On February 1, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam list was officially released, and the national table tennis sent 6 players from each gender, who were also the main force of all the men, led by Ma Long. The tournament will be held from March 10 to 17 at the Singapore Sports Centre, and the last men's and women's singles champions belonged to Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha.
National table tennis registration list.
Women's Singles] Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi.
Men's Singles] Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong
This is also the strongest lineup of national table tennis at present, at the women's singles level, several players with the highest ranking in the world are sent, the first Grand Slam champion is Chen Meng, the second and last women's singles champion is Sun Yingsha, and Wang Yidi, who is currently ranked second in the world, Wang Manyu and Qian Tianyi also have strong strength. The men's singles is still the traditional Five Tigers, plus the talented teenager Lin Shidong, Fan Zhendong has won two consecutive Singapore Grand Slam men's singles championships, and has a strong dominance.
It is worth mentioning that the prize money of this tournament has dropped significantly, and it can even be described as "**", the total prize money of the 2023 Singapore Grand Slam is 2 million US dollars, and the singles champion can get a prize of 100,000 US dollars in addition to 2,000 points, which is a very generous prize for table tennis players.
But by the 2024 Singapore Grand Slam, the overall prize money will be reduced from $2 million to $1.5 million, and the champion's $100,000 will become $60,000, which is close to halving. The runner-up prize money went from $60,000 to $3$20,000 is indeed a lot of drops, which is frustrating.
Although the prize money has declined, the level of the event has not changed, and the points have not changed, so the national table tennis has sent all the main players to participate. At present, the national table tennis team is training in Hainan closed, there will be the Busan Team World Table Tennis Championships in February, and the Singapore Grand Slam in March, looking forward to the performance of the national table tennis players.