Ma Lin's biggest mistake was that she trusted Wang Yidi too much, and Wang Manyu was abandoned but ushered in a turnaround
In the women's team final of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, Ma Lin insisted on sending Wang Yidi and gave up the stronger Wang Manyu, why is this? Is it really because of the selection rules for the Paris Olympics previously formulated by the Chinese Table Tennis Association? Is it really impossible to use Wang Manyu in the final?
This is a question that many fans are very concerned about.
According to the rules previously formulated by the Chinese Table Tennis Association, in a major competition such as the Team World Table Tennis Championships, the top three players in the world ranking will have the opportunity to play in the knockout round! In the latest world rankings, Sun Yingsha is ranked first, Wang Yidi is second, Chen Meng is ranked third, and Wang Manyu is ranked fourth!
In this way, Ma Lin sent Wang Yidi to play in the final, on the surface, there is no problem, but is there really no problem? Is Wang Yidi really suitable to play in the final, especially in the final against the Japanese team?
In fact, fans know very well that against the Japanese team, sending Wang Yidi to play is the biggest mistake!
In the past year, Wang Yidi has lost to Japanese players four times in a row! First, in last year's Singapore Grand Slam, Wang Yidi lost to Miu Hirano!
After that, in last year's World Table Tennis Championships in Durban and the Asian Games in Hangzhou, Wang Yidi lost to Hina Hayada twice in a row! Especially in the semifinals of the women's singles at the Asian Games, that day was a special day -- National Day! However, Wang Yidi lost to her opponent again in the match against Hina Hayata!
Fortunately, in the final, Sun Yingsha still withstood the pressure, defeated Hina Hayata, and defended the glory of Chinese women's table tennis!
In the Lanzhou Challenge after the Asian Games, Wang Yidi lost to Miyu Kihara again!
With such a performance, I really don't know why Ma Lin still dares to use Wang Yidi to face the Japanese women's table tennis in the final!
Compared with Wang Yidi, Wang Manyu's performance is undoubtedly better!
In the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, Wang Manyu defeated Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha successively and won the women's singles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships!
And in the past year, Wang Manyu's performance is also obvious to all, and he is second only to Sun Yingsha among the five main forces of Chinese women's table tennis!
Moreover, in the 2022 Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Manyu faced the Japanese team in the final, defeated the opponent neatly, and helped the Chinese team defeat the Japanese team with a score of 3-0!
But it is such a powerful athlete, but because the temporary world ranking is not as good as Wang Yidi, he was abandoned by Ma Lin! This can't help but feel very regrettable!
In fact, Ma Lin's preference for Wang Yidi is well known!
In the trials of the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban last year, Wang Yidi's performance was very bad! But despite this, Ma Lin still gave Wang Yidi a singles quota!
However, in the women's singles 1/4 finals of the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban last year, Wang Yidi lost to Hina Hayada 3-4!
However, Ma Lin didn't care about this at all, but in an interview after the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, she thought that the match between Wang Yidi and Hina Hayada was very exciting! It was the most exciting game in recent years! Ma Lin insisted that the loss of that game could promote Wang Yidi's growth!
But what is the truth?
In the women's singles semifinals of last year's Hangzhou Asian Games, Wang Yidi once again lost to Hina Hayata!
The performance of this point, to be honest, if it had been used by the coaching staff a long time ago!
But Ma Lin still reuses Wang Yidi!
This also led to the Busan World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Yidi faced Miyu Hirano in the third appearance, and lost again! The Chinese women's table tennis score fell behind 1-2!
Fortunately, Sun Yingsha withstood the pressure in the fourth set and played against the first sister of Japanese table tennis Hina Hayata, Sun Yingsha's performance was still as stable as ever, and she defeated Hina Hayada with a score of 3-0!
Chen Meng was in the deciding set, in fact, he was very nervous at the beginning, and in the first game against Zhang Benmeihe, he actually lost the first game with a score of 4-11!
But fortunately, Chen Meng's adjustment ability is still very good, and finally defeated Zhang Benmeihe in three consecutive games!
But this game is so difficult, and Ma Lin is absolutely inseparable! If it weren't for Ma Lin's stubbornness and letting Wang Manyu play in the final, I believe that Wang Manyu would not be able to lose no matter which Japanese player he played!
Although he missed the knockout round this time, it is not a bad thing for Wang Manyu, because with Wang Yidi's loss to Miyu Hirano again, it also means that Wang Yidi has basically said goodbye to the Olympics!
Wang Manyu is currently guaranteed to be a team, and he also retains the opportunity to compete in singles!
It's just that it's too difficult for Wang Manyu! At present, the score difference between Wang Manyu and Chen Meng is a bit big, and if you want to surpass Chen Meng, you must win the next Singapore Grand Slam!
I hope Wang Manyu can work hard and play the next game!