In the WTT Oman Challenge, the national table tennis team won 5 gold medals with a full load, followed by the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, which sent a total of 16 players to participate, of which Sun Yingsha, who is now ranked No. 1 in the world, is also a three-time winner. Details are as follows:
What is the WTT Singapore Grand Slam schedule?
According to the official website of the International Table Tennis Federation, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam lasts for 13 days and will officially start on March 7. Among them, the qualifying competition will be held from March 7 to March 9, and the main competition will be held from March 11 to March 20. The specific schedule is as follows:
On March 7, the first round of the men's and women's singles qualifiers was held, and the national table tennis players played against Peng and Kuman; on March 8, the first round/second round of the men's and women's singles qualifiers; on March 9, the second and third rounds of the men's and women's singles qualifiers were held; on March 11, they played men's and women's singles R64, men's and women's doubles R24, R24 and mixed doubles R16; on March 13, they played men's and women's singles R32, men's and women's doubles R24/R16, and mixed doubles R16.
Men's and women's singles R32, mixed doubles 1/4, men's and women's doubles R16 will be held on March 14, men's and women's singles R16, men's and women's doubles 1/4, mixed doubles semi-finals will be held on March 15, men's and women's singles R16, men's and women's doubles semi-finals will be held on March 16, 14:00/19:00 will be held on March 17, 14:00/19:00 men's singles semifinals will be held, March 18 will be held at 19:00 women's singles semifinals, men's doubles finals, and women's doubles finals will be held at 19:00 The 19:00 men's and women's singles finals will be held on 20 March.
Why is it said that there are 16 national table tennis players, and two "00" are at the same time?
At the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, the national table tennis team sent a total of 16 players to participate, and in the men's singles, Fan Zhendong, who is currently ranked No. 1 in the world, Ma Long, ranked No. 2, Liang Jingkun, ranked No. 5, Xu Xin, ranked No. 9, Lin Gaoyuan ranked No. 10, Wang Chuqin, Ranked No. 13, Lin Shidong (no ranking yet) and Xiang Peng, who was ranked wild card. In the men's doubles, the national table tennis sent Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin to compete.
In women's singles, The National Table Tennis team sent Sun Yingsha, who is now ranked No. 1 in the world, Chen Meng, who is No. 2, Wang Manyu, who is No. 4, Wang Yidi, who is No. 5, Chen Xingtong, who is No. 13, Liu Shiwen, who is No. 17, He Zhuojia, who is No. 38, and Ku Man, who holds a wild card, to compete. In women's doubles, the national table tennis sent Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu to compete. In the mixed doubles, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha were sent to compete.
It is not difficult to see from the national table tennis participation list that the two "post-00s" players Sun Yingsha (born on November 4, 2000) and Wang Chuqin (born on May 11, 2000) are both in three events; the two "post-90s" players Fan Zhendong and Wang Manyu are both in two; as for Ma Long, born in 1988, and Xu Xin, born in 1990, they only participate in single competitions.
Finally, I would like to say that according to the previous event broadcast arrangement, CCTV5 will most likely not broadcast the WTT Singapore Grand Slam qualification rounds and the first few rounds of the main tournament, but from the semi-finals, there should be live broadcasts of related matches, and interested fans should not miss it. So, do you think the national table tennis can win all the gold medals in this competition? Welcome to the interactive communication below!
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