World Table Tennis Championships: Ma Lin is facing a choice! Wang Yidi lost to Japan 4 times last year, will she still be used in the finals?

On February 24, Beijing time, the first championship of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan is about to be born, and the two teams of China and Japan will meet in the women's team finals and compete for the gold medal.

According to the previous head coach of the women's team, Ma Lin, the arrangement of the important matches of the national table tennis team competition will be completely determined by the world ranking, so the women's team finals should be Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng - for Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng, everyone's opinions are not very big, and the more controversial one is Wang Yidi, why is this?

It turns out that four of the five main players of the women's team at the World Table Tennis Championships in Japan have won Wang Yidi, and Wang Yidi lost four games to Japanese players last year alone. Because of this, many people proposed to replace Wang Yidi and replace Wang Manyu with Wang Manyu, who is in full form, to play the final, so how will Ma Lin and the coaching staff choose?

Fans who follow Wang Yidi know that she is a typical "late bloomer" athlete, who only began to rise in the team at the age of 22, became the main team at the age of 24, and won the first world championship title at the age of 25.

As mentioned earlier, Wang Yidi's performance in foreign battles in the last year has not been ideal, especially against Japanese players, including two losses to Hina Hayata, one loss to Miu Hirano, and one sweep by Miyu Kihara. In addition, Wang Yidi has also lost to Ito Misei in the past, and Zhang Benmeihe has not broken through her.

What's even more "deadly" is that in the two most important events in 2023, Wang Yidi has made mistakes, among which the World Table Tennis Championships women's singles lost to Hina Hayata, and the Asian Games women's singles She was eliminated by Hina Hayata, which did disappoint many people.

It is precisely because of the chain that has dropped several times in foreign wars, so even though Wang Yidi's ranking is as high as the second in the women's singles world, there are still many fans who doubt her ability. After the Chinese and Japanese teams advanced to the women's team finals of the World Table Tennis Championships together, there were more and more calls for Wang Yidi to be replaced and Wang Manyu to play, which immediately sparked heated discussions.

Since the results of the team competition will now be included in the Olympic selection assessment, the coaching staff must strive to treat the disciples fairly, so as early as last year's Asian Championships, Ma Lin has publicly explained the principle of arrangement, that is, directly "one size fits all", based on the world ranking to select people.

During the knockout round of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, which can provide Olympic selection points, the national table tennis team did participate in the competition with the world's top three Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, and Chen Meng, which also shows that the coaching staff has been adhering to the established principles and has not wavered.

However, objectively speaking, the national table tennis women's team has not encountered a particularly strong or unfamiliar opponent in Busan, and the only vicious battle is the Sino-Indian duel, and it is precisely in this competition that Wang Yidi lost the foreign war again (but Sun Yingsha also lost), while Wang Manyu turned the tide and scored 2 points in a row.

And the Japanese women's team to face in the next national table tennis final is a veritable world No. 2, and as mentioned earlier, four of their five main forces have won against Wang Yidi, and the remaining Zhang Benmeihe has also forced Wang Yidi into a desperate situation, and finally was reversed: If Wang Yidi is really on the line, can she hold the position of the foreign war?

But as some fans said, since the rules are set, they must be followed, and maintaining fairness and justice itself is the responsibility and obligation of the coaching staff - so do you approve of letting Wang Yidi participate in the women's team finals?