Sports midday | Doha World Table Tennis Championships 8 wins and 2 losses on the sixth day of the Doha World Table Tennis Championships, Modric announced his departure from Real Madrid

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On May 23, the 2025 Doha World Table Tennis Championships ended on the sixth day of the competition, and the national table tennis team achieved a record of 8 wins and 2 losses. After Lin Shidong/Lin Gaoyuan lost to Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui, the national table tennis team has been wiped out in the men's doubles event; in the women's singles, Shi Xunyao lost to Hayata Shina 2:4 and missed the quarterfinals.

On the 23rd, Real Madrid officially confirmed that 39-year-old midfielder Modric will officially leave the team after the Club World Cup and end his 13-year white-clothed career. The final round of La Liga in La Liga against Real Sociedad on Saturday will be Modric's farewell game at the Bernabeu.

Tennis arena, the 2025 French Open women's singles signing table is released. The 8th seed Zheng Qinwen was drawn to 1/4 of the zone and was in the same zone again with the top seed Sabalenka. Her opponent in the first round was Pavlyuchenkova; Wang Xinyu will fight former US Open champion Radukanu in the first round, and Yuan Yue challenged the 4th seed Bolini.

Doha World Table Tennis Championships:

The men's doubles in the national table tennis team were eliminated, setting the worst record for men's doubles in the World Table Tennis Championships in the past 50 years

On May 23, the 2025 Doha World Table Tennis Championships ended the sixth day of the competition, and the national table tennis team achieved a record of 8 wins and 2 losses. After Lin Shidong/Lin Gaoyuan lost to Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui, the national table tennis team has been wiped out in the men's doubles event; in the women's singles, Shi Xunyao lost to Hayta Hina 2:4 and missed the quarterfinals.

Men's Doubles quarter-finals, Lin Shidong/Lin Gaoyuan lost 1:3 to Lin Yunru/Gao Chengrui and missed the semi-finals. When participating in the World Table Tennis Championships for the first time, Lin Shidong was eliminated in the mixed doubles and men's doubles arenas, and his trip to Doha with Lin Gaoyuan has ended. What followed was an embarrassing men's doubles report card for the World Table Tennis Championships: the worst result for men's doubles in the Chinese national table tennis team in 50 years.

This is the first time that the Chinese national table tennis team missed the men's doubles medal in the World Table Tennis Championships since the 1975 World Table Tennis Championships.

Women's Singles 1/8 finals, except for Shi Xunyao losing to Hayata Shina 2:4, other players advanced to the quarterfinals one after another. No. 2 seed Wang Manyu fell in four straight games, eliminating Romanian player Bernadette Szokos and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Chen Xingtong defeated Brazilian player Takahashi Bruna 4:1 and entered the quarterfinals; No. 4 seed Wang Yidi swept French player Pritika Pawade 4:0 and advanced to the quarterfinals; Sun Yingsha defeated South Korean player Shin Yubin 4:2 and advanced to the quarterfinals. In the men's singles 1/8 final, Wang Chuqin defeated Simon Gotts and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals. At the beginning of the game, Wang Chuqin fell behind 0:2, then adjusted his state and won the game with 4 consecutive games.

Liang Jingkun fought six games and finally eliminated England player Tom Jarvis 4:2 and advanced to the quarterfinals; Lin Shidong defeated Anton Kalberg 4:0 and advanced to the quarterfinals. In the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha won three consecutive games with a loss of one game first, and reversed the Japanese combinations Matsushima Hirokazu/Zhang Moto Mikazu 3:1 to advance to the semi-finals.

La Liga:

Modric leaves Real Madrid after the Club World Cup

On the evening of May 22, Real Madrid officially confirmed that 39-year-old midfielder Modric will officially leave the team after the Club World Cup, ending his 13-year white-clothed career.

Modric thanked Real Madrid in his farewell letter, especially Chairman Florentino, and for his teammates, coaching team, and all those who have supported him over the years. At the end of the article, Modric wrote emotionally: "We will eventually meet again. Real Madrid will always be my home, and this life will not change. Real Madrid is the first, nothing else."

Modric, born in 1985, is now 39 years old. He transferred from Tottenham to Real Madrid for a transfer fee of 35 million euros in August 2012.

During his 13 years of playing for Real Madrid, Modric played 590 games for Real Madrid, contributing 43 goals and 95 assists, and winning 28 championship trophys with the team. Including 6 Champions League, 6 Club World Cups, 5 European Super Cups, 4 La Liga, 2 Cups of Kings and 5 Spanish Super Cups.

Modric is one of only five players in football history to win 6 Champions Leagues, and he is also the player with the most championships in Real Madrid's 123-year history. In terms of personal honors, Modric won the Golden Ball Award and FIFA Best Player Award in 2018, and was named UEFA Player of the Year.

According to Spanish media Relevo, although Modric originally planned to renew his contract with the club for one year, Real Madrid finally decided not to renew his contract and hand over the future to the younger generation.

With Modric's departure, one of the best midfielders in history composed of Casemiro, Modric and Kroos completely withdrew from Real Madrid's historical stage. The final round of La Liga in La Liga against Real Sociedad on Saturday will be Modric's farewell game at the Bernabeu.

La Liga:

Barcelona officially announced that it had renewed its contract with Rafinia until May 23, 2028. Barcelona officially announced that it had completed its contract renewal with Brazilian winger Rafinia, and the new contract will last until 2028.

The official announcement read: "Barcelona Football Club has reached a contract renewal agreement with player Rafinia, which will extend his contract with the club until June 30, 2028."

