At the 2014 German Open, the only gold medal won by the Chinese team came from the men's doubles event, and the winner was veteran Wang Hao and young player Lu Xiang. Lu Xiang, the son of former Olympic champion Lu Lin, said that two or three years ago his father could still "abuse" him on the ball, and now his father can no longer win him.
Hao Ge "took" me to win the championship
Although Lu Xiang knew about participating in the German Open more than a month ago, he did not know that he was going to play doubles with Wang Hao until two days before the start of the tournament. "It was the first time I played doubles with a main player, and my first reaction was a lot of nervousness. If I don't play well, what will happen to Hao Brother! I felt uneasy thinking about it, and I was so nervous that I couldn't sleep the night before the game. Big Brother seemed to see his anxiety, and before the game began, Wang Hao specifically told him that no matter what happened on the field, let go of the fight and don't think too much about the result.
After Wang Hao's enlightenment, Lü Xiang tried to let go of his ideological baggage and became more and more courageous in the war with ease. After successive victories over the Swedish and French duos, the two met the World Table Tennis Men's Doubles champions Zhuang Zhiyuan/Chen Jian'an. "It went well, and when I met the Chinese Taipei duo in the semi-finals, my mood changed again. After all, people are world champions, and the aura is there, so I have made it difficult to prepare my thinking. But when it came time for the game, Zhuang Zhiyuan/Chen Jian'an did not pose much of a threat to Wang Hao/Lu Xiang, and the old man and the young man won 3-1 to advance to the final.
The opponents in the final are the multinational combinations Tan Ruiwu and Wang Zengyi, as an overseas corps of "Made in China", they will occasionally return to China to train with the national team, so Lu Xiang is no stranger to them. Perhaps because they are more familiar with each other, the two sides have been more energetic at the beginning of the game, and there have been many equal points on the field. After 10 draws and 11 draws, Wang Hao/Lü Xiang seized the opportunity to win two consecutive points and win the first set 13:11. In the second set, the two pairs of players drew several times, and after 10 draws, Tan Ruiwu / Wang Zengyi won two points to win back a city. The turning point in the third set came at 4 ping, Wang Hao/Lu Xiang began to actively grab the attack, took 7 consecutive points, and easily won the third set 11:4. "At break, Hao Ge reminded me that although the championship is close at hand, the more this time comes, the more I can't let down my vigilance." In this way, Wang Hao/ Lü Xiang established an advantage at the beginning of the fourth set, taking the opponent lightly 11:2, thus defeating the transnational combination with a large score of 3-1 and winning the men's doubles crown.
"When I first won the championship, I was still very happy, but when I stepped off the podium, I didn't feel particularly strong, because the road had just begun. Then there is the fact that I always feel that I have stained the light of Hao Brother, and it is Hao Brother who took me to the championship, not relying on my own strength. Hearing Lü Xiang say this, Wang Hao quickly praised: "Lü Xiang really inherited his father's doubles genes, and he mobilized and cooperated well on the field." And doubles is also a great exercise opportunity, I started with doubles. ”
After returning to China, Lu Xiang placed the Men's Doubles Trophy of the German Open on the table in his dormitory, "As soon as I enter the house, I can see it." After all, this was my first adult competition and it was an inspiration for me. "This championship trophy not only strengthens Lu Xiang's self-confidence, but also rekindles the hope of the Zhejiang Provincial Table Tennis Team." After winning the championship, the provincial team also sent me a congratulatory text message to let me continue to work hard. Now the national table tennis men's team is from Zhejiang Province, so for the sake of our province, I also have to continue to work hard. ”
My dad wasn't really supportive of me playing
After the German Open, when the media reported that the Chinese team won the men's doubles championship, it would be mentioned that "Wang Hao's partner Lü Lin's son was king in men's doubles". Lü Xiang said that whenever he heard others call himself "Lü Lin's son", his heart was not very comfortable. "From birth, I have been carrying the aura of my father on my body. Sometimes I feel proud, but after all, it is my father's achievement, and it has nothing to do with me. In fact, from childhood to adulthood, I made my own decisions, that is, I wanted to avoid my father's help as much as possible, and I hoped to follow my own path through my own efforts. ”
Just like when he chose table tennis, it was also in the case that his parents were not very supportive, Lu Xiang insisted on it. "My parents didn't want me to play very much, but they wanted me to study well, but I really liked table tennis, and they respected my choice later." At the age of 7, Lü Xiang was sent to Haidian Sports School and began a life of playing while studying. In 2006, due to his father's job change, the family moved back to Hangzhou, and Lu Xiang also transferred to the Zhejiang Provincial Sports School. A year later, he officially entered the Zhejiang provincial team and became a professional table tennis player. "At that time, I was also very good at studying, and I was tutoring English from a young age, so when I went to school, my English test was 100 points. Only the top students in mathematics can go to the Olympiad, and I am one of them. So before entering the professional team, my parents warned me for the last time, let me think about it, do I really like table tennis? Remind me not to take the wrong path. ”
Because of his love for table tennis, Lu Xiang chose to be a professional athlete and played all the way to the national team. After entering a brand new environment, Lu Xiang was somewhat uncomfortable. "Just entering the team can't keep up with the rhythm, losing a game, always losing will be unhappy, then it was simply torture." I've even had the idea of giving up. But on second thought, they have all been beaten to the present, and they can only go one way to the black. Although Lü Xiang did not say anything on his lips, Lü Lin was well aware of the problems faced by his son at this stage, so he often called Lü Xiang to encourage him, telling him that since he had made a choice, he would stick to it now.
