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Editor|Xiaolu Liangren
When it comes to Xu Xin, many table tennis fans will think of words such as "python", "fairy ball", "doubles king", and of course, his proud left-handed straight board.
However, compared with Xu Xin's full life, these are still a little less interesting, after all, he married a famous table tennis player, and the other party even did not hesitate to retire early for him.
So how did Xu Xin and his wife meet, and what supports Xu Xin to still struggle in the table tennis arena?
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Some netizens once commented on Xu Xin: In this era of declining straight boards, he was able to reach the first place in the world with his left hand, which is enough to prove his strength.
Let's not talk about Xu Xin's influence in China, first of all, in the hearts of foreign fans, Xu Xin, who has endless "fairy balls", is touted because his ball is too ornamental.
However, even if everyone's evaluation of Xu Xin is not low, the singles championship is still a big distance for him.
Perhaps in the eyes of all table tennis players, only their own champion is the real champion, Xu Xin also thinks the same way when he learned table tennis...
In 1990, Xu Xin was born in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, and his parents were not engaged in table tennis-related work, and the reason why Xu Xin was able to embark on the road of table tennis was more because of his unusual physical fitness.
As early as when Xu Xin was in kindergarten, he was the fastest runner in the class, and his reaction ability was outstanding, which also attracted the attention of local teachers.
Under the guidance of the teacher, Xu Xin began to learn Xi table tennis, and gradually showed his left-handed talent.
Most people's dominant hand is generally right-handed, so occasionally there are some left-handed athletes, who are often "odd soldiers".
Because of Xu Xin's excellent reflexes, he is especially suitable for the fast-changing table tennis sport, so he has gradually become a leader in the school, and the future is limitless.
Parents naturally saw their son's strengths, so they thought about letting Xu Xin completely enter this road, so the parents began to enroll their son in a special class to study Xi, just waiting for the day when he could come out in the future.
It is hard to imagine that a child who has not even graduated from primary school was recommended by the school to the Jiangsu provincial team, and Xu Xin, who was only 10 years old, was appreciated by Tang Zhixian, and was later sent directly to Shanghai to play.
After coming to Shanghai, Xu Xin followed Tang Zhixian to meet the former world champion Cao Yanhua, a leading figure in women's table tennis, who is also very fond of Xu Xin and is very confident that he will be trained into a strong left-handed player.
In this way, Xu Xin began to train table tennis under the guidance of two famous teachers, and his ball skills became more and more exquisite, but he only needed a world-class tournament to prove himself.
After that, Xu Xin was like a hanging, he only practiced for a year, he entered the Shanghai table tennis team, and soon ushered in the World Youth Table Tennis Challenge.
At that time, Xu Xin was only 14 years old, and he was facing table tennis teenagers from all over the world, but he was not timid by nature, but gradually showed the ruthlessness of the "big python".
After experiencing Guan Jiao, Xu Xin stood proudly on top of the world, and won the championship in the team, singles, and doubles events.
It is not so much that Xu Xin is a dark horse, but that he is a bright meteor, which directly stunned audiences all over the world, and everyone began to look forward to it: How far can Xu Xin go in the future?
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China's table tennis industry has always been the world's top existence, and some people even say that "the world champion is not as good as the national champion" about the gold content of the championship.
This sentence is not unreasonable, because Chinese table tennis at that time was not only dominating, but also making foreign players feel a sense of fear in their hearts.
Xu Xin did not become impetuous, after enjoying the honor, because he knew deeply that the next national competition was the most important thing.
In 2005, the U17 National Table Tennis Challenge was held as scheduled, but Xu Xin only won a runner-up, which also became one of his regrets.
Although he failed to win the championship, the national team still paid attention to the left-handed straight player, because at that time, the Chinese table tennis world was too short of a left-handed leader.
In this way, Xu Xin naturally became a member of the second team of the national team, and it only took 8 months to enter the first team and was accepted by Qin Zhijian.
After entering the national team, Xu Xin finally entered the house, and he began to show his "python-shaped swordsmanship" like a "swordsman", and gradually showed his edge on the world stage.
2009 National Games Men's Doubles Champion, 2010 Asian Games Mixed Doubles and Men's Team Champion, 2011 World Table Tennis Championships Men's Doubles Champion, 2012 International Table Tennis League Men's Singles Champion, 2013 World Cup Men's Singles Champion...
At this time, Xu Xin is not only the first left-handed athlete in China to win the world men's singles championship, but also the existence of the first place in the world rankings, and even Ma Long has to avoid his edge.
As long as Xu Xin participates in world-class events, especially doubles events, almost all the championships are won by Xu Xin's group, and he is also known as the "doubles king".
Since Xu Xin's advantage is doubles, the national team coaches are also very clear about his planning, and it just so happens that there are Ma Long and Zhang Jike in singles, so China's table tennis industry has also ushered in an era of all-round development.
