Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 148 Li Ying wins the Asian Games men's singles championship for the first time

After Zhao Dongyuan won the first game, he looked ecstatic.

Li Ying returned to the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang.

Dong Yaobang quickly comforted Li Ying: "Ah Ying, it's okay, it was just a lucky shot. Don't let your mentality be affected!"

As soon as these words came out.

Li Ying smiled and said, "Director Dong, do you think my mentality has fluctuated?"

Although Li Ying had a wry smile on his face, his mentality was completely calm, and he still looked calm and composed.

Seeing Li Ying's expression.

Men's team head coach Dong Yaobang said with a smile: "You are indeed very strong mentally, stronger than the two of us and the Qianlima back then. The Chinese table tennis team will win with each generation, this is what I hope to see the most!"

After confirming that Li Ying was not affected, Dong Yaobang hurriedly handed him a sports energy drink and iced mineral water.

Next.

Li Ying didn't give Zhao Dongyuan any chance.

Want to defeat him.

We have to wait until Zhao Dongyuan and his team completely defeat Kong Fengge and Liang Long first.

finally.

Li Ying defeated Zhao Dongyuan 4-1.

First to advance to the Asian Games men's singles table tennis final.

Liang Long takes on Tomoaki Furukawa.

It is indeed a difficult battle.

Because Liang Long had not had many opportunities to interact with Tomoaki Furukawa in international and continental competitions before.

And Tomoaki Furukawa fights Liang Long!

Very insightful.

You only need to imitate the playing styles of Mengli and Li Ying to almost be able to restrain Liang Long inherently!
but.

Tomoaki Furukawa was not very lucky.

Encountered Diplodocus which is currently in top form.

Liang Long was in surprisingly good shape in this Asian Games and was absolutely at his peak.

finally.

Liang Long defeated Tomoaki Furukawa 4-3.

In this case.

Together with Li Ying, we will meet in the finals.

Women's singles side.

Wang Xianlan and Ji Chuanxia will meet in the final.

In this case.

It is absolutely certain that the Chinese national table tennis team has won all seven gold medals in the table tennis event of the Asian Games.

and.

For example, in men's doubles, women's doubles, mixed doubles, including today's men's singles finals and women's singles finals, the Chinese national table tennis team gathered together and won the championship and runner-up.

In this case.

In the table tennis event of this Asian Games, the Chinese national table tennis team won a complete victory.

And the next men's singles final and women's singles final!

Head coach Cai Zhenxia gave the order.

The final was not allowed to have the coach of the Xiaguo national table tennis team as an off-court instructor.

In other words.

This order is more favorable to Li Ying.

Li Ying couldn't help but complain to Chen Daqian: "Brother Qian, do you think Brother Long will feel uncomfortable if you do this?"

Because Li Ying has never needed much off-court guidance.

As soon as these words came out.

Chen Daqian laughed out loud.

"A Ying, you underestimate Liang Long. He plays like you, and doesn't need any off-court coaching. Didn't you see that in the Table Tennis Super League, the coach of Liang Long's club is almost a decoration? When Liang Long played, there was almost no one who could give him any guidance!"

Chen Daqian smiled.

As soon as these words came out.

Li Ying smiled and said, "Really? But why do I feel that it's not the case? During the team competition, no matter what I said, Brother Long nodded. I felt that he was not just pretending, he really listened to me!"

Li Ying patted his head.

Chen Daqian was suddenly speechless.

"When you speak, don't mention Liang Long, even if it's Kong Fengge, you have to listen. Until they defeat you, your words are more useful than the head coach!"

At this time, Chen Daqian couldn't help but complain.

after all.

If he were one of the Dragon, Phoenix and Turtle and played in a team competition, who the hell would dare to disobey Li Ying?

not to mention.

Every time Li Ying gave advice, it was to the point.

Li Ying didn't quite agree with what Chen Daqian said.

"Brother Qian, you are exaggerating. Kong Fengge is such an unruly person, how could he possibly listen to me!"

Li Ying knew Kong Fengge's character too well.

Unruly Phoenix!
That's really not a wrong nickname.

The phoenix dances in the sky, far away from the mundane world.

Right now.

Kong Fengge happened to pass by.

"Unruly? I've never defeated you once. Do I have the qualifications to be unruly in front of you? In a team competition, it's me, Liang Long, Xu Guinian, Mengge and Mage. You are right when you say something. Brother Qian is right. It really works better than the head coach's words!"

Kong Fengge looked at Li Ying with great resentment!

Li Ying: “???”

When Chen Daqian saw this scene, he smiled but said nothing.

Although Li Ying usually does not speak in team competitions, every time he speaks, no one dares to underestimate him or disobey him.

