On May 13, Beijing time, from Ma Long's farewell to the Olympic singles, it can be seen that Chen Meng's quota has been completely stabilized, Sun Yingsha's Grand Slam has been in the bag, and Wang Manyu sighed helplessly.
At present, for the national table tennis, the biggest suspense is who can become the second person in the women's singles of the Olympic Games in the Chinese team next? After winning the Saudi Grand Slam, Chen Meng finished Wang Manyu in points, leading by more than 6,000 points, this advantage is here, if you strictly follow the rules, in fact, there is no suspense about this problem.
But after all, Wang Manyu played better than Chen Meng before, Chen Meng played well in this competition, and there have been these two championships in the past two years, and Wang Manyu has won a full 8 singles championships in this cycle, and when 2024 has just arrived, Wang Manyu's results in one championship and two runners-up in three competitions are also better, except that he is not as good as Sun Yingsha, he has an advantage over others.
This time, just because this competition ended up out, it will definitely make many people feel very unfair, and it is reasonable to be deprived of Olympic qualification just because they lost a foreign war? But if you watch the selection of the national table tennis men's team, you will know that this time Wang Manyu has no chance, and the reason why she failed can only say that she is not angry.
Looking at the national table tennis men's team, the final situation is that Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong have qualified for the Olympic singles, but in fact, Ma Long has just won the latest World Cup championship, and the best form recently must be the Dragon team. If you follow the current state, according to the recent performance, he is much better than Fan Zhendong, Fan Zhendong played badly in all 4 competitions in 2024, losing the foreign war twice and the civil war twice.
It doesn't matter if you can't beat Lin Shidong in the Singapore Grand Slam and Lin Gaoyuan in the World Cup, and they also lost to Francesca in the Grand Slam of the Saudi Arabian Championship and Hugo in the Incheon Championship respectively. With this kind of performance, he went to the Olympics, not to mention whether he could complete the Grand Slam, he might not even be able to keep the silver medal, and he might not be able to meet Wang Chuqin in the final.
On the other hand, Ma Long, as a veteran, never drops the chain in foreign battles at critical moments, and won the championship in the World Cup, which is only one step away from the three-lap Grand Slam. Judging from his recent form, performance and past resume, it is clear that this place should belong to Ma Long, and if he can win another Olympic title, he will also complete the three-lap Grand Slam.
But in the end, the national table tennis strictly followed the rules, and the singles quota was given to Fan Zhendong, Fan Zhendong just didn't play well, and he might even lose a silver medal because of this, but the rules in black and white say who is higher and who goes, Liu Guoliang and Li Falcon are not the ones who break the rules. Therefore, even if Fan Zhendong plays so badly and Ma Long plays so well, he must give the qualification to Xiaopang, because Xiaopang's Olympic points are 3,000 points more than Ma Long, so whoever has the highest score will go.
So based on this, it can already be seen why Chen Meng will definitely be able to enter the Olympic singles this time, which is very, very stable, because it is impossible for national table tennis to achieve double standards in this kind of thing. Since the men's team will come according to the points, the women's team will definitely come according to the points, then Chen Meng is 6,000 points higher than Wang Manyu, and the international points and domestic selection points are also higher than her. There is no reason for the national table tennis to double the standard, and it is impossible to break the rules in the women's team. Therefore, Malone is out of the game. Then Chen Meng will definitely be able to advance, this is the performance of impartiality.