The 2021 WTT World Cup final, Beijing time continued on December 5, 2021, the first match was played by The New Branch World Table Tennis Championships women's singles champion Wang Manyu against Hong Kong's Du Kaixuan. In this game, Wang Manyu was in poor condition, no longer had the style of the World Table Tennis Championships, and was killed by Du Kaixuan in three consecutive sets. On the whole, this situation is indeed somewhat unexpected, but it is reasonable that the young Wang Manyu needs to quickly adjust his state.
Match review: Opening Wang Manyu made a lot of mistakes and played very passively, so that he fell behind continuously, losing the first set 7-11. In the second set, Wang Manyu was still in this state, chasing the score to 6 draws in a backward situation; but then Wang Manyu lost 5 points in a row and lost 6-11. In the third set, Wang Manyu started well, but was quickly suppressed by his opponent, and the turnover rate remained high, losing the third set 7-11. At this point, Du Kaixuan won the game in three straight sets, won the ticket to the quarterfinals of the WTT World Cup final, and gave Wang Manyu a round trip.
Wang Manyu with the title of women's singles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships, quickly transferred to Singapore to compete, his personal status could not be adjusted in time, and he did not expect to suffer a defeat, but this situation is reasonable. Wang Manyu was crowned the women's singles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships at a young age, which will make Wang Manyu carry psychological baggage, and suddenly he can't let go after becoming the new world champion, and it seems that he is still in the rhythm of the World Table Tennis Championships. In fact, this situation is not uncommon in professional competitions, and many athletes will suddenly be crowned as champions of major competitions for a short period of confusion.
For example, the Olympic women's singles champion Chen Meng has always believed that Chen Meng's current strength and control platform are slightly higher than Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha and other players, but from the National Games to the World Table Tennis Championships Chen Meng has lost in key battles, and the key reason is that the burden of this Olympic champion has not been thrown off. Chen Meng was always a little tied in the World Table Tennis Championships, and was almost eliminated by Miyu Hirano in the quarterfinals; and the clash with Wang Manyu in the semi-finals Chen Meng was originally in an absolutely dominant position, and it was the psychological baggage at the critical moment that led to the reversal. Chen Meng has not shaken off this burden for a long time, in fact, there is a reason why the remarks after winning the Olympic Games are entangled in the pressure brought by online comments, and it is always difficult to get rid of them. Although Chen Meng has lost the World Table Tennis Championships, Chen Meng will get rid of this burden and get back on track.
Back to the situation of Wang Manyu, the world table tennis championship won the championship to increase his psychological weight, and the future Wang Manyu is no longer the light armor of the past. Just as the so-called "if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight", Wang Manyu, who suddenly put on the crown, has obviously not been able to adapt. In addition, the original biggest favorite of the Women's Singles Champion of the World Table Tennis Championships is Chen Meng, Wang Manyu himself may not be ready to win the championship, this championship actually came a little suddenly. Under the blessing of many circumstances, Wang Manyu is currently confused and indeed reasonable, which is a normal performance on the professional field.
In addition to psychological reasons, physical strength and energy are also on the one hand. Wang Manyu is a three-tier battle in the World Table Tennis Championships, second only to Sun Yingsha in the battlefield, and multi-line combat itself is more physically and energetic, especially the energy of counting. In this game with Du Kaixuan, Wang Manyu had many times to eat the serve, which is the intuitive performance of the ball is not fine enough. The multi-legged pulling king Manyu of the two sides always fell behind, in addition to Du Kaixuan's excellent state, the key is Wang Manyu's own problems, psychological baggage and lack of energy led to too high a turnover rate.
Wang Manyu still has a long way to go, after experiencing the coronation baptism of the world table tennis champion, he has already felt the weight of wearing the crown of the competition. If Wang Manyu can quickly get out of this circle, he will inevitably be better than another level in the future; if he can't get out of this circle, he will be more troublesome in the future and directly determine the upper limit of his career. As for those gibberish on the Internet, Wang Manyu must not pay attention to it, calm down to adjust his mentality and state, and start a new journey under the guidance of the coach. In short, Wang Manyu's prospects are still unlimited, he used to be lightly armed, and now he must learn to carry the weight forward.