A few days ago, the 2022 Macau Championship began to compete for the first matchday, in addition to singles, the most eye-catching is Fan Zhendong's mixed doubles debut. The world champion who is strong and omnipotent in the men's singles field, but the doubles has always been a difficult problem that he cannot overcome. Previously, Liu Guoliang, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, had ridiculed Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng, who were the world number one in the men's singles and women's singles, and the problem of not being good at doubles has always been a major heart disease for him. To this end, in a series of previous international competitions, the coaching staff also deliberately arranged for Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng to partner in mixed doubles, but what surprised people was that the combination of the two world number ones did not have a mixed doubles championship trophy in the account.
Entering the Paris Olympic cycle, Fan Zhendong is still the core player of the men's team, in order to have more platooning strategies for coaches in the team competition, the problem of insufficient strength in the small fat doubles needs to be solved urgently. In the first game of the new season, the national table tennis coaching staff had a sudden idea, so that Fan Zhendong and Ku Man could partner in mixed doubles. Since the personal strength of the female partner is not as good as that of Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and other doubles masters, Fan Zhendong needs to play at a high level in the game to make up for the lack of teammates. In this Macau competition, compared with the men's singles and women's singles, the mixed doubles competition seems to be more interesting.
Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, Lin Gaoyuan and Wang Manyu are all big hits to win the championship. And the strength of Fan Zhendong and Ku Man is also not to be underestimated. On the debut of the Macau tournament, Fan Zhendong and Ku Man encountered teammates Wang Yidi and Yuan Licen, and the two pairs played a big game in the competition, and the intensity and ornamentality did not lose the championship and runner-up finals. Judging from the progress of the game, although Fan Zhendong is not very old, he plays the role of a big brother. Whether it was on the field or at break, he always took Kuman with him. Interestingly, at key moments, Fan Zhendong also guided and encouraged Ku Man many times, or high-fived, or looked at each other, or patted shoulders.
The game also appeared a classic scene, the second inning point, Fan Zhendong, Ku Man and the opponent began to multi-beat each other, Fan Zhendong lost his center of gravity when returning the ball at a large angle, directly skipped the baffle, and performed a perfect hurdle action for the audience. This picture made everyone laugh, some fans said that Fan Zhendong is the "manufacturing machine" of the famous national table tennis scene, the World Championship trophy fell to the ground, the stomach was hungry when the interview, and now it has staged a big hurdle, but it is really a comedic genius. After winning the mixed doubles competition, Fan Zhendong said in an interview that he was satisfied with his teammates for the first time and could win, no matter which project he played, he would go all out.
Head coach Qin Zhijian also specially rushed to the scene to watch the game, under the premise that Fan Zhendong's singles strength has been pure, the progress of doubles technology is the most concerned issue of the coaching staff of the national table tennis men's team. In this Macau competition, Fan Zhendong is the biggest favorite to win the men's singles championship, and the mixed doubles can go to which step, it will also directly affect the mixed doubles lineup configuration of the national table tennis coaching staff in the Paris cycle. The doubles ability is not enough, so that Fan Zhendong has not been complained about by the coach in recent years, this Macau match, if he finally leads his teammates to win the championship, can Liu Guoliang's heart knot be untied?
(Luo Treasurer)