World Table Tennis Day： Pay tribute to them who are fighting for the glory of table tennis.
April 23rd is World Table Tennis Day. "World Table Tennis Day" was established by ITTF in 2015, originally on April 6th every year. Last year, the ITTF decided to change "World Table Tennis Day" to April 23rd every year from 2023. According to the ITTF, this adjustment is to commemorate Ivor Montagu, the first president of the ITTF, and it is also different from the "International Day of Sport for Development and Peace" established by the United Nations on April 6, attracting more people around the world to pay attention to and participate in table tennis.
Table tennis has the largest mass base in China, and has always had the most brilliant competitive achievements, so it is called the "national ball" of China. China table tennis people uphold the honor of the motherland, and keep the spirit of hard work and innovation in mind, handed down from generation to generation. In today’s world table tennis stage, they are constantly striving to continue to defend the glory of table tennis in China.
On July 30, 2021, Malone celebrated after winning the championship. On the same day, in the men’s singles table tennis final of Tokyo Olympic Games, China’s Malone defeated teammate Fan Zhendong to win the championship. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Dongzhen photo
Malone: the only winner of "Double Grand Slam"
In the men’s singles final of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Malone defeated teammate Fan Zhendong 4-2 to win the championship, becoming the first successful defending table tennis men’s singles champion in Olympic history. Malone also achieved a "double grand slam" and created history. He is also the only table tennis player in the world who has a "double grand slam". ("Double Grand Slam" refers to winning the singles titles of Olympic Games, World Table Tennis Championships and Table Tennis World Cup twice)
On October 9, 2022, China’s Fan Zhendong celebrated the score in the competition. He defeated German benedikt Duda 3-0. On the same day, in the men’s team final of Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, the China table tennis men’s team defeated the German team 3-0. Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Hongjing photo
Fan Zhendong: Ranked first in the world for three consecutive years.
Since April, 2020, Fan Zhendong has been ranked first in the men’s singles table tennis world, and the first player with a score of over 10,000 in the new points rules of the World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT). Fan Zhendong won the men’s singles title in the Table Tennis World Cup four times, tying Ma Lin to become the athlete who won the most men’s singles titles in the history of this event.
On August 5, 2021, Sun Yingsha, a player from China, was in the competition. On the same day, in the women’s table tennis team final of the Tokyo Olympic Games, China defeated the Japanese team 3-0 and won the championship. Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Lei photo
Sun Yingsha: Three world firsts set a winning streak after 00.
As of April 22nd, the just-concluded women’s singles semi-final of WTT Macau Station in 2023, Sun Yingsha has won 24 consecutive victories in international competitions, ranking third in history, and is also the only post-00 player in the list of winning streak records. At the age of 22, she is still the current world number one holder in women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles, and is regarded as the "new generation" leader of national table tennis.
On July 29th, 2021, China’s Chen Meng celebrated the score in the competition. On the same day, in the women’s table tennis singles final of Tokyo Olympic Games, China’s Chen Meng defeated teammate Sun Yingsha 4-2 to win the championship. Xinhua News Agency reporter Lu Xiaoyu photo
Chen Meng: The Olympic women’s singles champion won 31 consecutive victories in the international competition.
From the 2019 ITTF Finals to the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, Chen Meng won a total of 31 consecutive victories in international competitions, ranking second in history (the first was Zhang Yining’s 39 consecutive victories). During this period, she also won the women’s singles and women’s team championships in Tokyo Olympic Games. In 2020, Chen Meng won the ITTF Finals, which was her fourth consecutive championship.
On November 29th, 2021, Manyu Wang celebrated winning the championship. On the same day, in the women’s singles final of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, USA, China’s Manyu Wang defeated teammate Sun Yingsha 4-2 to win the championship. Xinhua News Agency photo by Wagner
Manyu Wang: World Table Tennis Championships Women’s Singles Champion, Olympic Women’s Team Champion
In the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, due to the recurrence of veteran Liu Shiwen’s elbow injury, Manyu Wang came off the bench to play in the women’s team competition. She quickly entered the competition state, and defeated Austria, Singapore, Germany and Japan with her teammates, and finally won the gold medal and won her first Olympic gold medal. Subsequently, she won the women’s singles championship in Shaanxi National Games and Houston World Table Tennis Championships in succession, and currently ranks fourth in the singles world.
On October 9, 2022, China player Wang Chuqin returned the ball in the game. He defeated German player Kai Stamper 3-0. On the same day, in the men’s team final of Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, the China table tennis men’s team defeated the German team 3-0. Xinhua News Agency reporter Yan Bingjie photo
Wang Chuqin: Mixed doubles ranked first and men’s singles ranked second.
In the 2022 Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, China won the men’s team championship with a 3-0 victory over the German team. Wang Chuqin was one of the athletes who represented China and won the game. At present, Wang Chuqin ranks second in the men’s singles world. And his achievements in mixed doubles are even more eye-catching. He and his partner Sun Yingsha won the mixed doubles championships in the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships and the 2023 WTT Singapore Grand Slam, and now the mixed doubles rank first in the world.
From May 20th to 28th, the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships will be held in Durban, South Africa, and Guoping will go out again. I hope they will continue their brilliant achievements and create new achievements!
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