In the men's singles semifinals of the WTT Doha Regular Season Challenge, Yuan Lichen, a post-00 national table tennis player, faced Achanta, a brother of Indian men's table tennis, and once fell behind 2-3. Fortunately, Yuan Licen finally came back to his senses and won two consecutive sets 12-10 and 11-9, thus defeating Achanta with an aggregate score of 4-3 and reaching the men's singles final. The difference in the last 2 innings was only 2 points, showing how intense the game was. In addition to Wang Chuqin, there is no particularly brilliant player among the post-00 players in the national table tennis men's singles, and Liu Guoliang has to pay close attention to cultivating new talents.
Since the main players had just finished playing in Singapore, they originally did not plan to participate in the Doha regular challenge, not only that, Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu They also gave up the next Doha Star Challenge. This also just gave the young players of the national table tennis team the opportunity to exercise, especially the men's team, Xu Yingbin, Cao Wei, Yuan Licen and others need to grow further. In fact, in the generation of young players, the strength advantage of national table tennis is not so obvious, especially in the men's team. The national table tennis men's team seems to be a little lacking in talent, which many people have noticed.
In the men's singles semi-final with India's table tennis brother Achanta, Yuan Licen, the successor of the national table tennis 00, once fell behind 2-3 and looked like he was about to lose the game. Fortunately, the backward Yuan Licen finally came back to God, after a difficult duel of 2 consecutive sets of points difference of less than 2 points, Yuan Licen finally reversed Achanta 4-3 to advance to the final, and also saved the hope of winning the championship for the national table tennis. Judging from Yuan Licen's performance in normal games, his psychological quality and ability to resist pressure are still quite good, but they still need to be further improved in terms of strength.
The national table tennis men's singles is now facing a situation where young talents are relatively scarce, and the same is true at the main level. Malone is still immortal, but Xu Xin has gradually fallen behind in singles. In the latest edition of the world rankings, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Liang Jingkun ranked in the top three, and have formed a pattern of the new three main forces. After them, both Xu Xin and Lin Gaoyuan couldn't keep up. After 00, the main force Wang Chuqin ranked 12th in the world, but he won 2 gold medals in the men's doubles and mixed doubles at the Singapore Grand Slam, and only lost to Ma Long in the men's singles, which is still very optimistic.
But in addition to Wang Chuqin, the national table tennis men's singles seems to be unable to find a second player with similar strength. In contrast, the situation of the national table tennis women's team is much better. Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha are both players born after January 1999, and now they are the absolute core of the national table tennis women's team, and if there is no accident, both of them can participate in at least 2 Olympic Games. Even by the time of the 2028 Olympic Games, Wang Manyu is only 29 years old, and Sun Yingsha is only 28 years old, which can be said to be the year of fighting. In fact, except for Fan Zhendong, the other young players in the national table tennis men's team are not so stable.
For Liu Guoliang and Qin Zhijian, it is necessary to seize the time to cultivate new talents in the national table tennis men's singles. Liang Jingkun has been able to reach the top 4 smoothly in a series of competitions, and gradually stands out. But after all, Fan Zhendong and Liang Jingkun were born before 1997, and the post-00s newcomers should also start to emerge, they are already 21 and 22 years old. In addition to Wang Chuqin, Liu Guoliang should also explore more post-00s players in national table tennis, and Yuan Licen should also speed up the pace of their own growth.