On April 22, after the end of the 2024 Macau Table Tennis World Cup, all the matches of the national table tennis men's team Paris Olympic Trials have ended, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong are the top two and will qualify for the men's singles of the Paris Olympics.
According to the "Chinese Table Tennis 2024 Paris Olympic Games Selection Measures", the Chinese Table Tennis Association will calculate the athletes' Olympic singles selection points according to the world ranking points announced by the International Table Tennis Federation on May 7 and the award points of international competitions within the validity period, and the top two male athletes will be qualified for the Paris Olympic Games singles and automatically selected for the men's team lineup. The Macau Men's World Cup has become the last stop of the national table tennis men's team before the Paris Olympics selection points deadline, and the points after the Macao Singles World Cup will determine the men's singles lineup of the national table tennis Paris Olympics.
In the Macau Men's World Cup, Ma Long chased four games in a row after falling behind 0-3, and defeated Lin Gaoyuan with a big score of 4-3 and won the singles World Cup championship for the third time. Ma Long scored 1,500 world ranking points and 3,000 international competition bonus points, and the Paris Olympic trials points were fixed at 14,535 points, ranking third. The top two are Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong, with 22,425 and 17,678 points.
According to the selection rules of the National Table Tennis Paris Olympics, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong have qualified for the men's singles of the National Table Tennis Paris Olympics and are automatically selected for the men's team lineup. The third person in the team will be comprehensively evaluated by the coaching staff according to the overall performance of the players, and at present, Ma Long is the best candidate for the third person in the team.
The selection method of the women's national table tennis team for the Paris Olympics has been adjusted, and the deadline has been extended to May 14, that is, after the end of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam. However, this does not affect Sun Yingsha to lock in the women's singles quota for the Paris Olympics in advance. In the Macau Women's World Cup, Sun Yingsha defeated Wang Manyu 4-3 to win the singles World Cup championship for the first time, and further consolidated her position at the top of the Paris Olympic standings, and her Olympic selection points have reached 27,650 points, 12,789 points higher than the second place. In addition, Sun Yingsha's partner Wang Chuqin is firmly ranked No. 1 in the mixed doubles world, and they will also represent the national table tennis in the mixed doubles competition at the Paris Olympics.
Although Wang Manyu failed to win the Women's World Cup in Macau, with her runner-up result, her current Olympic selection points have increased to 14,865 points, widening the gap with third-ranked Chen Meng, who has reached the semi-finals in the Women's World Cup, with 13,310 points, and the difference between the two is 1,555 points. The Saudi Grand Slam from May 4th to 11th has become the stage for the final competition between Wang Manyu and Chen Meng, and the Saudi Grand Slam champion can not only get 2,000 points of world ranking points but also 3,000 points of international competition bonus points, and the results of this tournament may change the current ranking of the national table tennis women's team. Who can get the second women's singles quota for the Paris Olympics between Wang Manyu and Chen Meng depends on the results of the Saudi Grand Slam, and the one who missed the singles ticket will most likely become the third person in the women's team.