What a pity! The men's table tennis star has defeated the main force of the Chinese team many times, but he was not nominated for the Paris Olympics

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2024-05-12 07:05Posted in Hunan Sports Creators

The table tennis WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam has ended, but the national table tennis rival, the German team, has been pushed to the forefront of public opinion.

As early as before the start of this competition, the German Table Tennis Association has submitted the list of athletes who will participate in the table tennis event of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

At that time, this decision sparked heated discussions among fans, because although Francesca's results were slightly inferior to Ocharov, Qiu Dang, and Bol, her record in national table tennis was very good, and she had won the five main forces Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, and defeated Ma Long in March this year, but the result was still no name on the list.

In this Grand Slam tournament, Francesca continued to exert power, defeated Fan Zhendong again and reached the men's singles final, becoming the best person in the foreign association, many people can't help but wonder: will the German Table Tennis Association change the Olympic roster because of this?

Francesca, who was born in 1992, is a member of the German men's table tennis, he has solid basic skills, forehand and backhand, near, middle and far platforms have strong strength, but the results are not stable, coupled with the team's two senior brothers Bol and Ocharov's achievements are too outstanding and evergreen, as a result, Francesca is difficult to get the chance to emerge, and has only been selected for the Olympic team competition once.

After the arrival of the Paris Olympic cycle, Francesca finally waited for Bol's form to decline, and as a result, Chinese player Qiu Dang rose again and won the men's singles championship at the European Championships, and then Bol regained his form in 2024 and had the advantage of left-handed doubles, which led to Francesca's further marginalization.

For all these reasons, Francesca was excluded from the Olympic list submitted by the German Table Tennis Association, and this time he was not even nominated for team qualification, and could only challenge for the P card (substitute) qualification, even if he had only won against Malone not long ago.

However, what no one expected was that not long after being snubbed by the National Table Tennis Association, Francesca broke out again, killing all sides at the WTT Saudi Arabia Grand Slam in May, winning the three main forces of China, Germany and South Korea, Fan Zhendong, Qiu Dang, and Zhang Yuzhen to advance to the men's singles finals, among which the battle against Fan Zhendong was 0-2 behind and won 3 games in a row and saved 2 match points, which was impressive.

In the final battle of the men's singles, Francesca also showed a very strong impact, although he lost 3 games in a row and was forced into a desperate situation, but then recovered 2 games, and finally lost 2-4, creating a lot of pressure on Wang Chuqin.

Despite his failure to reach the top, Francesca scored as many as 1,400 points with his runner-up finish, which would give him a high probability of breaking into the top 10 of the world rankings, which will overtake his teammates and become the next German men's table tennis player in the world rankings.

As mentioned earlier, the reason why Francesca was not selected for the Olympic squad is mainly because of the poor results, after all, Bol is the World Cup men's singles champion, the third place in the men's singles at the World Table Tennis Championships, plus the men's singles champion of the European Games, European Championships, and European Cup; Ocharov is the World Cup men's singles champion, the Olympic men's singles third place, and the European Games, European Championships and European Championships men's singles champions.

The Chinese player Qiu Dang, who is rising rapidly, has also won the men's singles championship of the European Championships, and Francesca's current best singles result is the men's singles championship of the European Cup, which is far less important than the European Championships.

The German Table Tennis Association is now faced with a choice: should the Olympic roster stick to the overall results of the athletes, or should it focus more on recent performances? After all, the biggest opponent of the German men's team in the Olympics is naturally the national table tennis, and Francesca's record against our main team is so outstanding, will it be reused because of this? Let's wait and see what happens!

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