In the final of the men's team at the Tokyo Olympic Games, the third national table tennis players Ma Long, Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong worked together to defeat the German team led by Bohr and Ocharov to win the championship, and it is undeniable that the German table tennis team is the hegemon of Europe, and the upcoming World Table Tennis Championships in Houston is extremely competitive. In addition to the 40-year-old veteran Pol, the German squad has three Chinese Qiu Dang, Shan Xiaona and Han Ying who participated in the World Table Tennis Championships for the first time, and four of them belong to the special playing style, namely Qiu Dang, Shan Xiaona and Han Ying and Philus who played in the straight board, and they have the potential to play a dark horse.
The leader of the German men's team Pol is the men's singles champion of the two World Cups, but also the European Championships, the European Games and other intercontinental events, this year has been 40 years old veteran will start to participate in the competition from the 1997 Manchester World Table Tennis Championships, but the results are not ideal, only won a men's singles third place and men's doubles runner-up, Pol often in the big competition out of the cold, not only the World Table Tennis Championships, is the Olympic Games also lost to Nigeria's Aruna such players, the peak of the Pol want to win a medal in Houston is more difficult.
Bol's doubles partner Francesca will participate as the second main force of the German men's team this time, the recent Tunisia Challenge he participated in the men's singles competition as the number one seed, unexpectedly failed to qualify for the final four, he has limited competitiveness in singles, the main energy should be the men's doubles match with Bol, if you play well, you should have the strength to compete for medals. In addition, Pkaduda, Phyllis and Qiu Dang of the Tokyo Olympic Games are also on the list, and the women's team is led by two major Chinese, Han Ying and Shan Xiaona, plus European champions Solja, Winter and Nina.
According to the regulations of the World Table Tennis Championships, it takes 7 years to obtain the nationality of a country to represent an association to participate in the World Table Tennis Championships, and for the first time, the German team of the World Table Tennis Championships has three Chinese faces, namely Qiu Dang, Shan Xiaona and Han Ying. Qiu Dang is after Ocharov withdrew due to injury, re-qualified to participate, he is the son of Ishikawa Yoshizun coach Qiu Jianxin, the past two years with Duda's men's doubles is quite competitive; Shan Xiaona and Han Ying although they have represented the German team in the Olympic Games, but the World Table Tennis Championships is the first time, the two are 38 years old, is also a full-fledged veteran, rich in international competitions, in the German women's team is also its own strength, Han Ying once won the 4th place in the women's singles in the 2020 World Cup.
Compared with the national table tennis lineup of the same horizontal board two-sided pull, the German team 10-man lineup has 4 special playing style players, with dark horse potential: Qiu Dang is a rare straight board player in the men's line, the recent Tunisian Challenge won the men's singles runner-up, Philus is the cut ball play, in March the Qatar Star Tournament regrettably lost Zhang Benzhi and won the men's singles runner-up, the slashing style of play Ofhan Ying and the straight board fast attack-based Shan Xiaona also has the ability to fight against first-class players, in addition to the national table tennis women and Ito Mimachi are in the downwind, encountering Japan, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Singapore and other main players, the two German women will still have a great probability of winning.