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Sports Li Ting: Ma Long is a great legend Fan Zhendong needs a breakthrough in the competition_Finals

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Original title: Sports Li Ting: Ma Long is a great legend Fan Zhendong needs a breakthrough in the competition

Yesterday evening, Chinese player Ma Long defeated Fan Zhendong in the men’s table tennis singles final of the Tokyo Olympics and won the table tennis men’s singles gold medal. He became the first men’s double slam + grand slam winner in the history of world table tennis. 33 years since the table tennis event entered the Olympic Games in history, the first athlete in history to successfully defend the gold medal in men’s singles. After the match, Sohu Sports exclusively connected with Teacher Li Ting, a senior table tennis reporter of Sports Weekly, and asked her to talk about the ins and outs of Ma Long’s defense.

Sohu Sports: Ma Long described his feeling of winning the championship as if he was dreaming. You have been following table tennis interviews for many years. What is your feeling when you see him win the championship?

Li Ting: The first feeling is great! The reason for saying this is because during the Tokyo Olympic preparation cycle, Malone faced a lot of hardships, including age invasion, technical and tactical innovation, especially injuries. He underwent surgery in the United States in 2019. After the operation, he has repeatedly retired and returned, retired and returned. He is now 33 years old and stands in the Olympic finals as an elderly table tennis player. On and on the championship podium, achieving his second Grand Slam. He felt like a dream, and I also felt it was a kind of legend.

Sohu Sports: You have been following Fan Zhendong for a long time. He is also one of the best players in the National Table Tennis Mesozoic era. Where do you think Ma Long won today, or where did Fan Zhendong lose?

Li Ting: Ma Long first wins in his mentality. He kept saying before the game, I want to hold the attitude of fighting hard, I am a disadvantage to Xiaochu. In fact, we always hear this and think that Ma Long is too modest, but he really thinks so. He thinks that Fan Zhendong’s technical and tactical capabilities are now leading, and he is the world’s number one, so he has no reservations to fight him. . In last year’s match, Malone lost the Men’s Table Tennis World Cup, so this time he can maintain a relaxed attitude to enjoy the game. Malone played aggressively and decisively after playing. Because he has won the Olympic championship and is already a Grand Slam, he has no psychological burden, he has a more peaceful mentality, and his technical and tactical skills on the field can be better displayed. In addition, he has experience in major competitions and Olympic finals, so he can deal with any problems on the court more calmly.

And where is Fan Zhendong’s problem? First, he has not beaten Malone in the competition. Before the World Table Tennis Championships, he defeated Malone by 2 points in the final. Although he defeated Malone in some open tournaments, including the finals, he has never been in the world. I have defeated my opponent in the world championships, and I always have a hurdle in my heart. This is his first time in the finals of the Olympic Games. It can be seen from his semi-final match against Lin Yunru that he did not fully display his strength and hesitated in the game and was slightly conservative. These problems remained unresolved in today’s final. Ma Long played his own momentum, Fan Zhendong was completely suppressed, did not play his own level.

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Sohu Sports: Ma Long won the first game very quickly, which means that Fan Zhendong was given a predicament as soon as he came up today. Is this in your expectation or unexpected?

Li Ting: The first game was a bit beyond my expectation. I thought they would hit 4:2 or finally 4:3 to play all seven games. The first game cannot be a big difference in score. The two sides may be two. , The three rounds have been evenly divided. As a result, Malone took a big lead as soon as he started. It can be seen that Malone was ready before the game, both in technical and psychological aspects, and Fan Zhendong did not really adjust.

Sohu Sports: Does Ma Long’s preparation have something to do with his awkwardness in the previous few games?

Li Ting: I think from his previous games, he didn’t play very easily. There was no hearty feeling. No one was 4:0. The first few games against very weak players were 4:1 and they always lost. One round. When it comes to the finals, the biggest difference with Malone is that you can always look forward to him. No matter how bad, no matter how bad, no matter how awkward he was in the game before the final, his temperament has changed as soon as he entered the final. Take out that kind of grand slam momentum. Including Budapest before the Tokyo Olympics and the Düsseldorf World Table Tennis Championships. His state before the two World Table Tennis Championships was not good. He was not the most promising player to win the championship, but he was able to win the championship. The ability to withstand pressure, and the ability to deal with problems in the finals is the strongest.

Sohu Sports: We all know that Ma Long has achieved three consecutive World Table Tennis Championships men’s singles championships. This result has only been won by China’s Zhuang Zedong, but the defending Olympic champion, especially at the age of 33, is defending the championship. Can you say Ma Long now? The best table tennis player in history?

