National Table Tennis Team. Photo courtesy of Chinese Table Tennis Association
China News Network on March 5th, Beijing time, the Qatar Open Table Tennis Championship draw was released, and Chinese players participating in this event will also debut. In this competition, the national table tennis team decided to donate all the winnings to the front line of the epidemic, and the total prize of Qatar Station reached 400,000 US dollars.
During the days of overseas training, the national table tennis team members have been concerned about the domestic epidemic. Before the Qatar Open, Ma Long, the director of the Chinese Table Tennis Association's Athlete Committee, convened all participating players to discuss it. In the end, everyone agreed to donate all the prize money won by Qatar to the frontline of the epidemic in Wuhan.
The total prize money in Qatar this year has reached $ 400,000, which is currently the highest prize in the ITTF Professional Tour. The singles champion is $ 44,000, the second runner-up is $ 22,000, and the doubles champion is $ 10,000.
The main players in this competition, including Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Ding Ning, Chen Meng, and Sun Yingsha, played both. Although he withdrew from the competition due to injury, Liu Shiwen still offered to donate an equal amount of money for the singles championship. (Finish)