1997, Manchester , England, for the forty-fourth World Table Tennis Championships to be held in this city, the Chinese fans at that time felt very relaxed.
Only two years ago, the National Ping Pong Men's Team was still facing its rivals, for fear of another miserable defeat in front of our hometown fathers and elders. After all, we lost too many games in between 1988 and 1995. Both head coaches Therefore, after class, I changed Cai Zhenhua. After taking the post, he also bumped into each other for three years. Only then did he successfully stand up in the Tianjin World Table Tennis Championships, defeating Sweden and other powerful enemies.
After this, the "seal" of the national table tennis men's team was lifted, and the results rose rapidly and the serve was out of control. The three major tournaments almost maintained a complete victory, and the foreign association players lost their helmets and armor. Strong3strong Liu Guoliang and Kong Linghui more It is soaring. The former is called the Olympic and World Cup men's singles champion, and the latter is king in the World Table Tennis Championships and World Cup singles events.
The two young people have made rapid progress, and the veteran's performance is also reassuring. Strong3strong Wang Tao Although he only won two silver medals in the 1996 Olympics, he did not lose to any foreign association player; Ding Song Although he lost the Olympic Games, his performance in the World Table Tennis Championships has astounded the table tennis world, and he deserves to be the "secret weapon" of the national table tennis.
The only regret is that the former “one brother” Ma Wenge has indeed stepped down from the peak, losing a lot of goals in those two years. But as the core force once, the old horse can still use his own experience to assist the whole team, and sometimes even take the initiative to take on the job of sparring.Therefore, he can still use his waste heat to make a good contribution to the national table tennis.
With such a strong lineup, who can compete with it?
In 1997, the Swedish team was almost "half handicapped". Strong3strong Persson can only be regarded as the top in Europe, Carlsson is the first in Europe, and the remaining Apeylen_ strong4strong has basically retired, Linde, who has been playing soy sauce, also left the main lineup. After all, only Waldner still maintains the top level in the world, but unfortunately, he has been crushed by Liu Guoliang.
As for other strong European teams, has only Gaiting in France, Roscoff in Germany, Primorac in Croatia, Sever in Belgium, and Samsonov in Belarus -one person at most If you score 2 points in a team match, that's definitely not enough to win.
The original Korean team with relatively balanced strength is also facing the problem of replacing the old with the new. Liu Nankui is almost 30 years old, Lian is quite old, and can't beat Wang Tao; Jin Zezhu is still in his prime. But it is also difficult to drive the team.
So is there any suspense about the gold medal in this competition? These opponents have not been beaten!
Sure enough, after the start of the game, the Swedish team was in a mess. In the group stage, Waldner, the top player, only scored 13 points (6-21, 7-21) in the two games, and the team was almost 2 -3 lost to the Belarusians! At the same time, Lao Wa also lost to Seifer again. As a result, Sweden really lost to Belgium this time and missed the first place in the group.Then there was a tragedy:
because their first matchup after qualifying for the main game was to play the Chinese team!
As the overlord of the men's team in the World Table Tennis Championships from 1989 to 1993, the Swedish team is now mixed up and it is really embarrassing. However, Cai Zhenhua knows very well that the Vikings are now "thin camels are bigger than horses" , so we must never let our guard down.
The comparison of Sino-Swiss strength in 1997 is:
At that time, Waldner can still beat all the Chinese players except Liu Guoliang, maintaining an absolute advantage over Kong Linghui and Wang Tao. Ma Wenge has basically no problem, and he has the upper hand with Ding Song; Person depends on the state, there is a high probability of losing, but you can't say that he can't win at all, because he still has strength.
only has and Carlsson , who are almost sure to lose points, especially against Ding Song. Therefore, the Swedish coach decided to take risks. Strong3strong made Carlsson the number one single like in 1993. Let Person be the number three , in order to let him, who is relatively good at dealing with chippers, catch Ding Song.
Note: Persson doesn’t actually win very much against Dingsong, but in the case of two wins in three games, the two of them can play. Song Ding Song is obviously at a disadvantage, which is what the Swedes want to avoid.
To be honest, if the Swedish team dared to make such a formation during the Tianjin World Table Tennis Championships, the National Ping Pong Team would be a bit suspicious; but now that the situation has changed, it would be boring to want to play this way.
Even if Persson really beat Ding Song in the third set,Waldner could not solve the problem of not being able to beat Liu Guoliang, and if Lao Wa loses Liu Guoliang's 1 point, but wins Kong Linghui or Wang Tao, the team will only score 2 points, then Carlsson can fight Liu Guoliang or Is Kong Linghui or Wang Tao 1 point?
Looking back, the Swedish team just wants to put together a 2-1 lead in the first three sets. is nothing more than that. As for winning? Hard!
However, Cai Zhenhua didn't want to give them this opportunity at all.
After the roster was released, the Swedes were speechless: the Chinese team did not send Ding Song to the field at all. Instead, they reused the 30-year-old veteran Wang Tao again. As a result, all his arrangements fell through.
But even so, there are still people who lose points on the Guoping side.
Who? Kong Linghui is too!
Although the Sino-Swiss battle in 1997 was not a final, it still fought a battle without losing the final. It was a duel between two singles world champions- Waldner and Kong Linghui . Prior to this, Kong Linghui had lost to Lao Wa in two World Cup men's singles matches. Not long ago, he also lost to this man with Ma Wenge in the Qatar Open. It is indeed impossible to beat!
