The LOTTO Superliga Cup event will feature competitors including five-time Polish singles champion Daniel Górak and Wang Zeng Yi, a Chinese-born player who represented Poland at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics and won the European doubles title in 2013.
Polish table tennis player Daniel Górak, a five-time national singles champion. PAP/Adam Warżawa
Chinese-born player Wang Zeng Yi in action during the Polish table tennis championships in the eastern city of Białystok in February. Photo: PAP/Artur Reszko
A group of talented up-and-coming players will also take part, among them Poland’s European junior champion Samuel Kulczycki, a 17-year-old who is currently the world's highest-ranked under-18 player, according to the Polish Table Tennis Association.
Some foreign players appearing in Poland’s LOTTO Superliga top table tennis league will also be among those taking part.
In addition, fans will be treated to an exhibition match between 11-time national singles champion Lucjan Błaszczyk and racketlon player Norbert Stolicki.
Retired table tennis player Lucjan Błaszczyk, who competed for Poland at the Summer Olympics in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008. Photo: PAP/Michał Klaga
The event aims to bring table tennis to a wider audience, according to Dariusz Szumacher, head of the Polish Table Tennis Association (PZTS), the national governing body for the sport.
Due to the coronavirus epidemic, the tournament will be held without spectators. It begins at 3:45 p.m. and will be broadcast live by Polish sports channel TVP Sport.
Poland on Saturday allowed public gatherings of up to 150 people, and it also relaxed face mask rules as it moved to the next phase of easing its coronavirus lockdown.
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Source: pzts.pl, TVP Sport