Tomokazu Chang encountered another round of travel! At the WTT Bangkok Star Challenge, China's Xu Yingbin knocked out Zhang Benzhihe 3-1. He even led 8-0 in the final game, and finally ended the match with an 11-2 disparity, making Brother Ping Ping depressed and aggrieved and wanted to cry.
As we all know, at last week's WTT Macau Championship, Zhang Benzhihe reached the final four, but was swept by Wang Chuqin. Since winning Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong in the team competition of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships last year, Zhang Ben's last few battles with the main players of the national table tennis have ended in failure, and the more he loses, the worse he gets. Unexpectedly, this time facing Xu Yingbin, who is ranked 47th in the world, Zhang Ben could not win.
In the first game, the two sides fought back and forth to 10 draws, and the key ball Xu Yingbin continued to boldly start and win first. In the second game, Chang won back 11-9. But in the third game, Xu Yingbin's hand was bursting, Zhang Ben was very the defensive end, and he became more and more passive and lost 6-11. In the crucial fourth game, Zhang Benzhihe had completely lost his momentum, and lost 8 points in a row with frequent mistakes in the opening game, and finally surrendered with a 2-11 disparity.
This time in Bangkok, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, and Wang Chuqin did not participate, which should have been the best time for Zhang Benzhihe to win the championship. However, in the first round, he was actually eliminated by Xu Yingbin and did not even enter the round of 16. Obviously, Chang was also disappointed with his performance. In the final moments of the game, he was very depressed and even if he scored points, he stopped yelling like before.
You know, a few days ago, Zhang Benzhihe released a bold statement in an interview, saying that he would win three medals at next year's Paris Olympics. This may sound simple, but if you analyze it carefully, it is still difficult.
First of all, in terms of team competition, with the retirement of Hayabusa Mizutani and the withdrawal of Koki Niwa from the national team, the current Japanese table tennis men's team is full of young people, except for Tomokazu Zhang Ben, there is almost no world-class famous player, and the overall strength is much worse than Germany and South Korea, let alone the Chinese team. Secondly, in singles, although Zhang Ben is the fourth in the world, his performance in the tournament is very unstable, and he is often out before he comes to the national table tennis table. As for mixed doubles, it is indeed Zhang Ben's most promising event for a medal.
Originally, Zhang Benzhihe had just finished his cruel words, and he should let the outside world see his determination, but he did not expect that he immediately suffered a defeat, and he was also a non-main player who lost to Guoping. Next month, the Durban World Table Tennis Championships will come, with Zhang Ben's current state, it is not good to do it like the Tokyo Olympics and the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, the first two rounds will go home.