The 2023 Table Tennis Super League has all ended, and what is surprising is that Shandong Luneng defeated Shandong Weiqiao, a big family, and successfully defended the championship. Judging from the strength on paper, Wei Qiao is indeed stronger, but in fact, Wei Qiao's three players did not occupy the initiative.
First of all, look at the singles, even though Weiqiao's Liang Jingkun is the MVP of this year's Table Tennis Super League, but he can't win against Luneng's Ma Long;The other is Zhou Qihao, although he has a high ceiling, but the lower limit is also very low, when Zhou Qihao is in good shape, anyone can win, but most of the time anyone can lose;Looking at Wang Chuqin again, although everyone knows what the result of Ma Long vs Wang Chuqin will be, Wang Chuqin is also unstable when facing others, especially in the face of Xu Yingbin, Wang Chuqin has no certainty of winning.
Secondly, looking at doubles, Weiqiao's strongest doubles ability is Zhou Qihao, who played well with Wang Chuqin in the first stage, but this cannot hide the fact that Wang Chuqin is a doubles black hole. Moreover, Wang Chuqin's doubles can only play weak hands, and slightly stronger ones can't be beaten. As for Liang Jingkun, although his doubles ability has improved, he still failed to reach the level of driving Wang Chuqin.
Therefore, Shandong Weiqiao can be said to be restrained by Shandong Luneng in all directions. It is precisely because of this that Wei Qiao will choose to change the formation. However, although this change of formation is targeted, it ignores the abilities of several players themselves. In the first set of doubles Liang Jingkun Wang Chuqin against Yuan Licen Xu Yingbin, the original intention was to use the personal strength of the two main forces to suppress Yuan Licen and Xu Yingbin.
However, Wang Chuqin's doubles ability is far inferior to Yuan Licen and Xu Yingbin, and Liang Jingkun can't take it at all if he makes all kinds of mistakes. A single duel in the second set, Zhou Qihao vs Ma Long, but Zhou Qihao is not always able to fight with Ma Long, even if he has won once before, then this time there is a high probability that he will have the upper hand.
In the third set, Liang Jingkun vs Xu Yingbin, although Liang Jingkun lost in the first stage, but for Xu Yingbin, Liang Jingkun is more difficult to play than Wang Chuqin. I thought that after Liang Jingkun won this game, Wei Qiao was going to start to turn the tables, because Zhou Qihao vs Yuan Licen was in this game, Wei Qiao had the upper hand.
As a result, Yuan Licen was unexpectedly tough and completely beat his advantages, and Zhou Qihao couldn't bear it. In other words, if Wang Chuqin played a role in the first set of doubles and won, it was an incentive for his teammates to play in the future, but unfortunately there was no if. This once again proves that Luneng's description of Wang Chuqin back then was right, that is, "embarrassing and useful". At this time, Wei Qiao can be regarded as realizing how small Wang Chuqin's role is. List of high-quality authors