Table tennis: Swinging the racket billions of times, achieving a grand slam

Chapter 106 [106] Li Qian: I have high expectations of you
Five people eating in silence
The scene was a little awkward.

After looking around, Li Qian coughed twice and immediately changed the subject.

"Xie Mingyang, your match with Zhang Jiahao will both start at 11:40 am tomorrow."

Li Qian took two mouthfuls of rice and said while chewing, "As usual, I can only be an off-field coach for one of you."

Li Qian and Xie Mingyang had actually already come to an agreement on this issue.

However, it is more appropriate to throw it out in public now.

"Teacher Li, I want to go alone this time and meet Matsushima Terusora."

Xie Mingyang said, "Just go and give Zhang Jiahao off-court guidance without worry. He needs you more than I do."

"Hey, what do you mean?"

Zhang Jiahao curled his lips and said dissatisfiedly, "It's as if you asked me to do it."

Although he said this, he was very clear in his mind.

Among the three, he is the weakest.

Moreover, his ability to respond on the spot is far inferior to that of Chen Jin and Xie Mingyang.

In addition, tomorrow's opponent is another European star like Daco.

If there is no one to support me, I always feel uneasy.

"Okay, it's decided."

Seeing that Xie Mingyang and Zhang Jiahao were about to talk but hesitated, and were afraid that they would quarrel again, Li Qian interrupted their pre-casting and said to Chen Jin, "Chen Jin, in addition to your singles match tomorrow, you also have the mixed doubles final at 4 pm."

According to his previous estimate.

There may be little hope of winning the singles title in this competition.

But if I can win the doubles championship, I can have an explanation when I return.

At present, it seems that the mixed doubles combination of Chen Jin and Li Linghan will be the first to advance to the finals and have a great chance of winning the championship.

"Your singles opponent is Huang Yancheng from the Taiwan Provincial Team. Have you researched him before?"

Li Qian asked.

“I’ve seen some of his previous matches.”

Chen Jin nodded.

Taking the world ranking as a reference, Huang Yancheng's ranking is not very high.

Not to mention Lin Yun-ju, even Gao Chengrui is far inferior to him.

However, in recent months, Huang Yancheng's ranking has soared from outside the top 100 to around the 60s or 70s.

This shows that this person has certain strength.

"Are you confident?"

Li Qian said.

"Nine times out of ten."

Chen Jin is not at all modest.

After all, his goal this time is to win the men's singles championship.

If you can't even deal with a small person like Huang Yancheng, how can you talk about winning the championship?

"That's good."

Although he had not been with Chen Jin for a long time, Li Qian knew that Chen Jin would never have made such a bold statement before the game if he was not confident.

Since he said so, there is no need to worry about his match with Huang Yancheng tomorrow.

"Chen Jin, to be honest, I have high expectations for you in this competition."

Li Qian patted Chen Jin on the shoulder and said earnestly, "I hope you can bring us a mixed doubles championship."

"Mixed doubles champion?"

Chen Jin frowned slightly, "Is this also called 'high expectations'?"

"A mixed doubles champion is also a champion."

Li Qian smiled and said, "Of course, if you can win the singles championship, I will pay for the champagne for you."

To know.

The upper half where Chen Jin is located is guarded by Francesca.

Fortunately, Chen Jin's luck is good enough. Unless he makes it to the semi-finals, he will not meet Francesca.

To take a step back, even if Chen Jinming defeats Huang Yancheng tomorrow and successfully advances to the semi-finals.

Waiting for him in the semi-finals will most likely be Francesca, the European star ranked 11th in the world.

Francesca, the evil star of Chinese table tennis!

Three months ago at the Saudi Grand Slam, he defeated Fan Zhendong 3:2 and eventually reached the finals, where he lost to Wang Chuqin and finished second.

In the previous Singapore Grand Slam, Francesca had defeated Ma Taki.

Such a brilliant record cannot be compared with those of Yuta Tanaka and his inferiors.

In Li Qian's opinion, whether it is hard power or competition experience, Chen Jin lacks compared to Francesca.

