At the 2024 Asian Table Tennis Championships, 16-year-old Chinese-Japanese table tennis genius Zhang Benmei became the most shining player, she helped Japan women's table tennis win the women's table tennis championship in the women's team final, and defeated Chen Xingtong in the women's singles competition to reach the women's singles final. Zhang Benmeihe has become the number one enemy of national table tennis.
But in fact, the Chinese women's table tennis has players who restrained Zhang Benmeihe, and in the first round of the Chinese Grand Slam tournament a month ago, He Zhuojia swept Zhang Benmeihe 3-0, with a score of 11-9, 11-2, 11-2. He Zhuojia completely suppressed Zhang Benmeihe, especially in the last two games. He Zhuojia played against Zhang Benmeihe for the first time, and in 2024, she will miss a lot of games because she is Sun Yingsha's full-time sparring partner. Especially in the tour before the Olympic Games, many second-tier players in national table tennis made sacrifices and became the sparring partners of the main players, which also led to a lot of decline in the players' point rankings.
Ho's world rankings were close to the top 10 in previous years, but now they are outside the top 40. Don't underestimate the strength of He Zhuojia, who has won the regional championship many times. One of the major characteristics of He Zhuojia is that he is good at fighting foreign wars, and is known as the "national table tennis scavenger", specializing in sweeping away enemies. It's a pity that He Zhuojia couldn't suppress Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xing and other main forces in the national table tennis civil war.
At the WTT feeder tournament in Düsseldorf at the end of 2023, He Zhuojia won three championships in women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles, including defeating the famous Shan Xiaona in the final. It can be seen that He Zhuojia's strength is very strong.
In the Chinese Grand Slam tournament, He Zhuojia played very fiercely against Zhang Benmeihe. Although Zhang Benmeihe was a member of the Olympic women's team runner-up, He Zhuojia firmly suppressed the opponent. After the game, He Zhuojia revealed that Sun Yingsha and Zhang Benmeihe had played and gave her a move. He Zhuojia gave Zhang Benmei and a round of tours.
Unexpectedly, at the Asian Table Tennis Championships a month later, Zhang Benmeihe defeated 3 Chinese female table tennis players in a row. This is reminiscent of the 2017 Asian Championships, where Miyu Hirano defeated Ding Ning, Zhu Yuling and Chen Meng in a row to win the championship. After the defeat in the Asian Championships, the Chinese female table tennis players collectively summarized the review and wrote a summary review book and posted it on the bulletin board of the table tennis training base, so as to alert the whole team.
This time, the Chinese women's table tennis suffered a heavier blow in the Asian Championships, and the women's singles final did not enter, and the women's team also lost the championship. Chinese women's table tennis also needs to be summed up well, and other young players must be given more opportunities to compete in the competition, and these old faces cannot always be sent to participate in the competition, and some players lose too much to Japanese table tennis players.
Among the Chinese female table tennis players, He Zhuojia, Chen Yi, Fan Siqi and other players should also get more opportunities to compete. Maybe they'll lose some games, but maybe some of them will grow and transform. In contrast, some of the main players of national table tennis now occupy positions in various competitions all year round, but they have been tepid, and when it comes to key games, it is better to give other players some opportunities.