Our Extensive Guide To The Table Tennis Olympic Top Seeds At Paris 2024

The Olympics are the biggest event in world table tennis, and therefore attract the best players in the world.

172 competitors will clash against each other to represent their countries on the biggest stage. Ranking points, national pride, world reputation, you name it. Everything’s on the line in this incredible competition.

At the upcoming Paris Olympics, 5 events will be played, the men’s singles, men’s team, women’s singles, women’s team, and mixed doubles events.

In this article, we’ll focus on the top seeds of the men’s singles, women’s singles, and mixed doubles events. In the team events, China are seeded #1 and are ranked far beyond any other teams.

Men’s Singles Event

The top seeds at the Olympics’ men’s singles event will be the following, in this order:

Wang Chuqin

• Nationality: China
• Olympics Record: First senior Olympic participation.
• Major Singles Titles: 2022 men’s singles Asian games, 10x major WTT event wins.
• Racket Insight Prediction: Winner
• Estimated Winning Probability: 55%

Wang Chuqin will be the #1 seed for the most important event in his career: the Olympic men’s singles event.

Wang has been winning tournaments left and right in the last 2 years, but the Olympics overshadow everything. 

At the end of the day, if Fan Zhendong (or anyone else) manages to beat him, the story will be that Wang is an excellent player who didn’t manage to win the tournament that mattered most.

Wang Hao was a generational talent, a legend of the sport, but he’s remembered for losing 3 Olympic finals in a row more than anything else. His namesake will want to avoid that same fate.

Wang, a 24-year-old attacker, is as fast, strong, and dominant as a table tennis player can be. 

He’s quick and explosive close to the table, but he can also drop back a few meters and shoot rockets at his opponents. As of right now, I don’t think anyone in the world can play open rallies against him and come out on top.

In our opinion, Wang has already proven that he not only has incredible talent, speed, and power but that he’s also very strong mentally. But very strong may not always be enough.

He has all the skills needed, the only thing that remains to be seen is whether he has the guts and mental strength to close out a seventh game in an Olympic final.

Fan Zhendong

• Nationality: China
• Olympics Record: Silver medal at the 2020 men’s singles event, gold medal in the team event.
• Major Singles Titles: 2x World Champion, 4x World Cup winner, 35x major tournament wins (Asian championships, Asian games, WTT and ITTF events). 
• Racket Insight Prediction: Silver medal
• Estimated Winning Probability: 35%

Fan Zhendong is the only player in this edition of the Olympics to have played an Olympic final, which he lost to Ma Long in Tokyo. This time around, Fan will have another chance to win the Olympic games.

The 27-year-old is one of the most talented and dominant players in the history of table tennis. Fan Zhendong has earned the respect of everyone, and he’s consistently beaten a generation of table tennis players.

He defied what table tennis was all about in an era of domination by Ma Long. He showed us that it’s possible to counterloop every ball from every distance on both the forehand and backhand side, and he’s gifted us some of the best shots and matches in table tennis history.

I believe that Fan Zhendong deserves an Olympic gold medal, but whether he will win it is another story. He will face an extremely tough opponent in Wang Chuqin, who’s coming in to the Olympics in better form.

Even though we’ve chosen Wang Chuqin as our top pick to win, you can never rule legends out, and we think Fan Zhendong has the talent, the skill, the mental fortitude, and the drive to take the gold medal home.

Felix Lebrun

• Nationality: France
• Olympics Record: First senior Olympic participation.
• Major Singles Titles: 2023 European Champion, 2023 WTT Contender Antalya winner, 2024 WTT Star Contender Goa winner.
• Racket Insight Prediction: 4th place
• Estimated Winning Probability: 2%

Felix Lebrun is an extraordinary player. Currently ranked 5th in the world, the Frenchman is the third seed at an Olympic singles event at just 17 years old. He’s also the strongest penholder in the event.

Felix will try to start his Olympic legacy at this edition of the Olympics, and, it’ll surely be the first of many, as he’s less than half the age of WR #4 Ma Long.

In our opinion, he’s probably the only player whose speed and shot quality can rival that of Chinese players. Because of this, we believe Felix has a chance of winning the tournament with a bit of luck going his way.

We predict that Felix will place 4th, but don’t be surprised if he makes it to the final.

