The WTT Star Challenge in Doha is in full swing, but after the quarter-finals, the result is a big disappointment, because the national table tennis has been completely destroyed! 5 individual events, the national table tennis championship did not get a single championship. Of course, the absolute main players of national table tennis did not come to participate, so such a result is also reasonable. In other words, such a result is exactly what Liu Guoliang wants!
Originally, in the Doha Tournament, the national table tennis was the main force, including Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha and others were listed. However, before the Start of the Doha Tournament, the national table tennis suddenly announced that the main players would not participate.
At that time, the explanation given by the national table tennis was that due to the high intensity and fierce confrontation in Singapore, many of the main forces had a huge consumption, and they expressed their willingness to rest. In order to avoid injuries, the national table tennis decided to let the main players directly return to China to rest and greet the subsequent events with a better mental and technical state.
In fact, these players who retired from the national table tennis tournament do not only include the absolute main force, because post-00s young players such as Lin Shidong, Xiang Peng, and Ku Man also quit with the big brothers. In this regard, many fans are skeptical about the decision of the national table tennis, is it really because the intensity of the previous Singapore match is too great, so the national table tennis chose to withdraw from the game? Obviously, not really.
After all, people like Lin Shidong, Xiang Peng, And Ku Man are the future successors of national table tennis, and it is understandable not to let veterans such as Ma Long Xu Xin participate, but it is impossible to say that it is impossible to let young people exercise.
Since all the absolute main players are not there, the performance of the national table tennis in this game is also difficult to say.
In the quarterfinals, Xue Fei and Zhou Qihao of the men's singles were both eliminated, and Zhou Qihao was swept away by the African brother "Aruna". In the women's singles, there were 11 participants in the national table tennis, but only 1 person entered the top 8, and zhang Rui, the "only seedling", also lost and did not qualify for the semifinals. In fact, Zhang Rui single-handedly managed to reach the top 8, which is already very difficult. Unfortunately, she still failed to help the national table tennis save face.
In addition to the men's and women's singles, the other three doubles competitions, the national table tennis did not participate, so although the Doha tournament is not over, but the national table tennis has been determined to end with 0 championships. For national table tennis, this is a very rare situation. After all, the overall strength of national table tennis is the first in the world, and it is a fault-type lead, even if a substitute is sent to participate, it is often a favorite to win the championship. But the result this time is really too surprising!
In fact, what is difficult for fans to accept is not that the national table tennis championship cannot be won, but that these young players were eliminated early, and even very few people entered the top 8. This also shows from the side that the gap between the level of Chinese table tennis and other countries has been further narrowed, and the wolf breeding plan continues to work.
In fact, since last year's Olympic Games, this problem has been obvious. And this is exactly what Liu Guoliang hopes to see. After all, a dominant company is not a good development trend, if each event is not compared, we know that it must be taken over by the Chinese team, then no one wants to play with us!