On January 6, 2022, the national table tennis men's singles Zhao Zihao ushered in his 25th birthday, the International Table Tennis Federation congratulated him, celebrated his birthday, expressed hope that he will continue to carry forward the glory of the straight board, the young generation of straight board players, Zhao Zihao is the highest ranking, many fans have also left messages, sending him blessings, looking forward to Zhao Zihao's performance in the new season, but when he has a game is still uncertain.
In the latest edition of the world rankings, Zhao Zihao is in the 27th place, second only to Xu Xin and Huang Zhenting in the straight board players, the younger generation also has no one in front of him, always has a strong personal ability, good results in the international arena, once won the men's singles runner-up in the finals, when he lost to Fan Zhendong in the final, in addition, Zhao Zihao also won the national championship team championship many times.
However, from the last time Zhao Zihao participated in the game, it is also a long time from now, the competition in the national table tennis is more fierce, the number of participants is limited, although Zhao Zihao is ranked high, the young players who play straight board are valued, but there are not many opportunities to play, this situation can also be understood, after all, there are too many talents in the team, it is difficult to play out, and it is indeed not accurate for non-main players to want to participate.
Zhao Zihao has twice with Fan Zhendong to meet the final, and finally won the men's singles runner-up, and Zhang Benzhihe also played, but unfortunately lost the foreign war and failed to win the championship, the recent performance of Zhao Zihao, first of all, to participate in too little competition, followed by his bad state, the next step is to step up, 25 years old in the national table tennis men's team is not young, as the successor of the straight board, the impact will be greater and greater in the future.
At present, the national table tennis coaching team is focused on cultivating young players, paying attention to special playing style of young players, many people benefit from this, on a higher stage, the current straight board players still have a strong competitiveness, Xu Xin's performance is expected by fans, he determined to participate in the WTT Macau Tournament held on the 19th, ushered in his personal season debut, as for Zhao Zihao should wait longer, there is no chance in the short term.
Now the straight board playing players are less and less, this development trend is directly related to the International Table Tennis Federation, the current national table tennis is still Xu Xin, Zhao Zihao, Xue Fei and other people, foreign associations are relatively rare, the future similar situation will be more serious, there is no way.
This month's international events, Zhao Zihao did not register, his debut of the new season will continue to wait, the current is the main training, to help teammates prepare, but also hope that he can achieve good results in the next game, continue to improve his strength, bring more good news, and finally let us send the most sincere wishes for Zhao Zihao, say a happy birthday to him!