Hugo Calderano

• Nationality: Brazil
• Olympics Record: R16 in 2016, QF in 2020.
• Major Singles Titles: 23x major ITTF/WTT wins.
• Racket Insight Prediction: QF
• Estimated Winning Probability: 1%

‘The Thrill’ from Brazil, Hugo Calderano, is a fan favorite, no doubt about it. The Brazilian is one of the most exciting players to watch as he loves to move far away from the table to play loops, counterloops, sky lobs, and even two-handed backhands!

Hugo has every skill in the arsenal. He’s a very powerful player, he’s superb at the short game, and he plays incredibly well far from the table.

Whether he does well in this tournament or not will be determined by his consistency and his mental fortitude. 

He has a very defined playstyle, so, if he can withstand his opponent’s attacks and loop consistently with power, he can beat anyone.

Lin Yun-ju

• Nationality: Chinese Taipei
• Olympics Record: SF in 2020, 2020 mixed doubles bronze medallist.
• Major Singles Titles: 6x ITTF/WTT major event wins.
• Racket Insight Prediction: QF
• Estimated Winning Probability: 1%

The silent assassin from Chinese Taipei, Lin Yun-ju, changed the history of the sport.

A world-class player, Lin changed how table tennis is played forever ever since he rose to prominence. In 2019, Lin started beating the world’s best players with his signature style, one of strong serves and even stronger receives. 

Lin has very strong serves which allow him to attack first when serving, and he popularized utilizing the backhand flick over the whole table to attack his opponent’s serves. 

He has a very strong forehand and backhand, and he’s extremely agile and light on his feet. 

With this amazing style, he even won tournament finals against Ma Long and Fan Zhendong, so the whole circuit had to adapt their tactics to it, a style that had never been seen before. 

After Lin started having success, more and more professional players adopted his strategy of using the backhand flick over the whole table.

Even though the surprise factor of his style has faded, Lin is still one of the best players in the circuit, and you can never rule him out of anything, as he’s a player who almost always strikes first.

Tomokazu Harimoto

• Nationality: Japan
• Olympics Record: R16 in 2020, bronze medal in team event.
• Major Singles Titles: 10x major event wins.
• Racket Insight Prediction: 3rd place
• Estimated Winning Probability: 2%

Tomokazu Harimoto is one of the three non-Chinese players who we believe have real chances of winning the event. 

He has a style that is equal parts stable and explosive. The way he merges both of these characteristics seamlessly makes him a dangerous prospect for everyone.

An incredibly controlled player, Japan’s #1 is a force to be reckoned with. However, he has often struggled to deliver results that his skill level suggests he should. Will this Olympics be the time he puts it all together?

Dang Qiu

• Nationality: Germany
• Olympics Record: First senior Olympic participation.
• Major Singles Titles: 2022 singles European champion, 3x major tournaments winner.
• Racket Insight Prediction: QF
• Estimated Winning Probability: 0.5%

The second and last penholder on this list, Dang Qiu, has the shot quality and the speed to come back from Paris to Germany with a medal in hand.

He is the first German-born player to play in team Germany with the penhold grip, and he won gold in his first-ever European championship (2022).

This time around, he’ll go for gold on an even bigger stage.

Jang Woo-jin

• Nationality: South Korea
• Olympics Record: R16 in 2020.
• Major Singles Titles: 4x major event wins.
• Racket Insight Prediction: QF
• Estimated Winning Probability: 2%

The third and last non-Chinese player with real chances of winning the event is Jang Woojin. 

If I had to say, I believe Jang is one of the players with the highest skill ceiling in the world. He has an incredibly powerful forehand, which he uses to loop and counterloop to score winners against each and every one of his opponents.

On a good day, Jang can beat anyone, and he’s proven that when he beat Fan Zhendong in a major tournament last year. 

This year, he’ll try to join Yoo Nam-kyu and Ryu Seung-min in the list of South Korean Olympic winners.

Dimitrij-Ovtcharov

• Nationality: Germany
• Olympics Record: 2x Bronze Medal (2012, 2020), QF in 2016, RO16 in 2008.
• Major Singles Titles: 14x major event winner.
• Racket Insight Prediction: R16
• Estimated Winning Probability: 0.25%

Germany’s #2 player, Dima Ovtcharov, is the only player in this list with two singles Olympic medals.

