Data map: Sun Yingsha in the game. Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency

　　Chinanews Client Beijing, August 15 (Reporter Wang Yu) The veteran was waived due to injury, and the Mesozoic players encountered a strong blockade halfway. In a team simulation game that completely reproduced the Tokyo Olympics, he unexpectedly became a national table tennis player. The stage for the class to seize power.

　　On the evening of the 14th, the National Table Tennis Tokyo Olympic Simulation Tournament ended all individual competitions. Liang Jingkun defeated Wang Chuqin to win the men's singles championship, and Sun Yingsha likes Wang Manyu to top the women's singles. The impact of the teenager is much more than that. Among the eight singles players who advanced to the semi-finals, the post-95 generation occupies seven of them.

　　The national table tennis simulation tournament in Tokyo has caused a youth storm. This situation can be said to be both unexpected and reasonable. On the one hand, the three women's singles generals Ding Ning, Liu Shiwen and Zhu Yuling chose to withdraw from the competition after a long period of training, due to recovery from injuries and the need to adjust their status.

Data map: Liang Jingkun in the game. Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency

　　The men's table tennis team leader Malone suddenly felt unwell during the warm-up before the game, and chose to retire for safety. The successive withdrawal of many powerful players has indeed created a broader space for the teenagers to "counterattack", and being able to seize fleeting opportunities is also a manifestation of their strength.

　　On the other hand, young players such as Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, and Sun Yingsha can successfully break through the seed players such as Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng and Xu Xin who are recognized as leading the competition for Olympic qualifications. To a certain extent, their current Identity is no longer a simple "spoiler".

　　Affected by the epidemic, in mid-March, the Chinese table tennis team, which had been stranded overseas for more than a month, came to Macau from Qatar for a closed training camp, which lasted until mid-June. This closed training camp for nearly three months is the longest closed training camp in the history of national table tennis.

In this Olympic simulation game, Malone suddenly felt unwell during the warm-up before the game and chose to retire. (Data map) Photo by An Yuan

　　During this period, the national table tennis players will usher in the news of the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics. Although in the eyes of Liu Guoliang, Chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, this is a challenge and an opportunity for the Chinese table tennis team, but it is undeniable that this has also led to a longer competition front within the team. The original structure is facing dismantling, and veterans have to Once again hit by the "back wave".

　　Therefore, in addition to testing the results of the national team's training in the first half of the year and becoming the starting point for preparing for the World Table Tennis Championships next year, this simulation game also has another meaning. The men's team coach Qin Zhijian once said that he hopes to reorder everyone's position in the team through high-intensity confrontation within the team.

　　Take the national table tennis women's team as an example. Although the troika composed of Ding Ning, Chen Meng and Liu Shiwen, although the lineup structure has stabilized, it also conceals fluctuations such as injuries and age. In this game, the two were absent due to injury, and Chen Meng lost the top four. If you look at the Tokyo Olympics a year later, the women's team may usher in a reshuffle.

Wang Manyu successfully ended his nine-game losing streak against Chen Meng. (Data map) Photo by Liu Guanguan, China News Agency reporter

　　Nowadays, "Little Devil" Sun Yingsha has matured day by day in both her mentality and skills, and her daring style in the game has also left a deep impression on people; and Wang Manyu, who was originally defeated in the Busan World Table Tennis Championships, ended the match against Chen as she wished. The dream of nine consecutive defeats and the rise of the new generation of forces also provide more possibilities for the selection of the coaching staff.

　　Similar to the women’s team, although Malone’s retirement is more for safety reasons, it seems to remind once again that the Dragons will undoubtedly need to pay more attention to the Tokyo Olympics at the age of 32 years old. The balance between training, competition and body protection.

　　And Xu Xin’s partner, Sun Yingsha, defeated No. 1 seed Fan Zhendong/Chen Meng and won the mixed doubles championship, which not only once again highlighted Xu Xin’s strong control ability in the doubles arena, but also made the national table tennis Olympic mixed doubles preparation list, in addition to In addition to the "Xinwen Group", Plan B is relatively secure.

Xu Xin is in the game. (Data map) Picture source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency

　　However, it is worth noting that in the men's singles quarter-finals, Xu Xin unexpectedly lost to Xu Chenhao, breaking out the biggest upset of this game. The long-distance battle line and continuous combat physical loss have an obvious impact on the former, but such a situation appears in the Olympic simulation competition, which may become a major concern for Xu Xin's men's singles qualification.

　　With Malone's injury and Xu Xin's exit, the top seed Fan Zhendong became the favorite of the men's singles. But after successfully qualifying for the men's singles semi-finals, Fan Zhendong was defeated again in a duel with "enemy" Liang Jingkun. While watching his opponent win the championship, he also increased the important weight of competing for Olympic qualifications.

　　The Tokyo Olympic simulation game not only tested the results of player training and provided a reference for the coaching staff to reorder the teams, but also raised new questions about how to maintain and mobilize veterans. Today, the Tokyo Olympics has re-entered the one-year countdown node, and the national table tennis preparations will also usher in a new starting point. (Finish)