It seems that no one has noticed, but since Fan Zhendong stood up against WTT, the Chinese Table Tennis Association, the national team coaching staff, including Big Head, Sha Sha, and Mian Yu, among others, have all been eerily silent. Do they not care about this matter? No, they are merely using silence as a way to completely separate themselves from Fan Zhendong. This means that Fan Zhendong, having gone all-in and staked his future years in table tennis, his livelihood, and his reputation, has lost the brilliant stage of the national team.
From past experiences, WTT is unlikely to admit fault or change its rules for anyone, and according to the usual style of the national team, even if Liu Guoliang says that Fan Zhendong can serve the country through a wild card, it's clear that he won't easily relent.
Furthermore, Wang Hao once said in front of the CCTV camera that Wang Chuqin is the core figure in the process of new and old alternation within the national team. This should make you understand that as the connecting point between the Three Musketeers era and the new era, Fan Zhendong has completed his historical mission, and his relationship with the national team is likely to gradually drift apart, ultimately being shut out.
So, under these circumstances, how should Fan Zhendong break the deadlock? Personally, I believe that regardless of how the national team promotes Wang Chuqin, the current echelon construction cannot do without Fan Zhendong.
Whether they admit it or not, Fan Zhendong is the only T0 player and international superstar of our time. Don't bring up his loss to Wang Chuqin in the China Table Tennis Super League; anyone with eyes can see that he didn't perform at his true level.
Therefore, in order to let the red flag rise again, no matter how unwilling they are, they will allow him to complete the Los Angeles cycle.
Moreover, don't forget that Fan Zhendong is the standard-bearer of the august tradition of the Bayi team. With this identity, no matter how much infighting occurs among Beijing, Shandong, Shanghai, Hebei, and Guangdong, it won't affect the overall situation.
In this context, it's not Fan Zhendong who should be breaking the deadlock, but WTT itself.
Firstly, its business development will undoubtedly be affected by this incident; even though the current darlings are Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, there are still those who want to seriously watch the games.
Secondly, WTT is an international event that we can control; as long as the issue of internal leadership is resolved, everything else will no longer be a problem.
In summary, Fan Zhendong currently does not need to bear so much pressure; he just needs to wait quietly, and everything will become clear.