On March 13, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam played a match in the second round of men's singles. Wang Chuqin defeated England's Pecheford 3-0 to advance to the round of 16. After Lin Gaoyuan lost to the South Korean team, the national table tennis was also adjusted in time, and the coach of the men's team Qin Zhijian personally sat on the sidelines to conduct the command. Peecheford is a major rival of national table tennis, and Liu Guoliang and Qin Zhijian naturally do not dare to slacken off. Under the guidance of Qin Zhijian, Wang Chuqin played steadily, did not repeat the mistakes of Lin Gaoyuan's loss to South Korea, and helped the country with a big victory.
Among the young players of national table tennis today, in addition to Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin are expected to compete for 2 places in the next Olympic Games. From the experience point of view, Lin Gaoyuan is the richest of the three, and he is also the first to enter the main echelon of national table tennis, but he is now the most backward of the three. Although Lin Gaoyuan often had a good play against teammates such as Ma Long and Fan Zhendong, he often dropped the chain in foreign wars, which also made Liu Guoliang and Qin Zhijian dare not let go of Lin Gaoyuan. On the contrary, Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin's foreign war performance was more stable.
In the first round of the match against South Korea's Lin Zhongxun, Lin Gaoyuan lost 0-3, and the whole match was suppressed by the opponent. After the game, Lin Gaoyuan admitted that there were some problems with his preparation, which was completely different from the feeling in the game. Lin Gaoyuan and Xiang Peng are the two players who were out of the first round of the national table tennis men's team, but Xiang Peng is the first time to participate in such an international competition, and it is understandable to lose. But it is really incomprehensible that Lin Gao has been on the field for so many years and is announced in the first round of the Grand Slam. Lin Gaoyuan's loss made people feel humiliated, and the national table tennis also needed to regroup.
In the second round of the competition, Wang Chuqin faced the national table tennis rival Picheford, a player who could make Ma Long and Fan Zhendong very headache. However, Wang Chuqin firmly controlled the situation of the game, losing 3 straight sets 11-8, 11-8, 11-5, thus defeating Pecheford 3-0 on aggregate and successfully advancing to the third round. Qin Zhijian also personally went out to guide the horse in this field, afraid that the disciple would drop the chain. Wang Chuqin did not repeat the mistakes of Lin Gaoyuan's loss to the South Korean players yesterday, but was proactive from beginning to end, dared to fight, did not give the opponent any chance, brought the opponent into his own rhythm, and finally won the victory as desired.
Comparing the two games of Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan, it can be seen that the adjustment of the national table tennis is very timely, and Qin Zhijian's sitting has also played a key role. At the critical moment of the replacement of the new and old national table tennis, Liu Guoliang chose Wang Chuqin instead of Lin Gaoyuan as the key training object of the national table tennis, and this move was indeed very good. Wang Chuqin, who has experienced the Olympic Games, has become more mature and his performance in foreign wars has become more reassuring. On the contrary, Lin Gaoyuan has now encountered a bottleneck and has never been able to make a breakthrough. Wang Chuqin is 5 years younger than Lin Gaoyuan, and in the competition for Olympic places, Wang Chuqin has obviously ranked ahead of Lin Gaoyuan.
Not only that, Lin Gaoyuan also had to face competition with Liang Jingkun. In the Oman game, Lin Gaoyuan lost to Liang Jingkun and lost in the direct confrontation, which will undoubtedly give him a lot of points. This is the national table tennis, the competition is always so cruel, Lin Gaoyuan is now in the competition with Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin, if you can't catch up, then I'm afraid it will fall farther and farther.