Italistic Federation WTT Singapore Grand Slam tournament officially launched, the national table tennis competition sent a total of 16 players to participate, they will compete for the first grand slam tournament championship after the restructuring, just on the eve of the start of the Singapore Grand Slam, the Chinese Table Tennis Association suddenly announced the selection criteria within the National Table Tennis of the Hangzhou Asian Games, in accordance with the relevant regulations, the players who won the men's and women's singles championships of the Singapore Grand Slam Competition will be eligible to participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games Table Tennis Men's and Women's Singles Competition. And to participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games table tennis men's and women's singles competition another place will be determined by the world ranking, from which it can also be seen that the national table tennis for this Singapore Grand Slam event is quite important, the performance of the athletes not only determines the first Grand Slam event champion, but also related to whether the national table tennis players can participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games, so the competition will be very fierce, especially the competition for men's singles competition.
According to the relevant regulations of national table tennis, The men's singles world number one Fan Zhendong locked an Asian Games singles quota is basically a nail in the coffin, because Fan Zhendong's world ranking is currently ranked first in the world, leading the second ranked Ma Long by nearly 3,000 points, in the short term Fan Zhendong's world first position is difficult to shake, so even if Fan Zhendong did not win the Singapore Grand Slam men's singles championship in this competition, he participated in the Asian Games table tennis competition in Hangzhou in September, there is almost no suspense, No wonder some fans ridicule the relevant regulations of national table tennis are basically set up for Fan Zhendong. From the current situation, the number of men's table tennis to participate in the men's singles competition at this year's Asian Games is still relatively clear, Fan Zhendong locked a singles seat, while Ma Long, Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan and others competed for another Asian Games men's singles participation place, and the current situation is whether Fan Zhendong won the Singapore Grand Slam men's singles championship.
The first situation is that Fan Zhendong can win the Singapore Grand Slam men's singles championship, then according to the current world ranking of national table tennis players, Olympic champion Ma Long will lock in another men's singles seat at the Hangzhou Asian Games with the highest ranking player in the world by the national table tennis men's team, which will be a "replica" of the Tokyo Olympic Games. What about the probability that Fan Zhendong won the Singapore Grand Slam men's singles title? The answer is obvious, Fan Zhendong's performance in the past year or so is quite outstanding, in addition to the Tokyo Olympic Games men's singles final unfortunately lost to Ma Long, the World Championships, the World Cup finals, the National Games and other competitions, Fan Zhendong is relatively easy to get the championship, as the national table tennis men's team is currently the strongest comprehensive strength of the player, Fan Zhendong in the next few years will shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending the hegemony of the national table tennis men's singles, he is naturally the key training object of the national table tennis. As far as the current stage of world table tennis competition is concerned, Fan Zhendong's opponent is only himself, as long as he can play his due level in the game, then the Singapore Grand Slam men's singles champion is basically a ten-to-nine. If this is the result, then the possibility of Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin participating in the men's singles competition at the Hangzhou Asian Games is close to zero.
The second situation is that Fan Zhendong did not win the Singapore Grand Slam men's singles championship, then in this case, the player who won the Singapore Grand Slam men's singles championship will lock in another place in the Hangzhou Asian Games table tennis men's singles competition, if Fan Zhendong did not win the first Grand Slam men's singles championship, then who has the opportunity to win the men's singles gold medal? Ma Long, Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin all have opportunities, and for Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin, if you want to get a singles quota at the Asian Games, there is only "Huashan One Road", that is, to win the Singapore Grand Slam men's singles championship, in the grand slam event where the masters gather, it is still quite difficult to finally win the men's singles championship. Wang Chuqin lost to Xiang Peng at the Oman Challenge last week and missed the final four, it should be said that the current state is not at its best, but Wang Chuqin has risen significantly in recent years, and if he can adjust his state in time, he is not completely without opportunities. Liang Jingkun has performed smoothly in the past year, just won the men's singles gold medal in the Oman Challenge, he has a considerable strength, if Fan Zhendong can not win the championship, then Liang Jingkun is at least one of the favorites to win the championship.
Since the rules of the Asian Games are similar to those of the Olympic Games, the number of places for each association to participate in singles competitions is very limited, and the competition in the high-level national table tennis team is naturally more intense, and most players do not have the opportunity to participate in singles competitions. However, due to the Asian Games, there will be team and doubles competitions, so even if Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun do not qualify for singles competitions, the two have a great chance of qualifying for team and doubles competitions. Moreover, the national table tennis also stipulates that the highest ranking player among the players born after January 1, 1999 can participate in the team competition, as the strongest men's singles player of the "post-00s", Wang Chuqin's probability of participating in the team competition of the Asian Games is close to 100%.