The Paris Olympics is close at hand, because the national table tennis men's team does not have a so-called deduction mechanism, and on May 7 is the deadline, the Saudi Grand Slam is no longer counted in the points competition, so in other words, with the current points advantage, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong have already qualified for the Olympic Games in singles, and Ma Long will definitely be recommended by the coaching staff to participate in the group, because there is no more suitable player than him.
In women's singles, there is an extra round, because the Saudi Grand Slam is directly related to the singles qualification of the national table tennis women's team, which will be the last stop, the current score difference between Chen Meng and Wang Manyu is 1555 points, it can be said with certainty that the Olympic women's singles qualification is already beckoning to Wang Manyu. However, there are only two possibilities for Chen Mengmeng to qualify for women's singles, but will Wang Manyu give up?
The first possibility is that Wang Manyu loses to the foreign association
Before the World Cup, the national table tennis women's team quickly changed the points rules, losing to foreign associations to deduct 3,000 points, in addition, there are also group stage did not qualify, but also deduct 3,000 points, of course, this is the benchmark Macau World Cup, because Saudi Arabia Grand Slam Chen Meng and Wang Manyu do not have to participate in the qualifying round.
Now the initiative must be in the hands of Wang Manyu, because her points are 1555 points higher than Chen Meng, unless the first possibility may appear, that is, losing to foreign association players in the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam, according to the rules, losing to foreign association players is to deduct 3000 points, even if Wang Manyu loses to foreign association players in the final finals, Chen Meng's women's singles qualification is also within reach, because the runner-up points are only 1500 points, and Wang Manyu has to deduct 1500 points.
The second possibility: Chen Meng won the championship, and Wang Manyu missed the semifinals
Wang Manyu has 1555 points more than Chen Meng's total points, so for Chen Meng, the requirements for qualifying for women's singles are very strict, we all hope that Chen Meng can compete in the direct confrontation with Wang Manyu, especially in the final of the Saudi Grand Slam, and the victory and defeat are determined, and life and death are also divided, but for Chen Meng, Wang Manyu cannot enter the final.
Because once Wang Manyu enters the finals, even if Chen Meng wins the championship, he will lose to Wang Manyu by 55 points, because the championship points are 3,000 points, and the runner-up points are 1,500 points, so the two will meet in the finals, which means that Wang Manyu has already obtained the women's singles qualification.
The second possibility arises, that is, Chen Meng won the championship, and Wang Manyu missed the semifinals, in this case, Chen Meng can qualify for the women's singles of the Paris Olympics.
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From the Paris Olympics women's singles qualification, there is only one Saudi Arabia Grand Slam game left, for Chen Meng, her disadvantage is more than Wang Manyu, first of all, there is a difference of 1555 points with Wang Manyu in points, and the other is her ranking, which will be in the seed draw, especially in the semifinals, either to meet Sun Yingsha or Wang Manyu, and in the last few games, Chen Meng ended in failure. And with the Paris Olympics so close and the Olympic women's singles qualification within reach, will Wang Manyu give up?