Compared with the national table tennis men's team, 3 people have been eliminated from the men's singles competition, and the women's team has played much smoother, and Ku man and Chen Xingtong have lost to their teammates and have been eliminated. In the second round of the women's singles competition, most of the national table tennis women who encountered foreign players successfully passed the pass. Wang Yidi once again proved her strength by beating former Asian Championship women's singles champion Miyu Hirano 3-0. In fact, Wang Yidi, who is currently ranked No. 5 in the world, can already compete with Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, and a new pattern of national table tennis has been formed. Liu Shiwen is very clear about her positioning, and she thinks that her ranking may be too low.
After Ding Ning retired, the national table tennis women's team entered a new round of shuffling. Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, who participated in the Olympic team competition, are undoubtedly the first echelon, and these three have joined forces to represent the national table tennis team in international competitions many times and achieved excellent results. In the new Olympic cycle, the results of these three people are still outstanding, Wang Manyu won the women's singles championship of the National Games and the World Table Tennis Championships, and Sun Yingsha won the WTT World Cup. Although Chen Meng has not yet won the championship, she has experienced the test of many major competitions after all, and has proved herself in the Olympic Games, and her comprehensive ability is very stable.
If there is one person who can compete with these three people, then she is Wang Yidi. The female table tennis champion is now ranked No. 5 in the world, finishing third in singles at last year's World Table Tennis Championships in Houston. At that time, the national table tennis won the top 4, and in addition to Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Chen Meng, the remaining one was Wang Yidi. Therefore, Wang Yidi has the ability to compete with Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu for the Olympic seat, and she defeated one of her biggest competitors, Chen Xingtong, in the first round of this Singapore Grand Slam, proving that her ability is indeed the existence of the 4th place in women's table tennis.
After eliminating Chen Xingtong, Wang Yidi swept Hirano Miyu 3-0 in the second round of the women's singles. Speaking of Hirano Miyu, many fans will not feel strange, after all, she once beat Ding Ning, Zhu Yuling and Chen Meng in a row to win the Asian Championship women's singles championship. At that time, in order to deal with Hirano Miyu, the national table tennis team specially arranged several team members to simulate Hirano Miyu's playing style to help the main team members find a way to defeat Hirano Miyu, and among these sparring team members were Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha, who later became Olympic champions. But now that Wang Yidi easily beat Miyu Hirano 3-0, I have to say that she is really good.
Now that the national table tennis has formed a new pattern, the Olympic quota will basically compete between Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi. Liu Shiwen has a very clear understanding of her current position, and she believes that her ranking may be too low, which will lead to the premature encounter with Sun Yingsha at the Singapore Grand Slam. Liu Shiwen is now ranked 17th in the world, ranking 7th among the national table tennis players after Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong and Zhu Yuling. Such a world ranking may allow Liu Shiwen to meet a strong opponent prematurely in the competition, which is indeed a test for her.
However, after Malone returned from injury, he also encountered a situation of relatively low ranking in the world, and the Dragons finally won the men's singles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships with their own efforts. Ma Long's example is a good motivation for Liu Shiwen, come on!