On March 24, Wang Chuqin posted on social platforms thanking Sun Yingsha and Fan Zhendong.
Wang Chuqin participated in the recent WTT Singapore Grand Slam. This is the first Grand Slam tournament held by the World Table Tennis Federation. In this Grand Slam, the national table tennis performed well, winning five individual championships.
Wang Chuqin participated in three events at this Grand Slam and gained a lot. He won the men's doubles and mixed doubles titles. Being able to win two championships is, of course, inseparable from his personal strength and hard work, and it is also inseparable from the tacit cooperation of his partner.
Wang Chuqin partnered with Sun Yingsha and Fan Zhendong to win the mixed doubles and men's doubles championships. Datou frankly gained valuable experience and thanked Sun Yingsha and Fan Zhendong.
Therefore, Wang Chuqin specially thanked Sun Yingsha and Fan Zhendong. The road ahead is still very long, and Wang Chuqin will continue to walk firmly.
Born in May 2000, Wang Chuqin is a very strong player. He is also the focus of the national table tennis coaching team to cultivate. In December 2015, 15-year-old Wang Chuqin was promoted to the national first team. In 2018, Wang Chuqin participated in the World Table Tennis Championships with his teammates of the national team and won the team championship. He became a world champion at the age of 18. In 2019, he won the World Table Tennis Championships doubles title with Malone. In 2021, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha won the Mixed Doubles Championships of the World Table Tennis Championships together. He competed in the Tokyo Olympics as a P card, but did not get a chance to play, so he did not win a medal.
In international competitions, Wang Chuqin has won the championship many times. However, from the analysis of the championships he has won, it can be seen that there are more doubles championships and few singles champions. He partnered with Sun Yingsha and won the mixed doubles championship several times. At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha defeated Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu 4-2 to win the gold medal. Including the aforementioned mixed doubles title of partnering with Sun Yingsha to win the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships and the 2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam. Wang Chuqin also won the mixed doubles championship with Wang Yidi and Chen Xing, and also won the men's doubles championship with Ma Long for many times.
Wang Chuqin has many doubles titles, but very few singles titles. In the men's singles final of the WTT Macau Championship in January 2022, Wang Chuqin defeated Lin Gaoyuan 4-3 to win the men's singles championship. The problem is this title, 840 days after Wang Chuqin last won the men's singles title. For a top player, the time gap is also too long.
Wang Chuqin's current predicament is here, he can win a lot of male table tennis players, but it is difficult to win Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, and even may not win Xu Xin, and Liang Jingkun will also play difficult to solve. This time WTT Singapore Grand Slam, Wang Chuqin lost 2-3 to Ma Long in the men's singles 1/8 final, and was eliminated early. In the WTT Oman Challenge, Wang Chuqin unexpectedly lost to young player Xiang Peng 1-3 and missed the men's singles semifinals. In the men's singles quarterfinals of the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Chuqin lost 2-4 to Fan Zhendong and was also out early.
It is impossible to win the top players of national table tennis, which makes it difficult for Wang Chuqin to go further. After all, if you want to win the men's singles championship, you must pass their level, unless they retire. The problem is that they don't have the intention of retiring yet. Especially Fan Zhendong, he can still play well for several years.
But Wang Chuqin seemed to be unable to find a way to deal with it. Wang Chuqin is 21 years old, not young for table tennis players. If Wang Chuqin wants to achieve something, he must find a way to improve his singles performance. Wang Chuqin has always been valued by Liu Guoliang and the coaching team. If you can't achieve good results in singles, it will be difficult to say later. He may follow in the footsteps of Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan, although he is a high-level player, there are few champions. You must know that Xiang Peng, Lin Shidong and other young generals will soon appear.
Of course, Wang Chuqin has won the doubles championship many times. This point is a little better than Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan. However, the singles results are not outstanding, resulting in the world ranking outside the top ten, which is a bit unpleasant to say.
Similar to Wang Chuqin's situation is Sun Yingsha. Sun Yingsha is also particularly strong in doubles. She won both the Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles titles at the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships and the WTT Singapore Grand Slam, but she missed it in singles. Sun Yingsha's problem is very simple, it is difficult to win Chen Meng and Wang Manyu. The problem is that the two men have almost won the women's singles title in the recent international competitions. Can't win them both, how did Sun Yingsha win the women's singles championship? Both of them are in the year of fighting.
Whether it is Wang Chuqin or Sun Yingsha, they are the focus of the coaching team. However, both of them must find a way to adjust their mentality, improve their skills a little more, win more singles championships, and live up to the weight of the coach and Liu Guoliang.