After teammate Wen Ruibo lost to Chinese Taipei star Lin Yunru, Wang Chuqin became the "only seedling" of the national table tennis men's team in the Macau World Cup. With huge pressure, "Big Head" ushered in the men's singles champion Felix Lebrun from the previous Chongqing Championship in the 1/8 finals on the evening of April 3.
"This game was very difficult. Maybe the previous games were too smooth, so when encountering such a strong opponent, I couldn't find a good rhythm at the beginning." After defeating his opponent 3-0 in both rounds of the group stage, Wang Chuqin encountered a famous French player in the first round of the knockout round, and his opponent has a good momentum recently. It can be seen with the naked eye that Wang Chuqin was under too much pressure in the first game and his movements were stiff and deformed. He lost the first game 11-13 and fell behind 2-7 in the second game. However, Wang Chuqin came back against the wind and evened the score 11-9.
Wang Chuqin tried his best to win this difficult game
Falling behind twice and tying twice, the balance of victory began to tilt toward Wang Chuqin. "After tying the game 2-2, I gradually started to get into the game, and I slowly became aware of many balls." After winning the fifth game 11-5, Wang Chuqin gained an excellent lead at the beginning of the sixth game. "I was leading 5-1 at the time, but I didn't end the game well and as quickly as possible. I still had some luck and slack. He was waiting for his opponent to make a mistake. "How could the tenacious little Lebrun give up the game easily and keep the score tied at 13-13? Only then did Wang Chuqin kill the game at 15-13. He admitted in the post-match review: "After taking the lead, he did not take the shot as firmly as before, count the points, and conduct more stalemate rounds."
The game was not dragged into a decisive game. After scoring the last point, Wang Chuqin stretched out his arms and closed his eyes for a long time and took a deep breath to release his fatigue and pressure. The 19-year-old LeBron Jr. also paid tribute to him after the game: "I put a lot of pressure on him in today's game, and he withstood it very well. I think this ability to withstand pressure is the reason why he can become the number one in the world."
After scoring the last point, Wang Chuqin stretched out his arms and closed his eyes for a long time to breathe.
Earlier in the day, 19-year-old national table tennis player Wen Ruibo lost to Chinese Taipei star Lin Yunru 1-4 and stopped in the top 16. Wang Chuqin became the only national table tennis player to advance to the quarterfinals.
After the game, a reporter smiled and asked Wang Chuqin how he felt about becoming the "lone seedling" again. Wang Chuqin responded seriously: "First of all, I don't think we should laugh at athletes because of their competition results. Every Chinese athlete has tried their best. There are no winning generals in competitive sports, and everyone loses." When playing ball. I and other players are all members of the Chinese team. No matter who advances, the Chinese team will enter the quarterfinals. I will do my best to win every game. The focus now is to prepare for tomorrow’s game.” Wang Chuqin’s next opponent will be the Romanian star Jochik.
