Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 193 Li Ying advances to the semifinals, Wang Xianlan wins the women's singles title, and achieves a Grand Slam

At 7 a.m. on July 31, Beijing time, the London Olympic Games table tennis event began the competition for the men's singles top 16 to top 8.

Top seed Li Ying faces Truss.

At this moment.

Li Ying stood in front of the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang.

"Aying, I won't go into details about the tactics. We have been practicing these days. But I want to tell you that every table tennis player will do their best to explode in the Olympics."

"None of the top 16 table tennis players should be underestimated. They are very strong, but you must always believe in yourself!"

The men's team head coach Dong Yaobang laughed solemnly.

Li Ying nodded heavily.

"Don't worry, head coach. I won't underestimate the enemy, but I won't despair either. No matter what situation or score I face, I am mentally prepared!" Li Ying said in a deep voice.

"Go! I'll go with you." Men's team head coach Dong Yaobang said with a smile.

Li Ying immediately started warming up with Truss!
last night.

Li Ying went through the fantasy space and simulated many games.

Although I always win.

But Li Ying could feel that Truss was using all his strength.

after all.

This is the Olympics, the highest stage for table tennis players.

and.

Truth will definitely explode.

Because this is Europe!

In addition, Truus had never defeated Li Ying before, so Li Ying knew that Truus would explode.

The experienced Truss, one of the Eight Vajras, is the first biggest challenge Li Ying faces in this Olympics.

At the beginning, Truss completely exploded. The light of super god was strong and his strength completely reached 99 points.

李赢便以2-6落后，进入中局仍以4-8落后，随后特鲁斯宛如天神下凡连得3分，以11-4先下一城。

After changing the venue, Li Ying started with 5-0 and took advantage of the situation to take a 9-1 lead. However, when the situation was good, Truss scored 6 points in a row and narrowed the gap to 7-9. However, Li Ying kept his footing and pulled back a point with 11-7.

第3局中，李赢开局5-1领先，但特鲁斯很快追至4-5，不过李赢随后继续拉开比分7-5，并以11-5再拿一局，大比分变为2-1。

At the beginning of the 4th game, Li Ying fell behind 1-4. After catching up to 4-9, Truus expanded the score advantage to 5-7. After that, Li Ying scored directly with two serves to narrow the gap to 9-8. After scoring another point to 9-11, Truus requested a timeout, returned to the court and scored two points in a row to win 8-2, and the overall score became -.

第5局李赢开局始终以两分落后，进入中局特鲁斯拉开比分至9-5，并以10-6拿到4个局点，最终以11-8再胜，李赢落入大比分2-3落后的不利境地。

第6局双方开局3平，随后李赢7-4拉开比分，并以11-7将大比分扳成3-3平。

In the deciding game, Li Ying started with 4-1, but was chased to 4-3. Dong Yaobang, who was serving as an off-court coach, requested a timeout and returned to the court. Li Ying controlled the situation and the score of 9-5 basically secured the victory. Although Truss caught up two points, 9-7, Li Ying still got the match point with 10-7 and finally secured the victory with 11-7.

In the quarter-finals, Li Ying will face Zhao Dongyuan from Xia Guoxiangjiang.

The game is over.

at this time.

The men's team head coach Dong Yaobang still felt his heart pounding.

but.

The men's team head coach Dong Yaobang looked at Li Ying's expression and it remained unchanged.

"Aying, your skill in cultivating your Qi is truly amazing!" Li Ying remained calm.

Li Ying smiled and said, "I always believe that I will win, even if I am 3-0 behind."

As soon as these words came out.

The head coach of the men's team, Dong Yaobang, laughed and said, "You must have learned this from the devil of the women's table tennis team!"

Li Ying also immediately remembered this joke and laughed out loud.

But the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang left in a hurry because Monli's game was about to begin!

But this time.

Li Ying also needs to accept a post-match interview.

It is impossible to go to the scene in person to watch Monri vs. Furukawa Tomoaki.

But Li Ying believes that Mengli should be able to defeat Furukawa Tomoaki.

After the interview, Li Ying returned to Chen Daqian.

at this time.

Li Ying saw Chen Daqian staring at the TV.

Li Ying also looked at the game.

Facing Tomoaki Furukawa, Mengli played very steadily and won the first game 11-9.

After changing the venue, Monli continued to be strong and won again with 11-7.

In the third game, Wang Hao won again with 3-11.

尽管古川智章以11-7拿下第4局，但蒙里在第5局重新掌控局面，以11-3锁定胜局，晋级八强。

Monri's opponent in the quarterfinals will be German star Thiem.

In the quarterfinals, Li Ying VS Zhao Dongyuan, Dimitri VS Felix, Sun Guanqing VS Qian Zhongtian, Mengli VS Thiem.

In this case.

