On the evening of March 18, in the men's doubles final of the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, the national table tennis team Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin defeated the Japanese combination of Tokami Hayabusa / Yukiya Umada 3-1 to win the men's doubles championship. Wang Chuqin held the men's doubles and mixed doubles championships and became the big winner of this table tennis Grand Slam tournament.
In the Paris Olympic cycle, Wang Chuqin can be described as the representative of the faster rising generation of men's table tennis, and his left hand playing style, age and upward space have many advantages. Judging from his recent performances, his record is mainly focused on doubles events, and in the men's doubles final of the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Wang Chuqin and Ma Long won the championship with a 4-1 victory over the transnational duo of Jonescu/Robles. "Brother Dragon (Malone) takes me with him both on the pitch and in peacetime, and I am more likely to follow the rhythm of Brother Long and listen to the advice he gives me to execute." Wang Chuqin said.
At the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin defeated the Japanese duo of Yukiya Utada / Hayasuke Tokami by an aggregate score of 3-1 to crown the inaugural Grand Slam Men's Doubles Champion. For the two Japanese players in the same age group in the final, Wang Chuqin said that their fighting strength and impact are very sufficient, the overall playing style is fierce, and the cooperation between the two sides is also very tacit, and the shot is very firm. "This championship is the foundation for us both to become better, and there is still a lot of room to dig into and a lot of details to perfect." Wang Chuqin said.
In the mixed doubles event, the "Shatou" combination will shoulder the responsibility of winning the mixed doubles gold medal at the Paris Olympics. Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha have won mixed doubles titles in important competitions such as the World Championships, the National Games and the National Championships. In this Grand Slam, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha are both in three categories, and throughout the process of advancing to the final, the two are getting better and better, and the cooperation is becoming more and more tacit. In the mixed doubles final, Wang Chuqin/ Sun Yingsha defeated chinese Taipei duo Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing 3-0 to win the first Grand Slam title in the history of table tennis, following the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, the first heavyweight title. Wang Chuqin admitted after the game, "I am very happy to win the first Grand Slam mixed doubles championship, this final we played very well, the strength is also equal, we can win or very happy." ”
In the singles arena, Wang Chuqin has not had any bright performance. In the 2022 WTT Macau Table Tennis Championships, Wang Chuqin, who was not optimistic, broke out and defeated many masters such as Ma Long, Xu Xin and Lin Gaoyuan in a row, and finally won the singles championship that he had been eager for for two years. Wang Chuqin said after the game that he had always had the belief of not accepting defeat and supported the victory of this game. "I don't have the ability to soar, and I don't have any decent results, but I can climb forward like a snail, as long as I love all my efforts, I will have motivation, thank you for never accepting defeat." 」 He then wrote on social media platforms: "Although this championship is not as dazzling as the three major competitions, I have also tried my best. ”
The new cycle of competition has begun, as a player that the coaching team has been focusing on cultivating and paying attention to, Wang Chuqin frankly said that to face and accept the failure of their own, from a defeated battlefield down, to remember how they lost, and then work harder to accumulate, I will continue to tell myself, as long as I continue to work hard, I believe that one day I will get what I want.
Text/Beiqing Sports Zhou Xueshuai