Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 166: The hot Xiaguo Open, Li Ying's home court

After the game that night, the Bayi team left Hong Kong directly and went to the neighboring city of Pengcheng.

We arrived in Pengcheng, even though it was late at night.

but.

The members of the Bayi team are all very excited.

Since I hadn’t had dinner yet, I came to Pengcheng for a midnight snack.

Li Ying enjoyed the meal very much.

After eating.

Li Ying said something to head coach Wang Tao and went to his villa in Pengcheng.

Li Ying initially bought a villa in the imperial capital, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. Now, the villa in Shenzhen has also been renovated.

When we arrived at the villa, the lights were already on.

Pushing the door open, Wang Xianlan had been waiting for a long time.

A little farewell is better than a wedding.

It was almost noon the next day when Li Ying and Wang Xianlan got up.

"Let's go, let's go eat." Wang Xianlan held Li Ying and didn't want to let go.

Take a business car to a very high-end private kitchen in Pengcheng.

After dinner, Li Ying and Wang Xianlan arrived at the hotel booked by the national table tennis team in Pengcheng.

Walking into the room, Li Ying immediately saw Chen Daqian.

"Brother Qian, what are you looking at?"

Li Ying asked with a smile.

"Look at the draw list for this Xiaguo Open (Pengcheng Station). Xiaguo National Table Tennis Team has signed up seven of your main players for the men's singles. You, Mengli, Ma Qing, Liang Long, Kong Fengge, Xu Guinian, and Su Yan." Chen Daqian said with a smile.

"I see that in this Xiaguo Open, there will be only 32 table tennis players in the men's singles in the main competition. In the first round, the top 32 will advance to the top 16." Li Ying said with a smile.

"Yes, in terms of influence, it is still not as good as the Xiaguo Open held in Su City. After all, the Xiaguo Open is held twice a year." Chen Daqian said with a smile.

"If this draw is interesting, and nothing unexpected happens, then the second round of the top 16 will probably be our Xia country's seven tigers and eight great kings. As for the rest, if nothing unexpected happens, it may be Naganuma Atsushi who will be able to get on the last train to the top 16!"

Li Ying smiled.

"No matter how the table tennis matches are played nowadays, I'm afraid that in the end, the top 16 will be the main players and the top eight of our Xia country's table tennis team." Chen Daqian said with a smile, "From now on, the real competition is to see how many of the top 16 can enter the top eight or even the top four!"

"Anyway, the top foreign stars have made great progress nowadays," Li Ying said in a deep voice.

"As for the doubles, it's interesting. Liang Long is paired with Meng Li, Ma Qing/Kong Fengge are paired, and Su Yan is paired with Xu Guinian. As a result, you are completely eliminated!" Chen Daqian said with a smile.

This is the combination made by the men's team coaching staff. It is obvious that the national table tennis coaching staff all assume that Li Ying can win the men's singles championship, so the men's doubles championship will naturally be given to other members of the national table tennis team.

and so.

Sending out three pairs of men's doubles, if nothing unexpected happens, Xia Country will be able to win almost all of them. However, that's not certain.

For men's doubles, there are sixteen pairs of men's doubles combinations.

"As for doubles, I'm not pursuing the doubles Grand Slam, so it doesn't matter!" Li Ying laughed.

Once he arrived at the hotel, Li Ying had to follow the management system of the national table tennis team.

Before the game, you have to abstain from sex.

not to mention.

Wang Xianlan will compete in women's doubles and singles.

June 6th and 15th are both qualifying rounds.

The main competition will not start until June 6th.

As for Li Ying, he only needs to compete in the first and second rounds of men's singles.

But for other players, if there are doubles, it’s different.

For women's singles, three rounds will be played on the first day of the competition.

The first round of men's singles is over.

There is a lot of heated discussion on the Internet.

"I know that the top 16 of the Xiaguo Open will be our seven tigers and eight diamonds. There is an extra player, Naganuma Jung, in the middle. It feels very awkward!"

"I'm afraid these are the sixteen strongest superstars in the world right now."

"The truly exciting competition will still be in the top 16. Let's see which superstar is the unlucky one to meet Li Ying!"

"Of course it's Tomoaki Furukawa."

"Congratulations in advance to Tomoaki Furukawa for being eliminated in the top 16 of the Xiaguo Open and being blocked from the quarterfinals!"

"Furukawa Tomoaki's luck is really bad. He got one out of nine. With this luck, he could definitely buy a lottery ticket."

"Pictures speak louder than words. Furukawa Tomoaki really went to buy sports lottery tickets!"

After the second round of the men's singles, the top eight of the Xiaguo Open were announced.

result.

The internet was once again in an uproar.

"The Xia country's table tennis team is still as strong as ever. Li Ying, Meng Li, Ma Qing, and Liang Long, four members of the national table tennis team, occupy the top eight."

