The Singapore Grand Slam is just four days away, and all entries have been confirmed. The competition plan submitted by the national table tennis men's team seems to have invisibly exposed the layout of the package team competition.
Let's first take a look at the specific registration of the national table tennis men's team for the Singapore Grand Slam.
The top six players in the men's singles are Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan and Lin Shidong.
The first to sign up for men's doubles was the combination of Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin, and later a pair of Ma Long and Lin Gaoyuan were added.
Signing up for the mixed doubles is Wang Chuqin, who will be partnered with Sun Yingsha.
The intention of the national table tennis is mainly reflected in the registration operation of the "men's doubles".
1. The BAO team competition starts with "double", and the Singapore Grand Slam is the second mode, which can basically determine the main context.
The Singapore Grand Slam is the penultimate opportunity to preview the team's overall fit before the Paris Olympics. The Jeddah Grand Slam in Saudi Arabia in May is the last chance.
Therefore, at the Singapore Grand Slam tournament with a two-mode color, most associations will rehearse the teamfight idea of the package. Since the national table tennis men's team has already clarified the lineup pattern of Bao, they will inevitably seize the opportunity of the Singapore Grand Slam and fully practice Bao's team competition ideas.
The format of the BAO team competition is very different from the just-concluded World Table Tennis Championships in Busan. The package is also a best-of-five system, but there are doubles markets, and the first set is doubles, and the doubles players must be a combination of two singles and three singles from both sides. After the doubles, the order of the next four sets is: (home team first) 1 singles against 1 singles, 3 singles against 3 singles, 1 against 2 singles, 2 singles against 1 singles.
Because of the arrangement of "double open roads", there is a new emphasis on the choice of order.
In the first batch of Singapore Grand Slam registrations for national table tennis, the first men's doubles pair to register was Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin. This basically shows that the national table tennis coaching staff is preparing to use the fat head combination to play doubles in the package team competition.
Subsequently, in the subsequent additional reporting session, the national table tennis was asked to report a pair of men's doubles. So the coaching staff reported Marlon Lin Gaoyuan this time.
Long Yuan is a pair that has not worked together much in the past. In fact, the coaching staff can also choose from several other options such as Shuanglin Combination, Lin Liang Combination, etc., to participate in the Singapore Grand Slam. Now, Malone has been assigned a doubles task, paired with a doubles format that Bao will never have. Obviously, it has no practical meaning.
The main purpose of this arrangement should be to increase Marlon's physical strength and concentration, and at the same time provide some minesweeping services for the fat head combination. Other than that, we no longer think it's necessary for the pair to go all out at the Singapore Grand Slam.
As for the fat head pair, they obviously need to hone their understanding of doubles coordination through the actual battle of the Singapore Grand Slam, and fully explore the bottom-hunting effect that the "second mode" should have.
In this way, the lineup idea of the national table tennis team is about to come out, that is: Ma Long sticks to a single, and the fat head is responsible for both doubles and singles combat tasks.
2. The Olympic team singles only focus on singles, and its attributes are similar to those of the three singles of the World Table Tennis Championships. Among the three national table tennis players, the most suitable candidate is Ma Long.
There is a big difference between the singles in the team event at the Paris Olympics and the singles at the World Table Tennis Championships. Singles at the Olympics is not the same as the number one player in the team. It values focus and single-mindedness. In terms of responsibilities, it is very similar to the third set of the World Table Tennis Championships.
At present, it seems that in the fat-headed dragon team of national table tennis, Ma Long's comprehensive combat power should rank third.
In this case, if Ma Long is allowed to play the second or third singles in the Olympic team competition, it means: first, he has to complete the two ideas and two needs of "singles" and "doubles" in one competition. , a quick switch between the two senses, leaving little room for thinking about change; Second, he may have to play a life-or-death match in the fifth set that will decide his fate.
For Ma Long, his biggest "disadvantage" now is the lack of physical fitness (including concentration) brought about by the age of 36. If he is allowed to play both doubles and singles in a match, it is actually not friendly to his brain, spirit and physical strength.
In particular, the Dragons are not as dominant as they used to be, and perhaps even less suitable for carrying the fifth set of life and death - perhaps, whether it is at all levels of the team or from all walks of life, they are not willing to bear this burden again. Let's put it on Marlon's shoulders.
Therefore, it is better to let the Dragons focus on singles, and there can only be a maximum of two sets of singles in a single game. Even if there is a big accident, if you lose these two points, you will lose someone who is younger, more physical, and more combative. The two fat heads can also try their best to make up for it in the relatively ample room for mistakes.
This arrangement meant that there was "no room for error" in the first set of doubles. The men's doubles mock test of the Singapore Grand Slam fat head group must be tested in a real way to see the effect of real gold ** - those resonance points that spark must be firmly remembered and consolidated; Problematic discomfort should be raised in a timely manner and vigorously adjusted and corrected.
