Recently, the national table tennis has finished the Macau World Cup and is currently preparing for the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam in China. Previously, the Table Tennis Association has announced the list of participants in the national table tennis, including Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha and other 12 main players will participate in the competition, looking forward to achieving good results in this competition.
But just recently at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, as the competition gradually approached, WTT officially announced another unexpected decision, the national table tennis received two good news, four players got the opportunity to participate in two events again, for the national table tennis to train young players to prepare for the Paris Olympics, it is undoubtedly very good news.
First of all, judging from the previously arranged list, Ma Long and Wang Chuqin partnered in the men's doubles competition, on the other hand, Wang Manyu and Chen Meng partnered in the women's doubles competition, and Fan Zhendong only had one event to participate in the singles competition.
However, just recently, with the gradual arrival of the competition, the WTT organizing committee officially announced the changes to the list of participants in the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam competition, confirming that the Chinese team has won two wild card places again, and another group of players can be arranged to participate in the women's doubles and men's doubles competitions. In the following circumstances, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan, as well as Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong, got the opportunity to compete.
Among them, Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun will partner in the men's doubles event of the Grand Slam competition, and compete for the championship with Ma Long, while Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong will also get the opportunity to partner with Chen Meng and them for the women's doubles title. In such a situation, the national table tennis has undoubtedly added more guarantees in the double event, which is a very good thing.
In contrast, this time Sun Yingsha and Fan Zhendong, the two core main forces, are more regrettable. First of all, Sun Yingsha played in the singles and mixed doubles matches this time, and the women's doubles competition did not get the opportunity to participate.
Of course, the reason why the coaching staff thinks this way is probably because Sun Yingsha has partnered with Chen Meng and Wang Manyu before and has achieved good results. Now that the Paris Olympics are approaching, the coaching staff hopes to let Chen Meng and Wang Manyu run in, so they temporarily broke up their partners, hoping that Chen Meng and Wang Manyu will perform well in this World Cup.
On the other hand, Fan Zhendong only participated in a single competition this time, and it can be seen that the previous successive defeats had a great impact on him, and the coaching staff may be worried that Fan Zhendong will not be able to cope with it. In addition, his physical condition is not particularly good, so the coaching staff asked Fan Zhendong to focus on the men's singles competition, and find confidence to play well in the results, so that he can better cope with the Paris Olympics, and he does not need to worry about other doubles events. From this point of view, the national table tennis coaching staff is really heartbroken.
In contrast, the hardest part of this Saudi Grand Slam tournament must be Wang Chuqin. Like the previous Singapore Grand Slam tournaments, Wang Chuqin has three players this time, and it is a severe test of physical strength to play singles, doubles and mixed doubles. After the previous Singapore Grand Slam match, Wang Chuqin withdrew from the championship due to overwork and illness, and I hope that Wang Chuqin must be careful in this Saudi Grand Slam match and not overconsume his body again.
Otherwise, with the arrival of the Paris Olympics, once Wang Chuqin's physical condition fails, no one can bear this responsibility.