As we all know, whether the team can win or not, the first round of doubles is very important. After all, winning can greatly increase the morale of the team. Therefore, among the three people who signed up for the Tokyo Olympic team competition, there must be a doubles master (mainly the third person in the team) to ensure the victory of the first set of doubles. In the men's team, there is no doubt that Xu Xin is the third person in the group; The women's team is fiercely competitive, so it is difficult to determine who can be selected for the Olympic team. In my opinion, there are three main possibilities for the third person in the women's team: Ding Ning, Liu,.
Ding Ning: Left-handed, eager to participate in the Tokyo Olympics as a third person (one, two Liu). As the captain of the women's table tennis team and an active Grand Slam, Ding Ning had a brilliant career. However, with the growth of age and the recurrence of injuries, her playing style has fallen behind young players. Since the 20 18 Women's World Cup, it's hard to win a championship in singles. She admits that it is almost impossible for singles to attack the Olympic Games. Because of the advantage of her left hand, she decided to concentrate all her energy on doubles. After my partner Fan Zhendong participated in mixed doubles twice, she began to focus on women's doubles.
If Ding Ning is selected as the third person in the group, who is her best partner? In the past two seasons, Ding Ning partnered with Liu, Zhu Yuling and each other once, and the best result was that Zhu Yuling won the women's doubles championship in the Asian Championships. Although Ding Ning's partner Liu lost 2-3 to/Manyu Wang in the Korean Open final last year, I think the tacit cooperation between them is the best. 20 18 The National Table Tennis Coaching Team of the Women's World Cup Final in Tokyo intended to arrange this, but Ding Ning died of injury. According to this arrangement, the women's singles team of Tokyo Olympic Games will be composed of He Liu, and the third team will be composed of Ding Ning.
This lineup seems unreasonable to me for two reasons: First, Liu has been away from the international arena 10 months of competitive state can not be guaranteed, how can she rest assured that she has three things; Secondly, selecting two veterans is not conducive to the development of young players in the future. Sun Yingsha's performance in the past two seasons is remarkable, and her winning percentage against Ito Mikei is very high, so she should be selected for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Liu: Triple champion in doubles in the World Table Tennis Championships. Xu Xin, a mixed doubles partner, lost only one game (Sun Yingsha lost one game and Chen Meng lost two games). Among the active members of the women's table tennis team, Liu is the best in double play. At present, although Liu, who is recovering from injury, has not participated in the competition for 10 months, it does not mean that she has completely missed the Tokyo Olympic Games. After all, she has a "magic weapon"-mixed doubles. Indeed, Xinwen Group participated in 9 competitions hand in hand, * * * won 8 championships in 1 Asia, and qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games as early as last year's ITTF finals.
Xu Xin has always been the best doubles partner in men's table tennis. There is a saying that Xu Xin won the championship, which also applies to Liu. In the 20 19 season, Gu Yuting/Liu won the women's doubles championship in China Open. At the Japan Open,/Liu won the championship again. If Liu is selected as the third person in the group, she will be her best partner.
One single, two single, three single Liu, this is also the 20 19 Tokyo women's team final lineup. At that time, 3-0 Liu /3-0 Hirano Miwoo, 3-0 Ito Micheng and 3-0 Hirano Miwoo. Judging from the lineup, it conforms to the "old, middle and young" model, and if there is no accident, the lineup of the Japanese table tennis women's team at the Tokyo Olympic Games will remain unchanged and be more targeted.
Manyu Wang: A new generation of all-around doubles, the backbone of the next Olympic cycle (one Chen Meng, two Sun Yingsha). In the new generation of women's table tennis, Manyu Wang and Sun Yingsha go hand in hand, Sun Yingsha is better in singles, and Manyu Wang performs better in doubles. Women's doubles partners Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Zhu Yuling have all won championships, among which Sun Yingsha, the partner of Budapest World Table Tennis Championships, won the women's doubles championship for the first time. In this season's championship, she won the women's doubles and mixed doubles with Wang, and tied for the double crown with Wang. It is worth mentioning that in the latest women's doubles world rankings, Manyu Wang/Chen Meng and Manyu Wang/Sun Yingsha ranked fourth and fifth respectively.
If Manyu Wang can be selected as the third person in the group, both Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha are suitable to partner with her in women's doubles. However, from the results, the cooperation with Chen Meng is more effective. They played together six times and won four championships. 1 Asia.
Who can compete with Ding Ning, Liu and Yu in the third place in the group? If I have a choice, I prefer Liu. After all, in mixed doubles, the new combination has been highly recognized by the national table tennis coaching staff, while Liu focuses on women's teams and mixed doubles, with relatively little pressure. How would you choose the following three groups of women's teams in Tokyo Olympic Games?