With the approach of the 2025 Asian Table Tennis Championships, the eagerly anticipated list of invited athletes has finally been revealed. The national table tennis team (Guoping) has a total of 12 athletes on the list, including Olympic champions Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng, who have not been seen in competition for some time. According to the event schedule, this grand table tennis event will be held passionately in Shenzhen next February, but at this moment, the national table tennis coaching staff is facing an unprecedented selection dilemma. The list has been announced, and the luxurious lineup of the national table tennis team is impressive. On the women's side, three powerful players, Wang Yidi, Sun Yingsha, and Wang Manyu, join forces with Chen Meng, Chen Xintong, and Qian Tianyi to form the six golden flowers. The men's team is also star-studded, with Lin Shidong, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, and Lin Gaoyuan ready to compete. However, this is only the invitation list, and the actual participation list still needs to be confirmed by each association before February 17th. This means that the names on the list are not set in stone, and there is still room for adjustment by each association. Looking back at the previous Asian Cup, the selection controversy once put the national table tennis team in an awkward position. According to the rules, each association can only send two individuals or pairs to participate in each event. On the women's side, the 2019 Asian Cup women's singles champion Zhu Yuling and world No. 1…

On December 27th, Beijing time, Fan Zhendong announced on social media that he would withdraw from the world rankings. He also informed the public that he did not know when he would retire and revealed the injuries and various pressures he experienced during the Paris Olympic cycle. Constrained by the new WTT regulations requiring fines for non-participation, he made the decision to withdraw from the competition, followed shortly after by Chen Meng who also released related content. The withdrawal of Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng is indeed for a reason, and the national table tennis team has turned misfortune into good fortune, receiving two pieces of good news, which Liu Guoliang has been waiting for. Analyzing Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng's withdrawal from the event. First, according to this week's world ranking released by the International Table Tennis Federation, Fan Zhendong is currently ranked sixth in the world with eight valid points, five of which are assigned zero points. The world ranking is completely linked to commercial matches. The 2025 schedule is also very dense, and even an ironman would find it difficult to hold on, let alone Fan Zhendong, who was heavily consumed at the Paris Olympics. With the decision to deduct money for non-participation in the 2025 schedule, Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng were unable to bear the burden and were in a semi-retirement state, announcing their withdrawal. The WTT ranking was also a helpless move. For Fan Zhendong himself, he had previously mentioned retirement, and Wang Hao had given him a long vacation to adjust himself. During…

On December 26th, Beijing time, a shocking revelation emerged as the Chinese Table Tennis Team (CTTA) announced their lineup for the Singapore Grand Slam, which notably excluded Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng. Liu Guoliang, the head coach, has been promoting four new players, but three of them are not exactly newcomers! The CTTA unexpectedly released the participant list for the Singapore Grand Slam, the first top-tier event in 2025, which has sparked significant controversy. Let's take a look: On the women's singles side, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Chen Xintong, and Wang Yidi are uncontroversial choices. However, the remaining two spots went to Qian Tianyi and He Zhuojia. For the men's team, Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong, Liang Jingkun, and Lin Gaoyuan are solid picks, but the last two spots were awarded to Xiang Peng and Zhou Qihao. This means that Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng, two superstars of the national table tennis team, have been excluded from this Grand Slam event, likely facing another "zero assignment" fate. With Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, and Ma Long all stripped of their participation rights for the Singapore Grand Slam, four adverse impacts and questions have arisen. Firstly, it is baffling that two newly crowned Olympic champions did not receive the opportunity to compete. While Ma Long, at 36 years old, may be looking to gradually retire, Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng are fresh off their Olympic victories. Their competitive form is undoubtedly at its peak; it's implausible that they would decline significantly within just half a year. Now, they are not allowed to participate…