This should be the most embarrassing scene in the history of Chinese table tennis.
Zhu Yuling and Liu Shiwen, two former doubles partners, actually openly quarreled on the stage of the World Cup final, which also made the German fans on the scene restless, how did the Chinese table tennis players, who have always been known for their unity, quarrel on the field?
In the 2017 FIFA World Cup in Düsseldorf, Germany, the women's singles final was played against Chinese player Liu Shiwen against teammate Zhu Yuling.
Prior to this, Liu Shiwen had achieved three consecutive championships in the World Cup and was a veritable Queen of the World Cup.
Zhu Yuling, who is only twenty-two years old, is reaching the World Cup final for the first time, and he is also a challenger against Liu Shiwen.
The first four games were tied 2-2, the key fifth game between the two sides until the ten-to-ten draw, Liu Shiwen grabbed the attack after the multi-shot confrontation, got the key eleventh point, at this time there was a controversial scene on the field, the two people because of a penalty dispute, actually publicly quarreled on the field.
At the critical moment of the fifth set, Zhu Yuling fell behind Liu Shiwen ten to eleven, at this time in Zhu Yuling's attack, he had an unexpected mistake, and an unexpected return ball was issued to give Liu Shiwen a key point.
Just as Liu Shiwen was waving her fist to celebrate, Zhu Yuling pointed her finger at the table, thinking that it was a side ball.
Liu Shiwen, who was on the side, insisted that she did not see the situation of wiping the edges, and walked directly back to the rest area, unwilling to communicate too much with Zhu Yuling. The live video also plays the slow-motion playback of the ball over and over again, but due to the problem of the camera position, there is never a suitable angle for this ball to distinguish whether the edge is wiped or not.
Although the host of the scene believes that from his point of view, this ball is indeed suspected of rubbing the edge, but because the referee did not get a clear angle to prove it, he did not change the judgment of Zhu Yuling's complaint.
After experiencing this penalty storm, Zhu Yuling also inspired a higher fighting spirit, he not only won a set back eleven to nine in the sixth set, but also won three consecutive points in the key seven sets behind, and finally defeated Liu Shiwen 12-1, reversing the 2017 World Cup championship.
Since then, it has begun a period of its own women's table tennis era. And Liu Shiwen's performance in this game is also like her professional experience, controlling the good situation, but always a little worse at the critical moment.
The controversy between the two men in this game has also become a rare contradictory moment in the history of Chinese table tennis, even after so many years, it will still be taken out by fans to talk about.