"Although he occupies half of the country, why is Kong Fengge defeated by table tennis superstars who are weaker than him?"

"When Kong Fengge fights a strong man, his blood boils. But every time he encounters a weak man like this, he easily fails."

"It's a pity for Xu Guinian and Su Yan. They met strong opponents and failed to enter the quarterfinals!"

"According to the current matchup, if all our national table tennis players win, then Li Ying, Meng Li, Ma Qing, and Liang Long can definitely take the top four spots!"

"It's not that there is no such opportunity. Now, it depends on the coaches of the national table tennis team!"

After the first day of the competition, I returned to my hotel room.

Chen Daqian smiled and said, "I guess Wu Weijin, Qin Yucheng and others are now stepping up special training for the other three. In this open tournament, these foreign stars have shown something different again." Chen Daqian smiled.

On this point, Li Ying didn't need to worry at all.

When it comes to absorbing advanced tactics, looking around the world, if Li Ying is really second, no one dares to say he is first.

"These top stars from the external association are becoming more and more talented. Now, it depends on whether the three of them can finally make it into the semi-finals. If they can take all four places, that would be pretty good!" Li Ying said with a smile.

"Liang Long still has a chance to enter the semi-finals, but Mengli and Ma Qing have definitely been thoroughly studied by external teams. Moreover, they are old now and can no longer change their playing style. It is difficult for them to learn new techniques. I think it is a bit difficult!" Chen Daqian said in a deep voice.

As they were once known as the "Thousand-Li Horses" and dominated the Chinese table tennis team for many years, Chen Daqian is particularly familiar with Ma Qing and Meng Li.

"Brother Qian, that's not true. In fact, in the sport of table tennis, sometimes the technical gap is really not a problem. In fact, what really matters is the spiritual core. After all, this is the Xia Country Open, held in Pengcheng, our Xia Country."

"If I were Ma Ge or Meng Ge, I would never want to lose the game in front of my hometown. Otherwise, how can I explain to the fans who came from all over the country to cheer for me?"

"This kind of fighting spirit and motivation is particularly terrifying in the competition. It's not like your days, because the gap in technical strength is particularly large, so the spiritual core is not particularly important!"

"But now it's different. The eight foreign teams have gradually caught up with our Xiaguo national table tennis team in terms of strength and technology through their top-level training system. In this case, the competition is often a battle of spirit and fighting spirit!"

"For example, Kong Fengge's unexpected upset this time is actually a very obvious example. Kong Fengge clearly did not take Trus seriously. In the end, he was defeated by Trus."

"As for Su Yan Su Ge and Xu Guinian, it is obvious that they were restrained and targeted by others. They were tactically crushed and failed. There is nothing they can do."

"But when two table tennis players of the same level compete against each other, it is more about their spiritual core."

Chen Daqian was quite shocked when he heard this.

"Indeed, it all depends on their luck tomorrow!"

At this moment, Wang Xianlan called.

"Xiaoying, I'm so tired!"

Wang Xianlan was lying limp on the bed.

"I know you played many games today, the first round of women's doubles, the women's doubles quarter-finals, and three rounds of women's singles. Even if you are very tired now, you should still soak your feet!" Li Ying said with a smile.

"I don't want to soak my feet. I just took a shower and lay down on the bed. After talking to you on the phone, I wanted to sleep!" Wang Xianlan said coquettishly.

"If you don't want to soak your feet, then don't do it. Otherwise, you should rest as soon as possible because you have a tough battle tomorrow. In the future, you should try not to participate in women's doubles." Li Ying felt very sorry for Wang Xianlan.

At this moment, thinking about how tired Wang Xianlan was after the game today, Li Ying felt really distressed.

"Well, this is the Xiaguo Open, there's nothing I can do. If it were any other open tournament, I would definitely not participate in the women's doubles. However, this is an open tournament held in Pengcheng, so it can be considered my home court."

Wang Xianlan had no choice.

This was not a task forced upon her by the women's team coaching staff; it was purely her own desire to play.

Because like Li Ying, Wang Xianlan belongs to Lingnan.

In that case.

In fact, Pengcheng can be regarded as the home court of Li Ying and Wang Xianlan.

of course.

If the game is held during the day, the huge crowds of spectators will also prove this point.

"Okay, then if you participate in other open tournaments in the future, don't participate in the women's doubles!" Li Ying felt sorry for Wang Xianlan and asked her to rest as soon as possible, so they didn't talk on the phone for too long.

"Aying, you should also go to bed early!"

Chen Daqian smiled.

Li Ying nodded.

Subsequently.

I took a shower and soon fell into a deep sleep.

6 month 18 number.

The second day of the Xiaguo Open.

The men's singles quarter-finals are in full swing.

finally.

