The Chinese Taipei Table Tennis Association caused controversy by canceling Ye Yitian's qualification for the Grand Slam without authorization, and he was asked to apologize

WTT recently announced the list of participants in the United States Grand Slam in July, among which the 17-year-old Chinese Taipei Zhiyuan Table Tennis Hall female player Ye Yitian was originally invited to participate, but because the Grand Slam and the Asian Youth Championships held at the end of June are close to the date, Chinese Taipei Table Tennis Association Secretary-General Ye Guoqin believes that the selected gold plan players should be based on representing Chinese Taipei in the table tennis Asian Youth Championships, without the consent of the players, directly helped Ye Yitian refuse the WTT invitation, causing controversy.

17-year-old Chinese Taipei Zhiyuan Table Tennis Hall female player Ye Yitian

Coach Zhuang Zhiyuan also recently expressed his feelings to Zheng Shizhong, director of sports in Taiwan, China, asking to pay attention to the rights and interests of players, and hoped that Ye Guoqin promised to abide by his duty to help and support players in the future, and there will be no similar things that damage the rights and interests of players. The Taiwan Sports Administration of China also issued a strongly worded statement on the evening of the 1st, demanding that Ye Guoqin, secretary general of the Table Tennis Association, apologize in person, and the Secretariat of the Table Tennis Association should also issue a public apology statement. The Sports Department will issue a letter on the 2nd to suspend all subsidies from the Table Tennis Association, and make a public apology within a time limit, otherwise the Secretary-General will be removed in accordance with the law.

At the beginning of the year, the Sports Department invited Zhuang Zhiyuan to enter the selection and training system, hoping to carry out the reform and rectification of the selection and training system and decision-making through the supervision power given by the Sports Department, and not allow the association to infringe on the rights and interests of players again.