Guess what? Dimitrij Ovtcharov is in China and will be competing for Jiangsu Zhongchao! Yes, Dima will be at 2018 CTTSL!!! Find more information about Round 6 below!
Preview:
Men's
Match 26: This will be such a nail-biter. Lin Gaoyuan, Fang Bo, Liang Jingkun and Liu Dingshuo will make this one of the tightest match of the round. I am rooting for Shandong Weiqiao because of a slightly stronger doubles but it will be close and the results could go either way.
Match 28: We've been missing Ma Long for two rounds. It is reported that Ma Long has been training along with the team recently which is a sign of him preparing for competing in Round 6 but the moment of truth will come until the lineup reveals. Ma Long may be not as his best condition, but anyhow given the depth of Shandong Luneng, it will allow the team for an easy victory against Anhui Langkun a young, up-and-coming team led by Yu Ziyang and Zhou Qihao.
Match 29: The Belarus Open men's singles champion Zhao Zihao will be joining the team. It will definitely be a boost for Shanghai Zhongxing but their opponent Bayi Nanchang anchored by Fan Zhendong would make winning a tough task. I would rather anticipate a battle between Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong than predicting the result.
Match 30: Dima is back at CTTSL. He will represent Jiangsu Zhongchao to play against Sichuan Changhong. The 2 teams have not yet won a match this season, meaning that the loser of this match will slip to the bottom of the leaderboard. Let's hope that he will deliver a good performance in his first CTTSL match of the season.
Women's
Match 29: Shandong Luneng is the only team remain undefeated thanks to the consistent performance deliver by Wang Manyu. Can Ding Ning and Wu Yang from Beijing Shougang break the winning streak?
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 platforms 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 will 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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Thank you TT Fan. I hope that Ma Long will recover soon.
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