Burst! Another national table tennis player announces his retirement, has won the world championship 4 times, is only 25 years old

After the National Games, many Chinese athletes decided to say goodbye to the arena. They have well-known famous players in gymnastics, swimming, volleyball and other fields. Now table tennis is not spared either. On October 12, national table tennis star Zheng Peifeng announced his retirement and ended his 13-year career, making fans feel sorry for him. For the next life, Zheng Peifeng, who is only 25 years old, is full of expectations, but he has no clear plan. He should rest for a while. After all, years of training and competition have already scarred his body.

Zheng Peifeng is from Fujian. His father is a table tennis veteran. Under the influence of the family, he became interested in the sport at a very young age. At the age of 4, Zheng Peifeng began to learn to play with the help of his father. To develop the feeling of the ball, his father told him to hit the ball against the wall until he was able to get the ball 200 times before he could go to the table. Although Zheng Peifeng was very young, he was tenacious. He practiced stubbornly every day. He didn’t tell his father until he was able to hit the ball 300 times in a row, and he was standing at a table tennis table for the first time. Since then, Zheng Peifeng’s father has paid more attention to the development of his children, and he has given him good lighting and guidance for many years while playing and watching football.

Zheng Peifeng’s teen idol was Ma Lin. After returning home from school every day to do his homework, he found Ma Lin’s game video and mimicked his game and movements, and his skills improved very quickly. By the time he was 8, Zheng Peifeng had already played unbeatable players on local pitches and got the attention of professional coaches. Later, Zheng Peifeng entered the Quanzhou Sports School for formal training and won the doubles second place in his first provincial competition. Since then, the Fujian Provincial Team selected Zheng Peifeng and participated in the provincial competitions with the team. His performance left a deep impression. At the 2008 National Youth Championships, 12-year-old Zheng Peifeng won the singles and team championships, creating a history of table tennis in Fujian.

Because of this tournament, Zheng Peifeng received the attention of the national table tennis coach and was selected as the second national team. After five years of training, Zheng Peifeng’s technology has advanced greatly, and in 2013 he was selected to the national first team and became a true “national player.” However, when Zheng Peifeng joined the national team, he happened to reach Ma Long, Zhang Jike, Xu Xin and others to dominate the competition stage, and young players rarely had the opportunity to play. Despite this, Zheng Peifeng won the world championship four times, namely in the 2010 ITTF Youth Round, the men’s singles championship, the 2011 youth world championships, Zheng Peifeng won the men’s doubles and men’s championships, and the 2018 Czech Open. Won the men’s singles championship.

Zheng Peifeng is a candy ball player with excellent skills and is considered the successor of Xu Xin. Due to the phasing out of the candy bar style, with the exception of Xu Xin, who is able to stand upright, the other players did not have a dazzling performance. Today, Zheng Peifeng’s retirement seems to indicate that direct players are retiring from a stage in history. It’s just a matter of time.