The WTT Singapore Grand Slam tournament has all been released, in the mixed doubles event, the national table tennis coaching staff is more bold, only send 1 pair of combinations to participate in the competition, that is, the new World Table Tennis Championships champion combination Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha. Although the Olympic runner-up duo Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen participated in the Grand Slam competition, they did not sign up for the mixed doubles competition, and it seems that the Paris cycle only featured the wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha pair.
Judging from the signing table, Wang Chuqin's signature with Sun Yingsha is not very good. As the second seeded group of Singapore, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha were automatically divided into the lower half of the zone. The second half of the strong enemy such as Lin, the national table tennis combination is besieged by 4 fierce opponents, namely the South Korean combination Zhang Yuzhen / Tian Zhixi, the Japanese combination Zhang Benzhi and / Hayata Xina, the German combination Francesca / Solja, the Chinese Hong Kong combination Du Kaixuan / Huang Zhenting, the above 4 pairs of combinations have the strength to eliminate the national table tennis combination.
Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha's first-round opponent is the Egyptian duo of Asar/Messeve. Due to the average strength of the opponent, the national table tennis combination to advance to the next round is not a big problem, as long as the normal play can be. The second round will face the winner between singaporean pairs Zhou Zhening/Lin Ye and Romanian duo Ionescu/Szokos, which means that before the quarter-finals, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha did not have strong opponents, but then encountered successive sieges.
Once the national table tennis combination successfully advanced to the final four, at least one of the four fierce opponents in the lower half of the zone was encountered. Tomokazu Zhang and Xena Hayata are currently the strongest mixed doubles duo in Japanese table tennis, taking over the baton from Hayabusa Mizutani/ Mishimasa Ito. And Hayata Hina is now growing by leaps and bounds, and her partner with Zhang Benzhi is a perfect match. They have already created certain difficulties for the Shatou combination at the World Table Tennis Championships, and as the tacit understanding deepens, it will only become more and more difficult to play, and the two pairs are very likely to meet in the semi-finals.
The German duo of Francesca/Solja almost eliminated Hayabusa Mizutani/Mishimasa Ito at the Tokyo Olympics, and the overall strength should not be underestimated. Although Francesca and Solja are average in singles, the mixed doubles do play well. As for the 2 pairs of Zhang Yuzhen/Tian Zhixi, Du Kaixuan/Huang Zhenting, their impact on the Shatou combination is still slightly lower than that of the German combination and the Japanese combination, and Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha need to focus on Hayata Xina/Zhang Benzhihe.
Even if they successfully reach the final, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha may encounter the Chinese Taipei duo Lin Yunru/Zheng Yijing. Fortunately, the two sides have already exchanged hands before, and the national table tennis combination occupies a certain psychological advantage. And Wang Chuqin won the mixed doubles championship of Oman, and the mixed doubles competition remained in good shape, and any strong opponent could be calmly faced. Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha shoulder the heavy responsibility of preparing for the Paris Olympic Games, and the mixed doubles champion of the Grand Slam must be won so as to build confidence.