There has always been a topic of debate in the table tennis world, that is: when athletes play a 10-0 point difference, should they let 1 point show friendship? Almost every time this happens, fans will form two factions of "let" and "don't" and then start a fierce debate.
No, in the men's singles semifinals of the WTT Championship Tournament that ended in July, Chinese Taipei world champion Veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan was brutally hit by Lin Gaoyuan 11-0, and after the game, he ignored the usual etiquette and left without shaking hands with Lin Gaoyuan or touching his fist, which once again caused widespread controversy among fans.
Many people think that Zhuang Zhiyuan did this because he lost too badly and felt faceless, because he had touched the other side after the battle with Liang Jingkun in the last game, and the match with Lin Gaoyuan was gone, which was not obvious enough? So this seemingly "insignificant" 1-pointer should not be allowed?
As we all know, the past table tennis game is 21 points per game, from the probability point of view, unless it is a pure amateur professional player, it is difficult to play a 21-0 score as long as it is a pass between athletes, at least the author has not seen any game so far.
However, in 2001, the International Table Tennis Federation reformed the competition system, turning 21 points per innings into 11 points (while the three wins in five singles were generally changed to seven innings and four wins), which made the situation of athletes being "shaved off" significantly, after all, it is not easy to get 21 points in one go, but there is still hope for 11 points.
It was from that time that the topic of whether 10-0 should be scored 1 point began to be widely discussed in the fan circle, and the more dramatic thing was that the national table tennis fans first paid attention to this matter precisely because of a showdown between Zhuang Zhiyuan and the national table tennis player Ma Lin.
At the 2002 Qatar Open, zhuang Zhiyuan, who was only 21 years old at the time, met 22-year-old Marlene, and the former not only laughed to the end, but also exploded an 11-0 score, which impressed the fans who watched the game. After that, the relevant news has also emerged, of course, not particularly much, after all, this is also a small probability event.
However, for national table tennis players, they generally let 1 point when playing 10-0, and some foreign association players are the same, such as Samsonov once led Xu Xin 10-0 in the World Cup, and then lost 1 point at random, and Ito Mimachi also admitted after playing Ding Ning 11-0: he hesitated, but when he remembered that Liu Shiwen also played, he did not let it.
Note: Ito Mimachi refers to Liu Shiwen's consecutive 11-0 critical hits against Ding Ning and Chen Meng at the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships.
Obviously, in the consciousness of many athletes of foreign associations, there is also the concept of giving 1 point, but European players are relatively not very concerned about this matter (Lao Sa is nicknamed "Gentleman of Table Tennis" after all), so that there have been national table tennis players 10-0 handicap but the other party does not appreciate it, and continues to chase after the situation, this face is a bit embarrassing.
Although many Chinese fans mostly think that 1 point should be scored, it should be pointed out that whether it is the national table tennis or the International Table Tennis Federation, it has never stipulated that it is not allowed to play 11-0, let alone any athletes who are punished for this, so strictly speaking, letting the ball is a sentiment, and not letting go is beyond reproach in the rules.
It is precisely because there is no requirement on the rules, so there are both handicap and non-points on the field, in recent years, there are more and more 11-0 situations within the national table tennis, and everyone is used to this matter after it is not strange, and then there are people in the table tennis world who bomb out 11-0 but finally lose the game, and are beaten 0-11 but laugh to the end.
Some people think that the handicap is to give the opponent face, after all, the 0-11 score is too embarrassing; Some people also think that it is necessary to not let go, and to go all out to win is to respect the opponent - so do you think it should be let go? If you hit the ball with a 10-0 score, would you give the opponent that face? Feel free to leave a comment and write your own opinion!