The WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam is the last high-scoring and high-money tournament before the Paris Olympics.
Unexpectedly, it became a sad place for the Chinese table tennis team. Including Ma Long, Wang Manyu, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun and other main players of national table tennis, they were all eliminated in advance and missed the top 16.
Approaching the Olympic Games, the main state of the national table tennis is so unstable, the coaching staff needs to pay close attention to it, determine the candidates as soon as possible, and use the remaining one or two months to adjust to the best to ensure that the championship is in hand.
There are five gold medals in the Olympic Games, men's and women's singles, men's and women's teams, and mixed doubles. Three men and three women compete in all events.
The most certain thing is the group, after all, there are many Chinese table tennis masters, the overall level is the highest, and there is not much difference between the players!
On May 7, the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced some of the candidates for the Olympic Games! Mixed doubles Wang Chuqin paired with Sun Yingsha, men's singles Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong. At the same time, the three qualified for the men's and women's team competitions.
There are also two places for women's singles, two places for women's teams, and one place for men's teams to be determined. In fact, there are only three places left, two for women and one for men!
Women's singles Sun Yingsha must be the women's singles, Chen Mengwang Manyu is to be determined. There is a high probability that a place in the men's event will be Ma Long!
For the candidates to be decided, the Saudi Grand Slam is the last chance!
Drop the chain at a critical moment! That's what they're talking about.
In particular, it should be pointed out that Ma Long and Wang Manyu are the main force of the main force, shouldering the heavy responsibility of attacking the Olympic gold medal.
Ma Long lost to South Korean player Jang Yuzhen and was shaved head, 0:3. Wang Manyu lost to India's Batra, 1:3, winning first and then losing. Wang Manyu will be deducted 3,000 points!
This 3,000 points is a terrible 3,000 points, if Chen Meng does not lose the foreign war, then the second Olympic women's singles is Chen Meng! Wang Manyu can only hope for the last spot in the women's group.
Will Chen Meng follow in his footsteps and drop the chain? I am not sure, but Chen Meng is calm and experienced in the competition, and it is very difficult for her to lose to players from other associations. However, Chen Meng has to face Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhang and Hina Hayada in a row, and the road to promotion is challenging enough!
The Chinese Table Tennis Association estimates that it will wait until the end of the Saudi Grand Slam to announce the other three places, there is suspense but not much suspense, there is a high probability that it is Chen Meng's second singles, Wang Manyu group, Ma Long group!
The variable in this is Wang Manyu and Chen Meng, and it is only a question of who participates in singles and who participates in the group. Wang Manyu's loss this time may be the last big event that should not happen in his career! It's hard to say whether there will be a chance in the future!