[Tilu News]The “2024 Hong Kong International Table Tennis Stars Challenge” will be held at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium from March 25 to 26 next year. Ticket prices range from $880 to $3380. “Rocket” Ronnie O’Sullivan will face Hong Kong snooker star Marco Marco on the first day of the tournament. The seven-time world champion said he enjoys playing in Asia and joked that Marco needs to be merciful to him. Marco said that it would be difficult to replicate last year’s 147 performance this time. “I am so confident that I will not be able to hit 147 this time.”
(From left: Zhuo Linpu, Lisa Woski, O’Sully Yun, Fu Jiajun)
Williams (center)
“Rocket” O’Sullivan, “Quasi God” Judd Trump, Mark Williams, Jack Lisowski, Si Jiahui and Marco Marco will perform 6 exhibition games, and the event will not be Set up a champion. O’Sully will play three games against Williams, Marco Marco and Zhuo Linpu respectively, and Marco Marco will also face off against Lisa Woski. In addition to Si Jiahui, other golfers also appeared in the tournament to record their moves.
O’Sullivan has been looking forward to returning to Hong Kong to compete after the epidemic. “I am very happy to come to Hong Kong to compete again. I like everything here. As long as everyone supports us, we will also support everyone.” He also believes that Marco Fu is a good opponent and has played against Marco Fu for many years. He competed with each other and said with a smile that as the host, Marco needs to be merciful.
After tying Huntley’s record of seven world championships last year, O’Sullivan said he has no particular intention to create history and currently only enjoys table tennis as a prerequisite for participating: “I don’t have any competition as my goal, but sometimes I like to accept some competition challenges. But even if he loses, it doesn’t matter.” Although he has played in the UK, the holy land of table tennis, for many years, he sometimes feels that there is nothing new, so he has played in more Asian events in recent years. “The promotion of the Asian tournament has been very good, and it feels like it is a grand event. Things. For me, I just want to participate in the best events, enjoy the best atmosphere and venues, and I feel that Asian fans like me more. Usually I am not as popular in the UK as I am here.” The 48-year-old just this month O’Sully also pays attention to health care. When he visited Hong Kong last year, he also took time to run in the mountains. He said he hoped that this time he would also have time to go up the mountains to see the scenery and stretch his muscles.
Recently, there has been a discussion in the snooker community about the spectatorship of the game. Among them, Hendry and Murphy pointed out that the rules should prevent players from relying on the opponent’s foul to reverse the situation when there are not enough points left on the table. O’Sullivan, who has always been a fierce golfer, recently said that he would put an end to the above situation and described that the audience and players felt painful. He said that the spectatorship of the game affects the outside world’s perception of sports: “I like to watch Metz for football, Fedora for tennis, and Woods for golf. I hope people will play like Woods, even if they are not as good as him.” It’s strong but at least it should be played in a more exciting way. I hope the same goes for billiards, which will be a little more exciting for the audience.”
Marco Marco scored 147 in the Coliseum last year to beat Higgins and shocked everyone. When asked if he would target 147 this time, Marco said bluntly: “I am very confident that I will not be able to hit 147 this time. I will leave it to the professionals.” People are coming.” Lisuheski, who was beside him, said that Zhuolinpu might try to challenge. Marco felt more serious after last year’s Hong Kong Masters. He hopes that this tournament can be played in a relaxed mood and that the audience can still enjoy the atmosphere. As for Lisuwoski, who was visiting Hong Kong for the first time for the tournament, he said he was impressed by last year’s Hong Kong Masters, which broke the highest attendance record in snooker history, and looked forward to achieving a 100% attendance rate again this time.
Lisuwoski
However, compared with the last two “Hong Kong World Table Tennis Masters” hosted by the Hong Kong Table Tennis Association, the ticket prices for this invitational tournament hosted by commercial organizations are relatively less “friendly”. There are four single-day ticket prices of $880, $1380, $2380, and $3380 respectively. The price is expected to be on sale at the city ticketing network in February. Ticket prices for the 2017 Hong Kong Masters at the same venue range from $100 to $450, while tickets for the 2022 Hong Kong Masters range from $100 to $580.
“2024 Hong Kong International Table Tennis Stars Challenge” schedule:
March 25th
12:00 Osu Liyun VS Williams
15:00 Zhuolinpu VS Lisawski
19:30 O’Sullivan VS Fu Jiajun
March 26th
12:00 Williams VS Si Jiahui
15:00 Lisa Woski VS Marco Marco
19:30 Osu Liyun VS Zhuolinpu
Pictures and text: Li Zizheng
This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in”[Hong Kong Table Tennis Stars Challenge]O’Sully defeated Marco Marco on the first day and said that the atmosphere of the Asian competition was better than that of the UK」
2023-12-23 10:30:00
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