At present, the World Cup in Macau has entered its third matchday. The competition is becoming more and more fierce, and there are also many upsets.
In the just-concluded women's singles group stage, Kuo Man played against Tian Zhixi, the first sister of the South Korean team, and finally drew 2-2 with the opponent. Due to the total score of Kuo Man, he was 3 points less than his opponent, and finally unfortunately ranked second in the group and was eliminated. And Tian Zhixi advanced to the round of 16 with the first ranking in the group. In this way, after the end of this game, the 20-year-old Kuo Man, also became the first person eliminated by the Chinese team in the Macau World Cup, which is undoubtedly a very regrettable result.
Before the start of this World Cup, the outside world had high hopes for Kuo Man, after all, she was the champion of the World Youth Championships and was also regarded as Sun Yingsha's successor. In recent years, she has grown rapidly, and although she will encounter certain challenges when she is assigned to a group of Wada Zhixi, outside fans still hope that she can fight for her breath and eliminate the Korean team as a strong opponent to achieve good results.
It's a pity that after the start of the game, Kuo Man's state was very slow, allowing Tian Zhixi to take the initiative. In addition, her performance in the last game was not good enough, and she finally failed to advance to the round of 16 after two games.
It is worth mentioning that with the elimination of Kuo Man in this World Cup, she will face heavy penalties from the national table tennis coaching staff next. Because before the start of this World Cup, the Chinese Table Tennis Association has announced the rules for the selection of the women's team for the Paris Olympics, and the members of the Chinese women's team will be deducted 3,000 points if they lose a foreign battle in the World Cup or a Grand Slam match in May. Because Kuo Man was the first player to be eliminated from the Chinese team, although she did not lose the foreign war, she was eliminated in this group stage and did not qualify, and she will also be deducted 3,000 points.
As a result, Kueman's individual Olympic selection points directly became negative. Of course, there are also some fans who think that this deduction of points will not have much impact on Kuo Man. Because judging from the ranking of the main teams of several major women's teams in national table tennis, no matter how she calculates, it will not be her turn to get a ticket to the Paris Olympics. At present, the most likely to compete for three tickets are Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng and Wang Manyu, while Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong will compete for a P card spot.
As a young player, Kuaiman is estimated to have no chance for the time being, so the impact of being deducted points this time will not be particularly big. But for Kuo Man, being arranged by the coaching staff to participate in the game this time also reflects the coach's attention to her, but it is a pity that she has not been able to complete the trust of the coaching staff. The follow-up will affect the coaching staff's evaluation of her, and I hope she can sum up her experience and strive to win back in the next games.