China News Service, Shenzhen, May 28 (Ma Yuanhao) the 2019 China Table Tennis Open kicked off in Shenzhen on the 28th. In this China Open, both Chinese and Japanese teams sent the strongest lineup to participate. In the face of the regrouped Japanese team, whether the national team can continue the excellent state of the World Table Tennis Championships and defeat the opponent has become the biggest attraction of this competition.
On the evening of May 28, the opening ceremony of Jingying shipping International Table Tennis Federation World Tour 2019 China Table Tennis Open (Shenzhen) was held in Shenzhen Bao’an Stadium. About 250 table tennis players from China, Germany, the United States and other countries and regions participated in the competition. The picture shows guests attending the opening ceremony of 2019 China Table Tennis Open (Shenzhen). Taken by Chen Wen, a reporter from China News Service
The China Open is the first Platinum event after the Budapest World Table Tennis Championships. All countries have sent their main lineups to play. Therefore, the competition is called “Small World Table Tennis Championships” by the outside world “.
In order to further test the team, Guozhen sent 22 players, including Malong and Liu Shiwen, to play singles. The Japanese table tennis team at the return crestfallen of the World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest was played by 35 players including Zhang benzhihe, Dan Yu Xiaoxi, Jun Mizutani, Kasumi Ishikawa, ITO, and hiano Meiyu in this China Open.
In terms of men’s singles, defending champion Ma Long led ten Chinese players, including Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin. Malone, who just achieved men’s singles three successive championships in the World Table Tennis Championships, will strive for the eighth men’s singles gold medal in the China Open. After adjustment, Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin, who played poorly in the World Table Tennis Championships, will also launch an impact on the second Chinese Open champion in their career.
Judging from the competition results on the first day of the qualifying match, Japanese players JT Yazhi, Utian Ren and Yutian Xingyi respectively 0:4 lost to Chinese junior general Wang Chuqin, Yu Ziyang and Zhongxi national hand Fang Bo, it seems that the main players in Japan are not afraid. The men’s team of Guozhen will still pay attention to Japan’s main force Zhang benzhihe, Jun Mizutani, South Korean famous general Li shangzhu, Brazilian famous General Hugo, German Gemini Bohr, ocharov and others.
In terms of women’s singles, Japanese women’s singles sent Kasumi Ishikawa, ITO Meicheng, Hirano Meiyu and other main forces to fight. Before the ITO Meicheng, which was once regarded as the strongest opponent by the women’s team of the national championship, he said optimistically that he would aim to win the championship. However, the national table tennis women’s team sent a luxurious lineup composed of 12 people, including Liu Shiwen, the new women’s singles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships, Ding Ning, the captain of the national table tennis women’s team, and Chen Meng, Zhu Yuling, Wang Manqi, Sun Yingsha, etc, it is not easy to believe that the Japanese women’s team wants to break through the “great wall of steel” of the national team.
In terms of mixed pairs, Japan and Japan sent Zhang benzhihe/Kasumi Ishikawa, who failed to appear in the World Table Tennis Championships, and two pairs of Dan Yu Xiaoxi/ITO/Meicheng, who were their first partners, to fight, trying to launch an impact on the national cup in mixed pairs. Guozhen was in a “maze”, breaking Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen, the mixed double champion of the World Table Tennis Championships, letting Xu Xin play with Chen Meng, and sending the “Ding Dong combination” composed of Fan Zhendong and Ding Ning, the world’s first men and women “.
“We can’t deal with all situations with only one set of people. All countries are running into their own lineup, and now it is the beginning of everyone’s fighting with wisdom and courage. It is normal for us to make adjustments based on the results of the World Table Tennis Championships.” Liu Guoliang said before the game.
In terms of doubles, the prospect of Guozhen is relatively clear. In the face of Japan sending a new combination of Senyuan Zheng Chong/Shangtian Ren, the World Table Tennis Championship man pair champion team Malong/Wang Chuqin and the World Table Tennis Championship team Lin Gaoyuan/Liang jingkuncheng became the double insurance for the man pair project of this open. In terms of women’s double, Wang Manqi/Zhu Yuling, the women’s double champion combination of the World Table Tennis Championships, played again. In addition, Gu Yuting/Liu Shiwen, Qian Tianyi/Sun Mingyang, in the face of Japan’s Muyuan meiyou/Nagasaki meiyou, zhongsenfannan/dateng shayue and other new combinations, Guozhen can be called an absolute advantage. (Finished)