Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 123: Asian Championships Men's Singles Champion, the Difficulty of Improving Strength

The Table Tennis Asian Championships proceed as scheduled every day.

The penultimate day of the Asian Championships.

18: Imperial time.

The mixed doubles final is in full swing.

Li Ying/Wang Xianlan vs. Xu Guinian/Yao Xuan.

at this time.

On Li Ying's side, Chen Daqian served as off-court coach.

On Xu Guinian's side, it was naturally Qin Yucheng.

In today's internal competitions among the national table tennis team of Xiaguo, the rule that coaches do not provide off-court guidance has long disappeared.

if not.

This is very beneficial for Li Yingtai, the leader of the national table tennis team.

and so.

Due to the insistence of many head coaches, this rule is now completely invisible in the national table tennis team.

but.

Xu Guinian is strong in doubles.

but.

Relying on hard power, Li Ying can already offset him.

But Wang Xianlan's words were even stronger.

finally.

Li Ying and Wang Xianlan defeated Xu Guinian/Yao Xuan 4-2.

After winning the men's team championship, Li Ying also won the mixed doubles championship.

In this case.

In this Asian Championships, Li Ying is the double gold king.

of course.

The current Wang Xianlan is also a double gold champion.

After winning the mixed doubles championship.

Wang Xianlan was particularly happy.

but.

The fast pace of the game meant there was no time to celebrate.

The last day of competition.

First up are the men's and women's singles semifinals.

Second.

It is the men's and women's doubles finals.

The finale is naturally the men's and women's singles finals.

In other words.

Four champions will be decided today.

Men's singles.

Xu Guinian met Kong Fengge and was unable to successfully advance to the semi-finals.

In this case.

Among the top four, there is one more player, Tomoaki Furukawa.

And Tomoaki Furukawa encountered Liang Long.

Li Ying and Kong Fengge met again in the semi-finals.

Saw this scene.

The Chinese table tennis coaching staff were speechless.

Men's team head coach Dong Yaobang laughed and said, "Isn't that the case with the former Thousand-Li Horses? Generally speaking, the Thousand-Li Horses can make it to the semi-finals. But they often fight two by two, and then play against another in the finals!"

nowadays.

After the National Games, Liang Long's strength improved rapidly.

Now it is gradually catching up.

There is a trend of being on par with Li Ying and Kong Fengge.

In that case.

It is normal to have dragons and phoenixes in the semi-finals.

in fact.

That is to say, Xuangui Xu Gui’s luck in the year is not good.

if not.

If he were in the same quarter zone as Tomoaki Furukawa, he might be able to defeat Tomoaki Furukawa, advance to the top four, and reach the semifinals.

In that case.

The top four men's singles players in the Asian Championships will be dominated by unicorns, dragons, phoenixes and turtles.

of course.

The organizers certainly don't want this to happen.

Although I only played against Li Ying in the semi-finals.

But in Kong Fengge's opinion.

If he cannot defeat Li Ying, then even if he makes it to the men's singles final, he will probably only be a runner-up.

That's the case.

It would be better to fight in the semi-finals.

but.

No matter how brave Kong Fengge is, Li Ying's strength score has also reached 98 points, and it is still constant.

Although Kong Fengge entered the realm of 98-point legendary stars earlier than Li Ying, Kong Fengge's strength is still fluctuating.

not to mention.

Li Ying also masters many unique table tennis skills.

then.

Semi-finals.

Kong Fengge was very disappointed to lose the battle.

the other side.

Tomoaki Furukawa played extremely bravely.

Want revenge.

but.

Because of his impatient mentality, he was eventually defeated by Liang Long.

In that case.

The men's singles final is between Li Ying and Liang Long.

but.

Li Ying didn't even have time to celebrate for making it into the men's singles final.

The men's doubles final is in full swing.

Li Ying/Kong Fengge VS Liang Long/Xu Guinian.

At this moment.

Li Yingcai defeated Kong Fengge, but he had to fight side by side with Kong Fengge again soon.

This is the characteristic of table tennis.

It is a unique phenomenon of the Xiaguo national table tennis team.

Kong Fengge adjusted his mood quickly.

It seemed that he didn't care at all about the loss in the men's singles semi-finals.

or.

He vented his resentment for losing the men's singles semi-finals on Liang Long and Xu Guinian.

then.

Kong Fengge showed a super strong and fierce posture.

Li Ying directly serves as a support.

In this case.

The team of Li Ying and Kong Fengge defeated Liang Long and Xu Guinian.

After the game.

Liang Long and Xu Guinian looked at Kong Fengge with dissatisfaction.

"Feng Ge, you are really great. You are taking out all the anger you suffered from Li Ying on us now!"

"That's right, you're not that strong when playing alone!"

Liang Long and Xu Guinian both complained.

Kong Fengge: “???”

Next.

