Recently, the national table tennis is preparing for the Macau World Cup, and this time the event kicked off on the 15th, including Ma Long and Liang Jingkun, who will participate in the championship competition. After the end of this event, the national table tennis will compete in the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam in May, which is an important competition before the Paris Olympics and the Olympic Games, and it is an important training. It is widely believed that the players who have been reused in this Saudi Grand Slam tournament will have the opportunity to compete in the Paris Olympics.
After the previous Incheon Championships, Liang Jingkun defeated various strong opponents to win the men's singles championship, and his world ranking and Olympic points were surpassed. The outside world thought that Liang Jingkun would have the opportunity to replace Ma Long next and become a member of the three main teams of national table tennis in the National Table Tennis Olympics. But just recently, at ten o'clock in the morning, judging from the list of Saudi Grand Slam competitions announced by the International Olympic Committee, Liang Jingkun is likely to be out of play.
Just recently, as the schedule of the Saudi Grand Slam tournament is approaching, the Chinese Olympic Committee announced the national table tennis participation and the specific list on their social media. In this article, the Olympic Committee mentioned that it is very rare for Ma Long to partner Wang Chuqin in the men's doubles match of a Grand Slam tournament. In the eyes of some fans, this list may not be anything special, but we have just emphasized that this Grand Slam match is an early training for the Chinese team in the Olympic Games. All the arrangements for the competition have a purpose, and this time Ma Long and Wang Chuqin partnered to participate in the men's doubles competition, which is actually a rehearsal for the Olympics in the eyes of media people.
The coaching staff did this to let him and Wang Chuqin partner have more tacit understanding, and they will have a better performance in the team competition of the Olympic Games in the future, and they can help the Chinese team win the men's team championship. Because as you know, before Ma Long and Wang Chuqin partnered, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong had completed a good run-in in most of this year's competitions, and the two of them won the men's doubles championship of the World Series many times and topped the men's doubles world rankings. So there is no problem with the run-in of these two trump cards, and then it depends on whether Datou and Ma Long can be in good shape and strive to play well in the Olympic Games.
In this case, the coaching staff has basically made the cards clear to the outside world, and Ma Long has been entrusted with important responsibilities again this time, and there is a high probability that he can participate in the men's team of the Paris Olympics and become a member of the three main forces. In contrast, Liang Jingkun has a high probability of missing the main lineup this time, and it is very likely that he will only get a P card, and whether he has a chance to really play in the Olympics in the end depends on whether any of the three main players are injured accidentally. Like Liu Shiwen participated in the Tokyo Olympics before, because of an injury halfway, Wang Manyu finally replaced her to help the national table tennis win the women's team championship.
Judging from the above news, although Ma Long is 35 years old, his stable performance in the past is still the responsibility of the national table tennis coaching staff. Although this year's results are good for Da Fat, the past state has not been particularly stable, and it is estimated that there is still a long way to go.