In the quarterfinals of the men's team, the Chinese team met the Korea team, which was a very interesting match.
At the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan at the beginning of the year, the biggest thrill in the process of winning the championship for the Chinese team was the semi-finals against Korea, when Wang Chuqin lost 1-3 to Zhang Yuzhen in the first game.
After half a year, the two teams met again in the Olympic Games, and Wang Chuqin faced Zhang Yuzhen again, but this time they faced each other in the third game.
This match is an excellent physical and mental training for Wang Chuqin.
A distinctive feature of Korea players: the backhand feels good, but Jang Woo-jin actually prefers to force sideways and does not like backhand.
And there is only one way for table tennis players all over the world to play Chinese players: acceleration to fight the first three boards, because no one is enough to play national table tennis when they enter the stalemate stage.
Therefore, Zhang Yuzhen wants to grab, be fast, and forcibly turn sideways, and the opposite Wang Chuqin needs to suppress his rhythm and speed, and hold on to him.
The first game was good, from the beginning of the serve to continue the long ball close-up, Zhang Yuzhen almost did not find any sideways opportunities, and the last two points took the initiative to speed up and win the first game.
But from the second game onwards, the mentality of wanting to eat his opponent in one bite after he took the lead came up again. At this time, Zhang Yuzhen also began to change the spin and length of each serve, and at 5-6, Wang Chuqin made three consecutive mistakes, and the score was pulled away and the second game was lost.
As long as he can enter the stalemate stage, with Wang Chuqin's super balance and connection ability of the forehand and backhand, no matter how fast the matchup is his good game, he got a 7-3 start with this in the third game.
But then the impatience found him again, and after losing three points in a row, he called a timeout.
Wang Hao on the sidelines: Don't blindly exert your strength, you must pay attention to the landing point and weight.
Dragons: You don't have to punch him with a board, even if you give him a backhand, he doesn't have the ability to kill you with a board, don't worry.
came back to two holding lines and drawing two straight lines, and Zhang Yuzhen forced a sideways mistake in the last ball, 11-8 to win the third game.
In the fourth game, the mentality of the big head finally stabilized, even if the opponent wiped the net continuously at the beginning of the game 1-5 start, he could grind back point by point, and he held on to each other to find different landing points to chase 8 draws.
The game has entered Wang Chuqin's rhythm and won the fourth game 11-9, thus avenging the World Table Tennis Championships.
The whole game feels like the big head is constantly fighting with himself, fighting between patient control and the mentality of eating the opponent in one bite, finding a balance, and finally completing self-transformation.
We say that in table tennis, there is no absolute right or wrong between rushing and controlling, and you need to find a balance and look at the opponent.
But in fact, the most critical game in this Sino-South Korean war is the second game between Fan Zhendong and Lin Zhongxun.
Unlike the World Table Tennis Championships, the Olympics have doubles, so the Korea team did not hesitate to temporarily dismantle the men's doubles combination of Lim Jong-hoon and Jang Yuzhen, and also let the two play a singles each.
Because at the doubles level, they think that even their strongest men's doubles team will not be able to compete with the Chinese team.
Zhao Dacheng, who matched Zhang Yuzhen with doubles, became a doubles shortcoming, and there was no suspense in the first set.
The liberated Lim Jong-hoon became the key to the Korea team's victory in defeat.
Contrary to Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong will sometimes be too stable in this Olympics and lose points in a row, such as losing 4 points in a row after 9-7 in the second game and losing the second game.
But in terms of on-the-spot adjustments and changes, Fan Zhendong was unbeatable at that time.
After the two games, Xiaopang has understood that the biggest difference between Lin Zhongxun and Zhang Yuzhen is that he likes to hold his backhand, even if he reaches the forehand position, he sometimes has to use his backhand.
So from the third game, Xiaopang gave Lin Zhongxun a backhand to add rotation, a forehand to accelerate, and then open the angle to play on both sides.
The 7th point is a backhand twist and a large angle, the 14th point is a forehand fairy ball crossing, and the last two backhands are suddenly strengthened, Lin Zhongxun shook his head three times and sighed to the sky.
won the third game and relaxed completely, and played easily and refreshingly in the fourth game, which made Lin Zhongxun doubt his life several times, and once again recalled the fear of being beaten by Fan Zhendong half a year ago.
Jang Yuzhen and Lim Jong-hoon have tried their best to play well enough, and Korea should say that they have finished their calculations, with Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin both winning 3-1, but the process is not the same.
The Chinese team should play the host country in the final four, and France should not be able to win against Brazil, right?