On August 28, Zhang Jike lost again at the 13th Tianjin National Games, and more than one. In the group stage of Shandong against Guangdong, the Grand Slam players as a single for Shandong team, guarded the important 2nd and 4th matches, unfortunately Zhang Jike lost to Zhang Chao and Lin Gaoyuan successively. Let many fans feel incredible, why Zhang Jike will lose two games in a row, is his injury not healed or the opponent's young player is superior? Has Zhang Jike's golden age become history?
These we can only draw from the game one or two, Shandong team took the lead by Fang Bo to challenge the opponent a single Lin Gaoyuan, but unexpectedly in the case of winning a game first, Fang Bo seemed to be reversed by Lin Gaoyuan for three consecutive sets to win. In the second game, Zhang Jike appeared, which was quite important for the Shandong team, but in the face of Zhang Chao, Zhang Jike appeared to be incompetent, completely suppressed by Zhang Chao, and was taken down by Zhang Chao 3:1 after a little resistance. Overall looking at a game, Zhang Jike is obviously still a bit slow and hot, there is no way to quickly enter the state of the game, and Zhang Chao is also a drumbeat and did not give Zhang Jike more opportunities.
Game 4 is also a one-of-a-kind contest between two teams. Zhang Jike against Lin Gaoyuan, the game process is quite wonderful, Lin Gaoyuan took the lead in two consecutive sets, at this moment 0:2 behind Zhang Jike woke up like a dream, let go of a fight without the burden of psychological pressure, pulled the score back to 2:2 draw, the tiebreaker played extremely fiercely, but Zhang Jike, who did not handle the ball well at the critical moment, was still defeated 11:9.
Thus Shandong lost to Guangdong 1:3 on aggregate, and the focus of this match was naturally Zhang Jike, but he lost two games in a row. After the game, people can't help but wonder if his injuries have healed and whether his competitive state has not been recovered. However, the obvious fact is that Zhang Jike has done what he can do so far, and injuries are of course objective factors. The rise of the new generation of young players is also an indisputable fact, the once Grand Slam honor has become history, how long is Zhang Jike's road to table tennis? Presumably, this is the real focus of many fans.
I think Zhang Jike's game also belongs to the kind of game that watches one less game, if the former stubborn teenager does not play one day, he is not defeated to the opponent, but time!