Data map: On June 2, 2019, the men's singles final of the ITTF World Tour China Table Tennis Open was held at the Shenzhen Baoan Stadium. Ma Long won the men's singles championship with a 4-0 victory over Lin Gaoyuan.
The picture shows Malone in the singles final.
China News Agency reporter Chen Wenshe
China News Service, March 8 The reporter learned from the China Table Tennis Association that the Chinese Table Tennis Team ended its closed training session in Hainan on the 7th. The players returned to their original units to prepare for the final sprint for the upcoming National Games preliminaries.
Qin Zhijian, secretary general of the Chinese Table Tennis Association and head coach of the men’s team, said in an interview: “After the closed training in Hainan, the players will return to their original units to prepare for the preliminaries for the National Games held in Chengdu from March 20 to 30. The association requires The players on the 7th, 8th, and 9th returned to the province for three days to rest. Starting on the 10th, they trained according to the requirements of the provincial and municipal teams to prepare for the National Games, and then went directly to Chengdu to participate in the competition."
It is understood that this year's National Games preliminaries will still compete in seven events including men's team, women's team, men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles.
Two days before the competition, a physical fitness test was conducted according to the requirements of the General Administration.
After the competition, the individual event will be followed by the team.
The National Games held every four years is a competition that all provinces and cities attach great importance to.
For the national table tennis players this time they return to the province to practice together, the focus is still to conduct a targeted run-in based on the situation of each team, and make the final sprint for the preliminaries of the National Games.
Qin Zhijian said that from the perspective of the overall strategy for preparing for the Tokyo Olympics, “this year’s most important goal is undoubtedly the Tokyo Olympics. After two months of training, we also hope to test the results of everyone’s winter training preparations through the preliminaries of the National Games. Prepare for the WTT China Tournament.” (End)