On October 31, Beijing time, the ITTF Slovenia Open will start tomorrow, and tomorrow is the competition of the Open Qualifiers. In this open tournament, Liu Guoliang's coaching team arranged 7 main players to participate, the world's first Fan Zhendong, Olympic champions Ma Long, Liu Shiwen, Chen Meng and others were absent, led by Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin. The Slovenian Open is a test for them.
On the men's side, Lin Gaoyuan is the number one seed, and Liang Jingkun is the second seed, and the two are located in the upper and lower half of the district. Wang Chuqin is the fourth seed, and all three will directly advance to the main tournament. Zhou Qihao and Liu Dingshuo need to participate in the qualification round, and at present, the opponents of the first round of national table tennis have been released. Zhou Qihao's first qualifying round bye, the second round to meet the winner between Italy's Carlo and Belgium's Kossoloski.
Liu Dingshuo, the men's singles runner-up at the National Table Tennis National Games, also had a first-round bye in the qualifying round and a second-round match against Croatia's Zeliko. Although the opponent is unknown, Liu Dingshuo must not be careless, because in the just-concluded Tunisia Challenge, the Croatian player successfully defeated the German star Francesca and reached the men's singles semifinals, which can defeat Francesca, and its strength is naturally not to be underestimated.
In the women's singles, Liu Guoliang's coaching team only arranged for Wang Yidi and Liu Weishan to participate. Among them, Wang Yidi is the number one seed in the women's singles, the main forces of this station, Japan and South Korea are all absent, Wang Yidi is also a big favorite to win the championship, other seeded players are Diaz, Szokos, Chinese player Zhang Mo, veteran Ni Xialian, Barazova, granule player Bartra and others. Youngster Liu Weishan also does not need to participate in the qualification round and directly advances to the main tournament.
In women's doubles, national table tennis king Yidi Liu Weishan needs to participate in the qualifiers, the first round of the two qualifiers against Luxembourg's Barbosa / Consbruck, the women's doubles qualifiers are only one round, the two sides compete for the main seat.
In men's doubles, the national table tennis world champion Liang Jingkun Wang Chuqin directly advanced to the main tournament and did not need to participate in the qualification round. The combination of world champion Lin Taka-won and Zhou Qihao needs to participate in the qualifying round, and the two face the Japanese combination of Yuma Tanigaki and Oden Shinzaka in the first round. In the second round of the qualifying round, Hayashi Takato Will face the Japanese national champion Isamu Kizoku /Yuji Tanaka, and the two sides will compete for a place in the main tournament.
Opponent MuZo yong is very strong, and has partnered zhang Benzhihe to participate in the men's doubles competition. Although the strength of singles is average, Mu Zhaoyong even defeated Xu Xinmalong's combination in the men's doubles event, so Lin Gaoyuan Zhou Qihao needs to show hard power if he wants to successfully qualify for the main competition. In terms of mixed doubles, the two pairs of national table tennis pairs Wang Yidi Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun Liu Weishan all directly advanced to the main competition and did not need to participate in the qualification round.