Anyway.

As far as Chen Daqian knew, Meng Li, Ma Qing, Kong Fengge, Liang Long, and Xu Guinian dared not disobey.

As for the national team, there are some players with bad tempers, such as Su Yan.

That kind of personality can explode at any time.

but.

But he never lost his temper in front of Li Ying.

no way.

If you can’t beat Li Ying, you just can’t beat him.

and.

I couldn't beat him even once.

Let me ask myself, how could I have the qualifications to get angry with Li Ying?

Therefore, Li Ying, the captain of the national table tennis team, is as stable as a rock in the men's team.

after all.

The winner is king.

The other main players of the national table tennis team have no qualifications or strength to talk nonsense in front of Li Ying.

11 month 20 number.

19 points.

The women's singles final started first.

finally.

After seven fierce battles, Wang Xianlan defeated Ji Chuanxia and won the Asian Games women's singles table tennis championship.

20 points.

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

At this moment.

Li Ying and Liang Long were both organizing their own equipment and taking out sports drinks to drink.

this moment.

Li Ying and Liang Long both drank water.

then.

Warm-up training started.

Not far from next door.

Men's team head coach Dong Yaobang and women's team head coach Hou Bingguang led the coaches and athletes of the men's and women's national table tennis teams to watch the game together.

Cheer for Li Ying and Liang Long.

at this time.

Head coach Cai Zhenxia, ​​who rarely comes to the scene to supervise the game in person, comes here before the game. Of course, now Cai Zhenxia is accompanying his leaders to watch the game.

Many foreign leaders attended the men's singles final.

Game start.

At this time, I saw Liang Long get his first point.

Men's team head coach Dong Yaobang said with a smile: "Liang Long was in very good shape today. He was able to beat Li Ying in this multi-board stalemate."

"Well, at the beginning, Liang Long's desire to win was still very strong!" Hou Bingguang said with a smile.

The first two games.

Diplodocus wins.

at this time.

Liang Long saw hope of defeating Li Ying.

The fans at the scene, who were not Li Ying's die-hard fans, were all cheering for Liang Long, wanting to witness Li Ying's first defeat with their own eyes.

at this time.

Li Ying was not at all flustered.

Starting from the third game.

Li Ying blew the clarion call for a Jedi counterattack.

finally.

Li Ying defeated Liang Long 4-2 and won the men's singles championship in table tennis at the Asian Games.

There was no sign of dissatisfaction on Liang Long's face.

The reason why Li Ying lost in the first two games was that he had some extra luck involved.

But the last four games.

Then Li Ying relies purely on his personal strength.

after all.

In terms of strength on paper, Liang Long knew that he was still not as good as Kong Fengge.

but.

Even Kong Fengge was unable to please Li Ying.

In this case.

Li Ying and Wang Xianlan competed in four events, but they both won the championship in the end, becoming the four-gold champions of the Asian Games.

With four Asian Games championships in hand, it can be said that they have not lost face at all for the leading figures of the men's and women's national table tennis teams.

In this way, Li Ying can be said to have successfully achieved his goal in the Asian Games.

The table tennis event has ended, but the Asian Games has not yet closed.

then.

Wang Xiqing invited Li Ying to visit his home.

Li Ying went with Wang Xianlan.

In the car.

Li Ying saw that Wang Xianlan looked worried.

Li Ying smiled and said, "Is it because your family is particularly serious?"

Li Ying doesn't care much about the Wang family. The only person he cares about is Wang Xianlan.

Li Ying didn't want Wang Xianlan to be caught in the middle.

not to mention.

Strictly speaking, although Li Ying and Wang Xianlan are together now, they have not yet officially confessed their love.

As for getting married, that's too early.

Li Ying is only 18 years old this year, which is 4 years away from the legal marriage age in Xia Country.

Arrived at the Wang family’s villa in Yangcheng.

As soon as she entered the house, Wang Xianlan felt relieved.

because.

In such a big villa, there are only mom and dad.

No other relatives.

Seeing this scene, Wang Xianlan couldn't help but cast a curious look at Wang Xiqing.

because.

According to the information Wang Xianlan received in advance.

But she knew that her grandparents, uncles, and brothers and sisters of her generation would all come!

"Just a quick meal for our family to have together."

Wang Xiqing said with a smile.

Hear this.

Lan Qiongzhi was too lazy to expose Wang Xiqing.

because.

Just this morning, when Wang Xiqing took the initiative to invite Li Ying, his original plan was to let Li Ying get to know his relatives.

result.

Wang Xiqing suddenly thought of it.

So far.

Li Ying has not yet formally confessed his love to Wang Xianlan.

In other words.

At present, Li Ying is not even the official boyfriend.

