In the recently concluded men's singles semifinals of the Macau World Cup, world No. 1 Wang Chuqin fought hard in four games, and finally lost 0-4 to Ma Long in the semifinals and missed the championship.
After the end of this game, many fans felt very sorry for Wang Chuqin, and at the same time, they also praised Ma Long, a 35-year-old veteran, for his explosive state, and bluntly said that he should continue to participate in the singles competition of the Paris Olympics and win the Olympic championship again. From the current point of view, Wang Chuqin's elimination is indeed very regrettable, and Ma Long's super good performance is worthy of praise. But from another point of view, Ma Long's sweep of Wang Chuqin in this game is actually very bad news for Wang Chuqin. Because of this game, Ma Long exposed Wang Chuqin's fatal shortcomings in all aspects, which is estimated to have a great impact on his future participation in the Paris Olympics.
Looking back on this game, it can be found that Ma Long's overall technical and tactical style of play is completely different from the past, in the first two years, Wang Chuqin was used to Ma Long's regular style of play, so he basically didn't need to make too much preparation every time, and finally swept Ma Long steadily. But this time Ma Long has become completely different, he has changed all the habitual playing styles of Wang Chuqin in the past, and adjusted them all. Such a change made Wang Chuqin at a loss, and after being won by Ma Long in the first game, his mentality began to have problems, and then Ma Long has been using Wang Chuqin's very unaccustomed style of play, and finally won the game.
And the more Wang Chuqin hits the back, the more unstable his mentality becomes, and finally losing the game has a lot to do with his ball quotient and mentality. After the end of this game, Wang Chuqin's two very fatal flaws were exposed, the first one proved that he was only a master of solving problems in a specific problem bank, but he was not a master who could solve problems at any time. Looking back at past games, it can be found that once Wang Chuqin loses to a certain player, after going back and making corresponding research and preparations, the next time he fights against this opponent, he can generally win. Zhang Yuzhen before, Zhang Benzhihe and then Ma Long are all like this.
However, once Wang Chuqin faces opponents who no longer use the conventional style of play, and their style of play is not in Wang Chuqin's question bank, Wang Chuqin will often lose the game in an upset. For example, last year's Lin Yunru was unusual, and finally defeated Wang Chuqin in an upset, and the same is true for Ma Long this time.
To put it bluntly, Wang Chuqin is used to solving the problems in the question bank, but once he encounters a problem outside the question bank, he will not solve it. And once he encountered this special situation, Wang Chuqin's mentality began to have problems and began to be impatient, not knowing how to solve these problems. In the end, he was dragged into the rhythm by the opponent, and the more he played, the more panicked he became, and he made more and more mistakes, resulting in losing the game.
So it can be said that this time Ma Long completely found Wang Chuqin's Achilles heel, and then won the game. It is a good thing for Ma Long to qualify for the finals, but if the Japanese team or the South Korean team sees Wang Chuqin's fatal problems, and then prepares for the next Olympics, Wang Chuqin's follow-up path is estimated to become more and more difficult.