The season ended successfully and fully prepared for the Olympic Games
The new generation of guozhang is growing (Sports stands)
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The final of the 2019 International Table Tennis Federation World Tour, the Chinese table tennis team won the other four championships except the women’s double, including the top four men’s singles, the women’s singles championship and the runner-up. Throughout the season this year, although Guozhen has achieved a remarkable record, the Tokyo Olympic exam is coming, and the preparation for the war cannot be relaxed at all.
On the evening of December 15, with Ma Long, the national champion, out of the world return, his teammate Fan Zhendong won the game 4:1, zonxao to the end of this high-profile men’s singles final. So far, the 4-day world tour finals of the International Table Tennis Federation 2019 ended all the matches in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. The Chinese table tennis team won the other 4 championships except women’s double, among them, they also won the top four men’s singles, the women’s singles crown and the runner-up. This season, the veterans of Guozhen, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Liu Shiwen, etc., performed bravely, and the new generation of players such as Fan Zhendong, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manji gradually matured.
Status: to cope with the comprehensive test of the contest
The moment when the men’s singles final won the competition point, Fan Zhendong clenched his fist yelling to the sky. After nearly a year of ups and downs, he used this Tour Finals men’s singles champion to declare that he was returning to the peak. Some setbacks this season have made Fan Zhendong confused, but he has also tempered his skills and psychology a little bit, which is very important in the competition. Fan Zhendong realized that to keep up with the footsteps of the world table tennis, he must play every ball more firmly against the pressure.
Ma Long, who was men’s team captain of the national flag, did not stop his steps. Over the past year, there have been achievements in achieving men’s singles three successive championships in the Budapest World Table Tennis Championships, and there has also been a long process of fighting against injuries, what remains unchanged is his belief that he will stick to it as long as he doesn’t put down the racket. Last month, in preparation for the men’s basketball World Cup, Malone took advantage of the rare rest day to practice. This self-discipline and persistence are the key to his continuous breakthrough, which also affects and infects the whole team.
Between Ma Long and Fan Zhendong’s ups and downs, Xu Xin took on the task of three-line combat in many competitions, which was not easy for him who was 29 years old. This season, Xu Xin won three gold medals in the Japanese Open and won the men’s singles championship in the next two open races. In this finals, Xu Xin played three games and won the men’s double and mixed double championships. In the 1/4 final of men’s singles, he defeated Japanese player Zhang Benzhi and advanced to the top four with a wrist injury. Every game is tough, and only with excellent comprehensive strength can one bite down one by one.
In the women’s singles competition in the Tour Finals, Chen Meng’s semi-final against Japanese players ITO Meicheng was considered to be crucial. ITO Meicheng was the number one women’s singles player of the Japanese team. In the second half of last year, the winning rate against the Chinese national court was as high as 77 percent. As the women’s team player trained by Guozhang, Chen Meng could quickly recover his state even if he lost a game at the beginning of the game, and finally defeated his opponent by 4:1.
Competition: every project should do its best
among the 60 champions of the 12 International Table Tennis Federation World Tour this season, the national team won 43 championships. Although it has an absolute advantage in quantity, it should be noted that the masters of table tennis in the world have also made great progress this year. Zhang benzhihe, ITO Meicheng of the Japanese team, lin Xiaoru and others of the Chinese Taipei team have caused a lot of impact on the national opera players. “These young players are growing very fast. We need such opponents, and the State Council needs such confrontation.” Liu Guoliang, chairman of China Table Tennis Association, said.
Although Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen, a powerful combination that has experienced many tests in the mixed doubles competition in this finals, won the championship, Liu Guoliang still has some shortcomings. Together with this finals, in the mixed double finals of this year’s World Table Tennis Championships and Asian Championships, Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen both started behind and won. “These three games are enough to sound the alarm for the country,” Liu Guoliang said. “psychological practice has been achieved, but technology needs to be strengthened.”
In the Tokyo Olympic Games, each delegation can only send a pair of players to participate in the mixed doubles competition, so the venue is a “life and death battle”. Liu Guoliang said frankly that Guozhen’s experience in preparing for the mixed doubles project is not sufficient, so it is necessary to make efforts to study carefully. It needs to be improved in daily training and the whole playing system, and to achieve perfection in details.
Assessment: The goal is achieved, but it still needs to be summarized
The Finals won the four championships for the country. This season has drawn a relatively satisfactory end. At the beginning of this year, Liu Guoliang once formulated strict coaching team assessment and reward and punishment methods for the Chinese table tennis team. In the selected 9 important table tennis international competitions, they were divided into three levels for assessment and calculation of points, male, the coaching team of the female first team won 18000 points, and if the score is lower than 12000 points, it will fail. The coach and team leader of the non-standard group will be demoted at the same time, and half of the basic salary of the whole group will be deducted.
At the end of the assessment, the coach team of Guozhen got 17500 points, and only lost the score of the mixed double champion of China open within the assessment scope. “It is very challenging to see so many competitions at the beginning of the year. I feel that the pressure to finish more than 14000 points is relatively high, but the coaches and athletes of the National Republic of China work together, and the settlement is still beyond expectations.” Liu Guoliang said.
The Tokyo Olympic Games is about to take a big exam. In the next preparation time, Guoyu has a lot of room for improvement and also faces many difficulties. “There are some things we can see and get, but some still need to be pondered,” Liu Guoliang said. “I hope that the national leaders will work together to face challenges and overcome difficulties.”