The 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships is about to start next month, and on October 25, the chinese team's participation list was officially released. Regrettably, the 26-year-old world champion and former world number one player Zhu Yuling has been confirmed to be unsuccessful, and unlike the last tournament, who did not have a chance to singles, but was still selected for doubles, this year Xiao Zhu is not reported, completely faded out of the main lineup.
But even so, all the fans who know Zhu Yuling are still praising and applauding her, because this tenacious girl was admitted to the cancer hospital for treatment not long ago due to illness, and now it is not easy to return to the team, even if she cannot participate in the World Table Tennis Championships, she has also explained to everyone the spirit of tenacious struggle of national table tennis, which is worthy of recognition!
Speaking of Zhu Yuling's experience in recent years, it is indeed a big ups and downs - after Li Xiaoxia announced her retirement in 2016, until 2018, Xiao Zhu was tacitly recognized as the third person in the national table tennis women's team, and even once threatened Liu Shiwen's status, becoming the core main player of "bao three contending for two and fighting one", and it is very likely to participate in the Tokyo Olympic Games, or even be selected for singles.
However, after the rise of Ito In 2018, Zhu Yuling lost to the Japanese teenager twice in a row, and also suffered various defeats in other competitions, and finally lost the world table tennis singles in 2019. In 2020, it was difficult to qualify for the World Table Tennis Championships and return to the main squad, and the result was that the competition was cancelled due to the epidemic, which was really unlucky.
As early as 2019, Zhu Yuling was basically excluded from the Olympic qualification competition of national table tennis, and even she herself said bluntly in an interview: "Regarding the Olympic Games, I don't think it has anything to do with me." I feel this way now, not lip service, I feel it from the bottom of my heart. ”
As soon as this statement came out, countless fans who supported her were in tears, but this was not the worst thing - from 2020, Zhu Yuling began to have a series of physical discomforts, and then quit many competitions and entered the cancer hospital for treatment in 2021. Due to the recent retirement of Ding Ning of the Grand Slam, many people can't help but speculate: Is Xiao Zhu also going to retire?
However, the rumors soon broke: shortly after the news of Zhu Yuling's medical treatment came out, everyone was pleasantly surprised to find that she appeared in the closed training list of the national table tennis. However, considering that there has been no training and competition for a long time in recent times, even many of the most hardcore fans believe that It will be difficult for Xiao Zhu to be selected for this year's World Table Tennis Championships, and this is indeed the case.
But so what? After encountering so many setbacks, Zhu Yuling still decided to return to the table and continue to chase her ping-pong dream, even if she was no longer the main force of the stars, even if it might only be a sparring partner for her teammates, she still chose to insist.
Fans who are familiar with Zhu Yuling know that Xiao Zhu's family is not bad, so he does not need to make a living by playing ball, and can have many life choices. Not to mention that she is now a world champion and has long been famous, but she still endures the blows and torture from injuries and losses, which is indeed not easy!
Finally, it is expected that Zhu Yuling can continue to find her own state in the new stage, and strive to continue to attack the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships and the 2024 Olympic Games, and get higher honors: Come on!