On May 3, the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam is about to start, and the five individual draws have been released. After the end of the Saudi Grand Slam, the men's and women's singles lineups of the national table tennis Paris Olympics will all be produced, and Wang Manyu and Chen Meng, who are also in the lower half of the women's singles, will compete for the second women's singles ticket to the Paris Olympics.
Men's and women's singles world No. 1 Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha attended the draw ceremony. According to the draw, in the singles field, Wang Chuqin faced France's Simon Goetz in the first round, Sun Yingsha's first-round opponent was Liu Xinyin of Chinese Taipei, and the two will also partner in the mixed doubles match, they are also the only mixed doubles pair in this tournament in the national table tennis, as the top seeds, they have a first-round bye, and they are in the top half of the same zone with the Japanese pair Tomokazu Zhangmoto/Hina Hayata. For Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, playing against different types of mixed doubles pairs is more important than the final result, with the mixed doubles world No. 1 ranking, they will represent the national table tennis in the mixed doubles competition at the Paris Olympics, and bear the heavy responsibility of winning the first gold medal for the national table tennis, and both will play three at the Paris Olympics. Although the national table tennis Paris Olympic singles lineup has not yet been announced, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha are both in the first place in the national table tennis Paris Olympic singles standings, and they have locked in the Olympic singles qualification in advance.
This Saudi Arabian Grand Slam Wang Chuqin is the only player in the national table tennis who fights in the third line. In addition to the men's singles and mixed doubles, he also played with Ma Long in the men's doubles match, the two are in the first draw of the men's doubles, and the first round of the bye, and the wild card Lin Gaoyuan/Liang Jingkun are also in the top half of the blast and also have a first-round bye. Fan Zhendong, another player who qualified for the men's singles at the Paris Olympics in advance, faced Chile's Boggs in the first round.
Due to the limited number of training tables, many athletes have to "fight the table" to take turns to train, Fan Zhendong and the Japanese player Hina Hayada training on the stage, when Hayada Hina finished training a group of balls, Fan Zhendong immediately started his own training, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun stood aside and waited in line.
The two players who have attracted attention, Wang Manyu and Chen Meng, are both in the bottom half of the Women's Singles, and their first-round opponents are Romania's Diaconu and Thailand's Paranam. Wang Manyu and Chen Meng will also partner in the women's doubles competition, the two occupy the No. 1 signing position, the first round of byes, and Wang Yidi/Chen Xingtong, who played in the women's doubles with a wild card, also entered the 1/4 zone, which also means that the most pair of national table tennis will enter the women's doubles semifinals. The day before the start of the race, Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha practiced on the same stage, Chen Meng was in good shape, and also posted his training plan from 3:30 p.m. to 9:50 p.m. in the afternoon, from jumping warm-up to 10 groups of sensitive training to 4 groups of pace training, 4 groups of sideways movement training, and finally completed the 3000 meters in 11 minutes and 56 seconds.
Wang Manyu trained accompanied by sparring partner Shi Xunyao. On the first match day of the main event, Wang Manyu and Chen Meng will both play, and the two are expected to play around 20:20 and 23:30 Beijing time. The first players in the national table tennis team are Lin Gaoyuan of the men's team, who will play at 19:00 Beijing time, against Saudi Arabia's Shulaibi, Liang Jingkun will play at 19:10 against Austria's Habesson, Lin Shidong is expected to play at 20:55 against Sweden's Moregard, and Wang Chuqin is expected to play Simon Goetz at around 0:05 am.