Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 145: 2010 World Cup Men's Singles Semifinals, Kong Fengge played the most classic comeback in table tennis history
The next day.

During the morning training of the men's table tennis team.

The men's team head coach Dong Yaobang officially announced it.

"After comprehensive consideration by the coaching staff, the candidates for the Chinese men's table tennis team to participate in this year's Liebherr Men's World Cup are Li Ying and Kong Fengge!"

As soon as these words came out.

The table tennis players from the first and second teams of the national table tennis team, standing in two rows, did not show the slightest surprise on their faces.

because.

Among the current national table tennis men's team, Li Ying and Kong Fengge are indeed the strongest.

Hear this.

Mengli felt very lost.

He also wants to continue participating in the World Cup.

after all.

Previously, he had only won the World Cup men's singles championship in 2007 and 2008.

But someone like Ma Qing has won the World Cup men's singles championship four times and is known as Mr. World Cup.

at this time.

When it comes to complicated emotions, Liang Long has the most mixed feelings.

because.

In 2008, he competed with Monri.

Qualified for the World Cup that year.

but.

In the end, he didn't even make it to the finals.

Just got a third place in the World Cup.

The result is now.

They don't even qualify for the World Cup.

Because there are always only two places for the World Cup.

On the surface, Li Ying's words seemed neither sad nor happy.

But in fact.

He desperately needs the World Cup men's singles title.

because.

Even if they win the Table Tennis Super League three times in a row, they will become a dynasty in the Table Tennis Super League.

but.

However, it is not recognized at all in the career panel.

In that case.

We must win the men's singles championship of the World Cup in October and the men's singles championship of table tennis at the Asian Games in November. Only in this way can we take our strength to a higher level.

if not.

That may not be able to keep up with Kong Fengge's growth.

Because if nothing unexpected happens, Kong Fengge will be invincible at next year's World Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam.

Until then.

If he doesn't improve his strength to close to 99 points, he will probably be unable to match Kong Fengge.

perhaps.

It will be the first defeat of his career.

of course.

Li Ying never dreamed of not losing a single game in his entire career.

but.

Li Ying would never allow himself to lose in the men's singles final of a world or continental competition.

At this time, the head coach of the men's team, Dong Yaobang, continued: "The 2010 Table Tennis Men's World Cup will be held in Magdeburg, Germany from October 10 to 29. At present, the main task of the men's table tennis team is to help Li Ying and Kong Fengge prepare for the Men's World Cup and the Asian Games table tennis competition in November."

"The Asian Games are held every four years. For table tennis, there are seven events in total, including men's and women's team events, men's and women's doubles events, men's and women's singles events, and mixed doubles events."

"In short, our Xiaguo national table tennis team will strive to win gold medals in all seven events at the Guangzhou Asian Games."

The morning meeting is over.

The men's team head coach Dong Yaobang walked towards Li Ying.

"A Ying, for mixed doubles, will you still partner with Wang Xianlan?"

This is the privilege of the leading figures of the national table tennis team.

Although usually, Li Ying doesn't fight or compete.

Like the World Cup team competition held in Dubai.

Li Ying was of high character and directly told the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang that he would not participate. In this case, Dong Yaobang let Meng Li participate. In fact, Ma Qing also had a chance, but Ma Qing was dealing with off-field matters.

That being the case.

Sometimes, the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang would naturally return the favor.

"kindness!"

Li Ying nodded heavily.

At the very least, Li Ying will not miss any mixed doubles competition.

In this case, Wang Xianlan might have to work harder.

Because this means that Wang Xianlan will participate in four events: women's team, women's doubles, mixed doubles and women's singles.

But still young.

Moreover, having just become the top player in the women's table tennis team, Wang Xianlan also particularly needs results to prove herself.

"Okay, then I'll tell Hou Bingguang!"

If Li Ying/Wang Xianlan compete in the mixed doubles event, men's team head coach Dong Yaobang feels that there is no need for the national table tennis team to send out a second mixed doubles combination.

because.

Double insurance is totally unnecessary.

after all.

This is a mixed doubles combination of the top male and female players of China's national table tennis team.

"For men's doubles, who would you like to partner with?"

At this moment, the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang continued to ask.

As soon as these words came out.

Li Ying was surprised and said, "Coach Dong, please don't set a trap for me. These things are decided by your coaching staff. When can we choose?"

Even though Li Ying is the leader of the national table tennis team, it is impossible for him to interfere with the coaching staff.

and.

No matter which one you choose between the dragon, the phoenix and the turtle, the other two will feel uncomfortable.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to leave this difficult problem to the coaching staff to decide.

