On April 14, the draw results of the singles competition of the Macau World Cup were finally released, and the tournament will officially start on the 15th.
This draw can be described as a few happy and a few worried, and the signing situation of the national table tennis has become the focus of heated discussion. Do you want to know who gets the lottery and who may face a tough battle?
First of all, let's talk about this competition, which has been restarted after 4 years, and the competition system has undergone a big change!
From the previous 16-player singles to the current 48-player melee, this is really hilarious!
However, this excitement is not casual, and each association can only send a maximum of 4 players to participate, which is really a time to test the strength of each association.
Of course, the reigning World Cup champion and the U19 World Youth Champion are not restricted, and they can be operated directly on the show!
Let's talk about returning to China table tennis, their signing situation this time is really sweating!
Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu have drawn a good signing, and it seems that the group stage qualification should be stable. However, Chen Meng and Kuo Man were not so lucky, and the group they drew was a bit tricky!
Especially Chen Meng, she has to face that Indian monster player Akula this time, this guy is not easy to deal with!
Think about it, he kept a clean sheet against Wang Yidi at the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, and later played with Wang Manyu, and not long ago won the WTT Lebanon feeder championship!
This strength is definitely a big threat to national table tennis! Chen Meng has to show real skills this time in order to break out of the group stage!
Let's talk about Kuo Man, she also has a difficult opponent in her group, and that is Tian Zhixi. Tian Zhixi's recent form has been very hot, and Kuo Man has to prepare well this time to stand out in the group stage.
However, although there are joys and worries about the signing, there are still quite a lot of places in the national table tennis this time. There are 6 places in men's singles and women's singles, which is a lot more than other associations, and netizens said that Fan Zhendong's 5 crowns are stable.
Moreover, Chen Meng and Fan Zhendong, as the champions of the last World Cup, automatically qualified for the competition and did not occupy the 4 places. In addition, Lin Shidong and Kuo Man are the champions of the U19 World Youth Championships, and they also directly qualified. In this way, the lineup of national table tennis is even more luxurious!
But then again, just because you're in the group stage doesn't mean you'll be able to sit back and relax. This time the format is a bit ruthless, each group has to play 3 single round-robin matches, and the points can be determined only after 4 games, and then the highest points can advance to the knockout round.
That means you have to give your best in every game to qualify. For those groups that draw strong opponents, it is simply a battle of life and death!
Imagine, if Shan Xiaona and Du Kaiser were assigned to Sun Yingsha's group in the end, it would be hilarious! These three people are all powerful players, and it is difficult to say who loses or who wins.
In the end, only one person can advance to the knockout round, how fierce the competition is! For national table tennis players, this is indeed not very friendly, but it is precisely this uncertainty that makes the game more exciting and exciting!