China News Agency, Chengdu, October 9th: Zhang Benzhi and "Fighting Crazy"

　　China News Agency reporter He Shaoqing

　　Zhang Benzhi and "Fighting Crazy".

Although he missed the final, no one can deny that the 19-year-old Japanese-Chinese table tennis player was crazy and dazzling in the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships team competition.

　　As Niwa Takaki retired and teammates Togami Hayasuke and Chuan Riki lacked competition experience, the Japanese men's team at the World Table Tennis Championships was shouldered by Tomokazu Zhang.

The entry data speaks for nothing-Zhang Benzhihe played 12 times in 7 games, with 11 wins and 1 loss. In the peak matchup of the semifinals, he even staged a 33-board "fairy attack" with Fan Zhendong, and finally defeated the world ranking player. The first formidable opponent.

　　"My own performance was very strong." "I feel a little uncomfortable, but I can accept the result." On the evening of the 8th, Zhang Benzhihe, who walked out of the arena, said that he had also lost in the group match against Romania before. His teammates helped him. This is a team game, not a one-man battle.

　　In that group match, Zhang Benzhihe played twice, with one win and one loss. Although the Japanese men's team won in the end, in the mixed mining area after the game, Zhang Benzhihe cried bitterly.

After stopping in the semi-finals, Zhang Benzhihe regarded the lost point as his biggest gain in his battle against Chengdu World Ping - "Be well prepared before losing" and "I hope you don't make such a mistake next time."

　　When Zhang Benzhihe was born a few years ago, the media at home and abroad always used "prodigy" and "genius boy" to refer to this two-year-old player who practiced with racket and kept breaking the age record of the youngest medal winning athlete in major events.

And now there are fewer and fewer such titles, because only relying on talent can't support Zhang Benzhi and winning two top players in a row in the semi-finals of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships - according to fan statistics, the last time was 22 years. The Swedish star Persson, who won against Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang in the former World Table Tennis Championships in Kuala Lumpur.

　　Of course, Zhang Benzhihe didn't always play like this, but his state fluctuated.

At last year's World Table Tennis Championships in Houston and this year's WTT Singapore Grand Slam, Zhang Benzhihe suffered a "round trip", and at the WTT Championship in Budapest not long ago, he miraculously defeated Lin Gaoyuan to win the championship.

　　"Before this World Table Tennis Championships, Zhang Benzhi and 'fighting crazy', anyone can win, if they don't play well, anyone can lose." The referee of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships and the director of the Table Tennis Teaching and Research Office of the Chengdu Institute of Physical Education Yue Haipeng In an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency, he pointed out that at present, the techniques and tactics of table tennis teams from all over the world are learning from each other and are fully integrated.

Guoping has learned from and developed the two-sided arc style of European table tennis, and has a very strong ability to hold the ball, while Zhang Benzhihe has continued and developed China's most traditional near-table fast break - "There are more scoring points in the near-table. ".

　　Yue Haipeng introduced that when he came to Chengdu to compete a few years ago, Zhang Benzhihe was "aggressive, but his heart was not mature enough". In the past year or two, Zhang Benzhihe's skills have gradually improved, and people have grown.

After the game, the referees could clearly feel that this is a straightforward young man who especially loves to play in the chat with Zhang Benzhi.

"His greatest hobby is to play ball. If he hits the ball well, he is very happy. If he doesn't play well, he will be very disappointed."

　　"Not only now, but in the next ten years, Zhang Benzhihe will be the main opponent of the Chinese team." In the China Table Tennis Open in June 2019, after defeating Zhang Benzhihe 4:1 in the semifinals, Ma Long, the captain of the national table tennis men's team Zhang Benzhihe once commented on this.

　　Three years later, in the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships team competition, Zhang Benzhihe has grown from a handsome boy to a strong young man.

He is not only in the official duel during the game, even in training, he will be passionate and let out a roar like no one else.

And knowing that the Japanese girl group Ito Mima is watching China's "Pig Man" every night in Chengdu, Zhang Benzhi and his eyes widened in surprise - "I haven't even turned on the TV, I have been training hard."

　　"Do you think you are a particularly hard-working player?" Facing a question from a reporter from China News Agency after the game, Zhang Benzhi and shaking his hand humbly said that there are players who work harder than him in the table tennis world, and he doesn't know who is the hardest. , but he wants to work harder.

　　"I used to have many favorite players, especially Chinese players, but now, they are targets and opponents." Zhang Benzhihe said that he plans to watch the final of the National Table Tennis Men's Team and Germany, study hard, and strive for future competitions Take the championship.

"Table tennis is my life. No matter how old I am, I have to play and continue to work hard." (End)