On March 13, the third day of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam Main Tournament, the second round of the national table tennis players Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha and Ma Long has ended, taking the lead in entering the singles quarterfinals! Attentive fans may have found that Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha not only competed in the singles competition of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, but also participated in the mixed doubles match of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam. The national table tennis coaching team and Chairman Liu Guoliang made this arrangement, and the intention is very obvious, during the Paris Olympic Games cycle, we must focus on cultivating Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin.
As we all know, after the Tokyo Olympic Games, although Veterans such as Ma Long, Xu Xin, liu Shiwen and other veterans have not announced their retirement, there is only a matter of time left to retire! That is to say, even if veterans such as Ma Long, Xu Xin, and Liu Shiwen do not announce their retirement at this stage, it is difficult to persist until the Paris Olympic Games, and even if they can persist to the Paris Olympic Games, it is difficult to represent the Chinese team in the competition. In this regard, the national table tennis coaching team and Chairman Liu Guoliang had to make arrangements early to cultivate new successors for the national table tennis, and Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin became the objects of key training.
After Huang Haicheng left the national table tennis, although Sun Yingsha did not have a coach in charge for several months, it did not have much impact on her. On the other hand, Although Wang Chuqin received "special" care from the national table tennis coaching team and Chairman Liu Guoliang, he could not provoke the beam of national table tennis, which was reassuring. At the just-concluded WTT Regular Challenge In Muscat, although Wang Chuqin/Chen Xingtong successfully won the mixed doubles event, wang Chuqin did not win the gold medal in singles with the most gold content. It is worth mentioning that Wang Chuqin lost to xiang peng, a national table tennis teenager, in the 1/4 knockout round.
In addition, Wang Chuqin also suffered a defeat in the men's doubles competition and failed to win the men's doubles championship! You know, the level of the WTT regular challenge Muscat station is not high, and there are basically no world famous players participating in the competition, except for several players of the national table tennis men's team and the women's team. Originally thought that Wang Chuqin had no pressure to win the singles championship, but he did not think about it but lost to the 19-year-old national table tennis player. I believe that many fans will have doubts, since Wang Chuqin has repeatedly made mistakes and cannot provoke the beam of national table tennis, why should the national table tennis coaching team and Chairman Liu Guoliang persist in cultivating Wang Chuqin?
In this regard, Qin Zhijian, head coach of the national table tennis men's team, explained that considering the long-term preparation for the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games, and at the same time, there must be players who are both 4 events at the Asian Games, physical fitness is a mandatory requirement, and Wang Chuqin is obviously the most suitable. Although Xu Xin's singles and doubles strength is beyond doubt, Xu Xin is 32 years old and his physical strength is far inferior to before, not to mention the Olympic Games 2 or 6 years later. There may also be fans who wonder, why can't it be anyone else? The players of the national table tennis men's team, considering it comprehensively, I am afraid that there is no more suitable than Wang Chuqin.