Recently, the Chinese Table Tennis Association promulgated the selection method for the finals of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, according to the selection criteria, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Chen Meng, as well as Sun Yingsha, Wang Chuqin, Wang Manyu 6 athletes automatically qualified for the 2025 Doha World Table Tennis Championships singles event.
It is said that this is a good thing, but football legend He Xiaolong publicly called on Liu Guoliang to leave class on social platforms, He Xiaolong said that if Fan Zhendong really returns to table tennis, Liu Guoliang must leave class.
He Xiaolong's reason is that Fan Zhendong has been suppressed by Liu Guoliang for a long time. So if Liu Guoliang doesn't get out of class, Fan Zhendong will definitely not return to the table tennis arena and return to the arena!
As an ordinary fan, the editor really can't imagine how Liu Guoliang suppressed Fan Zhendong? What kind of unfair treatment did Fan Zhendong receive?
Fan Zhendong is definitely a very good young athlete, but if he has been suppressed by Liu Guoliang for a long time, it is really difficult for me to agree!
In 2013, the Chinese table tennis team held a selection tournament that went directly to the Paris World Table Tennis Championships, and Fan Zhendong at that time did not qualify for the singles of the Paris World Table Tennis Championships through the selection, but in the end, Liu Guoliang still gave Fan Zhendong a mobile place, so that Fan Zhendong obtained the singles qualification for the World Table Tennis Championships. Fan Zhendong was only 16 years old at the time, just imagine, if Liu Guoliang really suppressed Fan Zhendong for a long time, would he give a precious World Table Tennis Championships singles place to a 16-year-old Fan Zhendong?
In the same year or the 2013 Asian Championships, the 16-year-old Fan Zhendong qualified for the Asian Championships, just imagine, if Liu Guoliang does not pay attention to Fan Zhendong, will the 16-year-old Fan Zhendong and participate in the Asian Championships?
Looking at our athletes today, how many players can participate in competitions like the World Table Tennis Championships and Asian Championships at the age of 16? Doesn't Liu Guoliang pay enough attention to Fan Zhendong?
In fact, Liu Guoliang has always favored Fan Zhendong, and in the 2013 National Games, Fan Zhendong successfully reached the men's singles final of the National Games. Liu Guoliang believes that Fan Zhendong is the biggest highlight of the table tennis competition of the National Games!
In 2014, Fan Zhendong, who was only 17 years old, was selected for the team World Table Tennis Championships. Let's take a look at today's World Table Tennis Championships, do you dare to imagine that today's coaching staff has the courage and courage to let a 17-year-old player participate in the team World Table Tennis Championships? Doesn't Liu Guoliang pay enough attention to Fan Zhendong?
In addition, Fan Zhendong has also participated in the singles competition of three consecutive Asian Games in 2014, 2018 and 2023.
In fact, since Fan Zhendong was 16 years old in 2013, he has participated in the World Table Tennis Championships 6 times in a row, and 6 World Cup singles matches, and won two World Table Tennis Championships singles championships and 4 World Cup singles championships.
Fan Zhendong has been enjoying top-level treatment since his debut, I really want to know, where did Liu Guoliang suppress him?
Some people say that if he hadn't been suppressed, why would Fan Zhendong withdraw from the world rankings?
Regarding the withdrawal from the world rankings, Fan Zhendong made it clear that there are two reasons, the first is that he is physically and mentally exhausted in the Paris Olympics, needs a period of rest, and has no intention of continuing to participate in the competition in the short term, and the second reason is because WTT will be fined if he does not participate in the competition, but he himself is really unable to bear the fine, so after careful consideration, he decided to withdraw from the world ranking!
Fan Zhendong never said that he was suppressed by Liu Guoliang!
Fan Zhendong has long been the number one main force in Chinese men's table tennis. Liu Guoliang, as the chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, really has no reason to suppress Fan Zhendong alone!
He Xiaolong kept saying that Fan Zhendong had been suppressed by Liu Guoliang for a long time and was treated unfairly, but I want to ask, where did Liu Guoliang suppress Fan Zhendong? What kind of unfair treatment did Fan Zhendong receive?
Fan Zhendong's withdrawal from the world ranking is completely his own personal decision, after all, he has completed his dream of a Grand Slam Grand Slam, and has not considered the long-term plan for the future for the time being, and decided to take a break for a while!
But what does this have to do with Liu Guoliang?
According to the latest regulations of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, Fan Zhendong automatically qualified for the singles participation in the World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, but He Xiaolong took this opportunity to bombard Liu Guoliang again, saying that if Fan Zhendong wants to really return to the arena, Liu Guoliang must leave class!
But in fact, whether Fan Zhendong returns to the arena or not depends on whether Liu Guoliang gets out of class or not, but on Fan Zhendong himself, whether he is willing to return to the arena?
Of course, if Fan Zhendong himself is willing to return to the arena, it will definitely be a good thing for national table tennis, but if Fan Zhendong still has no plans to return to the arena in the short term, we can only wish Fan Zhendong to get better and better!