Only one month after the Chinese delegation showed an impressive
performance at the 2009 H.I.S. World Table Tennis Championships
sweeping 17 medals from the possible 20, there is yet another chance
again for the rest of the world to challenge the champions.
The
Volkswagen 2009 China vs. World All Stars will take place in Shanghai
on 8th and 9th June with the participation of the best players in the
world and an overall prize money of 220.000 US dollars.
All Chinese Stars
The
event will be held in the Chinese port city of Shanghai, also host of
the 2005 World Table Tennis Championships. On two evenings the
spectators in Shanghai and TV viewers all over the country will see
their men’s squad lined up with the world number 1 to 3.
The
Chinese women’s team will also consist of the top three ranked players
in the world, led by Olympic champion and World champion Zhang Yining.
Therefore it will not be an easy task to challenge the teams from the
People’s Republic.
Two Europeans and Japan’s Rising Star
The
World All Stars, however, do not have to back down at all. A Eurasian
combination shall bring the success and spectacular sport.
Evergreen
Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus represents the experience; Joo Se Hyuk and
Kim Kyung Ah from Korea guarantee spectacular defensive style in the
Men’s and Women’s Team challenge; Feng Tianwei of Singapore is the
world’s best female player not representing the People’s Republic;
Romania’s Daniela Dodean is one of the promising young generation and
the only 17 years old Japanese Kenta Matsudaira was the only one to
scare the Chinese at the recently held World Championships by
stretching Olympic champion Ma Lin to a seven games thriller.
Prize Money and Line-Up in Shanghai
The
total prize money of the team challenge matches is US$ 220.000; the
winning team takes US$ 70.000, while the losing team will be
compensated with US$ 40.000.
World All Stars (Men):
Vladimir SAMSONOV, BLR
JOO Se Hyuk, KOR
Kenta MATSUDAIRA, JPN
Coach: Alexendre PETKEVICH, BLR
China (Men):
WANG Hao, MA Lin, MA Long
World All Stars (Women):
FENG Tianwei, SIN
KIM Kyung Ah, KOR
Daniela DODEAN, ROU
Coach: HYUN Jung Hwa, KOR
China (Women):
ZHANG Yining, GUO Yue, LI Xiaoxia
Source: www.ittf.com