These Paris Olympics will be Dima’s fifth singles participation, a feat that few other players have accomplished. He will have played in the Olympics’ singles event for 16 years in a row at the age of 35. He’s spent nearly half of his life competing at the Olympics.

This is for a good reason: For all of these years, his level has been extraordinary.

For many of these years, he’s been able to compete toe to toe with the best Chinese athletes, including Xu Xin, Zhang Jike, Ma Long, and many, many others.

In fact, he was once ranked 1st in the world. This year could be Dima’s last singles Olympic participation, and we’re expecting him to deliver, as he’s always done.

Shunsuke Togami

• Nationality: Japan
• Olympics Record: First senior Olympic participation.
• Major Singles Titles: 1x Japanese champion.
• Racket Insight Prediction: R16
• Estimated Winning Probability: 0.5%

Japan’s #2, Shunsuke Togami is an incredible player to watch. He’s probably one of the most agile players in the circuit, and he pairs his mobility with hard-hitting loops and counterloops.

A formidable player in open rallies, Shunsuke Togami has no fear of hitting counterloops against anyone who dares to challenge him. 

Women’s Singles Event

The top seeds at the Olympics’ women’s singles event will be the following, in this order:

Sun Yingsha

• Nationality: China 
• Olympics Record: Silver medal in 2020, gold medal in the team event.
• Major Singles Titles: 20x major event winner, 1x World Cup champion.
• Racket Insight Prediction: Winner
• Estimated Winning Probability: 65%

This year, the 23-year-old Sun Yingsha is our clear favorite to win this edition of the Olympics.

Sun Yingsha is a living example of what modern table tennis is all about: powerful and direct loops and counterloops.

Sun is an extremely explosive player who loves to stay close to the table and attack and counterattack with no mercy. 

Even though she possesses an incredible backhand and seems nearly unbeatable in backhand-to-backhand rallies, she loves to step around and close out points with her even stronger forehand.

Added to all this, Sun has been winning tournaments left and right. She seems to have found a rich vein of form recently, but I think that’s just her normal level. She’s easily the best player in the world right now.

In our opinion, in 2 out of 3 scenarios, Sun Yingsha is taking gold, with the most likely final being a rematch between her and Chen Meng.

Chen won the last edition of the Olympics against 20-year-old Sun Yingsha, but the latter has prepared these 3 years and she’s stronger than ever. 

Will Sun be able to win Olympic gold or will Chen join Zhang Yining and Deng Yaping in the list of 2x Olympic women’s singles winners?

Chen Meng

• Nationality: China
• Olympics Record: Gold in 2020, gold in the team event.
• Major Singles Titles: 23x major event winner, including one World Cup, 4 straight Grand Finals, and 2 Grand Smashes.
• Racket Insight Prediction: Silver medal
• Estimated Winning Probability: 30%

Our second favorite to win the event is the player with the biggest resume on this list – Chen Meng.

Chen Meng is nothing short of a legendary player. An Olympic champion, Chen will try to win two women’s singles events in a row this year. However, she’s the underdog this time around.

This past year, she’s won the Saudi Smash – and nothing else. Compared to Sun Yingsha’s 7 titles in the same timeframe, it’s clear to see that Chen is not the favorite to win.

However, we predict her to be the winner in roughly 1/3 of scenarios. Why’s that? Because she’s an incredible player, who’s won 4 straight Grand Finals, an Olympic gold medal, 2 Grand Smashes, and one World Cup. You can’t ever count legends out.

Another very important factor to consider is that Chen has won the previous Olympic final against Sun. This may give Chen a psychological edge. 

I believe Chen will be an extremely tough opponent to beat in these Olympics. She’s a very controlled offensive player whose biggest strength is shot placement and touch.

Chen can become a two-time Olympic champion if she can play her best table tennis, no doubt about it. 

Hina Hayata

• Nationality: Japan
• Olympics Record: First senior Olympic participation.
• Major Singles Titles: 15x major event winner.
• Racket Insight Prediction: Bronze medal 
• Estimated Winning Probability: 2%

Hina Hayata is the #1 non-Chinese player in this list, and for good reason. She’s an extremely good player.

I love watching Hina play as her style is just so elegant. A prodigious left-handed two-winged looper, Hina Hayata loves to attack in combinations.

Hina is at her best level when she’s on the front foot. She isn’t afraid of taking a step back and looping with power from both wings, and that’s what I like most about her style.

