The latest points in the Olympic selection, Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha laid the Olympic singles quota
The 2024 Busan Team World Table Tennis Championships has come to an end, and the Chinese men's team and women's team both won the championship, and both won the 23rd championship. Although it is a team competition of the World Table Tennis Championships, the winning players also have singles points, and it also involves the selection points of the National Table Tennis 2024 Paris Olympic Games. According to relevant statistics, the men's team Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong have a large lead, and the women's singles Sun Yingsha has a cliff-like lead.
Men's points
In this World Table Tennis Championships, Fan Zhendong won 8 wins, corresponding to 333 singles points, while Wang Chuqin won 7 wins, corresponding to 292 singles points, and Ma Long won 6 wins, corresponding to 250 points.
Regarding bonus points, Fan Zhendong won 2 sets in the semifinals, thus obtaining a total of 800 double points, and a total of 1,900 points in this World Table Tennis Championships. Wang Chuqin has won 1 game since the knockout round, so he was rewarded with 1,500 points. Malone failed to earn points for his semi-final defeat, which awarded a total of 1,100 points.
After this World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Chuqin has the highest total score, with a world ranking of 5,662 points, plus 11,550 points awarded, and a total of 17,212 points. Fan Zhendong received more bonus points, and the gap with Wang Chuqin was compressed, and his total points reached 17,057 points. In addition, Ma Long's total points reached 9,665 points, and Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan were unchanged, with 4,245 and 2,425 points respectively.
Overall, there seems to be little suspense in the men's event, as the May 7 deadline is not far away, and there are not many opportunities to earn points left. According to the schedule, there are also Singapore Grand Slams on March 7-17, Incheon Championships on March 27-31, and Macau Singles World Cup on April 15-21. It can be seen that Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan have no hope of competing for the top two.
Ma Long is currently ranked third, but there is a 7,392-point gap from the second place Fan Zhendong, and it is too difficult to catch up, which shows that there is not much chance of Olympic singles. However, Ma Long is 5420 points ahead of Liang Jingkun, and there is still a good chance of retaining the third place. Overall, the Olympic candidates for the men's event have surfaced, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong are far ahead, and there is a high probability of becoming Olympic singles players, while Ma Long has a greater chance of participating in the team competition.
Women's points
The women's team event ended on the last match day, and Sun Yingsha won 8 singles and scored 333 points, and won 2 sets in the final, so she received a total of 2,300 points. Chen Meng's score corresponds to Wang Chuqin, with 292 singles world ranking points and 1,500 bonus points. Wang Yidi lost in the final and only received a reward of 700 points, while Wang Manyu and Chen Xingtong failed to participate in the knockout round and failed to get bonus points, and the total points remained unchanged.
In women's singles, Sun Yingsha continued to lead off a cliff and extended the lead again, with a total of 21,833 points, 11,376 points ahead of Chen Meng. On the whole, Sun Yingsha's Olympic singles quota is no problem, maintaining a healthy and stable state, and looking forward to Sun Yingsha's Grand Slam in 2024.
Chen Meng is currently 2525 points ahead of Wang Yidi, and his advantage is not particularly big, and he needs to play excellent results in the next three key events. Wang Yidi has lost to Japanese players many times in the past year, and his personal performance has been questioned, and there is still a chance to catch up with Chen Meng, but the chance of winning the Olympic singles quota is still not great.
This time, Wang Manyu and Chen Xingtong of the World Table Tennis Championships were relatively aggrieved, and they failed to participate in the knockout stage of the competition, so they could not get the corresponding bonus points. Although he lifted the championship trophy with the team, he always had some regrets in his heart. However, the gap between Wang Manyu and Chen Meng and Wang Yidi in front is not big, the team competition has become a thing of the past, and they will go all out to play the next singles game, whether they can grasp it depends on their own performance.