Table tennis lottery
According to the documents published by ITTF in official website, the table tennis lottery will be held on July 2 1 day 18:00 (estimated to be Japanese time). All five events, including the seeded players, were decided by lottery.
In the much-watched singles, it is the same as the previous regulation, that is, the seeds will be directly played from the third round 1- 16. Fan Zhendong and Malone ranked No.2 in men's singles/kloc-0, while Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha ranked No.2 in women's singles/kloc-0, naturally starting from the third round.
As for the draw, it is naturally Miki Itô and Zhang Benzhi of the Japanese host team and which area they were drawn into. It's time to test the host's luck.
(Introduction to singles, the first to enter the preliminaries, that is, players from 65 and later, draw lots with 49-64 seeds to compete for the qualification to enter the first round; Senior player, 33-48, the first round; The winner of the first round will play the second round with 17-32; Winner in the second round, PK number is 1- 16, which is the third round)
In the mixed doubles competition, 65,438+06 couples will draw lots directly to enter the knockout stage. As the top seed, Xu Xin/Liu will have a first-round opponent from 9-65,438+06.
Comparatively speaking, the mixed doubles draw is more crucial, because among the 5-8 seeds, there is a strong opponent like Li Shangzhu/Tian of South Korea, which may be met in the second round.