Zhang Benzhihe not only clamored to make Chinese players feel scared, but even faced interviews and made bold words to win the championship. However, in the first round, he was beaten by a 38-year-old Taipei veteran and suffered a round trip to the German Championships. Earlier in an interview, he said that he lost to Fan Zhendong because of his young age, so why did he lose to Zhuang Zhiyuan?
Picture 1: How did Zhang Benzhi and
Zhang Benzhihe perform in the German Open?
To be fair, Zhang Benzhihe's grouping situation in this German Open is not optimistic, because he and Chinese team star Fan Zhendong are in a group, as well as Boll and Ocharov. Before the game, Zhang Benzhi and his main opponent were Fan Zhendong, because he had enough confidence to advance to the semifinals. However, the elimination of Chinese Taipei player Zhuang Zhiyuan in the first round was embarrassing.
Throughout the entire game, Zhang Benzhihe was not in the state. Except for the excellent performance in the first and third rounds, the other rounds failed to perform at a normal level. Especially in the handling of receiving and serving, there have been many mistakes. As the number of mistakes increased, Zhang Benzhihe's mood was obviously fluctuated, and the negative impact escalated further, and he could only swallow a defeat in the end.
Figure 2: How do Zhang Benzhi and
think about Zhang Benzhi and his lack of cover, thinking that losing is the reason for their young age?
is not very capable and has a good temper. Although Zhang Benzhihe is only 17 years old and ranks in the top five in the world, he is still a little less popular than many national table tennis players. After losing to Fan Zhendong in the 2019 Table Tennis Federation finals, Zhang Benzhi said in an interview with the ITTF: I had a chance to win, but Fan Zhendong has more experience than me and is older than me, so he lost.
It is not difficult to find from Zhang Benzhihe's words that he attributed his failure to his young age and lack of experience, and he was completely unaware of his lack of strength. This campaign was lost to a 38-year-old Taipei veteran. I wonder if Zhang Benzhihe will throw the pot to inexperienced and young people again? In fact, in addition to his habitual dumping, Zhang Benzhihe also likes to speak wild words. Before the game, he is always full of fighting spirit and wants to win the Chinese players. To borrow a sentence from netizens: Players who don’t understand low-key and don’t understand reflection will not Go too far!
Picture 3: Zhang Benzhihe and Fan Zhendong
Zhang Benzhihe's future development?
To be fair, Zhang Benzhihe is indeed very talented, but his talent is always disturbed by immature mind; the backhand ability is very strong, and the forehand is indeed weak. Although he has been training, the effect is not good. But losing is not necessarily a bad thing, after all, it is inevitable to pay tuition on the road to success.
And if Zhang Benzhi wants to develop further, he must realize that besides his lack of strength (relative to top players), the biggest problem is his mentality. Only if you do not panic when you are behind, do not relax when you are leading, and you are not arrogant or discouraged when you win, you can stand on the strong side!
