The female national table tennis players did not perform well in the WTT Doha Star Challenge, especially in the first round of the main tournament, there were 3 players, Fan Siqi, Qian Tianyi, Liu Weishan were eliminated one after another, which surprised everyone, and many people questioned them. Personally, I think it is normal to lose, this is not to protect them, or to say that it is the spirit of A Q, self-comfort. For more information, listen to me.
First of all, they have been competing abroad for a long time.
They began competing in Oman on February 27 – the WTT Regular Challenge In Muscat (Oman), where they won all five championships until March 5. Of course, at that time, some of the main players participated, including Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin, Chen Xing and others.
The main players then moved to Singapore Grand Slam tournaments, which began qualifying on March 7, while the rest of the team competed in the 2022 WTT Regional Tournament Doha (Qatar) starting on March 13. Until March 17, the national table tennis players won 4 championships, Xu Yingbin/ Qian Tianyi mixed doubles champion, Qian Tianyi / Zhang Rui women's doubles champion, Qian Tianyi women's singles champion, Zhao Zihao men's singles champion.
Immediately after March 18, the 2022 WTT Regular Season Challenge Doha (Qatar) qualifier kicked off. The competition went on March 24, and Yuan Licen and Fan Siqi won the men's and women's singles championships.
On March 25, the 2022 WTT Star Challenge in Doha (Qatar) kicked off...
Originally planned to let the main players of the national table tennis participate in the star challenge, the result is that the main players have to choose to withdraw after participating in more than 10 days of Singapore Grand Slam events; and these second-tier players who have been participating in the competition have long been tired, but they still have to continue to carry the beam.
After more than a month of continuous participation abroad, energy and physical strength have been exhausted, and there have long been rumors that a player has been injured; at this time, it is of course normal to lose to an opponent whose strength is weaker than his own.
In addition, the second-line players of the national table tennis team have not participated in international competitions for a long time due to the epidemic. Unlike the main players, last year there was the Tokyo Olympic Games, then the World Table Tennis Championships, then the Singapore World Cup Finals, and the WTT Macau Championship held in February this year, only a few main players had the opportunity to participate, and the second-tier players could only watch from a distance in China. They either do not train in China, do not participate in the escort selection competition, or do not participate in the Table Tennis Super League, or do not participate in the National Games, in short, they are circling in the country and have no opportunity to train in the international arena. National table tennis second-tier players lack experience in international competitions, especially compared to the main players of foreign associations.
In addition, after the Tokyo Olympic Games, many senior second-tier players in national table tennis chose to withdraw from the national team, including Gu Yuting, Li Jiayi, Che Xiaoxi and other 10 people. The old withdrawal, the new top, but because of the epidemic, the new batch of second-tier players, the largest is 97 years, most of the post-00s young players have not been able to get enough experience in the international arena, which and senior players have formed a "fault". In the past, we watched the second-tier players and the main players of the outer association fight, and it was also crushed; but now the new batch of second-tier players, although most of the time, although they can win the game, but it is not easy to win, and they do not show absolute advantage.
Finally, these young people have been wandering outside for more than a month, eating or not eating, sleeping well, will they be homesick?
In addition, the few games that our players lost in this Star Challenge were reversed in the case of a big score lead, and it is obvious that our players as a whole are stronger than their opponents, but in the end they did not resist being overturned. A lot of people think that our players are offensively weak, their techniques and tactics are not in place, and their performance is very poor; but think about it in reverse, maybe they are really tired behind them. I haven't had the opportunity to participate in national competitions for a long time, and suddenly I am so intensive to participate, I am not tired!
Therefore, for our excellent national table tennis players, we still have to understand more. After all, it is not easy for them to go abroad to participate in a competition at this stage, and they must be isolated when they return to China, and they can only stay abroad in order to participate.
Hopefully, after this tournament, they can go back to the country and have a good rest. At the same time, summarize the gains and losses of this series of competitions, find problems, and solve problems in order to continue to improve.