The men's singles champion of the World Table Tennis Championships is not bought by past achievements and honors, but by himself step by step. Although Fan Zhendong always came out on top of the team in every pass-through competition, the World Table Tennis Champion always passed him by. For the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, which will start next month, it is a great opportunity for Fan Zhendong to reach the top, but everything is in his own control.
First, the Triple Crown of the World Table Tennis Championships took the initiative to let Xian retire
As Fan Zhendong's biggest bitter boss at present, that is, the national table tennis captain Ma Long, who has successfully defended his title in the Grand Slam and the Olympic men's singles. Speaking of Ma Long's taste of some big instruments late and old and strong, Zhang Jike, who is in the same batch as him, completed the Grand Slam as early as the London Olympic cycle, and his fame was basically in a state of retirement, while Ma Long did not usher in the day until Zhang Jike was injured and Wang Hao retired, but he was out of control, winning three men's singles championships in 2015, 2017 and 2019 on the stage of the World Table Tennis Championships. Malone won the men's singles crown at the Rio 2016 Olympics and this year's Tokyo Olympics as the first person to defend the Olympic men's singles title. On The road to the championship by Ma Long, he stepped on Fan Zhendong's shoulder many times to reach the top, and the strength of the two sides was almost the same, and every time he reached the key points of the key innings, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long were always worse than each other.
Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen do not participate in the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, one is to give themselves enough rest time, and the other is to give young players enough opportunities to exercise, to test the ability to stand alone without veterans. Fan Zhendong participated as the number one seed in the men's singles, coupled with the absence of Ma Long, which naturally became the biggest hit in the men's singles of this World Table Tennis Championships.
Second, the comprehensive strength of the participating teammates is unmatched
In addition to Fan Zhendong, the men's singles lineup also includes No. 7 seed Lin Gaoyuan, world no. 11 Liang Jingkun, as well as young young player Wang Chuqin and dark horse Zhou Qihao. Lin Gaoyuan's highest world ranking has come to the 4th place, but also the world champion, but Lin Gaoyuan's performance in the past two years is very unstable, and the competitions at home and abroad are always at key moments to drop the chain; Liang Jingkun is the men's singles bronze medalist of the last World Table Tennis Championships, just won the MVP of the Table Tennis Super, but his record of fighting with Fan Zhendong is still backward, and the main opponents such as Zhang Benzhihe and Lin Yunru have not fought in the competition, and the victory or defeat is difficult to determine; Wang Chuqin and Zhou Qihao are still lucky if they sign, It is unrealistic to be able to break through but to defeat the opponents and win the final championship, and it needs to continue to be honed.
Fan Zhendong, as a player who participated in the World Cup, World Championships and Olympic Men's Singles Competition, has one of the best comprehensive strength in the world, and there are almost no teammates who can match it.
Third, the main rivals have an excellent record of fighting
The main opponents in the men's singles arena of this World Table Tennis Championships are basically two people, one is Zhang Benzhihe from Japan, and the other is Lin Yunru of Chinese Taipei, and the two will participate as the top 4 seeds of this competition. Fan Zhendong once won the championship in the 2019 World Cup with Klin Yunru and Zhang Benzhihe, and also defeated Lin Yunru in the men's singles semifinals at the Tokyo Olympic Games, and he also had a lot of experience against the two post-00s young players. For the threat of slightly inferior Pol, Zhang Yuzhen, Hugo, and Fark are not Fan Zhendong's opponents.
From the perspective of external conditions, past records and comprehensive strength, Fan Zhendong does have the strength to win the men's singles championship, but the last time he was also popular, but did not qualify for the top 8, which proves that everything on the field is possible, in order not to give the opponent the opportunity to upset, Fan Zhendong still has to base on every ball, carefully calculate step by step, believe in himself, and strive to break the world table tennis championship men's singles championship drought.