With the 2024 Macau World Cup coming to an end, Sun Yingsha has finally locked in a women's singles spot for the Paris Olympics. Another women's singles place in national table tennis will be launched between Wang Manyu and Chen Meng, and the two will stage the final "fight" at the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam.
Sun Yingsha finally won the women's singles quota for the Paris Olympics
After the national table tennis announced the selection method for the Paris Olympics, Sun Yingsha played a strong performance from the first World Table Tennis Championships in Durban and won the first singles championship of the three major tournaments in her career. Since then, she has won many singles championships, including the Asian Games, making her a leader in the women's singles standings.
Originally, at the beginning of 2024, Sun Yingsha locked in a women's singles quota for the Paris Olympics with a huge advantage.
However, since the national table tennis is only for the women's team, the selection method for the Paris Olympics has been modified, the points deducted for losing foreign wars have been introduced, and the Saudi Grand Slam has been included in it, and Sun Yingsha's women's singles quota will have to wait a little longer.
In the end, Sun Yingsha won the 2024 Women's Singles World Cup, she continued to lead far away with 27,650 points, and officially won a women's singles quota for the Paris Olympics.
Wang Manyu and Oh, usher in the ultimate battle
At present, Wang Manyu has 14,865 points, ranking second in the women's singles standings of the Paris Olympics selection of national table tennis. Chen Meng scored 13,310 points, ranking third. The score difference is 1555 points.
This also means that Wang Manyu and Chen Meng's competition for the women's singles quota at the Paris Olympics will fight until the last tournament - the Saudi Grand Slam.
Regarding the Saudi Grand Slam, the selection points given by the national table tennis team for the Paris Olympics are 5,000 points for the champion, 2,900 points for the runner-up, and 1,450 points for the third-place match.
This also means that without considering losing foreign wars, Chen Meng must at least enter the final before he can surpass Wang Manyu. In the Saudi Grand Slam, Chen Meng once again faced the old problem - Sun Yingsha was the first seed in the upper half, Wang Manyu was the second seed in the lower half, and if he wanted to enter the final, he needed to break through Sun Yingsha or Wang Manyu.