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Shoo...nothing to see here. - zeio
Career defining and ending matchups.
Losing in majors is entirely different. ZJK was losing to foreigners left and right before Rio and guess what?
For China, the 2 teammates won't meet until the final, and that means both of them have to defend their own half. That's the mission. The WTTC is an exam. You don't pass? You're out.
Same deal for ZYL. Many in China believe she's out of the race for Tokyo 2020.
Even she was dead sure she'd be selected for WTTC Budapest and freaked out, because she deleted all entries on her Weibo once the lineup was announced and her only event was WD. Olympic events 101: singles, team and mixed doubles.
I know it sounds so sad and mad. But hey, ML went 56 matches undefeated after WTTC 2011. Still had to settle with the team event for London 2012. XX is fortunate there's the new XD event.
"Zhu Yuling's coach", better known as Li Sun, is the guy who coached Wang Nan, Zhang Yining and Li Xiaoxia to a myriad of Olympic golds and WTTC titles. The guy knows how to coach alright. But of course zero credit is given to him and to Zhu Yuling herself. People "even" feel sorry for her. Goodness me is that a sad statement. As if she's not a human being. As if her being Chinese automatically makes her god-tier at table tennis without sacrificing her entire life to come anywhere close to that.