Yesterday at 15:00 p.m., the Chinese Table Tennis Association finally officially announced the list for next month's Houston World Championships. Three meritorious veterans, Ma Long Xu Xin Liu Shiwen, all announced the news of not participating with the team on their respective social platforms, and offered to rest. I have to say that the pattern of these three veterans is really high, in order to cultivate and train new talents for the Paris Olympic Games, they are high and bright, they have chosen to complete the young players, and really praise them from the bottom of their hearts.
The full list of Chinese teams to participate in the competition is as follows:
Men's Singles: Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, Zhou Qihao
Men's Doubles: Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan / Liang Jingkun
Mixed doubles: Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu
Women's Singles: Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong
Women's Doubles: Sun Yingsha / Wang Manyu Chen Meng / Qian Tianyi
After seeing this list, many fans feel that although the men's team is a bit risky, the women's team is already very strong. Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong and Wang Yidi are very strong, and they also have good results for Ito, the women's singles champion should still belong to the Chinese team, depending on which of these five girls this champion belongs to?
Many fans frankly said that after watching the World Championship schedule in Houston, they still think that Chen Meng is the favorite to win the championship. Because the two new generation young players Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu are both in three events, has it had an impact on their singles since the 25th?
At present, Chen Meng's supervisor, Ma Lin, is also fully focused on Chen Meng's body, not leaving his left and right. Because Liu Shiwen, the women's singles champion of the last World Championships, did not participate in the Wenzhou training camp, it was just that Marlene could guide Chen Meng wholeheartedly. Manyu also has the guidance of Xiao Zhan, the head coach, Sun Yingsha has no head coach for the time being due to the departure of Huang Haicheng, and Li Falcon and Liu Guoliang come to supervise and guide from time to time.
Chen Meng's state during the National Games and the Table Tennis Super League was not too good, losing to Wang Manyu, Liu Shiwen and Ku Man. Marlene is very attentive this time, and has been helping Chen Meng recover her state and improve her skills.
This is the best opportunity for Chen Meng to impact the Grand Slam, there are not many concurrent items, with Marlene's strong support, it is very likely to complete the dream of a Grand Slam. Ma Lin is very talented in table tennis, bringing Liu Shiwen to the double champion of the World Championships and Chen Meng as the double champion of the Olympic Games. I don't know if Kong Linghui, who also has the talent of table tennis, will regret seeing that Chen Meng will regret if he is really promoted to a Grand Slam, why do so many talented disciples under him, such as Guo Yue and Liu Shiwen, have not had the opportunity to become a Grand Slam?
In particular, Liu Shiwen, on the eve of the 2016 Olympic Games, ranked first in the world, the 2015 World Cup women's singles champion, the runner-up of the World Championships, and the International Table Tennis Federation named the athletes invited to participate in the Olympic singles, but could not participate in the Olympic singles, and the Grand Slam could only be in the dream.
I don't know if Kong Linghui ever regretted that he didn't cultivate a Grand Slam? He was always too harsh on his disciples. For example, in the 2016 World Cup, Ding Ning Liu Shiwen has withdrawn, Hirano Miyu finally won the championship, Ding Ning is fine, Liu Shiwen was banned for half a year, or with the Table Tennis Super League to lead Wuhan to win the championship 100% before returning to the national team.
A master-apprentice game, a distance from ping-pong, a grand slam without a chance, always makes people feel a little sighing! I don't know if Kong Linghui, the prince of ping pong, regretted why he was not biased at that time? If that were the case, the jujube would have already become a Grand Slam.