Recently, the table tennis world has been stirred up by a major event. The actions of Olympic champions Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng, who jointly withdrew from the world rankings, have caused a huge stir, with the focus squarely on WTT's overbearing clauses. This incident has drawn public attention to the management mechanisms of WTT. Amidst this controversy, Liu Guoliang's stance appears quite subtle. As the head of WTT World Table Tennis, he has not mentioned his own position in the face of numerous doubts, and this silence has greatly affected his reputation. At this time, Ma Long's situation is even more special. Ma Long is already at the end of his career, and the increase in age poses many challenges to his competitive state. More importantly, he has a close relationship with Liu Guoliang, and it is rumored that they also have private collaborations, which makes it inconvenient for him to publicly express his stance on this matter. "The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water," perhaps this friendship allows their interactions to follow more the tacit understanding and respect within their hearts. However, when asked during an interview who he most wanted to challenge, Ma Long blurted out the three words "Liu Guoliang," which was undoubtedly a bombshell. Both Liu Guoliang and Ma Long are grand slam winners in the table tennis world, but they represent different eras. Liu Guoliang is the first male grand slam winner in the history of the national table tennis team, and he had a unique playing style in his era. In…

The first event of the 2025 WTT season has begun with the Stars Challenge Doha Station, a medium-level competition worth 600 points. This time, the national table tennis team has only sent non-main players to compete, mainly to challenge opponents. Many Japanese main players participated, including Tomokazu Harimoto and his sister, Mima Ito, and Hina Hayata, as well as many European top players, making the competition quite fierce. The qualification matches have already concluded, with some famous players needing to participate in the qualifications, especially new partner combinations. In the singles qualification matches of the national table tennis team, Xu Yingbin lost in the last round and was eliminated from the qualifications, while Iran's Alamiyan stopped at the second round of the qualifications. In the final round of the men's singles qualification matches, Xu Yingbin lost 2-3 to South Korea's Cho Seung-min, with scores of 11-3, 10-12, 7-11, 11-7, and 9-11. Meanwhile, world champion Sweden's Mattias Karlsson won 3-1 against Julian Chirita, with scores of 11-8, 6-11, 11-6, and 11-6. Last year, Karlsson could still participate directly in the championship based on his world ranking, which was within the top 30. Now, he even has to participate in the qualification matches for the star matches. However, he is still the main player of Sweden and won a silver medal in doubles at last year's Paris Olympics, with his doubles ability being significantly stronger than his singles. In the second round of the women's singles qualification matches, Zhongge Man defeated Huang Yuwei from Chinese Taipei 3-2, with scores of 11-7, 9-11,…