On April 26, the World Table Tennis Federation updated the latest edition of the world rankings, and national table tennis players Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng still ranked first among male and female singles players. Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, known as the "Seafood Sister Flower", firmly occupy the throne of the women's doubles world ranking, and the national table tennis continues to maintain the world first place in these three events. But in the men's doubles event, Japan's Hayabusa Tokami / Yukiya Utada took the first place from the national table tennis hand, and Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin ranked third in the world. Qin Zhijian, the head coach of the national table tennis men's team, has long been aware of this problem, and he also admitted that there are shortcomings in the national table tennis.
Since the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the doubles event has been replaced by team events, but in team competitions, there will still be a doubles, and it is the first one, so it is still of great significance. Because once the doubles lose, then the team game will face a backward situation as soon as it comes up, which is obviously not wanted to see. It's not easy for foreign athletes to beat us in singles, and they'll put more of a break in the doubles. After all, in the doubles event, the contingency is still greater, requiring that the tacit understanding between the players must reach a certain level.
The national table tennis lost the men's doubles gold medal at last year's World Table Tennis Championships, and the combination of Lin Gaoyuan/Liang Jingkun and Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin did not have the last laugh. The combination of Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun has proved to be useless in many competitions, especially Lin Gaoyuan's low state, and whether he can participate in the Paris Olympic Games is probably a big unknown. Therefore, the national table tennis coaching team must find a pair of key training combinations, which is obviously Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin. Although the two have also experienced some setbacks, they still won the men's doubles championship of the Singapore Grand Slam, which can be said to be a landmark victory.
On April 26, the World Table Tennis Federation updated the latest edition of the world rankings, which is the 17th week, and Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng are still ranked first in men's and women's singles. In the men's doubles rankings, the world's number one is the Japanese combination of Tokami Hayabusa/Yukiya Utada, while the national table tennis duo Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin are ranked 3rd. This world first was snatched up by the Japanese team, which also reflected the weakness of overseas table tennis in men's doubles. Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun are ranked 8th in the world, which is difficult to satisfy. It can be said that compared with men's and women's singles and women's doubles, the competitiveness of national table tennis in men's doubles is weaker.
This point, Qin Zhijian has realized after the world table tennis national table tennis lost the men's doubles gold medal. At that time, when he summarized the World Table Tennis Championships, he said that there are weaknesses and shortcomings in the men's doubles of the national table tennis, which is also an aspect that the national table tennis will strive to improve in the future. Now it seems that with the victory of Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin in Singapore, the national table tennis has strengthened in the men's doubles. But we must see that the threat posed to us by foreign players in the men's doubles event needs to be further improved. In particular, the number one Japanese group, Yukiya Utada, has the potential to become Ito's mixed doubles partner in the next step, which deserves our attention.
Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin have a high probability of participating in the Paris Olympic Games, and the national table tennis choice of them to partner in men's doubles should also be based on this consideration. At least for now, the duo is in a very good situation, but the singles ability of the big head needs to be further improved, come on!