It is worth mentioning that Ma Long and Zhang Jike are both Xu Xin's peers, but the styles of the three are different, and Xu Xin is even more expected.
Some netizens said that Ma Long is thoughtful, and he is good at hitting the opponent's details and loopholes, and this kind of management style of playing is obviously extremely suitable for singles, and he is also an all-round player.
Zhang Jike is strong in the overall situation, and he knows very well that he wants to use those points to score, and then let the opponent enter his own rhythm.
As for Xu Xin, he can be called a player full of aura, and there are not a few "fairy balls" he has created, especially his headache-inducing left-handed straight board, and the spinning ball is even more unguardable.
The reason why Xu Xin is called "Big Python" means that he has a strong spin ability to hit the ball, and his movements are very flexible, and he will tightly wrap around his opponent like a python, and wear out the opponent's "vitality" little by little.
However, Xu Xin is different from the previous two in that he doesn't seem to have the kind of "crazy desire to win", and many coaches feel that he is a little at ease with what happens.
Despite this, Xu Xin is still forging ahead in his table tennis career, even if he is not as good as Ma Long and Zhang Jike in some aspects, he also has his own secret weapon - left straight.
After countless honors, Xu Xin's left straight still hasn't changed, and he rarely has a backhand, so once the opponent makes a strategy against him, it is difficult for him to play too brilliantly.
However, Xu Xin's contributions and achievements are undeniable, and what he is most enviable about is marrying a good wife.
If it weren't for his wife's selfless dedication, maybe Xu Xin wouldn't still be in the table tennis arena...
There are good wives in the family
Speaking of Xu Xin's wife, many people must be familiar with her, she is Yao Yan, an existence who once defeated Zhang Yining.
Yao Yan is two years older than Xu Xin, and the two happened to play in the Shanghai team in 2003, so they can be regarded as old acquaintances, but when they were young, they obviously didn't know what love was.
It wasn't until 2009 that the two confirmed their relationship, but except for the team members, few outsiders knew about the relationship between the two.
In fact, Yao Yan entered the national team a year earlier than Xu Xin, and she has also won various singles, doubles, team and other championships, which is not false compared to Xu Xin.
However, in 2012, Yao Yan simply chose to retire because his own state was not as good as before, and began to silently support Xu Xin behind his back.
Xu Xin can have future achievements and has an inseparable relationship with Yao Yan, so the relationship between the two has been strengthened overnight, and finally has the idea of getting married.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, after accepting the gold medal honor, Xu Xin hugged Yao Yan excitedly and put the gold medal on her neck in front of everyone, and the meaning of the confession was self-evident.
Within a few months, Xu Xin proposed to Yao Yan in public at Yang Zongwei's concert, which aroused the emotion of countless fans, it turned out that this difficult "python" also had such a romantic side.
Yao Yan has been waiting for this day for a long time, she agreed to the marriage proposal without any hesitation, and the two finally entered the palace of marriage.
Until 2021, Xu Xin and Yao Yan already have a son, a daughter and two children, and while the family is happy, Xu Xin's career is still continuing.
As long as Yao Yan can take care of the rear, then Xu Xin will always insist on the table tennis career, and this state of "male ploughing and female weaving" is the envy of many netizens.
However, with the continuous change of the times, more and more rookies appear on the field, although Xu Xin and others are old and strong, but there is still a crisis of being slapped on the beach by the back waves.
Now Xu Xin has basically withdrawn from the regular sequence of the national team and started to play for the Shanghai real estate team in China.
It is worth mentioning that even though Xu Xin has won countless world championships, the main force in the team is Fan Zhendong, and Xu Xin himself has no opinion, because he is indeed a lot older.
At the Table Tennis Super League in December 2023, Xu Xin's Shanghai Real Estate Team is about to play the semifinals with the Shandong Luneng team led by Ma Long.
It's a pity that Fan Zhendong couldn't play, and the Shanghai real estate team directly lost 0:3, and the much-anticipated "Dragon Python Showdown" was not staged.
However, judging from Xu Xin's Xu Xin, maybe his body is not as flexible as before, but many years of experience in the game still exists, and he will continue to struggle in the table tennis arena in the future, only looking forward to him bringing more performance to the audience.
epilogue
In the past, Xu Xin was the "big python" that frightened countless players on the international stage, but now he is 33 years old, and it is normal for him to be in poor condition as before.
Today, Xu Xin is already the vice chairman of the Asian Table Tennis Federation, and I believe that under his leadership, there will be more table tennis rookies in the future, and the country's table tennis career will be unstoppable.
Resources:
Baidu Encyclopedia: Xu Xin
Tencent Sports: After all the hardships "Xin", God rewards "diligence"
Sohu Sports: Goodbye, Xu Xin! Goodbye, python!
Chinanews.com: Incheon Asian Games Table tennis men's doubles Zhang Jike/Ma Long won the championship
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