On 14 April 2024, the draw for the Macau Men's and Women's World Cup will be held at 3 p.m. This is the newly restructured World Cup after the end of the 2020 World Cup, and the initial draw group is a serpentine group according to the ranking of the players. The 16 groups are divided into 16 groups according to the order of the seeded players in the world rankings, and then the players are placed in order of ranking.
Therefore, there is not much suspense in the draw group on April 14, and the draw group at the beginning is only the group stage, not the knockout round. After the group stage is played, the draw for the knockout round will be held, which is the time to test the strength of the players. Therefore, the draw group of the first stage is different from the draw group of the second stage, which is also the difference of this year's World Cup.
This time, national table tennis player Sun Yingsha has become the favorite to win the championship, and Chen Meng and Fan Zhendong are the winners of the 2020 World Cup. Many fans hope that Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng will continue to win the championship in this year's World Cup, and the newly restructured World Cup has indeed increased its gold content due to the increase in the number of participants.
Of course, this also brings pressure to the players to win the championship, no matter which national table tennis player participates in the competition, they are rushing to win the championship. However, the draw group of the knockout round is also particularly crucial, if Sun Yingsha of the women's team is divided into one and a half regions alone, and other national table tennis players are divided into one and a half regions alone, it will indeed be more helpful for Sun Yingsha to enter the finals.
Many fans also believe that if Chen Xingtong and Wang Manyu are in the same half of the district, then Chen Xingtong has a higher probability of reaching the final. These fans don't know that Wang Manyu has defeated Chen Xingtong in January this year. This player has a greater impact on Sun Yingsha, and it can only be said that different fans have different opinions.
In any case, the national table tennis players of the men's and women's teams are the favorites to win the World Cup in Macau. There are as many as 12 players in the national table tennis men's and women's teams this time, and the possibility of winning the semi-finals and the championship and runner-up is very high. Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha's meeting in the final is the most important goal, because this is an event that the national table tennis focuses on and is within the selection scope of the Olympic Games.
Whether it is Wang Manyu or Sun Yingsha, you must try to win any opponent you face, and only in this way can you get a quota for the Olympic singles. So fans don't worry that the two won't be able to meet in the finals, they have the strength to reach the finals, and they can overcome any difficulties they face.
Meanwhile, the World Mixed Doubles Olympic Qualification Tournament will take place on 11 April, and the current draw has already been made. Due to the large number of combinations competing in the mixed doubles, the mixed doubles qualifying tournament for this Olympic Games was divided into two draws. There were 16 pairs in the first draw, with Spain's Robles/Xiao Yaoqian as the top seeds, India's Nanasekaran/Batra in the bottom half of the bracket, and the main rivals being Pisteje/Balazova.
In the first draw, most of them were European combinations, and occasionally Thai and American combinations could be seen. The 16 mixed doubles pairs will be competing for a place at the Olympics and there is a chance for everyone to get to the deciding set, mainly because the mixed doubles pairs are close in quality.
In the second draw, the competition was even more fierce, with Hong Kong's Wong Chun-ting and To Hoi-king becoming the top seeds, and the second seeds Ionescu/Szokos. Wong and Doo's main rivals in the top half of the bracket are Sweden's Carlsen/Carlberg, who are very competitive, with the men's Magnus Carlsen having a lot of experience and often throwing big comebacks.
The Ni Xialian/Mladenovic combination is also very competitive, and the contract area with Du Kaiqin is formed. Ni Xialian's tactics as a veteran are very varied, but once she is dragged to the deciding set by her competitors, it will be very difficult for Ni Xialian to win if she consumes too much physical energy, so Ni Xialian's combination must be quickly decided and try not to be dragged into the deciding game by the opponent.
The duo of Huang Zhenting and Du Kaiqin is also expected to win the championship by fans. The combination of Szokos and Ionescu is also very strong, and the pair's playing skills are relatively advanced. Of the 32 mixed doubles pairs in the mixed doubles qualification tournament, only four were selected to compete at the Games.
Even if the duo of Huang Zhenting and Du Hoi Kim did not win the championship in the first competition, they still have a chance to compete for a place in the future. The mixed doubles qualification tournament will be held over two days, and the winning pairs on the first day will be offered a quota place at the Games. The rest of the mixed doubles pairs will compete on the second day, and the mixed doubles competition on the second day will be much less competitive.
The combination of Huang Zhenting and Du Kaiqin once dragged Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuling into the tiebreaker, and they still have good competitive strength. Of course, the draw is also particularly important, especially in the mixed doubles competition at the Olympics, where the strong mixed doubles pairs may be grouped together in the same half.
So in the mixed doubles competition of the Olympics, it is very suspenseful who wins and who loses. In fact, the most competitive event in the Paris Olympics is the mixed doubles competition, which can be seen from the mixed doubles trials at this Olympics. It is particularly difficult for each association to compete for a ticket to the mixed doubles competition at the Olympics.
Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin still have to continue to work hard to win the mixed doubles championship at the Olympic Games. It is precisely because of the suspenseful nature of the mixed doubles competition at the Olympic Games that it is important to pay attention to each pair of mixed doubles competitive combinations.