At the 2015 Suzhou World Table Tennis Championships, Liang Jingkun, who was selected for the men's singles team, lost to teammate Zhang Jike and ended his first world table tennis journey ahead of schedule. After that, Liang Jingkun was silent for a while, and in 2019, he finally ushered in a round of outbreaks. Whether it is the men's singles semi-final after defeating Fan Zhendong at the Budapest World Table Tennis Championships, or the completion of the task after withstanding a huge test in the World Cup team competition, Liang Jingkun's performance in the competition is eye-catching, and also sits in the position of "five tigers of the men's team".
But in 2020, the two "opening year wars" cast a shadow on Liang Jingkun. The first is the strongest straight-through match on the surface, he was defeated by Xu Xin in the second round of singles with a 2-0, 3-2 lead; in the first international german open, he lost 3-4 to South Korea's Cho Seung-min, and the first game was out. In the immediate Qatar Open, the ambitious Liang Jingkun lost to teammate Wang Chuqin in the quarterfinals, stopping in the quarterfinals.
Until the Olympic simulation in August 2020, Liang Jingkun finally played a beautiful "turnaround battle".
After a 4-2 victory over Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun faced Fan Zhendong in the semi-finals. The two men play in a similar way, both have high batting quality, strong holding ability, and have a strong ability to resist reaction. However, in contrast, Fan Zhendong is more flexible while strengthening the quality of the attack, and Liang Jingkun is heavier in veneer quality. The first set was the key point of the game, Liang Jingkun scored 3 consecutive points to reverse the victory after falling behind 9:10, and took advantage of this momentum to go down two cities in a row to lead 3-0. After being pulled two sets by Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun suddenly "opened up", and he desperately tried to increase the quality of the shot and finally locked in the victory.
This change not only helped him defeat Fan Zhendong, but also seemed to open up his own "Ren Dou Second Pulse", the men's singles final against Wang Chuqin, he was always in the lead in the score, and finally defeated the opponent 4-2, and won the first singles championship of 2020.
Moving to the National Championships, Liang Jingkun launched an attack on the men's singles champion, he won 4-1 against Fang Bo in the 1/8 final, and he beat Lin Gaoyuan 4-2 in the 1/4 final, it seems that everything is like the Olympic simulation game to win the gold road. However, in the semi-final against Fan Zhendong, although Liang Jingkun played a very high level and caused great trouble for the other side, he still lost 1-4. In the second set, which can be called a turning point in the game, Liang Jingkun, who won the first set, was successfully reversed by Fan Zhendong after pulling the score 9:5, allowing the latter to call "luck" after taking advantage of the momentum. In addition, liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan's doubles also entered the final, and finally lost to Ma Long/Xu Xin and won the second place.
After the Championships, international competitions resumed, and Liang Jingkun did not play in the World Cup, finals and WTT Macau, which also made his 2020 seem less complete. But only the Olympic simulation championship is enough to let us see that he has a high level of strength, including in the national championships, if you put aside the victory and defeat, Liang Jingkun's technical use on the field, overall stability and control of the key ball, have a significant improvement over himself before himself, which also makes everyone look forward to Liang Jingkun's 2021 a little more.
Sure enough, although he did not participate in the Olympic Games, Liang Jingkun's 2021 still has great gains, especially the just-concluded Table Tennis Super League, shandong Weiqiao, who was seated by him, defeated the defending champion Shandong Luneng in the final, and at the same time as winning the championship, Liang Jingkun also won the MVP and got a valuable singles ticket to the World Table Tennis Championships.
At the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, Liang Jingkun will launch a third attack on the men's singles champion. Technically and psychologically, he can achieve a breakthrough, we wait and see.