Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 214 Kong Fengge wins the championship. Li Ying is the best athlete in the world in my heart.
But Li Ying did not refuse.

Then, Li Ying smiled at Meng Li who was standing aside and preparing to pick up the ball, "Brother Meng, believe it or not, Xiao Dongdong's performance will be more impressive than ours in the future!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Ying clearly saw a particularly bright look in Fan Qidong's eyes.

Meng Li shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "Surpassing me, the King of Sanya, that's for sure. My Qidong will definitely become a champion in the future. But as for surpassing you in table tennis performance, that's almost impossible!"

Li Ying smiled.

Naturally, he would not tell Mengli that in his previous life on Earth, Fan Qidong was a star sent from heaven who almost competed with Team Dragon for the title of table tennis GOAT.

Super Grand Slam Fan Qidong, is not just a name.

If Fan Qidong defeats Liang Long to win the championship in 2020, it is still unclear who will become the number one in the history of table tennis.

Of course, on this blue planet, neither Liang Long nor Fan Qidong is destined to become the number one in table tennis history.

But that doesn't stop them from being great.

then.

A group of young players including Fan Qidong, Zhou Yu, Fang Bo, and Lin Wangyuan went to Hong Kong on behalf of the Xia national team.

Participate in the East Asian Games table tennis competition.

In the 2013 East Asian Games men's table tennis team final, the Xia Guo team faced the Goryeo team.

Fan Qidong scored two points, Zhou Yu won, and although Yan An lost to his opponent, the Xiaguo team still defeated the Korean team 3-1 to win the championship.

After returning from the East Asian Games, Fan Qidong quickly showed the catfish effect in the Table Tennis Super League.

On October 10, the 16th round of the men's team competition of the Table Tennis Super League was held and Li Ying took a rest.

Fan Qidong led the Bayi team of Meng Li and Zhou Yu to sweep the opponent 3-0.

It is obvious that from now on, Mengli has already begun planning for the handover within the Bayi team.

As for Li Ying, although he is very strong, Mengli knows very well that Li Ying will not play in the Table Tennis Super League for too long.

Because there is no challenge.

Then, only Fan Qidong will be able to carry the banner of the Bayi team in the future.

The Luneng team led by Kong Fengge and the Haitian team led by Liang Long also won successive victories.

With the sudden rise of young player Fan Qidong, all the big stars have become more motivated, and the competition among the main players of the Xia national men's table tennis team has entered an unprecedentedly fierce situation.

After all, at this moment, although Ma Qing and Meng Li have gradually faded behind the scenes, they have not officially withdrawn from the national team.

But it’s soon.

Next are the Lin, Long, Feng and Gui, who are in their prime years and are now the absolute main force of the national team.

While the three young talents born in 92 were still trying hard to catch up with the unicorn, dragon, phoenix and turtle, Fan Qidong, who was born in 2000 and is three years younger than Li Ying back then, has already begun to emerge in the national team.

Such fierce competition made the table tennis fans of Xia country excited to the point of going crazy.

Because this means that the Xia National Men's Team is not worried about the risk of a gap at all!

What's more, there is a full eight years age difference between Li Ying and Fan Qidong!
In this way, when Li Ying retires, Fan Qidong will be able to officially take over Li Ying's banner and become the new generation leader of the national team.

After all, Fan Qidong is so strong at the age of 13, so his future strength and achievements are simply immeasurable!
Subsequently.

Liang Long and Kong Fengge are also about to set off and go abroad!

result.

Dong Yaobang called Li Ying and Xu Guinian to join the discussion.

Departure to the airport, on the bus.

"If I had known that I would be going abroad, I would have signed up for this World Cup!"

Li Ying did not sign up because he wanted to live a leisurely life in the country. God knew that Dong Yaobang actually wanted to take him with him!
Moreover, he directly used the national team's performance and friendship with teammates to pressure him. If Li Ying still disagreed, Dong Yaobang would send Chen Daqian to do ideological work on Li Ying.

"Just be a good sparring partner in this World Cup!" Dong Yaobang said with a smile.

"Well, that's fine! But in this World Cup, if Brother Long and Feng Ge want to win the championship, the pressure will be very high!" Li Ying sighed.

"Those beasts from the outsourcing team, seeing that you are not participating, they all sign up. What? Do they look down on me and A'long?" Kong Fengge said sullenly.

"As for persimmons, of course I have to pick the soft ones. If I were sent to represent the Xia Kingdom in the war, it would definitely be different!" At this time, Xu Guinian began to indulge himself.

“Then I guess the foreign players have started partying and are popping champagne at halftime!” Liang Long said quietly.

Xu Guinian never expected that Liang Long would say this about him.

"Aaron, go to hell!"

Xu Guinian rushed down the mountain like a tiger and pounced on Liang Long.

"Okay, stop playing and let's go!" Dong Yaobang said with a smile.

