In the mixed team World Cup, the combination of Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin led 2-0, and was pulled back by the combination of Yang Jia'an and Li Yuzhen 11-9. Yang Jia'an and Li Yuzhen can only be regarded as a temporary combination, and they are paired for the first time in the mixed World Cup. Facing Sun Yingsha's combination is indeed a downwind, otherwise it would not have been possible to fall behind in the first two games.
But why were they able to catch up in the third game?In fact, at the beginning of the third game, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin started 3-0, and although they were caught up by the opponent, they always maintained the lead. After playing 9-9 at the end of the game, the last two service rounds were actually national table tennisSun Yingsha's first serve was twisted by Yang Jia'an's backhand, and the second serve was split by Li Yuzhen on the return serve to Wang Chuqin's backhand position, resulting in Wang Chuqin being chased and losing points.
The Sun Wang combination rarely lost a game, not because of carelessness, but because it needed to be strengthened in the hair extensionIn particular, Sun Yingsha's serve did attract the attention of the coaching staff. Therefore, after the game, Liu Guoliang called Xiao Zhan, the head of the mixed doubles coaching staff, and Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin for a post-match review.
It's a very familiar sceneBecause of the last Olympic cycle, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen often received Liu Guoliang's post-match review guidance after the competition, so they reached the final of the mixed doubles in the Olympic Games. In this Olympic cycle, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin are indeed the mixed doubles combination that the national table tennis coaching staff focuses on cultivating, and their goal is to win the mixed doubles championship in the Olympic Games.
Previously, the pair had won consecutive mixed doubles titles in various tournamentsIt really reassured the coaching staff. However, since entering the second half of 2023, the pair has been defeated by other mixed doubles pairs in a row, and there have indeed been various inconsistencies. Liu Guoliang was anxious in his eyes, and he gave the pair a post-match review in the hope that they would pay attentionFace up to the problems that exist in the game, and then solve them.
So in the mixed doubles match against France, the pair performed well overall. However, in the second game, when Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin took a 9-5 lead, Sun Yingsha's two serves were Yuan JiananThe direct backhand attack in the receiving link is similar to the situation encountered in the previous match against Yang Jia'an, which is directly scored by the opponent in the receiving round.
The French pair chased the score to 8-9, at which point the coaching staff could only call a timeout to interrupt the opponent's chasing rhythm. It seems that Sun Yingsha's serve is generally a half-billiard, and it is easy to be directly attacked by the opponent. This creates a lot of passivity for Wang Chuqin's return ball, especially when the score is close, if the serve can't grasp the opportunity to attack, it will be counter-killed by the opponent.
The reason why the combination of Kuo Man and Lin Shidong defeated Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin in a rowThis is because the pair is particularly advanced in their return technique. Now Wang Chuqin's return and backhand twisting and pulling are indeed perfectBut Sun Yingsha is not a play system of receiving the serve and pulling back. Moreover, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin are one offensive system after another, and Sun Yingsha has the greatest advantage in standing near the platform.
Once Sun Yingsha retreats from Taiwan, the quality of the reverse pull is not as high as in near Taiwan, so Sun Yingsha generally does not retreat. But in the process of playing each other, there is always a time to retreat, because once the opponent transfers the positionIt's easy to be knocked out of the stage. Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin's combination in this Olympic cycle, has also become a pair of foreign cooperation combinations to focus on research, Wang Chuqin as a male player is difficult to restrict, after all, his forehand, backhand and return skills are very advanced, there are not too many shortcomings in the style of play.
Therefore, the key breakthrough of the foreign cooperation combination is concentrated on Sun Yingsha's side, and the general foreign cooperation combination will take the lead in sending short balls to mobilize Sun Yingsha's combination through the short swing of the balls in the table, and then form a hold through the combination of long and short balls, so that Sun Yingsha must retreat from the table to fight back. Either it is to directly attack the topspin ball in the return round, which becomes a counter-attack mode.
As long as the outsourcing combination controls the landing point and transfers the position of Sun Yingsha's combinationYou can find a breakthrough. Many foreign combinations design a serve and attack tactic, and it can really work. The current Sun Yingsha is mainly splitting the serveBecause Sun Yingsha wants to swing the ball short in the console, it is easy to return the ball and rise high, so that it will be directly attacked by the opponent.
beforeCoach Guo Yan pointed out that Sun Yingsha's serve should be more diversified, which is indeed very prescient at present. This year, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu were directly attacked by Zhang Benmeihe in the service round in the women's doubles match with the Asian Games, so they did not grasp the key points. Therefore, the coaching staff asked Wang Manyu to partner with Lin Gaoyuan in mixed doubles, which can be regarded as a backup mixed doubles combination for the Olympic Games.
Otherwise, there is no need for Lin Gaoyuan to regroup with Wang Manyu, this is the precaution of the coaching staff. Sun Yingsha should still add changes in her serve like her partner Wang Chuqin, especially in the match against the French mixed doubles pair, the opponent's male player Lebrun has always been uncomfortable with Wang Chuqin's serveHe took the initiative to complain to the referee to no avail, but he was deducted points.
Wang Chuqin's serve does have a certain degree of concealmentIt can allow the opponent to judge the inaccurate rotation and landing point in the receiving process. And his serve is dominated by downspin, and it is difficult for both opposing male and female players to attack directly. Sun Yingsha also has to serve more downspin balls and limit her opponent from the service round, so that she can limit her opponent not only in the mixed doubles match, but also in the singles match.
Now Lebrun has a lot of changes in the serve of these playersThere is a common characteristic that is mainly downspin balls, and it is not easy to send half-out high balls. Serving also requires players to practice hard, as the so-called one minute on the stage and ten years of work off the stage;Players can only improve their performance if they train hard.
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