Source: Global Times
[ Global Times special correspondent Xu Yunfeng] After winning the men's and women's singles double championships in the World Table Tennis Professional League (WTTh) Macau Championship last weekend, the national table tennis team moved to the WTT World Cup final held in Xinxiang, Henan this week, which is also the final battle of this year's WTT event. In the first round of men's singles competition ended on the 27th, Lin Gaoyuan lost to German player Bol 2:3 and missed the quarterfinals, Malone defeated Slovenian 3:1; in the women's singles, Wang Manyu defeated German player Han Ying 3:1, Wang Yidi defeated Korean player Tian Zhixi 3:0, Sun Yingsha defeated German player Mitlam Nina 33:0, Chen Meng 3:1, and Chen Meng defeated French No. 1 Yuan Jianan. The Chinese Taipei teenager Lin Yunru , Japanese teenager Zhang Motoka , German star Ocharov, Japanese players Ito Mima , Ishikawa Kasumi and others who appeared on the same day also defeated their respective opponents and advanced successfully.
points rewards are generous
This WTT World Cup final, a total of 15 men's singles and 16 women's singles players participated in the competition, most of whom are top players in the world ranked 16 in the world. It is reported that the final of Xinxiang WTT not only has a prize of 55,000 US dollars, but the champion can also earn 1,500 world ranking points. Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao said that the top men's and women's singles players in the international table tennis world will launch an impact on the last championship at the end of the season and a total prize of $1 million.
Due to the generous reward of points, this WTT World Cup final has also become a good opportunity for participating players to improve their rankings as soon as possible. Taking men's singles as an example, Wang Chuqin , who was originally ranked 11th in the world, rose to 7th place after winning the WTT Macau Championship, setting a new personal career high. If he continues to perform well in Xinxiang this time, his ranking will be further improved. Liang Jingkun, who was originally going to play in this game, was suspended from the Chinese Table Tennis Association for his indecent actions before the game and was banned from participating in the remaining domestic and foreign competitions this year. After the WTT World Cup final, he will find it difficult to maintain his current ranking of fourth in the men's singles world.
"Can anyone stop the top seed?"
When looking forward to the appointment of the men's and women's singles champions in this WTT World Cup final, WTT official website is more optimistic about the Chinese table tennis players. Regarding the top two seeds of the men's singles in the tournament, , Fan Zhendong and Ma Long, the official website of WTT said that since April 2020, Fan Zhendong has maintained the world's first place, with his leading advantage of up to 3,725 points.
"Can anyone stop the number one seed?" WTT official website believes that as the men's singles champion of the three World Championships and the only player to win two Olympic men's singles gold medals, he is fully qualified to win the title of "best in history". The second seed, Malone, just celebrated his 34th birthday last week, aims to win the first international championship since winning the Tokyo Olympics.
For Wang Chuqin, a young Chinese table tennis player who topped the WTT Macau Championship, "He just defeated a group of world-class players in the Macau station, won the title of "the best left-handed player in the world" and ranked among the top ten in the world, and played in the finals of this WTT World Cup."
And who has the most performance of the women's singles champion in this WTT World Cup finals? WTT official website said that Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu, currently ranked in the top three in the world, have a high call for winning the championship, but they all encountered many setbacks in the 2022 season. Among them, Sun Yingsha, the number one sister who has always been leading the world rankings, won only one championship this year - in the WTT Macau Championship last week. The competitive pressure in the World Cup final is high, and it is still unknown whether Sun Yingsha can complete the game as the world's number one for the first time in her career.
At the beginning of this season, Chen Meng, currently ranked second in the world, completed the women's singles block in the WTT Singapore Grand Slam. Since then, Chen Meng's performance in the WTT series has not met expectations. Wang Manyu has experienced many events in 2022. She won the first WTT Championship held in Budapest and entered the final of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam. In last year's WTT World Cup final, Wang Manyu only won 100 points, which has a lot of room for improvement. In addition, the official website of WTT believes that Wang Yidi, who entered the WTT World Cup women's singles final in Singapore last year, and Chen Xingtong , who won the runner-up of the WTT Macau Championship last weekend, will put a lot of pressure on his teammates.
every game is a tough battle
Compared with the past, the Chinese national table tennis team faces more tests in Xinxiang this time. On the one hand, in October, he competed in three consecutive games in the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, the WTT Macau Championships and the WTT World Cup finals, which puts higher requirements on the "endurance" of the national table tennis team. On the other hand, the opponent in the World Cup final is the world's top star, and every game is a tough battle. In the WTT Macau Championship, Wang Manyu, Chen Meng and Liang Jingkun were all eliminated in the first two rounds. The main opponent of men's singles comes from Europe, America and Asia. The official website of WTT said that Swedish young player Moregaard advanced to the top 4 of the WTT Macau Championship, becoming the first European player to enter the top 3 in the world since December 2018. His world ranking has risen 28 places since January this year.
Zhang Benzhihe, who won the WTT Championship this year's WTT Championship, the performance of Brazilian star Calderano , who has been in the top 5 men's singles ranking for 39 weeks, and Lin Yunru, a Chinese Taipei young player who has been among the top ten in the world for three consecutive years, are also worth looking forward to. The official website of WTT believes that the main opponents of the national table tennis women's singles come from Japan, including Mima Ito, who currently ranks 5th in the world and Kasumi Ishikawa, who 8th in the world.
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