Singapore table tennis grand slam officially started today, which is also the first grand slam founded by ITTF. Its scale and prize money far exceed previous open competitions. It is reported that there are 2 12 athletes from all over the world, including male athletes 109 and female athletes 103, who compete in the 13-day competition.
This grand slam in Singapore is a huge competition. A total of 64 men's and women's singles players participated in the competition, but there were only 8 seed seats, less than the last open. This shows how fierce the competition is. Judging from the list of seed players in men's and women's singles, they are all the top ten players in the world. Guo Ping's main competitor is from Japan. Zhang Benzhi in men's singles and Mikei Ito in women's singles are the key research objects, which is the first time Guo Ping has played against them this year. It is bound to stage the highest level confrontation in the world. After three qualifying rounds, it is expected that the draw for the main event will be held on the evening of March 9. Because there are few seed seats, there may be more table tennis civil wars, which is also a test.