On April 25, 2024, the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam and Taiyuan Regular Challenge were officially announced that the national table tennis squad has been updated.
The Saudi Arabian Grand Slam champion is 3000 points, and the opponents of the Paris Olympics have registered, its importance is self-evident, not to mention that the national table tennis still has the problem of competing for singles places, and now it is Wang Manyu and Chen Meng who choose one of the two, limited by the world ranking, in addition to the 10 main forces, only Lin Shidong and Qian Tianyi have been qualified, and now the men's doubles Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan and women's doubles Wang Yidi / Chen Xingtong are also involved.
Wang Chuqin is the only player who has three events, which has caused many fans to be dissatisfied, but there is no way to arrange it, because Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha are obviously the number one singles in the team competition, and the coaching staff is inclined to Ma Long/Wang Chuqin, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu doubles at this stage, and the most unexpected of the five pairs is Wang Yidi/Chen Xingtong, because the two have not partnered much before, and they need more time to adapt.
The Taiyuan regular challenge champion is 400 points, the attraction is relatively limited, the number of foreign associations is small, the national table tennis announced the list of 20 people before, but there is no Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, this is in everyone's opinion is a card in advance, because the Chongqing Championship with 1000 points is connected to the back, there is really no need to let the main force rotate, and the combination of work and rest is more secure.
Now the new list has been announced, Mixed Doubles: Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, Lin Shidong/Kui Man, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Yidi, Liu Dingshuo/Wang Tianyi, Zhou Qihao/Qian Tianyi, Yuan Licen/Chen Xingtong, Xue Fei/Shi Xunyao, Chen Yuanyu/Feng Yixuan, Women's Doubles: Chen Meng/Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi/Chen Xingtong, Kui Man/Chen Yi, Men's Doubles: Ma Long/Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin/Liang Jingkun, Yuan Licen/Xu Yingbin, Huang Youzheng/Chen Yuanyu.
The coaching staff always does not follow the conventional routines, the doubles lineup is surprising, Wang Chuqin did not sign up for two singles this time, Sun Yingsha is focused on mixed doubles, as for Ma Long, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu have their own arrangements, Fan Zhendong's absence is related to positioning, the focus is still on men's singles, from Wang Chuqin's partner to Ma Long, you can see some clues, and his performance at the World Table Tennis Championships is undoubted.
For example, only 8 pairs of women's doubles have registered, national table tennis occupies 3 seats, 14 pairs of mixed doubles have registered, and national table tennis occupies 8 seats.