Her loops aren’t as direct – they’re loaded with spin and high arcing. Hina’s biggest strengths are the backhand to backhand rally, shot quality, and her touch.

She’s an incredibly talented player, and I’m very excited to see what she’ll bring to the Olympic stage. 

Shin Yu-bin

• Nationality: South Korea
• Olympics Record: R32 in 2020.
• Major Singles Titles: 3x major event winner.
• Racket Insight Prediction: QF
• Estimated Winning Probability: 0.25%

Shin Yu-bin is the second-highest-ranked non-Chinese player to play in this edition of the Olympics.

Shin is Korea’s #1 player, and she’s already competed in the Olympic games, even though she’ll be 20 by the time the Paris Olympics starts.

This is because she competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics at the age of 17, making her the youngest-ever Korean Olympic table tennis player, breaking a record previously held by Ryu Seung-min.

She achieved this feat because of her incredible offensive style. Shin loves to take the ball over the bounce with her backhand. In fact, she likes to stand nearer to the center of the table than most athletes to play her backhand as much as possible.

Miu Hirano

• Nationality: Japan
• Olympics Record: Silver medal in the team event in 2020.
• Major Singles Titles: 5x major event winner.
• Racket Insight Prediction: 4th place
• Estimated Winning Probability: 0.5%

Japan’s #2, Miu Hirano is definitely one to watch. Team Japan has put a lot of confidence in her, as they selected Miu to represent their country over higher-ranked Mima Ito and Miwa Harimoto.

This controversial decision is ultimately justified because of Miu’s level, as she’s a very strong offensive player.

In the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Miu left a very good impression, as she won all of the matches she played in the team event other than the one in the final, which Japan lost 0-3 against China.

This year, she’ll be given the chance to shine in the women’s singles event.

With the competition Miu is facing in team Japan, this may very well be her only women’s singles participation, as 16-year-old Miwa Harimoto is already better ranked than her. This year, it’s all or nothing for Miu Hirano.

Bernadette Szocs

• Nationality: Romania
• Olympics Record: R32 in 2020.
• Major Singles Titles: 3x major event winner.
• Racket Insight Prediction: QF
• Estimated Winning Probability: 0.25%

The 2023 European champion, Bernadette Szocs is one of the favorites to go deep into the competition. 

An offensive player, Bernadette loves to spin the ball and attack their opponents repeatedly to win point after point.

Adriana Diaz

• Nationality: Puerto Rico
• Olympics Record: R32 in 2020, 2nd round in 2016.
• Major Singles Titles: 5x major event winner.
• Racket Insight Prediction: R16
• Estimated Winning Probability: 0.25%

Out of the players in this list, if I had to choose, my favorite player to watch is Adriana Díaz, no doubt about it.

Adriana has an amazing feel for the game. She has great touch and exceptional control on the ball. 

Even though she’s an offensive player, you’ll see her pull off every shot in the book, be it lobs, blocks, 360° spin shots, you name it!

A crowd favorite, Adriana Díaz will try to leave her mark on the Olympic stage. Her previous results don’t make her skill justice, so, at Racketinsight, we’ll be cheering for Adriana to reach the latter rounds this time around.

Cheng I-ching

• Nationality: Chinese Taipei
• Olympics Record: R32 in 2020, QF in 2016. Bronze medal in the mixed doubles event in 2020.
• Major Singles Titles: 1x major event winner.
• Racket Insight Prediction: QF
• Estimated Winning Probability: 0.25%

Cheng I-ching is a legend of the Chinese Taipei Olympic team. Chinese Taipei has won 2 Olympic medals in table tennis, one of them was won by Cheng.

She has participated in the Olympics twice before, and, at 32 years old, she’s still one of the favorites to have a great singles participation.

Jeon Ji-hee

• Nationality: South Korea
• Olympics Record: QF in 2020, R16 in 2016.
• Major Singles Titles: 5x major event winner.
• Racket Insight Prediction: QF
• Estimated Winning Probability: 0.25%

Korea’s #2 will be Jeon Ji-hee, an extremely explosive attacker. Jeon loves to take the ball over the bounce and put pressure on her opponents from the get-go.

Jeon has proven time and time again that she can beat anyone on a good day due to her extremely offensive style. She’s coming into the Olympics on great form, having won the WTT Doha Contender this year. 

