The biggest focus of this Goa Star Challenge is undoubtedly Liang Jingkun, this time Liang Jingkun played well to win the men's singles championship, the last time he won the championship was in March 22 at the Oman Challenge, after a year Liang Jingkun won the men's singles championship again, and it was also the fourth men's singles title won by Liang Jingkun in the Paris Olympic cycle, and Liang Jingkun was most concerned about in the semifinals with Zhang Benzhihe.
Liang Jingkun's match with Zhang Benzhihe this time, in fact, Liang Jingkun has not played with Zhang Benzhihe for nearly four years, facing Zhang Benzhihe, who has greatly improved his strength, Liang Jingkun is still a step-by-step technique and tactics, handling the first three boards on the basis of ball control, forcing Zhang Benzhihe and himself into the power ball stalemate, and finally Liang Jingkun still won 3:1 with a slightly easy score against Zhang Benzhihe.
In an interview after the game, Liang Jingkun expressed some ideas to enter the final, and also gave some comments to the opponent Zhang Benzhihe of the game, first of all, he thought that Zhang Benzhihe is also a player with super first-class strength, and this game can be won relatively easily or from the correct technique and tactics, so this game Zhang Benzhihe did not fully exert his strength.
To be honest, Liang Jingkun's evaluation of Zhang Benzhihe is very high, and it is also a very rational evaluation, a real combination of Zhang Benzhi and the real strength to give an evaluation, which is obviously different from the evaluation of other male table tennis main players in the past, and it is also a real explanation to the public that Zhang Benzhi and the real strength positioning is now given.
After last year's WTT World Cup Wang Chuqin defeated Zhang Benzhihe, the interview mentioned some evaluations of Zhang Benzhihe said that Zhang Benzhihe dared to fight on the field, and Zhang Benzhihe's efforts were also affirmed by himself, this statement is actually just a microcosm of other men's table tennis main forces, and the post-match interview after each victory over Zhang Benzhihe is the same.
The older Fan Zhendong and Ma Long, in the post-match interview after the victory over Zhang Benzhihe, including the evaluation of Zhang Benzhihe on other occasions, all gave an affirmation of Zhang Benzhihe's excellent qualities of working hard in the game, but did not give recognition to Zhang Benzhihe's progress in strength every time.
Liang Jingkun's high evaluation of Zhang Benzhihe completely subverts the previous evaluation of Zhang Benzhihe by Chinese men's table tennis, and the national table tennis has always implemented that every famous player in the foreign cooperation can not look up to the opponent in words, and must attach great importance to the opponent in the game, such a benefit will not encourage Zhang Benzhihe such a foreign cooperation famous player, in the pressure in the hearts of national table tennis players.
And Liang Jingkun's high evaluation of Zhang Benzhihe this time, although it is a little against the world, but Liang Jingkun is indeed rationally evaluating the current Zhang Benzhihe, he does have the strength of a super first-class player, last year's Zhang Benzhihe defeated Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong, Lin Shidong, Lin Gaoyuan these male table tennis players.
Liang Jingkun should also be a straightforward person, if the opponent is other people Liang Jingkun is also not hesitant to evaluate the truth, this time can make a real evaluation of Zhang Benzhihe, which shows that the national table tennis coaching staff should also really examine Zhang Benzhihe, at least must always insist on attaching great importance to Zhang Benzhihe in the game.