According to the schedule, the national table tennis will participate in the WTT Star Challenge on the 11th of this month, considering that there are only about 2 years left before the Paris Olympic Games, the national table tennis is also looking for the most suitable lineup to ensure that everything is foolproof as much as possible. There is a major change in the lineup this time, that is, Sun Yingsha is no longer in three categories, and she will be replaced by Wang Manyu. Due to the obvious upward momentum of Wang Manyu in the past two years, many people are worried that after Liu Guoliang made this decision, does it mean that Sun Yingsha's status in the national table tennis women's team is not guaranteed?
For a long time in the past, Sun Yingsha was the busiest player in the national table tennis team, and she not only needed to participate in the women's singles event, but also took into account the women's doubles and women's team events. When participating in other large-scale events, Sun Yingsha may also have to play in the mixed doubles event, and the physical consumption is very large. At last year's World Table Tennis Championships and World Cup, Sun Yingsha was a triathlon, and her fatigue was also visible to the naked eye. Sun Yingsha has lost 3 consecutive singles championships, which has a certain relationship with excessive physical exertion, which is also not conducive to her recovery from injuries and fill in gaps. This time, the national table tennis adjusted the lineup, in fact, it also wanted Sun Yingsha to rest more!
As Sun Yingsha's momentum was gradually overshadowed by Wang Manyu, the national table tennis coaching team also quickly adjusted, allowing Wang Manyu to pick up the beam. In the future, she will become a national table tennis "labor model". Of course, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha are still the golden combination of the two major players in women's singles and women's doubles, and in the competition with team events, their dominance and Chen Meng's dominance is still unquestionable. The only change is that the number one mixed doubles combination has changed from Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha to Wang Chuqin/Wang Manyu, which is also a diversified attempt by national table tennis.
During the partnership between Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, they won the mixed doubles championship at last year's World Championships, and the two are also recognized as the strongest mixed doubles combinations in national table tennis at this stage. But the cooperation between Wang Chuqin and Wang Manyu is not bad, the two have won the championship of the national championship, you must know that this is a table tennis project, and it is far more difficult to win the championship at home than abroad. Therefore, from the perspective of strength alone, the two pairs are almost the same, and the key is to see the impromptu play in the competition. Wang Manyu's playing style is strong and domineering, more like Zhang Yining of that year than Sun Yingsha, and her combination with Wang Chuqin is worth looking forward to.
In fact, Wang Manyu and Wang Chuqin were originally a fixed partner, before last year's World Championships, the national table tennis coaching team tried to split the pair, and achieved good results, and now, the coaching team is equivalent to restoring the combination of Wang Manyu and Wang Chuqin, presumably hoping to find the most stable mixed doubles partner. However, with the continuous improvement of Wang Manyu's status in the team, Sun Yingsha is under increasing pressure. Sun Yingsha's mentality is not as good as Wang Manyu's, it is easy to make mistakes when playing key competitions, and the same problems occur when losing gold medals at the Olympic Games and the World Championships. Today, Sun Yingsha has a fixed head coach, and hopes that she can overcome the bottleneck as soon as possible to usher in a new breakthrough, otherwise her prospects for the Paris Olympic Games are indeed not optimistic.