The data picture shows the Chinese team player Wang Manyu in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter An Yuan
Chinanews.com, February 21. The reporter learned from the China Table Tennis Association on the 21st that Chinese table tennis players Zhang Rui and Wang Manyu withdrew from the ongoing China Table Tennis Team "Direct to Durban" World Table Tennis Championship trials due to fever.
On the previous match day, Zhang Rui and Wang Manyu formed teams to participate in the mixed doubles match.
Among them, the Xue Fei/Zhang Rui team first upset the world's number one mixed doubles team Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha with 3:0 in the third round, and then lost to Ziyang/Sun Mingyang 2:3 in five rounds. Missed the final.
Fan Zhendong/Wang Manyu lost to their opponents with a total score of 1:3 in the other semi-final.
The original game schedule on the 21st.
Image source: China Table Tennis Association
According to the schedule, Zhang Rui and Wang Manyu originally planned to participate in the women's singles match on the 21st.
So far, many national table tennis players have withdrawn from the trials due to physical discomfort.
The Durban World Table Tennis Championships will be held in Durban, South Africa from May 20th to 28th. The National Table Tennis Championships have filled the quota for five individual events, 5 men's and 5 women's singles, and 2 men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. .
According to the selection rules, the men’s and women’s singles champions of this site’s trials will directly qualify for the singles of the World Table Tennis Championships. The mixed doubles champions of this site will be compared with the mixed doubles champions of the next trial. Race through quota.
The rest of the entries will be determined by the coaching staff of the national team.
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