The 2023 World Table Tennis Championships was held in Durban, South Africa from May 20th to 28th. This is the first time that the World Table Tennis Championships have been held in South Africa, and it is also the first time that Africa has hosted the World Table Tennis Championships after the 1939 Cairo World Table Tennis Championships.
The Durban World Table Tennis Championships is a single event, with men's and women's singles 128, and 64 pairs of men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. China, composed of 6 men and 6 women *** 12 players, launched an attack on the five-time champion.
On May 18, the organizing committee of this World Table Tennis Championships held a lottery ceremony. As the champions of men's singles and women's singles in the last World Table Tennis Championships, Fan Zhendong and Manyu Wang of China were invited to participate in the lottery ceremony, which opened the curtain of the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban.
Participants from China:
In this China team lineup, Fan Zhendong, Malone, Wang, Liang Jingkun and Lin participated in the men's singles competition, while Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong participated in the women's singles competition. Fan Zhendong/Wang, Lin/Lin Shidong were sent to the men's doubles competition, while/,Chen Meng/Wang Yidi participated in the mixed doubles competition of women's doubles.
According to the latest world rankings released, Fan Zhendong, who ranks first in men's singles, is the top seed, Wang He is the No.2 and No.3 seed, and Liang Jingkun and Lin are the No.5 and No.8 seeds. They will guard four positions respectively, with Malone and Lin in the third zone, Liang Jingkun and Japanese player Zhang Benzhi in the second zone.