China News Service, Beijing, March 22. On the 22nd, the ITTF announced that the WTT Doha Star Challenge will start on March 25th.
It is reported that many national table tennis players decided not to participate in this event.
In this regard, Qin Zhijian, secretary-general of the China Table Tennis Association, said that the Chinese team has formulated various competition plans from the very beginning.
Originally, the main players will move to the Qatar Doha Star Challenge after participating in the Singapore Grand Slam. However, due to the high-intensity confrontation experienced by many players in the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, they have successfully completed the purpose of training and gaining competition points. Therefore, make the above decision.
Image source: Official Weibo of the World Table Tennis Major League.
"Many main athletes have spent a lot of physical and mental energy after recent intensive and high-intensity competitions, and expressed their desire to rest. In order to avoid injuries caused by athletes' fatigue and competition, combined with changes in the global epidemic and external risks during the trip, Therefore, the Chinese team has decided that the absolute main force and Olympic champion who participated in the Singapore competition will directly return to China to rest and meet the subsequent competitions with a better spirit and technical state." Qin Zhijian said.
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