Xu Xin interacted with the players in the 2021 National Table Tennis "Amateur Ball King" Finals. Luo Yunfei photo
Haikou, January 10 (Fu Yuqun) On January 9, the 2021 National Table Tennis "Amateur Ball King" Finals and National Amateur Table Tennis Championship held in Haikou ushered in the final battle. Liu Guoliang, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, brought Olympic champions Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen to the competition, and interacted with the champions to exchange table tennis skills, and the fans cheered continuously.
A total of 10 team champions were born in the competition on that day. The team champions of the men's and women's five age groups each sent one player to play a three-point golden ball singles match with Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen respectively.
"Very cool!" Li Jia from the Shandong representative team interacted with Xu Xin on table tennis techniques. She said that she was lucky to interact with Xu Xin today, enjoying the fun of table tennis while constantly motivating herself to improve her skills.
Liu Shiwen interacted with the players in the 2021 National Table Tennis "Amateur Ball King" Finals. Luo Yunfei photo
"Now the atmosphere of table tennis in China is getting better and better, and more and more people are joining the game of table tennis." Xu Xin said that through the competition can better stimulate the level of players, the foundation of domestic amateur players is better, the level of competition is getting higher and higher, the fighting momentum is not lost to professional players, and the overall performance of the players is very surprised.
Liu Shiwen said that the skills of domestic amateur table tennis players have been greatly improved at present, whether it is the state of the game or the style of play, there are good performances, I hope that everyone will still practice more in the future training, and participate in various events to hone their skills.
It is reported that there were fans waiting at the scene early that day to watch the game, almost full. Chen Yang is a student of Hainan University, and has been watching the game with his classmates for several consecutive days, hoping to see the national table tennis "amateur ball king" style. "I didn't expect to see Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen on the last day of the game." Chen Yang said that the two Olympic champions were in very good condition on the spot and looked forward to their next performance at the Macau Championship.
The scene of the 2021 National Table Tennis "Amateur Ball King" Finals and the National Amateur Table Tennis Championship. Luo Yunfei photo
Liu Guoliang, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, said in an interview after the game that the current mass base of domestic table tennis is very good, and in the future, it will consider upgrading the event, further lowering the threshold of the event, and better combining professional sports and national fitness sports through the holding of events and the drive of Olympic champions, so that more people can participate in table tennis.
According to reports, this competition is not only a big party for the whole people's table tennis, but also a big party for local table tennis associations. The competition is based on the table tennis associations of various provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, with a total of nearly 500 athletes from 25 teams participating. (End)