Fans familiar with the Chinese table tennis team will find an interesting phenomenon, that is, for the news that Ma Long may retire, it seems that everyone has a very strong desire, very much hope that he can continue to stay, play his role in the national table tennis men's team, and even go to the Paris Olympic Games with Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin has become an expectation for everyone. That is, the call for Malone to stick to one more Olympic cycle has been very high. Think about this is also a normal phenomenon, after all, in addition to Fan Zhendong, whether it is Wang Chuqin or Liang Jingkun, as the representative of the new generation of national table tennis, there are some obviously unstable situations in their own playing style characteristics, which also makes the process of forming a new three-person core group of national table tennis very difficult.
Wang Chuqin's mixed doubles is indeed very outstanding, but when he plays doubles and personal singles, he still lacks a little domineering and stable aura, and there is still a certain gap with Fan Zhendong in terms of technical thickness and multi-board attack ability. As for Liang Jingkun, his stability was even inferior to that of Wang Chuqin. Wang Chuqin sometimes loses more because of his low world ranking, often meets his teammates earlier, especially often meets Fan Zhendong, such as the recent World Table Tennis Championships and world cup, are earlier and Fan Zhendong directly met, which also led to Wang Chuqin's early exit. Liang Jingkun is different, he is facing what kind of strong player has the possibility of winning, but it is possible to face some seemingly weak opponents, the same will lose, and even some balls that seem to be very advantageous will also have obvious ups and downs in the course of the game. These are the places that have caused him to feel uneasy in the process of becoming the three cores of national table tennis.
In the process of Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun's slow growth, the nostalgia for Ma Long and Xu Xin has also become a norm among fans. If these young players grow up fast, it seems normal for Xu Xin and Ma Long to switch roles in advance and give up places in the future Olympic cycle in Paris. After all, Fan Zhendong's growth and maturity can be seen by everyone, and the current situation is that other young players besides him have not been able to stabilize, so Ma Long and Xu Xin still have the necessity to continue to fight. Of course, in comparison, there are more fans who support Ma Long's stay than there are fans who support Xu Xin's stay, but this is actually only a superficial phenomenon. This line of thinking is also not entirely correct.
If from the perspective of the future development of national table tennis, Xu Xin and Ma Long should not give up the choice of career for the time being, which is very wise and very far-sighted. Why? We have this expectation, not to let these two veterans insist on participating in the Paris Olympic Games, but to say that their playing style characteristics are more characteristic in the world, and also have a certain reference and borrowing value for other players in national table tennis. For example, why Zhang Benzhihe has not been able to win Xu Xin, he himself has mentioned many times, because he does not have players around him to practice this style of play. Therefore, every time I compete with Xu Xin, I am always not adaptable enough. By the time you learn to adapt, the game is over. At present, there are very few players in the foreign association who have Xu Xin's style of play, and even if there is a similar style of play, there is a big gap between his personal ability and Xu Xin. Therefore, the existence of Xu Xin can at least ensure that there is a more unique way of playing in the national table tennis team, which can always form a certain competitiveness in the team, and also allow other young players to learn more from him, but once Xu Xin withdraws from the team, this style of play may disappear.
Once the national table tennis loses this direct-shot style of play, it will directly affect the diversity of the entire team's style. Although Zhao Zihao and Xu Xin's playing style are close, but his overall hard strength, technical thickness and game experience have a certain gap compared with Xu Xin, so for the national table tennis team, for the time being, Xu Xin and Ma Long are not arranged to retire, in addition to the insistence of the two veterans themselves, there is also a need to let them continue to enrich the team's playing style in the team to help the young people of the whole team grow better and faster. Or to put it another way, let them increase the squad thickness of the entire team to increase the ability of newly trained players, especially young players, to adapt to a variety of play styles. For example, as Zhou Yu is concerned, the previous stage has also officially announced its retirement. However, after he announced his retirement, Liu Guoliang, as the head of the Table Tennis Association, quickly re-recruited him to participate in the preparation for the World Table Tennis Championships and the WTT World Cup, or because the team lacked players with his characteristics of playing, to help the main players improve their combat effectiveness or adapt to this style of play. From a comprehensive point of view, now the entire team of national table tennis wants to compete in the World Series, and maintain a strong enough competitiveness, not only to see the hard strength of the players, but also to see whether the sparring and sparring players around them can cause them enough difficulties, bring enough pressure to help them make better progress, and can learn to win and win in front of opponents with different playing styles.
Obviously, whether it is Ma Long or Xu Xin, or old players such as Zhou Yu, there are still different helpers for the entire team of national table tennis to compete in the Paris Olympic cycle. Their existence is always helpful for the improvement of collective combat effectiveness, which is one of the reasons why the national table tennis coaching team does not want the veteran to announce his retirement immediately while cultivating new talents. We can look forward to Ma Long and Xu Xin's participation in the Paris Olympic Games, but we may not have much hope, but it is obviously very necessary for them to stay in the team and continue to contribute to the team. Under the premise of thinking about the whole team, the veterans also have the advantage of staying, and I also hope that the young players will learn more things from the veterans in order to adapt as soon as possible. When young players, from Wang Chuqin to Liang Jingkun, can also go to the World Series like Fan Zhendong, can win steadily, and even opponents of various playing styles can win, the need for Xu Xin and Ma Long to stay in the team is also reduced. Otherwise, I believe that even if they want to quit, the whole team will not dare to give up on them for the time being.