After the 2023 WTT (World Table Tennis Professional League) men's finals came to an end, Doha, Qatar ushered in the 2024 WTT Star Challenge from the 8th. The Chinese table tennis team played as hard as possible, and Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, who participated in the WTT men's finals, participated in the women's team with Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Wang Manyu and other women's team players, and the team's goal was to win all five championships and strive for Olympic points.
A total of 8 Chinese players participated in the men's singles event of this station, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong, Zhou Qihao (wild card) 7 people directly participated in the main event, Yuan Licen, who started from the qualifying round, needed to win three rounds in a row to qualify for the main event. According to the schedule, the first round of the singles main draw will be held on the 10th.
According to the official website of the Olympic Games on the 8th, Wang Chuqin, who just won the championship in the WTT Doha men's finals, has become the male player with the most championships in the WTT era. During this period, he successively eliminated French rising stars Felix Lebrun, Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Qiu Dang and world No. 1 teammate Fan Zhendong to win the championship, and the championship content is very high. In-form Wang Chuqin is seen as the favourite to win the men's singles title at this year's Doha Star Challenge.
In addition, whether Fan Zhendong, who was swept by Wang Chuqin in the finals, can adjust his mentality in a short period of time and return to the state of world No. 1 is also one of the focuses of this tournament. However, the men's singles field is surrounded by strong opponents, Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru, Japan's Tomokazu Zhangmoto, and Germany's Qiu Dang, who eliminated Lin Shidong and Liang Jingkun in the finals to reach the semifinals, will continue to play the role of a roadblock.
The 8 players of the Chinese team participating in the women's singles competition all started from the main match, including Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, Chen Xingtong, and Qian Tian.
1. Zhang Rui and Kuo Man. Top seed Sun Yingsha, who won the 2023 WTT Nagoya Women's Finals, will go all out to win the first title of the new season through this tournament. Wang Yidi, the No. 2 seed, and Olympic champion Chen Meng and world champion Wang Manyu also have the ability to win the title, but they will have to be prepared for the likes of Japan's Hina Hayata, Misei Ito, Miwa Zhangmoto, and South Korea's Shin Yubin.
In the men's doubles competition, a total of 3 Chinese pairs participated, namely Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun and Yuan Licen. Among them, Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong are the runners-up of the WTT men's finals, and the men's doubles champion Yuan Licen will partner with Liang Jingkun to participate in this event. Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, Zhang Rui, Kuo Man, Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi will be the three Chinese pairs in the Women's Doubles, while Sun Yingsha, Wang Chuqin, Kuo Man, Lin Shidong, Wang Manyu, Lin Gaoyuan and Qian Tianyi and Liang Jingkun will participate in the mixed doubles competition. According to the schedule, the men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles will be played in the round of 16 on the 10th.
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