{"id":65052,"date":"2024-06-27T10:06:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T02:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanweisport.com\/?p=65052"},"modified":"2024-06-27T10:18:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T02:18:49","slug":"table-tennis-tunisia-ovtcharov-has-contracted-a-gastrointestinal-virus-and-has-no-choice-but-to-withdraw-from-the-tournament-to-recuperate-his-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanweisport.com\/en\/table-tennis-tunisia-ovtcharov-has-contracted-a-gastrointestinal-virus-and-has-no-choice-but-to-withdraw-from-the-tournament-to-recuperate-his-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Table Tennis Tunisia: Ovtcharov has contracted a gastrointestinal virus and has no choice but to withdraw from the tournament to recuperate his health"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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On 27 June, the table tennis WTT<\/a> Tunisia regular season is about to usher in the first day of the main round, however, the original men’s singles second seed, the German world champion has disappeared from the list of athletes.<\/p>

Ovtcharov had no choice but to withdraw from the tournament because he suddenly contracted a gastrointestinal virus. Many fans sympathised with Ovtcharov and wished him a speedy recovery, while his departure from the tournament made the Tunisian tournament, which was not very competitive, less interesting, and the top seed, Tomokazu Zhang, had a great chance to win the title.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ovtcharov, once the world’s top-ranked ping pong player and the men’s singles winner of the 2017 World Cup, is still active on the front line of the field despite being 35 years old, and not too long ago won the men’s singles title in the regular season WTT Lagos tournament by winning two consecutive victories over two Chinese table tennis team juniors, Kang Yude and Ning Xienkun, before finally defeating his teammate Walser.<\/p>

However, just when everyone was ready to continue to enjoy Ovtcharov’s performance in the WTT Tunisia regular season, he suddenly fell ill and eventually chose to give up before he was about to take the court in the main round, thus missing the chance to hit the title and 400 points.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ovtcharov apologised to his fans online for his situation, saying “I would have liked to travel to Tunisia for the tournament, but unfortunately I need to rest and recover now, so thank you for your understanding. -To this, netizens have also sent their blessings.<\/p>

According to the official website of the WTT, Ovtcharov did not sign up for the WTT Bangkok Ballon d’Or in early July, which means that the next time everyone sees him play should be in the ballroom of the Paris Olympics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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As mentioned before, Ovtcharov’s withdrawal makes Zhang Ben a direct beneficiary as he has not won an international singles title for a long time, and this WTT Tunisia Regular Season already had a number of strong opponents withdrawing, and now that Ovtcharov is also unable to play, the probability of Zhang Ben’s ascension to the top will naturally increase drastically.<\/p>

However, in the face of Moregold, Matsushima Teruko and other famous block, Zhang Ben Jihe can break the “championship drought” is still unknown, this time in the first round and the world champion Carlsson, may not not be a round trip out of the game, the results of the two against the unpredictable.<\/p>

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