On April 15, the Macau Singles World Cup will officially kick off. This is the first singles World Cup to be relaunched after the restructuring, and it is also the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, and in addition to the regular temptations of points and bonuses, it also has ten other unique attractions. Today, we will take a look at the scenery of these ten highlights one by one, and mastering these will play a clear navigation role for you to watch this World Cup.
Aspect 1: Can Wang Chuqin play the expected "set sail" after his comeback
At the WTT Incheon Championship at the end of March, Wang Chuqin, the No. 1 male protagonist of national table tennis, withdrew. This not only made him lose a chance to exercise, missed a lot of points and bonuses, but also was fined 0 points for one year by the International Table Tennis Federation, and at the same time attracted a lot of criticism and abuse for his "selfish" behavior.
The main reason for condemning the big head is that in order to accumulate strength to win the World Cup in Macau, he deliberately disregarded the interests of the team, which not only wasted a valuable qualification, but also trapped his teammate Fan Zhendong in the unfavorable situation of fighting alone.
The real reason for Wang Chuqin's withdrawal from the competition may never be revealed. However, after Wang Chuqin withdrew, what kind of results he could play in the Macau Singles World Cup has doubled his attention. If he does not perform well, will his good intentions of reluctantly retiring from the competition be in vain? Wang Chuqin will bear unbearable losses because of the loss of two birds with one stone, two empty hands, and one single run in popularity and benefits. If Wang Chuqin can win the championship in one fell swoop, he will take a solid step towards the glorious goal of the Grand Slam, and he can also shake all sides.
Aspect 2: Can Sun Yingsha start the road of "breaking Zhang Jike's record".
If Sun Yingsha can win in Macau, she will only have one Olympic singles gold medal left before a Grand Slam. This means that Sun Yingsha has a lot of possibilities to break Zhang Jike's record for the fastest time to reach a Grand Slam in 445 days.
Aspect 3: Can Wang Manyu snatch a piece of the pie from Sun Yingsha?
Wang Manyu is as far away from a Grand Slam as Sun Yingsha, and the Macau Singles World Cup and the Paris Olympics are also opportunities for Xiaoyu to complete the Grand Slam. Wang Manyu is 1 year older than Sun Yingsha, and her peak will end earlier than Sun Yingsha. Therefore, Wang Manyu's Grand Slam project is even more urgent, and it must start immediately. In Incheon, Wang Manyu was just beaten 4-0 by Sun Yingsha, this time can she take this cup of soup from Sun Yingsha, who is gaining momentum?
Aspect 4: Can Chen Meng still keep his Olympic quota?
Chen Meng's Olympic singles competition has fallen behind Sun Yingsha, and now for her, a more realistic goal is to turn her focus to the "third person in the Olympic team competition". However, after Wang Yidi was out, she was able to fully release herself, and she had performed very solidly in the previous two consecutive races, if she could continue to perform eye-catching, it was not ruled out that she might also overtake in the corners and replace Chen Meng. Whether Chen Meng can hold the third-person indicator begins to become suspenseful.
Aspect 5: How many full games can Liang Jingkun play?
Liang Jingkun became famous at the Singapore Grand Slam and the Incheon Championships, not only because of his results in one runner-up and one championship, but also because of his full-game physique. In the two races, Da Fat played 5 full games, and everyone except himself watched it with a ventilator and a fast-acting heart-saving pill. Da Fat single-handedly pulled the tension and suspense of the table tennis game to the fullest, but this also projected his unstable state and immature mentality. At the Macau World Cup, will Da Fat still give a full performance? Everyone is looking forward to it, but not looking forward to it.
Aspect 6: The Olympic selection results of the national table tennis men's team are released
According to the Olympic selection rules of national table tennis, the selection results of the men's team will be announced on May 7, and the Macao Singles World Cup is the last selection and inspection competition. Therefore, at the end of the Macao Singles World Cup, the Olympic selection results of the national table tennis men's team will be basically clear.
The current situation is that the first two positions of the big head and the small fat should be safe. Will Ma Long's No. 3 position be swept away by Liang Jingkun? Who among the two of Da Fat and Xiao Shi can get the P card? This is the last suspense of the national table tennis men's team's Baao lineup.
Aspect 7: Can the national table tennis women's team continue to maintain its golden body without losing foreign wars
Since the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, the national table tennis women's team has achieved "no loss in foreign wars" in the two successive Singapore Grand Slams and Incheon Championships. This is a very difficult record to maintain, after all, the prospects faced by everyone and the ecology in which everyone is located are different, and it is really not easy to keep the formation neat in the same boat and different dreams. In this competition, the women's team has a new face, Kuo Man, can the golden body of "all members undefeated in foreign wars" still be kept?
Aspect 8: Can Kueman compete for a wild card opportunity in the Saudi Grand Slam
He did not play an international match for 95 days after the Doha Stars Challenge in January. Her sense of presence in the main layer of national table tennis is getting weaker and weaker, and even if she is a reserve for the next cycle, her progress and growth seem to be too slow. In the Macau World Cup, she was directly shortlisted with a special invitation card. If she performs very well in this tournament, she can still hope to dream of a wild card for the next Saudi Grand Slam, after all, the host Saudi Arabia has almost no table tennis players, so she can only give away most wild cards.
Aspect 9: The new competition system refuses to heat slowly, who will be the first to be recruited?
The Macao Singles World Cup has undergone innovative reform of the competition system, and the main changes are as follows:
1. The number of participants has been expanded to 48.
2. The competition is divided into two stages: "group stage" and "knockout stage". In the group stage, there are 16 groups of 3 people, and the first place in each group will qualify.
3. The group stage adopts a single-game 4-game system, with a round-robin match. That is, each player plays one game with the other two people in the same group, each game has 4 rounds, a total of two games, 8 rounds, and finally compares the number of wins to determine the qualification.
4. There are 16 draws in the knockout area, which are normally divided into 4 1/4 zones, and the game uses BO7 (best-of-seven games).
The restructuring is basically reflected in the group stage, which is quite unfriendly for slow-burning players. At this stage of the game, there is basically no chance to give people a chance to make a late attack, and if you lose 2 games first, you are already not far from being eliminated. I'm afraid that there will be some masters and famous generals who will suffer a big loss because of this competition system, and I don't know who will be the first to be recruited.