Recently, the task of national table tennis to participate in the Macao World Cup has ended, and the men's and women's singles champions and runners-up have achieved a very good performance. Fan Zhendong and the others will return to China to continue preparing for the Saudi Grand Slam in May.
It is worth mentioning that after the end of this competition, the national table tennis coaching staff and all the main personnel took a group photo on the field that day. From this family photo, it can be seen that the overall ranking of many main players of national table tennis has undergone very big changes, which may affect the list of subsequent Paris Olympics.
First of all, it can be seen from the group photo this time that Ma Long and Sun Yingsha, who won the men's and women's singles championships in this competition, stood in the C position, standing on both sides of Liu Guoliang. From this point of view, it is not easy for Malone to be able to stand in the center this time.
After all, looking back on the competition in recent years, with the rise of Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong's good condition, Ma Long, a veteran, has not been able to win the championship in many past competitions, so he naturally has no chance to stand in the center. Now that he has won the World Cup, one of the three major competitions that has attracted much attention, Ma Long has returned to his core position. Many fans have lamented that Malone is still in his prime.
In addition to Ma Long and Sun Yingsha, two players worth paying attention to, on the other hand, several players who have achieved good results in this competition are standing on the side of their two main forces. Among them, Wang Manyu and Chen Meng stood on the side of Sun Yingsha, while Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Chuqin stood on the side of Ma Long, and these six main forces became the main members of the World Cup.
In contrast, Fan Zhendong, the first brother of national table tennis, is ranked fourth this time, which is estimated to surprise many fans. After all, from the perspective of the status of the entire national table tennis, Fan Zhendong must be ranked first, but unfortunately because he did not win the championship this time, he lost to Lin Gaoyuan in the civil war, resulting in him not being able to stand in a better position in this group photo.
Obviously, from this position, it can be seen that Fan Zhendong's current situation and status are rather embarrassing and dangerous. Since Fan Zhendong has not been able to win the world championship for almost 300 days, and his world ranking is also shaky, if there is another upset in the next Grand Slam competition in Saudi Arabia, it is estimated that it is very dangerous for Fan Zhendong to get the singles quota for the Paris Olympics in the future. Obviously, Fan Zhendong really has to work hard next.
In contrast, Liang Jingkun and Kuo Man are directly on the sidelines, the main problem is because they did not achieve good results in this competition, and in the end they can only be marginalized on the sidelines. There is no doubt that from the overall group photo this time, we can see that the performance of the main forces of national table tennis determines their final position, which may affect the competition pattern of the next Paris Olympics.
Although Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhenzhen and Ma Long, the six main players, are likely to be able to participate in the Olympics, it is not clear who will get the singles ticket and who will get the P card place.
Judging from the position this time, Lin Gaoyuan is obviously more promising than Liang Jingkun, while Wang Yidi may replace Chen Xingtong to Paris. Of course, whether the final list is like this or not has to wait for the end of the Saudi Grand Slam tournament, and the list announced by the national table tennis coaching staff shall prevail.
One thing is certain, though, that the final Grand Slam match will be a do-or-die battle. If Ma Long, the main players, want to realize their Olympic dreams, I hope they can play their best performance and get the best results in this competition, so that they can be able to convince the coaching staff. Bye.