The men's singles event of table tennis has come to an end, and the Chinese team finally relied on Fan Zhendong's outstanding performance to hold on to a precious gold medal.
It has to be said that the men's singles championship journey is indeed twists and turns, Fan Zhendong's regional opponent is relatively strong, in the case of teammate Wang Chuqin dropped, he reversed Zhang Ben Tomokazu, and finally defeated Sweden teenager Moregardgaard, successfully stood on the top medal, and achieved a career Grand Slam.
But it's a little regrettable that the Chinese team failed to win the championship and runner-up for 5 consecutive times in the table tennis men's singles, and the Chinese team has won the championship and runner-up for 4 consecutive times since 2008.
The table tennis men's singles did not expect the outside world, and the coaching staff did not expect that Wang Chuqin, who is ranked No. 1 in the world, would fall in the top 32.
Before the start of the men's singles, Wang Chuqin partnered with Sun Yingsha in the mixed doubles competition, defeating the North Korean opponent 4-2 in the final and successfully won the gold medal, but in the post-match group photo stage, Wang Chuqin's racket was cut by the photographer.
This move also made Wang Chuqin furious on the spot, directly angry at the photographer at the scene, and asked the coaching staff how to report and complain about them. Then in the men's singles round of 32, Wang Chuqin faced Moregard, and finally lost 2-4 and missed the round of 16.
Wang Chuqin's upset out also made the attention of the outside world focus on his racket problem again, many people think that it was because he was not used to the spare racket that led to the loss, but some netizens bluntly said that Wang Chuqin's mentality was a problem.
Coincidentally, recently, 36-year-old Zhang Jike clicked on Wang Chuqin in the live broadcast.
In the live broadcast, Zhang Jike and his friends were playing table tennis and chatting about the men's singles match, Zhang Jike said: "The Sweden teenager has entered the final, but people are not seeds (players)." ”
Then his friend said: "Moregard is the No. 19 seed. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Jike added: "Who is ranked No. 1 in the world, is the top 32." ”
Obviously, the one in Zhang Jike's mouth is Wang Chuqin, Zhang Jike really dares to say it.
In fact, this is no longer Zhang Jike called Wang Chuqin "that who", in the previous Macau World Cup, when he discussed the topic of who can win the championship between Ma Long and Lin Gaoyuan, he talked about the opponent Ma Long faced in the process, he said: "Ma Long has more experience, I remember that his game process was not easy, and he was the same when he faced that person before, but he won 4:0 in the end.....
At that time, Ma Long's opponent was Wang Chuqin, and he was also ranked No. 1 in the world at that time.
Many netizens said that Zhang Jike was satirizing Wang Chuqin, but whether it was true or not, it was indeed a fact that Wang Chuqin played unsatisfactory, so he had to be hard to strike iron.
Zhang Jike is 36 years old this year, the shortest Grand Slam winner, and the third Grand Slam in the history of Chinese men's table tennis.
Although Wang Chuqin is the world's No. 1, he has no substantial honors, and the most successful is the men's singles champion of the 2023 Asian Games, but Wang Chuqin is still very young, only 24 years old now, and he definitely has a place in the future.