Lin Gaoyuan conceded the ball, Ma Long got in the way of young players, and he had to retire at the age of 35?
Ma Long just won four games in a row at the Macau ITTF Singles World Cup, defeated Lin Gaoyuan, and won the World Cup men's singles championship for the third time.
Many fans, players, and industry insiders have praised Ma Long, who is worthy of being the greatest table tennis player of all time. He has won a total of 8 singles titles in the "World Three Majors". While many top players are working hard to win a title, Ma Long is only one Olympic men's singles title away from the "three laps" Grand Slam.
At this time, there was a harsh murmur on the domestic network platform, some said that Lin Gaoyuan conceded the ball, otherwise how could he lose four games in a row? Some said that Ma Long blocked the way of young people, and some people persuaded Ma Long to retire early...... It seems that Ma Long, who has won glory for the country, is wrong. Such an online environment is really terrifying.
In response to this kind of questioning, I personally expressed my own opinions.
1. Will Lin Gaoyuan concede the ball?
It is often seen that people say that the players they like are treated unfairly, only to see that the players they support lose the game, but they jump out and say that it is match-fixing. Don't they feel that they have split personalities? It is you who say "don't play match-fixing", and it is you who says "match-fixing", this kind of double-standard dog is really shameless.
Lin Gaoyuan is in such a good state, and he reached the World Cup final for the first time, which is the closest time he is to the singles championship of the "three major competitions", even if he fails to win the championship as he wishes, Liu Guoliang still gave Lin Gaoyuan a "full score" after the game, which is also a full affirmation of him.
But Lin Gaoyuan has not dropped the chain once or twice at a critical moment, the most impressive thing for the majority of fans is that at the 2022 WTT Championship Budapest Station, also in the men's singles final, facing Tomokazu Zhangmoto, Lin Gaoyuan 11-3, 11-7, 12-10, won three games in a row, and when everyone thought that the championship was almost in hand, Lin Gaoyuan lost four games in a row 6-11, 6-11, 11-13, 9-11, and lost the championship 3-4.
No one thinks that Lin Gaoyuan will "concede" Tomokazu Zhangmoto, right?
Regarding Lin Gaoyuan's problem of often losing in key games, Liu Guoliang once talked about it in an interview, on the surface, he is only a little bit away from winning every time, but in fact, it is much worse, including mentality, skills and tactics. Since the beginning of this year, Lin Gaoyuan has indeed made a lot of progress, but the shortcomings of the mentality problem have been exposed at a critical moment.
2. Age is not an issue
There are often fans who talk about the age of the players. Japan's 15-year-old Zhang Benmeihe won the third place in the World Cup, so what about our 15-year-old young players? Why don't we give the youngsters a chance to compete? The Japanese table tennis team has no interest in the previous generation of players, and the Japanese Table Tennis Association must not continue to train them from generation to generation.
National table tennis has its own mature talent selection and training system, which has been effective after decades of practice, but it has also been questioned, which is really speechless.
Tomokazu Zhangmoto and Miyu Hirano were fierce when they first debuted, but now? This is obviously an undesirable consequence of the seedlings being promoted. After a long period of slump, they have been making up for their basic skills, and then their results have improved again.
Age should not be a constraint for players, after all, now is not like before, logistics support, medical rehabilitation, are much better, and the extension of a player's career is inevitable. It is often heard that people have low self-esteem and say that the constitution of Chinese is inferior to that of foreigners. Like Germany's Bohr, who is 43 years old, he still beat Francesca, Duda, etc., to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Now a 35-year-old Chinese player, Ma Long, has been yelled at to retire, and he has just won the World Cup. Shouldn't players who have passed their peak still perform at their peak more worthy of respect and appreciation?
3. Malone stimulates the self-esteem of the lying flat
In modern society, some people have lived a peaceful life for a long time, and the society is filled with a decadent atmosphere.
Some people think it's too rolly, the roll can't move, after the age of 35, they have already given up their dreams, and even chose to lie down, "Some people are alive, he is dead", ready to spend the rest of his life in a mess.
