The French teenager complained about Wang Chuqin's violations, the referee denied it and punished him, Xiao Zhan shot back in English and said something
In the third round of the quarterfinals of the 2023 Chengdu Mixed Team World Cup, the national table tennis defeated the French team 8-1 and won six consecutive victories.
In this match, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha won 3-0 against A. Lebrun/Yuan Jianan, Wang Manyu won 3-0 against Pavard, and Fan Zhendong won 2-1 against F. Lebrun.
Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, who are currently ranked No. 1 in the mixed doubles world, won easily against A. Lebrun/Yuan Jianan.
In the first game, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha won the opponent 11:1. In the second game, A. Lebrun/Yuan Jiannan put some pressure on Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha, but the Shatou combination still won the second game 11-8. In the third game, the head-killing combination no longer gave their opponents a chance and won the game 11-3. In the end, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha easily defeated A. Lebrun/Yuan Jiannan 3-0.
The second game of the match was a bit controversial and the match was interrupted for a while.
In the second game, A. Lebrun/Yuan Jiannan took a 2:1 lead. Wang Chuqin continued to serve. As soon as Wang Chuqin served, A. Lebrun raised his hand to signal. The Frenchman complained to the referee, meaning that Wang Chuqin had violated the rules on his serve. The referee gave A. Lebrun Wang Chuqin's serve and made it clear that Wang Chuqin had no problem serving.
A. Lebrun disagreed with the referee's decision and was still chattering there. The referee on duty is from Thailand and is a senior table tennis referee. He upheld the decision and penalized the French pair by one point, making it 2-2. Of course, A, Lebrun didn't catch the ball, so naturally he had to score for the Shatou combination.
Wang Chuqin did not reason with A. Lebrun, let A. Lebrun mess around, and then obeyed the referee's decision. Xiao Zhan, the head coach of the national table tennis mixed doubles team, is not so calm. He saw that A. Lebrun did not obey the referee's decision and shot back directly in English: "How do you see that? "What do you think?"
When he saw that A. Lebrun was still talking there, Director Xiao had to shake his head with a look of disdain.
The referee also ignored A. Lebrun and instructed both sides to continue playing.
Wang Chuqin didn't know how the referee awarded the penalty, and thought that he had re-served. When he was about to serve, he thought of something again, and asked the referee to confirm whether it was a re-serve. The referee told him that the score had become 2:2 and that it was the turn of the French pair to serve.
Wang Chuqin didn't understand what the referee meant, and was ready to serve. The referee hastened to stop it. Xiao Zhan instructed with his eyes, and it was the turn of the French players to serve.
Wang Chuqin gave the table tennis ball to the opponent and let the opponent serve. Wang Chuqin still has to learn more foreign languages, at least to understand the professional terminology of table tennis.
A. Lebrun had no choice but to accept the referee's decision.
In the post-match interview, he talked about the decision again.
Wang Chuqin said in an interview that he had not been affected in any way. And as soon as he made a move, the other party had already raised his hand.
Wang Chuqin believes that the other party does not think that the ball is violated, but wants to target him for this behavior. Wang Chuqin also said that the opponent is not the referee, and the players should abide by the rules of the game. If the referee decides that there is nothing wrong with him, then he will not be affected. If the referee thinks he has a problem, he will make adjustments.
Wang Chuqin was very calm, and A. Lebrun played the role of a clown.