinozuka defeated Romania's Odévar Ionescu 3-1 to advance to the men's singles round of 16.

The Japanese table tennis women's singles sent all the main players to participate, 9 people are Miwa Zhangmoto, Hina Hayata, Satsuki Oto, Miyu Kihara, Miyu Nagasaki, Sakura Yokoi, Hitomi Sato, Asuka Sasao, and Akanon Uezawa, of which Asuka Sasao and Akini Uezawa will start from the women's singles qualifying round, and the remaining 7 people will directly advance to the women's singles main event.

As a result, Akanon Uezawa passed the qualifying test and won 3 consecutive games to advance to the women's singles main event, and Asuka Sasao won two consecutive victories in the group stage, and lost 2-3 to Sweden's Bogard in the final round of the women's singles qualifying tournament and missed the women's singles main event.

In the first round of the women's singles main event, Miyu Kihara, the No. 4 seed in the women's singles and ranked 20th in the world, lost 2-3 to the Turkish player Halak, ranked 225th in the world, and missed the top 16 of the women's singles. The remaining 7 Japanese table tennis women's singles players all won, so far the top 16 Japanese table tennis women's team has accounted for 7 seats!

The South Korean team only sent the women's singles Li Shiwen to participate in this competition, and Li Shiwen directly entered the women's singles main draw, but lost in the first round of the main event, losing 1-3 to Serbian player Luprescu and missing the women's singles round of 16.

To sum up, it is not difficult to see that the overall performance of young national table tennis players in this WTT Tunisia regular challenge is indeed unsatisfactory, which also confirms that there are indeed certain problems in the construction of the current national table tennis echelon......