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The Durban World Table Tennis Championships ended successfully, and the mainland men's and women's table tennis teams played well and gained a lot of results.
Sun Yingsha defeated Chen Meng in the final to win the women's singles championship, and she is also the first post-00s singles champion in the history of the World Table Tennis Championships. Fan Zhendong defeated Wang Chuqin to win the men's singles title.
The Chinese table tennis team successfully won five championships in this trip to the World Table Tennis Championships and successfully completed the task.
In contrast, the Japanese team looked a little bleak, losing to national table tennis players in all three events, except for winning the silver medal in mixed doubles, the rest were nothing.
Japan's Zhang Benzhi faced the mainland's men's singles player Liang Jingkun in the last battle, and finally ended the World Table Tennis Championships with a score of 2:4.
After the game, Zhang Benzhihe couldn't help but cry when he was interviewed by the media, saying that he was more painful than when he was a teenager.
Why did Zhang Benzhihe say such words, and what are the highlights of this World Table Tennis Championships?
1. Tomokazu Changmoto, who was pinned on high hopes by the Japanese
In the men's singles 1/4 final of the 2023 Durban World Table Tennis Championships, Japan's Zhang Benzhihe and national table tennis star Liang Jingkun had a strong showdown, and this match won the attention of netizens before the start of the competition.
Let's start with a brief introduction to these two people.
Tomokazu Chang was born on June 27, 2003 in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, but his ancestral home is in Sichuan Province on the mainland.
When he was born, he was a Chinese with Chinese nationality, but because he was born and raised in Japan, he must have a lot of feelings for Japan.
And as far as table tennis is concerned, Japan's internal competition will be a little weaker than China's. Tomokazu Chang will be more likely to get started and exposed when he participates in the Japanese table tennis team.
Therefore, under the influence of many factors, Zhang Motochikazu finally replaced Japan in major international table tennis competitions as a Japanese in 2014.
Tomokazu Changmoto is a strong table tennis player, and in 2013, at the age of nine, he participated in the All Japan Championships, setting a record for the youngest player in Japan at that time.
In 2016, Tomokazu Chang won the championship in the men's singles final of the U21 category of the Japan Table Tennis Open with a good score of 3:0, defeating Japan's Sanbu Hanghei, becoming the youngest U21 champion in history.
Today's Zhang Benzhihe has gradually become the most powerful men's singles player in the Japanese table tennis team, and is one of the biggest competitors in mainland men's table tennis, and one of them can even be removed.
Zhang Benzhihe's opponent Liang Jingkun is also a very strong and excellent player, who has won many men's singles titles for the mainland.
Second, Zhang Benzhihe and Liang Jingkun's strong showdown
Before the start of the competition, most people thought that between Zhang Benzhihe and Liang Jingkun, the strength of the uncle depended on the play on the spot.
In this game, the two almost brought out their strongest strength to fight.
In the first game, a long ball sparring is carried out, just like fighting bayonets in the ancient battlefield, which is very exciting and full of ornamentation.
In the last match, although Liang Jingkun won, he played generally conservatively and a little restrained. But in this battle against Zhang Benzhihe, it was more passionate.
Both sides directly cut the dry, fortunately, Liang Jingkun has a thicker foundation, and he is a veteran of the court. So in the first two rounds of the matchup, Liang Jingkun defeated Zhang Benzhihe.
In the third and fourth rounds, the two sides still played very excitingly, and the battle was fierce, and each game was won or lost in millimeters.
And this time Zhang Benzhihe's performance was slightly better, and his ability to seize opportunities was relatively strong, so he was successfully equalized.
In the fifth game, the two sides directly opened the battle of Tianwang Mountain, Zhang Benzhihe attacked fiercely, and came to the match point first, while Liang Jingkun responded calmly, and the successful latecomer came out on top and won this crucial game.
In the sixth game, the two sides fought again, regardless of you and me, and at one point the score was 9:9.
Fortunately, Liang Jingkun won the game by scoring two goals in a crucial way at the last moment.
At the end of the game, Zhang Benzhihe and Liang Jingkun fell to the ground together, covered in sweat, which was a manifestation of extreme fatigue after exercise.
After lying down and resting for a while, Zhang Benzhihe and Liang Jingkun got up one after another and hugged each other rarely. I believe that every viewer will feel that this is quite wonderful after watching this game, so wonderful that people feel that who wins and who loses is secondary.
Third, Zhang Benzhihe, who was in a collapse, was interviewed in tears
After the game, Zhang Benzhihe summarized the reasons for the loss in this game in an interview with the media, saying that "he missed the last few goals, but this kind of mistake is invisible to the Chinese team." ”
"There are still two years to go, and I will adjust again. At the next Olympic World Championships, I will try to win a medal! ”
Zhang Benzhihe further said: "This time the World Table Tennis Championships, I have successfully brought out my strength level. Although the result is a bit regrettable, I am still quite satisfied with my performance. ”
At the end, Zhang Benzhihe said: "Thank you to the Chinese team such as Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha for coming to play with us. If you have a chance to meet them next time, you still want to win. ”
After summarizing the competition, the Japanese media that conducted the interview threw out a new question, saying that you will soon turn 20 years old, how do you want to spend this birthday?
This was originally a relatively common problem, but I didn't expect it to directly make Zhang Benzhihe break the defense, and tears immediately rained down.
With tears in his eyes, Zhang Benzhihe said the following words: "The next 10 years will be more difficult, if things that are really more painful than when I was a teenager will continue, no matter what happens next, I will believe in myself and will do my best in every game." ”
As a Japanese player, Zhang Benzhihe has lost more than enough in the international arena when facing Chinese players, but his overall strength is very amazing, which puts greater pressure on Chinese players.