Li Ying, Meng Li, Ma Qing and Liang Long, four athletes from the Xiaguo men's table tennis team, made it into the semi-finals.

In this way, following the Rotterdam World Table Tennis Championships, the Xiaguo national table tennis team once again achieved the feat of sweeping the top four in the Xiaguo Open.

but.

No one on the Internet, including in the international table tennis community, says that Xiaguo is the only dominant country.

because.

Except for Li Ying, Meng Li, Ma Qing and Liang Long's wins were extremely thrilling. It can even be said that they almost lost the game.

It was so close that Li Ying was the only one left among the top four.

But finally!
Perhaps it was the right time, right place and right people, all on the side of the Xia country table tennis players, plus the extremely hot atmosphere at the scene cheering for Mengli, Ma Qing and Liang Long, that enabled them to complete the reversal and eventually defeat their respective opponents to advance into the semi-finals.

6 month 19 day.

Starting at 10am, the women's singles semi-finals begin.

The men's singles semi-finals started at 11:30.

The women's singles semi-finals are over.

finally.

Xu Mingyue and Wang Xianlan respectively reached the women's singles finals.

The two of them are a women's doubles partner, but they will compete against each other in this women's singles final.

Men's singles semi-finals.

Mengli VS Ma Qing.

Li Ying VS Liang Long!

The first battle was the Battle of Mamun.

In the end, Ma Qing had the last laugh.

In the seventh and deciding game, Mengli lost to Ma Qing, so he had to unfortunately stop in the semi-finals.

Subsequently.

A big fight broke out between Li Ying and Liang Long!
Liang Long's state is extremely hot.

It can be said that there is a feeling of being at the peak of one’s career!

but.

When faced with Li Ying, Liang Long really had no way out.

finally.

Liang Long lost 2-4.

In this case.

The men's singles final of the Xiaguo Open is between Li Ying and Ma Qing.

After the men's singles semi-finals, Li Ying and Chen Daqian went to have a leisurely lunch together.

Because of the next game, I went there in the afternoon.

15:00, women's doubles final.

15:45, men's doubles final.

16:30, women's singles final.

17:15, men's singles final.

So Li Ying has time to have a good meal at noon.

3pm.

Li Ying also took Chen Daqian to watch the women's doubles final in person.

finally.

Wang Xianlan/Xu Mingyue had the last laugh and became the women's doubles champions.

It's a pity that the Xia country women's table tennis team could not win the first and second place, because in the women's doubles semi-finals, Wang Xianlan/Xu Mingyue's opponents were another pair of the women's team.

Next.

It's the men's doubles semi-finals.

Liang Long/Meng Li VS Ma Qing/Kong Fengge!
This kind of pairing has rarely been seen before.

and so.

Because it is rare, it attracts special attention.

The ratings for the men's doubles final were also terrifying.

And finally.

It was Liang Long/Meng Li who had the last laugh. After a hard-fought seven-game battle, they defeated the combination of Ma Qing/Kong Fengge and became the men's doubles champions of the Xiaguo Open.

In this case.

It can also be considered as a comfort to Liang Long and Meng Li.

It’s half past four in the afternoon!
The women's singles final begins.

Wang Xianlan VS Xu Mingyue!
We are all teammates in the national team and we know each other very well.

because.

The game was very tense.

The battle lasted until the last two balls of the deciding game.

Wang Xianlan seemed to be assisted by God. She hit a lucky ball into the side, and then after getting the match point, she made a crazy shot. After several rounds of stalemate, Xu Mingyue finally returned the ball into the net.

Wang Xianlan won the women's singles title.

But for the women's singles final, Li Ying did not go to watch it in person. Instead, she watched it on the big screen in the stadium during training breaks.

During the women's singles final, Li Ying was pulling Xu Guinian to warm up and train together!
of course.

It was not Li Ying who asked Xu Guinian to come, but Xu Guinian who took the initiative to come to him.

Ma Qing’s training opponent is Kong Fengge.

Men's singles final!

When Chen Daqian saw that Wu Weijing did not appear on stage but was sitting in the audience, Chen Daqian silently put down the bag in his hand.

such.

Ma Qing and Li Ying made adjustments on their own without any off-field guidance.

Although there is no off-court coaching, among the Xiaguo national table tennis team, Li Ying and Ma Qing are both recognized as athletes with good basketball IQ.

Ma Qing adjusted his state as best as possible, he was extremely passionate.

He desperately wants to win the championship.

because.

Since the 2008 Olympics, Ma Qing has lost track of how many months it has been since he won a championship. It seems to be 34 months.

Almost three years!

He didn't even win a single open tournament.

They also failed to win the men's team championship in the Table Tennis Super League.

Those are intercontinental competitions and world competitions, so don't even think about it.

at this time.

Ma Qing is eager to defeat Li Ying and regain his former glory!

(End of this chapter)