On March 2, the main event of the WTT India Star Challenge continued, and unexpectedly, the upset continued, even world number one Fan Zhendong was not spared, he lost to South Korean teenager Cho Dae-sung.
For Fan Zhendong's loss, it was indeed a surprise. What is more noteworthy than losing is his state, his spirituality, his ability to get rid of difficulties when encountering difficulties, and how to improve himself at a time when the strength of foreign association players is constantly improving? Let people imagine the men's team, they feel not optimistic.
In fact, this Star Challenge, the game that has already started, why is Fan Zhendong upset? World men's doubles champion Falke/Carlson was out, and later Falk's singles also lost, world champion Yoshijun Ishikawa was defeated 2-3 by Miwa Chang, and South Korean world champion Yang Xiayin lost 0-3 to Germany's Han Ying, a loss for the world champion.
While the world champions lost, the continental champions also lost. Dako, who had just won the European round of 16 (the equivalent of the European Cup), lost 3-1 against Sweden's Carlsen and lost 3-11 in the fourth set.
Asian Championships women's singles champion Hina Hayada, the world's sixth-ranked first-class player, faced Chinese Taipei's Zheng Yijing, played four sets, 1-3 defeat, it must be known that Zheng Yijing has been in very bad form recently, previously in the Japanese T-League, loss is the mainstream, African champions Gundam lost 0-3 to Monaco's Yang Xiaoxin.
One by one, world champions, continental champions, etc. have been out, there are cold in it, there are also losers in the state of the loser, and there is an objective factor, table tennis players play professional leagues in leagues around the world, and the bottom of the players is very clear, like Zheng Yijing, the Japanese T League tour, her characteristics of Japanese players are Menqing.
Looking back at the losing champion, Fan Zhendong's loss is the most regrettable, the first game of the first international competition in 2023 was upset by the opponent, and encountered the "black opening" of the season, I hope he adjusts well, and must not fall into a bottleneck period like in 2019.