Taking the initiative to withdraw from the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, Malone once again became the traffic bearer of the national table tennis team!
As a 33-year-old veteran, as Ma Long said, he needs to have a plan to train in a targeted manner, for Ma Long, who has won three consecutive championships in the world table tennis men's singles and holds two Olympic men's singles champions, he may still be eager for the pursuit of honor, but the heart of the champion has become more stable.
In order to train more targetedly, Ma Long chose to miss the World Table Tennis Championships, which is undoubtedly a huge challenge for the national table tennis team, after all, Ma Long has a remarkable record in the World Table Tennis Championships and is the champion guarantee of the national table tennis team.
In addition to Ma Long, another national table tennis general Xu Xin, also absent from the World Table Tennis Championships, unlike Ma Long who gave up the temptation of the present for a better future, Xu Xin's absence from the World Table Tennis Championships is more to accompany his family, after all, Xu Xin, who has become a father, has too little companionship for his family.
The absence of Ma Long and Xu Xin is very challenging for the national table tennis men's team.
And this challenge will indirectly translate into pressure falling on Fan Zhendong.
Because the national table tennis men's team, recognized as the top three in strength, is still Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin three, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun, the personal competitive state is still almost hot, want to go further, but also need to further improve themselves.
The absence of Ma Long and Xu Xin, the world table tennis championship guarantee of the national table tennis men's team, basically fell on Fan Zhendong, but where there is an absolute result in the sports competition, everything has variables, and this variable is undoubtedly a great pressure for Fan Zhendong.
It is true that Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan and Zhou Qihao can share the pressure of Fan Zhendong, but the national table tennis men's team wants to complete the defense of the title at the World Table Tennis Championships, and Fan Zhendong is the biggest hope.
For Fan Zhendong to carry this kind of pressure to win the championship, Liu Guoliang is also very helpless about it, after all, compared to the national table tennis women's team, the players who can succeed Ma Long and Xu Xin do not seem to have really appeared, sometimes you have to admit that when Ma Long and Xu Xin are absent collectively, even if the national table tennis men's team has a lot of lineups, it is more like Fan Zhendong is fighting alone.
Look at the national table tennis women's team, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Chen Meng, which one can be taken out alone, but what about the national table tennis men's team? In addition to Fan Zhendong, more young players need to stand up!