In the four major table tennis events this year, the Chinese national table tennis team once again demonstrated its unparalleled strength and won all the gold medals in one fell swoop. Since the World Table Tennis Championships in South Korea at the beginning of the year, despite the challenges, the national table tennis men's and women's teams have still won the championship. Immediately after the Singapore Grand Slam, the Chinese team went all out to win all five gold medals in individual events. In the championship match in Incheon and the World Cup in Macau, the national table tennis continued this glory, with Ma Long and Sun Yingsha winning the men's singles and women's singles championships respectively.
The strength of national table tennis, on the one hand, benefits from the emergence of generations of legendary players, such as Deng Yaping, Liu Guoliang, Wang Nan, etc., and on the other hand, it is the overwhelming advantage of the overall strength. However, in the cultivation of youth talents, national table tennis seems to have encountered a certain dilemma, and has failed to continue to launch young players who can take charge of major events. At the same time, the Japanese table tennis team is more attentive in this regard, and the rise of young players such as Misei Ito and Miwa Haramoto has won the Japanese team a certain advantage.
In particular, Miwa Zhangmoto, a 15-year-old Japanese teenager, showed her extraordinary talent by winning a bronze medal in the women's singles at the Macau World Cup. In this regard, Liu Guoliang, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, realized the importance of strengthening youth training and made key decisions. In the upcoming WTT Taiyuan competition, it was decided to send 15-year-old rising star Feng Yixuan to participate, which may also be influenced by Zhang Benmeihe.
Feng Yixuan, a young player from the second national table tennis team, will partner Chen Yuanyu in the mixed doubles competition in the Taiyuan Challenger. Although there is a gap compared to Zhang Benmeihe of the same age, this challenge will be an important step for Feng Yixuan, marking a new beginning in her career. From the beginning of this competition, we have reason to expect Feng Yixuan to gradually start her brilliant chapter.