0-3! Wang Manyu lost to Chen Xingtong and missed the semifinals, did she lose the Olympic singles qualification in advance?
On the afternoon of December 16, the Nagoya finals were held in a civil war between the members of the Chinese team, with world No. 2 Wang Manyu facing world No. 6 Chen Xingtong.
I expected before the game that this game would be very difficult for Wang Manyu, but no one thought that it would be so difficult, in the face of Chen Xingtong, Wang Manyu actually didn't score a game, and was swept by Chen Xingtong 0-3!
Judging from the process of the game, Wang Manyu was almost passive in the whole court!
To be honest, this can't be described as an underdog anymore!
Because Chen Xingtong does have the ability to defeat Wang Manyu!
You may still remember that at this year's World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, which was also the 1/4 finals, Wang Manyu met Chen Xingtong, and Wang Manyu swept Chen Xingtong with a score of 0-4!
At that time, fans thought that it was because Wang Manyu was not in good health, after all, in the selection match for the World Table Tennis Championships held directly in Durban at the beginning of the year, Wang Manyu withdrew from the selection competition due to injury!
However, this time Wang Manyu was swept by Chen Xingtong again, so he can't simply use injuries to blame the reason!
Because in the mixed team World Cup last week, Wang Manyu's performance was still very good, especially in the game against the Japanese team, Wang Manyu scored five points alone, and was the biggest contributor to the Chinese team's defeat of the Japanese team!
In this finals, Wang Manyu was swept by Chen Xingtong again, we will not describe the detailed process, let's analyze the impact of the loss of this game on Wang Manyu!
The first is the impact of world rankings.
In this finals, the champion can get 1,500 points, the runner-up 1,050 points, the semi-finals 525 points, and the quarterfinals 265 points.
Due to this competition, Wang Manyu was not able to advance to the semi-finals, so Wang Manyu could only get 265 points, that is, Wang Manyu's world ranking points barely increased!
As we all know, Wang Manyu is currently competing in singles for the Paris Olympics, and the biggest competitors are Chen Meng and Wang Yidi!
At present, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong have advanced to the women's singles semifinals, in this way, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong will meet in the semifinals, if Wang Yidi can defeat Chen Xingtong in the semifinals, Wang Yidi will gain 1050 points, so that in the world ranking points, Wang Yidi will surpass Wang Manyu!
Of course, if Wang Yidi loses to Chen Xingtong, then Wang Yidi will only be able to get 525 points, and he still can't surpass Wang Manyu in the world ranking!
Another competitor is Chen Meng!
Chen Meng will face Ito on the afternoon of December 16, and if Chen Meng can defeat Ito, she will also advance to the women's singles semifinals!
If Chen Meng can defeat Sun Yingsha, then no matter whether Chen Meng can win the championship or not, he will also gain at least 1,050 points, and in this way, Chen Meng will also surpass Wang Manyu in the world ranking!
Therefore, the current situation is very unfavorable for Wang Manyu! If you want to maintain your second position in the world rankings, you can only count on Chen Xingtong and Sun Yingsha to defeat Wang Yidi and Chen Meng in the semifinals!
However, it would be wrong to conclude that Wang Manyu had lost his singles qualification for the Paris Olympics based on this competition alone!
After all, although this year's competition has passed, there are still Women's World Cup and Singapore Grand Slam matches until May 8 next year, as long as Wang Manyu can perform well in the following competitions, she still has the opportunity to compete in Olympic singles!
I hope Wang Manyu can summarize the competition well and achieve better results in the future, come on!