In fact, as far as the Olympic movement itself is concerned, an epic final process itself is far more worthy of taste and memory than who won the championship and what record was created. Moreover, from the perspective of aesthetic purity alone, there is no loser in such a competition.
It is precisely because of human utilitarianism that the Olympic movement has been corrupted, desecrated and alienated that the great Olympic spirit has been stained with the color of interests and the copper smell, thus losing the purity of sports and artistic aesthetics.
The demeanor of a strong team is: many people want to win the championship, and the whole team is invincible. You can sing, I will appear, and the mountains and rivers will take turns to sit down at my house tomorrow. However, since the proposition of "grand slam" appeared in international table tennis, sometimes in order to realize the goal dream of a top player, the goals, opportunities and interests of the team as a whole and other teammates have to be sacrificed, and the players themselves have to bear a heavy burden to affect their mentality.
Wang Hao of China is the victim of the proposition of "Grand Slam". Otherwise, if he had gone into battle lightly, Wang Hao would have defeated Ryu Seung-min and Marin in 2004 and 2008. In this way, haste makes waste, and strong resistance is impossible. In the competition, Wang Hao was burdened with too much psychological burden because he wanted it too much, which affected his play. The "Grand Slam" became a heart disease of Wang Hao, and finally crushed this straight genius who was in full swing and had high hopes.
It is undoubtedly a failure and a lifelong regret to measure Wang Hao only by the success or failure standard of "Grand Slam". If we don't look at Wang Hao with this artificial concept, then 18 world champions, including 1 world singles champion, 3 world singles champions, 2 world men's doubles champions, 2 Olympic team champions, 6 world team champions and 4 world cup team champions, will shine brilliantly in the table tennis arena. Even if we are the third runner-up in the Olympic Games, we should see that we have participated in the Olympic singles three times in a row and reached the finals three times in a row, which is a unique record in the history of table tennis in the world. As the world's most unique leader in the backhand technique, Wang Hao's table tennis memory is beautiful and regretless.
The origin of the Grand Slam begins with the famous Swedish player Waldner. China people like to call it "Lao Wa". She won three singles titles in the World Championships, the World Cup and the Olympic Games respectively. After that, the concept of tennis grand slam was transplanted to the table tennis world, and the player who won the singles championship in the three major table tennis competitions was called "grand slam".
Of course, Waldner of Sweden became the world's first men's grand slam winner of table tennis, and Deng Yaping of China became the world's first women's grand slam winner. Since then, the world's top men's and women's table tennis world champions have taken winning the singles championship in three competitions as their highest goal. Becoming a grand slam means that their merits are complete, and it seems to be a lifelong regret that they failed to become a grand slam.
Let's look at the men and women who won the Grand Slam in history. Those top world champions regret losing the Grand Slam.
There are 10 world champions who have won a grand slam. Except Waldner of Sweden, the other nine contestants are all from China. In chronological order of winning the Grand Slam, they are:
Male: Waldner, Liu, Kong, ZhangJike, Malone.
Female: Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining, Li and Ding Ning.
Individuals who win grand slam honors should let nature take its course, but it is not demanding. China table tennis men's team had three different styles in the era of "two kings and one era", and none of them became a grand slam. Wang won three world championships, but never won the World Cup or the Olympic Games. His foreign wars were invincible, and Wang Hao was an obstacle to his civil war, which blocked Wang's dream of winning the Olympic Games and the World Cup for many times. I won an Olympic champion and four World Cups, but I lost a world champion. I reached the finals three times, lost to Liu once and lost to Wang twice, and my grand slam dream was shattered. Wang Hao won one world champion and two world cups, with the highest winning rate among foreigners. Just one Olympic champion away from the Grand Slam, losing to South Korean player Ryu Seung-min, teammate Marin and ZhangJike for three consecutive years. Grand Slam dream shattered.
From the perspective of Grand Slam, these three people seem to have a lot of regrets, but compared with the overall achievements of their times, the era of "two kings and one horse" they created is absolutely dominant in the overall strength of the world table tennis team. Because they never let the team champions fall behind, they not only put all the team champions who have won the Olympic Games, the World Championships and the World Cup into their pockets, but also never gave any foreign players the opportunity to participate. There is no suspense in winning the championship easily every time.
On the other hand, in the era of Liu Hekong, two grand slam winners, although their personal honors were brilliant, they also lost many group and individual champions at their peak. Among them, Zuowei Liu, the team champion of 1999 World Championships, lost the first singles twice in a row, and the champion was taken away by Sweden. Also, the loss of the men's singles champion in the 1997 World Championships was also taken away by Waldner of Sweden. In 2003, the men's singles champion of the World Championships was also taken away by Austria, when Kong was still in the Grand Slam.
There is also a semi-final in the world championship, and the opponent is South Korea. As the first main force, Kong lost two games in a row, and Liu and China fished back from the cliff. Liu saved seven match points, reversed the Korean players, and made China win the semi-final and reach the final to win the championship.
