At the table tennis WTT Doha Star Tournament that ended on March 31, 2022, the Chinese table tennis team suffered a rare and disastrous defeat, with 19 players defeated before the semifinals, and 14 of them lost the foreign war, and the final champion was divided by Japan, France, Germany and Croatia.
In this regard, many fans have put forward harsh criticism of the contestants, believing that they have relaxed their vigilance in this game and did not pay enough attention to their opponents, and some people have questioned that Liu Guoliang and the coaching staff have not cultivated the reserve strength in place and should be responsible for this defeat - so is this really the case?
First of all, we must admit that losing is certainly not a good thing, and it is indeed worth reflecting on, which is certain. As a professional athlete participating in competitive sports, the game is definitely to win, especially the table tennis project, the people have provided so much support to the national team, and it is completely reasonable to expect everyone to win.
But as we all know, the arena is like a battlefield, there will never be a victorious general, to be fair: Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Liu Shiwen, these famous Olympic champions still lose foreign wars from time to time, let alone non-main athletes?
Although the Chinese table tennis team is strong, but the foreign association is not a persimmon to be manipulated, which is like Tian Ji horse racing, Zhou Qihao and other people are certainly not good, but they are obviously not the best in the national table tennis, and Aruna and others are the top existence in their own countries, even on the continent, is it not understandable to win?
And in fact, when we extend the timeline, we will find that the defeat of the Doha star game can not be said to be a common situation, because before this, the national table tennis also played the Doha side game, the Doha regular season, although it also lost some foreign wars, but the overall advantage is still obvious, then the star game when there are certain mistakes is not incomprehensible: the game is like this, there are losses and wins!
Of course, this competition should indeed be paid attention to, because in all fairness, in the past, the national table tennis sent a second-tier non-main force to participate in foreign wars, although it also lost, but it really would not lose so badly, like Zhou Qihao, Liu Dingshuo, Yu Ziyang, Zhao Zihao, Qian Tianyi and other players who should have been the existence of first-class athletes in the foreign association, but this time they lost very quickly.
What does this mean? That is, the table tennis players of the foreign association are developing rapidly, and the gap between them and the national table tennis is narrowing, and last year the Chinese team even lost 1 Olympic gold medal and 1 world table tennis gold medal, which shows that our opponents are indeed growing steadily, and I hope that the national table tennis can prepare for difficulties and complete the task of the Paris Olympic cycle: come on!