Li Ting: As far as this era is concerned, Ma Long is definitely the best. Now is the era of Ma Long. Just as the media asked Fan Zhendong the same question after the game, do you think Ma Long is the best table tennis player in history? ? Fan Zhendong said it objectively, every era will have its own best one, and now this honor belongs to Ma Long. We can make a horizontal comparison, and now it is compared with Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Zhang Benzhihe, and Ochabi. The vertical historical latitude, technological development, and environment are different, whether it is the strongest historical ability, we can’t say, but from In terms of record, he really made history.

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Sohu Sports: Just now you mentioned that the two semi-finals were 4:3. It was not easy for the Chinese players to win. At that time, Ma Long won 11:9 in the last game. Why are people like Lin Yunru, Ocha, and Du Kaixuan like this? Of athletes can burst out so much energy in the Olympics?

Li Ting: This is the charm of the Olympic Games. When you come to the Olympics arena, some players who usually seem to be at the bottom of the class can make the most powerful impact like the top players. Maybe you are playing in the usual open competitions, and the assessment is the overall ability of the year and the comparison of strengths. , But coming to the Olympics, especially under the epidemic situation, everyone has accumulated more than a year of energy, everyone wants to hit the championship, such as Du Kaixian, Lin Yunru, Ocha, these players, they are more than us. There is no burden. If Lin Yunru can reach the finals, it will also create history, and Ocha will still create history in the finals. They all know that Fan Zhendong and Ma Long are insurmountable, and other players can really lay down their burdens and truly fight for Chinese players. It can also be seen in the semi-finals that these two players are really super-level performers. On the other hand, Chinese players, Fan Zhendong played conservatively, and Ma Long played very tired. This is the Olympic venue, and there is no burden, and they dare to fight. Dare to fight!

Sohu Sports: Now referring to the Olympic Games, we also want to ask you, now that the singles is over, what is your judgment on the next two team competitions?

Li Ting: Let’s talk about the men’s team first. Fan Zhendong and Ma Long just finished playing. The interview with the two players after the match also said that the team competition is about to begin, and we must pack up our mood and re-invest in the men’s team competition. We are still relatively stable in the men’s team. Whether it is the doubles in the first set or the singles in the back, the three main players are actually very powerful. Our opponents are mainly concentrated in Japan, South Korea and Germany. In comparison, Japan is not very strong now. Perhaps Germany will have a greater impact on us. But in the face of the advantages of these three, these teams may just form a certain impact, or may beat us in a certain set, may get one of them, but they want to face us on the entire field to truly form a challenge. If I really want to defeat China, I think it is still very difficult, or almost impossible. The only opponent of the women’s team is Japan. Mima Ito must have a sigh of relief after losing to Yingsha Sun. She said before the game that she would like to win three Olympic gold medals. Now the women’s singles has not won, and there is still hope for a women’s team. . The Japanese women’s team mainly looks at Ito. The other two players, Ishikawa and Heino, are indeed a bit unqualified when placed in front of the Chinese players. The Japanese women’s team can also pose a certain threat to us. Maybe Ito can show his own better strength. Women’s singles may be able to win one set, but they want to truly have an absolute impact on us in five sets, I still think it is impossible.

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Sohu Sports: Finally, I would like to ask you one more question. What kind of judgment and expectation do you have for the future of Ma Long and Fan Zhendong?

Li Ting: After the game, a reporter asked Ma Long, will you continue to write the legend? This is also asking if Ma Long will continue to lead the table tennis world and will he retire after the Olympics. Ma Long did not give a clear answer. He said that it is hard to say now, he thinks he still has this mentality to win. It is true that Malone can be like this in the finals, and if he can win the Olympic championship, he can still persist. If he persists, he is still the strongest men’s singles player in the world.

Fan Zhendong has the strength, but he really needs to make a breakthrough in the competition. There will be another Houston World Table Tennis Championship at the end of this year. If it is not affected by the epidemic, it will be very critical for Fan Zhendong. If you can win the men’s singles championship at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, then the confidence of Fan Zhendong in the new Paris cycle will be greatly improved, and it can also be said that he can enter a new stage faster. If he once again missed the singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships at the end of the year, he may need a better summary to figure out why it is always difficult to make a breakthrough in the competition. (Compiled by Jiang Xin from Sohu Sports)Return to Sohu to see more

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