Tomokazu Zhang was convinced! It's true that I can't beat the Chinese team now, but I'm sure I can have a chance in the future.Tomokazu Zhang feels that the Chinese team is too strong to beat now, but he believes that there will be opportunities in the future.
Tomokazu Haramoto led the Japanese team to a resounding victory at the World Championships in Busan, performing well in the group stage and successfully qualifying. However, in the knockout round, they faced the Chinese team, which included Wang Chuqin.
In the quarterfinals, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin and Ma Long each contributed one point to the Chinese team, so that the Japanese men's team ended the game early.
In a post-match interview, Tomokazu reviewed the match and praised Wang. He said: "Wang Chuqin's serve was really good, I thought he would send a long ball, but he did the opposite, which made it difficult for me to receive the serve and the waiting time became longer.
He's more technically and mentally mature than he was two years ago, and I really can't compete with him. This shows that Zhang Benzhihe deeply admires Wang Chuqin's strength, and the two have played each other a total of 10 times before, and Wang Chuqin has an absolute advantage with a record of 8 wins and 2 losses. It can be said that Wang Chuqin has formed an overwhelming psychological advantage over Zhang Benzhihe.
However, when it comes to the Chinese table tennis team, the king of the team, Tomokazu Zhang showed sober thinking beyond the game. "At the moment we can't beat the Chinese team, but in the next two, four or six years, we will be stronger," he said.
After all, compared with the new generation of players behind Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and others, those of us, including Togami and Tanaka, are still younger. Honestly, it's just a matter of being patient, but I'm sure we're going to have a chance, and everybody is going to work hard for this moment and wait for the opportunity to come. ”
Tomokazu Haramoto is right, the Japanese team is indeed working towards rejuvenation. Looking at this World Table Tennis Championships, their average age is only 202 years old, the youngest Matsushima Teruku is only 16 years old, and Tomokazu Haramoto is only 20 years old.
Such a young squad makes it necessary to pay attention to their future development, especially considering that in a few years, these young players will be more mature and the threat to the Chinese team will gradually increase.
However, to see the full picture of the problem, we can't just see the Japanese team for a moment. Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and other main players of the Chinese team may have a decline in form in the next few years, but we also have fresh blood emerging.
Young players like Lin Shidong have made rapid progress, only to be suppressed by the main players in front of them, but their efforts to impact the advancement cannot be ignored.
The Chinese table tennis team has always been a symbol of strength, not only because we have the most technologically advanced players, but also because we focus on the natural replacement of the old and the new.
National table tennis not only has top players, but also world-class coaches, think tanks, high-level sparring partners, and unparalleled logistics support. What's more, we have a unique system that cannot be replicated by other countries.
Whether the Japanese team can surpass the national table tennis in the future is a topic to look forward to. Welcome to leave a message below to discuss.