After the Tokyo Olympics, the situation of the national table tennis men's team has been very clear, and Fan Zhendong has succeeded Ma Long. After winning the Men's Singles Championship of the World Table Tennis Championships, the Men's Singles Championship of the WTT World Cup Finals, and the Men's Singles Champion of the Singapore Grand Slam, Fan Zhendong also further consolidated his position in the team, sat firmly in the world first, and basically locked the position of the leading player in the team.
Malone is a full slam, a double circle Grand Slam, personal skills have reached the pinnacle of perfection, and personal honors have reached a level unprecedented. As Ma Long's successor, Fan Zhendong will inevitably make a comparison with Ma Long. Can Fan Zhendong reach the height of Ma Long in terms of achievements? Let's take a brief look at it.
If Fan Zhendong can stabilize the current momentum and play more flexibly, there is a chance to impact Ma Long's achievements in the future. Fan Zhendong's chances are very good, the team has an absolute advantage, and the outside association also lacks really threatening players.
First, Fan Zhendong has the strength to impact Ma Long
Strength is the last word, only with enough strength, Fan Zhendong can have the opportunity to surpass Ma Long. Otherwise, everything is empty talk. In the Rio cycle, Fan Zhendong is the p card, and became the main player at the Tokyo Olympics. Although Fan Zhendong is only 25 years old, his experience in the competition is very rich. Personally, technically, Fan Zhendong and strength and speed are very good. If it is analyzed from the perspective of hard power alone, Fan Zhendong can definitely be called the strongest national table tennis. After 19 years of downturn, Fan Zhendong played more delicately and more flexibly. Whether it is domestic or the entire international table tennis arena, Fan Zhendong's first position is basically more and more stable, and the future will launch an impact on Ma Long's achievements.
Second, Fan Zhendong's chances are better than Ma Long's
If you look at the era and the general environment, I personally think that Fan Zhendong's chances are better than Ma Long's. If Fan Zhendong can stabilize the current momentum, it is not without a chance to surpass Ma Long.
We've all seen Malone win three consecutive World Table Tennis Championships and achieve a double Grand Slam, but we can't forget that he also came out of failure. In the era of the young general, Ma Long had Wang Hao in front of him, a big mountain. After Wang Hao, Ma Long's side also has two teammates, Zhang Jike and Xu Xin. At the London Olympics, Zhang Jike won the championship and achieved the fastest Grand Slam, and the entire Rio cycle was basically the era of troika competition. In the Tokyo cycle, Zhang Jike retreated, Fan Zhendong stood out, and although Ma Long was strong, he had been a strong hand on the road to the championship.
Compared with Malone, Fan Zhendong's current opportunities are very good. As Ma Long grew older, his physical condition declined and he was no longer invincible; Xu Xin's threat was also decreasing, and he was basically in a semi-retired state. From the competition in the past two years, it is not difficult for us to see that the final stage of the game is still the competition of Dragon Fat. If you walk over the big mountain of Ma Long, there is no one in front of Fan Zhendong.
From the perspective of national table tennis, Fan Zhendong is broken behind him, and he has not seen any players who can impact him for the time being. Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan are both older than Fan Zhendong, and their mentality has been unstable, and they have not been able to play out at their peak. Wang Chuqin, who is behind him, has received relatively high expectations, but his growth height is somewhat slow. Xiang Peng and Lin Shidong are still young, both in the growth stage, and basically cannot see the future. In the international table tennis arena, Bohr and Ochalov have become veterans, and the threat is basically non-existent. The only people who can really be regarded as a threat are Lin Yunru and Zhang Benzhi and the two, in the past confrontation, Fan Zhendong was able to suppress the two.
Malone can achieve today's achievements, in addition to being technically strong, but also because he has a long peak period. Double-lap Grand Slams, three consecutive World Table Tennis Championships, all of which have been accumulated by time. Fan Zhendong has the strength and opportunity to impact Ma Long at this stage, can he do it in the future? This depends on whether Fan Zhendong can maintain his own physical and competitive state, and while maintaining his physical health, he also needs to continuously improve his own technology.
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