Experience|3 times in one day to blast out 11-0 score, why did Guoping suddenly "not talk about martial virtue"?

Beijing time on September 22, Hangzhou Asian Games ended the first day of the table tennis competition, although many fans imagined the scene of the national table tennis victory, but did not expect another thing, that is, our athletes actually blasted out an 11-0 difference three times in one day, respectively from Liang Jingkun, Sun Yingsha, Wang Chuqin, some people can't help but ask:

Isn't it an unwritten rule of National Table Tennis not to beat the opponent 11-0? Previously, there were famous scenes of Zhang Yining's poor acting skills, why did they not abide by it now?

Wang Chuqin in the Asian Games men's team group stage

Interestingly, it was also on this day that Japanese world champion Miu Hirano gave her opponent a goal in a 10-0 lead, which made it even more confusing. In fact, as long as we look back at history, we will find that this national table tennis streak of 11-0 is not an emergency, because the habits of the team have changed many years ago.

Liu Guoliang had already instructed

First of all, it is certain that the national table tennis did have an unwritten rule of not playing 11-0 in the past, which we can confirm in the interview videos of many athletes and coaches.

But at the same time, in recent years, the situation of the national table tennis 11-0 has gradually increased, and the most shocking of them is not the Asian Games, but the women's singles semifinals and finals of the 2019 Budapest World Table Tennis Championships, Liu Shiwen let her teammates only score 0 points in a single game when she won Ding Ning and Chen Meng, which she explained after winning the championship:

"Chairman Liu (Liu Guoliang) also specifically said this, because the rules of the game itself do not say that the opponent must be given a point, or that the opponent will be embarrassed, I think playing every point seriously is also respect for the opponent. And if you give up one point in the game, there is still a probability that you will lose back, because after all, you didn't win the last point, so I just play every ball seriously. ”

Liu Guoliang watches the national table tennis training

It is with the encouragement of Liu Guoliang that the "unspoken rules" of national table tennis gradually no longer count, and whether it is an international competition or a domestic competition, whether it is an 11-0 difference for teammates or athletes from foreign associations.

For example, during the 2022 Chengdu Team World Table Tennis Championships, Grand Slam Ma Long also blasted 11-0 against Indian players, and said in an interview after the game: "Chairman Liu (Guoliang) also mentioned before that for the game and the greatest respect for the opponent, he can still go all out to play every ball." Just like snooker scored 147 points, trying to play every point is a sign of respect for your opponent. ”

Interestingly, the change in national table tennis also affected other opponents, such as Misei Ito, who once blasted an 11-0 score against another Grand Slam Ding Ning, and she admitted afterwards that she was influenced by Liu Shiwen: since Chinese players can play 11-0 against each other, why can't she do this? Then the question arises: why did Guoping have such a conceptual change?

Mimato Ito 11-0 Ding Ning

The reason for the shift

At first glance, the ITTF changed the 21-point system to an 11-point system in 2001, so the rule of not playing 11-0 should at least be unique to the 21st century, in fact, it is not, because the essence of this matter is actually "single game does not shave the opponent's bald head", and in amateur and informal matches, the score of each game is not fixed, so the habit of not letting the opponent score 0 points should have long been there.

And not only in the Chinese table tennis industry, but also in foreign associations, there are similar "unspoken rules", such as the just mentioned Miyu Hirano gave up the ball at the Asian Games, and Samsonov and others in Europe often do this, which shows that not playing 11-0 is not exclusive to national table tennis.

But as Liu Guoliang said, the real game is not stipulated to concede the ball, and everyone's views on the same thing may be completely different, for example, some athletes feel that not taking 1 point is faceless, but some players feel that being conceived is looking down on him: You let before the game is over, doesn't this say in advance that I will definitely lose? By what?

It is precisely because of the conflict of ideas, so there has been a national table tennis player to give the ball but the other party does not appreciate it, the result not only did not lose a point in "courtesy exchange", but also desperately chased the situation, the scene once became very embarrassing, but made the situation stiff: this makes the ball pay attention to a you and I wish, "unrequited love" is to make themselves boring.

And the argument for not conceding the ball is indeed valid – isn't going all out the embodiment of sportsmanship? Isn't it normal for other items to have 0 points? What's more, 11-0 you feel faceless, can 11-1 save how much? If you feel that 11-1 has no face, do you still want to make it 11-2, 11-3, 11-4? Then simply lose to you, so that you have the most face!

In fact, as long as everyone follows the rules and treats them equally, there will be no such concerns; Of course, there is no rule that says that you must not give up the ball, so you can let it if you want, don't let it if you don't want to, and respect everyone's choice.