On January 6th, Beijing time, the first battle of the WTT year begins. The full name of this competition is the Doha Star Challenge, which will take place from January 6th to 11th. The events include men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles; the champion can earn 600 points. The match rules are a best-of-five format for preliminary rounds and a best-of-seven format for the finals.
The national table tennis team has sent 12 players to this competition, including Xiang Peng, Zhou Qihao, Chen Yuanyu, Xu Yingbin, Huang Youzheng, Qian Tianyi, He Zhuojia, Chen Yi, Shi Xunyao, and Kuai Man. Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Lin Shidong, and other main players are absent as they have gone to Hainan to prepare for the Super League and the Asian Cup.
Although the main players of the national table tennis team did not participate in the first international match, it seems that foreign associations attach great importance to it, especially Japan, which has almost all its main players participating: Tomokazu Harimoto, Hina Hayata, Miu Hirano, Miyuu Tomokazu, and Sairi Ito. We hope that the young players of the national table tennis team can perform at their best to compete in this match.
There are two matches today, the first round of the men's and women's singles qualifying at 15:00, and the second round of the men's singles qualifying.
At 21:00, there will be the first round of the women's singles qualifying and the second round of the men's singles qualifying. The specific lineup has not been announced yet.
Many friends may ask where they can watch this table tennis feast? First of all, CCTV Sports Channel will not broadcast it. Everyone can only watch it through online platforms.
Of course, CCTV5 will continue to broadcast a CBA game at 19:30, which is also a focus match, Liaoning VS Zhejiang Guangsha. This game is undoubtedly a challenge for Liaoning, as Zhejiang Guangsha currently ranks first. No matter what, let's cheer for both teams.
CCTV5+ will have a football match at 18:00 in the evening, and other events will be replays, so everyone can watch according to their preferences.