Xu Xin retains his place as number one in the World and Fan Zhendong remains number three!

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안녕하세요 오늘은 스티가 마니아 분들에게 즐거운 소식 하나 전해 주려 합니다.

탁구인 이라면 누구나 알만한 내용일 수 있는데요, 세계랭킹 1위인 슈신과 괴물신예 세계랭킹 3위 판전동 선수의 소식 이여요.

근래 한동안 스티가의 이 두 선수가 세계 랭킹 1위와 3위 자리를 고수 하고 있었는데요, 항상 그러하듯 순위와 기록은 수많은 인제들의 경쟁 속에서 언제든 순식간에 바뀌어 지기 마련이지요.

이러한 우려와 함께 이번에 열린 일본 월드 참피온쉽 에서도 스티가의 월드 스타들의 랭킹을 걱정하는 소수의 사람들도 있었던 걸로 압니다. 허나 그들의 우려를 깨고, 스티가의 슈신과 판전동은 자신들의 기량과 기술적 우월성을 이번 도쿄 세계 챔피언쉽을 통해 여지없이 보여 주었고, 그들이 운용하고 있는 블레이드의 우수성 까지도 다시 한번 검증해 보이며, 세계 TOP THREE 안의 넘버원의 타이틀과 3위의 자리를 굳건히 고수하였습니다.

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[슈신 사용 블레이드: INTENSITY NCT]

[판전동 사용 블레이드: INFINITY VPS V]

As we conclude the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo, two things are

certain, Xu Xin is a World Team Champion and Fan Zhendong is historic.

When Ma Long won the match point against Germany’s Dimitri Ovtcharov, China had once

again become Men’s Teams Champions of the world. STIGA-contracted Xu Xin immediately

walked in to the playing court to embrace Ma Long and to share the joy of being world

champions. The other Chinese team members took it a little easier, waited and then marched

in to the playing field.

Maybe Xu Xin´s excitement was because he for the first time also contributed by winning one

match in the finals. Before, when winning 2010 and 2012, Xu Xin did not get the trust to play

in the top three team during the finals. He was instead benched.

This time he made an important contribution. After Ma Long had beaten Germany´s Timo

Boll with 11-6, 11-9, 11-9, Ovtcharov made his best performance in his career, taking down

current World and Olympic Champion Zhang Jike in three straight games – 13-11, 11-8,

11-6. This was the first loss ever for Zhang Jike in a World Championships, winning 26

matches in a row before the defeat against Ovtcharov.

So when Xu Xin entered the court the standings was 1-1 and the match alive. But Xu Xin

showed no remorse against Patrick Franziska, who in yesterday’s semifinal played well and

defeated Japan´s Kenta Matsudaira, who reached the quarter finals at the last individual

World Championships. Xu Xin seemed even more focused because of the stressing situation

and never gave the German a chance, winning the first game at 5, the second at 2, and the

third at 8. Only losing 15 points altogether.

Xu Xin was superior in everything, receiving well short, attacking safely on the half long

services from Franziska, and then followed up by putting immense force in his forehand loop attacks.

After winning the match point Xu Xin pointed at his back, a gesture that he later on the press conference

had to explain: “I just wanted to point out that I am the number one on the World ranking. And in this

World Championship I did not lose, so I kept my level and my position. Last time I played a World

Championship I was also ranked number one. That time in Paris 2013, I lost to Zhang Jike.”

Another question to Xu Xin was who he thought was the hero of the Chinese team this time.

“I can say like this, we all can learn from Ma Long. But this is the Team Championships and China

is a team where no player is more important than another. This time Zhang jike lost one match,

I might lose in the future. We keep on supporting each other to improve ourselves and to keep winning

also upcoming World Championships.”

Also STIGA player Fan Zhendong got a gold medal around his neck, only 17 years old and the youngest

Chinese male player ever to become World Champion. Fan Zhendong also became the first World Champion

from the Guangdong province since the legendary Jiang Jialiang in the 80s. Fan was of course happy

after the finals, but also appointed the fact that he was out of the top three in the team most of the matches.
“I am aiming to be top three next time so I am picked not only for the team but also for the three who plays

the important matches.”