2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships squad confirmed that National Table Tennis will hit five championships
2021-11-02 11:36:07Source: China News Network
Chinanews Client, November 2nd. In January, Beijing time, the ITTF announced that the list of players for the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships has been confirmed.
The 2021 World Table Tennis Championships will be held in Houston, USA from November 23 to 29. This tournament has 5 events including men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles and mixed doubles.
This is the first time that the World Table Tennis Championships have settled in the Americas. All 51 member associations that have signed up for the competition have submitted a list of players. The world‘s top players will gather in Houston to compete.
In men’s singles, the Chinese team has sent a new generation lineup. The world‘s number one Fan Zhendong will join Zhou Qihao, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun to represent the Chinese team.
Zhangmoto Tomokazu will join Niwa Takaki, Uda Yukiya, Mori Park Masataka and Togami Hayasuke to represent the Japanese team. “The evergreen of the table tennis” Tim Boll will lead Francesca and Duda to fight for the glory of Germany.
In addition to Japan and Germany, Brazilian player Hugo Calderano made a major breakthrough in the previous WTT Star Challenge Doha. His desire to shine on a larger stage should not be underestimated. Swedish player Matthias Falk, the runner-up of men’s singles at the 2019 Budapest World Table Tennis Championships, also hopes to continue the good momentum of the previous edition.
The women’s singles arena is also full of spectacles. Seven women’s singles top ten players will compete in Houston. The world‘s top two Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha are very likely to have a peak matchup again.
The world‘s third-ranked Japanese star Mima Ito will pose a huge challenge. In the WTT Middle East tournament in March this year, she won the women’s singles championship in two consecutive events. At the Tokyo Olympics, as the host player, she and her partner Mizutani Hayabusa won the mixed doubles gold medal.
The eighth-ranked Chinese Taipei player Zheng Yijing won the bronze medal in the mixed doubles at the Tokyo Olympics. She is also expected to be on the podium in good form this season. (over)
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