It is worth mentioning that the Japanese men's and women's teams are absent collectively this time. WTT event is a commercial event, which is not linked to points, so it has no influence on the world ranking and next year's Olympic Games, which may be one of the reasons for the collective absence of the Japanese team.
In addition, after resting for more than three months, Ding Ning came back in this competition. As the third seed, she first played a qualifying match with Chen Meng. The outcome of qualifying will not affect the promotion, but it will affect the opponents in the 1/4 finals.
Extended data
Wtt Macau Tournament lasts for five days, and consists of two events: men's singles and women's singles, with 16 players each. There will be a "battle round" in the first two match days. In the first battle, the players ranked 9 to 16 in the world will compete for the qualification to advance to World War II by random drawing. In World War II, the players ranked fifth to eighth will compete with those who advanced in World War I for the "admission ticket" to the 1/4 finals.
In World War II, the No.5 seed played against the advanced player with the lowest ranking in World War I, the No.6 seed played against the advanced player with the second lowest ranking in World War I, and so on. Players ranked 1 to No.4 will play two games in each of the first two competition days to compete for the seed signing of 1/4 finals.
Two players ranked 1 and 4 in the first round met, and the players ranked 2 nd and 3 rd met. In the second round, the two winners in the first round confronted each other, and the two losers met in a narrow way. On the third match day, the 1/4 final will be played. The scheduled top four seeds will play against the four players who advanced in World War II, and the winner will advance to the top four.
The way of confrontation is that the No.1 seed confronts the advanced player with the lowest ranking in World War II, the No.2 seed confronts the advanced player with the second lowest ranking in World War II, and so on. In the semi-finals and finals of the next two competition days, the competition system is the same as the traditional competition, and the top four players will compete for the final championship.