Original title: Chen Meng withdrew from WTT Taiyuan Station due to injury and Sun Yingsha gave up singles and only played mixed doubles
The WTT Regular Challenge Taiyuan Station 2023 will kick off on November 7. On the 6th, Olympic champion Chen Meng announced his withdrawal due to a back injury. She wrote on her personal social media: “After deep thought, I decided to return to China for good treatment and prepare for the mixed team World Cup. See you at the next venue.” Subsequently, Sun Yingsha, the world’s number one in women’s singles, also announced her withdrawal from WTT Taiyuan Play singles matches and continue to play mixed doubles matches.
The WTT Regular Challenge Taiyuan Station will be held at the Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center Gymnasium from November 7th to 12th. This will be held in China in 2023 following the WTT Xinxiang and Macau Championships in April and the WTT Star Challenge Lanzhou Station in October. The fourth stop of the WTT series. The winner of the Taiyuan station of the WTT regular challenge will receive 400 world ranking points. The results of this station will also directly affect the qualifications for the WTT finals at the end of the year.
According to the previously announced entry list, in the men’s singles, the three main national table tennis players Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan have signed up; the women’s singles has a strong lineup, with Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong all participating.
But on the evening of the 6th, Olympic champion Chen Meng announced that he had withdrawn from the competition due to a back injury. She wrote on the social platform: “I’m sorry to tell you that in the Taiyuan Station competition, I had no choice but to ask the coaching staff to withdraw from the competition while actively cooperating with the treatment. Because I injured my waist in training before starting the Frankfurt Station, I also have to do it every day. We actively cooperated with the doctor on treatment and practiced rehabilitation and maintenance. Before each game, we used muscle tape to assist, bandages, and waist braces to fix the effect, but the effect was not very good. From the pain on one side at the beginning, to the pain on both sides now, and When it hurts, I need to move my waist very slowly. After deep thought, I decided to return to China for proper treatment and prepare for the Mixed Team World Cup. See you at the next stadium!”
Subsequently, Sun Yingsha, who spent her 23rd birthday in Frankfurt, Germany, also announced her withdrawal from the WTT Taiyuan singles competition. She wrote: “At the end of the season, I was also adjusting my participation according to my own condition. After discussing with the coaching staff, I decided to withdraw from the WTT Taiyuan singles competition. Don’t worry, I will continue to play in the mixed doubles competition. See you in Taiyuan. !” (Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Zhou Xueshuai)
2023-11-07 05:14:00
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