Although the national table tennis women's team has a strong fighting force in the world arena, no matter what type of large and small events, as long as they have the opportunity to send players to participate, the players can often win the championship, breaking through the threshold of Ito Yoshimachi and Ishikawa Yoshinori and Hayata Shina, but also making the national table tennis women's team more and more confident in the world arena, and it is also a high probability event to achieve victory between teammates in the final. However, compared with the stable play of the main players of women's table tennis, the competitiveness of male table tennis players in the world arena has not always had an absolute advantage. This also makes it difficult for the veterans of the national table tennis team to leave with confidence, and the replacement of the new and old teams of the national table tennis men's team has always been slower than the progress of the women's team. Even the main players of the grade of Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin, in the case of Ma Long and Fan Zhendong not participating, do not dare to say that they will definitely be able to compete for gold and silver in the world arena.
For example, in the ongoing WTT Oman Challenge, Cao Wei, who stood in the mixed doubles final with Wang Manyu at the National Games and finally won the runner-up, fell in the last round of the qualifying round of the main tournament in Oman. The opponent who defeated him was France's 20-year-old rising star Casin. Although the French rookie is only 20 years old and only ranks 891st in the world ranking, he can beat the runner-up players in the national table tennis domestic competition, which shows that the level of table tennis development in Europe and the competitiveness of players are more powerful than we think. The format of the European League often allows some European masters to compete with each other and directly face each other, while the problem of the relatively slow growth rate of the mesozoic and new generations of the national table tennis men's team has always existed. Due to the fact that among the players in the national table tennis team, there are fewer players in the European power type of play, so in addition to Ma Long and Fan Zhendong, it is true that in recent seasons, the middle generation and the new generation of players of the national table tennis men's team, including the veteran Xu Xin, have played with European masters with some difficulties.
Some fans may say that Cao Wei's technical style and playing style characteristics, known for his delicate technique and good at change, have long been doomed to expose his weaknesses in singles more obviously. Because of his lack of core strength, compared with the young European players with impact and strength advantages, and the protection area is also relatively large, it is indeed not easy to occupy the advantage in the singles field. In doubles or mixed doubles, due to the need to transpose between two people, it in turn reduces the difficulty of Solving Problems when Cao Wei faces difficulties on the field. Therefore, Yao Wei is a young player within the national table tennis whose singles strength is weaker than that of doubles and mixed doubles.
However, from a comprehensive point of view, the combination of Cao Wei and Xu Yingbin, the first round of the doubles of the Oman Challenge, met teammates Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun, and as a result, they lost 1-3 and failed to successfully break through, and were directly eliminated by Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun. It can be seen that for Cao Wei himself, the singles field did not even get a regular place, and the doubles field was eliminated by his teammates in the first round, and this double-line exit also proved that even if there is a certain competitiveness in China, but it is really necessary to fight for comprehensive ability in the international arena. Obviously, for the young Cao Wei and Xu Yingbin, it is still very difficult to constantly seek breakthroughs. They also need to learn to learn lessons in this defeat and strive to improve their ability to play European players in actual combat. The original ingenuity and essence are retained, while the offensive hardness and sharpness on the field of play also need to be strengthened. Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun can be slightly in the leading position among many teammates, and it is also their ability and confidence that they have accumulated a little bit in this hard battle, and we believe that Yao Wei and Xu Yingbin also have the opportunity to become stronger selves.