On the evening of January 15, Beijing time, the men's doubles final of the table tennis WTT Germany Düsseldorf Tournament came to an end - the French combination Felix/ Esteban played steadily, defeating the multinational combination of France and Portugal 3-1 florian / Chen Jiahong, and successfully won the championship.
It is worth mentioning that the 15-year-old French player Felix is a rare European local direct pat French athlete, last year also won the Chinese Taipei team's world champion veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan, but then has not achieved good results, the first round of the German men's singles is out, fortunately, the men's doubles did not drop the chain: there are few straight shoot players, look forward to Felix can continue to work hard!
As we all know, the straight beat method of holding the beat like chopsticks is the "heirloom" of the Chinese table tennis team, and it is also the dominant way of playing in Japan and South Korea, while the Europeans have always been known for the horizontal beat similar to the knife and fork in the hand, and the direct shooting athletes are very few, most of them are Chinese and Japanese players, and local athletes will hardly choose this way.
But this Felix not only has a straight-pat playing method, but also the technology is also in line with the most advanced two-sided anti-glue arc of national table tennis, and some fans can't help but joke about it: Can Xu Xin and the successor of the straight-slapping method be in France?
However, as mentioned earlier, Felix fell into silence after defeating Zhuang Zhiyuan last year, and this Düsseldorf match was also a "black opening" loss, which was very unsatisfactory, but because the competitive pressure in the men's doubles field was not as good as the men's singles, he was able to pass the level with his partner to reach the final, and then met with his French teammate Florian, and the other opponent was Chen Jiahong of portugal.
Felix/Esteban took the lead at 11-8 after the match began, but then lost a 4-11 score in the second set. Felix/Esteban regained morale in the third set, winning 11-9. In the fourth set, Florian/ Chen Jiahong lost a battle and finally lost the entire match 7-11, unfortunately relegated to the second place.
At present, Felix's technique seems to be decent, and it seems that both ends are not flattered - there is not much Chinese direct shooting player spirit, and there is no European side shooting athlete strength. However, considering that he is only 15 years old and will grow a body in the future, some of the shortcomings of the present may be compensated.
How to say it, under the continuous "destruction" of the Reform of the International Table Tennis Federation, the straight-pat playing method has long ceased to be the courage of the past, and it is rare that there can be such a direct shooting enthusiast as Felix in Europe, and I also wish him to continue to work hard, and if there is a chance, you can come to China to learn from it: Come on, young people!