Chen Meng is 445 points ahead of Wang Manyu! Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, Manyu lost to India is too regrettable, and Big Dream is too powerful to beat Japan three times
Beijing time on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. This morning, the much-watched 2024 Paris Olympic Games, the list of members of the Chinese table tennis team was announced. The women's singles and women's team candidates that everyone is speculating about also surfaced at the last moment: Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng were qualified for women's singles, and Wang Manyu was qualified for the women's team. In the fierce and healthy competition, Sun Yingsha has always ranked first, and the competition between Chen Meng and Wang Manyu mainly revolves around another place in the women's singles. In addition, Chen Xingtong and Wang Yidi are also competing for a P card.
Entering 2024, in the final sprint stage, in fact, most of the time, Wang Manyu is ahead of Chen Meng. Especially in the last two women's singles finals, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha will meet in the finals. One is the Incheon Championship and the other is the Macau World Cup. In the end, Wang Manyu lost to Sun Yingsha, but even if she won the runner-up, the points were very high. Before May, Wang Manyu was still ahead of Chen Meng in the ranking.
The key is this Saudi Grand Slam, which has formed a huge crossover! Facing the dark horse of Indian player Batra, Wang Manyu was ready, but in terms of on-the-spot performance, he still did not break through the barrier of self and failed to better limit Batra. It gave the Indians the upper hand. This defeat directly caused Wang Manyu to lose 3,000 points!
On the other hand, Chen Meng is indeed competitive and powerful. Her opponents are actually much more difficult than Wang Manyu's side, and they are all top Japanese players. However, Chen Meng focused on stability, facing Miyu Hirano, 3-0 sweep! Facing Miwa Zhangmoto, win 4-1! Facing Hina Hayata, win 4-0!
These three foreign wars are crucial! Even if Chen Meng loses one of them, he will hardly be able to surpass Wang Manyu. Lose a foreign war and deduct 3,000 points, maybe this pressure is too much, Wang Manyu did not bear the pressure. After all, Chen Meng has been on the battlefield for a long time, and after winning these three games, he almost surpassed Wang Manyu.
defeated Sun Yingsha in the final and took another step forward in points. This morning, the WTT International Table Tennis Federation announced the latest women's singles world rankings, and Sun Yingsha's points are 9200 points, far ahead, and she is about to break 10,000! And Chen Meng's points are 6410 points, and Wang Manyu's points are 5965 points, a difference of 445 points!
It was this crucial 445 points that Wang Manyu did not qualify for the women's singles. - However, we must also see that it is also a great honor to play as a women's team, do your best, play a good game, and impact the championship is to win glory for the country!
On the other hand, Wang Yidi's points are 5305 points, and Chen Xingtong's points are 2720 points. Although during this time, Dadi lost a lot of foreign wars, but on the whole, the winning results of other national table tennis women are not high, and in terms of points, Wang Yidi is also in the lead. Therefore, Wang Yidi also obtained the qualification of P card.
In the last Olympic Games, the Chinese women's singles players were Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha. This time still! The last women's group lineup was Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, and Liu Shiwen. This time it became Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, and Wang Manyu. Last time the P card was Wang Manyu, this time it became Wang Yidi.