Recently, everyone has been paying attention to Fan Zhendong's withdrawal from the world rankings. At present, with the International Table Tennis Federation releasing the latest world rankings and removing the world rankings of Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, and Chen Meng, coupled with the voice of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, this incident seems to have passed, but its impact is far from over.
First of all, in many people's minds, this matter is actually Fan Zhendong fighting against Liu Guoliang. Because Liu Guoliang serves as the chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association while also being the first vice-chairman of the International Table Tennis Federation and the chairman of the WTT Council.
That is, Fan Zhendong's dissatisfaction with the new regulations of WTT are actually signed by Liu Guoliang.
If you understand it this way, it means that Fan Zhendong's withdrawal from the world rankings is almost solely directed by Liu Guoliang.
After all, whether it is the International Table Tennis Federation or WTT including the Chinese Table Tennis Association, Liu Guoliang has absolute authority.
This can also explain why his teammates and coaches did not help him after Fan Zhendong spoke out.
Not only that, but netizens also exposed that Wang Hao, the head coach of the Chinese men's table tennis team, unfollowed Fan Zhendong on social media, which also caused a heated discussion.
Because Wang Hao's relationship with Fan Zhendong is not ordinary. They both come from the Bayi team, and Wang Hao also served as Fan Zhendong's principal coach for many years. It can be said that Fan Zhendong grew up under Wang Hao's watch.
Such a relationship, if Wang Hao really unfollowed Fan Zhendong, it would be an absolute blow to Fan Zhendong, even greater than the impact of withdrawing from the world rankings.
However, some fans say that Wang Hao never followed Fan Zhendong in the first place, so there is no such thing as unfollowing.
But Wang Hao and Fan Zhendong's relationship has indeed seen multiple versions of rumors in recent times, and their relationship really doesn't seem to be as good as before.
What role do you think Wang Hao played in Fan Zhendong's withdrawal from the world rankings?