Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 140 Participating in the Xiaguo Open, Xu Guinian wants to achieve his dream of a doubles grand slam

After losing the club where Liang Long was, Xu Guinian and Sun Guanqing were very depressed.

Because they felt that they had no face to face Li Ying.

After all, Li Ying got 2 points, but it was just that 1 point that the two of them together didn't get.

at this time.

The coach of Shanghai Club, Deng Lixun, talked to Xu Guinian and Sun Guanqing.

"If you lose in singles, that's understandable. After all, you're not Aying, and it's impossible to have a 100% winning rate in singles. But, you keep losing in doubles, which I find unforgivable!"

"Xu Guinian is a natural doubles saint. In the upcoming Table Tennis Super League, you must cooperate perfectly in doubles. In this way, the doubles must win!"

"Losing two rounds will not affect the overall situation. After all, there are a total of 18 rounds and 16 games in the first stage. Currently, our Magic City Crown Paradise Club is still in the top four."

"But I don't want you to keep losing. In team competitions, the myth of Ah Ying being invincible has been shattered. And don't go online, and don't pay attention to online opinions!"

Deng Lixun gave earnest instructions, hoping that Xu Guinian and Sun Guanqing could recover soon.

then.

The Magic City Crown Paradise encountered the Bayi team.

Li Ying won against Mengli.

Sun Guanqing defeated Fang Bo.

Xu Guinian/Sun Guanqing swept Fang Bo/Zou Yu with great force.

In this case.

The Magic City Crown Paradise finally got its revenge.

After the game.

Mengli was indignant.

"Aying, you three are just bullying our Bayi team!"

Previously, they lost to the club led by Liang Long and Kong Fengge, but now when they meet Bayi, Magic City Crown Paradise has a crazy outbreak.

"Mengge, you can't blame me for this. If you really want to blame someone, blame Xu Guinian and Sun Guanqing." Li Ying laughed and completely shifted the blame.

Then, it was the day of the Ryuo Open.

but.

The Xiaguo national table tennis team almost never sent a team of main players to participate in the competition. Instead, foreign superstars participated in the competition.

Because for the Xiaguo national table tennis team, the Table Tennis Super League is obviously more important than the Ryuo Open.

The Magic City Crown Paradise Club never lost any game in the following matches.

In this way, we can gradually regain the top spot in the regular season.

finally.

In the Ryuo Open, in the men's singles, Thiem won the championship.

Then came the Monaco Open, Egypt Open and Korea Open, and Xia Guo also did not participate.

then.

It was Zhao Dongyuan, Qian Zhongtian and Sun Guanqing's turn to win the men's singles title.

In this case.

Finally came to the Xiaguo Open.

The Summer Open is still held in Sioux City.

As for the Xiaguo Open.

As for the entry list, the Xiaguo national table tennis men's and women's teams will each have 6 athletes directly participating in the main competition.

Men’s team: Li Ying, Meng Li, Ma Qing, Liang Long, Kong Fengge, Xu Guinian.

Women's team: Wang Xianlan, Qiao Yuning, Ji Chuanxia, ​​Xu Mingyue...

among them.

The six main players of the first team participating in the men's singles will be randomly drawn to form three pairs of men's doubles.

Diplodocus/Mongli.

Li Ying/Xu Guinian.

Ma Qing/Kong Fengge.

In women's doubles, Wang Xianlan is still paired with Qiao Yuning, Ji Chuanxia/Xu Mingyue. It is obvious that the women's team also adopts the three-insurance strategy.

Aims to defend the men's and women's singles and men's and women's doubles titles.

after all.

This is the Summer Open.

8 month 19 day.

The first round of the men's and women's singles matches of the Xiaguo Open started at 10 am.

According to the draw.

Li Ying, Meng Li and Kong Fengge are in the upper half.

Liang Long, Ma Qing and Xu Guinian are in the lower half.

In this case.

If they can all advance successfully, then the Xiaguo national table tennis team may eventually sweep the top four men's singles of the Xiaguo Open.

of course.

There are also many world superstars participating in this open tournament.

Since many superstars are now playing in the Table Tennis Super League, participating in the Xiaguo Open is purely a matter of convenience.

and.

Although the Table Tennis Super League will not give way to the previous Ryuo Open and Goryeo Open, it must give way to the Xiaguo Open.

Therefore, there will be no Table Tennis Super League on the date of the Xiaguo Open.

In this case.

Sixty-four top superstars from around the world and Xia Country all participated. It can be said that the first round of the men's singles of the Xia Country Open was star-studded.

Li Ying's draw is full of challenges.

The opponent in the first round is Matsudaira Yosuke from Ryuo Country.