He did not stop them because he wanted to relieve the pressure on Liang Long and Kong Fengge.

And he could see it.

After Li Ying and Xu Guinian joked and played around like that, Liang Long and Kong Fengge no longer felt so stressed.

Subsequently.

The national team departed for Europe on a chartered flight.

On the plane, Li Ying really wanted to rest and sleep.

But he couldn't stand the harassment of the dragon, phoenix and turtle, so he could only play poker with them, or to be more precise, Texas Hold'em.

But they are all very small, with the maximum bet not exceeding 10 yuan.

In this way, you can go to sleep when you are tired of playing.

When I woke up again, I had arrived in Belgium, Europe.

On October 10, the International Table Tennis Federation announced the group draw for the Men's Table Tennis World Cup on its official website. The participating players Liang Long and Kong Fengge from the Xia country are in Group E and Group G respectively.

This World Cup is star-studded.

The German team's twin stars Thiem and Dimitri, Ryuukawa Tomoaki and Naganuma Atsushi from Ryuukawa, and the top table tennis talents Zhao Dongyuan, Qian Zhongtian and Sun Guanqing from Xia Country.

Li Ying did not participate in the competition, and the top star from the external association suddenly felt that he was capable.

not to mention.

Liang Long and Kong Fengge once teamed up to participate in a World Cup, but that time, Sun Guanqing won the championship!

and so.

This time, Xia Kingdom sent Liang Long and Kong Fengge to break their inner demons.

With their strength, they should have no problem qualifying from the group stage.

The competition is divided into three stages.

In the first stage, the top 8 players will not play for the time being, and the remaining 12 players will be divided into 4 groups, A, B, C, and D. Each group of 3 players will play a single round-robin match, and the first place in the group will advance.

The four players who qualify will be drawn again and form groups E, F, G, and H with the top eight players. Each group of three will play a single round-robin match, and the top two players in each group will advance to the quarterfinals.

The matches after the top 8 will be knockout rounds, and the champion will be determined after the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals.

Liang Long and Kong Fengge fought all the way.

On October 10, the men's World Cup quarterfinals arrived.

Liang Long and Kong Fengge, naturally, both made it to the quarterfinals.

The top eight almost represent the eight strongest players in the international table tennis world except Li Ying.

Liang Long, Kong Fengge, Tim, Dimitri, Furukawa Tomoaki, Zhao Dongyuan, Qian Zhongtian, Sun Guanqing.

In the quarter-finals, Liang Long VS Sun Guanqing, Kong Fengge VS Dimitri, Thiem VS Furukawa Tomoaki, Zhao Dongyuan VS Qian Zhongtian!
It was obvious. The International Table Tennis Federation had five table tennis stars from Xia country compete against each other.

Otherwise, if the top four are all table tennis stars from the Xia country, wouldn't it be embarrassing for the Men's World Cup to be held in Europe?

In this case, Xia Country will have at most three table tennis stars who can make it to the semi-finals.

Don’t give Xia Country the chance to take all four spots.

The ITTF was unable to do this in competitions such as the World Table Tennis Championships, but it is different now.

If Li Ying does not participate in the competition, it will be impossible for Xia Kingdom to take the top four spots.

Li Ying had fought with Liang Long in advance and simulated Sun Guanqing.

Then he transformed into 'Dimitri' and fought with Kong Fengge for seven rounds, but was eventually 'regrettably' defeated.

In this way, if Liang Long and Kong Fengge are unable to defeat their opponents, Li Ying will have nothing to say.

But how is that possible!

What Li Ying was most worried about did not happen.

Liang Long and Kong Fengge both defeated their respective opponents.

then.

In the semi-finals, Liang Long VS Furukawa Tomoaki, Kong Fengge VS Zhao Dongyuan!
Li Ying attacked again.

He first 'transformed' into Tomoaki Furukawa, and then into 'Zhao Dongyuan', giving Liang Long and Kong Fengge a shot in the arm.

This is the highest level secret tactic of the Xia national team.

21: 30.

Tomoaki Furukawa vs. Dong-won Cho.

In the end, Zhao Dongyuan defeated Tomoaki Furukawa 4-1 and won the third place in the Men's World Cup, while Tomoaki Furukawa only got fourth place.

22: 30.

The men's World Cup final is underway.

Liang Long VS Kong Fengge!
Dong Yaobang, Li Ying and Xu Guinian watched the game from the sidelines.

Liang Long, Kong Fengge, and their head coaches Qin Yucheng and Liao Huazhong were all sitting in the spectator seats, cheering them on.

At this time, Liang Long and Kong Fengge began to warm up.

Off the court.

Dong Yaobang smiled and said to Li Ying and Xu Guinian, "Please predict who will win and who will lose in today's game?"

Xu Guinian smiled and said, "I can't predict accurately. I think their strength is about the same. The only thing I know is that the winner of this game will have an advantage in the next competition!"

