Today, we take a look at the news of the Chinese table tennis team's preparations for a Grand Slam tournament in Singapore. The Singapore Grand Slam will kick off this month, the main players of the Chinese table tennis team, after the World Table Tennis Championships, have also entered a state of preparation, everyone is working hard, but this is also a helpless thing, the increase in table tennis competitions is also of great benefit to the athletes, not to mention that this year is still an Olympic year, so this time the competition will become particularly important.
The Chinese team's entry list has come out, most of them are decent, but the men's doubles was an accident, we sent the pair of Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin, both of whom were champions of last year's Grand Slam and World Championships, if they continue to work together, they will definitely have the opportunity to participate in the team competition of the Olympic Games, and the team competition also has doubles, which is a normal thing.
But Ma Long partnered with Lin Gaoyuan, which surprised many people. On the one hand, because Ma Long is too old, and on the other hand, because this year's competition is one day less than in previous years, so these two events are a huge test for Ma Long, since Xu Xin retired, Ma Long has never participated in such an official competition. Prior to this, he and Yuan Licen participated in the qualifying tournament for the Asian region of the World Table Tennis Championships, but it was all a small fight, but this time, he won the Grand Slam.
And Ma Long and Lin Gaoyuan are not very well coordinated, so their scores are relatively low, and if you want to participate in the Grand Slam, you must have enough points, but considering Ma Long's identity, Singapore still gave Ma Long and Lin Gaoyuan a wild card so that they can participate in the competition. And this time, Ma Long appeared in the men's doubles arena again, and his partner was Lin Gaoyuan, which made everyone look forward to it.
Ma Long's strength is already very strong, although Lin Gaoyuan is not good in singles, but in doubles, he is not at the same level at all. What's more, Lin Gaoyuan is not a person who likes to cooperate with his teammates. In almost every race, he can get good results, I wonder how he will perform this time? It's really exciting.
This is also a good opportunity for Lin Gaoyuan, he can learn from Ma Long, learn how Ma Long plays in the game, and how to deal with difficulties. Everyone knows that Lin Gaoyuan is very strong, and there are no problems with his technique, and the reason why he can't play at his best level is entirely because of his mental quality, and this time, his partner is the best athlete in the world, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.