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on september 9, the 2024 wtt macau championship kicked off, and the first day schedule was released. four chinese table tennis players will compete for the top 16, two in the men's and women's singles. former chinese table tennis star zhu yuling returned after four years of silence and will represent the chinese macau team, aiming for a good start at home.

a total of 9 players from the chinese table tennis team will compete in this tournament. in the men's singles, fan zhendong, who won the men's singles championship at the paris olympics and achieved the super grand slam, did not participate, and ma long did not play. wang chuqin, liang jingkun, lin gaoyuan, lin shidong, and xu yingbin represented the chinese table tennis team. the chinese table tennis team sent 4 players in the women's singles, led by the main players of the olympic women's team sun yingsha and wang manyu, and wang yidi and chen xingtong will also compete.

on the first day, the chinese table tennis team had 4 matches. in the men's singles, liang jingkun will play against li yuanzhang at 18:30, and lin gaoyuan will play against asar at 19:40. in the women's singles, wang manyu will take the lead and play against szokos at 15:45. sun yingsha will make her first appearance after the olympics and meet korean player tian zhixi at 20:15. it is expected that the four chinese table tennis players will win the first game and meet in the top 16.

on the first day of the macau championships, there was another match that attracted attention, that is, zhu yuling vs. bayo, which was scheduled for 19:05. zhu yuling is a former world no. 1 and world champion. the last time she represented the national table tennis team was in the 2020 qatar open, where she teamed up with wang manyu to win the women's doubles championship. since then, she has been away from the court due to injury and retired from the national table tennis team. in february this year, she obtained macau resident status and will make her first appearance after her comeback today. it is worth looking forward to how she performs.