It wasn't the tournament zjk was looking for even more loosing to a non cnt player. I hope he will come back even stronger, but in last year i already heart he was talking about retirement (No source just in my mind). After the Lee Sangsu game he didnt really reveal any information about his future. now that the wttc has finished and a few days are gone after the match what do you think ? He slowly comes in the typical age for cnt players to retire but he seemed quite motivated in wttc in games like against gardos.
And another question, will the cnt let him go if he wants to? A new olympic cycle began this year and world ranked players 1,3 and 4 becoming slightly older and as I know there was now cnt player playing olympics over 30 ever. But who can fill the places. There is lin gaoyuan and fan zhendong already showed that they can beat them all but will cnt head coaches be satisfied with that ? Ma long already mentioned that he wants to give a shot at tokyo 2020 and showed in an impressive way that hes ready for that trip, but xu xin and zjk failed at this big event even xx was one point away not winning a medal and struggling in the rounds before. Anybody any infos for the nearer future of the cnt team? Will they push zjk and xx even more or will they start to push their effort in the next generation?
And another question, will the cnt let him go if he wants to? A new olympic cycle began this year and world ranked players 1,3 and 4 becoming slightly older and as I know there was now cnt player playing olympics over 30 ever. But who can fill the places. There is lin gaoyuan and fan zhendong already showed that they can beat them all but will cnt head coaches be satisfied with that ? Ma long already mentioned that he wants to give a shot at tokyo 2020 and showed in an impressive way that hes ready for that trip, but xu xin and zjk failed at this big event even xx was one point away not winning a medal and struggling in the rounds before. Anybody any infos for the nearer future of the cnt team? Will they push zjk and xx even more or will they start to push their effort in the next generation?