Guoping announced the list of WTT European summer series, Fan Zhendong was absent

The World Table Tennis Occupation League (WTT) announced the list of European Summer Series on the 24th. The Chinese team led by Malone and Chen Meng, and now the men's singles world No. 1 Fan Zhendong is absent.

On March 20, Fan Zhendong celebrated after winning the WTT Singapore Grand Slam men's singles championship. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Deng Zhiwei)

WTT official website announced on the 16th of this month that the WTT Grand Slam in Budapest was scheduled to be held from July 11th to 24th. It replaced the WTT European Summer Series composed of the star challenge, branch race, and championships. The three events will be held in Budapest from July 11th to 23rd.

Among them, the WTT championship set up 32 men's and women's singles seats, including the top 30 players in the world and two foreign card places. In the men's singles, due to Fan Zhendong's absence, Malone became the number one seed, and Liang Jingkun followed closely; the women's singles, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, and Wang Yidi occupied the top four seed positions.

In the WTT star challenge list, Malone, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, and Yuan Licen entered the men's singles competition, Liu Dingshuo was shortlisted for the qualification competition; women's singles, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Liu Weishan, and Fan Siqi participated.

On March 19, the women's doubles champion Wang Manyu (left)/Sun Yingsha at the WTT Singapore Grand Slam awards ceremony. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Deng Zhiwei)

Fan Zhendong, who is being closed in Weihai, revealed that not participating in this series is a cautious choice after many considerations. "Combined with the objective situation of the current world ranking points, considering the needs of medium and long -term career planning for adjustment and reserves, after the coaching team's consent There is a comprehensive improvement. "

The coach of the supervisor Wang Hao believes that at this stage, Fan Zhendong can take the initiative to think about the overall planning and preparation rhythm of personality, which is a mature performance. He said: "Each athlete has its own preparation rhythm at different stages. After" Little Fat "communicated with me and reached an agreement, he also received the consent of the coaching team and head coach. Time, grasp the details to check the lack of missing, and adjust a better state in the group World Championships. "

On March 20, the men's singles champion Fan Zhendong (left) and the women's singles champion Chen Meng took a group photo at the WTT Singapore Grand Slam awards ceremony. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Deng Zhiwei)

Men's coach Qin Zhizheng said: "Respect Fan Zhendong and the coach of the supervisor for the preparation of the rhythm of the second half of the year. Fan Zhendong, who ranked first, hopes to use more systematic training to improve himself in all aspects, and the coaching team expresses understanding. "

In addition, Qin Zhizheng said that although Fan Zhendong was absent, the goal of the National Table Tennis Men's Team for the European Summer Series was still winning the championship. (Reporter Hu Jiali, Yu Sihui)

(Source: Xinhua News Agency client)

【Edit: Fu Sakura】

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