Deng Yaping's husband Lin Zhigang is also a famous table tennis player in China. He helped China win the men's team championship in the World Cup. Although he is also the national player of China table tennis team, Lin Zhigang is not famous. It is reported that Deng Yaping and Lin Zhigang have been attached to table tennis since childhood, and they are also very suitable together. Later, for some reasons, the two separated and continued their previous lives.

After retiring, Deng Yaping flew to England to study, and Lin Zhigang also worked as a coach abroad. After a long separation, Deng Yaping and Lin Zhigang fell in love again, and then they helped and supported each other. After six years of long-distance love, they got married quietly in Beijing in 2004.

Early experience:

Deng Yaping was born in a table tennis family, and his father Deng Dasong was a table tennis player in Henan Province. Since Deng Yaping was more than two years old, his father often put Deng Yaping on a bicycle and took Deng Yaping to the workers' club to watch them play. Deng Yaping learned to play table tennis with his father at the age of 5, and his father developed a set of training methods different from routines.

At first, Deng Yaping took a straight shot. Because Deng Yaping was slow and had short arms, she was asked to take a horizontal shot the next year. In two years of training, Deng Yaping practiced all forehand attacks. This special training method can't be found in all table tennis textbooks. Deng Yaping was particularly serious since she was a child. Deng Yaping encountered many difficulties in her growth.