National table tennis rout! The three world champions were out, Chen Meng was ridiculed by the group when he lost, and Fan Zhendong was defeated and caused controversy
In the 1/8 finals of the 2023 WTT Frankfurt Championships, the national table tennis suffered a big rout, and the three world champions Liang Jingkun, Chen Meng, and Fan Zhendong were eliminated one after another, among which Liang Jingkun lost 1-3 to South Korean star Lim Jong-hoon, Chen Meng lost to Romanian star Szokos again 2-2, and Fan Zhendong lost to South Korean star Lee Sang-so 1-2.
In this match between Liang Jingkun and Lin Zhongxun, many fans predicted that Liang Jingkun might lose, because Lin Zhongxun had defeated Wang Chuqin before, Lin Gaoyuan and other national table tennis main forces, and had strong strength, and Liang Jingkun's performance in the first round was not particularly good.
Chen Meng was defeated by Szokos last year, and this year Chen Meng completed revenge on Szokos in Ljubljana, but he didn't expect the two to meet again in Germany, in fact, many people guessed before the game that this game would be very intense, because the two of them have fought until the last moment in the last two fights, so for Chen Meng, Szokos is definitely a big rival, just like the previous two encounters, this time the two fought again to the last game, when the score was 10-10 draw, Chen Meng suddenly broke the line, Szokos sealed the win 12-10 and defeated Chen Meng for the second time in the Paris Olympic cycle, and Chen Meng received a lot of ridicule after he was out, and many fans questioned that head coach Ma Lin gave Chen Meng so many opportunities, but Chen Meng did not achieve the corresponding results.
After Liang Jingkun and Chen Meng were eliminated one after another, the national table tennis world No. 1 Fan Zhendong appeared on the stage, against the Korean veteran Li Shangzhu, judging from the strength of the two on paper, Fan Zhendong occupies a very big advantage, the two are not players at the same level at all, but surprisingly, Li Shangzhu gave Fan Zhendong a dismount 11-7 as soon as he came up, and then Fan Zhendong pulled back a game with 11-9, and then both of them played very fiercely, but Fan Zhendong always made mistakes at critical moments, Li Shangzhu 11-8, won two games in a row 13-11, thus eliminating Fan Zhendong with a total score of 3-1. With Fan Zhendong out, there have been 3 world champions in national table tennis who have been eliminated, among which Liang Jingkun and Fan Zhendong still lost to two Korean players, if Liang Jingkun and Chen Meng lost Many people guessed, then Fan Zhendong out is definitely not predicted by many fans, and the result of this game is still very surprising.
And Fan Zhendong's exit also caused some controversy, mainly because Fan Zhendong had not been defeated by Li Shangzhu before, and maintained 14 consecutive victories against Li Shangzhu, which shows that Fan Zhendong occupies a very big advantage in all aspects, but Liang Jingkun and Chen Meng have been out one after another, I am afraid that Fan Zhendong's mentality has also had some impact, head coach Wang Hao has been questioned by some fans, Liang Jingkun has lost to Korean players, and it has not attracted Wang Hao's attention, so that Fan Zhendong repeats the same mistake. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or carry it.