The 2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam is about to kick off, and the Chinese table tennis team, which is fully active, arrives at its destination and after a short break, it begins to sprint and prepare. According to the head coach of the women's team, Li Falcon, because the current lottery group has not yet been released, the players mainly focus on their own technical and tactical levels, and strive to continuously adjust the competitive state in training. Judging from the training screen, the men's team is carried out in an orderly manner under the leadership of Qin Zhijian, and the confrontation scene of the women's team is much more exciting, the 2019 World Championships women's singles champion Liu Shiwen and the 2021 World Championship women's singles champion Wang Manyu are opposite the net, the two you come and go, the wonderful ball continues. Sun Yingsha, accompanied by the new head coach Qiu Yike, conducted multi-board attack training.
This Singapore Grand Slam competition is the first international top event of the main players of national table tennis in the 2022 season, and the difficulty of winning the championship is no less than that of the Olympic Games and the World Championships. Even in the view of Coach Li Falcon, the competition for women's singles will be a game of Mars hitting the earth, Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Liu Shiwen are in good shape at present, if the group situation is favorable, the four players are expected to win the top four. When asked by the media who is most optimistic about winning the women's singles championship in this competition, Li Falcon also said that the overall strength of several top players in the national table tennis women's team is equal.
Chen Meng is the women's singles champion of the Tokyo Olympic Games, although this period has entered a bottleneck period, the coaching staff is still very optimistic about her. Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha have unlimited potential, and both have played a high level of skill last season. Li Falcon also ridiculed that he also wanted to see Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha stage a summit showdown again after the women's singles final of the 2021 World Championships. For veteran Liu Shiwen, Li Falcon said that he was very pleased with the veteran's persistence, and this Singapore Grand Slam tournament is also an important exam facing Liu Shiwen.
In the matchup with several new generation players, what kind of results she can achieve will affect her position in the national team. In this competition, the competition for the women's singles competition will officially start on March 11. In the final sprint stage, Chen Meng has been following the head coach Ma Lin in strengthening the training of technical links. Wang Manyu and Liu Shiwen "abandoned" their respective coaches and practiced together alone, and the two exchanged ideas from time to time during training. Some netizens speculated that this may be Wang Manyu and Liu Shiwen's exploration in advance, and it is not ruled out that Liu Shiwen fell into the half area where Wang Manyu is located.
Wang Manyu will compete in the women's singles and women's doubles competitions, while Liu Shiwen will only participate in the women's singles competition. Sun Yingsha, the world number one in the women's singles world, is obviously prepared for this competition. After arriving at the hotel, with a slight adjustment, she rushed to the training hall. The head coach Qiu Yike can do his best to help the disciples prepare for the game, and what kind of results the new partner of the national table tennis master and apprentice can get in this competition is the common expectation of the women's team coaching team and fans. Sun Yingsha said in an interview that she needs to participate in the three competitions of women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles, and physical fitness is a big test, hoping to achieve the desired results.
(Luo Treasurer)