National table tennis players have already flown to Oman to compete, but the most watched next month is the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, the first grand slam event since the table tennis reform. In the previously announced list of participants, all 12 main players of the national table tennis participated, including Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin, Liu Shiwen, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, and Chen Xingtong.
Now there is good news that 4 members of the national table tennis team have the opportunity to participate through wild cards, namely He Zhuojia, Xiang Peng, Ku Man and Lin Shidong. As a result, the number of national table tennis participants in Grand Slam events is as high as 16 people, and they are fully confident and capable of winning the five major events.
He Zhuojia's strength is second only to the main player, and like Sun Yingsha, he comes from the Hebei team. He Zhuojia's most outstanding achievement is to win the singles runner-up of the INTERNATIONAL Table Tennis Federation Finals, but due to the large number of main players, even if Ding Ning and Zhu Yuling are far away from the national team, but there are sun Mingyang, Zhang Rui and others who are on par with their strength. This time to get the opportunity to participate, will be He Zhuojia to prove his best field, once the performance is eye-catching, the future promotion to the main player is not inevitable.
Kuman is the leader of the new generation of young players in women's table tennis, and becoming the main player is just around the corner. Kuman's previous partner Fan Zhendong played well in mixed doubles, and he also won the women's singles championship at last year's World Youth Championships, if it were not for the lack of experience and age in the competition, Kuman is expected to directly enter the main squad. The Paris cycle is the growth period of Kuman's career, and if he can seize the opportunity to grow his strength in the competition, the next Olympic cycle will have the opportunity to be promoted to the list of main players. Moreover, Kuman played slightly mature, and he could not see the shadow of the youngster at all.
Xiang Peng, like Ku man, qualified for a wild card by virtue of his achievements in the World Youth Championships singles championship. Xiang Peng faces great competition, not only fan zhendong, Liang Jingkun and other mesozoic main forces, the same age stage also Wang Chuqin, Liu Dingshuo, Yuan Licen and other outstanding players, coupled with the catch-up of young general Lin Shidong, the pressure of male table tennis competition can be imagined. This time to participate in large-scale events, the coaching staff intends to give Xiang Peng the opportunity to exercise, but also need to cherish it to avoid mistakes.
After Lin Shidong got the opportunity to participate, he specially thanked Liu Guoliang and the International Table Tennis Federation on the social platform, and he did not expect that he could qualify for the competition. Lin Shidong is only 17 years old this year, but he has defeated his main teammates such as Xu Xin and Liang Jingkun, and the coaching team attaches great importance to him. And Lin Shidong's playing style is similar to Fan Zhendong, so many fans regard him as Fan Zhendong's successor. Lin Shidong's career golden period has not yet arrived, and when the Paris cycle ends, Lin Shidong has reached the stage of technological maturity and will usher in a major explosion of his career.