The National Games is about to open tonight. Generally, China athletes who have won honors in the Olympic Games and the World Cup can't even get the rankings in domestic leagues and the National Games. In fact, the reason is very simple. There are many talents in China. Many opponents even practice sparring together. I remember Chen Qi or Zhou Yu said that the National Games was more difficult than international competitions.

As the country with the strongest overall level of table tennis in the world, table tennis in China's National Games has always been known for its fierce competition. All coaches, players and fans think it is extremely difficult to win the championship in the National Games. Because table tennis is extremely difficult in the National Games, it was once called "Hell Table Tennis League" by fans. There are many reasons for the fierce competition in the National Games.

First of all, the high level of table tennis in China is the fundamental reason for the fierce table tennis competition in the National Games. Because the overall competitive level of table tennis is high, even non-main players often have strong technical strength. However, due to the rich table tennis talents in China, in fact, we often see few main players in international competitions, and many non-main players in the national team are very strong. For non-main players, the National Games is one of the few games they can participate in, so they often try their best. The comprehensive strength of the contestants often leads to great technical difficulties in the National Games. For example, ZhangJike, the grand slam winner of the last National Games, lost to Fan Zhendong, a fledgling teenager at that time, and Zhu Yuling, a new female table tennis star at that time, lost to Hu Limei, a chopper.

Secondly, from the perspective of project setting, table tennis in the National Games includes seven events: men's and women's groups, men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles. Because the total number of gold medals in the National Games is an important indicator for local sports bureaus to measure their achievements, local teams tend to participate in all competitions, leading to the main players often wearing multiple items. Take the Beijing team as an example. In the last National Games, Ding Ning, a sister of Beijing Women's Table Tennis, had four events: women's team, women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. In the end, Ding Ning suffered a thigh cramp due to overwork in the women's competition, and finally stopped in the quarterfinals of the women's singles. For many main players, the National Games is often more physically difficult than the World Series.