On February 10, the WTT World Table Tennis Federation announced the lineup for the WTT Singapore Grand Slam On its official website.
In the women's singles, six athletes from the Chinese team, including Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong and Liu Shiwen, will join forces, while Japan's Ito Mimachi, Hayata Hina, Ishikawa Yoshizumi and Hirano Miyu will also participate.
At just 21 years old, Sun Yingsha is the number one seed of this tournament.
WTT World Table Tennis Federation said on the official website that the newly promoted world number one Sun Yingsha is undoubtedly the popular candidate for the women's singles to win the championship of this event, because sun Yingsha performed well in last year's WTT World Cup finals and won the championship, which made Sun Yingsha's points surpass Chen Meng, who was originally ranked first in the world, and climbed to the top of the world ranking.
Chen Meng is the women's singles champion of the Tokyo Olympic Games, but after the Tokyo Olympic Games, Chen Meng did not show his due dominance, but in the National Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, he lost to Wang Manyu, which also made Chen Meng questionable, and this Singapore Grand Slam event is also the best opportunity for Chen Meng to prove himself again.
Wang Manyu can be said to be the new upstart of Chinese women's table tennis, she has been in better and better shape since she came off the bench in the Tokyo Olympic Games last year, winning the women's singles championship at the 2021 National Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, in addition to winning the championship in WTT Macau, this Singapore Grand Slam, Wang Manyu is expected to be crowned again!
It is worth mentioning that veteran Liu Shiwen will also compete again.
According to the rules, Liu Shiwen was not eligible to participate in the Singapore competition, because the Chinese team ranked in front of Liu Shiwen in the world ranking and Zhu Yuling, but because Zhu Yuling was in poor health, she could not participate in this competition, so Liu Shiwen was able to play as a substitute.
In Japan, famous players such as Ito Mimachi, Hina Hayata and Yoshinori Ishikawa will also compete.
In addition, Singapore's Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu, as well as Hong Kong's Du Kaixuan and South Korea's Tian Zhixi will also participate.
For veteran Liu Shiwen, this competition is also a good opportunity to prove herself.
As we all know, Liu Shiwen did not participate in the singles competition of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the main reason is the record against Ito Mimachi, in the Tokyo Olympic cycle, Liu Shiwen against Ito Mimachi lost both battles, which also made the coaching team dare not let Liu Shiwen participate in the Olympic singles competition.
Now in the new Olympic cycle, Liu Shiwen is currently in good shape, she even defeated Sun Yingsha in the macau tournament not long ago, this Singapore Grand Slam, Liu Shiwen if she meets Ito Again, whether she can get revenge successfully is worth paying attention to!