At the end of the Macao World Cup, Ma Long reversed Lin Gaoyuan to win the championship and continued to write a legend! After the game, there was also a great controversy, which was related to the singles dispute of the Olympic Games. Ma Long won the World Cup but failed to be selected for the Olympic singles, and the different selection rules of the men's and women's teams became the focus.
According to the current selection rules, there are two different selection schemes for the men's and women's teams. The men's match ended at the end of the World Cup, while the women's team moved the time to after the Saudi Grand Slam. The women's team loses points and deducts points, while the men's team does not have this rule.
After Ma Long won the World Cup, he was able to get 3,000 Olympic bonus points, which also helped him directly narrow the gap with the second place Fan Zhendong. According to the current preliminary calculation of points, Fan Zhendong is currently 17,678 points, and Ma Long is 14,535 points. If the men's and women's teams are synchronized, the deadline will be changed to after the Saudi Grand Slam. Then if you win the Saudi competition, you can get 3,000 Olympic bonus points + world volleyball points, and Ma Long theoretically has a chance to overtake.
To tell the truth, Ma Long's chances of competing in the Olympics are very high, but it is only a team event. As for singles, Malone's chances are very slim. First, Ma Long's age has no advantage, and the training value is relatively low, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin are in the age of fighting, which is more in line with the construction of the echelon. The second is that Ma Long's points are more behind, even if it is synchronized to the Saudi Grand Slam, this is only a theoretical possibility. Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong have a very big advantage, their positions are very solid, and it is unlikely that they will make mistakes all the time!
Now the most questionable place is that the selection system of the men's and women's teams is different, the women's team updated the rules in Singapore, and points will be deducted if they lose foreign wars, take this Macau World Cup as an example, 3,000 points will be deducted if you lose a game, which is the same as the reward points for winning the championship. Similarly, if the selection time of the women's team is also due to the end of the World Cup, the singles list of the women's team has also been produced, and Sun Yingsha will partner Wang Manyu in the singles.
The reason for the current situation, Ma Long's performance is only part of the reason, on the other hand, it reflects Fan Zhendong's recent instability, and his performance has declined. In the team competition of the World Table Tennis Championships, Fan Zhendong's performance was still very good, saving the national table tennis. But the rest of the game was really bad, and the ups and downs of the results were relatively large. In the Singapore competition, Fan Zhendong lost to Lin Shidong in an upset and missed the title defense. In the Incheon Championship, Fan Zhendong lost the foreign war and lost to Hugo. In this World Cup, Fan Zhendong lost to Lin Gaoyuan and missed the semifinals. encountered a championship shortage, Fan Zhendong needs to adjust well. Losing one game can be said to be an upset, but losing in a row has both civil and external wars, which is its own problem. As the first brother of national table tennis and the new leading player, Fan Zhendong needs to play more flexibly and adjust his mentality in the face of fighting and research.
The Olympic roster of the men's team has basically been determined, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin rely on the point advantage to play in singles, and Ma Long will most likely get a place in the team competition. The time is getting closer and closer, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, and Ma Long need to adjust their condition and ensure their health!
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