The first player to deduct 1,000 points in national table tennis was produced, why did Fan Zhendong lose to Hugo?
During the Singapore Grand Slam, on behalf of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, head coach Li Ying announced the supplementary rules for Olympic selection, namely the "point deduction mechanism": 1,000 Olympic selection bonus points will be deducted for players who lose foreign battles in Incheon. The 7 players of the national table tennis at Incheon Station have all entered the top 4 competitions. In the men's singles, only Brazil's Hugo entered the semifinals because Wang Chuqin's withdrawal left an opening for players from other associations to break through.
However, I thought that Fan Zhendong would block Hugo from the finals, but Hugo eliminated Fan Zhendong. Originally, I was worried that the long-term monopoly of table tennis competitions by national table tennis was not conducive to the development of the sport. In the end, it will become the domestic final of the players, which will also greatly reduce the enjoyment of the game. Now it's okay, the main player of national table tennis has lost, and he is also the first player to deduct 1,000 points from national table tennis, but I didn't expect it to happen to Fan Zhendong.
Why did Fan Zhendong lose to Hugo? Fan Zhendong lost three games in a row, with the scores of 6-11, 8-11, and 9-11 respectively, and if he had won three games in five games, he would have been kept a clean sheet. Fortunately, from the semifinals to four wins in seven games, Fan Zhendong won two games in a row 11-6, 11-8, but unfortunately failed to continue his good form in the sixth game and lost the whole game 5-11. Hugo's play in this game was too good, especially the deep defensive skills. Especially for the straight line of the backhand, Fan Zhendong has not had a good solution.
When Wang Hao was resting, he told Fan Zhendong not to always put Hugo's forehand short ball, Hugo would directly twist it with his backhand. If you don't put it well, you will directly split it and fight him. However, Fan Zhendong didn't seem to listen to Wang Hao's advice, and still went to put Hugo's forehand short ball after he came on the court. Fan Zhendong became famous early, he used to rely on explosive power, but now I don't know if he used too much physical strength to beat Zhang Benzhihe, and in layman's terms, he is a little fat.
Fan Zhendong also made too many mistakes himself, and he made mistakes when he shouldn't have made mistakes, it may be a problem of declining state, and he didn't go to the concert this time, the most important point, deducting 1000 Olympic points, Liang Jingkun should see hope. In fact, Fan Zhendong's style of play has been studied and targeted by other players, which requires Fan Zhendong to innovate his style of play or strengthen the original style of play.
But Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha are different, they are still on the rise in terms of technology and experience, and other players are still on the rise even if they study their technical characteristics, because they are in the rising period, and the research is not pertinent enough to keep up, so once the athletes reach their peak, if they do not innovate technology, they will face great challenges, and winning or losing will be played on the spot. Losing to Hugo now is actually quite good, and it is very helpful to prepare for the Paris Olympics, otherwise I don't know where my shortcomings are. The middle platform in the stage is always underfired, and as soon as he touches the ball, he runs up and goes out of bounds immediately. Is this a technical issue? Or is it not effective? Anyway, let's sum it up.