The highlight of the show.

It's a men's singles showdown.

but.

No matter how Liang Long changes his tactics, Li Ying can respond quickly.

Because all the changes of Diplodocus have been shown in the fantasy space.

Li Ying was completely confident.

In this case.

Li Ying won the Asian Championship.

then.

When he was alone, Li Ying closed his eyes.

But in fact.

Li Ying was watching the career panel in his heart.

On the career panel, Li Ying's strength score increased to 98.2!

Li Ying felt a little bitter.

as predicted.

Now that the score has reached 98, ordinary open men's singles champions can no longer improve their strength. The only option is to participate in intercontinental competitions such as the Asian Championships or even world competitions which are higher than intercontinental competitions.

Previously.

Li Ying won the World Cup team championship.

Improved by 0.1!

now.

The men's singles champion of the Asian Championships got another 0.1!

Then he must participate in the ITTF Grand Prix Finals at the end of the year. Perhaps winning the men's singles championship in this finals can further increase his score.

The only thing Li Ying doesn't know is whether winning the men's singles title at the Table Tennis World Championships can improve his strength.

but.

Still have to participate.

after all.

The standard of this competition is still very high.

That night.

The national table tennis team left directly by plane and returned to the imperial capital.

Imperial capital, the national table tennis team training base.

Chen Daqian asked with a smile: "A Ying, do you want to participate in the next three open tournaments?"

Li Ying shook his head slightly.

"As for the Open, I am not particularly interested in it right now. And my world ranking points have always been ranked first."

“Even if I don’t participate in these open tournaments, I can still maintain my world No. 1 ranking.”

“我如今就只准备12月初的东亚运动会乒乓球比赛，然后就是12月13号在星城举办的2009世界乒乓球总冠军赛跟12月17日开始的2009国际乒联年终总决赛吧！”

There are three major tournaments in December, so Li Ying doesn't care about the remaining three open tournaments in November.

Li Ying looks down on the open tournament.

It doesn’t mean that other table tennis superstars look down on it.

When the Xiaguo national table tennis team announced the list of players participating in the open tournament, Li Ying was surprisingly not there.

Suddenly.

Those superstars who had originally planned to take a break and not participate in the open tournament all changed their minds and participated.

Even Mengli and Ma Qing are no exception.

because.

Li Ying, the king of the Open, finally stopped participating in the Open.

So in other words.

Any table tennis superstar in the world currently has the potential to win the championship.

That's the case.

The three open tournaments directly attracted many superstars from the global table tennis world to participate.

Star bright.

but.

For table tennis fans all over the world, a table tennis match without Li Ying will always seem a little lacking.

of course.

With so many table tennis superstars gathered together, the competition will definitely be exciting.

because.

No one can predict the outcome.

Such a suspenseful table tennis match seems to be quite interesting.

of course.

Li Ying’s die-hard fans are very dissatisfied.

but.

Li Ying's fans also sympathize with Li Ying.

After all, since his debut, Li Ying has participated in all competitions, big and small.

not to mention.

There are still three major competitions to participate in in December.

So in November, even if Li Ying doesn't participate in the competition, the dragon, phoenix and turtle have all signed up.

to this end.

Li Ying also specifically asked Chen Daqian.

"Brother Qian, does the coaching staff really want to train the Dragon, Phoenix and Turtle? They won't even let them rest?"

Li Ying felt that the Dragon and Phoenix Turtle must be very tired after participating in open tournaments so frequently.

"Haha, you feel sorry for the dragon, phoenix and turtle, but you don't know that the Xia country's national table tennis team went through an internal competition to decide the players who would participate in the open tournament."

Chen Daqian smiled and said, "If Longfenggui doesn't want to go, there are plenty of people who want to go. Apart from anything else, the Third Young Master of 92 is watching closely, just waiting for Longfenggui to say no!"

After learning that Li Ying would not participate in the open tournament, Wang Xianlan also used physical fatigue as an excuse not to participate.

This November, she just wanted to stay in the imperial capital and be with Li Ying every day.

Hou Bingguang had no choice.

After all, Wang Xianlan has won many open women's singles championships this year.

not to mention.

The women's team also needs balance.

finally.

Ji Chuanxia and Qiao Yuning have had many opportunities to participate in open tournaments.

However, Wang Xianlan currently does not need to prove herself through open tournaments.

If Wang Xianlan wants to become a leader in women's table tennis, she must continue to win in world competitions.

but.

Like Li Ying, Wang Xianlan won the women's singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships and the women's singles championship at the World Cup this year.

In an era when the big devil is gradually retiring, we are actively moving towards becoming the new generation leader of women's table tennis.

However, the competition in the women's team is too fierce, and she is not yet a very legitimate leader of the women's table tennis team.

Even though Wang Xianlan won the women's singles championship in two world championships this year.

