After two years of being shrouded in the cloud of "national hatred and family hatred", there was an extremely rare scene in the men's singles semifinals of the Korean Open, the first match between Japan's Mizutani and South Korea's dark horse Zhang Yuzhen, the Chinese fans who watched the game showed one-sided support for Mizutani Hayabusa, and the Chinese fans on the live broadcast platform also brushed the screen to cheer for Mizutani Kai, hoping that he could defeat Zhang Yuzhen to advance to the final.
China and Japan have always been tit-for-tat and are "old enemies", but this time the fans have "hated each other" to cheer for Mizutani, which is the first time in an international competition.
Mizutani Hayabusa is a former "brother" in Japan, who has been playing in the Chinese Table Tennis Super League, the ball style is flowing, low-key, so it is quite liked by Chinese fans, and has many fans.
But this situation took a sharp turn for the 2016 Rio Olympics, he defeated the Chinese player Xu Xin in the team final, perhaps suppressed for too long (in the past, Xu Xin suffered 11 consecutive defeats, and there was an embarrassing record of 10:4 lead in the 2017 Kuwait decider but was overturned by Xu Xin), and he was momentarily overwhelmed, and even threw a beat in front of Liu Guoliang to demonstrate provocation, so he annoyed Ah Fat, and immediately told Zhang Jike "Don't let them live!" "The order to kill.
Subsequently, Mizutani Falcon also published the remarks of "cheating in national table tennis", which was even more denounced by Chinese netizens, and in October 2016, he was the first to be on the "blacklist" of the table tennis super, and was banned a year in advance.
For a long time, Mizutani Hayabusa was one of the foreign players most hated by Chinese fans, and it was not until entering 2018 that the black "top spot" was passed on to Zhang Benzhihe.
In this Korea Open, Mizutani played well, winning consecutive world cup champions Ochalov and South Korean brother Lee Sang-so and other strong opponents to reach the final four. The semi-final opponent is South Korea's dark horse Jang Woo-jin.
In this station, with the advantage of the home time and place, Zhang Yuzhen played a heroic role, and the men's singles eliminated his "nemesis" Xu Xin 4-1 in the second round. In the mixed doubles final before the start of the men's singles semi-final yesterday, he partnered with his northern compatriot Che Xiaoxin to defeat the Chinese duo of Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha to win the first gold medal in the Korean Gong tournament. His men's doubles with Lim Jong-hoon also reached this afternoon's final.
All three competitions reached the final, and Jang Woo-jin became the biggest dark horse in the Korean Open.
Because Zhang Yuzhen wantonly provoked Zhang Jike in the 2016 Asian Championships, fortunately, Ah Fat pulled the bloody "Tibetan Mastiff" to death, otherwise the two had to fight. Therefore, in the eyes of Chinese fans, Goryeo "Jang Wujie" is more hateful than the "water bird" of the Uighur kingdom!
Also because the host Koreans have always liked to engage in small moves, the 2002 Football World Cup, this year's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, people still remember it. In this Open Tournament, Zhang Jike's draw was actually changed three times, which is simply incredible.
Perhaps, some Chinese fans believe that if Mizutani Falcon advances to the final, Liang Jingkun (or Lin Gaoyuan) will be more certain to win the championship. Therefore, for the time being, the "hatred of the country and the family" was abandoned, and the relatively weak Mizutani Falcon was chosen to support the relatively weak ones between the two "enemies".
Despite the cheers and cheers of Chinese fans, Mizutani Falcon finally lost 1-4 to Zhang Yuzhen, and the ultimate battle between China and Japan that we were looking forward to failed to qualify.
The men's singles final starts at 16:40 in the afternoon, and Liang Jingkun cheers!