Because of the abundance of talents, the competition pressure in the team is very large, and some second-tier players have chosen to join other countries because they have not been given the opportunity to compete in world-class events, which shows how precious the quota of national table tennis is. Of course, in order to avoid controversy, the Table Tennis Association also made strict requirements for players who compete in world-class competitions, and if they failed to meet the requirements, they were removed from the right to play, and Liu Shiwen almost ended her career that year.
To say that the requirements of the Table Tennis Association, the most controversial one should be Liu Guoliang just removed from the post of head coach, after Wei Jizhong's advice, the implementation of the rule not to lose foreign wars, especially the young players who have just debuted, if the first round of the main competition is eliminated, there will be no place next time. Although the requirements are not strictly implemented now, frequent losses in foreign battles will still reduce the chance of playing.
However, one player is an exception, she has lost three foreign matches in the last five months, and she is still included in the squad for the trip to Bangkok on April 23. Previously, Sun Yingsha did not perform well, accompanied by coaches, enlightened, was said by netizens to have a deep background, now this young man will be more like the daughter of the Table Tennis Association compared to Sun Yingsha, speaking of this, everyone thinks of who it is, yes, she is Chen Xingtong!
Chen Xingtong and Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha are also known as the new troika of national pingping, their debut was to deal with the overwhelmed Miyu Hirano who beat Kong Linghui that year, and the three did not live up to everyone's expectations, all grew into world-class players, and Chen Xingtong took the honor first, she beat Ding Ning to complete the summit for the first time in Sweden, and Wang Manyu and Ito Mimakoto entangled. To say that the most bumpy debut period is Sun Yingsha, known as the little devil, frequently folded in the international arena, the competition for Olympic places was almost excluded.
However, since 2021, everything has been reversed, Chen Xingtong, who took the lead in "taking off", began to behave decently, Wang Manyu is still a mediocre god, only Sun Yingsha completed the rebirth of nirvana, with one victory after another, directly came to the top, snatched the ticket to Tokyo from everyone's hands, and now it has created a brilliant 23-game streak and 3 years of undefeated foreign wars, Chen Xingtong's foreign war defeat on May 3 is more than one step darker than that!
Losing to the strongest opponents Japan and South Korea can be understood, after all, there are ups and downs in the state, and the strength of the people is not bad, but Chen Xingtong's loss is really difficult to accept. Chen Xingtong's first foreign battle to lose was the Asian Cup against India's Batra, India is not a table tennis desert, but it is also similar to the open level, the background is seriously insufficient, not to mention the technology, Batra this player is also unheard of, this is so, Chen Xingtong actually lost.
Chen Xingtong's next two opponents have certain strength, one is chipper Han Ying, and the other is Szokos, the representative of the new generation of Romania. From the perspective of the match, Chen Xingtong had the advantage, winning the first set first, but after slackening, he was beaten by his opponent for three consecutive games, and finally reaped the bitter fruit, and the WTT Macau Championship was staged for a round.
Objective evaluation, even if there is no rule for losing a foreign war suspension for one game, Chen Xingtong should take a break to reflect, and deeply analyze the reasons why he obviously took the lead in gaining the advantage, but could not win, is it a hurry in mentality or unsolid technology, no means of counteraction after being targeted by the opponent, or is it a mismatch with the coach? Reflection is not criticism, but advice, instead of muddling down, it is better to stop and think about it, what do you think about this?