At this time, there is a peer who, after having achieved fame and experienced the setback of injury, can get back on his feet and climb new heights in his career, which is really uncomfortable. If you are so prominent, doesn't it seem that we are incompetent? Therefore, I often hear people say: Ma Long won the championship, what does it have to do with me? Because the hearts of such people have become numb, and they have lost the urge to fight for their dreams in their minds. When everyone thinks that the veteran Ma Long is not easy, everyone may ignore that Ma Long in the process of pursuing his dreams, his career, his life, is the most fulfilling and full.
How long has it been since you have the urge to go all out for a goal? As long as you have love, it will always be the year to fight. We should find our own positive attitude towards life from these hard-working players.
4. In competitive sports, the winner is king.
Lin Gaoyuan is often the role of a "tragic hero", because he really loses enough at critical moments. There are also sympathetic situations from fans, who think it would be great if he had a major tournament winner to prove his worth. This time it was rare to have such a good opportunity, and his hand was almost touching the championship trophy, but in the end he was "snatched of love" by Ma Long, which was really distressing.
However, competitive sports means that the winner is king, that is, the pursuit of faster, higher, and farther; if competitive sports are like kindergartens encouraging children, so that every player can win a prize, then is this still competitive sports? How can we break through the limits of human beings in the future?
Some people just have an untimely overflow of the heart of the Virgin, thinking that whoever is weak is justified. Competitive sports means that there will be fierce competition, and only by standing out in the fierce competition can the value of athletes be reflected. If there are no results, or without the blessing of the champion, everything else is a floating cloud.
5. Malone can't stand in the way of the youngsters, unless they lack their own ability.
Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin are both younger than Ma Long, why do they surpass Ma Long in the world rankings? Liang Jingkun originally came to the third place in the world, but unfortunately he stopped in the round of 16 at the Macao World Cup, and his ranking was about to be overtaken by Ma Long again.
In the current World Championships, the national table tennis men's team can generally get 4-6 singles places, except for Ma Long, the other players are younger than him; if they really have the ability, Ma Long should be squeezed into the sixth place of domestic singles players. As a result, Ma Long has been around the third place in the world for a long time, and his results in foreign wars have been very stable.
If young players have the ability not to lose to foreign wars and civil wars, then they will definitely be able to surpass Malone in the world rankings.
Ordinary people are more sympathetic to the weak because they are prone to empathy. But competitive sports should respect the winners, and it is because of their efforts that they have become the leaders of the world in different fields, and they deserve applause and praise.
6. Study hard and make progress every day
In the semifinals of this World Cup, in the face of Wang Chuqin, who had not won in the past two years, Ma Long changed the original habit of playing with a short return and a long one, and used the return to twist and pull, daring to break the convention, and finally won by surprise. In the finals, facing Lin Gaoyuan, who had lost two in a row, Ma Long used a rarely used counterspin serve, counterattacked, disrupted the opponent's rhythm, and finally reversed to win.
Why was Ma Long always able to find a way to deal with the situation and get out of the predicament? Ma Long has comprehensive skills and tactics, and has long been praised by the Japanese media as a "hexagonal warrior." But the 35-year-old "hexagonal warrior" has not forgotten to learn and progress, constantly make up for his shortcomings, and further improve himself. In the confrontation between the strong, sometimes the longboard can't fight the opponent, so try your own shortcomings, maybe this is the opponent's bigger shortcoming. Seize the opponent's loopholes, lead the area with points, and infinitely enlarge, and there is the possibility of reversal.
Ma Long's twisting and pulling, fast speed, tricky landing point, and good offensive continuity in the follow-up of the counter-spin serve, smooth and chic, which shows that it is his hard work, not achieved overnight. Ma Long's experience tells us that there is no casual success, no matter what you do, no matter what age, you must keep learning and keep improving. In this way, when encountering challenges, we can come up with "tools" that may save lives.
After you are 35 years old, do you still have the habit of studying every day?
Of course, there is still a lot of truth to be said, but this time I will write these 6 points for your reference. Of course, if fans have different opinions, they can also leave a message to discuss. But if anyone maliciously spreads the "handicap", or pretends to be a "reasonable guest" to bring the rhythm, I will not be soft in reporting.