On September 18, Beijing time, in the Chinese Grand Slam, the wild card lineup sent by the national table tennis was really very luxurious, and Liu Guoliang scattered more than ten wild cards, especially in several doubles events, the national table tennis sent the most luxurious lineup.
And as soon as this lineup came out, I wanted people to take a look, who is the real winner now? There is actually only one big winner who has the best chance to replace Chen Meng, and it is Ma Lin's No. 2 beloved apprentice, and Wang Yidi, whom he has always supported. This is the first time that a Grand Slam tournament has been held in China, so the attention will be very high, and it will be very helpful for an athlete to increase his attention and influence if he can do well in this kind of competition.
So this time, Liu Guoliang teamed up with the International Table Tennis Federation to specially approve a large number of wild cards for Chinese players, adding 8 wild cards for men's and women's singles alone, as well as men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles, each with 4 wild cards, which is equivalent to 20 in total. Among them, it can be seen that the women's doubles and mixed doubles have separately added the combination of Sun Yingsha + Wang Yidi and Lin Gaoyuan + Wang Yidi, and paired the two best partners in the world with Wang Yidi, just to let her achieve good results in this cycle and prepare for the Olympic Games in the future.
Because we all know that now Chen Meng has gradually faded out, so Wang Yidi, who is 3 years younger than Chen Meng and is only 27 years old, has the opportunity to take her place and shine in the next Olympic Games. Wang Yidi's current world ranking has always been not low, but she must achieve results in the competition, and this Grand Slam is the best opportunity, so the national table tennis equipped her with the best partner and gave Wang Yidi two wild cards. One is a wild card for women's doubles and the other is a wild card for mixed doubles. The main thing is the women's doubles, her partner is the world's No. 1 Sun Yingsha, and the mixed doubles is the most outstanding doubles superstar in the current national table tennis lineup, and it is also a very strong doubles left-handed player Lin Gaoyuan.
These two people are almost the best doubles players in the current national table tennis team, and matching them to Wang Yidi as a women's doubles and mixed doubles partner is already trying their best to set up a stage for her, so that she can prove herself with some good results in three events. Now in the lineup of the national table tennis men's team, there is no one better than Lin Gaoyuan in doubles, Wang Chuqin is cooperating with Sun Yingsha, and now if you want to produce singles results, it is difficult for you to let him play doubles again, and the best partner is Lin Gaoyuan. And Sun Yingsha herself needless to say, on the one hand, she has to take into account her singles results, and on the other hand, she has to come over and match Wang Yidi with women's doubles, which is really interesting.
For this decision, Ma Lin will definitely raise his hands in agreement, he himself knows that his beloved apprentice Chen Meng has won two Olympic championships, and there is a high probability that he will not be able to go to the Olympics in the next competition, so in this case, let his other great disciple Wang Yidi go to the Olympic Games, he will definitely support and accept. Wang Yidi also lacks honor in the Olympics now, and there are no team and singles gold medals, so he will seize the opportunity in the Olympics, and his results will definitely be better.
Therefore, Ma Lin must support this change, but Wang Yidi wants to book an Olympic quota, and it is far from enough to have a world ranking, the most important thing is the results. This time the women's doubles and mixed doubles teamed up with such two top partners, Wang Yidi at least had to play with them to the semi-finals, and even guaranteed a podium in the final, proving that her doubles ability is not weaker than her singles, and she can no longer lose to the Japanese 6 times like last cycle.