At present, after the national table tennis has finished the Saudi Grand Slam campaign, all members have returned to China. Wang Chuqin and the others have a very important tournament to play, which is the Taiyuan Regular Challenge that starts in mid-May. With this tournament just around the corner, WTT recently announced the ticketing arrangements for the event. Judging from the specific list of participants announced in their long article, Fan Zhendong, the first brother of national table tennis, unexpectedly abandoned the competition, causing a lot of controversy.
First of all, it can be seen from the latest official announcement of WTT that this time the national table tennis has sent many aces in men's singles and women's singles, and the seeded players include Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong, these core players. Although Chen Meng, Wang Chuqin, and Sun Yingsha did not participate in the singles competition, they all participated in the doubles competition under the arrangement of the coaching staff. For example, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin will play together in the mixed doubles, while Chen Meng and Wang Manyu will play in the women's doubles, and Lin Gaoyuan and Ma Long will play in the men's doubles.
In contrast, Fan Zhendong, the first brother of national table tennis, did not participate in a competition this time, and this list naturally aroused a lot of doubts in the outside world. Many fans can't figure out why the coaching staff led by Liu Guoliang made this unexpected decision? Why did Fan Zhendong not even participate in one event when all the other main players of national table tennis participated in the competition? What's going on here? In fact, if you want to know the answer, you might as well review Fan Zhendong's series of battles this year, from which you can find the mystery.
At present, the main problem is estimated to have a lot to do with Fan Zhendong's physical condition and injury. In the recently concluded Saudi Arabian Grand Slam men's singles match, Fan Zhendong unexpectedly lost 2-3 to German star Francesca and missed the championship. After this match, Fan Zhendong has not won a single singles championship for more than 300 days in this Paris Olympic cycle, and his overall form is relatively poor. Combined with Fan Zhendong's recent injury, for the national table tennis coaching staff, the most urgent task at the moment may not be to ask Fan Zhendong to participate in more competitions, but to find out his shortcomings and find physical problems to solve.
From this point of view, the national table tennis coaching staff probably hopes to help Fan Zhendong find and solve problems as soon as possible before the arrival of the Paris Olympics, so that he can be in good shape to face the major masters of foreign associations and strive to defend the Olympic gold medal, which is the most critical. In this way, it is not surprising that Fan Zhendong withdrew from the Taiyuan Challenge this time.
Besides, there is still a very important event to be played in the national table tennis at the end of May, that is, the Chongqing Champion Star Competition, in which Fan Zhendong will participate. In such a situation, the current period of time is estimated to be Fan Zhendong's rest period, and the coaching staff hopes to give Fan Zhendong enough time to adjust himself. For Fan Zhendong, he really has to work hard and fight for a breath.
All in all, Fan Zhendong's task now is to adjust himself to find the problem and try to win back the lost honor at the end of May.
After all, the Paris Olympics are approaching, and for Fan Zhendong to improve his confidence, he must at least win the singles world championship in an important tournament. In this way, the coaching staff will believe that Fan Zhendong has the ability to compete for the singles gold medal in the next Paris Olympics, and fans can believe that their favorite players have the ability to win glory for the country. Anyway, for Fan Zhendong, he has to work hard next.