If Li Ying wins, his opponent will be one of Dimitri and Felix.

In the lower half, if Mengli can win, his opponent will be either Sun Guanqing or Qian Zhongtian.

On the evening of July 7st, Beijing time, the women's singles semi-finals of the table tennis event of the London Olympics began. No. 31 seed Ji Chuanxia defeated the new generation idol of Ryusakura Ishikawa and met Wang Xianlan in the final. In this way, the Chinese team won the women's singles championship and runner-up.

At 8:1 on the afternoon of August 17, Beijing time, the men's singles table tennis event of the London Olympics held a competition for the top eight.

Top seed Li Ying VS Zhao Dongyuan!
Li Ying and Zhao Dongyuan are of similar age and are very familiar with each other.

and so.

Now meeting in the Olympic arena, the competition between the two sides was very fierce at the beginning, from 1-4 to 7-11, and then Li Ying scored 4 points in a row and took the first game -.

After changing places, Zhao Dongyuan intensified his fierce fighting and made few mistakes. He got a 5-1 start. After Li Ying approached 4-6, he tied the score at 6 with two serve attacks. After that, Zhao Dongyuan opened the score to 9-6 again and won the game 11-8.

第3局李赢3-0开局，很快将比分差距扩大至7-1，这样的优势也奠定了这局的胜利，他以11-4再胜一局。

The fourth game was full of twists and turns. Li Ying started with a 4-3 lead but was tied at 0-3. He then scored 3 points in a row, 6-3, but Zhao Dongyuan tied the score at 6. After that, the two sides fought back and forth until the score was tied at 9. Li Ying won again with two serves and a backhand pull, winning 11-9 and taking a 3-1 lead.

In the 5th game, Li Ying kept suppressing his opponent in the score from the beginning, 2-0, 4-2, and after 6-3, Zhao Dongyuan requested a timeout, but this timeout did not help him turn the tide. Li Ying got 10 match points with 5-5. After saving one of them, Li Ying served and Zhao Dongyuan's return went out of bounds. Li Ying secured the victory with 11-6 and advanced to the semi-finals. He will face German player Dimitri in the semi-finals!

The match between Dimitri and Felix was before, in which Dimitri won.

After the game.

Li Ying accepted the interview of reporters again.

In response to the reporter's question about his condition, Li Ying smiled and said: "This game was better than the previous one. I still need to prepare carefully against Dimitrov."

When the reporter asked another question, Li Ying smiled and said, "In the round of 16, we were behind 8-2, but the comeback against Swedish star Truss was very thrilling. I was very nervous against Truss before, but I was able to relax a little today."

"Truss's strength should not be underestimated. Of course, every table tennis player who has not been eliminated in the Olympics is very strong!"

The reporter asked how he prepared for the semi-finals. Li Ying replied: "I played two games on the first day, rested yesterday, and played another game today. This kind of mentality and psychological adjustment is good. The most important thing is tomorrow's game, especially against Dimitri, which is very crucial. I still need to make careful preparations when I go back."

After being interviewed by reporters, Chen Daqian was waiting for Li Ying.

After gathering together.

Then the national team sat in the audience and cheered for Monli together!
but.

Monli showed very good competitive form.

蒙里仅用时28分钟，便4-0(11-4、11-5、11-3、11-5)完胜德国头号球星蒂姆。

No one expected this ending!
Because, according to the pre-match predictions, most people believed that Monli would lose.

But no one expected that Monri would sweep Tim so easily.

Such a horrific competitive state was discussed by many news media after the game.

In the semi-finals, Mengli will face Sun Guanqing, a player from Treasure Island of Xia.

In other words.

The top four of the 2012 London Olympics have been announced: Li Ying, Meng Li, Dimitri and Sun Guanqing.

among them.

Dimitri is the only remaining seedling in Europe.

There are two in the Xia national team.

Together with Sun Guanqing, a player from Treasure Island of Xia State, if we add in the top four, Xia State would occupy three of them.

but.

Because Hong Kong, Macao and Formosa are all special administrative regions of the Xia Kingdom, they can participate in international competitions in the name of their regions.

Sun Guanqing did not join the Xia country's national table tennis team.

night.

When the women's singles final began.

Li Ying and Chen Daqian were sitting in the audience, and Li Ying was cheering for Wang Xianlan.

But nearby, there are many coaches, staff and athletes of the national team.

Everyone was wearing team uniforms, red uniforms, representing joy.

There was no off-court guidance in the women's singles peak showdown between Wang Xianlan and Ji Chuanxia.

because.

Wang Xianlan's head coach is the women's team's head coach Hou Bingguang.

Normally, even in Ji Chuanxia's previous matches, including the round of 1, quarter-finals and even semi-finals, Hou Bingguang was her off-court coach.

But now it’s the final.

It is impossible for Hou Bingguang to come out and give Wang Xianlan off-site guidance.

of course.

