The recent Macau World Cup competition continued, and in a men's singles 4/1 final that ended a few days ago, Fan Zhendong, the first brother of national table tennis, broke the biggest upset in this competition, losing 2-4 to Lin Gaoyuan and stopping in the quarterfinals, and once again missed the championship. As a result, from the Incheon Championships, the Singapore Grand Slam to the Macau World Cup, Fan Zhendong has not been able to advance to the finals in three major tournaments this year, and has achieved very poor results, and many fans are very worried about his Olympic prospects.
After the end of this game, many fans were puzzled, why did Fan Zhendong lose to Lin Gaoyuan again in this game? What went wrong? If you want to know the answer, we might as well take a look at how Deng Yaping and Zhang Yining evaluated Fan Zhendong and the main players of our national table tennis before.
First of all, a brief review of this game, it can be found that there are two very important reasons why Fan Zhendong lost the game, the first point must be because of the impact of the injury, and he called a medical timeout in the middle, which will affect his performance to some extent. But another and more important point is that Fan Zhendong's condition is not particularly good, including the last game against the Warring States table tennis player Lin Shidong. I always feel that the current Fan Zhendong is breathing a sigh of relief, and he doesn't have the mentality that he used to want to win very much, so the final loss of the game is not only unexpected by everyone, but it is reasonable.
In fact, on the question of who can win the duel between the two masters, Deng Yaping has said what he thinks before. She believes that in the case of the strength of the players on both sides, whoever has a better mentality, who can control the mistakes a little less, and who handles it more delicately, is likely to get the game smoothly.
Judging from the match between Lin Gaoyuan and Fan Zhendong, it is obvious that Lin Gaoyuan handled it better, and he was very careful in addition to the hot state of the whole game, so he finally laughed and finally advanced to the semifinals.
It is worth mentioning that in fact, Zhang Yining, the great demon of national table tennis, also pointed out Fan Zhendong's problem before. First of all, Zhang Yining affirmed that Fan Zhendong's strength is very strong, and he is also a very good player in our national table tennis men's singles. But on the other hand, she also pointed out a problem, thinking that Fan Zhendong seems to be too gentle, and does not have the aura of Ma Long and the momentum of Zhang Jike, to put it bluntly, it seems that he lacks some of the temperament of a leader.
Don't underestimate this kind of aura and temperament, in fact, it directly determines whether Fan Zhendong, a player, has the heart and can become the overlord of the table tennis world. Judging from the performance in the past year, I feel that Fan Zhendong seems to lack the temperament of a leader, and he always feels tired and does not enjoy playing.
Obviously, for Fan Zhendong, the main thing for him now is not a problem of strength but a problem of mentality, how to make himself confident, how to make himself regain the feeling of loving the game, how to make himself regain the feeling of loving the game. Otherwise, if this state continues, Fan Zhendong will definitely not have good results in the Paris Olympics this year.