But because of Hou Bingguang, he is not currently the head coach of the women's team.

Therefore, Wang Xianlan is not yet the leader of the women's table tennis team.

imperial capital.

Li Ying was extremely happy every day.

Although the training is boring, I always think about being able to stay with Wang Xianlan after training every day.

Li Ying always wanted the training to end quickly.

"A small win is really interesting. The men's singles match at the Russian Open was between Xu Guinian and Liang Long. I didn't expect Kong Fengge to lose to Liang Long!"

Wang Xianlan said with a smile.

When she is with Li Ying, she doesn't care much about the women's team's games.

On the contrary, I am particularly concerned about the men's team's games.

"This is normal. However, it was not easy for Liang Long and Xu Guinian to reach the men's singles finals in this open tournament. After all, starting from the top 32, almost all of their opponents are superstars. As for the top 16, they are almost all players ranked in the top 20 in the world!"

Li Ying smiled.

"Nowadays, the dragon and phoenix turtles are performing particularly well!" Wang Xianlan said with emotion.

"Maybe it's because I put too much pressure on them!"

In front of Wang Xianlan, Li Ying naturally didn't need to be so hypocritical.

"It's not easy to catch up with you!"

Wang Xianlan had something in mind.

"I'm easy to chase. If you chase me, I won't run away!"

"Humph, why should I chase you!"

"Then I can chase you instead."

"Then it's not easy for me to chase you." Wang Xianlan said proudly.

At this moment.

When Li Ying saw Wang Xianlan looking so cute and innocent, he really wanted to hold her in his arms and ravage her.

but.

After all, we are now on the track of the national table tennis training base.

After walking for a while, the weather gradually became colder.

It has started snowing in the imperial capital in November.

And finally.

Xu Guinian defeated Liang Long and won the men's singles title.

After the game.

Xu Guinian couldn't wait to call.

"I've been watching you guys fight on TV, and you haven't even finished the news interview yet!" Li Ying said with a smile.

"Aying, I'm so happy. You don't know, it's not easy for me to win the men's singles championship." Xu Guinian said excitedly.

"That's true, but it will be your turn to be interviewed soon!"

Li Ying smiled.

in the room.

Li Ying watched Xu Guinian being interviewed.

then.

Just went to bed.

Li Ying's strength is improving silently every day.

after all.

The score behind each table tennis skill represents the improvement from daily training.

Although the magnitude is not very large.

but.

Li Ying feels that the improvement in strength is inseparable from the hard training in the past.

Winning the men's singles championship in a major competition can at best be considered as breaking the "bottleneck".

and.

Li Ying is still in the stage of rapid growth and is still developing at a high speed.

In this case.

Li Ying must adjust his technique to adapt to his physical fitness which is improving every day.

Swedish Open.

Liang Long finally achieved his dream and became the men's singles champion.

At last.

It is the last open tournament in Europe.

Polish Open.

at this time.

It was Kong Fengge's turn to show off his power.

Because Kong Fengge was tired of losing to his teammates, he finally won the men's singles championship.

In this case.

Coincidentally, the dragon, phoenix and turtle each won a men's singles championship.

It can be said that the three-stop journey of this open tournament was completed very successfully.

But there was no time to rest.

even.

The dragon, phoenix and turtle did not return to the imperial capital.

Instead, fly directly from Europe to Hong Kong.

12 month 1 day.

Li Ying took off from the imperial capital and flew to Hong Kong with Wang Xianlan.

As for Chen Daqian, he will take off from the Magic City.

finally.

Arrive at Hong Kong International Airport.

Outside the airport.

Fans of Li Ying and Wang Xianlan came to pick them up at the airport.

In an instant, the scene was packed with people.

Li Ying and Wang Xianlan left only after satisfying some fans' requests for autographs and taking photos.

Only after returning to the hotel that the national table tennis team had booked in advance did Li Ying breathe a sigh of relief.

"In the future, don't show up in public unless you have to. I'm really afraid of causing a stampede."

At this time, Li Ying was still frightened.

“Yeah, the fans are crazy!”

Wang Xianlan also felt the same way.

Li Ying sent Wang Xianlan out of the room but did not go in.

Because there are many paparazzi in Hong Kong.

Li Ying returned to his room and Chen Daqian had been waiting for a long time.

"Brother Qian, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time. I was delayed at the airport for a while." Li Ying said with an apologetic smile.

Chen Daqian shook his head slightly: "It doesn't matter. Anyway, this table tennis competition has men's team, men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles. For men's doubles, Kong Fengge/Xu Guinian will compete. For mixed doubles, you and Wang Xianlan will still be paired."

Although this kind of regional table tennis competition is not particularly important, it is held in Hong Kong after all, so the national table tennis team still attaches great importance to it.

Because the relationship between the Chinese national table tennis team and Hong Kong has always been very good.

(End of this chapter)