The Grand Slam list was released, led by Ma Long, Sun Yingsha and Fan Zhendong defended the title, and the prize money was **.
On February 1 this year, the Grand Slam competition of the Singapore World Table Tennis Championships has been announced, and in addition to Ma Long, the Chinese men's basketball team will also have 6 men's singles and women's singles players. The tournament will be held from March 10 to 17 at the Singapore Sports Centre, and Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha won the double runner-up in the men's singles and women's singles in the last edition.
List of athletes for the National Table Tennis Championships.
Women's Singles]: Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi.
Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Sidong.
This is also the strongest team in the history of the national table tennis team, Chen Meng is the first Grand Slam winner, Sun Yingsha is the runner-up, Wang Yidi, Wang Manyu, Qian Tianyi, these three people are very good. The men's singles is still dominated by the "Five Tigers", including the rising star Lin Shidong, Fan Zhendong won the men's singles crown of two Grand Slams in Singapore, and his strength is strong.
It is worth noting that there has been a significant decline in the prize money of this competition, which can be described as:"**"At the 2023 Singapore Grand Slam, the total prize pool is up to $2 million, while individuals can get an additional prize of $100,000 and an additional prize of $100,000 on top of 2,000 points, which is a considerable reward.
However, in the 2024 Singapore Grand Slam, the total prize money was reduced from 2 million to 1.5 million, while the prize money for first place was reduced from 100,000 to 6,000, almost being cut in the waist. The prize for second place dropped from $6,000 to $3$2, which is quite a discouraging amount.
Although the prize money has been reduced, the ranking has not changed, and the score has not changed, so the national table tennis team sent all the main forces. The Chinese table tennis team returned from Hainan today and completed training. The World Table Tennis Championships will be held in Busan, South Korea, in February, and the Grand Slam tournament in Singapore in March, which is also a matter of concern to us.