In order to defeat Li Ying, Matsudaira Yosuke's off-court coach was the head coach of the Ryusakura men's team, Fujimoto Yusuke.

On Li Ying's side, it is naturally Chen Daqian.

In a competition of the level of an open tournament, it is impossible for the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang to be reduced to serving as an off-court coach for Li Ying.

At the very least it has to be an intercontinental competition or a world competition.

Although the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang also participated in this open tournament, it was mainly to observe the status of the six main players.

Before the match, Matsudaira Yosuke had a fierce look in his eyes, and a strong desire to fight emerged from his depths.

but.

In the face of the absolute gap in strength, his so-called burning fighting spirit was of no use at all.

even.

After the game starts.

Matsudaira Yosuke's greatest effort is to try his best to avoid being shut out by Li Ying.

In each game, it is very difficult to get 1 point to break the scoring drought.

Li Ying was not willing to use his full strength and ultimately failed to allow Matsudaira Yosuke to get 0 points in the single game.

but.

The total score of the four games just reached 5 points.

The first round is over.

In the upper half.

Naturally, both Meng Li and Kong Fengge defeated their opponents, but only they themselves knew the hardships they went through.

The match on the 19th was very easy, with both men's and women's singles only having their first round.

competition is over.

Wang Xianlan makes an appointment with Li Ying.

Sioux City.

Villa area.

Coming here, Li Ying was speechless.

"Xianlan, your family has purchased villas all over the country, right?"

Li Ying smiled.

Wang Xianlan smiled and said, "How is that possible? I bought it recently. My father said that I would have many opportunities to participate in competitions in Sucheng in the future, so he bought this villa." "I think a five-star hotel is also very comfortable to live in." Li Ying said with a smile.

"Well, of course you feel comfortable. If you want, you can go out with your female fans anytime."

After hearing this, Li Ying felt wronged.

"Oh my god, Xianlan, you believe those news on the Internet? I'm not dating any female fans, those are just gossip and rumors. If you don't believe it, then I can't help it."

Unless Li Ying's head was stuck in the door, he would rather ignore Wang Xianlan in front of him and go date some female fan.

Even though some of them are particularly beautiful, with big bears and long legs, their figures and looks are excellent.

But Li Ying is not a superficial person.

At least.

At present, Li Ying is still concentrating on his table tennis career.

Even when it comes to career, I'm not particularly dedicated.

because.

Li Ying wants to wait until he becomes a table tennis Grand Slam champion before developing his career.

His main job is a table tennis player, but he can also do a side job. After all, to be honest, the difference between the money he earns now and that of the Wang family is as huge as the difference between heaven and earth.

If he really wants to marry Wang Xianlan in the future, then if we are not of equal status, the marriage will easily have problems.

Li Ying doesn't want to end up being the Wang family's son-in-law.

"Of course I believe you!"

Wang Xianlan just gave Li Ying some advice.

She still has full trust in Li Ying.

We stayed in the villa for the whole afternoon, had a good meal, and then returned to the hotel in the evening.

Inside the room, Chen Daqian had been waiting for Li Ying for a long time.

"Aying, your second round opponent is Park Guanghao. If nothing unexpected happens, you will face Truss in the third round, and then meet Mengli in the quarter-finals. Maybe you and Kong Fengge will be the ones who advance to the semi-finals in the upper half!"

Chen Daqian held the draw sheet for the men's singles competition and analyzed the situation to Li Ying.

"For the lower half, if everything goes well, Ma Qing, Liang Long, and Xu Guinian should all be able to advance to the quarterfinals. But for the semifinals, Liang Long and Xu Guinian will have a fight. It depends on who is stronger between their fellow disciples!"

After listening to this, Li Ying smiled and said, "Brother Qian, it's okay, don't worry about me. It's just a Xia Country Open."

"If I remember correctly, you won the men's singles championship of the Xiaguo Open in 2000-2002, achieving three consecutive championships."

"Then in 2004 and 2005, he won the men's singles title in the Summer Open, achieving three consecutive championships."

Hearing this, Chen Daqian couldn't help but laugh.

"In those years, the Open was indeed quite glorious. Meng Li and Ma Qing both won three Open Championships!"

In terms of the number of men's singles championships in the Xiaguo Open, Chen Daqian is exactly the sum of Mengli and Ma Qing combined.

"In addition to the men's singles competition tomorrow, the men's doubles competition will be directly from the top eight to the top four. Ma Qing/Kong Fengge are in the upper half, and the combination of you and Xu Guinian will meet the combination of Meng Li/Liang Long in the semi-finals." Chen Daqian smiled again.

Li Ying nodded slightly.

8 month 20 number.

