Fan Zhendong took the initiative to withdraw from the competition to consider the overall situation of national table tennis! At present, with the approaching of July, after the International Table Tennis Federation announced that the Budapest Grand Slam is scheduled, it is also officially announced the timing of the WTT European Series, but at the same time there will be a European Series of competitions, a total of three WTT events will be held, the earliest of which is the WTT Star Challenge held on July 11-17, the second stop is the WTT Side Tournament held on July 18-22, and the third leg will be almost the same. The first WTT Championship will be held on July 18-23, because there is still half a month before the start of the star game, the Chinese table tennis team has also officially announced the lineup, and from the perspective of this lineup, the biggest surprise is Fan Zhendong's withdrawal.
The reason why Fan Zhendong chose to retire from the competition is different from veteran Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen because of insufficient ranking and do not qualify for the competition. It is because he is currently ranked first in the world, fully meets the requirements for participating in the star competition, and he is not injured, but after comprehensive consideration, Fan Zhendong made the decision to withdraw from this event, and such a decision was also recognized by the head coach Wang Hao, and even Liu Guoliang had to praise Fan Zhendong, because Fan Zhendong's withdrawal was partly because of himself, but more because of the consideration of national table tennis.
Because the second half of the chengdu world table tennis championship team competition, and the world's first fan Zhendong is the absolute main force, in order to be able to train more systematically and reserve physical fitness, Fan Zhendong made a decision to withdraw, in fact, for Fan Zhendong, due to the current ranking of the world's first, the points gap between the points is as high as 6900 points and the second place Ma Long's points have widened to 3500 points, even if they do not participate in the competition, it will not affect their rankings at all, so including the head coach Wang Hao is supportive of Fan Zhendong's withdrawal.
In fact, Fan Zhendong's approach was actually made last year, after the end of the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen three world champions voluntarily withdrew from the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, of course, unlike Fan Zhendong, the three veterans at that time did not have a competition task after that, and Fan Zhendong also needed to prepare for the next Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, in fact, Fan Zhendong did this For another reason, it is from the overall situation of national table tennis, that is, he is currently the world's first, It can ensure that the national table tennis won the vast majority of the championships, but after Fan Zhendong, the replacement of men's table tennis is not smooth, and Fan Zhendong chooses to quit in some unnecessary events, which can give more young people opportunities, such as this time because of Fan Zhendong's withdrawal.
Liu Dingshuo, who ranks lower, will take the last train, he will and Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, Yuan Licen five people to form a men's table tennis lineup, if you can have a good performance in this event, Liu Dingshuo's world ranking will be improved, in the future will get more opportunities to participate, in the case of not harming the main interests of the national table tennis, give more young people the opportunity to participate, this is the national table tennis coaching team and Liu Guoliang's current training ideas of the change, and Fan Zhendong also took the lead in setting an example.
Perhaps in the future major competitions, we will see more main players choose to withdraw, which is another way to upgrade the national table tennis on the basis of being able to guarantee the championship. After all, the championship of the series is more of an icing on the cake for Fan Zhendong, but for young players, it is an encouragement for growth, support this training model? How to evaluate Fan Zhendong? Welcome to leave a message to discuss