The WTT Singapore Grand Slam tournament will officially kick off in March and is the first time since the reform of table tennis tournaments that a Grand Slam tournament has been held. This competition has received widespread attention at home and abroad, and the competition time is about two weeks, which is no less than the previous three competitions. The ITTF has released a list of 3 doubles events, and the seeded players are worth paying attention to.
The first is the women's doubles event, where the defending champions sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu are the top seeds of the event. Their main opponent is the Japanese duo of Mimachi Ito /Hina Hayata, which is also the biggest obstacle to winning the championship. The two pairs have played each other many times, the national table tennis combination has the upper hand, and Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu have the ability to win the first women's doubles championship in a Grand Slam event. The seed combinations behind are also the Diaz sisters, Mitram/Winter, and Ni Xialian/Denat. Among them, the veteran Ni Xialian deserves admiration, although she is a veteran of nearly 60 years old, she is still galloping on the field.
In the men's doubles event, the national table tennis sent Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin. The national table tennis coaching team deliberately changed the lineup this time, in the past, Wang Chuqin's partner was Ma Long, and the two also won the men's doubles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships. However, in order to prepare for the Paris Olympics, Malone is unlikely to participate in the next Olympic Games, and can only change the men's doubles pairing list. Although Wang Chuqin is only a P card player at the Tokyo Olympic Games, his mixed doubles ability is outstanding, combined with the olympic rules, and playing with Fan Zhendong is conducive to preparing for the Paris Olympic Games.
In the men's doubles seed list, the World Table Tennis Champion combination Falke/Carlson ranked first, followed by the South Korean team Jang Yu-jin/Lim Jong-hoon. South Korea's recent underperformance and Singapore's Grand Slam tournament will be an opportunity for them to be humiliated. The Japanese duo of Yukiya Utada / Hayabusa Toue is also a strong contender for the championship, and with the addition of powerful combinations such as Jonescu/ Roberts, Cho Dae-sung / Lee Sang-so, the competitiveness of the men's doubles event is no lower than that of singles.
The mixed doubles national table tennis team wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha was sent to the world table tennis champion team. Since Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen gradually withdrew from the arena, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha have become the main combination of a new generation of mixed doubles. However, in the Macau match not long ago, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha did not reach the final, and the Singapore match will be an opportunity for the two to get rid of the shadow of the Macau match. However, the number one seed combination is the Chinese Taipei team Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing, which is also a strong opponent that the national table tennis combination has to face. In addition, the Japanese team of Tomoru Zhang Ben and /Hina Hayata are also fierce opponents of national table tennis, and Olympic champion Ito Mimachi no longer participates in mixed doubles competitions.
Judging from the list of participants alone, Sun Yingsha is undoubtedly the most tired main player, who is in three competitions. Moreover, the interim head coach Chen Xuan has left the national team, and Sun Yingsha has once again become a player who has no one to manage, and can only rely on the support of Yang Guangdi, the coach of the provincial team. The Paris cycle is the best opportunity for Sun Yingsha to impact the Grand Slam, and if there is no competent coach to accompany her, there is a certain crisis in Sun Yingsha's career.