Compared with the first straight race, this race has reduced the scale of the race, but it is more targeted. Men's singles and women's singles 16, the first team consists of men's singles and women's singles 16. Mixed pairs 12 pairs are divided into two stages. The first stage 12 pairs are divided into two groups for group round robin. The top four teams in each group qualify, and the team wins three games; The second stage is the knockout round of the top 8, which adopts the best of seven games system. This arrangement reflects the importance attached by the national table tennis coaching staff to mixed doubles. Mixed doubles is a new table tennis event in Tokyo Olympic Games. There is only one pair of combinations in each association, which will produce the first gold medal in table tennis. Whoever wins the first gold medal has a great influence on the team's future games. Xu Xin/Liu will represent the team in the mixed doubles competition. For them, they can't make any mistakes. They must win the first gold medal to make a good start for table tennis. They are naturally under great pressure.
As the first team event of the Olympic Games is doubles, there are also men's and women's doubles competitions in this direct competition. According to the rules of the Olympic team competition, the first player to play doubles will be the second and third singles players. If Malone/Xu Xin and Liu/play the first pair, it means that Fan Zhendong and He will become the first pair of singles. But if the team can win 3-0, it means that only one singles match will be played in the previous few games. However, the Olympic team competition is not only played once. Maybe all three players in Guo Ping will have a chance to play in the first singles match.
After the competition, they will be qualified for the WTT Grand Slam and the Houston World Table Tennis Championships. According to the regulations, after the Nanyang Station competition, the player who ranks first in singles will be eligible to participate in the singles competition of the World Table Tennis Championships. Zhou has a good chance of winning the men's singles title in the last match between Malone and Fan Zhendong. If Zhou can reach the semi-finals in Nanyang, only Fan Zhendong can surpass him in winning percentage. If Zhou enters the final again, he will qualify for the singles in the World Table Tennis Championships.