On the evening of March 1, Beijing time, the table tennis WTT Oman Challenge ended the competition in the qualifying stage, and the complete list of the main tournament has been released. Unfortunately, 7 singles players and 2 pairs of doubles pairs have been eliminated, and the remaining 7 men, 4 women and 4 pairs have successfully advanced to the main competition and are about to challenge the higher ranked seed players.
On March 2, the three world champions of national table tennis, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Chuqin, will soon debut in Oman, while Sun Wen, Zhang Rui, Fan Siqi and others will face the first-class masters of the foreign association Omar (African champion, Olympic quarterfinals), Szokos (European champion), Diaz (American champion), or will break out a vicious battle, wonderful and worth paying attention to!
See below for details of the game and the latest fixture schedule.
1. The situation on March 1
On March 1, the national table tennis made a total of 17 appearances, including 2 civil wars, 15 foreign wars, 13 wins, and 2 losses.
In the men's singles, national table tennis players Zhou Qihao, Liu Dingshuo, Sun Wen, Zhang Yudong, Xiang Peng, Xu Yingbin, Yuan Licen played steadily, did not lose the chain in foreign games, but the mixed doubles runner-up Cao Wei of the National Games accidentally overturned the ship, and after 5 rounds of hard fighting, he lost to the French player Picard, and Yu Ziyang, Xue Fei and Xu Haidong who were out of the game before had no chance to get promoted.
In the women's singles, national table tennis players Ku Man, Fan Siqi, Shi Xunyao and Chen Yi successfully broke through in the qualifiers, but Ziffy lost to teammate Chen Yi, while Yang Huijing lost 2-3 in the showdown with Indian athlete Akula, also fell in the last stage of the promotion to the main tournament, and the women's singles player who was out of the game before zhu Sibing (the first round lost to Australian player Chi Yiheng).
In terms of doubles, the national table tennis 5 pairs participated in 4 battles, in addition to the women's doubles He Zhuojia / Liu Weishan lost 0-3 in the civil war to Chen Xingtong / Qian Tianyi, Xiang Peng / Lin Shidong, Cao Wei / Xu Yingbin, Ku Man / Zhang Rui have eliminated the opponents of the foreign association and are about to participate in the next stage of the battle.
2. March 2 schedule
Starting on the afternoon of March 2, Beijing time, national table tennis players will participate in 19 matches, of which 4 are competitions between teammates, and the remaining 15 are foreign matches.
According to the arrangement, the afternoon will be a men's doubles and women's doubles showdown, starting from 14:00, the mixed doubles competition will officially begin at 18:30 in the evening; the men's singles and women's singles competition will continue around 19:30, and the competition will continue until the early morning of March 3, the specific schedule is as follows:
Relatively speaking, the pressure of national table tennis in the doubles is relatively small, of which Wang Chuqin/Chen Xingtong's opponent, the French combination Simon/Pavard, may be the most threatening.
As for the variables in singles, the variables are relatively large, from the perspective of strength comparison, the civil war between national table tennis players is undoubtedly difficult to fight, but because both sides are Chinese athletes, who loses and who wins is not a defeat for the whole team. As for the foreign war, as mentioned earlier, the duel between Sun Wen, Zhang Rui and Fan Siqi against Omar, Szokos and Diaz is full of suspense.
In addition to the above games, the battle between Liu Dingshuo vs Picard is also worth paying attention to, because the French player eliminated Cao Wei in the qualifiers and tore open the defense line of national table tennis; and Chen Yi's opponent Pavad, although only 17 years old, has achieved good results in the international arena many times before, which should not be underestimated!
So can today's national table tennis players ensure that the foreign war does not drop the chain? Who will laugh at the end of the battle between teammates? The answer is about to be revealed, so let's wait and see: Come on, guys!