Champion China table tennis player slammed for losing crucial Singapore game after ‘joyfully singing’ at Taylor Swift gig

[Kopp]

Give him a break!

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-cu...crucial-singapore-game-after-joyfully-singing

 

[Lazer]

Totally agree with You. You have exactly one life and it's not all about table tennis...

Cheers
L-zr

 

[blahness]

Nah most ppl in Chinese forums and under popular Douyin videos are very supportive of him actually, haven't seen all that many haters actually.

 

[zeio]

Proof that Singapore Smash is a joke.

 

[Jslick89]

Proof that Singapore Smash is a joke.

in what way?

 

[zeio]

The seriousness of WTTC is not something the Grand Smash can match.

There is no way players can consistently peak in both events taking place a week apart.

Players also complained about the muggy weather and Yinhe's seamless ball, the latter especially by Gauzy.

https://joola.com/taking-on-one-of-the-worlds-best-at-wtt-singapore-smash/

The training was very intense, at times I felt like they were training even harder than the Chinese. It was very humid and I came quite close to passing out after the first session. There were definitely some major environmental adjustments to be made.

 

[tackyfh]

He deserved to have a day off tbh. Who saved CNT against Korea back in Busan and also had a perfect performance in that tournament?

 

[NextLevel]

He deserved to have a day off tbh. Who saved CNT against Korea back in Busan and also had a perfect performance in that tournament?

He also lost to a teammate, something it is easy to forget.

 

[kindof99]

For me, I would like to see more of these kinds of "human" behaviors from CNT players. The whole CNT teams have been trained like an army for many years. And seriously, it is almost sick to connect everything with national prides.

 

[PaddyPolar]

What is he meant to do? Be depressed? Ferociously train? Scheme a revenge plan against lin shidong?

Personally his taste of music is fire.

 

[Shine]

It's just demanding fans who are haters that are piling on him. It's even more jarring for them to see WCQ become world number 1 in such a dominant fashion. I don't think anyone in the team is doing it. There'll always be rabid fans trying to blame or lambast the players for the silliest of reasons. I'm not sure why this deserves a new post honestly.

 

[Catenaccio]

I have always been a huge fan of Xu Xin because of his play style. But FZD is currently my favorite active Chinese player, especially because of behaviors like this. Imo, it makes him more interesting and likeable as a person. He seems to be friends with Timo Boll hanging out with Timo on many occasions (for example enjoying a "curry wurst" at a Bayern - Dortmund match) and with LJY at this concert.

 

[netdriver]

nothing much to worry about

fzd has more devoted fangirls than haters

 

[lodro]

For me, I would like to see more of these kinds of "human" behaviors from CNT players. The whole CNT teams have been trained like an army for many years. And seriously, it is almost sick to connect everything with national prides.

It is this national pride thingy that really gets on my wick. Lets face it, it is not exclusively a chinese thing by any means , they all do it.
I once nearly got myself lynched when asking what the difference was between a Nazi salute and hand on heart gesture when staring a the flag and singing the national anthem.

 

[zeio]

For me, I would like to see more of these kinds of "human" behaviors from CNT players. The whole CNT teams have been trained like an army for many years. And seriously, it is almost sick to connect everything with national prides.

Well, it has nothing to do with national pride but fandom that LGL warned ahead of WTTC 2024. Like FZD elaborated, he shared the clip with his clique and it was leaked. It got out of hand from there, even more so after losing to LSD (could be team order).

Compared to the era of Cai Zhenhua, the CNT under LGL has actually become much more player-oriented. But over the years, the average level of self-cultivation among the players has slowly but surely decreased (FB and WCQ the two prominent examples), as pointed out by Xu Shaofa in his letter (he didn't name anybody specifically) to the CNT after WTTC 2024.

Within one generation, the entire population of China is speeding through a grand transformation that took the West two centuries. Think about it.

 

[lodro]

After all the flag waving , national pride etc etc , I really rather would prefer to hear him singing 😂