It may be related to the recent relatively few table tennis matches, so in the news reports on table tennis and media comments, there are very few official reports on the progress of various games, and most of them are some table tennis, or the personal itinerary of the coaching staff and personal dynamics of the news occupy the mainstream of table tennis news. In the past two days, after the national table tennis re-opened the WTT Macau competition, a message about Ma Long leaving the team to participate in relevant promotional activities in Qingdao has become a hot topic in the media. In particular, some fans have put forward a new point of view: that is, other players are fully preparing for the WTT Macau Tournament, while Ma Long did not participate in the World Table Tennis Championships and the WTT World Cup some time ago, and recently went to Hong Kong and Macao to participate in the visit of the Olympic champions. Now it is difficult to return to the national table tennis to participate in the training, you can have new competitions to play, but in the process of training, you have to be sent to participate in new activities. Will this affect Malone's future game record? Does it mean that Ma Long's commercial value in the national table tennis team, or the publicity value off the field, has exceeded his value on the playing field?
For the fans who put forward this view, I think there is indeed a certain degree of discussion. However, I do not agree with this view put forward by fans. First of all, under the premise that the national table tennis needs to cultivate new talents, and also needs to cultivate and excavate new talents in the appropriate period, Ma Long and Xu Xin, Liu Shiwen, as veterans over 30 years old who have participated in the Olympic games, after the end of the Olympic cycle, it is actually a good arrangement to make a one-time rest adjustment, and arranging this adjustment during this period is also the most appropriate time for their competitive careers. After all, the new Olympic cycle has just begun, and even if Malone wants to play the Paris Olympics, for a world-class veteran with three Olympic experiences and a double Grand Slam, the current state will not have much impact on the Olympic Games in three years.
Secondly, the WTT Macau Competition has changed from having high points and high prize money to only having high prize money, without high points, more precisely, no points. So for Malone, in fact, participating in this event is more of a feedback to the fans, and it is also a warm-up to slowly find the state of the game. It's also like attending a Chinese New Year carnival event. Everyone can also think of it as a big party, for Malone on the field of play is winning or losing, what kind of performance will be, whether it is the fans, or the coaching staff, I am afraid that more important thing is that he can stand on the field, meet with the majority of fans, let everyone continue to witness his style on the field, rather than what kind of results he finally got.
Third, as Farrow, after the Tokyo Olympic cycle, there will indeed be new changes in his positioning in the national table tennis. Especially in the case that Fan Zhendong has been able to carry the banner of national table tennis and take the brothers of the national table tennis men's team to go forward together, Ma Long, as the most market-appealing star of national table tennis, is also the most senior veteran of the national table tennis team, if you need to have a representative of the national table tennis to stand up to participate in various activities, especially if only one person is selected, I am afraid that only Ma Long is the most suitable candidate. At the same time, it is also the most anticipated candidate for the organizers of these events. Malone has always been a very diligent player, believing that he has his own rhythm and coping methods for participating in activities, how to use training time, how to prepare for the game, and strive to achieve good results in the game. We also believe that At least Malone will not play too badly in the Macau race. Of course, what kind of results will be achieved in the end, and how much prize money can be taken, everything will not be known until the end of the competition. In short, taking into account participating in various social activities as a national table tennis representative, while participating in training as much as possible, and striving to achieve better training results, I am afraid that it will become the daily state of Ma Long for a long time in the future. It also allows us to continue to maintain our support and attention to Malone.