In the sports world in 2024, a heated discussion about the table tennis world has attracted widespread attention. The topic was: "Can Japan give birth to a second Sun Yingsha? At the end of the WTT Incheon event, Chinese table tennis players have returned to the training ground to actively prepare for the upcoming World Cup. During this period, the Japanese media intensively studied the main lineup of the Chinese team. According to their analysis, the Olympic list of the Chinese team has almost been determined, and it will be composed of six players: Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, and Wang Manyu. Especially Sun Yingsha, almost all Japanese media agreed that she will represent China in the Olympic singles event.
The reason why Sun Yingsha is favored by the Japanese side is based on her outstanding performance in major competitions such as the World Table Tennis Championships on the one hand, and her strong strength on the other hand. Even Japan's two Olympic singles players, Hina Hayada and Miu Hirano, mentioned the goal of "challenging Sun Yingsha" in an interview. Especially in the last WTT Incheon tournament, Sun Yingsha first swept Miu Hirano 3-0, and then defeated Hina Hayada 3-2, fully demonstrating her strength and overall vision.
In the face of Sun Yingsha's strong strength, a Japanese media reporter put forward a bold idea: "Can Japan replicate a Sun Yingsha? By collecting various data and analyzing opponents, so as to cultivate players who can defeat strong opponents one by one?" However, this proposal was quickly rejected by Japanese fans. Some fans believe that although it is ideal to cultivate a player with the same strength as Sun Yingsha in Japan, at present, no Japanese female player can match Sun Yingsha's speed and strength, and such strength may only be possessed by male players. Moreover, if there was such a player, she would have appeared on the Olympic stage a long time ago.
In this regard, some fans bluntly said: "It's better to ask Sun Wukong to copy a Sun Yingsha!" This reflects that even Japanese fans don't have much hope that their country can copy a Sun Yingsha.
In fact, trying to copy Sun Yingsha's idea doesn't make much sense. We have always emphasized that what makes Sun Yingsha unique is who she is. She may be the little devil of national table tennis now, and she may become the big devil in the future, but she will never become the next Deng Yaping, Zhang Yining or Wang Nan. Sun Yingsha just needs to be herself and go her own way. Similarly, for Japanese table tennis players, wanting to replicate the second Sun Yingsha is not only difficult to achieve in terms of tactics and personnel strength, but also loses the meaning of pursuing personalized development. As netizens said: "Let's go and ask Sun Wukong".