A few days ago, with the successful conclusion of the 2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam tournament, the national table tennis team tennis handed over a satisfactory answer sheet in the first big test of the new season. Head coach Qin Zhijian and Li Falcon said in an interview that due to the perfect performance of the team's main players in this game, in order to play the game in a better posture, the team decided to let the main players return to China in advance for rest. This Singapore Grand Slam tournament can be called a big scuffle within the national table tennis, the "one brother" and "one sister" position dispute makes people watch the blood boiling, the intensity and excitement of the competition far more than the Tokyo Olympic Games.
After a "desperate fight", many of the main players of the national table tennis also summarized the game on the personal social platform and thanked the coaches and teammates. Among them, the little devil Sun Yingsha specially thanked her partners Wang Manyu and Wang Chuqin in the women's doubles and mixed doubles projects. Wang Chuqin expressed his affectionate "confession" to Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha, and looked forward to their continued cooperation. At present, the overall strength of this national table tennis team needs no more words, the men's singles of Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin and Xu Xin, the women's singles of Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha and Liu Shiwen, are the mainstay of the team.
However, from the perspective of the preparation of the Paris Olympic cycle, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha are the pillars of the future of national table tennis. In a way, maybe these players will monopolize all the major championship trophies in this Olympic cycle. After a few veterans fade out, they will carry the team's flag. Fan Zhendong is alone in the singles event, and in the next few years, it is difficult for anyone to shake his world number one position. Wang Chuqin is a rare all-round talent among young national table tennis players, and the coaching team is also focusing on creating a men's doubles and mixed doubles main lineup with Wang Chuqin as the core.
The two men's singles players are the two leading figures in the Chinese team's Paris cycle, and Fan Zhendong has won the World Championships men's singles title and has made great strides in doubles. Wang Chuqin won the world championship mixed doubles gold medal, in addition, he is also a backup player of Ma Long, if Ma Long's competitive status declines, Wang Chuqin will become the second main force of the team. Although Olympic champion Chen Meng won the women's singles title at the Singapore Grand Slam, two years later in Paris, she may have a hard time competing against Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha.
At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, table tennis will set up 5 events such as men's singles, women's singles, mixed doubles, men's team and women's team, and it is not surprising that Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu will all enter the Olympic list. Some fans joked that the four members of the national table tennis faction could win all the gold medals. Men's singles Fan Zhendong, women's singles Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha are double insurance, mixed doubles Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, as for the group project, no matter who the third main force is, it does not affect the final result at all. This time, the four core figures of the new generation of national table tennis thanked each other, in fact, it was for the "appointment" of the Paris Olympic Games 2 years later.
(Luo Treasurer)