At the Korean Open, Weng Hongyang brought a huge surprise to The National Feather, and he won the championship in one fell swoop when he participated in the Super 500 Tournament for the first time. This championship winning process is the same as his growth experience, it is a long wait to brew the final victory.
Low-key experience, the core of the Min Army
During the youth competition, Weng Hongyang only participated in the Asian Youth Championship and the World Youth Championship in 2016, but did not reach the top 16 twice. Although it is not dominant in the competition with the same batch of domestic players, as the hope of the younger generation of the Fujian team, the Fujian team has been focusing on cultivating Weng Hongyang, and the national competition in which the national team players are absent has become a good stage for him to experience.
Since 2018, Weng Hongyang has gradually become the main force of the Fujian team in the national competition. In the preliminaries and finals of last year's National Games, Weng Hongyang and big brother Chen Long became the two major singles cores of the Fujian team, taking turns to sit on one single. In the men's team final, it was Weng Hongyang's hammer in the three single positions that completed the goal for the Fujian men's team to win the championship after 8 years.
Since being promoted to the national first team in 2019, Weng Hongyang has been practicing in international low-level competitions, winning the Lingshui Masters championship and the runner-up of the Salolou Open. However, since November 2019 and before this Korean Open, he has not participated in an international competition for nearly 900 days. In last year's Thomas Cup, he only made three singles twice in the group stage with Tahiti and the Netherlands, and the winning opponents also had a large gap in strength.
Press the whistle substitute, the dark horse reverse
In the first edition of the Korean Open's registration list, Weng Hongyang ranked 20th on the bench, and the odds of participating were very small. By the second edition, he was the 19th place on the bench, the 14th place in the third edition, and the 11th place in the fourth edition, and it is still unknown whether he can compete. Interestingly, Weng Hongyang was able to travel to South Korea, not initially because of the Korean Open, but because of the successful substitute for the Korea Masters. Determined to be able to play the next 300 matches, he came to the 500 races ahead of schedule to try his luck. Until the day of his departure on April 1, he was not sure if he would be able to compete.
On the night before the match began, Weng Hongyang finally came on as a substitute in the final moments, against South Korea's Single Heo Woo Hee. Knowing that the excitement of being able to compete overshadowed the fame of his opponents in the first round, Weng Hongyang left a sentence: "Fight him!" ”
With the hard work saved for a long time, Weng Hongyang defeated Xu Youxi, Zhan Junwei, Huang Zhiyong and Swenson in a row to reach the final. If the previous opponents are not yet a test, then the opponent in the final, Jonatan, is the Asian Games men's singles champion, which can be called a little devil. However, Weng Hongyang was as open as ever, although the first set was lost, the second set was once 15-19 behind, he was still "going his own way", how to play still how to play, scored 6 consecutive points to reverse, and won the third set.
Single-mindedly striving for victory, completely forgetting to laugh
When I first saw Weng Hongyang a long time ago, I would think that he loved to pout when he played, and he would be a little arrogant, but after getting acquainted, he found that he was very wrong. It turned out that Weng Hongyang just stayed, too involved in the game and neglected expression management.
This time too. After winning the championship, Weng Hongyang was a little confused, so that he completely forgot to laugh on the podium, but just looked at the camera expressionlessly. After seeing the photo of the award, Weng Hongyang cried out for injustice and regret: "I don't know what happened to me at that time, maybe I was too tired, and I seemed to be thinking about how I won." Anyway, I convinced myself, and my expression was like losing! ”
In ordinary life, Weng Hongyang does not say much, only asking questions or saying his own views on key points, and he hides his emotions and thoughts in his offensive style of opening up and closing on the field. Like many boys, he has a strong desire to win and lose, and after winning, he will contentedly show his teammates the operation. After a long absence, his desire to win was seen by everyone and proved to everyone.
Fujian men's singles, left-handed, offensive, Weng Hongyang's characteristics undoubtedly point him to the legendary predecessor. Like most young people, he "grew up watching Dango play", and although this is only the starting point, this championship must be meaningful.