On October 25, Beijing time, in the previous WTT Macau men's singles final, we saw Fan Zhendong fight to the last moment, but lost to Wang Chuqin 3-4.
And this game is also considered to be the battle of the leader of the national table tennis men's team, Wang Power Transition, because this ball king Chu Qin played too well, but Fan Zhendong has exposed more and more problems. Recently, he has lost to Zhang Benzhihe and Wang Chuqin, two geniuses after 00, the back wave of the Yangtze River pushes the front wave, Fan Zhendong, who is at his peak, is likely to be unable to maintain his dominance, and it is still unknown whether he can go to the Olympics in 2024.
Fan Zhendong now has a problem, when he reaches the final of the competition, he lacks the domineering spirit of winning and sacrificing others. This time facing Wang Chuqin's final, Liu Guozheng and Zhou Guanda commented as guests, and after listening to it, you can feel that they also hate Fan Zhendong, and Liu Guozheng criticized Fan Zhendong many times. At that time, Fan Zhendong fell behind 1:7 and finally lost the game as soon as the first game began, which actually set a tone. And after the game was over, the commentator Liu Guozheng directly said: "Fan Zhendong is too slow to enter the state, you can't always slow and heat, he puts too much." ”
This is an original saying of Liu Guozheng at that time, what is it called putting too much? That is, every time you fight other opponents, you are not prepared and estimated enough for difficulties at the beginning, and others will definitely fight you, because you are the number one in the world for so many years, and he is not prepared to fight with him as soon as the opponent comes up, and he always feels that I can swing and fight for you first, who opened the fight with you? Your strength itself is relatively strong, people will definitely fight for you to fight the first three boards, how can you swing and fight? You are slow and hot every time, first let the opponent take the advantage, or even lose a game first to let the other party play momentum, and the later will definitely play better and better, Wang Chuqin This is a typical example.
So Liu Guozheng had already criticized him at that time, and he criticized Fan Zhendong twice in the following games. Liu Guozheng and Zhou Guanda also criticized Fan Zhendong in the tiebreaker of the seventh game, saying that Fan Zhendong: "This game can't be consumed, and it doesn't show the domineering and determination to tear Wang Chuqin to the end." In addition, he criticized Fan Zhendong: "There was a big problem in this game, there is still room for improvement in the quality of his long ball, and he was calculated by Wang Chuqin in the final." "Being calculated, this is a very terrible thing, it means that you are pinched, your strength may be more dominant, but even if people are accurate that you want to fight like this, you have already been prepared, even if the strength is superior, you may not be able to fight."
Sun Yingsha had lost to Liu Shiwen before because she was counted, although the age difference between the two sides was a lot, Sun Yingsha must play more advanced, but still lost, this is the same reason. Now Fan Zhendong also encountered this situation, these two commentators criticized Fan Zhendong three times in the final, including the problems that Fan Zhendong had in the tiebreaker, the mistakes made by Fan Zhendong in the first game, and Fan Zhendong's shortcomings, they all said.
In the past, Fan Zhendong was very comprehensive in technology and basically had no shortcomings, but now it is different, saying that his long-ball quality still has room to improve, which means that he has problems now. And Wang Chuqin is a post-00 player, you can be counted by Wang Chuqin after 00, then it means that your current strength is not enough, and the strength is not strong enough. Why didn't this happen to Mallon? Why doesn't Malone heat up slowly? These are Fan Zhendong's biggest problems. After Liu Guoliang selected him as the leader of the men's team in 2024, he still lost many championships, including last year's Olympic champion, for a reason, Liu Guozheng's words should prove a lot.