Today, I would like to talk to the fans about the latest news of the Macau World Cup. As we all know, there are only a few days left before the start of the World Cup in Macau. Recently, the International Table Tennis Federation has also updated the grouping of this event, and the following is a brief analysis and interpretation for fans. First of all, there are only men's singles and women's singles competitions in this Macau World Cup, and the women's singles competition has a total of 48 participants, which is divided into two stages. The first stage is a group round-robin, and the player who finishes first in each group advances to the knockout round.
Now the grouping situation is updated, and the four main players of the national table tennis women's team are locked in the top seeds in each group. The first group is Sun Yingsha, the second group is Wang Manyu, the third group is Wang Yidi, and the fourth group is Chen Meng. Due to the four-game system used in the group stage, the national table tennis players need to enter the rhythm of the game as soon as possible, and there can be no slow heat, otherwise there may be an upset. In addition, in this event, Wang Manyu and Chen Meng will be in the same district again, the winners of the first and third groups will be divided into the upper half, and the winners of the second and fourth groups will be divided into the bottom half. In other words, Sun Yingsha in the first group and Wang Yidi in the third group may meet in the semifinals in the first half. Then Wang Manyu in the second group and Chen Meng in the fourth group are expected to meet in the semifinals in the second half.
Of course, for Wang Manyu and Chen Meng, the pressure of competition between them is also relatively high, because they are also the main competitors to challenge the women's singles qualification for the Paris Olympics. In addition, for Sun Yingsha, this impact on the women's singles championship of the Macau World Cup is also a strong increase. First of all, the first aspect is that there is only a women's singles competition in this event, and Sun Yingsha does not need to participate in multiple events at the same time. In this way, Sun Yingsha can focus all her energy on the women's singles field, and the hope of winning the championship is greater. Secondly, in the upper half of Sun Yingsha's area, Wang Yidi is the one who can pose a threat to her, but Wang Yidi has confirmed that she will not be able to qualify for the women's singles Olympic Games, so Sun Yingsha's chances of advancing to the women's singles final have greatly increased.
It is worth mentioning that Wang Manyu and Chen Meng are both in the lower half of the region, Sun Yingsha's main competitors will not meet before the finals, and then the players of the foreign association pose less threat to Sun Yingsha, so as long as Sun Yingsha plays steadily, the hope of winning the championship is still relatively large.