Beijing time on May 14, the current time is in mid-May. With the conclusion of the WTT commercial event, the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, there is not much time left until the opening of the Paris Olympics. Referring to the previous rules of national table tennis preparation for the Olympics, the next team members will enter the training stage of the team and actively adjust to meet the final test. Since the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam is an important event with high points before the Olympic Games this season, and it is also the best training test ground that is better suited to the "undefeated foreign war" of the national table tennis coaching staff, it is expected that the national table tennis will confirm the final lineup list after this battle. Recently, the national table tennis finally gave the "final answer"!
Recently, the national table tennis officially announced the list of participants, including men's and women's singles, men's and women's teams and P card players' qualifications: men's singles, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin bear heavy responsibilities, and in the men's team, the veteran Ma Long once again came out to attack his sixth Olympic gold medal. On the men's team P card player, Liang Jingkun, a player from the Mesozoic Generation, won it, and the "king of the tiebreaker" still needs to prove his strength. In women's singles, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng successfully qualified for singles by virtue of their points lead, and in the women's team, the new powerhouse Wang Manyu was once again shortlisted and continued to shine for the team. On the women's team P card players, Wang Yidi, who was previously officially announced in advance by Coach Li Falcon, "missed the singles battle", got the opportunity to correct his name. In terms of the age of the lineup, Coach Li Falcon is still focusing on stability, and the Mesozoic players occupy the main position, such as Lin Shidong, Kuo Man and other young players have no chance to get a good opportunity to train, so it seems that their growth rate must be consciously "pulled".
Back to the singles level, compared to Liang Jingkun's last-minute "drop of the chain" and losing the foreign battle and missing the challenge captain Ma Long, Wang Manyu's defeat in the Saudi Arabian Grand Slam really made many people in the outside world feel embarrassed and pity. Looking back on the Paris Olympics, Wang Manyu won the singles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships, Asian Championships and National Games, occupying the advantage of the number of championships in the competition. Before the Saudi Grand Slam, Wang Manyu's external victory rate was very high, even if the main echelon of Japanese table tennis that has been chasing the national table tennis in recent years and has been strengthened by a certain number of juniors, Wang Manyu is still an insurmountable "mountain". After the coaching staff announced the rule of "don't lose in foreign battles", Wang Manyu, who has a high foreign victory rate, has always been favored by the outside world to successfully get the singles quota for the Paris Olympics. However, in the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, Wang Manyu still regretted losing in an upset, in contrast, it was Chen Meng, a Mesozoic player who had direct competition for singles places with him, who had passed the three main Olympic forces of Japanese table tennis, and the competition between the two sides suddenly became clear: Chen Meng's style of play was stronger.
From the Saudi Grand Slam tournament, we can clearly see that Chen Meng has a stronger offensive style in the service link and the first three boards, and this kind of active forward play is in line with the mainstream rhythm of the current big ball era. Through effective technical reform, Chen Meng will further improve the active offensive play, supplemented by the original thick play of defensive counterattack, so Chen Meng does have a certain strength to wrestle with Sun Yingsha. As a result, Chen Meng completed the "Jedi counterattack" at the last moment, and even in the face of the irony of "rubbing the edges", he can confidently and strongly reply. The hardships of Chen Meng's efforts are seen by the outside world, and of course, Wang Manyu's hard-won efforts also make people unbearable to see her final defeat. After all, when she lost to Batra, this defeat directly "announced" Wang Manyu's failure to qualify for the Olympic women's singles, and the missed miss was thousands of miles.
Now that the national table tennis has announced the final candidates, the author will continue to cheer for the qualified national table tennis players with a normal heart, and hope that the team members can grasp the final preparation moment and shine on the final stage!