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The Macau World Cup has just ended, and there have been many rare scenes on the field in the process, with players such as Moregaard, Simon Goetz, and Qiu Dang all appearing in the so-called "not serious" game, and some comments said that this is "rotten".
First of all, we have to make it clear that this "pendulum" must be in quotation marks, after all, this is one of the world's three major tournaments of the World Cup, and many of the participants are world-ranked professional players, serious competition is one of the basic qualities, in addition, we have not seen these players in the previous games have not been serious.
There is not much effort to fight for the score, this situation has appeared in the Olympic champion-level players - Wang Liqin, Ma Lin, Ma Long, Xu Xin, etc., but basically in unimportant events, one of them is behind more in the last set, and then takes the way of putting a high ball, changing the court in a circle, etc., in the case of having fought hard and the ending has been decided, to bring some entertainment experience to the audience, this way is also the athlete's feedback to the fans.
However, the situation that the athletes are "not serious" in the Macau World Cup is generally related to the adjustment of the competition system, because the World Cup adopts a four-game system, and the total score is calculated after a draw.
1. Fierce competition
Competitive sports is a competition on the field, the more intense the game process, the higher the investment of the athletes, the stronger the ornamentation, and related to this has to mention the 21-point system to 11-point system, 5-point rotation serve to 2-point rotation serve, due to the narrowing of the single game score, it also increases the intensity of the athlete's competition.
The national team has also adopted the mode of starting from 8:8 and 10:10 when preparing for the competition, with the purpose of improving the competition of the game through the increase of chance.
2. Fight psychological warfare
Sports is a comprehensive consideration of athletes' skills and psychology, so it is also feasible to adjust the competition system through psychological factors.
In 2008, table tennis team events were included in the Olympic programme for the first time, with team competitions followed by singles competitions. After just one session, the 2012 London Olympics were adjusted to play singles first, then teams.
Such an adjustment will undoubtedly have a greater impact on the Chinese team, which is obviously strong, because at least one Chinese athlete failed to win the championship after the singles match, and the team competition with such a result is bound to affect the momentum.
It was also in this competition that the singles runner-up Wang Hao and Ding Ning both shed sad tears after the singles, but fortunately, they were strong enough to quickly adjust their mentality to enter the team competition.
3. The peculiarities of table tennis
Draws are allowed in soccer, and in cases where a winner must be decided, extra-time and penalty shootouts are used. The charm of table tennis lies in the competition for the tiebreaker, and what is more fierce is the match point of the tiebreaker. Looking back at the Osaka World Table Tennis Championships, the Chinese team's victory over the South Korean team is that the reason why it can be called a heart-wrenching game is that Liu Guozheng is in the deciding set and the 7 match points in the deciding game.
After finding out the above three factors, it is not difficult for us to find that the competition system of this World Cup has undoubtedly weakened the charm of table tennis, and has not succeeded in mobilizing the enthusiasm of athletes, but has reduced the intensity of the competition.