On October 7, 1986, the 8th Asian Table Tennis Championships opened in Shenzhen. Although it is only an Asian competition, the significance of this competition is extraordinary, not only the first time Shenzhen has hosted an international sports event, but also a redemption battle for the Chinese table tennis team to regain confidence after the Seoul Asian Games suffered a heavy blow.
A large placard for the Asian Table Tennis Championships was erected at the intersection of Jiefang Road
Two months ago, the Seoul Asian Games were a disgrace to the national table tennis team, with the men's and women's teams losing to South Korea in both team matches, the worst result since 1961. After returning to China, the gold medal master was subjected to overwhelming insults, and the male team leader and World Table Tennis World Cup doubles champion Jiang Jialiang was sent scissors, and indignant fans advised him to cut himself off.
Should Jiang Jialiang be scolded? The Chinese team lost 4:5 to South Korea in the final of the Men's Team of the Seoul Asian Games, Chen Xinhua and Hui Jun lost two points each, and Jiang Jialiang lost two wins and one loss to Ahn Jae-hyung, who was crazy, and won South Korea's first main force Kim Hoon and 18-year-old stunned Young Liu Nankui. Jiang Jialiang's performance was better than Chen Xinhua and Hui Jun, and it should not be him to be scolded first, but the problem was that he lost to Liu Nankui, who lost three points in the team final, in the men's singles semifinals, and the 18:10 lead in the decider was actually scored by the opponent by ten consecutive points. It's no wonder that such a performance made fans explode their lungs.
In fact, the main responsibility for the failure of the men's team at the Asian Games is the improper use of coaches. Since Chen Longcan lost two points against South Korea at the 38th World Table Tennis Championships, he was excluded first. Chen Xinhua was pushed to the final due to his outstanding performance in the team finals of the last Asian Games and the 38th World Table Tennis Championships. But the South Korean team is a one-sided pull, the forehand rush to kill one is more than one, and the ball path is poisonous, it is difficult for the chipper to play with them, and Chen Xinhua's defeat to Kim Hoon and Ahn Jae Hyung is a cruel fact. Shang Huijun is because the two-sided attack of the horizontal plate has the advantage of playing style against the Korean-style one-sided pull, but why he abandoned Teng Yi, who is also a cross-plate fast attack method and has a stronger strength, it is not clear.
Chen Xinhua
The defeat of the Asian Games has made the domestic media hype up the "ping pong crisis" that has been clamoring for many days, and the national table tennis men's and women's teams are under great pressure, and they urgently need a victory to save face and confidence, otherwise how to explain to the people of the whole country?
Two months later, the Asian Championships began, the original team of the South Korean team that won the Asian Games came out, and the North Korean team that boycotted the Seoul Asian Games also came this time, and their team had a straight-line anti-glue master Kim Sung-hee and Lee Geun-sang, who was later called the world's first chipper, and their strength was also not to be underestimated.
The Chinese team's men's team lineup has made major adjustments, Chen Longcan, Chen Xinhua, Hui Jun did not come with the team, the main lineup only retained Jiang Jialiang and Teng Yi, the other three are the unknown Sun Jianwei, Chen Pingxi and Wang Xian. It seems that the coaching staff wants to take this opportunity to exercise and inspect the newcomers and prepare for the 39th World Championships next year.
The State Sports Commission attaches great importance to this competition, and has organized some instructors from amateur sports schools and provincial and municipal teams from all over the country to visit and study in Shenzhen in preparation for resolving the "ping-pong crisis."
In the semi-finals, the Chinese team played out Jiang Jialiang, Teng Yi and Sun Jianwei; the South Korean team played the same as at the Asian Games - Kim Huan, Ahn Jae-hyung, Ande Nam-kyu.
Young player Sun Jianwei was inexperienced and technically lacking, resulting in a 0:2 loss to Liu Nankui and a 1:2 loss to Jin Huan. However, the Chinese team has anti-Korean hero Teng Yi, who defeated Ahn Jae-hyung and Liu Nankui 2:1 respectively, and then defeated Jin Huan 2:0, one of them scored three points, making the Chinese team finally defeat the Korean team with a full main team of 5:3, out of the Asian Games defeat a bad breath.
Teng Yi, who has always been a sharp weapon against Asian players, and his ball is a typical Beijing team style - the two sides of the swing are thick, and they can reflect the advantages of playing on both sides in the ball, and at the same time have the speed and dexterity of the Chinese-style near-Taiwan fast attack, which has a natural advantage over the simple and rough Korean one-sided pull.
Teng Yi
Jiang Jialiang's mental outlook seems to be much better than at the Asian Games, and he defeated Ahn Jae-hyung and Liu Nankui in two 2-0 respectively, revenge for the two arrows at the Asian Games, but lost 1:2 to Jin Huan. Jiang Jialiang and Jin Huan are old rivals, and they have fought many times in the past, winning and losing each other, and each time they are inseparable, and it is not surprising that they lost to him.
For today's fans, the name of Jin Huan is already very strange, this person in addition to having a super first-class forehand arc ball and a pair of scud legs that do not die, there are several sets of changeable serves and a cold arrow-like backhand attack, the combination of these magic weapons, is the South Korean team's housekeeping skills, the future Kim Taek-joo and Yoo Seung-min are inherited the mantle of Jin Huan. Among the world's famous players in the 1980s, Jin Huan's threat to the Chinese team was no less than that of Waldner.
Post-match technical statistics show that in this game, Ahn Jae-hyung, Liu Nankui and Jin Huan's serve-to-attack shooting rate reached 67.5%, 71.1% and 69.9% respectively, which is comparable to the indicator of the Chinese team players, which shows that the advantage of the Chinese team on the top three boards has disappeared.
The final was a battle between China and North Korea, where the North Korean team won 5:1 in the semi-finals against the Japanese team under the river. The Chinese team abandoned Sun Jianwei, who failed in the semi-finals, and used Chen Pingxi. Chen from the Sichuan team, and Chen Longcan, Cheng Yinghua collectively known as Sichuan Three Chen, has been serving as a sparring partner in the past, this time finally have the opportunity to compete in international competitions, if the performance is qualified, then there is great hope for participating in the next year's World Championships.
The result was disappointing, Chen Pingxi lost 1:2 to Kim Sung-hee and 0:2 to Zhu Jong-chul. Like Sun Jianwei, Chen Pingxi never had the opportunity to prove himself again. His compatriot Chen Longcan regretted him afterwards, believing that with his strength, he could have participated in the World Championships, but the performance of losing two points in the team final would not be reused by the Chinese team.
Jiang Jialiang finally showed the style of the world's first brother, with three 2:0 victories over Kim Sung-hee, Lee Gen-sang, and Zhu Jong-chul, and his continuous cannon-style forehand attack played the prestige of the positive rubber fast attack, proving that he was not a waste. After this battle, Jiang Jialiang's confidence was strengthened again, laying the foundation for winning the men's singles championship at the World Championships next year.
Jiang Jialiang
Teng Yi still maintained a strong advantage over asian players, beating Zhu Zhongzhe 2:1 and Lee Gen-sang 2:0. In the end, the Chinese team defeated the North Korean team 5:2 and won the Asian Championship team championship.
The Asian Championship lasted 7 days, and the Chinese team finally won 7 championships. Jiang Jialiang regained himself and proved that he was still the irreplaceable needle of the Chinese team; Teng Yi became the absolute main force of the Chinese team indisputably and entered the team lineup at the next year's World Championships. But this tournament also raised a question for the Chinese team - where is our rising star?