The two post-00s world champions may not be able to compete in the Asian Games singles! Sun Yingsha is too sorry, and Ma Long is expected to participate. The 2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam tournament has entered the end, and there are two final matches, namely the women's singles final Chen Meng vs. Wang Manyu, the men's singles final Fan Zhendong vs. Ma Long, from the current situation, Chen Meng and Fan Zhendong, whether they can win the championship or not, will go straight to the Hangzhou Asian Games, if Wang Manyu and Ma Long win the championship, then the two post-00s world champions Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin will not be able to play alone in the Asian Games.
Previously, the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced the selection criteria of the Hangzhou Asian Games, men's singles, men's doubles, men's team, women's singles, women's doubles, women's team, mixed doubles 7 events will have a total of 10 athletes to participate, of which the men's singles and women's singles will have two athletes each to participate, according to the selection standards released by the Chinese Table Tennis Association, only the singles world number one and grand slam singles champions can obtain the Asian Games singles qualification. Although the Singapore Grand Slam has not yet decided the men's singles and women's singles champions, Chen Meng and Fan Zhendong have basically locked in the Asian Games singles qualification, of which Fan Zhendong is now ranked first in the world with 8598 points, ahead of the second place Ma Long more than 3000 points, and the Grand Slam singles champion will score 2000 points, which means that even if Ma Long wins the championship, Fan Zhendong will continue to rank first, so Fan Zhendong has actually locked the singles qualification for the Hangzhou Asian Games, and the possibility of Ma Long participating in the Asian Games is also very large. If Ma Long wins the championship will go straight to the Asian Games, even if Ma Long can't win the championship, the athlete who ranks second according to the rules will also qualify for the Asian Games singles, so Ma Long basically locked the qualification for the Hangzhou Asian Games, unless Ma Long voluntarily withdraws, then Wang Chuqin has the opportunity to participate.
The situation of the women's team is a little more complicated, Sun Yingsha is now ranked first with 7580 points, Chen Meng is in second place with 7175, and the Grand Slam singles champion will get 2000 points, the runner-up will get 1400, and the top 4 will get 700 points, so in the latest world ranking, Sun Yingsha's points will become 8250 points, which means that Chen Meng, whether he wins the Grand Slam women's singles championship, will surpass Sun Yingsha and return to the world first, so that, Chen Meng is also highly likely to lock in the singles qualification of the Hangzhou Asian Games. If Wang Manyu wins the Grand Slam women's singles title, then Sun Yingsha will not be able to play alone in the Asian Games, so only if Chen Meng wins the championship, Sun Yingsha will have the opportunity to participate.
Of course, it is not that there is no other possibility, for example, in the later Doha Challenge, Chen Meng suffered the first round of travel, Sun Yingsha won the championship, it is possible to rank first in the world again, and then directly to the Asian Games, but the possibility of this happening is minimal, Sun Yingsha has lost the initiative of the Direct Asian Games, can only hope that Wang Manyu lost to Chen Meng, and then rely on the world ranking to participate in the Asian Games singles, but Wang Manyu may also directly win the championship, and from the recent records of Wang Manyu and Chen Meng, The probability of Wang Manyu winning is very high, and Sun Yingsha is already very dangerous, and she may not be able to play alone in the Asian Games at any time.