The results of the women's singles representative selection match for the Paris Olympics surrounding the national table tennis women's team have sparked controversy a few days ago. In the women's singles final of the 2024 WTT Table Tennis Grand Slam in Saudi Arabia last weekend, Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Chen Meng defeated world No. 1 Sun Yingsha to win the championship, and the former basically locked a ticket to the Paris Olympics.
Chen Meng has the opportunity to hit the Olympic women's singles championship for two consecutive times
Chen Meng, who competed with Wang Manyu for the remaining one place in the Chinese women's singles representative, defeated Japan's top three Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, and Hina Hayada in this tournament to reach the final. On the other hand, Wang Manyu lost to India's Batra early and stopped in the second round of the women's singles. Due to the hard-fought five-set narrowly defeated the Japanese team in the women's team final of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan in February, the national table tennis women's team suddenly set the rule that "if you lose to a player from a foreign association, the Olympic selection points will be deducted". Wang Manyu, who was deducted 3,000 points this time, was overtaken by Chen Meng in the Olympic selection standings, and Chen Meng rose to second place in the selection scores. According to the current situation, Chen Meng will join Sun Yingsha in the women's singles competition at the Paris Olympics.
Wang Manyu's experience really made many fans feel sorry
After Wang Manyu, known as the "Japanese killer", lost the election, there were dissent on domestic social media. Some netizens left a message, "Why did Wang Manyu miss the singles match (Paris Olympics) after only losing one game to a foreign player?" "In the Paris Olympic trials, Wang Manyu's results were better than Chen Meng's. Wang Manyu also won the Asian Games and World Championships, and the women's singles qualification is more than Chen Meng's. ”
Some fans said that Chen Meng finally won the championship, but Wang Manyu was out prematurely, is there a double standard for off-court guidance Ma Lin?
In addition, some fans also expressed dissatisfaction with the approach of Ma Lin, the head coach of the national table tennis women's team, "Before the match with Hina Hayata, Ma Lin guided Chen Meng until 3 o'clock in the morning. Did he tell Wang Manyu the same thing? "Didn't Ma Lin teach Wang Manyu the wrong tactics?" According to reports, there were also strong protests against the "theft of Wang Manyu's Olympic singles tickets".
Chen Meng's Olympic selection points surpassed Wang Manyu's in the Olympic selection points, and the result of her replacement of Wang Manyu in the women's singles at the Paris Olympics is expected to be difficult to change.