On April 7, Beijing time, following the Grand Slam Li Xiaoxia and the 69-year-old world champion Zhang Deying, another national table tennis star stepped onto the forefront of the fight against the epidemic and gloriously became a volunteer, he is the special playing sparring hero of the national team - Matt, which is really good!
Born in 1994, Matt is hou Yingchao, the most outstanding chipper of the national table tennis men's team, he has solid basic skills, whether it is chipping or counter-attacking is very technical, but unfortunately it is difficult to play under the influence of the reform of the International Table Tennis Federation, so for a long time as the behind-the-scenes hero of the team to undertake sparring tasks, silently contribute to other teammates.
Just in 2021, Matt also created a good result in the internal direct competition of national table tennis, and together with Liu Fei, another player of the women's team, who cut the ball, defeated Fan Zhendong/Qian Tianyi, Liang Jingkun/Sun Yingsha, Zhou Yu/Chen Xing to win the mixed doubles championship, which shows that the cutting ball school still has a certain vitality.
After the game, Matt revealed that he was studying the backhand from long glue to raw glue, which seemed to be ready to rejuvenate the second spring of his career, but what he did not expect was that a few months later, Matt suddenly officially announced his departure from the national team on January 6 this year, saying goodbye to the history of more than 12 years of national conquest, which made people regret.
However, like Fang Bo, Yan An, Zhou Yu and others, Matt is also "retired from the team and not retired", so it is entirely possible to appear on stages such as the Table Tennis Super League in the future. And even after leaving the national table tennis, Matt still did not forget the spirit of the national table tennis, and this time he resolutely went to the forefront of the fight against the epidemic to participate in volunteer work, which attracted the praise of fans and netizens.
For his choice, Matt also said: "Carry forward the spirit of national table tennis, on the first day after the world table tennis family celebrates the festival together, go to the community testing point to help the nucleic acid screening, only by wearing protective clothing can you truly appreciate the hardships and difficulties of medical staff and community neighborhood committee staff, thank you for these people who pay silently every moment." ”
As mentioned earlier, before that, at least two national table tennis celebrities have become anti-epidemic volunteers, including Grand Slam Li Xiaoxia and 69-year-old veteran Zhang Deying (five-time world champion). I believe that with the efforts of everyone, we will definitely win the current battle: come on, China! Come on, all of humanity!