The table tennis WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam is in full swing, Beijing time on May 2, the draw ceremony for the main competition athletes will be held, the time is at 22:00 in the evening, 12 singles players from the Chinese team, 5 pairs of doubles combinations are directly involved in the main match, so it is closely related to the draw.
According to the usual practice, the top 1 and 2 seeds in the world will determine the upper and lower halves, so the signing of the four main national table tennis players Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu has been determined, and the other arrangements are to be determined.
The Grand Slam is currently the event with the largest number of points in table tennis, the winning athlete will receive 2,000 points, and not only invites the world's top athletes to participate, but also many of the lower players also have the opportunity to participate in the qualifying round.
A total of 12 athletes participated in the singles in this competition, 5 pairs of doubles in doubles, and won the top seed seats in 5 events, but the mixed doubles only Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, it is impossible to fight a civil war; men's doubles Wang Chuqin/Ma Long is No. 1, Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan is No. 3, women's doubles Chen Meng/Wang Manyu is No. 1, Wang Yidi/Chen Xingtong is No. 6, there is a possibility of being divided into the same half of the district.
Relatively speaking, the signing of singles events is more concerning, and among the 6 men and 6 women participating in the national table tennis competition, the world's top two Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu will not meet before the final, while Ma Long and Liang Jingkun, Wang Yidi and Chen Meng, who are ranked third to fourth, will also be in the upper and lower halves.
However, it is uncertain whether the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds are in the upper half or the bottom half, so the positions of Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Wang Yidi, and Chen Meng are temporarily uncertain. As for the men's singles No. 6 seed Lin Gaoyuan, No. 15 seed Lin Shidong and women's singles No. 6 seed Chen Xingtong and No. 25 seed signing is even more difficult to predict.
As mentioned earlier, this competition is of great significance to Chen Meng, because the battle of Saudi Arabia is the last reference event in the women's singles selection system of the National Table Tennis Olympics, and Sun Yingsha has already got enough points, and Wang Manyu is 1555 points ahead of Chen Meng, so Chen Meng only has this chance to turn the tables.
However, for Chen Meng, if she can advance to the semifinals of the women's singles, then there is a high probability that she will either meet Sun Yingsha or fight Wang Manyu again, and at present, she has the upper hand against both of them. However, before the semi-finals, she may also meet strong opponents Hina Hayata, Szokos or teammates Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi, all of whom are not easy to play: then sit back and wait for the final draw to be released!