A new season of sports
After the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, the national table tennis returned to China and was intensively preparing for the Singapore Grand Slam. This competition is a very important event every year, and it is also an important event for the national table tennis coaching staff to check whether the team members have the ability and qualifications to participate in the Paris Olympic Games. Therefore, whether it is for the coaching staff or for the main players, they attach great importance to this event and look forward to a good performance.
It is understood that the total prize money of the Singapore Grand Slam competition is as high as about 10.78 million yuan, and if the men's and women's singles can win the championship, they will be able to get 2,000 points. These 2,000 points will greatly enhance the advantages of all the main athletes to enter the Paris Olympics. So whether it is for Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, or for Chen Meng and Wang Manyu, they strive to reach the top.
Of course, among so many athletes, perhaps the three main forces that have attracted the most attention should be Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi and Chen Meng. Due to the controversy over the employment arrangement of the World Table Tennis Championships before, whoever of their three main forces can achieve better results and even win the first place will have the hope of participating in the Paris Olympics. Fans are naturally looking forward to it, and the three of them can compete for the winner.
In the previous team events of the World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Manyu was not reused and did not get too many opportunities to play. Wang Yidi and Chen Meng got more opportunities to play under the reuse of their mentor Ma Lin, and their individual world ranking points were thus divided more, improving the advantage of the world ranking. In such a situation, it is very disadvantageous for Wang Manyu, which makes her passive next. Since Wang Manyu has no chance at the World Table Tennis Championships, fans naturally expect her to perform well in this Grand Slam competition next, achieve a counterattack to compete for the first place, and enhance the advantage of competing for tickets to the Paris Olympics.
From the current point of view, the national table tennis has announced the specific list of participants. On the one hand, Wang Manyu will participate in the women's singles competition, and on the other hand, she will partner with Chen Meng to become the only women's doubles combination of the national table tennis women's team. It can be seen from this list arrangement that the national table tennis coaching staff still attaches great importance to Wang Manyu, depending on whether she can win the championship in the women's singles competition. Judging from the latest world rankings, Wang Manyu has counterattacked and surpassed Wang Yidi to rank third in the world, but the point gap between her and Wang Yidi is only a few tens, and the point gap with Chen Meng is only a few hundred points, and the gap between the three of them and Sun Yingsha is thousands of points.
In this case, it means that whoever among the three of them can finish in the top two in this competition, or even stand on the top podium, will be ranked second in the world. Once you can get the top two rankings in the world in this Grand Slam competition, the next Olympic ticket is basically a certainty.
Judging from the performance in the past year, although Wang Manyu may not be able to beat Sun Yingsha, it stands to reason that there should not be too many problems in keeping the top two positions. Once she can win a good result above second place, Wang Manyu will have the opportunity to significantly improve her world points and rankings without regrets.