It is not the first time that the Chinese team has made Japanese table tennis players cry again at the WTT Nagoya Women's Finals 2023, but this time it is particularly eye-catching.
Japan's Hina Hayada and Miwa Haramoto choked up and cried after their loss, their expressions seemingly revealing deep despair.
Soldiers are commonplace, and victory and defeat are the same. Could this defeat have already crushed the two Japanese players?What's behind it?
Speaking of the awkward-sounding Japanese name "Miwa Zhangmoto", you will naturally think of another Japanese male table tennis player - Tomokazu Zhangmoto.
They are brothers and sisters who are also Chinese, and if you know anything about Zhang Benmeihe's family, you can't help but sigh that this family can definitely be called a ping pong family.
Zhang Yu and Zhang Ling, their parents, were official table tennis players for the national team.
They were able to enter the Chinese national team, which shows that the table tennis level of the couple is quite good, but China's table tennis is too strong!
In football, China's performance is indeed not satisfactory, but in the field of table tennis, no other country can compare with China!
Even if international table tennis competitions try to contain China by limiting the number of players, table tennis balls, and even the number of participants, it still cannot change China's dominance in table tennis.
Therefore, despite their good strength, it is a pity that the couple has never been able to achieve outstanding achievements in the country.
The couple was reluctant to do this, they really couldn't accept that a life of dull forgetfulness would be forgotten.
After retiring from the army, in the 90s of the 20th century, they went to Japan to open a table tennis club.
In the Chinese national team, they may only be regarded as a third-rate level, but as soon as they arrived in Japan, they quickly showed their strong strength, and the business of their table tennis club was also booming, and the business was quite good.
At this point, people can actually tolerate it, after all, the situation in the country is very tense, so going abroad to take measures is not a reprehensible act.
Why were they later labeled "traitors"?
Although Mr. and Mrs. Zhang have settled in Japan, they often return to the mainland to visit.
Their motivation for coming back is simple, that is, they hope that their son will learn a skill in the mainland!
Even though they were national athletes, they are not ranked high in the Chinese national team, and this is the reality.
Even if they pass on all their experience to their son, there is no guarantee that Tomokazu Zhang will achieve much.
So, they planned to take this approach for their son to learn Xi.
When 2014 arrived, Zhang Yu thought that his son had already achieved a good job, but suddenly changed his mind and announced that he and his family would have Japanese citizenship from today!
Although there is some emotional resistance to changing nationality, if it is simply a change of nationality, it will not arouse condemnation.
However, the problem is that the family behaved too arrogantly in the process of changing their nationality!
Their public statement that they are willing to give everything to the cause of sports in Japan with their whole family has made people very angry.
Not only do they pay lip service to their hostility towards China, but they actually see China as an enemy.
Zhang Yu's father became the coach of the Japanese national team, assisting Japanese table tennis players in special training in the hope of defeating the Chinese team.
Tomokazu Zhang has a remarkable talent in table tennis, and when he was young, he dared to speak out and issue challenges, saying that it was his mission to defeat the Chinese team!
Wow, he's so arrogant.
Whenever the game is over, Tomokazu Zhang will always show off proudly, this kind of behavior is really unbearable.
Then, the expected happened, and I was caught off guard.
Yes, Tomokazu Zhang can be called a table tennis master in Japan, but when facing the Chinese team, he can only be overshadowed.
In 2019, Tomokazu Zhang lost 11 consecutive times at the hands of Chinese players, allowing a number of Chinese substitutes to successfully defeat him, which undoubtedly angered a group of Japanese.
What does this have to do with Zhang Benmei?
The family found that naturalization and changing nationality were not as simple as they had imagined.
In the beginning, Tomokazu Haramoto was a huge success in international competitions, for which the Japanese cheered and praised them as heroes.
How many Japanese people really recognize Tomokazu Zhangmoto's identity, and what percentage of those who applaud him?
Whatever country it is, it will be praised as long as it can bring benefits;If there is no interest to speak of, it will be treated with indifference.
Until 2019, Tomokazu Haramoto had been a hero in the eyes of the Japanese, but after a series of fiascos, he became a stark example and was severely criticized.
If there are still people in the younger generation of Japan who can surpass Tomokazu Zhangmoto, then the current Tomokazu Zhangmoto may have been reduced to a corner where no one cares about himself.
Zhang Benmeihe's pressure is also conceivable, after all, she has learned a lesson from her brother's lesson.
In order to win the recognition of the Japanese, Miwa Haramoto trained very hard and performed well.
She has defeated Japanese athletes such as Hina Hayata, Misei Ito, and Miu Hirano, and has become a dazzling new star in the Japanese sports world.
Then, Zhang Benmei also experienced a similar fate to her brother, and was defeated by the Chinese team players and was defeated.
When Zhang Benmei played against Sun Yingsha in the match on December 15 this year, she was finally beaten to tears.
After the match, perhaps because of the heavy defeat, or because she was worried that she would be blamed and abused by the Japanese after the loss, this woman suddenly broke down emotionally and burst into tears.
Even if Zhang Benzhihe hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him, he couldn't stop his sister's crying.
Will she still be able to cheer up and continue to fight when she sees the Chinese team again in the future?
So what kind of pressure will Hina Hayata, a native of Japan, face?
What does Miwa Zhang think about this?
Hina Hayata's performance was more calm than Tomokazu Zhangmoto's attitude of not being able to accept the blows of cruel reality, and the two also fell into the sand.
Hina Hayada didn't expect much from a victory in this bout, especially after seeing Zhang Benmei defeated by the Chinese player, who was basically unable to win because she was not as strong as Zhang.
Although Hina Hayada was mentally prepared, when she actually met Chen Meng, she thought that her strong self was still vulnerable.
At the beginning of the game, Chen Meng's strength was impressive.
Hina Hayada managed to take a 2-1 lead despite her best efforts, which made her seem to see the dawn of victory!
Little did she know, however, that this was just the beginning of a nightmare.
In the second half, Chen Meng easily scored twice again and firmly suppressed Hina Hayata, which was quite frustrating.
After the game, Hina Hayada also cried like Zhang Benmei.
Although this is not uncommon, as it is not uncommon for foreign players to be beaten to tears by the Chinese table tennis team during a match, so the two players did not suffer much humiliation.
However, whether they can overcome the psychological barrier depends on their fate.
As athletes, there is no doubt that they all want to bring glory to their country.
Since Tomotoshi and three members of his family of four obtained Japanese citizenship, their positions have changed, and the two siblings have become representatives of Japan.
Therefore, on the playing field, our players will play against Tomokazu Haramoto and Miwa Haramoto, and they will definitely go all out. As for the victory or defeat, it depends on the ability of each individual.