If she can keep up with that same playing level, her opponents will be in a world of trouble.

Xiaoxin Yang

• Nationality: Monaco
• Olympics Record: R32 in 2020.
• Major Singles Titles: 11x major event winner.
• Racket Insight Prediction: R16
• Estimated Winning Probability: 0.25%

Monegasque pride Xiaoxin Yang will play her second Olympics. In her first participation, she was the flag bearer for her country.

This time, she’ll try to compete for her country’s first-ever Olympic medal.

Mixed Doubles Event

The top seeds at the Olympics’ mixed doubles event will be the following, in this order:

Sun Yingsha – Wang Chuqin

• Nationality: China
• Olympics Record: First mixed doubles participation for both players.
• Major Singles Titles: 30 titles combined.
• Racket Insight Prediction: Winners
• Estimated Winning Probability: 95%

Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin have been tearing apart the women’s and men’s circuits, respectively. They have proven that they are currently the best players in the world, and they’re going to pair up and play doubles together to represent China.

Sun and Wang are very similar players. They’re both extremely fast, powerful, and love to loop and counterloop. If I could pick the perfect modern offensive players, I’d choose Wang and Sun.

Both Sun and Wang are nearly unbeatable in backhand to backhand rallies and they love to step around to enable their killer forehands, which have no equal in the world.

In addition, Sun and Wang are a righty and a lefty, the ideal combination for doubles. 

In 2020, China slipped up in the mixed doubles event and Japan won. China’s mixed doubles in 2020 was an extremely strong one, with Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin. However, both players weren’t the strongest China had to offer.

This time around, China will field the two best players on the planet and they will take no risks. 

We believe Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin have a 95% chance of winning it all. Both players are favorites to take 3 gold medals each, counting this mixed doubles event, both singles events, and both team events. 

Anything less than 6 gold medals combined would be a letdown for Wang and Sun. This is how strong team China really is.

Shin Yu-bin – Lim Jong-hoon

• Nationality: South Korea
• Olympics Record: First mixed doubles participation for both players.
• Major Singles Titles: 4 titles combined.
• Racket Insight Prediction: Third place
• Estimated Winning Probability: 2%

Shin Yu-bin and Lim Jong-hoon will represent South Korea on the biggest stage. 

Also, a lefty and a righty, Shin and Lin complement each other extremely well. They have been playing together for a while, and they’ve won 3 major titles in the past year, the Rio de Janeiro Contender, the Lagos Contender, and the Goa Star Contender.

Even though Shin and Lim aren’t particularly the highest-ranked singles players (#9 and #30, respectively), their styles mesh together seamlessly. 

You see, Lim is a doubles specialist. He has also won 3 men’s doubles tournaments in the past year, and Shin is just an extremely good player.

Lim and Shin, together with their coaches, have ideated a style that brings the best out of both players.

Lim is not too mobile when compared to athletes such as Wang Chuqin, Lin Yun-Ju, and others, but his shot quality is very high and he’s great at mid-distance loop-to-loop rallies.

On the other hand, Shin is an electric attacker, who loves to stay close to the table and hit the ball over the bounce.

Because they’re a lefty and a righty, Lim can drop back and hit loops and counterloops from mid-distance while Shin stays close to the table actively blocking, looping, and punching the ball over the bounce. 

This incredible playstyle is what led them to be the #2 ranked mixed doubles in the world, and, we believe they’re going home with a medal in hand.

Hina Hayata – Tomokazu Harimoto

• Nationality: Japan
• Olympics Record: First mixed doubles participation for both players.
• Major Singles Titles: 25 titles combined.
• Racket Insight Prediction: Silver medal
• Estimated Winning Probability: 2%

Other than China’s mixed doubles pairing, Hina Hayata and Tomokazu Harimoto are by far the strongest pairing regarding individual skill.

Both Hina and Tomokazu have proven time and time again that they can compete with – and defeat – top Chinese athletes. Whether they can pull it off against the two best players in the world, that’s a separate matter.

Hina and Tomokazu come into the event in great form, having won 4 mixed doubles titles this past year. 

Both Hina and Tomokazu are relatively similar players. If I had to say, both players are very stable. They aren’t players who make lots of unforced mistakes, and they are proficient both in the front and in the back foot.

What this doubles pairing may lack is the mid-distance and away-from-the-table play, as both athletes love to stay close to the table. This is especially true for Harimoto.

