In the history of Chinese men's table tennis, there has always been no shortage of outstanding talents, so far, a total of four people have won the achievement of grand slams, they are Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui, Zhang Jike and Ma Long.
What is more interesting is that Liu Guoliang Kong Linghui is of the same age, known as the first pair of Gemini stars of Chinese men's table tennis, while Ma Long Zhang Jike is also of the same age, another pair of gemini stars of Chinese men's table tennis.
In the middle of these two pairs of Gemini stars, two kings and one horse have joined forces to rule the table tennis world for more than ten years, and after the two kings and one horse have declined with age, Ma Long Zhang Jike quickly stood out and created a new era of Chinese men's table tennis.
Speaking of which, Ma Long debuted earlier than Zhang Jike, as early as 2006, he qualified for the team world table tennis championships, and although he did not appear much, he successfully became the world champion with the two kings and one horse.
Zhang Jike, on the other hand, is thick and thin.
Zhang Jike came to prominence at the 2010 Moscow World Table Tennis Championships, when the Chinese women's table tennis suffered a defeat, which also invisibly brought great pressure to men's table tennis.
In the final, Zhang Jike replaced Wang Hao.
It is said that Liu Guoliang originally planned to let Wang Hao, Ma Long and Ma Lin play in the final, but because Wang Hao hesitated for a moment, Liu Guoliang immediately decided to take down Wang Hao, and Zhang Jike should be allowed to play.
In the final, Malone made his first appearance, but lost to Germany's Bol, fortunately, the subsequent Ma Lin defeated Ocharov, and Zhang Jike, who appeared in the final of the team world table tennis championships for the first time, successfully won the German Suss, and then the first single Marin simply defeated Pol and helped the Chinese team win the championship!
The experience of this World Table Tennis Championships made Zhang Jike grow up quickly.
In the second year's single World Table Tennis Championships, Zhang Jike, who participated in the singles competition of the World Table Tennis Championships for the first time, defeated Wang Hao in the final and won the singles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships! In the World Cup of the same year, Zhang Jike once again defeated Wang Hao and won the Men's Singles World Cup.
At the London Olympics, Zhang Jike defeated Wang Hao again in the final and became a Grand Slam!
It can be said that from 2011 to 2014, this period belongs to the era of Zhang Jike, during which Zhang Jike won two World Table Tennis Singles Championships, two World Cup Singles Championships and one Olympic Singles Champion!
At this time, although Ma Long performed well, he could not break through in the competition, especially in the World Table Tennis Championships, he was continuously blocked by Wang Hao outside the final door.
But at this time, Malone should not be discouraged, because the era that belongs to Malone is still to come, and Malone will create an era that is completely his own and become a generation of legends! But at this time, Malone did not know what would happen in the future!
In the 2014 World Cup singles match, Ma Long and Zhang Jike fought fiercely for seven rounds, and finally Ma Long lost Zhang Jike 3-4, at this time Ma Long was almost on the verge of collapse, and he even began to consider whether he should retire!
Fortunately, Malone persevered!
At the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, Ma Long finally successfully reached the top, and since then he has created a great era!
From 2015 to 2021, Ma Long has won three consecutive World Table Tennis Championships! Two consecutive Olympic titles! In addition, Malone has won two World Cup singles titles!
I remember that in the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, after Ma Long defeated Fan Zhendong, he once sighed and said, Now I can finally match Zhang Jike in terms of results, and I no longer have to look up to Zhang Jike!
Today's Ma Long, with 7 three major singles champions, ranks first in Chinese men's table tennis!
In addition, Ma Long has also won a total of 26 world championship titles, breaking the record of 24 world championship titles previously held by Wang Nan!
It can be said that from 2011 to the present, if the first four years belong to Zhang Jike, then the next few years belong to the glory of Ma Long!
Today's Zhang Jike has faded out of the arena, and Ma Long is still an indispensable absolute main force in Chinese men's table tennis!
In the future, what kind of miracles can Malone create? Let's wait and see!