April 6 news, recently, South Korean table tennis Olympic silver medalist Wu Shangyan led the South Korean team to visit Xi'an, China, and had a contest with the Shaanxi provincial team and local amateur masters, and the result surprised them was that they were swept by the provincial team 0:3 and drew 2:2 with the amateur players.
Confrontation between China and South Korea
Yoo Seung-min, Joo Se-hyuk and Oh Sang-young are the "three musketeers" of South Korean table tennis, who won the men's team runner-up at the 2012 London Olympics, and Yoo Seung-min also won the men's singles gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Wu Shangyu's achievements are not as good as Liu Chengmin's, but because of his dashing appearance and elegant ball style, there are many fans. In December 2017, the South Korean side held a grand retirement ceremony for the three of them, marking the end of an era.
Wu Shangyu
The 41-year-old Wu Shangyan is a rival to several generations of Chinese players. Now after retiring, he often appears in china's big and small arenas. "The whole world knows how high the level of table tennis is in China."
In the latest world rankings released by the International Table Tennis Federation in April, only Lee Sang-so has one South Korean player in the top 20 men's rankings. Wu Shangyan expressed his sadness, "It can be said that in the past, the strength of the Korean team was only behind the Chinese team, but now with the increase in the strength of the German team and the Japanese team, I think we can only be regarded as the fourth or fifth competitors." ”
This time, Wu Shangyan brought several young players from the Korean team such as Huang Minxia and Jiang Xiudong to participate in the competition, and successively launched a "wheel war" with Shaanxi folk masters and Shaanxi provincial teams.
In the competition against the Shaanxi provincial men's team, the Korean golfer lost 0:3 in the team match. "No one will be happy to lose, but we see the gap, Shaanxi Men's Table Tennis is a very good team, and I look forward to my players being able to play with them again in official matches in the future." In Wu Shangyan's view, the Shaanxi team has distinct playing characteristics and a strong desire to win on the field, "The players are very energetic, and this team must have great potential in the future." ”
Wu Shangyan led the team
This was followed by amateur players in Xi'an, and because they were professional vs. amateur, the Korean players of the Xi'an High-tech Daduhui International Team initially gave 2 points and later 3 points. Wu Zhaomin and Cui Sen, who took the lead in the battle, were not able to win, but Sun Yi and Zhao Jie, who played later, defeated their opponents one after another, especially Sun Yi, who won 3:0 in the match against Wu Shangyao. In the end, the battle between the two sides became 2:2.
Wu Shangyu, who lost the ball, had the style of a big general, and gave the praise to his opponent Sun Yi, "I played with him last time I came to Xi'an, that time I seemed to win, this time I lost, it was he who became stronger, both offensively and defensively. Wu Shangyu said that the reason why Chinese table tennis is strong is precisely because many people are playing table tennis, even amateur players are outstanding, Wu Shangyu said half-jokingly, maybe the level of table tennis enthusiasts who just took a photo with themselves is not below him.
The ball is inferior to the Chinese amateur masters
"I will also play with amateur players in South Korea, the strength of amateur players in South Korea is definitely not as good as china, this time with the team members, but also to let them see how popular table tennis is in China, let them see the culture and atmosphere of Chinese table tennis, and increase friendship."
Wu Shangyan admitted that China's table tennis strength is strong
It is worth mentioning that Wu Shangyu's son is also playing table tennis now, and he also cooperates with his father to play doubles matches.
Xiao Wu said: "Dad is the one who gave me courage, and I will always play behind my father's back." ”
The son adores his father
Speaking about his old rival national table tennis, he said that if Ma Long still participates in the Tokyo Olympics, he is more likely to win the men's singles championship. "Malone has been very good in the last few years, he has started his own era, although age is no longer an advantage, but he is still very strong, which is admirable, so if he plays in the Tokyo Olympics, I believe he is fully capable of defending the title." Fan Zhendong is also a good player, but I am still more optimistic about Ma Long. ”
Malone