There are always a lot of upsets in every Olympic Games, and this is no different in this Olympic Games. In the previous mixed doubles event, the No. 2 seeds in mixed doubles, Japan, were upset by North Korea and eliminated in the first round. And in the men's singles, there was another super upset. Wang Chuqin, who just won the mixed doubles title, faced Sweden's Moregard, ranked 26th in the world, and finally lost 2:4 to his opponent after six rounds to stop the round of 32. This is also the worst result in the history of national table tennis singles. The last time the national table tennis men's singles lost a foreign war at the Olympics was the 2004 Athens Olympics. In the men's singles final of the 2004 Athens Olympics, Wang Hao lost 2-4 to Korea's Yoo Seungmin and missed the championship.
It is worth mentioning that the Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha combination won the mixed doubles championship only the day before; After winning the mixed doubles title, Wang Chuqin's racket in the box was stepped on by the reporter who took the photo, which also forced him to use the spare card in the match, which also led to the outside world to start discussing whether the spare card would affect his match. Although he also responded that it would not have an impact.
In the past 7 meetings between Wang Chuqin and Moregard, Wang Chuqin has won the game, and it can be said that the difference in strength is still relatively obvious. However, Wang Chuqin's state at the beginning of this game was not ideal, he quickly lost points in the first game, and the big score fell behind 0:2, although the third and fourth games were adjusted to catch up with the score, but from the first 4 games, Moregard was always able to bite the score in the middle and late stages of the game or even overtake the score. And he's in great form in the game.
In the 5th and 6th games, as the game deepened, although Wang Chuqin wanted to adjust and once bit the score when he was behind, Moregard, who had been completely opened and had no baggage, played more easily, always occupying the initiative on the court, and the rhythm and changes on the offensive end were also quite rich. The key Wang Chuqin's own state was not able to mobilize, and he did not continue the state when he won three or four games; In the end, Wang Chuqin lost 6:11 in the deciding game, and was eliminated by Moregard 2:4 to stop the round of 32. No one expected such an outcome. Even Moregard himself couldn't believe it, and after winning the game, he fell straight to the ground with his head in his hands.
After losing the game, Wang Chuqin responded in an interview about why he lost the game. When asked if it had anything to do with the use of spare rackets when the racket was damaged, Wang Chuqin replied directly: Changing the racket is not a reason to lose, I think I still had a lot of problems and made a lot of mistakes, which led to today's failure. When asked, what is the difference between the feel of the sub racket and the previous racket? In this regard, Wang Chuqin said: "There is no difference, they are all their own."
It is worth mentioning that the retired Japan table tennis player Mizutani Hayabusa posted that he believes that Wang Chuqin's loss and the use of a spare racket have a lot to do with it. Mizutani Hayabusa: "It's hard to get used to a spare racket in one day. This is the first time since Athens 2004 that a Chinese men's singles player has lost in an Olympic singles competition, so you can probably see how important equipment is to table tennis. Table tennis professional racquets specify weights in 1-gram increments to create an easy-to-grip grip that adjusts power each time with changes in sweat and humidity, making it difficult to change once you get used to it. Damaged rubber can be easily replaced, scratches and dirt on the racquet can be repaired, but a broken racquet will never return to its original state. ”
It is worth mentioning that the national table tennis men's singles has won gold and silver medals for 4 consecutive years, and the 2008 Beijing Olympics is full of gold, silver and bronze. But this time, with Wang Chuqin's upset out, it means that the men's singles half of the area has been lost, and we missed the gold and silver medals in advance. At present, there is only one lone seedling left in the men's singles, and Wang Chuqin's opponents in the upper half of the region were weak, and Fan Zhendong's opponents in the half were relatively strong, including Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru and Japan's Tomokazu Zhangmoto. But now with Wang Chuqin's exit, it means that the burden of keeping the gold medal will all be on Fan Zhendong alone.
Although Fan Zhendong's strength is undoubted, there will be suspense and uncertainties in the World Series. This also makes the ownership of the gold and silver medals in table tennis men's singles at this Olympic Games suspenseful. Of course, we still have to believe in Fan Zhendong's strength and look forward to his follow-up performance. Come on!