However, with some technical reforms, such as replacing organic glue with inorganic glue, the hitting speed of table tennis dropped by 20%, and the use of open serve and 40mm ball directly led to Liu's retirement. The use of 40+ big balls has made the near-Taiwan speed players such as Ito Meicheng and Zhang Benzhi in full swing.
According to the standard of "keeping wolves", Ito and Sakamoto can really be regarded as a "wolf". Ito beat all the women's table tennis players except Chen Mengzhi, and Zhang Ben beat all the men's table tennis players except Xu Xin. It is really rare for other association players to achieve such results. If the two strongest opponents were invited to the Table Tennis Super League, Zhang Ben would be more familiar with the ball paths of Malone and Fan Zhendong. You know, in the just-concluded 2020 World Cup, Zhang Benzhihe pushed veteran Malone to a desperate situation and achieved a huge advantage of 3: 1.
In the end, Malone had to temporarily switch to high throw service to "muddle through". If Zhang Ben and Ito are allowed to play table tennis again, they will be more adapted to China's serve and habitual attack routine. Originally, the strength was not much different. If the league is given such an opportunity, the Tokyo Olympic Games will meet in a narrow way, and it is really uncertain who will win.
In fact, judging from the list of table tennis associations that joined this time, Liu is indeed a brilliant move. For example, Jelly Lin and Zhang Ben have equal technical strength, while Zheng Yijing gave Ito Meicheng a score of 1 1: 0,11,and Du Kaicong is not a player that Ito can pass casually. Cultivate these "little hedgehogs" with a little level, in the same area as Zhangben and Ito at the Tokyo Olympic Games. These players Sakamoto and Ito may be upset if they don't take it seriously.
Ito and Sakamoto didn't come to China, nor were they idle. These two are playing domestic leagues in Japan, but the level of Japanese leagues is incomparable with that of Table Tennis Super League. Compared with Zhang An, Diaz and other players, Ito and Zhang Ben are not suitable for them to come to China to participate in the league. Even though Zhang Anhe Diaz trained in China for one year, it is difficult for them to make great progress to beat Sun Yingsha and others, because their technical movements have been basically finalized.
But if Miyoshi Ito, Benzhi Zhang and China play in the Table Tennis Super League for two or three months, it will be a world of difference. Friends who have played table tennis have this experience. If low-level players always compete with high-level players, their strength will get closer and closer. From the perspective of table tennis and Japan, neither side wants to play too often before the Olympic Games, and Tokyo will be a life-and-death battle next year.
As far as technical play is concerned, Ito and Zhang Bendou are both speed-oriented, mainly attacking the first three boards with China, but after the third board, they are still not as deep as China. Guo Ping is not so much afraid of Sakamoto and Ito as Ito and Sakamoto are afraid to play even if invited. How to treat the absence of Ito and Zhangben among the outsourcing players? Are they afraid that they will run out of tricks and draw water with a sieve?