People should have their own opinions on this issue, but I think the first thing that comes to mind should be that both of them are grand slams in their fields. They are all players who are particularly good in their career periods, but they can't reach the first place.
However, there is a hidden similarity that you may not think of.
I would like to tip a little: What do Li Zongwei and Wang Hao have in common? The first thing that comes to everyone's mind is definitely the Olympic Triathlon. But think about it a little more and combine it with the title.
Wang Hao's answer should be more obvious, he was stepped on by Zhang Jike.
But what everyone is not familiar with may be that Li Zongwei was also stepped on by Chen Long.
This cold knowledge about Chen Long may not be known to those who are not familiar with him, and those who are familiar with him may not be able to notice.
We often say that Lin Dan and Li Zongwei dominate the men's singles field on a par, but in fact, this is a wrong perception. Throughout his career, Lin Dan and Li Zongwei's head-to-head record is 28:12. In terms of matchmaking results alone, Lin Dan was much stronger than Li Zongwei.
And Chen Long, who everyone thought was much weaker than Li Zongwei, was actually the one who loved and killed each other. Throughout his career, Li Zongwei and Chen Long's record of confrontation was 14:13, and Li Zongwei had a slight advantage.
What is particularly interesting is that Li Zongwei did not take advantage of Jackie Chan at his peak. Jackie Chan's two-man match before his peak recorded Li Zongwei 9:10 Chen Long. After Chen Long reached the peak in 2015, he lost to Li Zongwei 3:5 in the record of the confrontation.
Here to say a few more words, Lin Dan and Chen Long's record of the confrontation is also quite interesting. At the peak of Lin Dan's time, Chen Long certainly couldn't beat him, Lin Dan 7:0 Chen Long. However, after 2015, Chen Long's 7:2 Lin Dan, that is to say, Chen Long's peak in 2015, led to a significant improvement in his record against Lin Dan.
After the time of 2015, Lin Dan only defeated Chen Long in 2016 and 2019. This includes the 2020 All England Open Farewell Match. It was also lost to Chen Long.
You all say that Lin Dan pressed Li Zongwei to the ground and rubbed it, in fact, in my opinion, it should be Chen Long rubbing Li Zongwei's place. Because of the actual situation, Lin Dan's achievements and strength are indeed much stronger than Li Zongwei. The ones who can really be compared should be Chen Long and Li Zongwei. The results of the two people's battles are not comparable, and most importantly, Chen Long won the three world championships and achieved himself, all of which stepped on Li Zongwei to the throne, which is similar to Zhang Jike.
In the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships, Zhang Jike met Wang Hao in the final with Wang Hao in the case of not being very optimistic before the game, and successfully defeated this powerful brother.
In the 11th Paris Men's Table Tennis World Cup, Zhang Jike and Wang Hao once again faced each other in the final, achieving the result of winning two world championships in the same year.
In the following London Olympic Games, Zhang Jike met Wang Hao again in the final and successfully defeated him, achieving the fastest Grand Slam.
And Chen Long is also like this. Although badminton does not have the World Cup, It may not be a Grand Slam, but the three world championships won by Chen Long were all obtained by beating Li Zongwei in the final stage.
Therefore, chen long and Zhang Jike have one more similarity.