Speaking of sports that make countless overseas Chinese proud of, the first thing that comes to your mind must bePing pong.Liu Guoliang, Deng Yaping, Kong Linghui, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining, etc... These famous table tennis players once made athletes from other countries frightened!Among the 10 Grand Slam players in the world, Chinese players account for9 bit, Has an out-and-out dominance.

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For the majority of table tennis fans, it is a dream thing to be able to witness the demeanor of the world famous players on the spot.

Blessed are Houston fans this year!According to information from the International Table Tennis Federation,2021 World Table Tennis Championships Will be held from July 11th to 23stHoustonHeld, this is the 56th, and it is also since the establishment of the World Table Tennis Championshipsthe first timeHeld in the United States!

Houston table tennis fans can watch exciting games at their doorstep and cheer for their favorite players!

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As the largest event in the international table tennis tournament, the World Table Tennis Championships have set up a total ofWomen's doubles, men's doubles, mixed doubles, women's singles and men's singles5个项目，届时将有男女各128名单打选手、64对男子双打组合、64对女子双打组合和64对混合双打组合，在世乒赛赛场上进行角逐。

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The individual events of the Houston World Table Tennis Championships this year will use3 + 1 + 1The new rules: each member association can only send up to three players to participate in the competition, but if the member association player is ranked in the top 100 in the world, they can get an extra place; if the player ranks in the top 20 in the world, they can get an additional place .

According to the above new rules, the National Table Tennis Team will send5Participate.According to the Chinese Table Tennis Association, the National Table Tennis Team willCenozoicThe lineup participated in this World Table Tennis Championships and hit the championship!Veterans Malone, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen will not participate in the Houston World Table Tennis Championships because they have participated in the Olympics, the National Games and the Table Tennis Super League and need time to rest.

In the latest world rankings published by the ITTF, Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng are men and women singles.First place.The top seed Chen Meng has won the 2020 World Cup Women's Singles Championship and the 2021 Tokyo Olympics Championship. If she can win the World Table Tennis Championships Women's Singles Championship, she will successfully achieve the Grand Slam and break Zhang Jike's 445 days to win the Grand Slam. record!

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In addition, fromJapan, Germany, SwedenFamous table tennis players from other regions and countries will also participate in this World Table Tennis Championships.

According to China News Agency, the National Table Tennis Team has already16 daysSet off for Houston to make full preparations for the World Table Tennis Championships that will open next week.Looking forward to the wonderful performance of table tennis players and good results!

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Fans who want to watch the game on the spot, the tickets are sold out immediately,Hurry up and hurry up and buy tickets~

References

https://www.chinanews.com.cn/ty/2021/11-16/9610524.shtml

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