The only foreign aid in the Table Tennis Super League, why should he?
Trus Moregaard is a table tennis player from Sweden.
In the international arena, he is a strong opponent of national table tennis. In the table top competition, he is the only foreign aid.
This summer, he attended a summer cram school.
The name of the cram school is - China Table Tennis Club Super League.
Summer tuition school
Recently, national table tennis players have temporarily bid farewell to the international arena. They returned to their respective clubs to participate in the 2023 season of the Table Tennis Super League.
There is only one foreign aid in this season's table top athlete list, which is Sweden's Trus Moregaard.
"Foreign aid" is common in professional sporting events.
Under normal circumstances, the level of foreign aid is higher than that of most local players, such as our Chinese Super League and CBA. Even in the Champions League winners Manchester City, foreign players play a significantly larger role than English homegrown players.
On the other hand, however, the needs between clubs and foreign aid are also mutual. Some foreign aid may not be able to achieve "technical poverty alleviation", but as long as they have the opportunity, they are willing to go to a higher level of league to train themselves.
Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and others go to play in the NBA, Sun Jihai, Wu Lei and others go to play in the five major leagues, and Moregaude comes to the Chinese Table Super League to "tutor", the same is true.
In the 2023 season of the table super, Moregaard represented Lexuan Sports Group Club.
A total of 9 clubs participated in this season's table super men's team competition.
Shandong Luneng is led by Ma Long, and Yuan Licen, Liu Dingshuo and Xu Yingbin are also familiar faces of the national team.
Shanghai Real Estate has Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin, Shandong Weiqiao has Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun, and Huangshi Base has Lin Shidong and Xiang Peng.
The main players of the national team are obviously not enough for 9 team points, and it is also a wise choice for Le Xuan Sports to help Moregaudera.
The lineup includes Liang Yanchang, Selinwei, Gao Yang, Zhou Yu and Moregaard. The number one player of Le Xuan Sports is naturally Moregaard.
So far, Moregaard has made eight appearances in five games over four matchdays, with a record of 3-5.
The details are as follows:
On July 15, Lexuan Sports 0-3 Shandong Luneng
Moregaard 2-3 Malone [15-13/5-11/9-11/11/11-8/4-11]
On July 16, Lexuan Sports 0-3 Shanghai Real Estate Group
Moregaude 1-3 Fan Zhendong【12-14/11-7/5-11/9-11】
On July 16th, Le Xuan Sports 3-1 Jiangsu Xijiu Jing Craftsman
Moregaude 3-1 Full Open Source【11-6/6-11/11-4/11-8】
Moregaard 3-1 Zhao Zhaoyan[13-11/12-10/10-12/11-5]
July 17, Lexuan Sports 1-3 Yellowstone base
Moregaard 0-3 Xiang Peng [4-11/16-18/2-11]
Moregaude 0-3 Lin Shidong【9-11/11-13/10-12】
On July 18, Lexuan Sports 2-3 Shantou Mingrun
Moregaard 2-3 Hayashi Gaoyuan[5-11/2-11/11-7/11-8/8-11]
Moregaude 3-0 Lee Ye-kit[11-4/11-6/11-9]
Moregaude can play back and forth with Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan, these national table tennis main players, and the victory or defeat mainly depends on the stability of key moments. When facing opponents at the level of Quan Kaiyuan, Zhao Zhaoyan, and Li Yijie, Moregaard can win steadily.
Yesterday, he lost to Xiang Peng and Lin Shidong in a row, and he felt obviously out of state. Today, he defeated Lin Gaoyuan and defeated Li Yijie, and his performance was relatively normal.
For Moregaude, the biggest significance of participating in the table top is to be able to play against many Chinese players. After all, in the international arena, it is difficult for him to meet so many Chinese players in a short period of time. And in most cases, once you meet a Chinese player, there will be no next round.
Netizens——
"Why did Moregaard come to play Pingchao?"
"His dad signed him up for the summer class, haha!"
"Hexagonal Warrior"
Malone has the title of "hexagonal warrior", mainly referring to the fact that his abilities are at the top level, and he is so powerful that he has no dead ends.
Moregaard is also a "hexagonal warrior", and his "hexagon" is more intuitive because the racket he uses is hexagonal.
According to the regulations of the ITTF, there are no requirements for the size, shape and weight of the racket. In recent years, the ITTF has encouraged more personalized and fashionable elements into table tennis.
Moregaard's "hexagonal racket" is a presence full of personality.
His racket comes from a famous European table tennis equipment brand and is a new product launched before the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston.
According to reports, the hexagonal racket has a 5% more hitting area than a traditional board, but an 11% increase in the sweet zone and 9% more in the straight board. Although the board area is larger, the weight of this special-shaped racket has not increased significantly.
Since the racket is so powerful, what about Moregaard's results?
In the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, Moregaard used this hexagonal racket all the way to the final and won the runner-up.
Prior to that, Moregaard had finished runner-up in the men's singles at the World Junior Championships in 2017 and 2019. He was also the first Swedish player to win a WTT event.
After becoming famous at a young age, Moregaard's growth was not smooth.
In the 2022 Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships team competition, Moregaude and the Swedish team stopped at the 1/4 final.
In the men's singles competition of the 2023 Durban World Table Tennis Championships, Moregaard lost to Egypt's Omar Asar in the 1/16 final.
In the last two years, Moregaard has not had many highlights in other important competitions. In the latest edition of the world rankings, his men's singles ranking has slipped to No. 15.
All in all, it is a correct choice for Moregaude to participate in the "Table Tennis Super Tuition School".
National Table Tennis and Sweden
Moregaard is seen as Waldner's successor. Speaking of Moregaard and Waldner, we have to mention the story of Chinese men's table tennis and Swedish men's table tennis falling in love and killing each other.
The confrontation between Lao Wa and Chinese men's table tennis, from the era of Cai Zhenhua to Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui, and then to Wang Liqin and Wang Hao. The original strong opponent finally became an old friend of Chinese table tennis.
The movie "Chinese Table Tennis Jedi Strikes Back" tells the story of Cai Zhenhua leading Chinese men's table tennis to defeat the Swedish men's table tennis, and the leader of Swedish men's table tennis at that time was Waldner.
Moregaard was born on February 16, 2002, and he was only 19 years old when he won the runner-up in the men's singles of the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston. Although his grades have not been very good recently, he is only 21 years old now, and he still has a lot of time to learn and grow.
For table tennis players all over the world, coming to China to play is like a "pilgrimage". The Chinese table super of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon may be more eye-opening than the Olympic Games and the World Table Tennis Championships.
Before the start of the Table Super League, Moregaard excitedly took photos: "On the way from Shanghai to Zunyi." Friends, fans, hope to see you soon".
After playing Ma Long, he posted: "I never dreamed of having such a cool debut in China, and to play with Ma Long, the most iconic player in the history of table tennis, is an experience I have never had." It was a difficult game, lost 2-3 to Ma Long, the team lost 0-3, tomorrow against Shanghai, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong and Zhou Kai, come on! ”
PS: Later they lost 0-3 to Shanghai, and Moregaard lost 1-3 to Fan Zhendong.
Moregaard has a lot of fans in China, and he must enjoy playing in China.
The table super competition behind, Moregaard, keep it up!