Chen Xingtong and Wang Chuqin are the most capable male and female table tennis players in the lineup sent by the national table tennis to participate in the Oman Challenge, and the national table tennis coaching team only sends a small team to participate, and insists on letting these two people participate in it, which is enough to prove that the national table tennis coaching team wants to give them the opportunity to prove themselves at the same time, but also wants to see the ability of two people to pick the beam alone. As a result, both men and women in the men's and women's singles matches, both encountered the dilemma of early exit. And both of them also lost the civil war, one lost to Xiang Peng, born in 2003, and the other lost to Ku Man, who was born in 2005. It was clear that he was overwhelmed by the young general and failed to defend his own front. This also shows from one side that in the case of comprehensive ability, two people in the case of comprehensive ability, because of the emphasis on singles results, eventually encountered early elimination. When the two partnered in mixed doubles, they easily cheered each other up, and for the results were relatively ordinary, but in the face of strong players, they played more focused and relaxed, beating the combination of Chinese Taipei Zheng Yijing and Li Xinyou 3-0, and successfully broke into the mixed doubles final as desired. The scores in the three sets were: 11-3, 11-6, 11-9.
For veterans and the new generation of young players who are about to play the world, in fact, there is a big difference in the mentality of the game. Especially players like Wang Chuqin and Chen Xingtong, because they have a certain amount of hard strength, they can't reach the extent that they can complete the crushing by hard force when competing with teammates who are close to the strength, so if they are compared with veterans and novices, they can often put themselves in a fighting position, but it is easy to play their best state. Even if they play against the most powerful teammates of the national table tennis team such as Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha, they may become the ultimate winners. Playing is the feeling of having both strength and momentum, and completely without baggage. Playing in this state, it is easy to take out all the combinations of your own skills and tactics, because otherwise, there is no chance. When fully immersed in the game itself, the abilities of Chen Xingtong and Wang Chuqin are also reflected.
But now, it's about putting them in the position of the core players of men and women, that is, the leader, to play the Oman Challenge. The two people invisibly have idol baggage, want to prove their hard strength, but also always want to use their own strengths in terms of holding ability to deal with each other, but the teammates know that they are weaker than their strength, if they fight each other will definitely not prevail, so they will detour with them, and then always compete with them in an unconventional state, and strive to concentrate all the back and forth balls in the first three boards. So that Chen Xingtong and Wang Chuqin as long as they do not pay attention to it slightly, they will be directly solved by the opponent in the first three boards. Before he could show his strengths, he had already lost the game.
Only in the mixed doubles event, Chen Xingtong and Wang Chuqin have both had the tacit understanding of partnering each other several years ago, and there is no recent mixed doubles results to rely on, so there is no baggage, and there is not much idea of results, that is, to prepare for each round of competition, but let them move forward relatively easily, all the way to the final. I believe that this trip to Oman can make Chen Xingtong and Wang Chuqin more aware that ordinary mind is sometimes more important than technical ability. When they can also be like their teammates, trying to start fighting on the first board and not letting the other party return to their habitual routines, in fact, the opportunity for Chen Xingtong and Wang Chuqin also appeared. At least how far can I go in the end, I'm afraid that once the opponent is also panicked and anxious, the opportunity for two people will also appear. I hope that this singles defeat in Oman this time, as well as the highlights on the mixed doubles field, can help Chen Xingtong and Wang Chuqin prepare for the next Grand Slam tournament and enhance their self-confidence, and we also believe that they have the ability to regain good results through adjustments in a short period of time. Come on Wang Chuqin, come on Chen Xingtong.