On March 12, WTT Singapore Grand Slam continued to compete in the first round of men's singles. Xiang Peng, who only made it to the main round after three rounds of qualifying, did not perform well, losing 0-3 to Denmark's Grote and declaring him out in the first round. Xiang Peng's performance made the head coach on the sidelines, Cui Qinglei, feel very helpless, and after the game, Cui Qinglei directly packed up his things and left the field, obviously angry about Xiang Peng's performance. Cui Qinglei is a meritorious player of the previous national table tennis, and this time he has just been recruited to enter the national team as a coach. Liu Guoliang just arranged for him to be Xiang Peng's head coach, and as a result, he was swept 0-3.
Nowadays, the national table tennis men's team is in the stage of alternating between the old and the new, although Ma Long and Xu Xin's two old guns can still play well, but Liu Guoliang and Qin Zhijian have begun to cultivate young people. In addition to Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, a post-00 player, has been entrusted with heavy responsibilities. In this Grand Slam competition, Wang Chuqin has three events, and has obviously been cultivated as the core. If nothing else, Wang Chuqin is likely to play a quadruple at the Asian Games, and he is undoubtedly the pillar of national table tennis in this Olympic cycle. However, among the post-00 players, there are also others who need to stand up.
The most optimistic is Xiang Peng, born in 2003, he is very talented and is regarded as Zhang Jike's successor. In the WTT Muscat Challenge some time ago, Xiang Peng reached the top 4 and defeated Wang Chuqin, which made people see his potential. At this Singapore Grand Slam, Xiang Peng started from the qualifiers, successfully won 3 consecutive games, and finally entered the main tournament. Many people are looking forward to Xiang Peng being able to play better in this competition, after all, this is the first time he has stood on this kind of masterful Grand Slam adult arena, which is different from the previous youth competition.
However, the reality was harsh, facing Denmark's Grote, Xiang Peng quickly lost the first set 3-11. In the following 2 games, the national table tennis successor was never able to ease up, and finally lost 2 consecutive sets 8-11 and 10-12, thus being swept out by an aggregate score of 0-3. Such a result is very cruel for Xiang Peng, who participates in such a competition for the first time, but it may be the tuition fee that young people must pay when they grow up. And Xiang Peng's sideline guidance Cui Qinglei directly packed up his things and left, obviously angry by the disciple's performance, and the two had to sum up well when they went back.
Hou Yingchao and Yan An, who served as commentators, both felt very sorry, and they thought that Xiang Peng might not even have played 30% of his ability. Xiang Peng's loss is not so much because of the strength problem, but rather because of the mentality problem. It felt that Xiang Peng on the field was completely ignorant, especially after losing by a big score in the first set, the whole person never came back. But that's the case with young players, who need to go through setbacks to grow. Ma Long, Zhang Jike, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong and others have all experienced such moments, and for the young Xiang Peng, he still has time to grow further.
Cui Qinglei only recently returned to the national table tennis team to enter the coaching staff, Liu Guoliang arranged him as Xiang Peng's coach, and as a result, the first national competition between the two, Xiang Peng was swept out of the game with 0-3. For Cui Qinglei, he still has a lot of work to do if he wants to train Xiang Peng to become a qualified national table tennis successor. Fortunately, young is capital, let's cheer together in future competitions!