If they encounter this, Chen Jin has little chance of winning.

Then again, if Chen Jinming can really defeat Huang Yancheng and advance to the semi-finals, it will have exceeded everyone's expectations for a young player who is just starting out.

But Chen Jin was obviously not satisfied with this.

"It's a deal!" Chen Jin smiled confidently, "Teacher Li, I may have to ask you to spend some money."

After dinner.

A few people gathered together and talked about tomorrow's game.

It was almost nine o'clock when Li Qian left and went to his room.

Walking halfway.

Sudden.

The phone vibrates.

Li Qian took it out and saw that it was a message from Zhang Jiahao.

"Video of Mr. Matsushima's competition?"

After seeing the title, Li Qian quickly covered his phone and looked around like a thief.

Then, he quickened his pace and returned to the room.

in the room.

Deng Yang was chatting with his physical trainer when the door suddenly opened and Li Qian rushed in.

"Li Qian, why are you so anxious?"

Deng Yang asked with a frown.

"I...have a stomachache, need to go to the bathroom."

Before he finished speaking, Li Qian rushed into the bathroom and locked the door.

Sitting on the toilet lid without even taking off his pants.

He excitedly took out his cell phone and opened the video Zhang Jiahao sent him.

"???"

Li Qian's smile froze for a moment.

Damn, it really is a table tennis competition video of Mr. Matsushima (Kaisora)!
……

I got up early the next day and went to the training hall.

After meeting Li Linghan and asking her, I found out that three members of the female team, including her, also successfully advanced to the singles quarterfinals.

"My opponent in the quarterfinals is Oto Satsuki from the Neon Team. She is ranked 32nd in the world and is the second seed in our women's singles. She is very strong and I may not be able to beat her."

Li Linghan quickly added, "But don't worry, even if I lose, it won't affect the mixed doubles competition."

Chen Jin didn't pay much attention to the situation of the women's team, nor did he know much about it.

I just seem to have heard the name "Datong Shayue" from Coach Deng Yang before, and she seems to be a strong opponent indeed.

"Don't underestimate yourself, you are also very strong."

Chen Jin smiled and encouraged, "Try your best. Even if you lose in the end, you should have no regrets."

"Ah."

Li Linghan nodded, "I will."

Before the training began, six men and women stretched together to warm up.

"Brother Jin, look over there."

While paddling, Zhang Jiahao said to Chen Jin, "Matsushima Kame and Uda eat shit."

"..."

Chen Jin corrected, "Matsushima Terusora, Uda Yukiya."

"They are all transliterations anyway, so they are all the same."

Zhang Jiahao asked, "Why is that perverted devil Tanaka not here?"

"It's Yuta Tanaka."

Chen Jin held his forehead with his hand.

not far away.

Accompanied by Yukiya Uda, Terusora Matsushima was concentrating and practicing diligently.

Yukiya Uda and Yuta Tanaka have been eliminated one after another, leaving Terusora Matsushima as the only one left on the Neon team.

Besides, Matsushima Terusora’s opponent today is Xie Mingyang.

It also made him dare not be careless or slack.

So I came to the training hall early in the morning and started practicing.

"I only watched some of Matsushima Terusora's games before, but after watching him practice up close, he seems to be stronger than I thought."

Chen Jin pondered, "The forehand and backhand are balanced, the forehand hits very fast and has great impact."

"He holds the racket with his left hand, and is particularly aggressive in the first three shots. He is good at fighting and making big moves."

"However, he has a fatal weakness. His position is slightly backward, so the area to protect the table is limited. His ability to hold the ball from mid-range to long range is relatively weak, especially his backhand..."

He seemed to be talking to himself.

But it fell into the ears of Xie Mingyang who was standing next to him very clearly.

Xie Mingyang listened silently without saying anything.

On the contrary, Zhang Jiahao seemed to have eaten a big lemon and shouted in dissatisfaction: "Brother Jin, I solemnly protest that you are deliberately giving someone a tip."

(End of this chapter)