The World Table Tennis Federation Star Challenge came to an end, and the main player of the national table tennis was absent from the game, and then encountered two bad news in a row. First of all, men's table tennis failed to cover the world's top three, Liang Jingkun, who missed the star challenge, was overtaken by Calderano, followed by the total destruction of the national table tennis army, and the star challenge was not harvested. For the powerful national table tennis, this is also a blow, but also for Liu Guoliang out of the problem.
During this time, Liu Guoliang did not show up, but he may not be able to sit still. The national table tennis team won all the championships of the first Grand Slam in Singapore, indicating that the main players maintain strong competitiveness. In the absence of the main force, the results of the second echelon are more general, the regular challenge to win the men's singles and women's singles championships, but also can be said, to the higher level of the star challenge, our players do not have any advantage.
It is undeniable that the strength of the second echelon players is relatively large compared with the main players, and the continuous participation in the competition leads to excessive physical consumption of the players, the fluctuation of the competitive state, the injury of individual players, and the failure to win the championship is also normal. But don't forget, the main players of Japan, South Korea, Germany and other teams also did not participate, Zhao Zihao, Zhou Qihao, Liu Dingshuo, Sun Wen are all powerful players, will not collectively miss the top four, right?
This involves a key question, the second echelon is left behind by the main players, in short, the players participating in the Star Challenge, who can impact the main lineup? I'm afraid it's hard to give an answer. In the Paris Olympic cycle, our main squad is still strong, but the future is worrying. Liu Guoliang is faced with a choice, at this time, should he continue to rely on the veteran or completely abandon the veteran?
Obviously, Chinese men's table tennis is facing more prominent problems, Liu Guoliang continues to rely on Ma Long, Xu Xin or completely cultivate young players? At least from the current development situation, Malone is still indispensable, and the team still relies on Malone to play a role. The world ranking can also explain the problem, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long are the most stable, Liang Jingkun has been squeezed out of the top three, and he, like Lin Gaoyuan, has not played steadily.
Through several competitions in March, we can reiterate the previous view that the opponent of Chinese women's table tennis is Japanese women's table tennis, and the opponents of Chinese men's table tennis are blooming everywhere, or it depends on the world ranking, Caldano, Zhang Benzhihe, Lin Yunru are the main opponents, Lin Yunru catches up with the momentum fiercely. In addition, the European men's table tennis strides forward, once Ma Long and Xu Xin fade out of the main lineup, the Chinese men's table tennis is indeed worrying. In the future, who will become Fan Zhendong's best helper? At present, it is still difficult to give an answer, it may be Wang Chuqin, or it may be other people, several main or quasi-main players in male table tennis have the same problem, that is, they are not stable enough, and the strength of playing hard battles is relatively general.
The most important task in the short term should be the Asian Games, and the men's singles sending Fan Zhendong and Ma Long to compete should be the safest choice, right? Maybe for the future, abandon Malone and send another young player to play? The answer can only wait for Liu Guoliang to reveal!