Why did Wang Manyu lose to Diaz in an upset? Three reasons deserve attention, but there is no need to worry too much

The 2023 Chengdu Table Tennis Mixed Team World Cup is in full swing, but what people didn't expect was that the strongest host Chinese team was upset in the group stage, and Olympic champion Wang Manyu was reversed 1-2 after 3 games and wasted match points, which made Puerto Rican star A. Diaz break through the main defense of national table tennis for the first time in his career, which surprised many fans.

So why did Wang Manyu lose in this competition? Personally, I think there are three main reasons, namely: his own playing style, the opponent's strength, and the special competition system. In addition, in Quanyan's view, although this loss is worth paying attention to, there is no need to be overly concerned and worried - let's analyze it in depth!

First of all, we must see that Wang Manyu's state fluctuations have existed for a long time, which is closely related to his technical play.

Wang Manyu is a representative of the masculinity of women's play, and the key to winning the game is to play a board quality that is much higher than that of other opponents, but then there are two problems: first, Wang Manyu cannot have such a high quality in every game, and the tiger also has time to nap;

So we see that Wang Manyu's ups and downs in the past two years are very big, when she is strong, she wins other main forces in a row, and it seems to be invincible, and when she is weak, she has been kept clean in the foreign war, and this time she lost again, the reason is that she can't always maintain a good physical condition and hitting quality, and her style of play is destined to have little room for maneuver once the quality declines, and it is relatively easy to collapse.

Secondly, we must also admit that Diaz's strength is very strong, don't be "confused" by her being an athlete from a small island.

Although Puerto Rico's overall level of table tennis is average, Diaz is indeed a talented athlete, currently ranked 11th in the world, and has been in the top 10 before, it is undeniable that part of this is because she is almost invincible in the Western Hemisphere, so she has accumulated a lot of points in the Americas, but these alone are definitely not enough to support her to reach the top 10 or so.

Diaz's technical expertise is outstanding, his playing style is fierce, and his physical fitness is very good, he has fought with Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong to the tiebreaker before, and finally lost 2-3, and Sun Yingsha also played 2-4, which shows that his strength is indeed not much different from the main force of national table tennis, and this defeat of Wang Manyu is also a reflection of his own strength.

Finally, we have to see that the special format adds more serendipity to this game.

Friends who follow the table tennis world or have studied probability and statistics know that the fewer rounds in a table tennis match, the more difficult it is to predict the outcome of the game, and the more rounds there are, the stronger the stronger the athlete is more likely to have the upper hand. This game is a best-of-three game, and the probability of Diaz upset is also greater, and Wang Manyu may be able to turn the tables if he plays a few more rounds.

In fact, in the previous duel with Wang Yidi, Diaz had a 1-0, 2-1 lead over the other party, if it was a best-of-three system, then Wang Yidi may become the first player to be broken through by Diaz, but in the case of a best-of-five system, it was the national table tennis that finally had the last laugh, so if he continued to play this time, Wang Manyu could have won.

To sum up, Wang Manyu's defeat this time needs to be taken seriously, but there is no need to worry too much.

Losing is definitely not good, and as mentioned earlier, Wang Manyu has had a lot of ups and downs in the past two years, how to coordinate her skills, playing style, and body is still a problem that she has not been able to solve - as a 24-year-old athlete, it is basically impossible to overhaul and overhaul, if you sew and mend where to start, how to thread the needle? This can only be explored by herself.

But then again, in terms of absolute strength, Wang Manyu is still stronger than Diaz, and everyone doesn't have to lose confidence in her because of her defeat this time, and there will be no best-of-three matchups in the table tennis Olympics, World Table Tennis Championships and other major competitions, so there is no need to worry about this problem.

So what do you think about Wang Manyu's loss? Welcome to leave a message and write your own opinion!