Since the national table tennis changed the Olympic selection rules in early March, the three most affected players are Chen Meng, Wang Yidi and Wang Manyu. Sun Yingsha and Fan Zhendong were not affected, and the impact of the Olympic selection rules on the men's team was almost invisible. But the impact of this Olympic selection rule on the women's team is very intuitive. In less than a month, Wang Yidi and Chen Meng's world rankings were overtaken by Wang Manyu.
Wang Manyu has reached the women's singles final in two consecutive tournaments, and before the Olympic selection rules are not optimized, Wang Yidi and Chen Meng's upward momentum is very fast. Why did the ranking of the women's team change so much after the optimization of the Olympic rules? Some fans said that the ranking of the men's team also changed so much, and Wang Chuqin surpassed Fan Zhendong to become the world's No. 1.
However, Wang Chuqin overtook Fan Zhendong twice last year, and it did not appear at present. Last year, Wang Chuqin ranked first in the world twice in a row, which was also reported by the International Table Tennis Federation. Liang Jingkun has now surpassed Ma Long in the rankings, and has performed well recently, and is known as the King of Table Tennis by fans.
Liang Jingkun has indeed improved recently, but Ma Long has not regressed. Ma Long remained undefeated in the just-concluded Incheon Championship, defeating three masters in a row: Moregaard, Lim Yunru, and Lim Jong-hoon. Liang Jingkun and Ma Long's points are still quite close, Liang Jingkun and Ma Long also won narrowly, and the two sides won after seven rounds of battle.
It should be said that the strength of several players in the men's team is quite close, and anyone who participates in the Olympic Games is actually possible. The situation of the women's team is indeed different from that of the men's team, Wang Manyu has an obvious advantage against Wang Yidi and Chen Meng, and the last few encounters have been won by a large score.
Since Wang Yidi is no longer competing in the Olympic Games, she has indeed not encountered a challenge from Japanese table tennis players. At present, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu are competing for the Olympic quota, and before the start of the Busan Team World Table Tennis Championships this year, fans think that Chen Meng can get the Olympic singles quota.
Many fans insisted that Chen Meng would definitely get a quota for the Olympic singles competition, but they didn't expect the fans' opinions to change in just a few days. As soon as the Busan Team World Table Tennis Championships passed, fans found that women's table tennis could no longer return to the previous state of competition. Now that the competitive situation has become clear, Wang Manyu's rise is faster than imagined.
Many fans also don't understand whether it is just an optimization of a rule? How can it affect the results of the athletes? This Olympic optimization rule has indeed had a direct impact on Wang Yidi, but why does it also have such a great impact on Chen Meng? If Wang Manyu continues to be assigned to Sun Yingsha's half of the district, it will indeed have little impact on Chen Meng.
Because in January this year, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha were in the same half of the singles area. However, after the Busan Team World Table Tennis Championships, whether it was the Singapore Grand Slam or the Incheon Championships, Wang Manyu was not assigned to the same half of the zone as Sun Yingsha in advance. Now that Wang Manyu's ranking has risen, she and Sun Yingsha can only learn in the finals.
After Wang Manyu and Chen Meng were assigned to the same half of the district, fans found that her current advantage over Chen Meng was getting bigger and bigger. In the last two encounters, Wang Manyu's service restrictions in the game were very in place, giving Chen Meng a lot of pressure to receive serves. Wang Manyu and Chen Meng also have an advantage, and fans have deepened this impression with the last two meetings between the two sides.
Now Wang Manyu is not only ranked second in the world rankings, but also surpasses Chen Meng in the total selection points of the Olympic Games. Wang Manyu and Chen Meng's back-to-back competition has become more and more advantageous, and the balance of competition between the two has tilted. Now Wang Yidi is mainly competing for a place in the Olympic team competition, in fact, the quota for the Olympic singles competition is already very clear.
Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha are increasingly likely to get singles spots, and Wang Manyu has an advantage against different types of foreign players. This is the guarantee for Wang Manyu to participate in the singles competition of the Olympic Games, and this is precisely the standard in the current selection of the National Table Tennis Olympic Games.
Players who can't play well in foreign wars will not be able to get a singles quota, and the singles quota is destined to get higher and higher. Now it is already challenging for Chen Meng to compete for a place in the Olympic team event. Because Chen Meng must ensure that the doubles in the foreign war is undefeated in order to get a place in the team competition.
Chen Meng wants to play a good doubles match next, which will have to cooperate with Wang Manyu. Because there are too many strong players in the national table tennis doubles, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, and Kuo Man are not weak, and they are younger, their playing skills are more advanced, and the singles and doubles are very balanced, ready to compete for the team competition at any time.
The next Saudi Grand Slam tournament will have doubles matches, and Chen Meng's goal should be in the women's doubles competition. When Chen Meng is playing against the Japanese table tennis and women's doubles combination with fast connection, she must strengthen her speed, and only when her speed is up can she keep up with the offensive rhythm.
The origin of the change in the selection rules of the Olympic Games is the Busan Team World Table Tennis Championships. If the national table tennis women's team swept the Japanese women's team at that time, then there would be no change in the selection rules of this Olympic Games. In fact, it is not the rules that affect the competitive situation of the players, in the final analysis, it is the increase in the challenge of foreign wars, which makes the changes made by the national table tennis in order to actively respond.
The national table tennis coaching staff said that the rules of the Olympic Games will be adjusted according to the competitions of foreign wars, and dynamic optimization will be carried out. Wang Manyu once fell behind in the Olympic competition, and it was with her excellent foreign performance that she gradually gained the upper hand.
Therefore, the competition of players is also dynamic, and the initiative of competition is in the hands of each player. The selection rules of the Olympic Games are only a façade, and behind the rules is the strength of the athletes, which is the root of the competition.