On March 30, Beijing time, China's 29-year-old table tennis star Yan An posted a photo of a family of three, his son was 1 year old, Yan An excitedly wrote: "Grateful to meet, time is really fast, you are one year old!" I hope to grow up with you, accompany you to witness every important moment of your life, and wish you a happy birthday and good health. ”
As a young and famous player, Yan An's performance in London and rio cycles is quite good, having defeated the national table tennis giants many times, including beating Xu Xin, Ma Lin, Zhang Jike and others, and also defeated Fan Zhendong in the men's singles final of the 2013 Swedish Open to win the first ITTF Professional Tour singles championship of his career.
After entering the Tokyo cycle, Yan An also became more and more difficult, and because of his age, the opportunities for international competitions also became less. Even so, Yan An still won the men's singles title at the 2017 Hungarian Open and helped Beijing achieve excellent results. After the end of the Tokyo cycle, Yan An won the silver medals in the men's team and men's doubles at last year's National Games, and then the ping-pong super boy band won the silver medal again. On October 13, 2021, Yan An announced his retirement from the national team.
Yan An ushered in his son last year, and his marriage with his wife was relatively low-key, and after upgrading to become a father, Yan An was very excited and constantly announced the good news of his transformation into a grandfather. Now, the son is one year old, Yan An is also a special post to celebrate, and posted a photo of a family of three. It can be seen that the son looks like a father, of course, the wife is also quite beautiful, and the eyes are very large.
Yan An will no longer play for the national table tennis in the future, but the domestic competition, perhaps Yan An will continue to appear, Yan An level remains good, can still create a threat to the main force of national table tennis.