Thanks to coach Wang Hao's skillful move, Wang Chuqin won 4 games in a row and reached the top 8 of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships

At the 2025 Doha Table Tennis World Championships on the 22nd, Chinese representative Wang Chuqin faced the French player in the men's singles round of 16Simon Goetz, once fell into a hard battle, losing two games in a row. At this time, Chinese coach Wang Hao took Wang Chuqin to change his shirt, and Wang Chuqin was reborn, won 4 games in a row, advanced to the quarterfinals, and will fight Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru. Wang Chuqin admitted after the game that he played too conservative in the first two games, and thanked Wang Hao for coming up with a way to change his shirt, so that he could get out of the game in adversity and clear his mind.

At the World Table Tennis Championships held in Doha, Wang Chuqin defeated France's Simon Goetz 4:2 in the men's singles round of 16 to advance. He communicated with coach Wang Hao during the game

In the men's singles round of 16, world No. 2 Wang Chuqin met FranceSimon Goetz, the beginning fell into a hard battle, losing two games in a row 9:11. After playing the second game, Wang Chuqin seized the short break between games and went to change his jersey with coach Wang Hao. After changing shirts, Wang Chuqin was reborn and won 11:2 in the third game. When leading 5:2, Wang Chuqin shouted, which seemed to release the pressure from the mainland. ButSimon GoetzVery tenacious, in the fourth game, Wang Chuqin once led 10:4, but was chased by the opponent for 5 points, fortunately Wang Chuqin remained calm and won 11:9. After that, Wang Chuqin won 11:4 and 11:8 again, and won the game 4:2Simon Goetz, advance to the quarterfinals and will fight Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru.

"I was too nervous at the beginning, I felt like I was playing too tangled, too conservative, and I was always in his rhythm." Wang Chuqin admitted that the performance in the first two games was not as good as ideal, and his hands were too tight, he said: "It's not that I made a lot of mistakes, I think there are a lot of conservatives, and then I am not resolute, hesitant, and I dare not make a move." ”

Wang Chuqin defeated France's Simon Goetz in the men's singles round of 16 and advanced to the top 8 4:2

The key to the victory or defeat of this game must be that after the second game, Wang Chuqin went to change shirts with Wang Hao. Wang Chuqin said: "Thank you very much for this method that Wang Hao thought of, because I didn't have this experience before, and it was also some of the methods that we discussed and came up with after the World Cup, and I think the effect is very good." ”

He believes that leaving the arena at that moment has changed his mental state and forgotten about winning or losing, he continued: "After changing to short sleeves, I feel that I have been out of the atmosphere of the game, and my mind may be clearer and my heart may be cleaner." Even after falling behind 0:2, I no longer think about winning or losing. I don't think if I don't play to my level, I might really just leave. ”

This is Wang's third appearance in the men's singles at the World Championships, where he stopped in the round of 16 in 2021 and finished runner-up in 2023.

Simon GoetzIn the last round, they defeated another Chinese player, Lin Gaoyuan, 4:2, but lost to Wang Chuqin in this game and failed to advance to the quarterfinals. He also said that Wang Chuqin in the first two games and Wang Chuqin in the next four games were judged to be the same, saying: "Wang Chuqin did not play his best level in the first two games, while I played my highest level. But when he found himself, it was hard for me to deal with his strength and speed. It's not easy for me to play at this level. ”