With the end of the Tokyo Olympic Games, for the national table tennis, a new round of olympic cycle has begun.
In the Paris Olympic cycle, the pattern of Chinese women's table tennis has changed a lot from before.
Since Zhang Yining retired, the Chinese women's table tennis under the leadership of Ding Ning, Li Xiaoxia and Liu Shiwen, continued the glory of Chinese women's table tennis for more than ten years, during which time, the Chinese women's table tennis only lost the team championship of the Moscow World Table Tennis Championships, it can be said that Ding Ning, Li Xiaoxia and Liu Shiwen jointly ruled the table tennis for more than ten years.
Three of their athletes, Li Xiaoxia and Ding Ning, have achieved Grand Slam achievements, and for Liu Shiwen, it is a bit of a pity, although she has won five World Cups and a World Table Tennis Championship singles championship, she has never been able to participate in a singles competition in the Olympic Games.
For every athlete, metabolism is inevitable.
Nowadays, with the retirement of Li Xiaoxia and Ding Ning, although Liu Shiwen is still insisting, it is undeniable that the pattern of Chinese women's table tennis has quietly changed, and even Liu Shiwen herself believes that she is not the absolute main player of Chinese women's table tennis now.
So, what is the main pattern of Chinese women's table tennis now?
First, Chen Meng, the main force of women's table tennis No. 1.
In the women's singles final of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Chen Meng defeated Sun Yingsha 4-2 to win the Olympic women's singles championship, which can be said to be full of weight.
And Chen Meng also successfully jumped to become the number one main force of Chinese women's table tennis with this Olympic champion.
Although after the Tokyo Olympics, Chen Meng's performance in the National Games, the World Table Tennis Championships and the WTT World Cup Finals was not too good, and he did not even reach the final, but this did not affect Chen Meng's position as the number one main force.
But Chen Meng's disadvantage is that she is older, and now Chen Meng is 28 years old and has reached the age of retirement, although Chen Meng herself said that there is still a grand slam dream that has not been realized, and she still has to participate in the Paris Olympic Games, but if she cannot achieve outstanding results before the Paris Olympic Games, she is likely to miss the singles competition of the Paris Olympic Games.
Second, the second main force of women's table tennis Wang Manyu.
Many fans may have objections to placing Wang Manyu in second place, after all, Wang Manyu at the Tokyo Olympics is only a P card, while Sun Yingsha is the singles runner-up of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
But in the Paris Olympic cycle, today's Wang Manyu has come from behind, overtaking Sun Yingsha in the corner.
In fact, after the Tokyo Olympic Games, Wang Manyu's supervisory coach Xiao Zhan helped Wang Manyu very much, and even when Wang Manyu returned to Heilongjiang, Xiao Zhan accompanied Wang Manyu to train with Wang Manyu at all times.
It was also during this time that Wang Manyu made rapid progress in technology and tactics.
Third, the main force of women's table tennis no. 3 Sun Yingsha.
It is a pity for Sun Yingsha, she had the opportunity to become the number one main force of Chinese women's table tennis, but since the 2020 Championships lost to Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha seems to have fallen into a final phobia.
In the World Cup, Olympic Games, National Games, and World Table Tennis Championships, Sun Yingsha reached the final four consecutive competitions, but she lost to Chen Meng twice, defeated Wang Manyu twice, and won four runners-up!
That is to say, if Sun Yingsha can win the final of these four events, she will become the fastest Grand Slam winner in the history of national table tennis! Unfortunately, Sun Yingsha did not grasp any of them.
Of course, for Sun Yingsha, the loss of the final of these four competitions is also the driving force to promote Sun Yingsha to work harder.
At present, the problem facing Sun Yingsha is the problem of the head coach, and now Chen Meng has the help of Ma Lin, Wang Manyu has the strong support of Xiao Zhan, and Sun Yingsha can only grope alone in the dark.
I hope that the national table tennis can help Sun Yingsha solve the problem of the head coach as soon as possible!
Fourth, the main force of women's table tennis Chen Xingtong and Wang Manyu.
The reason why Chen Xingtong and Wang Yidi are quasi-main players is because these two athletes already have the strength of the main players in terms of strength, but the stability of the two in the competition needs to be strengthened.
Chen Xingtong's ability to defeat Chen Meng in a row has already shown her strength, but when she played against Wang Manyu, she almost did not have the ability to fight back.
Wang Yidi is also facing such a situation, lacking the necessary rhythm changes in the game, and will only blindly exert death, so it is difficult to have a breakthrough in the competition.
For Chen Xingtong and Wang Yidi, if they want to enter the main layer, more efforts are needed in the future.
Fifth, cherish Liu Shiwen of every game.
At the end of her career, Liu Shiwen saw more thoroughly than before, and now Liu Shiwen said that she cherished every game very much, and she looked very lightly at winning and losing in the game, which made it easier for Liu Shiwen to play a good result.
If a few years ago, Liu Shiwen could have the mentality she has now, believing that she would have completed her dream of a Grand Slam long ago, and would not have left regrets.
It is no wonder that many fans saw Liu Shiwen in the Macau match and said: Liu Shiwen, why did you go earlier!