On the evening of May 10, Beijing time, the women's singles semifinals of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam ushered in a focus battle, national table tennis player Chen Meng played against the Japanese women's singles "first sister" Hina Hayata, and finally Chen Meng swept Hina Hayada 4:0 to advance to the finals, not only wiped out all the projects of the Japanese table tennis national team in the WTT Saudi Grand Slam, but also Chen Meng also surpassed Wang Manyu in the team points by defeating three main Japanese players Miyu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Hina Hayata
Coupled with Chen Meng's better results against Japan in women's singles, Chen Meng has already locked a place in the women's singles at the Paris Olympics, and she will join Sun Yingsha in the women's singles event at the Paris Olympics
Before the start of the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, fans are most concerned about the focus of the national table tennis team, which is the Olympic women's singles competition between Chen Meng and Wang Manyu, if Chen Meng loses, then in the team standings, she will be surpassed by Wang Manyu, and Chen Meng will not have any chance to get points after that, so she will miss the women's singles qualification for the Paris Olympics, if Chen Meng wins, she will surpass Wang Manyu in the standings, achieve the final counterattack, and thus obtain the women's singles qualification for the Paris Olympics. Wang Manyu and Chen Meng's endings are in stark contrast
As the highest-ranked player in the lower half of the women's singles, Wang Manyu was eliminated by India's Batra 3:1, and did not even reach the round of 16, on the other hand, Chen Meng's side, not only met with Sun Yingsha in the women's singles final, but also defeated three Japanese women's singles main players in a row, including Miu Hirano and Hina Hayata, both of whom were clean opponents, Chen Meng became a big winner in the end and got another ticket to the Paris Olympics women's singles qualification
In addition, the official website of the Chinese table tennis team issued an announcement announcing the list of some members of the national table tennis team to participate in the table tennis event of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
As for the men's singles, in fact, after the end of the previous Macau World Cup, Wang Chuqin, who has locked the world's No. 1 and Fan Zhendong, the world's No. 2, has ensured the men's singles qualification for the Paris Olympics, so the veteran Ma Long regretted not being selected for the men's singles event, but the national table tennis team has not yet announced the third quota for the men's team. Ma Long is likely to follow the Chinese table tennis team to Paris to participate in the team competition
In addition to the men's singles and men's team two events, Wang Chuqin will also join Sun Yingsha to participate in the mixed doubles event, in the mixed doubles final of the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam that ended on the evening of May 9, Shatou easily defeated Hong Kong, China Huang Zhenting and Du Kaiqin with a score of 3-0 to win the championship, and in the recent multi-stop world series, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin have shown absolute dominance in the mixed doubles event, and the two represent the Chinese table tennis team in the table tennis mixed doubles event of the Paris Olympics, which is well deserved, This also means that Wang Chuqin will become the first athlete in the history of the national table tennis team to play three events in the Olympic Games
As for the women's team, Sun Yingsha, who has been confirmed to participate in the mixed doubles event, also automatically qualified for a women's team, as for the quota for the women's singles event, Sun Yingsha, who is already in the world's first cliff-like lead, is of course no suspense in the women's singles project, and with Chen Meng breaking into the women's singles final of the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, then Chen Meng's points will definitely surpass Wang Manyu and rise to the second place in the standings, which means that Chen Meng will get the second national table tennis women's singles quota for the Paris Olympics, just this news, At present, it is waiting for the official announcement of the Table Tennis Association
According to the previous world rankings, Wang Manyu is undoubtedly more dominant, but in this Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, she lost another unexpected upset, and still lost to India's Batra, according to the selection plan previously given by the national table tennis coaching staff, 3000 Olympic points will be directly deducted if you lose in foreign battles, which means that Wang Manyu almost missed the women's singles qualification for the Paris Olympics
Veteran Chen Meng in this year's Grand Slam, the overall performance is still relatively stable, especially in this Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, she defeated the Japanese star Miu Hirano in the 16-8 knockout round, and in the 8-in-4 battle, she defeated the Japanese table tennis genius girl Miwa Zhang 4-0, and now Chen Meng has passed the hurdle of Hina Hayata, hoping that she can join hands with Sun Yingsha to win glory for the country on the stage of the Paris Olympics