On the afternoon of March 9, 2022, Beijing time, the draw ceremony of the table tennis WTT Grand Slam tournament kicked off, and in the first event - women's singles draw, the top 4 seeded players Sun Yingsha (ranked No. 1 in the world) and Wang Manyu (ranked No. 4 in the world) were divided into a half-zone, while Chen Meng (ranked No. 2 in the world) will be against Ito Mimachi (ranked No. 3 in the world).
At present, Japan's three major Olympic players Ito Mimako, Ishikawa Yoshinori, Hirano Miyu and Chen Meng are in one and a half districts, which is really a coincidence! As for Liu Shiwen's words, she avoided Ito Mimako before the final, but she and Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu got together in the first half of the district, still facing severe challenges, wonderful and worthy of attention!
As usual, the draw for this Grand Slam tournament is also based on the world ranking, so the 1st Sun Yingsha and the 2nd Chen Meng will inevitably be divided into the upper and lower halves, and the 3rd Ito Andō and the 4th Ito will also be avoided before the final, and everyone is more concerned about who the Chinese team will block Ito Mimachi, and whether Liu Shiwen can meet with Ito Mimachi again.
At 15:30 in the afternoon, the lottery officially began to broadcast live, the national table tennis Olympic champion Xu Xin and the Brazilian star Hugo took the lead in participating in the ceremony, Xu Xin said in an interview that he was very honored to participate in the competition and looked forward to achieving good results.
Soon, the top 4 seeded players in the women's singles were confirmed. Before that, Chen Meng had won 4 consecutive wins against Ito Mimachi undefeated, but recently there has been no fight for a long time, and Sun Yingsha has been playing against Ito Mimachi for a long time, so this time everyone also wants to see a different signing, and the result is really as desired.
As mentioned earlier, this time Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu were divided into a half district, and Chen Meng was in the lower half of the district to fight Ito Mimachi: Previously, many fans thought that Chen Meng's Olympic Games and World Cup victories did not meet Ito Mimachi, and her luck was better, so this Grand Slam tournament will become an opportunity for her to re-prove her strength.
As for Liu Shiwen's words, this time she still did not share a half district with Ito Mimachi, but was in the upper half with Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu. Since Liu Shiwen has lost to Ito in her last two encounters, many people believe that this is an important reason for her eventual defeat in the women's singles event of the Tokyo Olympic Games, and everyone hopes to see her defeat Ito at the Grand Slam.
However, it is a pity that this time, Liu Shiwen and Ito Mimachi can only pass the final unless they can beat all opponents, but this is very stressful for the two and it is not easy to play!
As for the words of other national table tennis players - Chen Xingtong and Wang Yidi will meet as soon as they come up, it is really bad luck! And He Zhuojia and Chen Meng may also break out in the quarter-finals. As for Kuman, he is still playing the qualifiers, so the signing position is uncertain for the time being, and it will not be known tonight.
The other main signings of the Japanese team have also been released: Hina Hayata and Sun Yingsha are in the 1/4 zone, and Ishikawa Yoshinori, Hirano Miyu and Chen Meng and He Zhuojia are in the 4/4 zone, so can the Japanese players break through the national table tennis defense this time? Who in the Chinese team can laugh and win the championship at the end? The big war is about to start, let's wait and see: come on, national table tennis!