" Rafinia joined Barcelona in July 2022 with ambition to become the benchmark for the team's left winger. In his first season, wearing the No. 22 jersey, he achieved his goal, not only helped the team win the league championship, but also scored 10 goals and sent 12 times. Assisted. "

"In the next 2023-2024 season, he maintained such performance, scoring 10 goals and 13 assists in various competitions. In the 2024-2025 season, the forward exploded in form, with his previous best performance. "

Since joining Leeds United at a price of 58 million euros in the summer window in 2022, Rafinia has quickly adapted to the pace of La Liga and has become a key figure in Barcelona's forward line.

This season, at the age of 28, he played in 56 games in various competitions, handing out amazing data of 34 goals and 22 assists, helping the team win three championships in La Liga, King's Cup and the Spanish Super League Cup, and can be called the "decisive gentleman" on the road to championship. After the contract renewal, Rafinia posted a photo of herself with Chairman Laporta and said: "Thank you for your love, and thank you for all those who made this day possible... forever support for Barcelona."

NBA:

The best defensive lineup of the 2024-2025 season was released

On May 23, the NBA officially announced the best defensive lineup of the 2024-2025 season, selected for the 9th time in his dream-chasing career, tied with Jordan and others to tie for sixth in history.

The specific voting results are as follows:

First team: Mobley (Cavs) won 99 first votes and scored 199 points, Dyson Daniels (Hawks) 191 points, Dort (Thunder) 180 points, Dream Chasing Green (Warriors) 179 points, Amen Thompson (Rocks) 171 points

Second team: Zubac (Clippers) 114 points, Jaren Jackson (Grizzlies) 107 points , Jaylen Williams (Thunder) scored 79 points, Kamara (Trail Blazers) scored 74 points, Gobert (Timberwolves) scored 65 points

The dream-chasing career was selected for the best defensive team, tied with Paul, Olajuwon, Jordan, Gary Payton and Kidd to rank sixth in history, second only to Duncan (15 times), Kobe (12 times), Garnett (12 times), Jabbar (11 times) and Pippen (10 times).

Amen Thompson became the youngest player in the Rockets' history to be selected as the first Rockets player to be selected as the best defensive team after Beverly in the 2016-2017 season;Amen Thompson also became the fifth player in the Rockets' history to be selected as the fifth player in the best defensive team.

Daniels was the second youngest to be selected as the best defender in the first team after becoming Kobe.

This season, the Thunder's regular season defensive efficiency first, and Dort (first defense) and Jaylen Williams (second defense) were also selected for the best defensive team.

French Open: The women's singles sign-up form was released. Zheng Qinwen and Sabalenka were in the same district. On May 23, the 2025 French Open women's singles sign-up form was released. The No. 8 seed Zheng Qinwen was drawn to 1/4 of the area and was once again in the same area as the top seed Sabalenka.

Sabalenka and Gov ranked first two seeds in the upper and lower half respectively. Pegula and Bolini played with the No. 3 seeds and No. 4 seeds. Svatech ushered in the defending title game as the No. 5 seeds, and No. 6 and No. 7 seeds are Andreva and Keis respectively.

Zheng Qinwen played in this French Open as the No. 8 seed, which is also her first return to Roland Garros since she won gold at the Paris Olympics last year. Zheng Qinwen and top seed Sabalenka fell into the quarter-quarter zone at the same time, and the two faced each other in the quarter-finals.

In the first round of the game, Zheng Qinwen's opponent was former runner-up Pavlyuchenkova. In the second round, Zheng Qinwen is likely to encounter the Filipino young player Ieira, who has emerged this season.

Zheng Qinwen's first seed match is Stearns. If he advances to the fourth round, Zheng Qinwen may face the No. 11 seed Schneider or No. 19 seed Samsonova. In the quarterfinals, the world's number one Sabalenka will be against Zheng Qinwen. If you continue to move forward, you may encounter Svatech in the semi-finals.

Two other Chinese players Wang Xinyu and Yuan Yue were also directly shortlisted for the main competition. Wang Xinyu will fight former US Open champion Radukanu in the first round, and Yuan Yue will challenge the No. 4 seed Bolini.

The top 8 seed match:

(1) Sabalenka vs (8) Zheng Qinwen

(4) Borini vs (5) Svatek

(6) Andreva vs (3) Pegula

(7) Keis vs (2) Gov

In the men's singles, Buyun Chaoket played in the French Open for the first time and is also the only Chinese male player at this French Open. He will face the qualifier/lucky loser in the first round.

Wimblem:

Shang Juncheng chose to withdraw from the competition due to his right foot injury

On May 23, according to CCTV reports, Shang Juncheng chose to withdraw from the Wimbledon due to his right foot injury.

Shang Juncheng withdrew from the match against Furkina in the first round of this year's Australian Open, and has not participated in any competition since then. He underwent surgery in March and has been in a state of recuperation since then.

After completely skipping the clay season, Shang Juncheng did not sign up for any grass warm-up matches. He was directly shortlisted for Wimbledon due to his ranking, but he also withdrew from the event today. Last year, Xiaoshang broke into the second round at Wimbledon.

This year, a total of 7 Chinese players were included in the main competition, of which 4 were shortlisted for the women's singles competition and 3 were shortlisted for the men's singles competition. The quotation for Wimbledon's main competition is based on the latest ATP/WTA rankings on May 19. Among them, the women's singles ranked 99th in the finals, and 5 people participated in the competition using protection rankings. The men's singles finalist ranked 100th, and 4 people participated in the competition using protection ranking.

For women's singles, in addition to Zheng Qinwen, Wang Xinyu and Yuan Yue also ranked shortlisted, while Zhu Lin used the protection ranking to enter the main competition list.

In the men's singles, in addition to the new "No. 1" Buyun Chaoket, who will usher in his first Wimbledon tournament, Zhang Zhizhen and Shang Juncheng are also on the list. Now with Shang Juncheng withdrawing, there are only two Chinese players who are competing in the men's singles competition.