Not long ago, the national table tennis team completed the bright sword of the new cycle, and the Singapore Grand Slam national table tennis team created a perfect result, winning all 5 gold medals in the event. But after the end, the national table tennis team announced an unexpected decision, which also made many fans have some worries.
Then after the end of the Singapore Grand Slam, the original national table tennis was going to Doha, Qatar for the star challenge, but in the end the coaching staff temporarily announced the withdrawal, requiring the core team of the national table tennis team to return to China to recuperate. And the reason is also very simple, that is, the schedule of this game is more difficult, in the Grand Slam tournament, the core players have a large physical consumption, so everyone is more tired, so this leads to the national table tennis core lineup will not participate in the star challenge behind. At the first time of the decision, there were many fans worried, saying that the energy of the national table tennis team was so bad, playing a game, resting for a few days, there was no need to miss the Doha star game. Therefore, everyone also has some regrets for the absence of the core lineup of national table tennis.
However, in fact, the strategic absence of the national table tennis this time, in fact, in addition to the physical problems, there is more of a larger layout, that is, to fully prepare for the Hangzhou Asian Games to be held in China in the second half of the year. Then compared with the Doha Challenge, it is obvious that the Asian Games is the core battlefield of national table tennis, and it is the test that we cannot lose this year. So now at this stage, giving up some competitions with a gold content that is not very high, for the national table tennis, it is more targeted, so that we can get the best performance guarantee in the key competitions such as the Asian Games. And from the current point of view, the national table tennis has also officially prepared a working group, and fully opened the preparation for the Asian Games. Therefore, during this time, it is very necessary to give the veteran a process of recuperation and to recuperate his body. Especially for a core player like Malone, it doesn't make much sense for you to let him go to the Doha race in Qatar.
And just recently, Ma Long also joined hands with Fan Zhendong to harvest a top good news. That is, after passing the Singapore Grand Slam competition, the two players jointly qualified for this year's Asian Games, and got such an opportunity to show themselves in front of the people of the whole country. So in the official announcement of the International Table Tennis Federation, we see that Fan Zhendong is the first in the world in points, and Ma Long is the second in the world in points, and because Fan Zhendong is also a Grand Slam singles champion, these two players are in accordance with the regulations, to meet the Asian Games men's singles qualifications, which really makes us proud and happy for them. Everyone is also looking forward to the fact that Long Fat can meet again at the Asian Games and continue to stage peak duels, so that this top competition can be more.
But at the same time, after these two players qualified, in fact, for the other two members of the men's team in the Tokyo cycle, Xu Xin and Wang Chuqin did not qualify for this singles match. The departure of veteran Xu Xin is also helpless, after all, the decline in strength is serious. Wang Chuqin's words, most likely will still play in other men's team matches, and Ma Long Fan Zhendong to partner. So this time as a whole, the national table tennis is ranked according to the strength, and the final personnel is finalized, and such an arrangement can also be said that in terms of national table tennis, Liu Guoliang, chairman of the national table tennis, did not violate the original intention. Previously, we all knew that after the Tokyo cycle, Liu Guoliang said that he would speed up the change of personnel, but at that time, he also stressed that if young people want to take responsibility, they must also use strength to prove it. So now for the men's team, in the case of no one breaking through Ma Long Fan Zhendong, this is also the best choice.