On November 2, 2021, the First Unpopular Slovenia Series held by the International Table Tennis Federation broke out, and the men's singles player Zhou Qihao of the National Table Tennis Was out of the qualifying round, and the victory over him was 19-year-old Olaf from Belgium. Kosoloski, this result is a big surprise, everyone did not expect that Zhou Qihao has not yet shown his skills, in this step was eliminated, the head coach Liu Guozheng can not take him.
Zhou Qihao's outstanding achievements this year, the straight-through race won Ma Long and Fan Zhendong to win the championship, the table tennis super league is more stable, the explosion of 11-0 victory over Wang Chuqin, through the results to prove themselves, by the coaching staff attention, get the world table tennis singles seat, outside fans are called Zhou Qihao is a nerve knife, there is strength unstable, all depends on the on-site play, the fact is also the case, he is indeed too uncertain.
This time Zhou Qihao is in two events, because the world ranking is not high, need to start from the qualifiers, men's doubles partner Lin Gaoyuan won 3-0, the men's singles first day bye, followed by the Belgian player Olaf, the 19-year-old youngster ranked 385th in the world, the results are average, everyone did not expect him to be able to defeat Zhou Qihao 3-2, Liu Guozheng's guidance did not play too good effect.
In the first set, Zhou Qihao lost 3 points in a 11-10 lead, zhou Qihao played an 11-7 equalizer in the second set, Olaf took a 9-3 lead in the third set, Zhou Qihao began to chase points but fell behind too much, Olaf played 11-8 to win this set, in the fourth set Zhou Qihao exploded an 11-4 equalizer, in the decider Zhou Qihao led 5-2 to waste multiple match points, Olaf drew 14 consecutive points and scored 2 points 16-14 to win the game.
Looking back at the process of the game, Zhou Qihao's loss is mainly a problem of mentality, technical and tactical belief that Liu Guozheng's guidance has long explained to him that the opponent's strength is limited, the quality of the veneer is not high, and the poor foreign war results are for a reason, and I hope to actively summarize after going back, play the next men's doubles game, more importantly, the world table tennis championship list can be replaced, for Zhou Qihao, there is still a sense of crisis.
For Zhou Qihao's performance, many fans can not accept, mainly everyone really did not expect that Zhou Qihao will be out of the qualifiers, lost to the younger Olaf, originally everyone did not know him, now can be said to be famous in a battle, the next will definitely get more attention, Olaf is relatively young, there is room for growth, this victory over the national table tennis star, for his confidence is a boost.
In this way, Liu Guoliang and the coaching staff will continue to observe Zhou Qihao's performance, he still has a chance to compete, the importance of the World Table Tennis Championships is self-evident, if it is really impossible to change people, so Zhou Qihao really has to work harder, the key is still mentality.