On the evening of November 14, Beijing time, the warm-up match of the National Table Tennis Houston World Table Tennis Championships officially came to an end. The competition used a variety of forms of simulated confrontation, in which Fan Zhendong defeated Ma Long and others in the men's singles competition and successfully won the final championship; while the female team players engaged in a unique "gender war" with the male athletes, leaving countless classic shots.
In this warm-up competition, a total of 4 Olympic champions of national table tennis have lost, namely Ma Long, Xu Xin, Chen Meng, and Sun Yingsha, but the only one who is really cold is Xu Xin who lost the youngster Xue Fei. So what are your impressions of these 3 days of competition? Let's take a look back!
As mentioned earlier, this year's warm-up format is very different from usual, and even gives many fans the illusion that it is not like a warm-up game - why do you say so? As we all know, the list of athletes for the Chinese team to participate in the Houston World Table Tennis Championships has long been released, so the warm-up match should logically revolve around the main players of the World Table Tennis Championships.
However, the reality is that the coaching team has arranged many non-main players to play against each other, so that athletes who do not participate in the World Table Tennis Championships can also participate in the competition. If the men's singles is to carry out a knockout match, such an arrangement is beyond reproach, the women's team is obviously not the same thing, many athletes who do not participate in the World Table Tennis Championships have also participated in many competitions, which seems to be somewhat abnormal.
Therefore, it is clear that this warm-up competition is definitely not simply "reading with the prince", but to train instead of the game, examine the strength of national table tennis players of all ages and levels, and make reference for the layout of the Paris Olympic cycle - after all, veterans Ma Long, Xu Xin, and Liu Shiwen have withdrawn from the first-line competition, and the pattern of newcomers has not been fully established, so naturally it is necessary to seriously test everyone.
In fact, the status of "rookies" of the World Series such as Zhou Qihao, Wang Yidi, Qian Tianyi and so on is unstable, and the coaching team naturally hopes to have more reserve forces to choose from in the future, and to achieve the replacement of new and old in a steady manner, so this time it is also the whole team warming up together and receiving exercises together.
In terms of the men's team, Xu Xin's defeat to Xue Fei is undoubtedly a big cold, but after all, he neglected to train after withdrawing from the World Table Tennis Championships competition, and it was already very good to play 7 innings. As for Ma Long, although he lost to Fan Zhendong 0-4 in the men's singles final, he also belonged to the light army like Xu Xin, and finally being able to get the runner-up was also quite powerful, losing to Fan Zhendong was not shameful, and everyone did not have to blame for the whole.
From the perspective of the men's singles, the situation of Fan Zhendong's dominance has been vaguely formed, but because the other 4 main players of the World Table Tennis Championships - Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, Zhou Qihao are far away in Slovenia to participate in foreign wars, no one dares to say that Fan Zhendong can stabilize them, after all, these people have defeated Fan Zhendong in recent years, so Xiao Fat still faces the challenge of teammates!
As for the result of the women's team's "gender war", both sides have their own wins and losses, among which Chen Meng lost 1-4 to Matt in singles, Sun Yingsha lost 3-4 to Wang Chence and 4-2 to Cao Wei, Wang Manyu defeated Zeng Beixun 4-1, Chen Xingtong lost 3-4 to Yan Sheng, 4-2 to Wang Tingyu, and doubles was a women's doubles victory over mixed doubles.
But it is undeniable that men may have difficulty getting into the state when they participate in the "gender war", so we don't have to care too much about the outcome of the game, but should pay more attention to the value of these games for women players: whether they win or lose, it is even a warm-up purpose to get exercise from it.
However, it is still that sentence, civil war and foreign war are not the same thing in the end, because the style of Chinese table tennis players is relatively close, and they are more familiar with each other, so it is easy to "kill" the situation. For example, Zhou Qihao defeated Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and Liang Jingkun in this year's express race, but he lost to Belgium and Slovenia in the Slovenian race, and the lesson was so profound!
Therefore, whether it is Fan Zhendong or other national table tennis main players who participated in the warm-up competition, they must have a clear understanding of the opponents of the foreign association and make targeted preparations in advance. Finally, I wish you all the glory of the country again in Houston, winning 5 championship gold medals: Come on, guys!