The list of the National Table Tennis Incheon Championship was released, Wang Yidi was reused, and Chen Xing and Lin Gaoyuan were defeated!
The WTT Championships Incheon will be held from March 27 to 31, and the national table tennis team has also announced the list of men's and women's teams. Wang Yidi, who had just lost 0-3 to Miyu Hirano at the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, was successfully selected again, while Chen Xingtong and Lin Gaoyuan, the two main players, missed the competition. Let's take a look at the specifics:
WTT Championships Incheon National Table Tennis Men's and Women's Team Participants:
Women's team: Sun Yingsha, She, Wang Yidi, Wang Manyu
男队：樊振东、王楚钦、马龙、梁靖崑
Wang Yidi lost as many as 7 foreign battles in the Paris Olympic cycle, namely: 2 losses to Hina Hayata, 2 losses to Miu Hirano, 1 loss to Miyu Kihara, 1 loss to Akula, and 1 loss to Ni Xialian. The Durban World Table Tennis Championships, the Asian Games, and the Busan World Table Tennis Championships lost the chain, and they lost to the main opponents, which made Wang Yidi encounter doubts from fans. There aren't many events held before the Paris Olympics, and the Incheon Championship is also an important stop for players to grab points.
According to the ITTF World Rankings in the ninth week of 2024, Wang Yidi is still ranked third, ahead of Wang Manyu. Each federation of the WTT Championship is limited to 4 players, and the players who participate in the tournament are also registered from the highest to the lowest in the world ranking. Therefore, Chen Xingtong, ranked sixth in the world, will not be able to participate, and Wang Yidi will be reused. Lin Gaoyuan of the national table tennis men's team, like Chen Xingtong, was also unable to qualify because of the low world ranking.
Only the world ranking theory is not reliable, it still depends on the ability of the player, and Wang Yidi is not suitable for the Paris P card.
In the final of the National Table Tennis Women's Team Busan World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Yidi fell behind 1-2 in the third set, failed to withstand the pressure, and lost 0-3 to Miyu Hirano. Most fans think that Wang Manyu should be sent on the court, and Wang Yidi was ranked second in the world at that time, and the selection rules for the Paris Olympics formulated by the national table tennis team themselves are precisely based on the world ranking. This world ranking does not fully reflect the level of players, for example, Wang Yidi won the Asian Cup, and the national table tennis did not send Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, and Wang Manyu to participate.
The Japanese women's team's Misei Ito and Miu Hirano both chose some competitions that the main national table tennis team did not participate in to brush up on points to improve their world rankings. Wang Yidi's second place in the world does not match her personal strength, and she can be ranked second because of the factors that Chen Meng and Wang Manyu deducted their points before. Although Chen Xingtong is ranked sixth in the world, her ability in mixed doubles and women's doubles is stronger than Wang Yidi. The P card players of the Paris Olympic women's team actually value the doubles ability more. From this point of view, Wang Yidi, who has repeatedly lost to Japan's main opponent, is not suitable for getting the Paris Olympics P card.
What do you think of Wang Yidi's performance in foreign wars? For physical reasons, can the national table tennis change the list of participants to Chen Xingtong?