Now, Lu Xiang has been in the national team for two years, and he said that his biggest wish at present is to make a breakthrough in singles, but every key moment is always a little worse. At last year's National Youth Championships, Lu Xiang met Guangdong's Zhang Fuzhou in the fourth round after defeating a strong opponent in the first three rounds. "I played with him easily on the ball, basically winning the ball and losing 3-4 to him. After the game was played, my whole body collapsed, and no one could mention this to me within a month or two of the finish, as long as I mentioned it, I was crazy. Now that the old matter is brought up again, Lu Xiang laughed and said that he was so angry that he had grown several white hairs.
At the recent German Open, Lu Xiang said that his singles performance really hurt him. 32 into 16, he met the Swedish veteran Greer, the big score 0-3 behind. "The opponent is a very sophisticated athlete and at first I was particularly uncomfortable with his ball and couldn't keep up with his changes." During the break, Lu Xiang was quiet, feeling that he had fallen behind so much, it was better to break the jar and break it and fight it himself. At the beginning of the fourth set, he took the initiative to start and actively attacked to disrupt the rhythm of his opponents. Unexpectedly, such techniques and tactics had a significant effect, and Lu Xiang won two rounds in a row. But Ginger was still old and spicy, and Greer didn't give him a chance to reverse, winning the entire game 12-10 in the sixth set. Stopped in the round of 32, Lu Xiang was very upset, thinking that the first time to participate in the open tournament should not be this result, but the head coach of the national men's second team Liu Guozheng still gave affirmation to the performance of this disciple, he said that losing to Greer is indeed a pity, but can sum up a lot of experience from it. And the most satisfying thing about Lü Xiang this time is that the Japanese players who have lost in the Asian Youth Competition have met in the group this time, and Lü Xiang can defeat him, which can also be regarded as a breakthrough for himself.
Dad is a technical consultant and Mom is a logistical support
After the German Open, Lu Xiang sent a text message to his father to report on the results of the competition. Lu Dad simply replied: "Play well, keep working hard!" "Whether I play well or badly, my dad often encourages me like this." In addition to transmitting positive energy to his son mentally, Lu Lin will also help him analyze techniques and tactics and find problems. "As long as the two of us are together, most of the time he talks to me about the ball and watches the video with me." At this time, Lu's mother Wan Fangfang began to be busy, one moment to bring a cup of water, the next to hand over some fruit. Lu Xiang said with a smile: "Our family has a clear division of labor, my father is a technical consultant, he only cares about my playing, other trivial matters of life, are my mother's care, she is my logistics support." "Although in Lu Xiang's family, parents perform their duties and try their best to create the best conditions for their sons in all aspects, they will grasp the good degree and never spoil their children."
In Lu Xiang's memory, his parents never beat him, no matter what happened, they were reasonable. "If I don't listen, they won't say it and let me try it myself." When the practice fails, I know I won't do it next time. Lü Xiang "complained" that since he was a child, his father "dealt with" him like this, "I remember when I was two or three years old, I wanted to touch the pot for cooking and cooking with my hands, and my mother told me that the pot was hot, it would be hot, and it could not be touched." But my dad stopped my mom and said, if he wants to touch it, you let him touch it. "The result can be imagined, And Lu Xiang, who was burned in the hand, tasted the bitter fruit." Except for the fights when I was a child, now that I am older, I have basically not done anything out of the ordinary. Leo's Lu Xiang said that he is a bit like Gemini, sometimes extroverted, sometimes introverted, can't say what kind of personality it is, sometimes he feels very strange.
Although His father's education method made Lü Xiang "suffer a lot", in his heart, his father has always been the image of "tall and mighty shore", and even worshipped like a god. "My dad was very good, and whatever he said was right. And there is nothing he did not expect, every step I take, is in his expectation, such as what stage to do, what problems to encounter, he will tell me in advance, let me have psychological preparation, just like a fortune teller, predict the future in advance. For his father's admiration, Lu Xiang was overflowing with words. But at the end, he did not forget to tease his father, "Two or three years ago, I couldn't beat him, and now he is no longer my opponent!" ”
At present, former Olympic champion Lu Lin is the deputy director of the Zhejiang Provincial Sports Bureau, but Lu Xiang has never felt that there is anything special about himself, "in the team like other teammates, eating, training and sleeping on time every day." "Since he was a child, he has been out playing and often not around his parents, so he has developed the habit of calling home every day." Usually it is a homely conversation, report what you did that day, whether there is anything new, and that's all. Lu Xiang said that he is now quite in love with his family, when he was a child, his parents worked in Beijing, and he could go home once a weekend after training, but at that time, he was greedy and did not want to go home at all. And now my parents are far away in Hangzhou, basically only the Spring Festival can only meet once, so sometimes I miss my parents.
"But I never told them anything like that I thought of them, and I hid a lot of things in my heart." Lu Xiang said that this is very similar to his father, their father and son rarely directly express their love or appreciation for each other, "I think this is very normal, men are all understanding between the heart, understand it, why do you have to say it." Lu Xiang broke the news that his father once drank too much and kept repeating a sentence "Lü Xiang, you are already great!" This made him feel very encouraged as a son, "My parents always said that I didn't have to win the championship and produce results, as long as I didn't have regrets and was happy every day." In fact, I feel very proud to have such great parents, so I also want to repay them through my own efforts and become their pride. ”