In the era of Wang Hao and Wang Hao, China's two kings and one horse, although their styles were similar, did not win the Grand Slam, but the difference was minimal. The three winners and losers are equal in strength and go hand in hand. At the same time, both of them are champions of the three major competitions, but they are unable to subdue the other two, sweeping the Grand Slam, and creating a new era of "two kings and one horse" in which the China team is invincible and fighting alone.
Looking at women's table tennis, the first woman Grand Slam player was Deng Yaping, but it was in Deng Yaping's time that she 199 1 lost to the women's team champion of the World Table Tennis Championships 4 1 and was defeated by North Korea United. After the 1994 Asian Games, the women's singles champion lost to Deng Yaping, and was defeated by Japanese Chinese player Yamayama Zhire. There is also the 20 10 World Table Tennis Championships in the era of Li and Ding Ning, and the team champion was snatched by the Singaporean team. Although both Li and Ding Ning have won the Grand Slam glory, it is hard to make up for China's loss of the team gold medal.
At present, Chen Meng, the leader of China women's table tennis team, won the World Cup last year and the Olympic Games this year. It seems that she bears the burden of a grand slam. As a result, she lost 3-4 to Manyu Wang in the semi-finals of the World Championships after the Olympic Games, and her grand slam dream was shattered. This team is not good for Chen Meng, but good for China and table tennis. After all, China and table tennis have given birth to a new king. Then Sun Yingsha won the World Cup singles title. In this way, within one year, the China women's table tennis troika shared the singles champion of the world's three major competitions, indicating that the troika goes hand in hand and has equal strength. This situation is more energetic for China team and the world table tennis community. After all, "a single flower is not spring" is not as good as "a hundred flowers bloom in spring".
For me, as a table tennis elder sister, we must let go of the burden, don't turn the goal of the Grand Slam into a shackle that binds our soul, put down the cross completely, devote ourselves wholeheartedly to table tennis itself, improve our technical and tactical endurance and play every game well, just like Liu at the 20 19 World Championships, who has nothing to desire but has played beyond the standard, and won the championship unexpectedly. It was in that final that Chen Meng, who dreamed of a grand slam, missed the world championship at the peak of his life. This is nature's trick. He couldn't get what he wanted too much, but gave him what he didn't want.
At present, women's table tennis in China and men's table tennis in China are in a state of ice and fire. The reality is:
Although there are no grand slam players in women's table tennis, three world champions and three carriages go hand in hand, and the five main players are stronger than Ma Zhuang.
Men's table tennis has created a great Malone, 26 world champions, the first person in the double slam and the first person in the slam. Fan Zhendong, too, a world champion and four World Cup champions, is marching towards Malone's goal, and it seems only a matter of time before he gets a grand slam.
However, if you look behind you, it is sparsely populated. Now if Malone and Xu Xin retire, Fan Zhendong can't even choose a reassuring third person except Wang, let alone the fourth and fifth.
Five tigers are short of three men, and China team has never encountered such a talent shortage crisis. China, a reserve talent who is never short of money, is in a neglected state, which only shows that there are too many opportunities for veterans and too few opportunities for teenagers.
The most obvious example is Zhou, who can beat Malone, Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong. Who else in China and the world has this strength? Zhou's failure to go to the international arena can only explain one problem: first-class strength and third-rate experience. Isn't that caused by playing too few international competitions?
Finally, we advocate that the management team of China team, players, official media, self-media and fans should stop speculating on the cross-shaped proposition of "Grand Slam", so that the table tennis match can return to the sports art itself, with neither too many interests nor too many mental shackles, and make the "Grand Slam" an irresistible symbol of honor, rather than a heavy shackle in the hearts of athletes.
There are two pictures that we are familiar with: 20 12, Ding Ning lost to teammate Li under the weight of a grand slam, and wept on the court to receive the award; In the final of 20 16, Li led 3: 2 and lost 3: 4. Ding Ning embraced Li with a big smile. We dare not imagine whether Ding Ning can lose again this time.
International tennis and snooker, which often use the "grand slam" proposition, have won all the world's highest-level champions as individuals. Tennis is called Grand Slam and billiards is called Grand Slam, which combines the champions of Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open. That's understandable.
Top table tennis players should give consideration to both individual events and team competitions. Too much emphasis on the pursuit of individual grand slam will inevitably affect the preparation for team competition and the training and competition of teammates. For example, when teammates meet in the final, you win a grand slam, and I win a new world champion. If one of these two people is slightly entangled, the balance of victory and defeat may tilt instantly, so the game is no longer pure. This is why it is no problem to transplant the grand slam proposition in tennis to Taiwan Province, but it has disadvantages and limitations when transplanted to table tennis. Because behind your grand slam, it is entirely possible to need the support of the team and the sacrifice of your teammates.