The main players of the Chinese table tennis team are currently stepping up preparations for the Saudi Grand Slam that will start on May 1, but throughout May, the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam is just the beginning of this busy month, and there are still a lot of games in May, there are three events that will be related to our national table tennis main athletes, in addition to the Saudi Grand Slam competition, starting on May 20, there will be two more important competitions in China, namely the regular season in Taiyuan, and the Champions Cup in Chongqing on May 30, that is, at the end of May。
The Chongqing Champions Cup is the second leg of this year's Champions Cup. The level of competition in the Champions Cup is higher than that of the regular season, so what the Chinese team's entry list will be in this competition is also a matter of concern, at that time. The Olympic list of the Chinese table tennis team has also been finalized, and this championship cup has become a more important training competition after the list is determined.
The Champions Cup has a very strict limit on the number of participants for each association, at most no more than four athletes are allowed, and finally the current list of the Chinese team has been officially released, this time the Chinese team sent the list, which is still the current men's and women's singles world top four players, that is, men's singles Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Liang Jingkun, women's singles Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi and Chen Meng.
The fifth seed in this tournament is also very interesting, with no top athletes absent at the moment, and the fifth seed in the men's singles is Lebrun. The fifth seed in the women's singles is Japan's Hina Hayata.
Because of the restrictions of participants, Chen Xingtong and Lin Gaoyuan are temporarily unable to participate in the singles event of this competition. Of course, if the Chinese team can get the wild card, you can consider giving Lin Gaoyuan and Chen Xingtong, of course, this is just a later story, and it is only the list so far, but even if these two wild cards are given to Chen Xingtong and Lin Gaoyuan, their group draw will be very interesting, because they will not participate as the fifth seed in the competition. Both men are currently ranked No. 5 in the world, ahead of Lebrun and Hina Hayata.
At present, the competition in the Olympic list of the Chinese team is fierce, and the main players are actually not very problematic, whether it is the men's team or the women's team, especially the women's team, Wang Yidi has basically been eliminated, and the main lineup of the winning team competition of the last Tokyo Olympics should continue to be retained, the position of the men's team Xu Xin is filled by Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long will also participate normally, the key is who will spend this substitute qualification, or it is quite concerning.