Yeah, I bet even SYS is embarrassed by it. She clearly got beat to a pulp but the fans won't stop chanting "SYS, you're the best!"
If I were WMY I'd probably feel kinda bad for SYS for how embarrassing it must be for her, and give me more motivation to beat her again just to spite those childish fans.The World Cup, WTTC and ATTC are happening this year, right?
very low for Chinese table tennis
if Ding Ning was around today, the fans will be toxic too.
这下只能退守三大赛防线了 (Now retreating to the 3 majors defense line)
Ah I see, so he's won two of the 9 majors.
I think it is bit more complicated. Usually, the players who are on top have the most fans. But it is not that simple, check out what happened to Cheng Meng during Olympics. The Chinese have developed guides who control doping. It is similar at football stadiums, where the guide begins and then the fans at the stadium continue. Sometimes I think there is no guide for instance match Lin Shidong against Liang, more supporters were cheering for Liang but that was not that obvious. Chinese have two big stars WCQ and SYS, China invested a lot make them very popular in China, they are presented on most posters not even for table tennis events, but also some ads.
They were cheering for Liang because they felt he was easier for their idol WCQ to beat than Lin Shidong. And it eas very obvious to me.
I think Chinese stars know what to expect and have gotten used to the assymetry in fan support at this point. There's always gonna be a disparity in fan support. Bothering about it is tantamount to self sabotage. Not saying it can't intimidate them, and it does once in a while, but WMY looked utterly unperturbed in that match-up, just gliding around, hitting her spots and winning points.
Ah, so you're insinuating that some strong arm is needed.
Also kinda blame the guy that did the interview. Why would you ask her what she wants to tell her fans? Um, hello, what fans in that SYS cult?
I never ended up writing anything about last year's Champions in Frankfurt, but there was this super obnoxious guy that kept cheering for Miwa against WYD. I think he might have been from Australia (definitely English native speaker), he didn't have a seat, was basically the furthest away you could be watching the match, most likely drunk and he was so loud and cheered in such a way (singing bits for instance) that it even bothered Miwa to the point that she got fed up, turned around and looked at him. I thought for sure they would kick him out, but they didn't and he left after her match I assumed.
You are right, except SYS fans are not a bit toxic, nor do much people love the sport because of them. I don't think ZJK, DN, ML combined had as much toxic fans corrupting table tennis so they are definitely not "always good" for the sport
No doubt she had fun extracting amusement from it.
probably intoxicated toxic
