On April 5, Beijing time, the 14th week of the 2022 International Table Tennis Federation world rankings were announced, according to the Hangzhou Asian Games participation selection method previously announced by the national table tennis coaching team, the suspense of the national table tennis singles qualification for the Asian Games was revealed, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha got the qualifications, and Wang Manyu, the women's singles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships and the National Games, was not selected.
The singles selection rules previously announced by the national table tennis - 2 qualifications for men's and women's singles at the Asian Games, 1 chinese player who won the Singapore Grand Slam and the highest ranking in the world's singles in the 14th week of 2022, if the above overlaps, it will be extended to the second singles ranking player.
Singapore Grand Slam tournament, men's singles champion Fan Zhendong, women's singles champion Chen Meng. In the world rankings, the 1st place in the men's singles is Fan Zhendong, and the 1st place in the women's singles is Chen Meng.
As a result, Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng qualified, and Ma Long, who ranked No. 2 in the men's singles world, and Sun Yingsha, who ranked No. 2 in the women's singles world, also qualified.
Although Wang Manyu is the women's singles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships and the women's singles champion of the National Games, which are all championship titles with full gold content, Wang Manyu did not qualify for the Singapore Grand Slam women's singles championship, ranking only 3rd in the world, and regrettably did not qualify for the Asian Games.
Looking back now, if Wang Manyu wants to qualify for the Asian Games singles competition, he can only win the women's singles championship at the Singapore Grand Slam. Unfortunately, Wang Manyu lost to Chen Meng in the final.
In the last Jakarta Asian Games table tennis women's singles final, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu met in the final, and in the end, Wang Manyu staged a big reversal in the case of 1-3 behind, defeating Chen Meng 4-3 and winning the championship.
Today, Wang Manyu has no chance to defend his title, which is very regrettable. After all, Wang Manyu's strength is not below Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha, and the World Table Tennis Championships women's singles champion and the National Games women's singles champion, the difficulty of winning these 2 championships is far greater than the Olympic Games and Grand Slams. Many fans feel sorry for Wang Manyu, but this is the rule, and Wang Manyu can only accept it. In her career, Wang Manyu's ultimate goal is to win the Olympic women's singles championship, and she will compete with Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha for the women's singles qualification for the Paris Olympic Games.