The wolf is really coming! At the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, the national table tennis women's singles won the top 4, but in the top 16 players of the Doha Star Challenge, there was only 1 national table tennis women, and the 11 who went forward had 10 people out.
The recent news of national table tennis has attracted much attention, when the rumors that Wang Hao and Liu Guozheng are about to leave their jobs, although this news has not been confirmed, but the so-called no wind and no waves, nine times out of ten may be true. Just when the national football coaching staff is about to usher in a major reshuffle, the performance of national table tennis players has also begun to decline significantly.
National table tennis has always been a lonely and defeating existence in the world table tennis arena, in order to bring a sense of crisis to the players, the table tennis association once launched a wolf raising plan. It's just that after so many years, the results of the national table tennis in the competition are still invincible, and the wolf has not been cultivated. But at the 2022 Doha Star Challenge, we really felt the wolf coming.
At the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, the WTT Singapore World Cup and the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, the national table tennis women's singles all won the top 4, reflecting the strong dominance of national table tennis. Just when the national table tennis was still immersed in joy, the star challenge in Doha poured a scoop of cold water on the national table tennis.
The doha star challenge, the name sounds quite intimidating, but the fans know very few players, most of the players are the reserve force of various countries. These players represent the future of table tennis in these countries, as does national table tennis. In the women's singles, the Table Tennis Association sent a total of 11 people to expect them to achieve outstanding results like the big sisters of the first team.
However, with the end of the round of 16 on March 28, only Zhang Rui was left in the national table tennis women's singles, and the remaining 10 people were all out. This is not the worst news, 9 of the 10 people out of the game have not been able to reach the round of 32. Only Qi Fei and Zhang Rui reached the round of 32, but in the 16/1 final, Qi Fei was swept 0-3 against the Chinese player Yang Xiaoxin, and only Zhang Rui entered the round of 16.
Of the 11 female national table tennis players participating in this competition, only 3 do not have to play the qualifiers, and the remaining 8 have to temper themselves through the qualifications. As a result, in the qualifiers, 6 women of the national table tennis players were out, which was simply a surprise. In the first round of the main match, there were three more people out, namely Fan Siqi lost 2-3 to Japan's Miyu Kato, another Japanese teenager Nagasaki Miyu defeated Liu Weishan 3-2, and Qian Tianyi lost 2-3 to India's Batra.
Qian Tianyi was one of the favorites to win the Doha Challenge, because she was once on a par with Sun Yingsha in her youth, and once overshadowed Salsa, and was regarded by the coaching staff as a popular candidate for the Olympic Games. However, after so many years, Sun Yingsha has become the absolute main force of the first team, picking the beams in various competitions, but Qian Tianyi is still working hard for the main quota of the first team. Judging from today's achievements, Qian Tianyi is somewhat invisible to everyone, and it is difficult to think of getting ahead.
This Doha Challenge, whether it is men's table tennis or women's table tennis, did not see too outstanding players, which is also a wake-up call to the table tennis association, because the wolf really came. This group of players represents the future of national table tennis, but they have broken the sand in the competition. Fortunately, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha in women's table tennis have grown up and can still rely on them for five to eight years.