Sports competition is also a kind of war, and it is a matter of personal will and strength. However, when it is the family that holds the weapon, the war seems helpless and meaningless. The civil war in the national table tennis of the Macao Singles World Cup has become a "commonplace", which is embarrassing.
Fan Zhendong fought hard to defeat teammate Lin Shidong in 7 rounds, and he lamented that he had not fought like this for a long time. This shows that even the top masters, in the environment of the national team's "Xionghan Tiger Eye", the game is still cruel and ruthless. In the first 5 games, he was pressed and played, passively defended, and his state was a mess, and Fan Zhendong had to fight desperately to turn defeat into victory. However, this is just a new round of cruelty waiting for him, and the top 8 will meet Lin Gaoyuan again, and the civil war will continue.
Wang Chuqin did not have an easy time facing Brazilian opponent Hugo, and although he won 4-2 in the end, he bluntly admitted that his form was not good. As one of the top three players in the world, he is proud to be in the form of one game. This is precisely the brutal competitive environment of the national team, even a top master like Wang Chuqin has to prepare for the game 24 hours a day, always vigilant for the loss of form. In the top 8, he will meet South Korea's old opponent Zhang Yuzhen, who he lost to at the World Table Tennis Championships in February this year.
The national table tennis won 4 of the top 8 men's singles seats, which seems to be extremely powerful, but in fact, it is also a helpless move. Ma Long against Japan's rising star Hayasuke Togami, Tomokazu Zhang and Swedish veteran Carlberg encountered, these are all games against the outside masters, but after all, it is already the top 8, and it is difficult to have a suitable opponent in the national table tennis team.
The women's singles situation is slightly better, with 3 national table tennis players entering the top 8, but this also means that they will inevitably have to compete with the team in the future. Chen Meng will play Miyu Hirano, Sun Yingsha PK Chinese Taipei player Zheng Yijing, and Wang Manyu will face Hina Hayata. Although they are all world-class masters, no one can go all out in the game, because their opponents are from the same training camp and coaching staff after all, and they are too familiar with each other, and the slightest sloppiness will be exploited by the opponent. This kind of civil war that is powerless to open all corners still makes the world-class competition lose the flavor of fierce confrontation that it deserves.
This is true of the World Cup, and it is also the case with other major tournaments. The dominance of national table tennis is too strong, so that the highest level of the tournament is often reduced to an intra-team practice match. On the one hand, it is conducive to creating a brutal competitive environment and prompting them to do their best; On the other hand, they are also confined to a relatively small environment, and it is difficult for them to truly receive world-class baptism. Take this World Cup as an example, although the national table tennis has occupied the top 8 places, in fact, the gathering effect of the masters of the competition has not been well reflected. The athletes are facing familiar opponents who have been in the training camp countless times, is this a real world-class competition?
In general, while winning glory for Chinese sports, national table tennis has also pushed itself into a dilemma. Too much dominance has made their games commonplace, but if they slip down, they may face the fate of being left out in the cold. This kind of helplessness, I am afraid that the only way out is to continue to work hard to turn over. Let's wait and see, I hope that the national table tennis can continue to win glory for the Chinese table tennis world, and at the same time, it can also expand its territory and create more exciting duels in the World Series!