After the final of the first WTT World Cup, all the international table tennis competitions of this season ended. The national table tennis team arrived at the Weihai Nanhai Table Tennis Training Base for 21 days for quarantine. Although international competitions have ended this year, leagues in various countries and regions continue to be held, the Japanese Table Tennis T League rekindled on December 12, and the 38-year-old former national table tennis player Hao Shuai appeared on the field. He fought on both sides and won one victory and one loss.
Hao Shuai joined the Japan Okayama Club. They challenged the Tokyo Club in this round. In the first doubles match, Hao Shuai partnered with Asuka Machi and lost 1-2 to Kenta Tatsuya/Kouyama Beidou, missing the opportunity to get a good start for the team. Then Yoshimura Kazuhiro defeated Yoshida Maki 3-1, Ryuzaki Hiroin lost to Okawa Reiki 0-3, and Okayama fell behind 1-2 in the score. Hao Shuai made another appearance in the fourth singles match. His opponent was Japanese national Yuya Oshima. With his rich game experience, he won the first two games 11-10, while Yuya Oshima won two games 11-7 and 11-9. In the decisive game, Hao Shuai grasped the key points and won 11-9, defeating Yuya Oshima 3-2, helping the team equalize the big score while ushering in his first victory in the T League. However, in the final game, Yoshimura Kazuhiro lost to Okawa Reiki 0-1, while Okayama Club lost to Tokyo Club 2-3.
Born on October 1, 1983, Hao Shuai joined the first national table tennis team in 2000, and became one of the "Six Little Dragons" of the men's team at that time, together with Wang Hao, Chen Qi, Zhang Chao, Qiu Yike and Shan Mingjie. In the 2010 Team World Cup, Hao Shuai was qualified to win the championship with the team and won the world championship title. In the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships, Hao Shuai partnered with Ma Lin to win the runner-up of the men's doubles in the World Table Tennis Championships. Hao Shuai entered the national first team in 2000 and then achieved good results. Although he has never participated in the Olympics, in the 2010 Team World Cup, Hao Shuai played as a member of the Chinese team and won the team world championship. In addition, Hao Shuai also won the runner-up of the men's doubles with Ma Lin in the Paris World Table Tennis Championships in 2013, and his partner Wang Yidi won the runner-up of the mixed doubles at the 2017 National Games. Most of the players who entered the national table tennis team with Hao Shuai have retired and have undergone transformation. Hao Shuai has been working hard on the court. Hao Shuai did not sign up for the National Games qualifiers at the end of March this year, which also made fans speculate whether he has retired.
However, in July this year, the Japanese media "Billiard Kingdom" reported that the T League Okayama Club signed a contract with Hao Shuai, but in the previous T League games, Hao Shuai has not played, which once again attracted fans' speculation that he has retired. In yesterday's game, Hao Shuai finally made a debut and played double-sided games. Although he achieved one win and one loss and failed to help the team win, his performance was still remarkable. This also reminds many fans of another former national table tennis player Hou Yingchao who played in the T League. With his wonderful performance in the T League, Hou Yingchao not only won the championship with the team, but also won the MVP title, returned to the domestic arena, and also defeated the main national table tennis players such as Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin, and won the national men's singles championship. He was also invited by the national table tennis team many times to return to the national team to participate in the team warm-up match, which increased difficulties for the active national players. Maybe Hao Shuai can refer to Hou Yingchao's example, and maybe he can return to the domestic arena in the future.
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