The first table tennis tournament of 2021, WTT Slovenia, will kick off today (November 1), and the current list of singles seeded players has also been released, with three Chinese table tennis champions Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin ranking 1st, 2nd and 4th in men's singles, while Wang Yidi is the No. 1 seed in women's singles.
At present, in the case of other national table tennis masters and Zhang Benzhihe, Ito Mimachi and other main Players from Japan and South Korea not participating, the possibility of the Chinese team winning the singles championship is very large, but there are also several athletes from foreign associations who also have certain strength, although the overall threat is not large, but there is still a possibility of upset, and the same can not be careless!
See below for a detailed list of seeded players.
The WTT Slovenia Challenge has a total of 2 stops, of which the first leg from November 1 to 7 is relatively difficult, and there are few athletes with relatively high levels, so the national table tennis players occupy a great advantage.
On the men's side, as mentioned earlier, 3 of the top 4 seeded players are from the Chinese team, only the 3rd is a foreign association player, he is the Nigerian fierce general Aruna - this person once won the Olympic Games in a row world champions Pol and Zhuang Zhiyuan to reach the quarterfinals, but the winning rate of national table tennis is extremely low, so far almost defeated, only won the retired Zheng Peifeng once, so the threat is limited.
The next 5th to 8th men's singles seeds are Kanek (Usa), Achanta (India), GhanaEse Karan (India), Duda (Germany), of which GhanaEse Karan's ranking is not high, but the national table tennis does not dare to underestimate, because this athlete has defeated Wang Chuqin, Zhang Benzhihe, the playing style is more distinctive, so he may be the most worthy of our vigilance of the opponent.
In the women's singles, because there are only 2 players participating in the national table tennis, and no 1 is the world champion, the numerical advantage is not obvious, but the number one seed Wang Yidi is a master who has defeated Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Ito Mimachi and other top players in the table tennis world, so she alone is enough to suppress the crowd and let the national table tennis win the championship.
As for the women's singles No. 2 to No. 8 seeded players, they are: Diaz (Puerto Rico), Szokos (Romania), Zhang Mo (Canada), Ni Xialian (Luxembourg), Barazova (Slovakia), Batla (India), Noskawa (Russia) - these athletes are relatively average and pose little threat to national table tennis.
Among all these opponents, Ni Xialian has the highest career achievement, after all, she is the world champion winner, but now that she is 58 years old, unless Wang Yidi is extremely unaccustomed to her direct shooting long glue playing style, it is still difficult for her to win.
According to the custom, singles No. 1 and No. 2 players will be divided into two halves, and No. 3 and No. 4 will also be separated from each other, which means that Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun will not meet before the final, but they may still play against Wang Chuqin in the semifinals.
As for the words of others - Zhou Qihao and Liu Dingshuo will participate in the qualification rounds, and if they break through successfully, they may be able to pass with 3 world champion teammates in the first few rounds of the main match at any time; as for Liu Weishan, she ranks 18th among the women's singles regular players, so it is also possible to play with Wang Yidi in advance, and the suspense still exists!
So who can have the last laugh in this competition and win the singles title? The answer is revealed this week, so let's wait and see: Come on, guys!