Chinanews client, Beijing, August 22 (Reporter Wang Yu) After 14 days of competition, two team battles in the national table tennis team, which can be called the pinnacle duel, put an end to the Tokyo Olympic simulation competition. However, it is precisely this game where the national table tennis players play, and the "China-Japan confrontation" has played the leading role.
Data map: Malone is in the game. Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency
Veterans show their core qualities
National table tennis captain Ma Long, who gave up the men's singles competition due to injury, has his "first show" in the team simulation game after 156 days. Although it can still be clearly seen that the long-lost battle and the impact of the injury on the veteran, as the schedule progresses, Malone, who is getting better and better, is constantly adjusting and adapting to the rhythm of the game.
Although in the opening match against 17-year-old Zeng Beixun, he was in a stalemate with his opponents, but in the final, facing the physical test of the coaching staff in the first doubles and third singles, Malone not only cooperated with Xu Xin to score the first point, but also It was against Wang Chuqin, who had lost more and less wins recently, and defeated him against the disadvantages of declining physical fitness.
After this battle, it not only proved Malone's achievements during the training camp in the past period of time, but also handed over satisfactory answers in continuous combat. Malone, who played the "double line" in the finals, was also satisfied with his persistence in the game after the game.
Data map: Chen Meng in the game. China News Agency reporter Chen Wenshe
In contrast, the women's team, which is obviously superior in strength, won the championship. As the women's doubles champions of the Budapest World Table Tennis Championships, young players Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu, who have just joined the finals in the women's singles competition, showed a good competitive state. The main player Chen Meng, who lost to Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi in singles matches, also swept away the adverse effects of previous defeats.
The women's team coach Li Wei once said that in the absence of Ding Ning, Liu Shiwen, and Zhu Yuling, Chen Meng played the core role for the first time in the game, not only to ensure his own state, but also to play a leading role. After the team match started, Chen Meng, who quickly got rid of the haze of singles, also completed the role change in the team.
Whether it was partner Wang Manyu playing in the women's doubles or playing the challenge of women's singles again, Chen Meng did not repeat the mistakes of the previous single event and led the team to sweep the women's team arena. In just a few days, she completed her name rectification. After the game, she also Attribute it to your light outfit and concentration.
Data map: Wang Chuqin's second men's group played an important role in sniping the men's first group. Photo by China News Agency reporter Wu Junjie
"China-Japan confrontation" plays the leading role
The Chinese table tennis team Tokyo Olympic Games simulation game not only fully replicates the Tokyo Olympic Games format, but with a deep lineup of players, the team also matches and simulates the opponents that the Chinese table tennis team will compete in Tokyo to achieve the effect of training in advance.
Take the women’s team as an example. According to the women’s team head coach Li Xuan, the three teams Wang Yidi, Qian Tianyi and the chipper Liu Fei simulate the South Korean team, while the four teams He Zhuojia, Zhang Rui and Chen Ke even more. Like the North Korean team, such a team undoubtedly allowed Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, and Wang Manyu to get more targeted training in this simulation match.
As the team's number one rival, the Japanese team must be placed at the top of the list. Before the game, the head coach of the Chinese men's team, Qin Zhijian, had set a goal for the men's first and second teams: one team must win the championship, and at the same time, he hoped that the second team would create difficulties for the first team. Among them, the second team composed of Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, and Wang Chuqin is a lineup structure of two left-handed players and one right-handed player, and the play style is close to that of the Japanese team.
Mima Ito has been selected for the Japanese team. Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency
Similarly, the first women's team also faced the challenge of the "imaginary enemy" women's second team in the final. "The lineup is dominated by us. We really treat them as the Japanese team and play in accordance with the strategies and tactics of preparing the Japanese team." The women's team coach Li Fen also expressed emotion after the game. "The main thing in the game is real simulation. , The homework off the court is greater than the homework on the court."
As early as January this year, the Japan Table Tennis Association announced the complete list of participants for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In singles, Mima Ito and Zhang Bentomo are still the number one rivals hindering the away championship of the National Ping Pong, and there are many uncertainties in doubles. A year later in Tokyo, if the national table tennis team wants to extract teeth, they still need to be fully prepared.
Doubles game still needs attention
Although the male and female teams as the main players have reached the top in their respective fields, the old-fashioned emphasis on doubles is still being mentioned repeatedly in the course of the game. The head coach of the women’s team, Li Sun, once said that athletes have attached great importance to their singles in the past, but doubles are still very important to complete the Olympic team games.
As we all know, the Tokyo Olympics will follow the new team competition system, with doubles in the first game and then four singles matches. This means that if any representative team can get the doubles point in the game first, it will take the initiative in the subsequent games, and the implementation of the new rules puts forward higher requirements on the doubles reserve of each team. .
Data map: Fan Zhendong (right)/Xu Xin in the game. Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Zhongju
In the past season, the doubles arena has become the "hardest hit" of the national table tennis gold lost. Although there are factors of different partners trying to match, but facing the unprecedentedly improved doubles since the London Olympics, the national table tennis still needs to make all-out preparations. This is also Li Sun's appeal in this game to hope that the players really attach importance to doubles psychologically. Reason.
An Olympic simulation game with the strength of the whole team is not only an advance training for the future Olympics, but also exposed many shortcomings of the team, waiting for the national table tennis to solve one by one in the next preparations. In the face of many opponents, there are still no small challenges waiting for the team in the preparation for the next less than a year. (Finish)