With the opening of the Saudi Grand Slam competition, the competition of Chinese women's table tennis on the singles of the Paris Olympics has also become white-hot, because according to the regulations of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, the Saudi Grand Slam will be the last stop of the Chinese women's table tennis trials.
At present, in the singles selection of the Paris Olympics, Sun Yingsha has already locked in a singles qualification in advance, and the remaining singles qualification originally needed to be produced between Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi!
However, due to Wang Yidi's loss to Japanese players in many important competitions before, this also caused Wang Yidi to be out of the tournament early and could no longer continue the singles at the Paris Olympics, which also made the competition between Wang Manyu and Chen Meng more intense.
At present, in the Paris Olympic selection standings, Sun Yingsha leads with 26,950 points and locks in a singles qualification.
Wang Manyu ranked second with 14,965 points, and Chen Meng ranked third with 13,410. Wang Manyu leads Chen Meng by 1555 points!
The current situation is still very favorable for Wang Manyu, but because Wang Manyu's points lead over Chen Meng is not too much, Wang Manyu still can't secure another singles qualification before the end of the Saudi Grand Slam!
So, what does Wang Manyu need to do at the Saudi Grand Slam to secure another singles qualification?
Wang Manyu only needs to do the following to ensure that she qualifies for another singles qualification for the Paris Olympics.
The first point: make sure that you don't lose a foreign war.
This is the most basic requirement for Wang Manyu, first of all, he must ensure that he does not lose to the players of the foreign association!
Because according to the previous regulations of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, if you lose a foreign war in the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam, you will be deducted 3,000 huge points, and in this way, Wang Manyu's advantage over Chen Meng will suddenly come to naught!
Therefore, for Wang Manyu, this Saudi Grand Slam must ensure that he does not lose the foreign war!
Number two: make sure you can make it to the finals or even win the championship!
In this competition, Wang Manyu must ensure that he can advance to the finals!
As the second seed in this tournament, Wang Manyu will automatically be placed in the bottom half of the bracket and will not meet Sun Yingsha before the final!
Wang Manyu's opponent in the semifinals is likely to be Chen Meng or Wang Yidi.
If Wang Manyu is Chen Meng in the semifinals, this will be the ultimate showdown between the two, and as long as Wang Manyu can defeat Chen Meng to advance to the final, he can ensure that he qualifies for another singles Olympics in Paris!
Of course, if the opponent in the semifinals is Wang Yidi, Wang Manyu must also defeat the opponent to advance to the finals, only in this way can he ensure that his points will not be overtaken by Chen Meng!
In this Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, as long as Wang Manyu can advance to the finals, no matter what kind of results Chen Meng achieves in the end, he cannot surpass Wang Manyu!
That is to say, if Chen Meng is divided into the upper half, even if Chen Meng defeats Sun Yingsha in the semifinals to advance to the finals, even if he defeats Wang Manyu in the final to win the championship, he still cannot surpass Wang Manyu in the Paris Olympic selection points.
Therefore, in this Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, for Wang Manyu, as long as he can play stably and not lose the foreign war, whether it is against Chen Meng or Wang Yidi in the semifinals, as long as he can advance to the final, he can ensure another singles qualification!
But for Chen Meng, if he wants to qualify for another singles, in addition to winning the championship, he also depends on Wang Manyu's performance, as long as Wang Manyu can advance to the finals, he will completely miss the singles of the Paris Olympics!
The match is about to start, the suspense is about to be revealed, who can get another singles qualification between Wang Manyu and Chen Meng? Let's pay attention to the next match!