Fan Zhendong is affectionate and righteous! Speaking after the game: I care more about Wang Chuqin's injury than winning the championship

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2024-06-03 22:05Posted in Hunan Sports Creators

In the men's singles final of the WTT Chongqing Championships that ended not long ago, national table tennis player Fan Zhendong bid farewell to the slump and narrowly defeated teammate Wang Chuqin 4-3 after 7 rounds to win the championship. In an interview after the game, Fan Zhendong did not express his joy at the first time, but said this:

"I care more about Wang Chuqin's injury than about winning this championship, because for the Chinese team, both of us are very important."

In this regard, the fans at the scene gave thunderous applause and praised the brotherhood of the two.

As we all know, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong are the top two main players of the national table tennis men's team in recent years, and they are also athletes who have been selected for the men's singles and men's team lineups of the Paris Olympics (Wang Chuqin also takes into account mixed doubles), so the burden on his shoulders is very heavy, especially in recent times, the results of the two have fluctuated, especially Fan Zhendong's performance in foreign wars is not ideal, which also makes fans worried.

However, in this championship, Fan Zhendong played bravely, defeating Li Shangzhu, Xiang Peng, Zhang Benzhihe, Hugo, and Wang Chuqin to reach the top, and returned as the king again, but Wang Chuqin was injured in the final, which also made the senior brother worried.

For Wang Chuqin, he has really worked hard in recent years, because he is a left-handed athlete, so he is inevitably entrusted with the doubles responsibility by the coaching staff, and he has played two or even three games many times, sometimes even about five games a day, and his physical load naturally far exceeds that of others, which makes fans feel distressed.

In this battle of Chongqing, Wang Chuqin was not in good shape in the first game, almost losing to the 17-year-old Japanese teenager Matsushima Terukor, and later stumbled with Lin Gaoyuan and Qiu Dang, until the final was obviously unwell, and finally regretted defeat.

Since the Paris Olympics are only a little more than a month away, the national table tennis athletes must maintain a good physical condition to meet this "big test", especially Wang Chuqin, because he will play three battles in the Olympic Games next.

Although there is a competitive relationship with Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong bluntly said that "both of us are very important" - in the face of the honor of the motherland, everyone must hope that the other party can enter the Paris arena in a healthy manner: it doesn't matter who wins the singles championship, the important thing is not to lose foreign wars!

Finally, I wish Wang Chuqin an early recovery and the best physical and mental outlook to welcome the arrival of the Olympic Games.

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