Round 5 Preview
Men's Round
Match 21: Both Shandong Weiqiao and Shenzhen Baoan suffered from a loss in last round as their leading players were just back from the World Tours and were not playing at their best. Hopefully they will make their way back and put up a great match or throw a few exciting counter loops and rallies which Liang Jingkun, Liu Dingshuo, Zhou Yu and Zheng Peifeng are known for.
Match 24: Shandong Luneng was my top "sure bets" for the league champion but a shocking defeat in Round 4 might have shaken things up. There are no confirmation whether Ma Long would compete in Round 5 and even if Ma Long is up, aiming to win for the team, the results in Round 4 proves that table tennis is never cut-and-dried and I look forward to seeing young athletes Zhang Yudong, Yang Shuo and perhaps Sun Wen challenge the "favourite" of the league like Bayi Nanchang did last Wednesday.
Women's Round
Match 23: This match will be a big showdown between Shenzhen University and Beijing Shougang which are currently sharing second place on the leaderboard. It would not only be decisive in the final standings, would it be a battle between the young generations, such as Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi representing Shenzhen University and the experienced players led by Ding Ning and Wu Yang; and a match that you would never want to miss.
Results
Live Scoring at CTTSL
Some may question the reasons for keeping the live stream link column blanked out. In fact, there are platforms streaming some of the CTTSL matches such as Zhibo TV, Luneng app and other TV channels but seemingly some of these platforms are accessible by mainland Chinese users only. Therefore, I tend not to put those links in the column to avoid confusion. I will try my best to source the links which are available for viewers across the globe and put them in the column (for live streaming) and results (for video replay).
As you may have also noticed the results are not updated right after the matches because I might not be around the computer following the matches live when schoolwork is super busy. I have put the live scoring link on each CTTSL post. You can find the match results corresponding to the match no. and google translate would help you identifying the line-up and players. I hope this won't create much inconvenience and I promise I will keep things updated as soon as possible.
Here are the rosters for each team. (Source: CTTSL)
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Where are the Resultat from Round 5?
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