On October 31, Beijing time, the ITTF Slovenia Open will begin. The main tournament of this open tournament is from November 4 to 7, at present, the main players of the national table tennis have set off for Slovenia to prepare for the open. Starting tomorrow is the qualifying match. It is worth mentioning that Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Xu Xin, the main players of the national table tennis in this open tournament, Zhang Benzhihe and Ito Mimachi did not participate in the competition.
In this open tournament, the national table tennis coaching team arranged 7 main players to participate. Led by world champions Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin and others, such a lineup is still very strong. In addition, three coaches, Liu Guozheng, Liu Zhiqiang and Qiu Yike, were arranged to lead the team. The men's singles are Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Zhou Qihao, liu Dingshuo. The women's singles are Wang Yidi and Liu Weishan.
At present, the slovenian open seeded players have been released. In the men's singles, world champion Lin Gaoyuan is the number one seed, and world champion Liang Jingkun is the second seed, so lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun will be located in the upper and lower half of the district, which is very beneficial to the successful meeting of the national table tennis men's singles division final. However, Lin Gaoyuan has been in average form recently, and his previous intra-team matches have suffered a round trip.
Africa Cup of Nations men's singles champion Aruna is the third seed, he has won consecutive world champions Zhuang Zhiyuan and Bol at the Rio Olympic Games, and his strength cannot be underestimated. Therefore, Lin Gaoyuan Liang Jingkun and others still cannot be taken lightly. Post-00 world champion Wang Chuqin is the fourth seed, American young player Kanak is the fifth seed, India's veteran Achanta is the sixth seed, Ghana Nasekhara is the seventh seed, and Germany's Duda is the eighth seed.
It is worth mentioning that the national table tennis stars Zhou Qihao and Liu Dingshuo need to participate in the qualification round, and both Zhou Qihao and Liu Dingshuo have played well in previous domestic competitions. This Slovenia Open is a warm-up match for the main players of the national table tennis players, the World Table Tennis Championships, and it is also a test for them. In the absence of Fan Zhendong and Ma Long, whether Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun and others can withstand the pressure and hold the championship is worth looking forward to.
As we all know, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun and Zhou Qihao have already won tickets for the World Table Tennis Championships. Wang Chuqin is a left-handed player who has advantages in his left-handed playing style, age and upside during the Paris Olympic cycle. Although Lin Gaoyuan recently encountered a bottleneck period, he is relatively experienced, the world ranking is high, as for Zhou Qihao, he has achieved outstanding results in civil war, many times defeated Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and others, but also spelled out the highlights in various competitions many times, showing a very strong upward strength.