On the evening of May 28th, the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships came to an end in Durban, South Africa. Fan Zhendong beat Wang 4-2 to win the men's singles title, which is his second time. Fan Zhendong currently ranks first in the men's singles world, which is his third promotion to the singles final of the World Table Tennis Championships. 20 17 Dusseldorf World Table Tennis Championships final, Fan Zhendong lost to teammate Malone. 202 1 At the World Table Tennis Championships held in Houston, he won his first individual singles champion.
In the semi-final, Wang defeated Malone 4-/kloc-0, and Fan Zhendong eliminated Liang Jingkun 4-2. In the previous men's doubles final, Fan Zhendong's partner Wang defeated the Korean team/Lin Zhongxun 3-0 to win the championship.
Fan Zhendong's early experience:
1997 65438+1On October 22nd, an out-and-out rural family in Qidong County, Hunan Province welcomed a baby boy. When Fan Zhendong was a child, his parents chose to go out to work. In order to get him a better education, Fan's parents gritted their teeth and sent their son to Guangdong to study, but because of the hukou problem, they could not enter school. In order to get the admission quota, his parents sent him to learn table tennis.
Before going to school, Fan Zhendong's parents heard that there was a sports team in primary school, and children who participated in the sports team could be exempted from part of the tuition fees, so they signed him up to learn table tennis at the Children's Palace in Haizhu District, Guangzhou. Before being selected to Guangzhou Weilun Sports School, they had been studying under the guidance of coaches from Haizhu District Children's Palace and Haizhu District. At the same time, Fan Zhendong Primary School attended Tongfu No.1 Middle School (a key table tennis primary school) in Haizhu District, Guangzhou. Fan Zhendong was selected by the city sports school because he represented the school in the city competition. He attends classes every morning and takes time off in the afternoon to go to the city sports school for training.