On May 14, Beijing time, the Chinese Table Tennis Association officially announced the national table tennis Paris Olympic lineup, Chen Meng won the women's singles championship of the Saudi Grand Slam, and the Olympic selection points surpassed Wang Manyu, and won the women's singles quota for the Paris Olympics, and Wang Manyu was selected for the Olympic women's team list.
Many fans may feel sorry for Wang Manyu, before the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, Wang Manyu's national table tennis Paris Olympic selection points were still 1555 points ahead of Chen Meng, and he had the initiative, but in the second round of the women's singles main event, she lost to the Indian player Batra, who had won all five matches, which surprised all fans.
So far, many fans think that Wang Manyu missed the women's singles quota in the Paris Olympics, the biggest reason is that she did not withstand the pressure, and lost the foreign battle in the key battle, so she was deducted 3000 Olympic points, many fans think that this is an upset, but the author believes that this game seems to be accidental but is actually an inevitability.
If you are a professional table tennis fan, you should be able to see that Batra's backhand skills are good, but in the match between Wang Manyu and Batra, the 3 games lost were all played to Batra's backhand many times, and even the commentator was reminding Wang Manyu not to give Batra's backhand position.
Later, the Japanese player Hina Hayata, why did she eliminate Batra 4-1, the biggest reason is to suppress Batra's backhand, and is Wang Manyu himself not aware of such a situation?
In fact, Wang Manyu didn't know, but she had to follow the coach's tactics to execute, and we could clearly hear that Ma Lin, who was Wang Manyu's off-court guide at that time, kept saying to Wang Manyu that there was no problem...... The "no problem" here may be the tactics formulated for Wang Manyu before, and Wang Manyu chose to believe in the coach's tactics.
In fact, if Wang Manyu doesn't lose that game, maybe there is a high probability that he will lose the next game, and the biggest possibility is to lose in the direct confrontation with Chen Meng, and Chen Meng can still get the women's singles quota for the Paris Olympics if he wins the championship in the end.
At this time, many fans may still have a question, why didn't Wang Manyu fight for the women's singles Olympic quota herself? She has a chance, in fact, it can be seen from the match between Wang Manyu and Batra that Wang Manyu's state at that time was obviously wrong, she hesitated and hesitated, and the moment she finally lost the game, she may have finally been relieved, and the doubles with Chen Meng the next day, Wang Manyu showed a long-lost smile......
Looking back on Wang Manyu's Paris Olympic cycle, perhaps at the moment when Wang Manyu defeated Chen Meng 4-3 in the semifinals of the women's singles at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, Wang Manyu wants to continue to chase higher dreams, and it is destined not to be smooth sailing. That time Chen Meng lost the game and lost the dream of realizing the "Grand Slam" the fastest, you must know that Chen Meng's head coach at that time was Ma Lin.
Although Wang Manyu finally won the women's singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston and won the title of singles world champion, a year later, she was separated from Xiao Zhan, the head coach who had worked with her for 5 years, which surprised all fans. And the new head coach who arranged Wang Manyu turned out to be Xu Hui, who had no previous experience in coaching professional players.
In fact, at the moment when Wang Manyu and Xiao Zhan separated, they could foresee the hardships and difficulties in the future, and Wang Manyu immediately lost to the French-Chinese player Yuan Jianan...... After a half-year adjustment period, Wang Manyu gradually came out, because she always believed in her heart that she could play with her ability!
However, Wang Manyu did not have a stable physical coach and was not in good physical condition, but she played three events in many events, but she did not withstand the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban and was blocked by teammate Chen Xingtong from the top 4 of women's singles. And it was this event that was the beginning of the national table tennis Paris Olympic selection, and Wang Manyu fell into the disadvantage at the beginning.
At that time, Wang Manyu firmly believed that he could catch up, although he encountered great difficulties during the period, in the 2023 Asian Championships, Wang Manyu defeated Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, Sun Yingsha 3 main players in a row to win the championship, and with strong willpower, she got the opportunity to play in the women's team of the Hangzhou Asian Games.
And when it came to the Chengdu Mixed Team World Cup, Wang Manyu made great contributions, including the 3-0 sweep of Hina Hayata, which will make many fans enthusiastic today, because Wang Manyu played really well in that game!
As a result, Wang Manyu played the most in the mixed team World Cup, but only scored 222 world ranking points, let alone the national table tennis Paris Olympics points award.
Until the Busan Team World Table Tennis Championships held in February this year, Wang Manyu's national table tennis Paris Olympic selection points were still ranked fourth in the national table tennis women's team, behind Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi and Chen Meng.
However, in the final of the Busan group World Table Tennis Women's Team, after Wang Yidi lost 0-3 to Japanese player Miyu Hirano, the national table tennis women's team once fell behind with a score of 1-2, and the situation made all Chinese people nervous. Although the national table tennis women's team narrowly defeated Japan 3-2 to win the championship in the end, Wang Manyu did not play in the women's team finals, which once caused the national table tennis coaching staff to encounter an unprecedented crisis.
So far, the national table tennis women's team has introduced new rules - points will be deducted for losing foreign wars in the following games! However, the previous defeat was not affected...... Among them, Li Falcon also directly announced that Wang Yidi had lost the qualification for the women's singles competition in the Paris Olympics due to her previous losses to the main competition foreign association players.
After ushering in a turnaround, Wang Manyu is getting better and better, breaking into the Singapore Grand Slam and the Macau Table Tennis World Cup women's singles finals in a row, and defeating Chen Meng, the main rival of the women's singles of the national table tennis Paris Olympics, twice.
In the final result of the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, Wang Manyu lost the foreign war, Chen Meng won the women's singles championship again after 783 days, and defeated 3 Japanese players Miu Hirano, Miwa Zhangmoto, Hina Hayata, and defeated Sun Yingsha in the final to win the championship, such a result is really strong...... Wang Manyu, who is relieved, will definitely accept it calmly.
Looking back on Wang Manyu's three-year period throughout the Paris Olympic cycle, from the women's singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston to the quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban; from studying under Xiao Zhan, the meritorious coach of national table tennis, to entering the sect of Xu Hui, who was only engaged in youth table tennis projects before;
From the only player who did not lose a foreign war in the three major competitions of the Paris Olympic cycle, to losing a foreign war before the Olympic trials, and missing the women's singles quota for the Paris Olympics, it can be said that Wang Manyu has achieved the ultimate.
Wang Manyu seems to be like all ordinary people, she continues to work hard and fight hard for her dreams, although the road to her dreams is rugged and bumpy, and may never be possible, but she still continues to struggle without regrets! Wang Manyu lost the Olympic singles, but won the hearts of many fans!