In the recently concluded WTT Chongqing Championship men’s singles final, Chinese table tennis team Fan Zhendong said goodbye to his slump and won the title with a 4-3 victory over his teammate Wang Chuqin after a vicious battle of seven games. When interviewed after the match, Fan Zhendong did not express his joy at first, but instead said this:
“Compared to obtaining this championship, I care more about Wang Chuqin’s injury, because for the Chinese team, both of us are very important.”
In response, the fans at the scene sent a thunderous applause, for the two brotherly love praise.
As we all know, Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong is in recent years the Chinese table tennis team men’s top two main force, but also has been selected for the Paris Olympic Games men’s singles, men’s team lineup of athletes (Wang Chuqin in addition to also take care of the mixed doubles), so the burden on the shoulders of the very heavy, especially in recent times, two people’s results have appeared to be ups and downs, especially the performance of Fan Zhendong outside the war and is not ideal, which also makes the fans worried about it.
However, this championship Fan Zhendong played bravely, consecutively defeated Lee Sang-soo, Xiangpeng, Zhangmoto Zhihe, Hugo, Wang Chuqin to the top, once again the return of the king, however, Wang Chuqin in the final but appeared to be injured, which also let the elder brother worried about a lot.
For Wang Chuqin, in recent years, indeed laborious, because he is a left-handed athlete, so inevitably by the coaching staff entrusted with the doubles heavy responsibility, many times in two, or even three, sometimes even a day to play about five games, the body load is naturally far more than the other people, so that the fans are heartbroken.
The Chongqing battle, Wang Chuqin first battle on the poor state, nearly lost to 17-year-old Japanese young Matsushima Terukong, and later with Lin Gaoyuan, Qiu party battle also bump, until the final obviously discomfort, and ultimately regret defeat.
Due to the Paris Olympics only a month or so to start, so the Chinese table tennis team athletes must maintain a good physical condition to meet this “test”, especially Wang Chuqin, because he will be in the Olympic Games in the next body and three combat, if now there are injuries, can not be timely recovery, then the Chinese table tennis team and the overall performance of the Chinese delegation may have an impact. If he is not recovered in time, it may affect the performance of the Chinese Bing and the Chinese delegation as a whole, so he should not be careless.
Although there is a competitive relationship with Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong bluntly said that “both of us are very important” – in front of the honor of the motherland, we surely hope that the other will be healthy to enter the Paris tournament: it does not matter who wins the championship in singles, but it is important not to lose the foreign war!
Finally, I wish Wang Chuqin can recover his condition soon, and meet the Olympic Games with the best body and spirit.
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