On July 11, the WTT Star Challenge Budapest Qualifying Tournament began, a two-day period, and on July 13, the main competition will begin, which is also the main team of the national table tennis team to return to the field after more than four months to compete for the championship.
Japan, South Korea and European teams have also sent the main lineup, the intensity of the game can be imagined, the first qualifying day broke out a lot of cold.
What many of these fans did not expect was that the 27-year-old national table tennis rival and the main player of the Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan, Niwa Takashi, was tragically eliminated by the "one round tour", and fell into the sand in the first match of the qualifier, losing 2-3 to Chinese Taipei's Liao Zhenju. In addition, South Korea's famous Players Cho Seung-min and Choi Hyo-joo were also tragically hit by a round of qualifying.
Speaking of Niwa Takashi, many people may have question marks who is he? But when it comes to "Muddy Teacher", I believe many people will remember the "Buddhist" Japanese player who played according to his mood.
The fairy ball he played was no less than that of "People's Artist" Xu Xin, and he had a good ornamental nature, so it attracted the attention of many Chinese fans.
At the 2012 London Olympics Asian Qualifiers, 19-year-old Takashi Niwa also beat 24-year-old Ma Long 4-2.
In this competition, many fans also hope that he can play a few more fairy balls and defeat several famous players, so that the prestige of the "mud" teacher will once again spread among the fans.
However, unexpectedly, Niwa Takashi was severely damaged in the first round of the qualifiers, losing 2:3 to Chinese Taipei's Liao Zhenju, which surprised many people and could not help but wonder: Is this still the famous player who defeated Ma Long?
But if you think about it, Niwa Takashi's collapse actually has traces to follow.
Born in 1994, Takashi Niwa is one of the leading Japanese men's table tennis "feel streamers", and often comes across the game and plays amazing ball points.
But as Liu Guoliang said, Niwa Takashi's ball has no rules, and even he himself can't be sure of his own ball routine, so it can't last.
In recent years, Niwa Takashi's performance has also confirmed this, and he has repeatedly lost many matches in internal and external battles.
Since the Rio Olympics, the Japan Table Tennis Association has begun to engage in the "fault training program", concentrating various table tennis resources in the country to cultivate young athletes, and some opportunities to participate in international competitions have all been given to young players.
Domestic Mesozoic athletes have fewer opportunities to participate in the competition, which is basically equivalent to being abandoned, which greatly limits the improvement of their strength.
Niwa Takashi coupled with his physical fitness, mainly height and weight restrictions, as well as changes in the ball and other reasons, the impact on his state has been greater, especially in recent years, his advantages are not very obvious.
Such a situation often makes people feel sorry, only 6 years away from the Rio Olympics, but competitive sports are so cruel, do not advance or retreat, always younger players and more advanced technology.
The current Japanese men's team, Mizutani Hayabusa retired, Niwa Takashi completely left behind, leaving only 19-year-old Zhang Benzhihe barely able to maintain the main position, but also lost many games in the team, defeated by Yukiya Utada, Toue Hayabusa, and Kawa Reiki.
So can mesozoic players like Takashi Niwa regain their strength and become important opponents of national table tennis again? Let's wait and see what happens!