So, do the Olympics need to make different lineup changes depending on the opponents? It shouldn't be necessary. Or because of the existence of doubles, there is a high probability that all teams will play their cards to the end, because if you always change the form of doubles combination, the cost is too high, the risk is too great, and there is really not much practical operation. Space.
3. The situation of the national table tennis women's team is still unclear. The main task of the Singapore Grand Slam is to score points and roll over, and there is basically no room for pre-competition training in the Olympic team competition.
The situation of the national table tennis men's team has long been clear, but the national table tennis women's team is still shrouded in mystery. In addition to Sun Yingsha locking the Olympic quota in advance, if the Olympic selection points rules are fully followed, then theoretically, the other two Olympic quotas between Chen Meng, Wang Yidi, and Wang Manyu have 6 specific possibilities, namely "Mengyu", "Yumeng", "Mengdi", "Di Meng", "Yudi", and "Di Yu".
Even if Wang Yidi lost two sets at the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan and was judged by a large number of ** to "cannot be brought into the Olympic Games", the competition between Chen Meng and Wang Manyu is still fierce and full of variables. 。
In this Singapore Grand Slam, the national table tennis only signed up for the women's doubles combination Mengyu. The coaching staff may be trying to simulate the Olympic squad. But it's hard to be optimistic about whether the Mengyu duo will be able to complete enough simulation experience at the Singapore Grand Slam. Because Wang Manyu is burdened with the ideological burden of "doing her best to win the women's singles championship". No one dares to guess whether she can work on both fronts and win-win.
After all, at the Doha Star Challenge in January, Wang Manyu, who was in the same situation, failed to fully take care of the multitasking on her shoulders and was eliminated early in both the mixed doubles and women's doubles. Since then, Wang Manyu has focused on women's singles. So, God knows what the Singapore Grand Slam will look like this time.
Therefore, the most realistic expectation is that the Singapore Grand Slam can directly produce the final Olympic results of Chinese women's table tennis. In this way, the Saudi Grand Slam has an opportunity to practice simulated. If they are still entangled with each other, then the Olympic prospects of the national table tennis women's team, at least the prospects of the team competition, will really become a worrying state.
4. National table tennis needs deep reflection. The current lengthy and inefficient Olympic selection system should be abolished in a timely manner.
The opposition is actively trying to form the formation, but we still have to keep fighting for points. The lengthy and cumbersome Olympic selection system of national table tennis seems to give players the greatest space for fair competition, but in fact it relies on a lot of subjectivity. With the blessing of thought, it becomes full of criticism, accusations full of traces of manual manipulation.
Taking a step back, even without ** secretly pointing the way, this practice of pushing everything towards foreign competition represents the lazy political thinking of the management. As the majority of fans said, the coaching staff will have the clearest and most accurate judgment on who is most in line with the Olympic standards, who is suitable for singles, and who has the ability to play in a team, and will definitely make a difference. More reliable than selecting points. But they didn't have the courage to designate bravely, nor were they willing to formulate a more reasonable selection mechanism, so they simply closed their eyes and directly handed over the points competition to each station. This is a sign of unwillingness to take responsibility!
Before and after the Busan World Table Tennis Championships, why did the wave of "please spare Wang Manyu's life" emerged in endlessly?Are all people blind and mentally retarded?Why is the public dissatisfied and distrustful of Wang Yidi, but the replacements they call for are not Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi?
Obviously, this involves the collective wisdom of fans who really care about national table tennis, as well as professional promoters who can't bear to take risks.
Now it seems that the selection method of the Olympic candidates of the Japanese table tennis team next door is indeed efficient and reasonable. With an eye on domestic trials, they quickly and succinctly selected a six-man Olympic roster for the men's and women's teams. The final results were officially released before the start of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan.
Therefore, Japanese table tennis has actually entered the rhythm of preparing for the Olympics as early as the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan. Their Olympians, except for Hayabusa Togami, who was absent due to illness, Tomotoshi Zhang.
1. Daito Shinozuka, Hina Hayata, Miu Hirano, and Miyu Zhang all came to the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan with the mood of preparing for the Olympic Games. consciousness, polishing one's own technical and tactical framework and psychological structure.
As a result, we saw that neither the men's team was knocked down by China in the quarterfinals, nor the women's team was reversed by China in the final, they did not show much sadness. 。
The whole process was relaxed and smiling, and this was the deepest impression left by the Japanese delegation's trip to Busan. Because they're training, they're laying out, they're simulating, they're even trial and error. Their focus and final destination has always been the Olympics.
How to make our Olympic goal selection process efficient, reduce involvement, and eliminate waste, national table tennis really needs in-depth reflection.