On the evening of August 3, Beijing time, the women's singles final of the table tennis at the Paris Olympics began, and the two sides were the same as the last Tokyo Olympics, still Chinese players Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha. The final result was the same, after 6 rounds of competition, Sun Yingsha lost to Chen Meng 2-4 and won the runner-up again. Looking back at this game, Sun Yingsha lost to Chen Meng again after the Tokyo final, not because of insufficient strength, but because she lost in three aspects.
Sun Yingsha lost to Chen Meng
In the final of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Sun Yingsha, who was not yet 20 years old, lost to Chen Meng, who was in the prime of fighting, and her strength was indeed weak. However, in the past three years, Sun Yingsha has made significant progress, her ability to resist pressure, on-the-spot adaptability, and technical level have improved, and she has won more against Chen Meng, ranking first in the world in the world. As Chen Meng gets older, his competitive state has declined. It should be said that in this Paris Olympics showdown, Sun Yingsha is stronger than Chen Meng in terms of strength. The strength is strong but the loss is mainly lost in the following three points.
First, the psychology is not firm enough. Sun Yingsha's psychological quality is recognized as stable, but when it came to such a critical event as the Olympic finals, Sun Yingsha still did not resist. The most typical performance, after the first four games of the two sides were 2-2, Sun Yingsha once took the lead in the crucial fifth game. At this time, Sun Yingsha had a lot of ideas, and she had the idea of wanting to win and being afraid of losing. As a result, Chen Meng reversed the game, resulting in a final loss. In addition, in the last few points of the sixth game, Sun Yingsha lost points in a row. Especially after Chen Meng's pause, Sun Yingsha lost two points in a row and lost the game, which was a manifestation of psychological breakdown.
Chen Meng competition
Second, the response is not timely enough. In the final in Paris, Sun Yingsha started with momentum and made a decisive move, narrowly winning the first game 11-4. But Chen Meng, who is already an Olympic champion, has completely matured, did not panic, and adjusted his tactics in time. Chen Meng knew that the reason for the quick defeat in the first game was because Sun Yingsha's attack was not well restricted. Careful people can find that Liu Guozheng, including CCTV commentator, said bluntly: In the second game, Chen Meng obviously strengthened the change of the landing point, and paid attention to mobilizing Sun Yingsha through the change of large angles. As a result, Sun Yingsha did not respond enough, did not adjust in time, and lost the second and third games in a row, and the situation was completely passive.
The third is that the speed cannot keep up. It can be seen in the whole game that except for the first game, Chen Meng's shots are very decisive, his shots are very firm, and his speed is very high. This led to the two of them pushing backhands on the court, and almost all of them were won by Chen Meng. Sun Yingsha's side is a little heavy, she can't run, and she always copes passively. In addition, while maintaining his speed, Chen Meng added a little rotation from time to time, which made Sun Yingsha very uncomfortable. This is the reason why Sun Yingsha lost.
Sun Yingsha attacked
From Tokyo to Paris, Sun Yingsha won silver twice, and both times she lost to the same opponent. After the loss, Sun Yingsha was quite depressed. In an interview with reporters, he also said: I don't know if I still have a chance at the Los Angeles Olympics in four years. What Lao Gao wants to say is that for Sun Yingsha, who is not yet 24 years old, four years later is the year of playing, continue to persevere, and the fans are waiting for you to return triumphantly in Los Angeles.