The Saudi Arabian Grand Slam has ended, and the most unpopular game in this Saudi Grand Slam is not that Fan Zhendong and Ma Long lost the foreign war, but that Wang Manyu of the women's team was unexpectedly out of the game against India's Batra!
After all, the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam is the last selection tournament for women's table tennis to compete in the singles of the Paris Olympics, as long as Wang Manyu can successfully reach the semifinals, it is very likely to qualify for the singles of the Paris Olympics!
As the second seed, Wang Manyu was divided into the lower half of the region, it can be said that before the semifinals, he will not meet his teammates, as long as Wang Manyu can play normally, it is not difficult to advance to the semifinals!
But Wang Manyu still lost the foreign war and lost to the Indian player Batra!
Many fans are puzzled by Wang Manyu's loss to the Indian player this time, but it is not surprising that the Indian player can defeat the powerful Chinese player!
Let's first review how many times Indian players have defeated national table tennis players throughout the Paris Olympic cycle!
The first is the 2022 Asian Cup, when it was Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong who played in the Asian Cup, but Chen Xingtong lost to Batra early! The loss of this game did not attract the attention of the fans!
After all, in our impression, the gap between India's table tennis level and national table tennis is like the gap between the national football team and Brazilian football!
This defeat not only did not attract the attention of fans, but also did not even attract the attention of women's table tennis head coach Ma Lin!
As a result, in the women's doubles match of the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, our new World Table Tennis Championships women's doubles champion Chen Meng and Wang Yidi also lost to their opponents in the match against India's Mukherjee sisters!
This game was not only unexpected by the fans, but also unexpected by head coach Ma Lin, because it was obvious that Ma Lin didn't pay any attention to this game before the game, and she didn't even know the name of the Indian player.
I don't know if this game has attracted Ma Lin's attention, and I don't know if Ma Lin has studied the skills and tactics of Indian players!
Time came to this year's World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, and the Chinese women's table tennis group stage met the Indian team!
As a result, in this competition, Sun Yingsha lost to Mukherjee, while Wang Yidi lost to Bakura!
So far, Indian players have defeated the main players of Chinese women's table tennis four times in international competitions!
Supposedly, this should be able to attract the attention of head coach Marin!
However, in this Saudi Arabian Grand Slam, Wang Manyu played against Batra, and after easily winning the first game by insisting on playing Batra's forehand, Ma Lin told Wang Manyu to play Batra's backhand when he was coaching outside the court! And Batra's backhand is a big threat!
This also led to Wang Manyu's 1-3 defeat to Batra in the end, and he had no choice but to go out!
This also makes people wonder, did Marlene really study Indian players?
For these Indian players, did Ma Lin really do a technical and tactical analysis? From calling Mukherjee the fat man at the beginning, to Batra, who has defeated Wang Manyu, can Marin get to know these Indian players?