At the ongoing 2018 Korea Open, South Korean athlete Jang Woo-jin not only beat China's Xu Xin, eliminated Japan's Mizutani Hayabusa, entered the singles final, and has won the mixed doubles championship. He reached the finals in all three categories. Mixed doubles has already defeated the Chinese duo of Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha to win the title, and the men's singles he will compete with Liang Jingkun for the title.
Zhang Yuzhen
The name Zhang Yuzhen is not unfamiliar to Chinese fans. But before that, Zhang Yuzhen was familiar with Chinese fans because of what happened in the match with Zhang Jike and Xu Xin, in jianghu words, it was a "liangzi" that had been deeply knotted.
Fans who know these things know very well, here, let's talk about it briefly.
One of the causes was with Zhang Jike at the 2015 Asian Championships. Zhang Jike lost to Zhang Yuzhen at that time. During the game, there was a controversial ball. After the game, Zhang Yuzhen read words to Zhang Jike and made a provocation. Zhang Jike was anxious to go up and beat him, but Liu Guoliang stopped him. The following picture was circulated for a while.
Zhang Jike: You guys muttered again, Lao Tzu beat you! Liu Guoliang: Go on, bear with me!
The second thing was that two years later, in 2017, the two met again, Liu Guoliang specially arranged for Zhang Jike to face Zhang Yuzhen, Zhang Jike smothered his head, and Clean Lisuo won.
In December of the same year, China and South Korea met again, xu xin against Zhang Yuzhen. Before the game, it was said that Liu Guoliang issued an order not to allow Zhang Yuzhen to score a point. So Xu Xin perfectly realized the single game to send Zhang Yuzhen zero eggs. After that, the South Korean media began to write about this matter, saying that Chinese players have no professional ethics, and Liu Guoliang said, "I can do it to others, but not to Zhang Yuzhen.
Don't let him get a point! That's it!
Just such a lord, Zhang Yuzhen. At the Korean Open, it was a blockbuster, reaching three finals and having won a championship. Mixed doubles Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha played poorly to lose 1-3. There is news that Wang Chuqin has a little injury on his foot, which may have affected the play.
But Zhang Yuzhen's performance is remarkable. When the men's singles scored 16 into 8, Xu Xin lost 1-4 to Zhang Yuzhen. Judging from the progress of the game, the first two sets were two 8-11, the fourth set of key balls was not well grasped, the fifth set was 7-11, and only the third set was 11-5. Overall, Xu Xin's state is sluggish, and Zhang Yuzhen uses the home advantage, very strong, and there is nothing to say to win us. In the semi-finals, Zhang Yuzhen's victory over Mizutani Falcon also reflected his ability, and it was no accident that he could enter the final.
Some industry comments have commented that its forehand is now more stable, greatly improved, and the backhand has also been strengthened, and the overall ability has been improved by several steps.
comments:
1, Zhang Yuzhen occupies the home field advantage, and the time and place are favorable. Take advantage of the home field advantage, you will definitely be able to add 1-2 points, which is objective.
2, Zhang Yuzhen's personal technical and tactical ability, from the perspective of this ball, has been greatly improved in recent years. In South Korea over the past few years, the men's unilateral side has been tepid and has a downward trend (compared with the competitiveness of Yoo Seung-min's generation). Although Zheng Rongzhi and Ding Xiangen occasionally flashed, it was difficult to pose a real threat to the national table tennis. Zhang Yuzhen's performance this time, the South Korean national team will have extra points for him, and may become a major opponent of national table tennis in the future.
Jung Yong-sik, a brother of South Korea
3, the decline of our national table tennis veteran is an indisputable fact.
Xu Xin did not play well in the China Open, losing to South Korea's Lin Zhongxun in the first round and staged a round of travel. At that time, everyone thought it was just a bad state. Xu Xin did not participate in the Japan Open. This time the Korean Open never expected to lose to the South Koreans again. You know, in the past, Xu Xin rarely lost foreign wars. Now they have lost consecutive foreign wars, and they are all Koreans. Judging from the game, Xu Xin's competitive status has indeed declined.
Perhaps, the alternation of old and new is a law of nature? Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan are now growing, especially the performance of the latter two, which is indeed gratifying. But in fact, Xu Xin is not too old, only 28 years old. The state can be maintained, and the Olympic Games may still be able to fight, at least you can enter the team or play mixed doubles. However, from now on, some of the future is not good. Because the Chinese Table Tennis Association has begun to build a new troika headed by Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan and Liang Jingkun.
Can Liang Jingkun defeat Zhang Yuzhen and defend the dignity of national table tennis?
The time left for Xu Xin is really not much.
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