In the quarter-finals of the Busan World Table Tennis Championships men's team, the national table tennis men's team faced Japan. In the first set, the 16-year-old Matsushima Terukong almost overturned the world number one Fan Zhendong. Why is this young player so lethal? Why could he force Fan Zhendong into danger? Let’s also get to know this Japanese supernova.
was born in a table tennis family and is known as the second Tomokazu Harimoto. The national table tennis team was ill-prepared for Matsushima Terukora.
Matsushima Terukong was born on April 29, 2007, and is not yet 17 years old. Matsushima Kagu's parents are both table tennis players, and he and his younger brother Matsushima Kagu are both main players in the Japanese national youth team. Before the brothers were selected for the national team, they both trained at the Tasaka Table Tennis Hall run by their parents in Kyoto. Matsushima Terukong is the king of the same age group in Japan. Since 2014, he has won the men's singles championship in the infant, children and youth groups of the All Japan Table Tennis Championships for five consecutive years. He is called the second "Harimoto" by the Japanese media. Wisdom and harmony". Regardless of world ranking or technical strength, Matsushima Terukong cannot compare with Fan Zhendong, so why can he beat Fan Zhendong?
From a technical perspective, there are three main reasons: First, the serve is very changeable and the first three boards are aggressive. Judging from the game scenes, Matsushima Terukong was very well prepared for Fan Zhendong. In order to avoid Fan Zhendong's first backhand twist, he would serve a forehand triangle ball. After Fan Zhendong shortened it, he decisively attacked with his hand. . In addition, Matsushima Terukora also sneaked a long ball. Fan Zhendong was not prepared and directly pulled the ball out of bounds. The other was that the quality of the return was not high and was directly killed by Matsushima Terukora. Second, receive the serve with more quality and wide open and close angles. In addition to combining the length of his own serve, Matsushima Terukong has studied Fan Zhendong's routine in detail when it comes to receiving the serve.
Unlike Ma Long, who controls the twisting, splitting and swinging of the serve, Fan Zhendong habitually twists the ball with his backhand in almost all his returns. Matsushima Terukong is very accurate in judging this ball and directly rips and pulls it back. It is the left hand, and the angle of attack is wide and wide. The fighting is very fierce and the winning rate is very high. Under the high-quality suppression of Matsushima Terukora, Fan Zhendong has been passively lagging behind. Third, speed is king, let Fan Zhendong follow his own pace. Japanese players are all known for their speed close to the stage. The reason why Fan Zhendong is so passive is mainly because he follows the rhythm of Matsushima Terukora and competes with the opponent.
It was not until the second half of the stage that Fan Zhendong slowed down the rhythm and increased the rotation, and then gradually took control of the situation. Unlike Terukora Matsushima who was fully prepared, the National Table Tennis Team didn't know that Fan Zhendong was going to play against Terukora Matsushima until one hour into the game, so they only temporarily watched his technical video. Terukong Matsushima used to play in the third singles position, but this time he suddenly switched to the second singles position against Fan Zhendong, catching the national table tennis team off guard. In addition, Fan Zhendong had a stomachache before playing and kept covering his stomach with a warm water bag, which may have affected his performance.
The speed of progress of Japanese players born in the 2000s can be seen with the naked eye. Terukora Matsushima and Daito Shinozuka have had a great impact on the main players of the national table tennis team.
Matsushima Terukora, Shinozuka Daito and the National Table Tennis Team’s Lin Shidong are basically players of the same age group. Judging from this Busan World Table Tennis Championships, except for Harimoto Tomokazu, who can win a game against the main players of the National Table Tennis Team. , the other two Japanese young players were also able to win a game from Fan Zhendong and Ma Long. What is surprising is that our previous impression of Japanese players was that they could only play at the near stage, and their ability in the middle and far stages was weak. However, Matsushima Terukora and Shinozuka Oden can also struggle with Fan Zhendong and Ma Long in COSCO Taiwan.
Matsushima Terukong dared to face Fan Zhendong head-on with backhand, and he was not too disadvantaged. Shinozuka Daiden defended Malone's forehand attack at COSCO Taiwan and was able to defend several boards. The National Table Tennis Team has been implementing a wolf-raising plan before. Although in recent years, with the use of 40+ big balls, we no longer mention this plan, but the impact Matsushima Terukong and Shinozuka Daito gave us is still very big. Of course, there are factors that we have not thoroughly researched on these two newcomers. However, their impact and future potential must indeed attract the attention of the National Table Tennis Team.
What do you think of the 16-year-old Matsushima Terukong? When he enters his 20s, will he be thoroughly researched and killed by the national table tennis team, or will the threat become bigger and bigger?
