The national table tennis announced the candidates for the Olympic women's team, and in the singles event, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng automatically won the Olympic singles quota due to the highest points. In this way, the three candidates for the women's team competition are Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, and Sun Yingsha, and the women's P card is given to Wang Yidi. Young players Kuo Man, Qian Tianyi and others did not get the P card quota, while the P card candidate for the men's team was Liang Jingkun.
In the past, the P card participants of the national table tennis men's and women's teams were all young players, but this year's Olympics is dominated by Mesozoic players. This shows that the current national table tennis men's and women's teams are still seeking stability, and it also indicates that there will still be veterans in the lineup of the next Olympic Games. After all, the young players have not grown up yet, or there are no young players like Fan Zhendong, Sun Yingsha, and Wang Manyu.
Chen Meng won the singles quota for the Olympic Games, which is well deserved in the eyes of fans. After all, the points she currently obtains are in line with the current selection rules of the National Table Tennis Olympics, and Chen Meng has won two singles championships in this Olympic cycle, both in WTT events. The champions of major competitions such as the Asian Games, Asian Championships, and World Table Tennis Championships were won the singles championship by Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu.
However, Chen Meng is indeed not lagging behind in the total points of the Olympic Games, starting the Olympic Games points selection in May 2023, until now, Chen Meng has ranked second in the standings for most of the time. This shows that Chen Meng is still relatively experienced, and the competitive efficiency in the standings fully reflects the advantage.
And in the past year, the national table tennis has changed the Olympic selection rules three times in a row, and Chen Meng has always been the most adaptable. Chen Meng has won few championships in this Olympic cycle, but she has always been unsuccessful in the singles competition of the Olympic Games. In fact, the key point that it is difficult for the national table tennis coaching staff to choose the singles quota lies in the number of championships won by the players.
Wang Manyu won the singles championship in the World Table Tennis Championships and the Asian Championships in this Olympic cycle, and of course the singles championship in the National Games. Sun Yingsha won the singles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships and the Asian Games, and in terms of the number of singles champions in the competition, Wang Manyu is undoubtedly more advantageous.
Wang Yidi was able to get the P card quota very important because she won the singles championship in two consecutive national championships, and Wang Yidi also won the singles championship in the Asian Cup. Judging from the results achieved, Wang Yidi does have an advantage over other non-main players.
What Wang Yidi wants to compete for most is the singles quota for the Olympic Games, otherwise she would not have won the singles quota for the Asian Games last year. The national table tennis coaching staff has also been hoping that Wang Yidi will prove himself in the singles competition, but Hina Hayata, Zhang Benmei and these Japanese table tennis players are rising too fast, which is beyond the imagination of national table tennis.
The selection of the national table tennis team for this Olympic cycle is even more difficult than the Tokyo Olympic cycle. That's why the Olympic selection rules have been optimized three times. To a large extent, it is the progress of foreign players, which affects the Olympic selection of national table tennis. Wang Yidi's mood is still very good, although he was blocked by Misei Ito in the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam tournament, he still defeated his opponent without danger.
Of course, this also has a lot to do with the draw grouping, and it is Chen Meng and Wang Manyu who are really tested by the foreign war. Whoever wins the singles quota for the Olympic Games will affect the singles championship trend of this year's Olympic Games. Many fans are also aware of Wang Manyu's competitiveness, especially Wang Manyu's stability in foreign wars is indeed relatively high.
If the national table tennis coaching staff uses the foreign war as a breakthrough in the selection, Wang Manyu is indeed qualified to participate in the Olympic singles competition. However, Chen Meng also proved himself with a strong foreign performance in the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, and fans can see Chen Meng's change in style of play.
In particular, Chen Meng has made significant progress in both the hair extension link and the first three board links, which is completely different from her previous style of play. Chen Meng is now standing more forward, and returning the ball is the rising period of hitting the ball, so he has launched a very oppressive offensive against Sun Yingsha.
This kind of active front-facing offense is more in line with the current style of play in the era of big ball. This shows that Chen Meng is carrying out limited technical changes, Chen Meng's original defensive counterattack style of play is relatively thick, and now he has added active offensive play, which is indeed becoming more and more perfect. If Chen Meng can continue to maintain such a good form, it will indeed be easy to win the Grand Slam.
However, how Chen Meng has maintained his current good condition remains to be tested in the next various competitions. Wang Manyu deserves to win the team competition, because she has turned the tide in the team competition many times. Wang played a central role in the team competition in Busan in February against the Indian women's team.
So in the women's team competition at this year's Olympics, she will continue to play a similar role. Wang Manyu's irreplaceability in the team competition comes from her very stable singles and doubles. Wang Manyu has also been very resilient to pressure, and despite the competitive pressure in singles this Olympic cycle, she has rarely lost a match.
Therefore, the selection rules of the Olympic Games are only one aspect, and Zhang Yining also recognized Wang Manyu's technological advancement. These are Wang Manyu's advantages, now that he has won the place in the team competition, I believe that Wang Manyu will definitely go all out in the competition. The singles candidates for the Olympics have finally been decided, but the opinions of fans are always multifaceted, and I believe there are different discussions.