With the announcement of the Olympic lineup of the national table tennis, Chen Meng of the women's team and Fan Zhendong of the men's team were also selected for the singles quota. Since Fan Zhendong of the men's team entered 2024, he has been eliminated early in singles in a row, and the number of times he has entered the semifinals has become less and less. In fact, one of the players fans are most worried about at the moment is Fan Zhendong, worried that Fan Zhendong's state is difficult to cope with the challenges of the Olympic Games.
Now Fan Zhendong's connection speed needs to be strengthened, and this player must go through a period of hard training, or a short-term assault training like Chen Meng, in order to achieve the desired effect. This requires Fan Zhendong to take concrete actions to prove himself, because this year's Olympics is his last chance to achieve a Grand Slam.
In fact, Fan Zhendong also knows very well that what he needs to strengthen at present is not the ability to resist pressure in the game, but the adaptability of the game. Only players with a lot of tactical variation can cope with the complex challenges of the game. Fan Zhendong's previous hard power is indeed outstanding, and he is also a player who is not afraid of hard encounters.
Now the strength of the foreign players is generally increasing, which is a test of the players' coping strategies in the face of competition difficulties. Fan Zhendong is now facing the challenge of foreign players, and he still has to play more line changes, and try not to be adapted to the offensive line by competitors. In particular, the service wheel must be more varied, and don't always adopt a service style.
In fact, Fan Zhendong still wants to fight his opponent hard, because this way is more simple and direct. However, the strength of the foreign players is not weaker than the main force of national table tennis, and it is difficult to win just by playing the strength ball without increasing the strain. Fan Zhendong actually made some changes, but after he added strains in the game, the opponent adapted to his adaptability, and he had to continue to adapt and not adopt a single game strategy.
In the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam tournament, Fan Zhendong's lead was reversed by Francesca, and this game is more representative. Seeing the difficulties encountered by Fan Zhendong, in fact, fans are more anxious. This is by no means a problem that can be solved by getting a singles quota, and I believe that Fan Zhendong is still full of confidence at present.
This year's Paris Olympics is a challenge for Fan Zhendong, and it is also an opportunity for Fan Zhendong to win the championship if he plays extraordinarily. This was not only a challenging singles competition, but also a team competition. Because the national table tennis finally chose Ma Long to participate in the Olympic team competition, Ma Long's experience and skills are no problem, but whether the concentration can maintain a high state remains to be tested by the competition.
And in the team competition against the Japanese men's team or the Korean men's team, Wang Chuqin and Ma Long will definitely play in the first set of the doubles match. Because Wang Chuqin is a rare left-handed player, the task of winning the first singles game was left to Fan Zhendong. Ma Long played in the second singles or third singles, and faced less pressure in the team competition.
As long as Ma Long plays the first set of the Men's Doubles, he will be able to cope with the next challenge. And Fan Zhendong will encounter challenges from competitors when facing Korean men's groups and Japanese men's groups. In this Olympic cycle, they faced the Japanese men's team and the South Korean men's team in the team competition, and the national table tennis men's team was forced to a tiebreaker.
So the men's team is under a lot of pressure, and so is the women's team. Zhang Yining has said before that the women's team may have a certain degree of suspense, but in fact, fans are more worried about having suspense in the singles game. Because now Hina Hayada has been able to force Sun Yingsha to a tiebreaker in a row, Hina Hayada also defeated Chen Meng in the Busan team competition.
In the WTT event, Chen Meng faced Hina Hayada to maintain a winning record, but in a major competition like the Olympic Games, Japanese table tennis players will definitely not retain their tactics in the competition, and they will definitely go all out to impact the national table tennis. In fact, fans are most worried about Chen Meng's singles match, including Szokos, who is also Chen Meng's fierce rival.
Szokos can create pressure on Chen Meng, and of course he can also create pressure on Sun Yingsha in the game. In fact, it can be seen from the Macau World Cup that the usual commercial events are completely different from the performance of the external players in the competition. The more in the competition, the more oppressive the competition of the foreign players, and there will always be more fights.
Chen Meng's age and concentration in the game are what fans are more worried about. Since the national table tennis coaching staff chose to let Chen Meng play in the singles competition, it must be optimistic about Chen Meng's strength. Just like the Busan Team World Table Tennis Championships, the coaching staff is still very confident before the women's team finals.
There are too many unpredictable difficulties in the game, and it depends on how Chen Meng adjusts himself. In fact, Sun Yingsha is also facing a lot of pressure from foreign wars, and she must also be prepared to face the challenges of foreign players in the singles finals of the Olympic Games. In particular, Wang Manyu did not get the women's singles quota for the Olympic Games, which made many fans very sorry.
Whether it is a men's or women's team in this Paris Olympics cycle, the lineup selected by the national table tennis team is indeed extremely challenging. Whether it is the men's team or the women's team, there is a certain amount of suspense in the team competition and singles competition, which is completely different from the lineup of the previous National Table Tennis Olympic Games. Including the P card candidates of the Olympic Games, once they appear in the team competition, they will also play a challenge and suspense in the competition.
In particular, Liang Jingkun, a P card player in the men's team, often has to play five games to determine the winner in the face of the challenge of foreign players. Wang Yidi's competition against Japanese table tennis players is also very challenging, so whether it is a mixed doubles competition, a singles competition or a team competition, each event is very interesting, and it is still a very interesting experience for fans.