Anyway, if two of the dragon, phoenix and turtle have complaints, they will go after the coaching staff.

Li Ying will not cross the line.

"Okay then, let's just draw lots!"

The men's team head coach Dong Yaobang is cunning and treacherous.

Li Ying's strength is increasing day by day, because Li Ying's nutritional intake has always been very sufficient. As a result, Li Ying, now 18 years old, has become stronger and faster.

In short.

Growing in all aspects.

This brought great pressure to Kong Fengge, Liang Long and Xu Guinian.

then.

The coaching staff naturally trained the three of them hard.

then.

During the break in training, Li Ying went to the capital to shoot a commercial.

In short.

Every day is packed with schedules.

In this case.

Time flies and it is already late October.

The Chinese national table tennis team set off for Magdeburg, Germany.

Although only Li Ying and Kong Fengge participated in the competition, it is one of the three major table tennis competitions after all.

and so.

The Chinese national table tennis team also brought its logistics and medical teams with it.

Today, the Chinese national table tennis team is not short of money at all.

Many businesses and companies sponsor it.

As for sponsorship fees, the Chinese national table tennis team has made a lot of money.

This is very beneficial to athletes.

then.

The draw for the Men's World Cup has begun.

In Group A, there is the host country's famous player, the powerful Thiem, and in addition, there is the Ryuukoku superstar Naganuma Atsushi.

In Group B, there are Kong Fengge and the famous Korean general Li Zhenyuan.

In Group C, it was Li Ying and Dimitri, and in Group D, it was Truss and Felix.

When this grouping comes out.

Li Ying immediately found it interesting.

He smiled to Kong Fengge who was standing beside him and said, "The Ryu-Ying National Table Tennis Team is interesting. They didn't give a spot to Tomoaki Furukawa, but sent Atsushi Naganuma instead."

At the beginning, Li Yingdu believed that the Ryuying National Table Tennis Team would send out the strongest player Tomoaki Furukawa.

Kong Fengge smiled and said, "Maybe it's because of internal strife. I think Furukawa Tomoaki may not be very happy in the Ryuin National Table Tennis Team!"

Li Ying smiled happily and said, "Tomoaki Furukawa has never achieved any results in the intercontinental or even international competitions. In this case, the Ryu-Yakura National Table Tennis Team, which spent a lot of money to recruit him, is naturally unhappy."

"In this case, it is normal to send the local star player Naganuma Atsushi to suppress Furukawa Tomoaki."

immediately.

The group stage begins.

The group stage was over very quickly.

Li Ying and Kong Fengge both advanced as first place in the group stage.

In this case.

Directly advance to the quarterfinals.

Next up is the quarter-finals.

Li Ying defeated Truss in four straight sets, and Kong Fengge defeated Dimitri of Germany 4-2.

German star Thiem won three consecutive games to reverse the score to 1-3 and eliminate his opponent after falling behind 4-3.

Atsushi Naganuma of Ryuo Country also made it to the semi-finals.

In this case.

The semi-final matchups are Li Ying vs. Thiem, and Kong Fengge vs. Naganuma Atsushi.

Saw this scene.

Men's team head coach Dong Yaobang breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Thiem has the home advantage as the host.

However, this home advantage is not enough for Tim to narrow the gap in strength between him and Li Ying.

As for the match between Kong Fengge and Naganuma Atsushi, the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang never worried that Kong Fengge would fail.

In that case.

If everything goes well, Li Ying and Kong Fengge will be able to meet up successfully.

Unlike last year's Men's World Cup, Li Ying and Kong Fengge fought fiercely in the semi-finals.

In the end, Li Ying won and won the World Cup men's singles championship for the first time.

this year.

Both Li Ying and Kong Fengge participated in the second Men's World Cup.

But this time.

Li Ying and Kong Fengge may meet in the finals.

At this moment.

Many news media around the world, especially sports media, have focused their attention on Magdeburg, Germany.

Li Ying and Thiem's ​​semifinals.

It went very normally.

finally.

Li Ying defeated Thiem 4-0 and was the first to enter the men's singles final!

then.

Li Ying watched the match between Kong Fengge and Naganuma Atsushi with Chen Daqian.

The men's team head coach Dong Yaobang personally provided off-court guidance to Kong Fengge.

Chen Daqian smiled and said, "Although Kong Fengge is participating in the three major competitions (the World Cup, the Olympics, and the World Championships are collectively known as the three major table tennis competitions) for the second time, she has not won an international championship yet. Her skills and variations are still a little immature. She is fierce but her ball paths are not rich enough."

