Recently, an article by Xinhua News Agency introduced the initial appearance of the national table tennis Asian Games lineup, the content exposed Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu has been enough to qualify for the competition, according to the practice of the national table tennis Asian Games lineup is 5 men, 5 women a total of 10 people, there are still 1 male and 2 women qualification vacancies, 3 U18 team members Xiang Peng, Lin Shidong and Ku Man are expected to be selected, from the perspective of cultivating and training new people, looking forward to the future, the 3 people's participation hopes are far greater than veterans Xu Xin, Lin Gaoyuan, Liu Shiwen and others.
According to the established plan of asian games selection, Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng, who won the Singapore WTT Grand Slam singles championship, directly qualified for the singles and team of the Hangzhou Asian Games, and the highest ranked Ma Long and Sun Yingsha, in addition to the two, also qualified for a group and singles competition in the Hangzhou Asian Games because of the world ranking of No. 2 singles. In addition, the top 3 players in the team Liang Jingkun and Wang Manyu have also obtained the qualification to participate in the group, in order to focus on training new people, the highest ranking team members born after 1999 will also get a team qualification, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha ranked the highest, Wang Chuqin also successfully entered the Asian Games lineup, so the initial main lineup has been determined, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin played on behalf of the men's team, the top 2 singles, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu played on behalf of the women's team, and it was also the top 2 that took care of the women's singles competition. As for the 3 doubles places, it is still necessary for the coaching staff to negotiate collectively before deciding.
Although the singles qualification was announced in advance, but the main lineup of the group of 5 people is still to be determined, due to the top 5 masters of the men's and women's singles world rankings, winning the team championship is also a probability of ten to nine, in this context, the team qualification competition or more inclined rookies, after all, according to the previous competition, the importance of the Houston World Table Tennis Championships is much greater than the Asian Games, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen dare to give up, there is no need to charge for the Asian Games, and who is the place of 1 man and 2 women left?
19-year-old Xiang Peng and 17-year-old Lin Shidong should be the 5th person of the men's team the most powerful contenders, the two participated in this year's Macau Championship and Oman Challenge, in the men's singles arena, although fledgling, but the field is full of hard work, urgently need more games to increase the accumulation of experience, the two are also the best players in the national table tennis U18 age group, the national table tennis intention to cultivate and even let the two participate in the Grand Slam. In contrast, although Lin Gaoyuan, Zhou Qihao, Zhao Zihao, Liu Dingshuo and others are in the year of playing, the results and comprehensive strength of the international arena are slightly better, but the grasp of key games and key points has not been improved, it is better to let the young players rush to rush, play a dozen group stages of the Asian Games team stage, and feel the tension of the team competition.
Among the 2 places in the women's team, Ku Man has the hope of occupying a place, the 18-year-old youngster won the women's singles championship in the challenge, and it is a left-handed crossboard, in the case of Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng' 3 right hands are selected, in order to idealize the doubles cooperation, it is more conducive to Ku Man's entry. In addition, Wang Yidi may also occupy a seat, she is currently ranked 5th in the world women's singles, is a powerful player, and is also the 4th main force of the current Chinese women's team, which can play an escort role.