68-year-old national table tennis veteran Guo Yuehua has spoken up for Fan Zhendong on his personal social media, starting with a video that strongly supports Fan Zhendong: "I still firmly believe in Fan Zhendong, his courage, and his willingness to say no!" In addition, Guo Yuehua also mentioned three misconceptions in the WTT (World Table Tennis) and frankly stated that Fan Zhendong's withdrawal from the world rankings is more impactful than He Zhi Li's ball letting, which has instantly attracted the attention of netizens!
Guo Yuehua mentioned Fan Zhendong's withdrawal from the world rankings, frankly stating that this is an explosive event with greater influence than He Zhi Li's ball letting or Ma Long's strike. This is because whether it is He Zhi Li's ball letting or Ma Long's strike, they can only be considered domestic table tennis events, while this Fan Zhendong incident is an international table tennis event.
This time, Guo Yuehua stood up for Fan Zhendong and focused on describing Fan Zhendong's character. Guo Yuehua praised Fan Zhendong as a typical good athlete in the eyes of coaches, with good interpersonal skills, achievements, and ball skills, and he is also very young. Then Guo Yuehua turned the conversation, frankly saying that such a good athlete couldn't help but explode. Does everyone need to think about the problem?
Under these circumstances, Guo Yuehua frankly expressed great sympathy for Fan Zhendong and stated that this incident happening to Fan Zhendong also reflects the sentiments of many table tennis players, including foreign table tennis players, who must have the same feelings as Fan Zhendong.
Immediately following, Guo Yuehua pointed out three misconceptions in the WTT and provided detailed explanations, the specific details are as follows:
The first misconception: The density and intensity of the WTT schedule have not taken into account the ability of athletes to bear.
The second misconception: There is a problem with the WTT points system. Grand Slam matches are equal in points to the Olympics and World Championships, so athletes must perform well in competitions, otherwise their points and world rankings will be affected.
The third misconception: Athletes cannot take leave, even if they are tired, there is no room for adjustment.
After pointing out the three misconceptions in the WTT, Guo Yuehua once again supported Fan Zhendong: "I still firmly believe in Fan Zhendong's courage. He dares to say no, which is a very good thing. We didn't dare to do so in the past."
Finally, Guo Yuehua called on the WTT to apologize and reform, and hoped that someone from the WTT would take responsibility for the Fan Zhendong incident: "I think the person in charge of the WTT needs to do three things: First, apologize to the athletes, second, make some reforms, and third, someone needs to take responsibility for this matter!"
Guo Yuehua was once a member of the Chinese table tennis team, and his career resume is quite brilliant, winning many international championship titles, including men's singles, men's team, mixed doubles champions at the World Table Tennis Championships, men's singles champion at the World Cup, and men's doubles, men's team, mixed doubles champions at the Asian Games.
Currently, Guo Yuehua is already 68 years old, but he still pays attention to the dynamics of the national table tennis players. Despite being able to enjoy his retirement life leisurely, Guo Yuehua stands up for Fan Zhendong, which is indeed worthy of everyone's praise!