Since entering 2024, the main group of national table tennis has successively played in 6 tournaments, namely: Doha Annual Men's Finals, Doha Star Challenge, Busan World Table Tennis Championships, Singapore Grand Slam, Incheon Championships, and Macau Singles World Cup. Regardless of doubles, just look at singles, at present, there are only 2 of the top ten normal main forces of the men's and women's teams who have never lost a foreign battle, namely Wang Manyu and Chen Xingtong. As a result of further comparison, Wang Manyu is the number one fighting power king of the current national table tennis.
1. The eight main forces lost 15 foreign wars, and Wang Yidi lost 3 games, losing the first foreign war
So far this year, the main team of national table tennis has lost a total of 15 singles foreign battles, 8 for the men's team and 7 for the women's team. All the main forces of the men's team have a record of losing foreign wars, and Wang Yidi of the women's team has lost 3 foreign wars, losing the most foreign wars. The specific situation is as follows:
Liang Jingkun (2): Lost to Qiu Dang in the Doha Annual Finals, and lost to Anton Carlberg in the Macau Singles World Cup
[1): Singapore Grand Slam defeat Lee Sang-so
Ma Long (2): Busan World Table Tennis Championships lost to Lee Sang-so, Singapore Grand Slam lost to Francesca
Wang Chuqin (1): Busan paper negative Zhang Yuzhen
#[1): Incheon Championship lost to Hugo
Lin Shidong (1): Singapore lost to Bol in a Grand Slam
Sun Yingsha (1): Busan paper loses Mukherjee
Set (1): Busan, also negative Hina Hayata
Wang Yidi (3): Busan World Table Tennis Championships lost to Akula, Miu Hirano, Macau Singles World Cup lost to Miwa Zhangmoto
Kuaiman (2): Lost to Ni Xialian in Doha Star Challenge, lost to Tian Zhixi in Macau Singles World Cup (small score)
The six main players of the men's team collectively left a record of losing foreign battles on the eve of the Olympic Games, which is a rare phenomenon in the past cycle. The aging age structure of the national table tennis men's team may be one of the reasons.
Second, Wang Manyu has won 17 foreign battles, and he is the first battle king
In 2024, Wang Manyu and Chen Xingtong will jointly maintain an undefeated golden body in foreign wars, but Wang Manyu has won many more games than Chen Xingtong. At the same time, during the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, Wang Manyu was restricted by team rules and only played two rounds of group matches, which also made her lose a lot of opportunities. Despite this, Wang Manyu still completed 17 foreign battles, maintained all victories, and was the out-and-out first combat power king.
Doha Star Challenge: Win 2 Outside Matches (Liu Yangzi, Zheng Yijing)
Busan specs: Win 3 outside fights (Batra, Mukherjee, Magdieva)
Singapore Grand Slam: Win 4 matches (Akula, Shan Xiaona, Kim Naying, Rashford)
Incheon Championship win: 3 outside fights (Nina Mittram, Jung Yijing, Tian Ji-hee)
Macau Singles World Cup: Win 5 matches (Batra, Diaknu, Szokos, Hina Hayata, Miwa Zhangmoto)
The national table tennis coaching staff takes "foreign war performance" as the first indicator to assess Olympic representatives, and on this track, Wang Manyu is indeed the first king of national table tennis. Among the main opponents of the foreign association, Wang Manyu only left Shin Yubin, Miyu Hirano and Diaz before May, but judging from Wang Manyu's current explosive state, it is absolutely impossible for these three to break through Wang Manyu.
Wang Manyu lost the 3 civil wars this year, all of which were lost to Sun Yingsha alone, and it seems that Sun Yingsha has some experience in restraining Wang Manyu. In the direct dialogue between the seafood sisters in the early part of 2024, Sun Yingsha has the upper hand.
However, judging from the form that Wang Manyu has shown in the recent championship and two runners-up, the singles at the Olympics is reassuring enough, and she should have no problem holding on to one half and successfully reaching the final.