It is getting closer and closer to the opening of the 2023 Durban World Table Tennis Championships. The national table tennis team members trained hard to prepare for the World Table Tennis Championships. The national table tennis coaches were interviewed.
This time, the men's team sent five players including Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, and Lin Gaoyuan to participate in the men's singles competition. Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Wang Chuqin are all strong and naturally can get a place in the competition. The strength of Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan is slightly weaker. Men's team head coach Wang Hao was interviewed to explain the reasons for making Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan on the list.
Wang Hao said Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan are ranked fourth and fifth in the world in the Chinese men's team. And the recent performance and comprehensive ability of the two, both internal and external, are very good. After discussion by the coaching staff, the two were allowed to participate in the Durban World Table Tennis Championships.
Wang Hao is very frank, but he also looks helpless. In the past two years, many high-level male table tennis players have emerged internationally, and Chinese men's table tennis has been threatened. Several of the main players of Chinese men's table tennis have lost to members of foreign associations. Especially Lin Gaoyuan, who lost more often. He can be selected for the World Table Tennis Championships list, Wang Hao is also out of helplessness, there is no better player. The advantage of Chinese men's table tennis has weakened. I hope that the team members will play at a high level and achieve good results in the Durban World Table Tennis Championships.
Chinese women's table tennis sent Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong to participate in the women's singles competition. Among these five players, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Chen Meng have the strongest strength, which can be called the Chinese women's table tennis troika. Wang Yidi and Chen Xing are the same,
Chinese women's table tennis coach Ma Lin specifically talked about her love apprentice Chen Meng. Ma Lin talked eloquently, believing that Chen Meng is the champion of the Tokyo Olympics and the absolute core of the Paris Olympic cycle, with a high world ranking and a great role in the team.
Ma Lin affirmed Chen Meng's central position. Chen Meng deserves to be his beloved disciple. It seems that Chen Meng's participation in the Paris Olympics is already very stable. Chen Meng has won the World Cup and Olympic women's singles titles. She really wants to achieve a Grand Slam, but unfortunately she is still short of a World Table Tennis Championships women's singles championship. Chen Meng is 29 years old. The Durban World Table Tennis Championships is Chen Meng's last chance. If you don't win the championship this time, it will be difficult to have a chance in the future, and maybe you won't be able to stick to the next World Table Tennis Championships.
Guoping sent two pairs, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, Lin Shidong/Qu Man, to participate in the mixed doubles competition.
Mixed doubles head coach Xiao Zhan talked about the Shatou combination. Xiao Zhan said that through the two direct competitions, Shatou combination had the best results and was shortlisted for the World Table Tennis Championships. In addition, Shatou Duo is the mixed doubles champion of the last World Table Tennis Championships, and the champion of two Grand Slams. Shatou combination is very strong, and it is very likely to defend the mixed doubles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships.
Lin Shidong and Qu Man are both young. The duo has won several championships in some side events. They will be the hope of the future of national table tennis and may participate in the 2028 Olympic Games.
In addition, the men's doubles sent two pairs, Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong. Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin ranked first in the men's doubles and Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong won the men's doubles title at the WTT Bangkok Star Challenge. These two pairs are very strong and should be able to guarantee that the national table tennis wins the men's doubles championship.
The women's doubles sent two pairs, Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu, Chen Meng/Wang Yidi. The Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu combination has won the championship many times and should be able to win the women's doubles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban.
Although there are many high-level players and combinations in the international table tennis world, the national table tennis is strong and should have a great chance to win the five championships of the Durban World Table Tennis Championships.