2024 Table Tennis World Cup is about to restart in April, the Chinese table tennis team totaled six men and six women selected, but the world’s seventh-ranked player Qian Tianyi is regrettable to fall on the list, the reason for this is that she does not meet any of the requirements to be on the list: neither the singles champion of the World Table tennis Championships, nor the World Youth Championships U19 singles champion, at the same time, the world ranking is not enough.
And with the 20-year-old youngster Kuai Man on the list (World Youth U19 singles champion), Qian Tianyi’s current embarrassing position in the Chinese table tennis team is even more exposed – on the results and rankings, she is not high or low; on the advantages of left-handed play, she is almost fully surpassed by Kuai Man; in addition, Qian Tianyi’s age is still a lot older than Kuai Man, and would like to go up to the top of the list to become the The main force, realize the dream of the world champion is too difficult!
Qian Tianyi is a former star of hope, and is also the first post-00 youngster to be among the Chinese table tennis team’s women’s team, the starting point is relatively high. However, with the passage of time, Qian Tianyi’s development ceiling appeared obvious ceiling, at most rushed to the team’s sixth position not to go, however, the current associations can participate in the World Championship singles, team project the number of people ceiling is five.
What is more regrettable is that Qian Tianyi once surpassed Chen Xingtong in the world ranking to the fifth position in the Chinese table tennis team, but it is not recognized by the coaching staff, and Chen Xingtong is given priority when encountering the selection of the competition. In addition, as Kuai Man continues to improve, Qian Tianyi’s upward mobility is even more blocked.
Before the rise of Kuai Man, Qian Tianyi has its unique advantages, mainly because in recent years the Chinese table tennis team women’s team is extremely lack of left-handed will, since Ding Ning retired, the highest ranking is Qian Tianyi, and old fans know, table tennis doubles “left and right with” than “double right” or “double left”. As old fans know, “left-right pairing” is more advantageous than “double right” or “double left”, so the coaching team also let Qian Tianyi to participate in the doubles program of the World Championships.
However, as far as the actual effect is concerned, Qian Tianyi didn’t have a particularly bright play in the doubles match, and even lost the external battle in the World Series; and in the singles match, Qian Tianyi’s performance is also fluctuating, fluctuating, and sometimes she will also lose to the level of the Japanese young players like Yoko Oshio – if she can’t achieve the result, then the Chinese table tennis team naturally doesn’t need to force her to be lifted into the main force. If you can’t get the results, then the national team naturally doesn’t need to lift her into the main layer.
After the emergence of Kuai Man, Qian Tianyi’s only remaining advantage is also compared to the young: Kuai Man is also a left-handed player, has also beaten the main athletes many times, and her performance in doubles, especially in mixed doubles (Olympic program) is even more outstanding, and Lin Shidong cooperation has been able to beat the world’s best combinations such as Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, Harimoto Tomokazu/Waseda Hina, etc. In addition, Kuai Man was born in 2004, the world’s first time in the world, the world’s top team.
In addition, Kuai Man was born in 2004, one Olympic cycle year younger than Qian Tianyi, who was born in 2000, which in itself is a huge advantage. In the case of the two people technology, playing style there is a lot of overlap, Kuai Man’s left-handed advantage is more obvious, and younger, how can not be valued by the coaching staff?
At present, it seems that even if the 1994-born veteran Chen Meng retired, Qian Tianyi may not be able to compete over Kuai Man, selected for the Chinese table tennis team’s main list. If the 1997-born Wang Yidi, Chen Xing Tong also faded out of the field, empty more positions, Qian Tianyi may be promoted, the problem is: I’m afraid that Qian Tianyi’s age is not small, who can guarantee that it will not be replaced by more new stars?
Qian Tianyi is really not good enough in all aspects of the game, so I hope she can seize every opportunity to play well, win foreign battles, and live up to her skills: go for it!
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