This is why Kong Fengge repeatedly lost to Li Ying, because Li Ying completely saw through all of Kong Fengge's ball paths.

of course.

"This is only compared to you. If it's compared to other table tennis players, they don't have these shortcomings at all!"

Chen Daqian added.

In the first game, Kong Fengge got the game point but then lost by 2 points.

In the second game, we lost by two points, even though we were the first to get the game point...

In the third game, there were more mistakes and the team continued to lose 7:11.

Seeing this scene, the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang's face became extremely solemn.

The men's World Cup semi-finals adopt a best-of-seven format, so Kong Fengge cannot afford to lose the fourth game.

At this moment, Chen Daqian said in a deep voice: "Are you struggling to fight back, or are you fighting desperately?"

at this time.

Li Ying looked at Kong Fengge.

There was nothing to be seen on Kong Fengge's face except calmness.

at this time.

The men's team head coach Dong Yaobang did not say anything too harsh easily. He did not want to put even the slightest pressure on Kong Fengge. He just kept comforting Kong Fengge and relieving his inner pressure.

In the fourth game, the result was the same as the first two games, with the score at 10:9.

then.

In the last ball of this game, Kong Fengge seemed to be blessed by luck.

There was a bit of luck involved, as Naganuma Jun's serve violated the rules and gave away a point.

This is how Kong Fengge won the first game.

The game continues and the fifth inning begins.

Although Kong Fengge shouted very little, this round was still a crucial one.

At this moment, Chen Daqian said in a deep voice: "For two top athletes, the score is 4:0 very rarely. Even in most cases, the score ends at 4:1. This is because it is difficult for athletes to maintain high concentration for four consecutive rounds. So Naganuma Atsushi relaxed a little in the fourth round."

Li Ying said in a deep voice: "For Kong Fengge, the fifth and sixth games are really difficult."

"And after a short period of relaxation, Naganuma Atsushi will regain his form. Coupled with the pressure of a big lead, it will be even more difficult for Kong Fengge. But I believe he can definitely make a comeback, because he wants to meet me in the finals!"

this moment.

Li Ying trusts his national team teammate Kong Fengge 100%.

Even though Kong Fengge is facing a lot of pressure now, if he loses any game when he is behind 0:3, he will lose the entire game.

In addition, table tennis matches are accidental and due to psychological factors, it is generally difficult to turn the tables in this situation. Anyone would be nervous.

And at this moment.

Li Ying and Chen Daqian at the scene had no idea.

at this time.

Because Channel C saw such a backward situation, they thought Kong Fengge was bound to lose, so they cut off the game.

Fifth game.

Kong Fengge went through a lot of hardships and finally succeeded.

In this case.

The score was narrowed to 3 to 2.

Atsushi Naganuma is still in the lead and has a match point.

The sixth game begins.

Li Ying and Chen Daqian stared without blinking.

In this game, Naganuma Atsushi had match points twice, but Kong Fengge still fought back with his desperate spirit and won 14:12.

It can be said.

It reflects Kong Fengge’s big heart.

this moment.

Li Ying finally couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Li Ying laughed and said, "After experiencing the changes of hope and disappointment in the first six games, Naganuma Jung of Ryuo Country has now collapsed!"

Chen Daqian laughed and said, "I guess Naganuma Atsushi is now thinking, 'Oh my god, why is this happening? Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing...'"

In the seventh game, Kong Fengge played with great enthusiasm and won with a big score.

Directly swept Naganuma Atsushi 11-4.

Saw Kong Fengge win the game.

Li Ying and Chen Daqian quickly stood up and walked to the side of the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang.

at this time.

Kong Fengge happened to shake hands with the head coach of the Ryuukaku National Men's Team, Fujimoto Yusuke, and then returned to the head coach of the men's team, Dong Yaobang.

Li Ying smiled and said: "This semi-final of the men's singles competition in the 2010 Table Tennis World Cup can definitely be regarded as a classic comeback in the history of table tennis."

Although it may not be as good as the time when Coach Liu saved seven match points in a row in the World Table Tennis Team Championships, it is definitely an equally exciting super comeback.

"I don't want to see such a reversal. This shows that you, Kong Fengge, are not in good shape. Otherwise, how could you lose three games in a row at the beginning!" At this moment, the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang felt heartbroken.

Because he was too nervous before.

after all.

If Kong Fengge loses to Naganuma Atsushi, it will definitely cause a huge uproar on the domestic Internet of Xia Country. In this case, it can be almost concluded that Kong Fengge will definitely not qualify for the men's table tennis singles at the London Olympics.

but.

Now that Kong Fengge has finally won, the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang can finally relax.

(End of this chapter)