G women's team won six consecutive championships! Wang Manyu missed the knockout round, and Wang Yidi's Olympic prospects were clouded
On February 24, the women's team final of the Busan World Table Tennis Championships ended, and the national table tennis women's team sent Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, and Wang Yidi to play defeated the Japanese women's team played by Hina Hayata, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Miyu Hirano with a total score of 3-2, winning the championship and achieving the sixth consecutive championship of the women's team at the World Table Tennis Championships. In the knockout stage, the national table tennis has always used the same lineup, and Wang Manyu and Chen Xingtong failed to get the opportunity to play. In this World Table Tennis Championships, the world's top three Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, and Chen Meng all lost.
The women's team final was held between the national table tennis team and the Japanese women's team, and the Japanese team sent the Paris Olympic team Hina Hayata, Miwa Zhangmoto and Miu Hirano to play. Sun Yingsha scored two points, Chen Meng first lost to Hina Hayata, defeated Miwa Zhang in the deciding game, and Wang Yidi lost to Miu Hirano, losing for the second time in this tournament. In the end, the national table tennis women's team defeated Japan 3-2 and achieved six consecutive championships.
In this competition, the national table tennis women's team is composed of Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, and Chen Xingtong. However, in the knockout stage, the national table tennis has always sent Sun Yingsha as the first singles, Chen Meng as the second singles, and Wang Yidi as the third singles. On the road to winning the championship, the national table tennis played four group games and four knockout rounds. In addition to the first game of the group stage against the Indian team, Sun Yingsha and Wang Yidi lost successively, Wang Manyu scored two points, the national table tennis won 3-2, and the rest of the games were won 3-0.
In the knockout stage, due to the selection rules for the Paris Olympics formulated by the national table tennis, in the knockout stage of the team competition, the top players in the world ranking have priority to get the opportunity to play, so the four knockout matches are played by the world No. 1 Sun Yingsha, the world's No. 2 Wang Yidi and the world's No. 3 Chen Meng, but the coaching staff obviously trusts Chen Meng more and has always let her serve as the second singles, not only to be ready to play two games, but also to take the lead for the team when the national table tennis is drawn. This World Table Tennis Championships has introduced world ranking points, and the players who appear in the knockout stage can not only get world ranking points according to their contributions, but also get reward points for the National Table Tennis Paris Olympic Trials. Sun Yingsha's lead will be further expanded, and Chen Meng and Wang Yidi can also increase their singles points at the Olympic Trials, putting themselves in a strong position to compete at the Paris Olympics.
Wang Manyu and Chen Xingtong, who have not been able to play in the knockout stage, will not be able to get the singles bonus points for the Paris Olympics. Especially for Wang Manyu, the world's fourth-ranked she is behind her direct rivals Wang Yidi and Chen Meng, and the singles points of the Paris Olympics are also ranked behind Chen Meng and Wang Yidi. The WTT Singapore Grand Slam and the Incheon Championship will be held in March, both of which will be contested. The Paris Olympics points cut-off time is getting closer and closer, and for Wang Manyu, every race is not to be missed.
In this World Table Tennis Championships, Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, and Chen Meng all have lost the experience, of which Wang Yidi lost twice, plus she lost to Hina Hayada in the two key battles of the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban and the Hangzhou Asian Games last year. For Wang Yidi, she will have to prove herself in the next competition, and if she does not qualify for the singles at the Paris Olympics, she is likely to miss the Olympics.