How exactly did the women's table tennis signing position come about? Is there any cattiness in the end?
After the results of every table tennis event draw are released, there are always some pseudo-fans who question the fairness of the draw and suspect that someone is manipulating the position, which is a manifestation of ignorance.
First, the signature generation process:
The ITTF determines the seeds based on the world ranking of athletes, and there are strict and formal rules for drawing lots. Take the women's table tennis signing position of the Budapest Challenge as an example.
A total of 64 signatures were identified, divided into four quarter zones, and 4/1 zone 1 to no. 16 signs. 2/4 Zone 17 to No. 32 signatures. Lots 33 to 48 in 4/4 and 49 to 64 in 4/4.
In order to make the game more intense and exciting, and to prevent the masters from encountering them in advance, the seeded players should be evenly distributed in different quarters of the districts. Chen Meng is the No. 1 seed, no need to draw lots, automatically landed in the No. 1 position, Sun Yingsha No. 2 seed automatically landed in the No. 64 position, one end and one tail to guard the upper and lower half of the zone, only the final can meet.
No. 3 player Wang Manyu No. 4 player Wang Yidi drew lots to determine the No. 17 position in The 4/2 zone and the No. 48 position in the 4/3 zone, and according to the order of the No. 3 Wang Manyu first drew the lottery, the result was that Wang Manyu drew the No. 48 position in the 4/3 zone, and Wang Yidi did not draw any more lots, directly landing in the No. 17 position in the 4/2 zone. In this way, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu each guard a quarter-point zone, and only in the semi-finals can they meet.
Then 5 to 8 players Ito, Hayata, Han Ying, and Du Kaixuan drew the No. 16, No. 32, No. 33, and No. 49 positions respectively, and the 4 signatures were evenly distributed in 4 different quarter-quarters. After the lottery in order, Ito drew at No. 33 in Zone 3/4, Hayata drew at No. 49 in Zone 4/4, Han Ying drew at No. 16 in Zone 1/4, and Du Kaixuan directly landed at No. 32 in Zone 2 of 4. The top 8 seeded players had Chen Menghan Ying in 1/4, Wang Yidi Du Kaixuan in 4/2, Wang Manyu Ito in 3/4 and Sun Yingsha Hayata in 4/4. In the absence of unexpected upsets, 5 to 8 players challenge the top 4 at 8-in-4.
The 9 to 16 players are drawn evenly in different quarters of the quarters, and the top 8 seeds are played against the top 8 seeds at 16 in 8.
There are a total of 40 regular signings in this challenge, and those ranked below the top 40 will be qualified. Eight qualifiers passed through three rounds of competition to enter the main draw, and the top 16 players all had a bye in the first round and directly entered the round of 32. The higher the name of the player, the lower the opponent's ranking, the weaker the strength. Chen Meng is ranked first in the world, and each round of competition is against the weakest and weakest player in this round. These are the advantages and benefits of being ranked high in the world.
Second, the lottery is open and fair, and there is no catnip.
After years of practice, the lottery rules have become more and more perfect, and the lottery is not to go up to the lottery myself, but to draw the men's singles, women's singles and doubles signs by the organizing committee designated by the organizing committee, such as Fan Zhendong Sun Yingsha Hugo, etc. The sequence number is written on the table tennis table, placed in the dark, and the registration number position after the athletes catch the table tennis table tennis is very standard and formal, and the officials of the on-site ITTF Organizing Committee, the leaders of various countries, and the player representatives all participate on the spot. Some fans say that Liu Guoliang Marlene can take care of someone by signing, which is really a fantasy. Could it be that the International Table Tennis Federation is also led by Liu Ma? Can such a formal lottery ceremony be a child's home? Sometimes the drawn national table tennis players gather in the same quarter zone, while some quarters of the zone are empty, if you can sign this situation? Some people question why Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha are always in the same half of the zone, because Sun Yingsha is the No. 2 seed player fixed in the lower half, and the No. 3 Wang Manyu draw only has two picks of No. 17 and No. 48 to choose from, and it is normal to draw to No. 48 continuously, but the probability is a little larger. When Chen Meng was the No. 2 seeded player, didn't Wang Manyu also draw with Chen Meng in the second half of the zone?
