In two days, the 2024 ITTF Men's and Women's World Cups in Macau, China will begin.
The national table tennis players arrived in the local area ahead of schedule. After the players arrived, they did not rest, and quickly devoted themselves to training to adapt to the local venue as soon as possible.
Wang Manyu and Chen Xingtong train together. Both are participating in the singles World Cup for the first time and both value the opportunity. And the Paris Olympics selection has reached a critical moment, and Wang Manyu has to work hard for the Paris Olympics qualification. The two practiced very seriously. Director Li Falcon also came to the venue. He and Qiu Yike carefully watched the lights of the venue to see if there were any problems.
Ma Long and Liang Jingkun train together. Ma Long has participated in the singles World Cup many times and won two World Cup singles championships. Liang Jingkun is participating in the World Cup singles for the first time. Both have a chance to compete in this year's Paris Olympics, but neither is very sure. Both men will need to work hard to play well in the World Cup and the Saudi Grand Slam.
The big-headed Wang Chuqin and his younger brother Lin Shidong trained together. Recently, Wang Chuqin has been in good shape and has won many important championships. He is already ranked No. 1 in the world in singles. Wang Chuqin's state has reached its peak. He's definitely going to be in Paris, and he's probably going to do three.
Wang Chuqin is now missing a three-major singles champion. In order to do well in this World Cup, he gave up the Incheon Championship. His goal is to win the singles title at this World Cup.
The young Lin Shidong is also participating in the World Cup for the first time. The strength of the youngster is also very strong, see how far he can go.
Qiu Yike's two disciples, Sun Yingsha, trained with Kuo Man. Sun Yingsha is the No. 1 player in the world in women's table tennis today, and her form has reached the peak. In 2020, Sun Yingsha won the women's singles runner-up in the World Cup. This time she definitely wants to improve a little bit and try to win the women's singles title.
It was his first time playing in the World Cup. She is the future of Chinese women's table tennis. I hope she can show herself to the fullest in this event.
When Sun Yingsha and Kuo Man were training, Qin Zhijian, Li Falcon, Ma Lin, and Wang Hao gathered around to communicate. Wang Hao and Ma Lin watched Sun Yingsha and Kuo Man's training from time to time. Wang Hao and Ma Lin, the two head coaches, have a heavy burden on their shoulders. Qin Zhijian and Li Falcon, the two bigwigs, personally supervised the formation and led the team members to train. It can be seen that the national table tennis attaches great importance to this World Cup. Ma Lin and Wang Hao will also find time to guide the team members.
Fan Zhendong trains with Lin Gaoyuan. Fan Zhendong has won the World Cup men's singles championship four times. If he can win the championship again this time, he will be able to win the World Cup singles five times, surpassing Ma Lin's four times, and dominate the top of the World Cup championship list. He can also be like Liu Shiwen, who has won 5 World Cup singles championships.
Lin Gaoyuan has always been tepid, not up or down. Say he's okay, it's hard to find a crown. Say that he is not good, he can enter the top ten in the world again. Lin Gaoyuan is also going to fight. If he can win the World Cup singles title, the coaching staff will be impressed with him.
Chen Meng trains with Wang Yidi. After Chen Meng got off training, he went back to the hotel with his teammates. Da Meng's outfit is very beautiful.
Looking forward to great results at the World Cup.