In this World Table Tennis Championships men’s team battle, Kong Linghui and Lao Wa killed again in a dark place. Although the big score was 0-2 and was swept away, he fell 25-27 in the second game. Failure, it can be said that it is not insulting the mission, at least it is still bloody, but in the end, it is still not strong enough, and the skills are not as good as people.
As for the other few games, there is no suspense. Persson who wanted to catch Ding Song once again lost to Wang Tao, while Karlsson played stable and lost 2 points. The Swedes also stopped in the quarter-finals, and In 1991, the Chinese team also missed the semifinals of the men's team.
However, Kong Linghui's nightmare is not over yet.
In the semi-final battle, Liu Guoliang and Wang Tao both played well and beat their opponents consecutively. However, Kong Linghui lost the chain again and lost 1-2 to the almost 30-year-old Liu Nankui !
In the 1995 team World Cup, Kong Linghui lost consecutively to Liu Nankui and Kim Taek-soo; in the 1996 Olympics, he lost to Kim Taek-soo, and at the end of the World Cup, he lost to Brazil’s Koyama Hugo (also Japanese penhold style); now in the 1997 World Table Tennis Championship, He lost to Liu Nankui again- Kong "Prince" really couldn't pass the Rizhi level!
However, in the finals, it was Liu Guoliang's turn to collapse.
In the final, the French team led by Gaiting played against the national table tennis team. In the previous game, beat Belgium 3-2 and Germany 3-2, and played two consecutive games. The fierce battle finally won him a precious opportunity for the World Table Tennis Championships team championship, but the Chinese fans laughed at the first glance:
Your strongest Gaiting is now basically unable to beat the main national table tennis players, the remaining players Nature is like a chicken and dog, what's the fear?
Unexpectedly, the Gaul roosters on the banks of the Seine roared that the Chinese team almost collapsed!
In the first set of Kong Linghui against Gaiting, he was constantly disrupted by the opponent's magic ball and lost 18-21, which caused the audience and friends to have a cold sweat; fortunately, Linghui gradually came up. Regained the form, did not panic like the previous rounds, and finally pulled two games 21-16, 21-17, and regained the victory 2-1.
However, what happened next was beyond everyone's expectations.
Liu Guoliang played in the second set , with an extremely irregular, very wild athlete Sheila crossed the move-this Sheila playing is simply out of order, attacking for a while, cutting for a while, and for a while backing out It took a long time to pounce forward, from footwork to technique, the more he looked at it, the more chaotic, but he caught Liu Guoliang's Achilles heel in this game, that is:
can't fight positional battles.
The more Liu Guoliang wants to solve the fight in the first three rebounds as quickly as possible, the more Sheila drags on with him, and even "tortures" the opponent from the beginning of receiving the serve. Sometimes she voluntarily retreats and makes the ball very slow, but But it turns very much, in order to offset the speed of pen-hold grip normal rubber fast attack.
In the end, Liu Guoliang lost the game 1-2 before he understood what the opponent was playing, and even lost 10-21 in the third game. Strong3strong was really miserable!
In the third set , the Frenchman’s momentum quickly recovered, and another "nerve knife" player- Elowa played against Wang Tao .
This Elowa's racket is very interesting. It has a part of the left and right parts dug out in the middle. It looks like a violin , so he is also called a "violinist". However, this person's style of playing is not at all like a gentle musician. On the contrary, he is extremely simple and rude. He uses all sorts of aggressive fights near the stage, retreats and all kinds of forced back pulls. Whether he wins or not depends on the state.
In the first game, Elowa lost 10-21, but in the second game he saved the match point continuously, and then played 29-29 with Wang Tao, surpassing Cai Zhenhua and Waldner in 1983. 28-28 draw in the finals of the World Table Tennis Championships,Created a new high score record in the small ball era!
The ball hit this point. There is no tactics in this game. Wang Tao and Elowa have entered a state of complete selflessness. Whoever is more brave and has a longer tone will have the last laugh.
In the end, Wang Tao from the Bayi team completed his mission with the perseverance of a soldier. Strong3strong 31-29 won Elowa and won a crucial second point for the Chinese team. The French arrogance was finally suppressed. , The next fate is already doomed.
Liu Guoliang played against Gaiting in the fourth set -Both of them lost in front, but the last game was Wang Tao defeated Elowa, so Liu Guoliang's mentality was naturally more stable, and he also Indeed, he won 2-0 against Gaiting, and thus scored the last 1 point for the Chinese team, successfully defeating the French and defending the World Table Tennis Championships men's team champion.
This is the table tennis battle of that era, how intense it is! How wonderful!
In addition to Lao Wa, there are still countless top players abroad who can compete with the national table tennis championship; in addition to those top players, there are still countless dark horses that can create an upset for the national table tennis: how can such a game not let people? Feeling passionate?
So the men's team gold medal has been obtained, can the men's singles be far behind?
No one would have thought that the next singles matchup will soon become a nightmare for the men's national table tennis team; at the same time, a myth in the table tennis world is about to be born!
If you want to know what is going on, listen to the next breakdown.
Original title: "Grand Slam Waldner (26): 1997 World Table Tennis Championships, Chinese and foreign men's team melee"-the serial is to be continued, welcome to continue!
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