Zhang Benzhi on the field and his desire to win are obvious, and there is a determination to dominate the arena, which is all due to the influence of his youth experience.
Fourth, the pressure of Zhang Benzhihe
Zhang Benzhihe has debuted to play table tennis in the first year of junior high school, but because of his young age and outstanding achievements, he has attracted great attention in Japan and is directly sought after as a genius by many people.
Zhang Benzhihe's parents originally wanted to bring it back to China for development, but there are too many table tennis talents in China and the competition is too fierce.
His parents wanted to keep him in Japan for the sake of Tomokazu Chang's future.
This choice was originally understandable, but the problem is that although Tomokazu Zhang was born and raised in Japan, his cultural background is still Chinese, and he has not really integrated the culture of Japan.
This led to Tomokazu Changmoto, who was a teenager, although he showed superb table tennis skills, but he could not make friends with Ben in Japanese schools.
As a result, Zhang Benzhihe did not have a happy life as a teenager.
That's why after losing the game, Zhang Benzhihe said words that were more painful than when he was a teenager.
In Japan, Tomokazu Chang can indeed be regarded as having no opponents; However, in the international arena, because of the mountain of the Chinese team, it often breaks its halberd.
In a word, Zhang Benzhihe is actually a very good and strong table tennis player, but the performance of Chinese players is stronger.
He may be able to defeat a Chinese player with all his strength, but there is more than one excellent table tennis player in China, and the mainland has a very strong table tennis training system, which can cultivate first-class players in batches.
In such a situation, if Zhang Benzhihe wants to win the championship in the hands of the Chinese team, it will be difficult to go to the sky.
Tomokazu Chang is a talented table tennis player carefully trained by Japan at great expense, and for such a person, from the top of the Japanese sports industry to the vast number of Japanese audiences, they have high hopes for him.
In this way, it is obviously not enough for Tomokazu Chang to be invincible in table tennis matches in Japan, he must defeat the Chinese team head-on in the international arena and win the final championship to satisfy the Japanese audience.
Now that Zhang is approaching his 20th birthday, twenty years old is an important watershed moment for a professional player.
Before the age of twenty, you can say that you are young and there is still room for improvement in the future.
But after the age of twenty, it means that you have begun to get older, and your peak may have passed.
For a player who is starting to get older, there is no elaborate value in it.
So when the media mentioned that he was about to turn twenty, Zhang Benzhihe suddenly broke the defense, crying to express his belief in himself, and would go all out in the next game.
Zhang feels deep pressure, if he still can't beat China to win the championship in major international competitions in the next few years, he is likely to be abandoned by Japan and no longer spend a lot of money on training, but instead bet on other talented players.
If such a thing really happens, then for Zhang Benzhihe, his career may well end early.
In this case, how could he not feel Alexander? How can you not break your defenses and shed tears?
Then again, let's take a look at the excellent performance of mainland players in this World Table Tennis Championships!
5. Sun Yingsha - the first post-00s women's singles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships
First of all, let's take a look at Sun Yingsha, who successfully won the women's singles championship, and her performance in this World Table Tennis Championships is particularly outstanding.
The Japanese media spoke highly of it, believing that her level was far ahead of other women's singles players on the court.
As Sun Yingsha's finalist Chen Meng, the loss of this tournament means that she cannot reach the career grand slam.
But no matter what, Chen Meng is a very good player, and the loss of this competition cannot hide the light of his entire career. He has won many championships for Chinese teams and is full of honors.
Before this tournament, she was only one title away from reaching her career Grand Slam. Therefore, many people had high hopes for Chen Meng before the game, hoping that she could achieve such a rare personal honor.
However, unfortunately, in the final, she unfortunately lost to the younger player Sun Yingsha by a score of 2:4, helping her to achieve the honor of the first post-00s women's singles championship.
Although Chen Meng was not able to win the championship in the end, she also got a lot of world ranking points, and after adding the points of this runner-up, Chen Meng was able to surpass Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi in the women's singles world ranking, and finally reached the world's second highest position.
6. Men's singles champion Fan Zhendong
Let's talk about the men's singles champion Fan Zhendong. Before the start of the competition, most people were optimistic that Fan Zhendong could finally win the championship.
And Fan Zhendong finally lived up to expectations and played his normal level and pocketed this men's singles world table tennis champion.
Fan Zhendong's basic skills are relatively solid, the ball method is also relatively delicate and flexible, and the stability is very good. In contrast, Wang Chuqin only has an advantage in speed.
Therefore, as long as Wang Chuqin does not have a chance to get started, it will be difficult for him to win this game. Moreover, Wang Chuqin's advantage in speed can be controlled by Fan Zhendong's rotation.
In this men's singles final, Fan Zhendong won relatively easily. However, Wang Chuqin's performance was also quite good, and he successfully saved four match points in the fifth game, which can be said to be very psychologically passable.
Judging from Wang Chuqin's performance in this final, if he does not meet Fan Zhendong, there is a high possibility that he will win the championship. However, Wang Chuqin is still relatively young, and he still has a chance to win the championship in the next international competition.
VII. Summary
In this Durban World Table Tennis Championships, mainland male and female players played together and won five championships for the tenth time, consolidating their position in the world table tennis competition.
Durban is located in South Africa, and it is also 84 years later, the World Table Tennis Championships are held in Africa again.
It is believed that the outstanding performance of mainland table tennis players on the field can help the spread of table tennis in Africa and even the world.
Although the status of the Chinese table tennis team is still as stable as Mount Tai, this competition also allows us to see many rookie dark horses, such as Assar, Linde and so on. I believe that each subsequent World Table Tennis Championships will become more and more exciting.