On March 12, the WTT Grand Slam continued, the first national table tennis 18-year-old young player Xiang Peng, came up and was hit by three sticks, facing the Danish player Grote, Xiang Peng sleepwalked, 0-3, was shaved by the opponent.
It's a bit too tragic. Xiang Peng's strength is good, before coming to Singapore, he won the men's doubles championship, the third place in singles, and the qualifier wave of three consecutive wins, in good shape. Why is this first round of the tournament so fragile?
First, the psychological baggage is too heavy. Since the start of the tournament yesterday, the national table tennis players have won 8 games and 8 wins, and Xiang Peng, who appeared for the first time today, has carried a greater psychological pressure, wanting to win and fearing to lose, and the whole game has come down, he is like sleepwalking, until the end, he has not woken up.
The second is insufficient preparation for the game. In the match with Grote, the opponent's movement, change, and shot speed are obviously one rhythm faster than Xiang Peng's, and Xiang Peng is caught in the rhythm of the opponent, lacking slowness, the action is not in place, the serve is always high, and the mistakes are repeated.
Third, the opponent's strength is not bad. The 29-year-old Grote, although not very famous, but also not idle, has participated in the Rio and Tokyo Olympic Games, played in the World Championships with the national table tennis Feng Yalan, and won the runner-up in the 2019 European Games.
Young players in the game, when carrying the psychology of wanting to win and afraid of losing, the action is difficult to do in place, like Xiang Peng, he is not without strength, is the psychological pressure, so that he can not play the strength he should have, a game down, was beaten dizzy.
If you can't change the fragile psychology, I'm afraid it will be difficult to go far. Xiang Peng's defeat requires good reflection, rather than reflecting on technology, we must first reflect on psychological problems. Carrying heavy baggage, on the field, full of confusion, how to play the game?
Xiang Peng's defeat has given a warning lesson to the young players of national table tennis, the game should be lightly loaded, play their own style and level, even if they lose, they can accept it, they have the strength to play, they can't play, this feeling, too stubborn.
Xiang Peng went back and thought about it, and first reflected on it from the thought! Other players, but also take the warning, the national table tennis generals, come on!