After the former head coach of the national table tennis Xu Shaofa on the diversity of national table tennis and the diversification of national table tennis talent training, which attracted national attention, the chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, instructors and meritorious coaches, and retired meritorious Olympic champions gathered together for a big discussion, the national table tennis took action, and for the first time sent the national youth team to the ITTF Singapore WTT Youth Challenge, sent Sun Yang, Huang Youzheng, and Yang Huize to participate in the youth group of three levels of youth competition.
Teenager Sun Yang reached the final of the final 19-year-old group, although he lost 0-3 to teammate Huang Youzheng and Yang Huize lost 1-3 to Hong Kong players in the final, but they all showed good strength. However, Sun Yang's performance has received the attention of Chairman Liu Guoliang. Sun Yang, who was born in 2008, was paid attention to too early because he was as famous as the swimming star Sun Yang, was born in Shenzhen during the Beijing Olympic Games, entered the Beijing Xiannongtan Sports School in 2017, and won the second place in the singles comprehensive score in the National Children's Table Tennis Championships in 2022, without the opportunity to directly enter the national youth, won 4 WTT singles championships in 2023, defeated South Korea as the four main forces in the Asian Junior Championships, and then directly entered the national youth team. In the 2024 Singapore Youth Challenge, only 16 years old reported for the U19 age group, and finally reached the final, where he defeated 19-year-old Huang Youzheng 0-3 in the final and missed the championship.
Some people think that Sun Yang is the Ding Song of the future national team, comparable to Hou Yingchao, and may even surpass these two. The style of play is similar to that of South Korea's former chipping star Zhu Shihyuk, and the attack ratio is about 7-3 to attack, but the excessive quality of the chipping is very high, and the offensive stability is almost close to the level of non-chippers.
Liu Guoliang commented on Sun Yang's ball, it is difficult to characterize Sun Yang in attack, and there are characteristics of all chippers and all non-chippers. is stronger than Hou Yingchao, the goal is Ding Song, and there is potential to surpass Zhu Shihe.
can get such a high evaluation from Liu Guoliang, based on Xu Shaofa's voice on national table tennis. If Liu Guoliang gives this seedling a chance, he can become the future Ding Song of the national table tennis team.