Towards midnight on November 12, a record was born at the WTT Slovenia Tournament in Europe, when 15-year-old French straight board Player Felix, ranked 1068th in the world, made his first adult event and defeated Chinese Taipei world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan 3-2.
This result makes fans say: "Straight board is not dead, veterans are not easy".
Straight board, is not the mainstream, today's table tennis, the strength of the top is Xu Xin, looking at the domestic table tennis, looking for ah, looking for ah, looking for, did not find who can really succeed Xu Xin.
It was previously said that Zheng Peifeng was Xu Xin's successor, but not long after the Tokyo Olympics, the 25-year-old has retired. It is said that Zhao Zihao is Xu Xin's successor, and his strength is far from Xu Xin.
Straight, really hard to find.
But in the Slovenian match between each other, the 15-year-old Felux gave the table tennis surprise, facing the world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan, the child dared to fight, the first two sets were 11-5, 11-7, respectively, gave Zhuang Zhiyuan a desperate situation, the big thing is not good.
In the third set, Zhuang Zhiyuan strengthened the quality of the attack, 11-8 sex of a set, as the game deepened, the veteran physical fitness is an impact, the game into the fourth set, Zhuang Zhiyuan tightly bit the score, and finally Zhuang Zhiyuan 15-17, lost.
After winning the game, Felux celebrated with the coach, this moment, it was not easy, he defeated the world champion, for the first time to participate in the adult competition, the main game to beat the world master, is a big reward.
Zhuang Zhiyuan is 40 years old, for the love of table tennis, he still insists, this spirit, worth learning, although he lost the game, when seeing the young players so rising, I believe the veteran's heart is relieved.
A 15-year-old child can play such a straight board, this Xu Xin knows best, the successor he is looking for, actually appeared in Europe?
The game is too cruel, but "straight boards are not dead, veterans are not easy" is perhaps the best note for this game.