In the history of national table tennis, it has always been full of talents, and the competition in the national table tennis team is also very fierce, once some competition opportunities can not be grasped, it is likely to lose the opportunity forever.
Hao Shuai is such an athlete.
Hao Shuai and Wang Hao are the same age, both born in 1983, the same teenager became famous, but unfortunately, Hao Shuai did not achieve the same results as Wang Hao, what is going on?
In 2003, a storm of youth blew up in the Chinese table tennis arena, and six young athletes, Wang Hao, Chen Xuan, Hao Shuai, Zhang Chao, Shan Mingjie and Qiu Yike, rose up, they were angular and advanced in technology, and soon emerged in the international arena.
Many fans referred to them at the time as the Six Little Dragons of Chinese table tennis.
Hao Shuai reached the men's singles final of the ITTF year-end finals in 2003, and his opponent in the final was Wang Hao, who was the same age as himself.
This was supposed to be the best chance to prove himself, but Hao Shuai and Wang Hao fought fiercely for seven rounds, and finally lost to Wang Hao 3-4 and won the runner-up.
Wang Hao also successfully qualified for the men's singles competition of the Athens Olympic Games with the men's singles champion of the year-end finals.
Since then, the gap between Hao Shuai and Wang Hao has been widened day by day.
For Hao Shuai, the turning point in his career is actually not this year-end finals, but another game.
For Hao Shuai, he lost the opportunity because of the loss of this other game, and it was not until he was 27 years old that he won the World Cup team championship with the team.
What's going on here?
At the 2005 Shanghai World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Hao, together with Wang Liqin, Ma Lin and Wang Hao, won the singles qualification for the World Table Tennis Championships.
Hao Shuai played smoothly in the first few rounds of the game and successfully reached the men's singles quarterfinals.
In the quarter-finals, Hao Shuai's opponent was Metz from Denmark.
In the quarter-finals, Metz defeated Wang Hao 4-0, and in the game, Metz's high ball once made Wang Hao make a series of mistakes.
Hao Shuai faced Metz and quickly entered the state of the game, quickly taking a 3-0 lead.
In the fourth set, Hao Shuai became more and more courageous, and won the match point of the whole game 10-7. I believe that at this time, many fans even including Hao Shuai himself believe that Tie Ding will enter the men's singles semifinals of the World Table Tennis Championships.
However, it was at this time that Metz once again showed off his best trick - putting a high ball.
You know, in the last round of the game, Metz's high ball made Wang Hao suffer a lot, when Hao Shuai saw Thatz put the high ball again, he couldn't help but panic, continuous offensive mistakes, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly!
When there was a match point at 10-9 in the fourth set, even Metz fell, Hao Shuai was too anxious and actually lost the ball!
In this way, Metz miraculously saved three match points and pulled back a set.
If Hao Shuai himself does not panic, in fact, even if he loses this round, there are still a lot of opportunities behind him, but unfortunately, Hao Shuai's own mentality has collapsed, and the bigger the game in the back, the more chaotic, Metz won four consecutive sets, reversed with a 4-3 score, and defeated Hao Shuai!
And this defeat also made Hao Shuai encounter a crisis of trust, Liu Guoliang no longer trusted him, giving Hao Shuai the characteristics of poor psychological quality.
Hao Shuai, who lost the game, also lost the trust of Liu Guoliang, and then in the selection round to the Bremen World Table Tennis Championships, although Hao Shuai won the first place in the first round, he was still abandoned.
If Hao Shuai could win the Shanghai World Table Tennis Championships, he would never have fallen into such an embarrassing situation.
For a long time after that, Hao Shuai was not liked by Liu Guoliang, and even in 2007, Hao Shuai was slapped by Liu Guoliang in public.
Although Liu Guoliang strenuously denied that he was beating Hao Shuai, it can be clearly seen in the video that Liu Guoliang walked up to Hao Shuai and looked at his face with a big mouth.
Liu Guoliang said that it was just a joke and did not really play Hao Shuai, and the national team leader Huang Biao also said that Liu Guoliang would never hit the athletes under him.
For this matter, Hao Shuai was not willing to respond positively.
Although it is difficult for Hao Shuai to get the opportunity to compete again, in the national team, Hao Shuai has been silently and willingly sparring, practicing with the main players.
It was not until 2010 that the 27-year-old Hao Shuai finally got the opportunity to participate in the team World Cup and won the world championship with the team.
For Hao Shuai, it is really a pity, perhaps Hao Shuai really lacks a domineering spirit of giving up his own and others in the arena, and his personality is a bit shy, but in the national team, Hao Shuai is willing to pay, serve as the sparring partner of the main players, and contribute his due strength to the national table tennis.
The playing field is so cruel, often a single ball determines the entire career, especially for Hao Shuai, especially for Hao Shuai, if he could beat Metz at the Shanghai World Table Tennis Championships that year, I believe he would not be snubbed by Liu Guoliang later.