The rules of the women's team have always been that the game is played internally without off-field coaching.

As for the men's team, this rule was completely broken because Li Ying stood out.

But it's obvious.

This rule is still retained among women's table tennis players.

At the beginning, Wang Xianlan got into the game quickly and started with 6-2. Entering the middle game, Ji Chuanxia gradually caught up. But after 6-8, Ji Chuanxia made a forehand pull error and fell behind 6-9. Wang Xianlan took the first game 11-8.

After the game was changed, Wang Xianlan started with a 3-1 lead, but Ji Chuanxia tied the score at 3-5. After the score was tied at 8, Wang Xianlan opened up the score to 5-10. At this time, Ji Chuanxia made another mistake in pulling the ball, and Wang Xianlan got the game point at 5-4. However, Ji Chuanxia played steadily and scored 9 points in a row to close the gap to 10-11. Wang Xianlan requested a timeout, but when she returned to the court, Ji Chuanxia continued to score and overtook the score to 10-14. However, Wang Xianlan played more firmly at the critical moment and won another game at 12-.

At the beginning of the third game, both sides tied continuously. After the score was tied at 3, Ji Chuanxia scored 6 points in a row to make it 3-9. After being chased by Wang Xianlan to 6-8, Ji Chuanxia requested a timeout and finally won the game 9-11.

第4局王仙兰一举取得5-1的领先，季传霞2-8落后，以6-11再失一局。

In the fifth game, Wang Xianlan started with 5-4 and maintained the lead thereafter, securing the victory with 1-11 and winning the women's singles table tennis championship at the London Olympics.

After winning the championship, Wang Xianlan was extremely happy.

Some even cried with joy.

because.

This women's singles championship was not easy to come by!

Post-match interview.

Wang Xianlan, who just won the women's singles championship at the London Olympics, choked up during an interview. She had waited too long for this gold medal!
"Thank you Director Hou for your dedication to me over the years, and thank you Director Cai very much." At this point, Wang Xianlan could no longer control her emotions.

"Hou has never given up on me over the years. I am very proud to be in his group. Thanks to my parents. They haven't had a good night's sleep since I came to London. This is also a reward for them. Thanks to all the friends who support me. Without them, there would be no me today."

The Olympic gold medal is a new height for Wang Xianlan.

Because Wang Xianlan has become a Grand Slam player!

This is also the fourth Grand Slam among the women's team.

The first three are the three generations of big devils of the women's team.

now.

Wang Xianlan was promoted to become the fourth-generation big devil of the women's team.

After all the busyness, it was already very late.

But Wang Xianlan knew that Li Ying was still waiting for her.

"Small win."

It is impossible to meet in person, not to mention that there is no particularly private space in the Olympic Village.

Then, I can only express my true feelings over the phone.

"Congratulations, the fourth-generation devil of women's table tennis!" Li Ying said with a smile.

"That's right. No matter what, I won the Grand Slam before you!" Wang Xianlan said proudly!
"Grand Slam, it will be my turn sooner or later!" Li Ying said with a smile.

After talking on the phone for a long time, Wang Xianlan reluctantly hung up the phone.

After finishing the call with Wang Xianlan, Li Ying fell asleep.

The 2012 London Olympics entered its sixth day of competition on August 8, and 2 gold medals will be awarded.

The Chinese delegation won 17 gold medals in four days, but may slow down tomorrow. The strongest gold medal spot is men's singles table tennis, while shooting and cycling are other possible events.

The top four men's singles table tennis players have been decided. In the semi-finals, Li Ying will face German star Dimitri, while Monli will face Taiwan's national treasure island star Sun Guanqing in the lower half.

Li Ying has already won the World Championships and World Cup titles. If the competition goes as smoothly as in the women's singles, Li Ying will fight for the men's Grand Slam title.

Before Lee won the game.

Liang Long came to find Li Ying.

Then, teach Li Ying some experience on how to beat Dimitri.

after all.

Looking at the entire international table tennis world, when it comes to beating Dimitri, Liang Long is number one and no one can compete for second place.

Li Ying kept nodding.

"Brother Long, don't worry, I will definitely not lose to Dimitri!" Li Ying said with a smile.

Regardless of whether it works or not, Li Ying acted as if he enjoyed it very much.

Liang Long was very happy when this happened.

"I believe you can do it, Aying, I look forward to seeing you and Mengge meet in the final!" Liang Long patted Li Ying on the shoulder.

But after he left, a hint of loneliness inevitably appeared in his eyes.

But no way.

He can only participate in team competitions.

Even the places for this team competition are extremely tight.

If the national table tennis coaching staff had not considered him, then in the team competition, they might have only fielded Li Ying, Meng Li and Kong Fengge.

We can win anyway.

It doesn't matter whether he is there or not.

(End of this chapter)