In this case.

How will Li Ying call his family members when the time comes?
and so.

Wang Xiqing made this decision on the spur of the moment.

Although it was a home-cooked meal, the table was filled with delicious food, more than twenty dishes covering various cuisines.

Anyway.

Those familiar classic dishes are all on the table.

After eating and drinking enough.

Li Ying did not continue to stay at Wang's house and left the Wang family villa.

because.

The Chinese national table tennis team is returning to the capital!
Next.

The Chinese national table tennis team is going to conduct winter training.

This year, no one from the Chinese national table tennis team participated in the ITTF Finals.

The 2010 ITTF World Tour Finals will be held in Seoul, the capital of Korea, from December 12 to 16.

The International Table Tennis Federation stipulates that singles players participating in the tour finals must participate in at least 6 tournaments, or have participated in competitions in at least 3 continents, and doubles players must participate in at least 4 tournaments, and must be in the same pair.

According to this regulation, none of the table tennis players from Xia country could meet the standards.

The President of the International Table Tennis Federation recently made it clear in an interview with the media that no wild cards will be given to players from the Xia country, and the finals without the Xia country team participating will still be a top-level event.

After the news came out.

News media interviewed Xia Guoping Association.

Then, the answer given by the Xia Guo Table Tennis Association is: Xia Guo Table Tennis' current participation principle is to focus on ourselves. We will participate in the competitions that meet the requirements of our athletes to test their training level and gain experience. For the rest, it doesn't matter if we don't participate. We don't have to fight for every gold medal. Our ultimate goal is the Olympics. We will definitely send our main players to every Olympic points race.

The news is out.

There is a lot of discussion on the Internet.

"The top ten players are not participating. How can the ITTF president have the nerve to say it is a top-level event?"

"Without the participation of Xiaguo table tennis players, even if foreign athletes win, it will be meaningless!"

Of course, there are also many argumentative people on the Internet.

"No matter how good you are, you have to follow the rules! Other countries also have excellent athletes, so let them show off too!"

Actually.

Behind the competition for the right to participate in the finals is a duel between two table tennis giants.

The International Table Tennis Federation believes that although there are no players from the Xia country participating in the finals, it is still a top event in the table tennis world, and table tennis superstars from other countries will also sign up to participate.

Xia Guoping Pong, the undefeated champion and gold medal winner in table tennis, insisted that we have our own competition standards.

to this end.

If the Chinese national table tennis team does not participate in the finals, they will go directly to Jincheng for winter training.

This winter training.

The main purpose is to prepare for next year's World Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam.

and.

According to the practice of national table tennis.

There will definitely be a direct qualifying race to Rotterdam at that time.

However, the Chinese table tennis coaching team is still in urgent consultation on the specific competition system.

After arriving in Jincheng.

The Chinese national table tennis team officially started closed winter training.

at the same time.

The men's team head coach Dong Yaobang called together all the coaches and began to discuss the specific rules for the direct qualifying tournament in Rotterdam.

"I think we need to reach a consensus before discussing the rules. Li Ying is a leader and the captain of the men's team, and his strength is there!"

"I think there is no need for Li Ying to participate in the direct selection to Rotterdam. Just give him a singles qualification!"

Wu Weijin laughed.

As soon as these words came out.

This was echoed by Qin Yucheng and Liao Huazhong.

at this time.

Chen Daqian didn't have time to speak.

At this time, the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang looked at Chen Daqian.

Chen Daqian smiled and said, "I think we should let him participate in the selection for the direct entry to Rotterdam. He can't be treated specially, or the other players will have objections!"

Anyway, Chen Daqian felt that even if Li Ying participated in the direct qualifying tournament in Rotterdam, he would be able to qualify for the singles.

That's the case.

So why make it special?
Right now.

The men's team head coach Dong Yaobang weighed the options in his mind.

"That's fine. Since everyone thinks so, let's give Li Ying the qualification first!"

The men's team head coach Dong Yaobang said in a deep voice.

Chen Daqian: “…”

soon.

The specific rules of the selection competition were worked out by several coaches.

After the meeting.

The news that Li Ying did not have to participate in the Rotterdam qualifiers and directly got a singles spot had spread.

in the dormitory.

Li Ying smiled bitterly.

"Brother Qian, with my strength, there is no need for me to be treated specially. Your coaching staff is putting me on the fire by doing this!"

Li Ying smiled bitterly.

"I also raised objections during the coaching staff meeting, but they all agreed. What can I do?"

Chen Daqian spread his hands. He did express his opposition, but his opposition was ineffective.

"Well, all right then!"

Since the coaching staff has made the decision, Li Ying could only accept the first singles ticket with tears.

(End of this chapter)