The ITTF recently announced that Chinese and American players will team up to play in the mixed doubles competition at the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships.
Lin Gaoyuan will partner with American player Zhang An, and American player Kanak will partner with Wang Manyu.
On November 22, local time, Liu Guoliang, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, expressed his hope that China and the United States could play in the mixed doubles through Chinese and American players, showing the world the continuation of Sino-US "ping pong diplomacy." Show the peace of sports and the exchanges between the people of the two countries to the audience."
Regarding the prospect of the two pairs of mixed doubles, Liu Guoliang also expressed his expectations, "Lin Gaoyuan is left-handed (holds the racket) and has a relatively strong doubles ability. It is more suitable to match Lili Zhang (Zhang An). Wang Manyu and American player Kanak The two of them are about the same age and have similar styles of play, so after the two pairs are separated (recombined), they have a certain impact." (Reporter Wang Yu produced Zhou Jing)
Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]