On the occasion of the Macau World Cup, the ITTF front-page Chinese edition reported on Fan Zhendong that four World Cup champions and two World Table Tennis Championships singles champions gave way, and the men's singles at the Paris Olympics was the final salvation. The upcoming Macau World Cup may not be Fan Zhendong's dream.
Fan Zhendong is the earliest world champion in Chinese men's singles, won the World Cup championship at the age of 18 in 2015, won the World Cup championship 3 times in a row from 2018 to 2020, defended the singles championship of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston and the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, and lost to Ma Long 3-4 at the World Table Tennis Championships in Dusseldorf in 2017.
The article said that Fan Zhendong is afraid that he has no intention of starting the Macau World Cup soon, and his mind may be Paris in 3 months. However, with the rise of Wang Chuqin in the second half of 2023, I am afraid that the opponent of Fan Zhendong at the Paris Olympics is no longer the 36-year-old Ma Long, and the biggest blocker of the Grand Slam may not be someone else, Wang Chuqin, who has come to his natal year and is in full shape and momentum.
Fan Zhendong may not need the World Cup title to prove himself, his biggest wish is already Paris in 3 months, he is only short of the Paris Olympics men's singles to win the Grand Slam, 4 years ago Tokyo Malone is Fan Zhendong's nightmare, if Tokyo won the championship 4 years ago, Fan Zhendong is also among the double circle Grand Slam discussions.
End of article: Chinese men's table tennis is afraid of non-Olympic champions and non-World Table Tennis Championships champions to open the era of men's table tennis leaders, and at present, Wang Chuqin, who has no men's singles, is this person. Wang Chuqin has not won the World Table Tennis Championships men's singles, the World Cup men's singles championship and the Olympic men's singles championship so far.
Will Wang Chuqin's Macau World Cup achieve what he said "the goal is much more than that", and achieve one of the Grand Slams first?