In the list of the first WTT Grand Slam tournaments announced by the World Table Tennis Federation, 16-year-old Lin Shidong was nominated for the main competition by the World Table Tennis Federation, and he was the only player among the national table tennis players.
That means he plays directly at Grand Slam tournaments. Why can a 16-year-old with no world points receive special care continuously?
Before the Grand Slam tournament that started on March 7, Lin Shidong went to Oman, where he got the opportunity with a "wild card".
Lin Shidong was a huge surprise.
He was Liu Guoliang's beloved disciple. I remember that in the first half of 2020, the national table tennis returned from overseas, and when training in Hainan, Liu Guoliang promoted him to train with the team, and 15-year-old Lin Shidong was proud to approach the national team.
After the training of the training team, the young general has achieved remarkable results. At the end of the year, lin Shidong won the singles championship and entered the national team. As Liu Guoliang's beloved disciple, it is understandable that he has received special care from the WTT World Table Tennis Federation.
He has surprising results. Without two brushes, I'm afraid he wouldn't have gotten so many opportunities. After the Olympic simulation competition, the National Games and other competitions, Lin Shidong played very well, had the experience of defeating the Olympic champion Xu Xin, at the end of a competition, Liu Guoliang called him to the front, helped him review the game, and pointed out the direction of improvement.
Since then, Lin Shidong has received more and more attention, in addition to singles opportunities, men's doubles paired with Xiang Peng, Zhou Qihao, etc., mixed doubles paired with Ku Man, Wang Tianyi and so on. At the World Youth Championships at the end of last year, he got the opportunity to win the team championship.
Liu Guoliang hoped that he and Zhang Ben would pick a fight. Lin Shidong's performance was looked at by Liu Guoliang, who once said: "If you have the opportunity, let Lin Shidong and Zhang Ben pick one!" Perhaps, in Liu Guoliang's heart, Lin Shidong has been regarded as an important training object against Zhang Ben.
Lin Shidong's style and characteristics are somewhat similar to Fan Zhendong, and he is called "little fat" by fans. The current national table tennis lineup, the men's team in addition to Ma Long, Xu Xin and other veterans, the world's first Fan Zhendong, let people rest assured, the Mesozoic players, one by one can hardly be carried, training new people is the trend.
With such a good seedling, as the chairman of the WTT World Table Tennis Federation Council, Liu Guoliang, it is reasonable to give Love more opportunities.
Lin Shidong, how big a surprise can it bring? Fans are looking forward to his performance.