In April, the Table Tennis Singles World Cup will continue in Macau, China, and the return of this event, because it coincides with the Olympic Games, has been given a high selection point for the Paris Olympics in terms of national table tennis, which is very important.
Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha each won a place with the latest World Table Tennis Championships singles championships. As for the other men's singles quota and the other women's singles quota of national table tennis, who will be given to it has attracted much attention.
From the perspective of fairness, it is the most appropriate way for the national table tennis to select another place through the Singapore Grand Slam.
How to participate in the Singles World Cup.
There are three ways to qualify for the Singles World Cup, which is the official announcement of the list of invitees.
First, the latest World Championships singles champion.
The second is that the continental competition (the Asian competition is the Asian Cup. It has nothing to do with the Asian Championships. ）
The third is a wild card.
The final quota is in the hands of each association.
Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha are the men's singles and women's singles champions at the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, so they are naturally the first in line and are eligible for invitation.
For national table tennis, intercontinental competitions are related to fairness.
It's unfair to stick with the 2022 Asian Cup.
Because there is no Asian Cup in 2023 and the 2024 Asian Cup is said to be the end of the year, it would be very unfair for the national table tennis to continue to use the 2022 Asian Cup to determine the other singles World Cup places.
Because, in the 2022 Asian Cup, none of the players invited by the national table tennis and the players who actually participated in the competition coincided.
In the 2022 Asian Cup, the national table tennis women's singles invited were Sun Yingsha and Zhu Yuling, and the actual participants were Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong.
In the 2022 Asian Cup, the national table tennis men's singles invited were Fan Zhendong and Ma Long, and the actual participants were Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan.
Especially Ma Long, who is currently in the third place in the men's singles standings of the National Table Tennis Paris Olympics, although he is much behind, he is not completely out of play. If Wang Chuqin participates in the 2022 Asian Cup with a substitute and participates in the 2024 Singles World Cup, it will be unfair to Ma Long.
As for the women's team, the national table tennis designated Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong to participate in the 2022 Asian Cup, which is also unfair to Chen Meng and Wang Manyu, the two players who competed with Wang Yidi for the women's singles quota in the Paris Olympics.
It is recommended to pass the Singapore Grand Slam selection.
Therefore, on the whole, in the 2024 Singapore Grand Slam, the six main forces of national table tennis men's singles and women's singles will all participate, except for Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha, it is only fair that one of the best men's singles players and one women's singles player will get a place in the singles World Cup.