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The just-concluded Paris Olympics table tennis competition has entered the fifth day, and only the men's singles stage is left, which is also the most concerned single event in this competition, because in the 2021 World Men's Singles Championships, the national table tennis has swept the top four men's singles, and the world's No. 1 Wang Chuqin is among them.
But after Wang Chuqin's turn to play the game, the result was an upset, Wang Chuqin lost to India's Moregard with a score of 2-4, and missed the round of 16, the result of this game also surprised fans and brought some confusion to Wang Chuqin.
Why did Wang Chuqin break out such an upset, isn't it his own problem?
The reason for the loss, the mentality problem, the technical problem.
In this match, Wang Chuqin, as the world's No. 1 men's singles player, played a fierce match with India's Moregard, and in the end it was Moregard who defeated Wang Chuqin 4-2 and eliminated him, and then there were 3 national table tennis players who continued to move forward.
But except for Moregard, who won this game, everyone did not expect that Wang Chuqin, who was ranked No. 1 in the world in men's singles, was actually eliminated in the second round, which is also the only team ranked No. 1 in the world in national table tennis at the Olympic Games, and has continuously appeared on the Olympic stage.
Originally, the number of participants in the Olympic Games was very limited, and everyone wanted to be able to prove themselves on this stage, but this one of them was eliminated in just one game, which is undoubtedly worse for the national table tennis and must be very uncomfortable for Wang Chuqin.
Why did Wang Chuqin lose?
When asked this question in an interview after the game, Liu Guoliang directly used the 12 words "mentality collapses, technology is not good" to summarize the factors that determine winning or losing, simply put, Wang Chuqin did not let go of playing, there were some problems in mentality, and the technical aspect itself did not play at the level it should have.
But some fans think that Wang Chuqin lost in the link where the racket was damaged, because in the middle of the game, Wang Chuqin's racket had a problem, which gave him a certain excuse, and judging from the game record, Wang Chuqin lost 5 points in a row, and the opponent won the game steadily.
But Liu Guoliang does not think that this situation is the key to determining victory or loss, he said: "In fact, whether Wang Chuqin changes his racket or not does not have such a big impact on the result, it will affect the state, and it will not affect the result."
From this point of view, the reason why Wang Chuqin lost the game is more due to himself, not to the problem of the racket, and Wang Chuqin also said this after the game, the racket was broken by himself, and he will not put the responsibility on the racket for this reason.
He said: "This kind of mistake is because my technique is not good, the ball is broken because the pumping technique is not good, so the main problem is still on myself, not on the racket, the opponent played very well, I am not capable enough."
From this point of view, both from the coach and from the perspective of the players, they think that the racket is not critical, but the player himself, so how does Wang Chuqin view this game, and what does he think is the reason for his loss?
Wang Chuqin said in an interview after the match: "My ability is not enough", he said: "The opponent is very strong, he played very well, my technique is problematic, I can't play the best state."
Judging from Wang Chuqin's expression, he doesn't blame himself for his mentality, but thinks that his skills are not played is the biggest problem, and he also categorically denied the fans' hyped view that "the change of rackets leads to changes in the whole game", and he also talked about this problem for rackets.
He said: "Actually, the rackets I change here and then are no different, they are all used before, and I have been trying to adapt, the problem of using the racket has not affected me too much, if it was before, I might have lost with a new racket, it is all a rehearsal problem, I will summarize and continue to strengthen the training."
It seems that Wang Chuqin still has the spirit of forging ahead and can see his own problems, which is very good for his potential.
However, Mizutani Hayabusa, a player of the Japan team, believes: "Wang Chuqin lost to a certain extent because he used a racket that he was not suitable for, which caused him to be more anxious and unable to enter the state, because the racket is the most important equipment for players to play, once there is any problem with a racket, it will affect the player's state in the game, and even change the trend of the whole game, and fans think that Wang Chuqin lost because of this."
The impact of the racket on the outcome of the game.
A good racket is like giving the athlete a pair of "eyes", so that the player can observe the enemy situation on the battlefield and seize the opportunity, while a poor racket is like a "needle", which is directly nailed to the server position, so that the athlete is in it.
Therefore, from this aspect, for a table tennis player, familiar equipment may be the most conducive to play their own state, in the process of their own growth, each athlete will gradually grow from a small white to the current superstar, from the growth of Xiaobai, athletes will follow their own practice, slowly rely on their own equipment to win, from here can also be seen, the importance of rackets to athletes.
Not only is it more anxious and unable to get into the state as Mizutani said, but also the fact that they are even more unable to play well, because for the players, there is a time to adapt, and the state in this process may slowly be followed by the racket, and it may not be able to adapt until the end.
And in the process of adapting, there may be a lot of unsuitable playing styles in the process, and these hindrances will always affect the player's performance during the game, not find the state, and even lead to the collapse of the mentality, so this is also one of the effects of the racket on the result of the game.
Therefore, in the course of the game, if there are some problems with the player's racket, they need to adjust it in time to try to get their best condition in the game, which is an important guarantee for them to continue to walk.
Reasons for success or failure.
In terms of the reasons for Wang Chuqin's racket problems, there may be many external factors, but in this matter, his own problems are bigger, so the racket factor that fans think is the main factor that led to the final loss of the whole game.
But after seeing such a gap, I think Wang Chuqin will also gain something, and he will also understand that he must maintain his condition in the future games, whether it is a damaged racket or other reasons, it must not affect his concentration and state of the game, so as not to make mistakes at critical moments.
After analyzing the reasons for Wang Chuqin's loss, Liu Guoliang made such a judgment on Wang Chuqin in the future game, he said: "Wang Chuqin needs more experience at critical moments, not only technically, but also mentally, which requires time accumulation, because after all, the arena is the most able place to test players, especially in key games, and there is no room for loss."
epilogue
This also fully shows that even Wang Chuqin, who is ranked No. 1 in the world, will make mistakes in key games, which is exactly why Liu Guoliang chose to let him play, just to exercise his mentality, so that he can understand his shortcomings from this loss and get out of the predicament while improving.
It is not blindly encouraged and smooth sailing to be able to grow better, which also reminds us that there is no overnight success in this world, and even world champions will make mistakes at critical moments, so we must not take it lightly, but also be aware of our mistakes, and then we can go more and more steadily in the future growth path.