Doha World Championships, Wang Chuqin s racket sponge cracked, Paris Olympic racket was stepped on is not artificial

On the second round of the 2025 Doha World Table Tennis Championships, the 1/16th final of the mixed doubles, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha vs. Hugo/Bruna, as soon as he entered the venue, he got his own rackets. Wang Chuqin found that the racket sponge was half opened and reported the situation to the referee. After looking at the racket, the referee thought there was no problem and he could play. Coach Xiao Zhan also came on the court to negotiate with the referee and needed to change the racket, but the referee did not agree. Isn’t Sun Yingsha’s suggestion that there is a deputy shooter? Wang Chuqin changed his secondary shot, and the face was blue! The game went smoothly! In the end, the Chinese combination swept the Brazilian combination 3:0 and advanced to the top 16!

In fact, the rackets need to be tested after the event. After the test, the bag must be sealed. As a result, there is a problem with the racket taken out of the bag after the referee took out the ball from the bag, and he was a little confused. It seems unlikely that someone in the game said that the organizer deliberately broke it. The contestant who participated was not the organizer had no reason. Who used his job to gambling?

The cracked sponge of the racket may be a glue problem, or the referee took out the racket from the bag inappropriate way, causing the sponge to hit the edge of the bag to crack! Or the racket fell during the handling process, and the collision caused the sponge to crack! I don't think such a rigorous game will be caused by humans! Don't think of people so badly!

After the interview, Wang Chuqin responded to the matter of changing rackets!

Wang Chuqin said: I don’t know why I encounter this kind of thing every time. As soon as I enter the court, I feel that something is wrong with the sponge. As soon as I go on the court, the sponge is half opened. Before the test, the sponge is fine, and the board cannot play the game. Even the test board is not tested well. I am very disappointed with organizing the competition, including the last Olympics, I didn’t say anything, but several major competitions have appeared on me. What would it be like if it were other athletes?

In this interview, Wang Chuqin also mentioned the incident of his racket being stepped off at the Paris Olympics. Let’s review that the mixed doubles final of the Paris Olympics ended, and Sun Yingsha/Wang Chuqin won the championship. During the celebration, many reporters ran to the stadium to take the camera, and some people found that Wang Chuqin’s racket was stepped off. Later, it was found out that it was a Korean reporter who accidentally stepped on it, not that it was intentional. Besides, after the game, Wang Chuqin, why don’t you put your racket in place, but Sun Yingsha’s racket is fine? Now I take this opportunity to push the blame to the organizer, I think this is inappropriate!