In last year's WTT Macau Championships, head coach Li Falcon coached Ma Lin to lead the women's table tennis team to participate in the competition due to physical problems, under the guidance of Ma Lin, Chen Meng lost to Szox, and Wang Manyu lost to Yuan Jianan, and the two did not even reach the round of 16.
At this year's Singapore Grand Slam, Ma Lin once again served as an off-court coach, but Chen Meng lost to Samara, and once again stopped the round of 16, and the two women's singles players were also eliminated. Wang Yidi lost to Miyu Hirano, and Chen Xingtong lost to Han Ying.
In this World Table Tennis Championships, Ma Lin served as the guide again, but Wang Yidi was reversed by Hina Hayada, and the last game was tenaciously turned over by Hina Hayata 21-19. And the defending champion of the last World Table Tennis Championships women's doubles Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu was kept a clean sheet 3-0 by the South Korean combination, and the defending champion Wang Manyu of the World Table Tennis Championships women's singles was also upset and lost to Chen Xingtong, who was weaker than himself, stopped in the top 8 and missed the semifinals.
Ma Lin's consecutive losses in foreign battles are questioned, but Ma Lin is not worried, because his "disciple" Chen Meng is about to achieve a grand slam!
There are only 5 women's table tennis Grand Slam winners so far, namely Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining, Li Xiaoxia and Ding Ning.
Since Ding Ning defeated Li Xiaoxia in 2016 to win the Olympic championship and win the Grand Slam, there has been no Grand Slam winner in women's table tennis, Liu Shiwen failed to win the Olympic women's singles championship and did not win the Grand Slam, and Chen Meng is now the closest to the Grand Slam winner in women's table tennis, and she only has the World Table Tennis Championships women's singles champion left to successfully climb the Grand Slam!
At the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, Chen Meng lost to Wang Manyu in the final and did not have the chance to win the World Table Tennis Championships women's singles championship, one step away from the Grand Slam winner. And this time, with Wang Manyu out early, Chen Meng's fierce rival in the Grand Slam has one less one, and for the semifinal against Chen Xingtong, Chen Meng has no pressure at all, because from strength to world ranking, Chen Meng is trying to beat Chen Xingtong.
So this time Chen Meng is the best chance to become a Grand Slam winner, and it is also a record that no one has achieved a Grand Slam in 6 years. And after Chen Meng's grand slam, Ma Lin's voice will naturally be less questioned, after all, Chen Meng was cultivated by him. Ma Lin is under a lot of pressure, Chen Meng won the championship, he can keep the throne of the head coach of the women's team.
The time and place are favorable, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha are not in good shape, Chen Meng will become the sixth Grand Slam winner of National Table Ping! As long as Chen Meng wins the Grand Slam, Ma Lin's ability is beyond doubt, and the head coach position of women's table tennis is still his.