Beijing time on May 9, 2021 news, although the 2021 "Direct WTT Grand Slam World Table Tennis Championships" and the Olympic Simulation Tournament has slowly ended, the discussion around this event has not diminished much. Among them, the most There is nothing more talked about by the outside world than "upset". Now is a critical stage in preparing for the Tokyo Olympics, so as long as there is a rehearsal for the event, it will naturally attract great attention from the outside world. This time, the National Table Tennis Tokyo Olympics Simulation Tournament attracted three generations of players from the old, middle and young generations to appear together, so the viewing and suspense of the game increased a lot. In the men's singles event, no one expected the "non-mainstream" player Zhou Qihao to play an amazing performance, which is really amazing!
Liu Guoliang obviously has something in his words! The national table tennis men's team is about to overturn the main table's determination, and Fan Zhendong is beaten up! In the men's singles knockout stage just past, 24-year-old Zhou Qihao became another dark horse player after Lin Shidong: when facing Liang Jingkun in the "New Troika" of Guoping, Zhou Qihao played a strong performance and locked 4-2 Victory; then he faced the national table tennis captain Ma Long. There is no need to say much about the status of the Dragons in the entire team. The younger generation is constantly advancing in the direction of catching up with him. After seven innings, Zhou Qihao won the game and entered the final seat; when he came to the final stage, Zhou Qihao faced Fan Zhendong, a player of the same age. In this game, Zhou Qihao had a firm belief in winning, and he made a decisive move. Whether it was a second knife, a side cut, a sideways burst, or a high ball reverse pull, he could succeed, showing his super technical skills. In the end, he defeated Xiaopang 4-2 to win the men's singles championship. Zhou Qihao was able to complete the final "Fengshen" all the way in an upset, and this situation also surprised and surprised many people in the outside world.
After the final, Zhou Qihao said in an interview with the media that he hoped that he would be more mature and solid in the future, strive for the collective goal of five gold medals in the Tokyo Olympics, and continue to pursue his dream. It is not difficult to see that Zhou Qihao still wants to make a difference. However, a group photo after the game was somewhat unfortunate: in the picture, as the champion of men's singles, he did not lean against Liu Guoliang and others, but stood farther away. It seems that Zhou Qihao still needs to continue to work hard to reach the goal of hitting the main force on the front line. In response to the results of this competition, Liu Guoliang also made a comment: Losing the game itself is a bad thing, not a good thing. However, if the bad thing of losing can be transformed into a promotion and change for preparations, then "the bad thing can still be turned into a good thing."
On the one hand, Liu Guoliang acknowledged the unexpected situation of this event, and believed that the performance of the main national table tennis players did not meet expectations, and the national table tennis coaching staff needed to pay more attention to the potential momentum of young opponents in the international arena. On the other hand, he also pointed out that the experience of this event is helpful. After all, this is only a team event drill, not the Tokyo Olympics. It is a good thing that we can expose the problem early. If the main players like Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, and Xu Xin do not experience the test of the competition, we do not know what their actual competitive state is now. It's a good thing that Fan Zhendong and others were beaten up! Next, let's see how the national table tennis coaching staff guide and give help, come on Guoping table tennis!
