At present, the national table tennis is preparing for the Macau World Cup, and the goal this time is naturally to hope to compete for the championship of the two events, and then prepare for the Paris Olympics.
In the process of preparing for this competition, and at the same time, after the International Table Tennis Federation officially announced the good news of the restructuring of the Macau World Cup, it is undoubtedly very exciting news for the Chinese team. It is not only conducive to achieving good results this time, but also conducive to allowing young players to get better training, let's learn more about it.
Recently, according to official media reports, this time the Macau World Cup, in order to welcome the return of this competition, the International Table Tennis Federation has carried out a new reform for this event. It is understood that the number of participants this time has expanded from the previous 16 players to 48 players. Forty-six of these players can qualify via the Intercontinental Cup or World Rankings, while the defending champions and the World Junior Under-19 champions will automatically qualify for this tournament without taking up a place in their team.
In addition to this, it stands to reason that each national team can send four players to the tournament. According to such rules, the Chinese team was originally able to send only four players for each of the men's and women's singles, for a total of eight players. However, judging from the latest list announced by the national table tennis official, this time the Chinese team sent a total of 12 players, of which four players are the defending champions and the U19 champions of the World Youth Championships. For example, it can be seen that Chen Meng and Fan Zhendong are the defending champions of this tournament, while Lin Shidong and Kuo Man are the champions of the U19 group of the World Youth Championships, so these four players are automatically qualified.
In addition to this, there are eight other players who have qualified for this competition. In such a situation, in addition to Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and other core players have been promoted and have the opportunity to get good results. Young players like Kuo Man and Lin Shidong have been given the opportunity to play in foreign wars and more opportunities to practice because of this reform of the competition system, which is undoubtedly very exciting news for the Chinese team. After all, everyone knows very well that young players like Lin Shidong and Kuo Man are not particularly ranked in the world, and there are not many opportunities to fight abroad. If it weren't for the reform of the competition system this time, they would not really have the opportunity to compete in such an important level of competition, and they would still have the opportunity to play against world-class masters such as Tomokazu Zhangmoto and Hina Hayata.
So from this point of view, I think the Chinese team should take the biggest advantage in the reform of the competition system. In Lin Shidong, they have been well trained, and the follow-up is conducive to their better succession of ace players such as Sun Yingsha and Fan Zhendong, so here I want to congratulate Ma Lin, congratulate Wang Hao, the purpose of training young players has been achieved.
With this competition coming soon, it is expected that this group of main players can get better results. In particular, Lin Shidong and Kuo Man are considered to be the next successors of national table tennis, and I hope they can live up to their responsibilities and play well. Of course, for Chen Meng and Wang Manyu, they also have a very important task this time, that is, to compete for the women's singles championship and get the women's singles quota for the Paris Olympics, hoping that they can cheer.