Li Ying smiled and said, "I don't know who will win or lose until the game is over. This game means a lot to them!"

Dong Yaobang knew very well that whoever won between Kong Fengge and Liang Long would have an advantage in the competition for the second main position of the men's team.

In other words, this is about the competition for another singles ticket to the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Therefore, he also knew that Liang Long and Kong Fengge would surely try their best.

however!
No one could have predicted the outcome of the game!
Kong Fengge quickly got into the game at the beginning. He started with a 4-2 lead, and then he played better and better and got the game point first with 10-4.

Liang Long saved two game points in a row, but his subsequent attack was blocked by Kong Fengge, making the score 11 to 6, and Kong Fengge took the lead.

Liang Long gradually got into the game in the second game. He and Kong Fengge tied continuously on the court. The two fought from 4-9 to 10-9. Kong Fengge scored with a forehand counter-attack and got the game point with -.

However, Liang Long successfully suppressed Kong Fengge's forehand in the middle, causing him to make a mistake, and the two sides tied at 10.

After a forehand error allowed Liang Long to get the game point, Kong Fengge insisted on attacking with his forehand. He quickly pulled the ball to score and resolved the crisis to tie the game at 11.

After Kong Fengge got the game point again, Liang Long won three points in a row and he won the game 3 to 14.

Liang Long, who won back a game, started the third game with a 3-1 lead, but Kong Fengge scored three points in a row to overtake.

之后梁龙依靠小球和落点来控制孔凤歌，但孔凤歌的正手进攻极具威力，7比6后孔凤歌连得3分以10比6拿到局点。

梁龙虽然追回两分，孔凤歌又拿1分以11比8再胜，他以2比1领先。孔凤歌在第四局很快领先，但梁龙一度以6比4成功反超。

Kong Fengge controlled his emotions when he was behind in the score. He reduced his active mistakes and played more patiently. After tying the score, Kong Fengge used his forehand power to score points continuously, 11 to 9. He added icing on the cake and expanded the total score to 3 to 1.

After the score was tied at 2 in the fifth game, Kong Fengge made consecutive successful attacks and took a 6-3 lead, so Liang Long had to request a timeout.

The score was restarted and Kong Fengge's forehand attack was still decisive, and he opened the score to 8 to 4. After Liang Long scored two points in a row, Kong Fengge's head coach Liao Huazhong, who was sitting on the sidelines, immediately requested a timeout.

After a timeout, Kong Fengge relied on serve and attack to stabilize the situation. Liang Long recovered 1 point, and Kong Fengge responded quickly, getting the championship point with 10 to 7.

As Liang Long's forehand hit the ball out of bounds, Kong Fengge won the fifth game 11 to 7 and defeated Liang Long 4 to 1 to win the championship of this Men's Table Tennis World Cup. Liang Long finished second.

At the beginning, everyone thought that this game would definitely go to a tiebreaker.

but.

In this game, Kong Fengge acted like a god descending to earth, with the shadow of Li Ying in his performance.

It was obvious that Liang Long was suppressed by him.

Kong Fengge was very excited.

Then, tear his jersey to pieces!
Because, after winning countless runner-up titles in the three major competitions, Kong Fengge has finally gained his pride and won a heavyweight world championship.

Previously, in the competition with Li Ying, Kong Fengge had been ranked second many times.

I can only swallow the bitter fruit with hatred.

But now, he finally won a world championship, one of the three major table tennis tournaments.

Although it is only the most inconspicuous men's World Cup, it is also a world competition, second only to the Olympics and the World Table Tennis Championships.

At this moment, seeing Kong Fengge win the championship, Xu Guinian didn't know how envious he was.

For Xu Guinian, this year is a huge hurdle.

At the National Games, he actually lost to the 13-year-old young player Fan Qidong.

If he cannot prove himself with a championship in a major tournament, his prospects in the national team will be bleak.

After winning the championship, Kong Fengge was interviewed.

Kong Fengge smiled and said: "My next goal is to win the World Championships and the Olympic Games. Winning three major championships is called the "Grand Slam" in the Xia Guo team. Among the active players in the world, only Li Ying is a "Grand Slam" champion."

At this moment, when a foreign reporter asked Kong Fengge who was the greatest player in his mind, Kong Fengge answered without hesitation.

"Li Ying is of course the best player in the world."

These words were spoken with absolute certainty, without even the slightest hesitation.

then.

Kong Fengge won the Men's World Cup, but Kong Fengge was not ranked first on Xiaguo's hot search list.

But it's Li Ying.

#Kong Fengge: Li Ying is the best player in the world#
On the way back home.

Li Ying was about to swear to Kong Fengge.

"I said I really didn't buy the trending search, do you believe me?"

Kong Fengge sneered: "Haha!"

Li Ying: …

(End of this chapter)