On May 14th, on this day, Chen Meng, the main force of national table tennis, ushered in two good news, which is also the best result of her hard training during this time. The first good news is that the Chinese Table Tennis Association officially announced that Chen Meng qualified for the women's singles at the Paris Olympics, and the second good news is that Chen Meng's world ranking has returned to second in the world. Congratulations to Chen Meng, congratulations to Chen Meng! There is some surprise that the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced the list of participants for the Paris Olympics, Wang Yidi, who has played 8 foreign battles in the Paris cycle, still won the P card of the Paris Olympics, that is, the substitute for the team competition.
With the official announcement of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, Wang Manyu's defeat in the Olympic women's singles is already a sure thing. Fans who hope that Wang Manyu will be on the singles Although it is difficult to settle, but the rules are the rules, and they can only blame themselves for not seizing the opportunity, before the start of the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, Wang Manyu grasped the absolute initiative, but unfortunately, there were unforeseen circumstances, and he unexpectedly lost 1-3 to the Indian monster player Batra. Then the entire list of participants for the Paris Olympics is as follows:
Men's singles: Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong
Men's team: Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, P Ka Liang Jingkun
Women's singles: Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng
Women's team, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, P card Wang Yidi
Mixed Doubles: Sun Yingsha/Wang Chuqin
The list of team events in this list, there are no surprises, this is the expected list, there is nothing controversial. But the men's team substitute chose Liang Jingkun and Lin Shidong, who is not young, which also made many people a little incomprehensible. This Saudi Arabian Grand Slam Lin Shidong's performance is remarkable, and he also reached the semifinals, but after all, he has participated in too few world series, Liang Jingkun's recent performance is not bad overall, and he has also experienced the baptism of the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban.
And the substitute for the women's team, Wang Yidi, is even more incomprehensible, before the announcement, everyone thought that it was impossible for her to go to Paris, but in fact, she got a P card, she can go to Paris, and she can feel the Olympic atmosphere. Everyone thinks that Wang Yidi should not go to the foreign war for eight times, but to go with Chen Xing. Let's take a look at who Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong lost in the Paris cycle?
[Wang Yidi]
2021 Wang Yidi 2-3 Ni Xialian
2023 Singapore Grand Slam Wang Yidi 2-3 Miu Hirano
2023 Durban World Table Tennis Championships Wang Yidi 3-4 Hina Hayata
2023 Lanzhou Star Challenge 0-3 Miyu Kihara
2023 Asian Championships Wang Yidi 3-4 Hina Hayata
2024 Busan World Championships 0-3 Akula
2024 Busan World Championships 0-3 Miu Hirano
The 2024 Macau World Cup lost 1-4 to Miwa Zhangmoto
Chen Xingtong
2022 Asian Cup 3-4 Batra
2023 Macau Champions 1-3 Szokos
2023 Singapore Grand Slam 1-3 Han Ying
2023 Taiyuan Station 0-3 Yang Xiaoxin
Judging from the number of foreign wars, Wang Yidi has more, but this is also based on the fact that Wang Yidi has fought more times. And Chen Xingtong is also unfamiliar with the particle play, Batra and Yang Xiaoxin are all particle play. And he didn't perform well against chipper Han Ying, which may be the biggest problem.
The women's entry list, except for the mixed doubles, is a familiar formula for the Tokyo Olympics. Congratulations to Chen Meng, who is expected to defend her Olympic singles title.
Then another happy event for Chen Meng is that in the world name just announced today, Chen Meng once again returned to the second place in the world. Sun Yingsha continued to be first, Wang Manyu slipped one place to third, and Ito and Szokos switched places.
And the national table tennis rival Batra also defeated Wang Manyu and entered the quarterfinals of the women's singles of the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, allowing her to gain 350 points, and in the world name just announced today, Batra's ranking soared 15 places to 24th, and also surpassed the national table tennis teenager Kuaiman. Batra and other Indian monster players have defeated the three main forces of national table tennis and have become strong rivals in national table tennis.
The sixth person in national table tennis, Qian Tianyi, also scored 350 points by reaching the top 8 of the Saudi Arabia Grand Slam, returned to the top 20 in the world, and came to the 17th place.