The official website of the Chinese Table Tennis Association recently published a notice regarding the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The notice revealed the list of players for certain events, with the mixed doubles team comprising of Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, and the men’s singles list including both Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong. These three players, Sun Yingsha, Wang Chuqin, and Fan Zhendong, will also automatically qualify for the national table tennis team event. Currently, there is still one spot for the men’s team, two spots for women’s singles/team events, and “P card” quotas that remain unannounced.
According to the ITTF world rankings for week 19 of 2024, the top four spots in men’s singles are held by Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, and Liang Jingkun, with Lin Gaoyuan ranked sixth. In the women’s singles rankings, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, and Chen Meng are in the top four, with Chen Xingtong ranked sixth. In the men’s doubles, the duo of Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin are ranked first, Ma Long/Lin Gaoyuan fourth, and Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong fifth. For the women’s doubles, Chen Meng/Wang Manyu are second, Chen Meng/Wang Yidi third, and Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu fifth. In mixed doubles, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha are ranked first, Lin Shidong/Kuaiman fourth, with Liang Jingkun/Qian Tianyi tenth.
In the Saudi Grand Slam men’s singles 1/16 final, Ma Long was defeated by Zhang Benzhi 0-3, stopping at the top 32. The scores were 11-13 for the first game, 6-11 for the second, and 8-11 for the third. In addition, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, and Wang Manyu were all eliminated from the WTT Saudi Grand Slam, each losing to their opponents.
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