In the afternoon, at 13:45, the first round of men's doubles began.

Because we uphold the principle that teams from the same country should not meet in the first round.

Li Ying/Xu Guinian's opponents are the Felix brothers.

In the upper half, Ma Qing/Kong Fengge's semi-final opponents, if nothing unexpected happens, may be the German twin stars Thiem/Dmitri.

With Chen Daqian as the off-field coach, Li Ying and Xu Guinian worked in perfect harmony.

Don't give the Felix brothers any chance at all.

In this case.

They easily defeated the Felix brothers and advanced to the men's doubles semi-finals of the Xiaguo Open.

because.

There are only eight pairs participating in the men's doubles competition at the Xiaguo Open.

In other words.

The first round of men's doubles is from top eight to top four.

competition is over.

Xu Guinian breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Li Ying laughed and said, "Brother Xu, what do you mean? Do you need to be so stressed out just playing a men's doubles match?"

Xu Guinian shook his head slightly, "Aying, you don't know that I haven't played men's doubles with you for a long time. If I were paired with them, my teammates would naturally be strong, but without you by my side, I would feel more at ease."

Xu Guinian told the truth.

"Besides, I think the men's doubles team you and I are paired with should be the strongest men's doubles team in the world. Even if Liang Long and Kong Fengge are paired together, I am confident that I can beat them!"

"If your goal is to win the table tennis Grand Slam, no, the Grand Slam or even the Super Grand Slam, then my goal may be the doubles Grand Slam!"

After saying this, Li Ying gently patted Xu Guinian's shoulder.

"Brother Xu, don't underestimate yourself. In my opinion, your strength is no weaker than Liang Long and Kong Fengge!" Li Ying said with a smile.

After saying this, Xu Guinian stared at Li Ying without blinking.

"A Ying, tell me honestly, are you really not saying this to comfort me?"

Xu Guinian was a little skeptical.

Li Ying smiled and said, "Could it be that in your heart, you think you are not as good as Liang Long and Kong Fengge?"

When Xu Guinian heard this, he patted his chest confidently.

"How is that possible!"

Although Xu Guinian is a congenital doubles saint, he has always been proud and proud in his heart.

Xu Guinian admitted that he was weaker than Li Ying.

but.

Xu Guinian disagrees with the claim that he is weaker than Liang Long and Kong Fengge.

"That's right, since you believe this in your heart, then just keep going! Brother Xu, I don't want to fight alone in the team competition. It's hard to win! The taste of failure is not pleasant!"

Although the match lost was a commercial match, it was the regular season of the first phase of the Table Tennis Super League.

But Li Ying admitted that he didn't feel the feeling of losing at all.

"Don't worry, as long as you represent the national team, I won't let you be alone. What's more, I defeated Furukawa Tomoaki that time. It was their first three players who were not strong enough!"

Xu Guinian didn't mind putting the blame on Mengli, Liang Long and Kong Fengge.

night.

The second round of men's singles has just begun.

At this moment.

When Park Kwang-ho saw that his opponent was Li Ying, a bitter smile appeared on his lips.

And this time.

Li Ying looked at Park Kwang-ho, and in his mind, he also recalled the interview Park Kwang-ho had just given before the game.

Park Kwang-ho introduced himself directly in Xiawen.

"Hello everyone, I am Park Kwang-ho, a table tennis player from Korea!"

This immediately caused applause from the audience.

In response to Xia Guo's reporter's question about "how many years of career he has left", Park Kwang-ho gave a very frank answer.

He said that he planned to retire after participating in the London Olympics, "but it has not been confirmed yet, and my main focus is on preparing for the London Olympics."

At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Park Kwang-ho eliminated Swedish table tennis star Waldner in the semi-finals and defeated Xia player Monri 4:2 in the final, winning the third Olympic table tennis gold medal for the Korean team and thwarting the Xia table tennis team's wish to win all four gold medals in this Olympics.

At this moment, Chen Daqian also looked at Park Kwang-ho with complicated eyes.

Before Li Ying's rise, Park Kwang-ho had always been the foreign superstar that the national table tennis coaching staff focused on studying.

but.

When Li Ying shattered Park Kwang-ho's mythical aura in the open tournament, the Chinese table tennis coaching staff no longer continued to study Park Kwang-ho.

Because of Park Kwang-ho's use of Xia Wen today, Li Ying did not choose to shut out Park Kwang-ho.

but.

He easily defeated Park Kwang-ho 4-0.

In this case, Park Kwang-ho was eliminated in the top 32 of the Xiaguo Open.

We didn’t even make it to the round of 16.

have to say.

The cruelty of table tennis is vividly demonstrated.

(End of this chapter)