Fierce events have attracted the attention of table tennis fans all over the world, and at the same time, they have also driven the pace of recovery of world table tennis events.
However, after several games, ITTF found that the global epidemic was still turbulent, and only China stood out. Therefore, they held a meeting not long ago and decided to continue to suspend and postpone various international competitions. The exact time of the rematch will be decided when they meet next year.
ITTF can't continue to enter the semi-finals, which is a big blow to China table tennis which is actively preparing for the Tokyo Olympic Games. This is because after all, training and competition are two systems. If athletes can't compete for a long time, they won't be in a good competitive state and can't play their best.
Under this background, the Chinese Table Tennis Association decided to play our own competition-China Table Tennis Super League.
As soon as the news that China Table Tennis Association engaged in the table tennis super league came out, table tennis teams from all over the world were in an uproar. Because China's Table Tennis Super League is the highest level in the world, they have no chance to participate in this competition, because the Chinese Table Tennis Association issued a "Membership Restriction Order" on 20 18. According to this "quota order", only "foreign" players from China can sign up for the Table Tennis Super League in China, but not "foreign Chinese" are not eligible to participate in the Table Tennis Super League in China.
This provision of the Chinese Table Tennis Association made Japanese players Ishikawa Kasumi and Uichiro Niwa greatly dissatisfied. Because they are very eager to participate in the domestic table tennis super league, they hope to improve their technical and tactical level by participating in the domestic table tennis super league. Therefore, after the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced the "restriction order", they once spoke out and expressed their disappointment with this order.
When the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced this restriction order on 20 18, ITTF did not make any statement. After all, China's own Super League is a family affair of the Chinese Table Tennis Association. Although ITTF is the head, they can't stick out too long!
So in the 20 18-20 19 Table Tennis Super League, we saw a scene. Except for the special guest, German veteran Ochalov, all the players were from China table tennis national team and provincial teams. All-China class competition became the biggest feature of that table tennis super.
After the China Table Tennis Association announced the start of this year's Table Tennis Super League, ITTF obviously didn't want to be a decoration. So they communicated with the Chinese Table Tennis Association, intending to let the Chinese Table Tennis Association allow "foreigners" to participate in the Table Tennis Super League in China. This includes not only their intention to actively promote the progress of table tennis, but also their purpose to break the barriers of the Chinese Table Tennis Association and train more top table tennis players in China.
After careful consideration and research, the Chinese Table Tennis Association has made the following decisions: Zheng Yijing of Taiwan Province Province, China, Du Kaixun of Hongkong, China, Tian of South Korea and Diaz of Puerto Rico, and Zhang Anhe of the United States will form a world professional team to participate in this year's China Table Tennis Super League, while Lin Yunru of Taipei, China will be invited to participate in the Table Tennis Super League with Wei Qiao, Shandong.
As soon as the news was released, it attracted the attention of fans. This is because, although the Chinese Table Tennis Association agreed to form the ITTF World Professional Team, all the players selected except Diaz of Puerto Rico are "foreign Chinese"-they all meet the registration conditions in the document No.2018 of the Chinese Table Tennis Association. In other words, the Chinese Table Tennis Association basically meets the requirements of ITTF without violating its own rules. This skill of the Chinese Table Tennis Association is really brilliant!
Compared with the screening of female players, the joining of male player Lin Yunru in Shandong Wei Qiao team has also attracted a lot of controversy. However, the focus of controversy among fans is not Lin Yunru's joining, but his "losing the election" with "foreign Chinese" player Zhang Benzhi.
Anyone familiar with Japanese player Zhang Benzhihe knows that although Zhang Benzhihe was born in Sendai, Japan, he was naturalized as a Japanese citizen with his father and sister in 20 14. So 17-year-old Zhang Benzhihe can be said to be an out-and-out "foreign Chinese", and he meets the conditions for signing up for the China Table Tennis Super League.
On 20 17, Zhang Benzhi and his mother Zhang Ling also arranged for training in Sichuan team. It was that training that made Zhang Benzhi and his technology make a qualitative leap. Afterwards, Zhang Benzhihe also admitted the fact that during his stay in the Sichuan team, the skills he learned could not be learned in the Japanese national team for a year. So, in fact, both Zhang Benzhi and I hope to return to the atmosphere of table tennis in China for exercise, so that he can quickly get rid of his own bottleneck and truly become a top player in the world.
However, Zhang Benzhihe attracted the resentment and dissatisfaction of China fans because of some inappropriate remarks in his early days. Therefore, when inviting foreign players, the Table Tennis Association also carefully avoided him. Instead, they chose the female athletes with the largest number of foreign Chinese to form a United team, and directly invited Lin Yunru from Taipei, China to join them, thus selectively "forgetting" the existence of Zhang Benzhihe.
However, Qin Zhijian, secretary general of China Table Tennis Association and head coach of the national men's team, said in a telephone interview that China Table Tennis Association has always adhered to the concept of "China Table Tennis World". Therefore, the Table Tennis Association will agree to ITTF's request and send foreign players to participate in the competition. In addition, Qin Zhijian also explained the difficulties in preparing for the war, saying that it is not easy to provide a safe and perfect competition environment for athletes under special circumstances of the epidemic!
Judging from Qin Zhijian's words, it was thoughtful of the Chinese Table Tennis Association to let Zheng Yijing, Du, Tian, Diaz and Lin Yunru participate in the competition without inviting Zhang Benzhi!
Jelly Lin Tathagata took part in the table tennis super, but Zhang Benzhi and he missed it. What do you think of this matter? Welcome to discuss.