The one problem they’ll have is that if either of them drops back, they won’t play as they’re used to, and if they don’t, they won’t have as much time to attack and counterattack as the other mixed doubles pairings.

In terms of raw skill, this pairing is the second-best, without a doubt. We’ll see whether they can work well enough together to defend Japan’s title in this Olympic event.

Doo Hoi Kem – Wong Chun Ting

• Nationality: Hong Kong
• Olympics Record: QF in 2020.
• Major Singles Titles: 1 title combined.
• Racket Insight Prediction: QF
• Estimated Winning Probability: 0.25%

Doo Hoi Kem and Wong Chun Ting will be representing Hong Kong this time around.

They have also paired together to compete in this event in 2020. That time around, they beat the Hungarian pairing of Adam Szudi and Szandra Pergel 4-0 before narrowly losing to France in the quarter-finals (Emmanuel Lebesson and Jia Nan Yuan).

That match had a heartbreaking finish for the Hong Kong athletes, as they lost 13-11 in the seventh game.

Hong Kong will have a chance to redeem themselves in these Olympics as the hard-hitting penholder (Wong) and the complete offensive player (Doo) will do everything in their power to come back to their nation with an Olympic medal this time.

María Xiao – Álvaro Robles

• Nationality: Spain
• Olympics Record: First mixed doubles participation for both players.
• Major Singles Titles: No major singles titles combined.
• Racket Insight Prediction: QF
• Estimated Winning Probability: 0.25%

Maria Xiao and Álvaro Robles are a very interesting doubles pairing. Why’s this? Because they’re both left-handed!

Both Maria and Álvaro are two very consistent offensive players, and they are both great at doubles. As of writing this article, roughly 10 days before the start of the event, Álvaro is ranked #34 in the world and Maria is #68 in their respective singles ranking. 

This speaks to how well they play doubles as a pairing. Even though they aren’t the best singles players, their styles mesh together seamlessly.

Maria and Álvaro are both extremely consistent, and that’s their main virtue. Even though they may lack the shot quality of other mixed doubles pairings, they make few unforced mistakes and they know how to play together exceptionally well.

And, as we said before, both are left-handed players, which makes a world of difference.

In my opinion, a doubles pairing of two lefties is a very strong one, as it’s the most uncommon pairing to face of all.

Many say that a righty and a lefty is the best combination. However, nobody prepares to play against two lefties.

Maria and Álvaro know how to play together exceptionally well, but most opponents will have to modify all of their tactics to face them. This is a strength that will definitely work in their favor, and we’re expecting great things from them.

Chen Szu-Yu – Lin Yun-Ju

• Nationality: Chinese Taipei
• Olympics Record: Lin won the bronze medal in 2020, Chen didn’t compete.
• Major Singles Titles: 6 titles combined.
• Racket Insight Prediction: Fourth place.
• Estimated Winning Probability: 0.25%

As for this mixed doubles pairing, I can’t quite understand what team Chinese Taipei has in store for us.

In the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Chinese Taipei’s mixed doubles competed exceptionally, as Lin Yun-Ju and Cheng I-Ching won the bronze medal.

In 2020, Lin and Cheng won their medal through sweat and tears, as they faced incredibly tough opposition in every round of the tournament.

To begin with, they had to play an extremely tough Indian double pairing in the form of current Indian Olympic flag bearer Sharath Kamal Achanta and Manika Batra. In this match, Lin and Cheng won 4-0.

The following round was even harder for Lin and Cheng, as they faced off against team Korea, who fielded Lee Sang Su and Jeon Jihee, both ranked among the best in the world at that time. They also won this match, this time by 4 games to 2.

They eventually lost in the semi-final round in a hard-fought contest against the winner of the competition, team Japan.

And, in the third-place match, they comfortably beat France 4-0.

Based on this great performance, in which Lin and Cheng beat 3 extremely tough pairings quite comfortably and only lost to the champions, we thought that Chinese Taipei would try to build upon their already great performance and choose the same athletes.

Lin and Cheng are in great form, and they’re the 5th and 8th best singles players in these Olympics. 

However, team Chinese Taipei selected WR #49 Chen Szu-Yu to play alongside Lin Yun-Ju, which is a controversial decision at the very least. We’ll see how far team Chinese Taipei can make it this time around without their star female player.