Table tennis WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam is about to kick off on May 1, at present, all the players and combinations have been full, the World Table Tennis Federation officially announced the complete list, the four main national table tennis Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Yidi / Chen Xingtong received good news, was added to participate in the doubles event, the updated list of the Chinese team is as follows-
- Men's Singles: Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Ma Long, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Shidong;
- Women's Singles: Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi;
- Men's Doubles: Ma Long/Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan;
- Women's Doubles: Chen Meng/Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi/Chen Xingtong;
- Mixed Doubles: Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha.
It is worth mentioning that after the end of this competition, the Olympic selection of national table tennis will come to an end temporarily, and the mixed doubles and men's and women's singles lineups will be released soon, which is worth paying attention to.
The WTT Grand Slam is currently one of the events with the most points in table tennis, even higher than the World Cup, one of the three traditional major tournaments, and the same as the Olympic Games and the World Championships, so it has attracted the attention of fans, and Saudi Arabia is the second country to get the right to host the event since its inception three years ago.
Like the past WTT Singapore Grand Slam, the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam is also played together in five major events, most of the invited athletes and combinations are ranked among the top in the world, and each association invites up to six men and six women to play in singles.
In doubles, the national table tennis originally had three pairs of combinations, including Ma Long/Wang Chuqin in men's doubles, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu in women's doubles, and Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha in mixed doubles - from the perspective of Olympic team and mixed doubles preparations, these three pairs are undoubtedly the most important for the coaching staff at present, so the Grand Slam tournament will also become an important training place for them.
However, in the list released later, Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Yidi/Chen Xingtong also took the last train and qualified for men's doubles and women's doubles, but in terms of team selection points, the possibility of them going straight to Paris is very small, so this arrangement will not have much impact on the Olympics.
In terms of foreign associations, most of the higher-ranked athletes will participate in the competition, including Felix Lebrun, Lin Yunru, Hugo, Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Qiu Dang, Ocharov, Zhang Yuzhen, Carlberg, Hina Hayata, Shin Yubin, Misei Ito, Miwa Zhangmoto, Miu Hirano, Szokos and others.
In general, the national table tennis is still the strongest team to participate in this Grand Slam, and it is fully capable of winning the championship in five events, but considering that it has lost a lot of foreign wars recently, it still can't let down its vigilance. In addition, after the battle of Saudi Arabia, the Olympic list of national table tennis will be basically determined, especially the women's singles qualification competition between Wang Manyu and Chen Meng will also end, waiting for the list to be released.