The China team was originally invited by Liu and Zhu Yuling.
The qualification for the World Cup is the invitation system, and all the invitees are the champions of intercontinental competitions. Defending champion of the World Cup in Zuowei Liu, champion of women's singles in the 20 19 World Table Tennis Championships, was invited at the first time. Zhu Yuling was the champion of last year's Asian Cup and qualified for the competition. However, it is a great pity that Liu just had elbow surgery and is still recovering, so he didn't invest a lot of training.
Therefore, considering her current competitive state and the purpose of protecting athletes, when Liu retires, the world number one will take her place. Zhu Yuling suffered from immune system diseases some time ago, but fortunately, after treatment, he has recovered and been discharged from hospital. In order to better prepare for the World Cup, Zhu Yuling also signed up for the championship.
Chen Meng was selected for the table tennis team, but Sun Yingsha unfortunately missed the qualification for the World Cup.
Many fans are indignant at Sasha's failure. As the champion of women's singles in last year's Asian Championships, Sun Yingsha is actually in line with the rules for participating in the World Cup. However, there are many considerations for Guo Ping to let Chen Meng participate in the competition. The first point: Chen Meng's participation can keep the first place in the world, which is beneficial to the grouping of the Tokyo Olympic Games. So far, Liu He's world ranking is behind Mikei Ito. Even if they win the women's singles title in the World Cup, it is difficult for them to surpass Mikei Ito in the ranking.
Miki Ito has won the World Cup and the year-end finals in succession. If Ito wins these two events, she will surpass Chen Meng to become the first in the world. And Chen Meng, who participated in the World Cup and finals and won either of these two events, will get 2550 points, which also ensured that she occupied the first place in the world before the Tokyo Olympic Games. This ensures that Chen Meng will be placed in the first half of next year's Olympic Games as the 1 seed.
Secondly, Chen Meng has a high winning rate against Ito Meicheng, which is very valuable for its competition. Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha are two players in the current women's table tennis team who keep a high winning rate against Ito. Among them, Chen Meng maintained a four-game winning streak, while Sun Yingsha achieved a record of five wins/kloc-0-0. However, judging from the meeting process, Chen Meng still has the upper hand and is relatively stable in playing Ito. Sun Yingsha had great ups and downs in several matches with Ito Meicheng, and was reversed by Ito after winning the match point twice.
In addition, Chen Meng, as a Mesozoic player, still didn't win the singles title after he entered the national team 13. As we all know, Chen Meng's skill is fine and her strength is strong, but the key is her psychological breakthrough in the competition. In this World Cup, Zhu Yuling has just been discharged from the hospital, and his skills have not yet reached the best state, and he is not superior to Ito Mikei in playing. Therefore, this time, it will be a major test for Chen Meng. I hope Chen Meng can seize the opportunity to win the first singles title in the competition.