Yesterday afternoon, the 2018 Korea Open Table Tennis Championships came to an abrupt end, and the South Korean team won three gold medals, making the Chinese men's table tennis once again return home after the Japanese Open suffered a heavy setback. In particular, the 22-year-old host player Zhang Yuzhen, in the final battle, beat China's Liang Jingkun without temper, and one person won the men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles championships of the event, becoming the first triple crown of the International Table Tennis Federation Tour.
Like the 1986 Asian Games, the 1988 Olympic Games, the 2002 Football World Cup, and the Winter Olympics in February this year, the South Koreans have once again copied the "home myth".
At the Japan Open last month, 15-year-old Zhang Benzhi and Leenker "Grand Slam" players Ma Long and Zhang Jike made it difficult for Chinese fans to let go of their hearts, so they regarded the Korean Open as a journey of "serious revenge against Japan". But unexpectedly, the South Koreans "touched the fish in muddy waters" and took advantage of the home field, and the "open gun and dark arrow" wrenched a wrist with the Chinese team.
With the dark horse of Jang Woo-jin, the South Korean team got its wish and won a big victory in this game.
If there is a table tennis lottery, most fans will definitely "buy" Xu Xin, or Zhang Jike, Lin Gaoyuan; some people will bet on Zhang Ben, or Ocha; perhaps a few fans will take the sword to bet on the Koreans, but that is also Lee Sang-so, Jeong Young-sik, or Ding Xiang'en, and the bet on Zhang Yuzhen will never exceed one percent.
Liang Jingkun and Zhang Yuzhen's men's singles final, fans think that the hot fat, with consecutive wins Zhang Benzhihe, Lin Gaoyuan two big wins hot Yu Wei, a drum to win Zhang Yuzhen should be no problem, although zhang Yuzhen, who also broke through from the qualification tournament, also performed well, even Ke Xuxin, Ding Xiangen, Andui Falcon, but if the technical and tactical level of big fat is still slightly higher.
The result was a big surprise, Liang Jingkun did not have the courage of the past when he needed to show the most, he could not catch the ball well, the first three boards were suppressed by the opponent, and he could not enter the rhythm of the ball holding that he was good at, and even the Yang Ying sister of CCTV was sighing "This ball is difficult to play." The 0-4 defeat, especially the 3:11 sleepwalking collapse in the fourth set, not only achieved the treble of the opponent, but also squandered the high popularity (and the ardent hope of the fans) that he had worked hard to accumulate over the past few days.
Victory or defeat is a common affair of soldiers, but it cannot be confused, and where to lose must be understood.
Xiaobian thinks that compared with the young players in South Korea and Japan (Zhang Yuzhen, Zhang Ben), our young players are obviously too stressed, want to win and fear of losing, the start is good, once they encounter difficulties, they are nervous and panic, shrink their hands and feet, have poor adaptability, and begin to scare themselves, thus affecting the normal play of the technical and tactical level, the more they play, the more ignorant they are, how the coach can't wake up, and the various plans prepared before the game can't be used at all.
When the two sides are on an equal footing, or when the gap between them is not large, the "spirit" of the players often determines the direction of a game (especially the final).
I have to admit that we are really not doing as well as South Korea and Japan in terms of cultivating player mentality.
After the game, Zhang Yuzhen said in an interview with China Sports that the reason for his victory was to develop perfect tactics with the help of coaches and teammates. At the same time, he modestly said: "I didn't expect to win 4-0, in terms of tactics and technology, I am behind the Chinese players, but in terms of psychological pressure, I can feel that Liang Jingkun is very nervous, (so) I can win the game quickly." ”
Even the opponent knows where our crux (the root of the disease) is, why does the Chinese Table Tennis Association still cling to the paper-paste sword of "losing and suspension punishment"? Opponents are improving, and national table tennis losses have become normalized. When everything should be prepared and the difficulties are thought of in front, we must first find ways to alleviate the pressure of the players, rather than holding on to the face, knowing that we are wrong and not correcting, insisting on "self-harm" and "self-palace", and continuing to let Koreans and Japanese people watch jokes.
Let's be honest: if this continues in the long run, punching the face will become the norm!