I don't understand! The list of the National Table Tennis World Table Tennis Championships is released, Chen Xingtong quits the main force, and Wang Yidi becomes the second single?
On January 16, Beijing time, the official website of ITTF announced the list of participants for the 2024 World Table Tennis Championships in Busan. What fans can't understand is that Chen Xingtong actually quit the main team, Wang Yidi is expected to become the second singles of the women's team, and the rules that the national table tennis itself has just established are about to be broken immediately.
Break rule 1: If you don't report the list of participants according to the world ranking, is Chen Xingtong still the main force if you lose the competition?
The Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships national table tennis is based on the world ranking, and the top four players ranked Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, and Wang Yidi were directly selected into the team lineup. For the fifth place, the coaching staff adopted two selection methods: first, Chen Xingtong won the women's singles championship in the Oman Challenger, and directly won the fifth place in the team competition of the World Table Tennis Championships. Second, if Chen Xingtong did not win the women's singles championship in the Oman Challenger, the national table tennis will hold a round-robin tournament, and Chen Xingtong will compete with 6 teammates including Qian Tianyi and Kuo Man for the last place.
In the end, Chen Xingtong won the women's singles championship in the Oman Challenger and retained the fifth main position. The Busan World Table Tennis Championships is the only team competition before the Paris Olympics, and Chen Xingtong has not been selected for such a competition, is she still the fifth main force? The key is that Chen Xingtong's defeat broke the rules; if according to the world rankings, Chen Xingtong is ranked 6th, and Qian Tianyi is ranked 7th, why did the coaching staff directly report to Qian Tianyi, who is ranked lower? It can only be said that the rules are set by people, and the coaching staff can break the rules at any time at different stages.
Indeed, the coaching staff also gave Chen Xingtong a lot of opportunities to participate, but the fifth sister of national table tennis did not seize it well. Although Wang Yidi also lost the foreign war, she won the Asian Cup women's singles championship after all, and Chen Xingtong was a round tour. Always standing still, without breaking through, it is inevitable to replace you. Moreover, Qian Tianyi is a left-handed player, and adding a left-handed player to the main team may also be conducive to the women's doubles match of the main players in the future.
Breaking the rule 2: According to the world ranking, can Wang Yidi take on the second singles?
There is still a month to go before the start of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, and Wang Yidi should be able to retain the second position in the world before the start of this competition. The order of national table tennis in recent tournaments is based on the world ranking. Previously, the fourth and fifth players in the world did not have the opportunity to play in the team semi-finals and finals. As the world No. 2, can Wang Yidi be arranged to play as the second singles player against the Japanese women's team?
The lineup sent by the Japanese women's team to the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan is: Hina Hayata, Miyu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, Miyu Kihara, Misei Ito, these five opponents Wang Yidi except for Miwa Zhangmoto and Misei Ito have never lost, the other three have all lost in the Paris Olympic cycle, and Hina Hayada has also lost 2 times. So, if you are afraid that Wang Yidi will lose in the women's team final against the Japanese team, and send Wang Manyu on the court, isn't this not playing according to the world ranking, breaking the rules set by the national table tennis itself?
2024 Busan World Table Tennis Championships National Table Tennis Women's Team Entry List: Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Qian Tianyi. What do you think of this list? If you don't have a chance to participate in the competition, is Chen Xingtong drifting away from the main force? Can Wang Yidi take on the heavy responsibility of the second singles? Welcome to leave a message and discuss, thank you for reading!