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

Chapter 110 [110] Zhang Jiahao VS Dako, mad dog mode activated!
"Brother Jin, you made it to the semi-finals?"

As soon as Zhang Jiahao returned to the training hall, he saw Chen Jin returning with his bag, and immediately stopped practicing with Xie Mingyang and walked up to him.

"how?"

Chen Jin smiled and said, "Are you surprised?"

"of course not."

Zhang Jiahao grinned, "If you don't make it to the semi-finals, I'll be surprised."

At this time, Xie Mingyang walked to the side, picked up a towel, wiped his sweat, and said to Chen Jin indifferently: "Congratulations."

"Come on, too."

Chen Jin smiled and nodded, "Let's try to meet in the finals and compete again."

Meet in the finals?

Hearing these four words, Xie Mingyang's blood was immediately aroused.

If he successfully makes it to the semi-finals, his next opponent will most likely be the second seed Dako.

Chen Jinshen is in the upper half of the draw, and her opponent in the semi-finals is most likely to be the top seed Francesca.

It seems quite appropriate that the champion and runner-up of the qualifiers entered the finals by stepping on the top and second seeds respectively.

It was their first time participating in an international competition and they were able to reach the finals together.

This will definitely become a good story in the future.

"it is good!"

Xie Mingyang's eyes sparkled with anticipation, "I'll try my best."

"Hey, Jin."

Zhang Jiahao was extremely dissatisfied and said sourly, "Why should Xie compete with you in the finals instead of me?"

"you?"

Chen Jin glanced at him and said, "Let's talk about it after you pass Dako first."

It wasn't that he intended to look down on Zhang Jiahao.

It’s because Dako’s fighting style is to defeat the opponent with force.

It just happens to be Zhang Jiahao's nemesis.

Besides, Dako's strength is far superior to Zhang Jiahao's.

His rich experience in competitions is far beyond the reach of a fledgling Zhang Jiahao.

It is harder than climbing to the sky for Zhang Jiahao to defeat Dako in the quarterfinals and advance to the next round.

"Brother Jin, do you think so little of me?"

Zhang Jiahao had a sad face, and his whole body looked like an eggplant hit by frost, withered. He covered his heart with one hand and pretended, "My heart is so cold."

Having long been accustomed to Zhang Jiahao's personality, Chen Jin just laughed it off and ignored him.

Li Qian couldn't help but complain, "Zhang Jiahao is about to go on the field, how can we dampen his enthusiasm?"

"It's still Li Jiao who cares about me."

Zhang Jiahao buried his head in Li Qian's arms, like a child who had been wronged.

Li Qian pushed Zhang Jiahao's head away in disdain and wiped his hands on Zhang Jiahao's body. He continued, "Although the probability of reaching the semi-finals is very small, it is about the same as the men's football team next door entering the World Cup."

"But we still have to have dreams. What if our dreams come true one day?"

Hear the words.

The smile on Zhang Jiahao's face disappeared instantly: "Master Li, I didn't offend you, but you actually scolded me so badly."

"You don't mind your mouth, but I mind the dirt that got into my ears."

As he said this, he picked his ears.

Make a few jokes to liven up the atmosphere.

After a pause, Li Qian changed the subject with a serious expression.

"Seriously, Zhang Jiahao, your match later on is indeed going to be a bit difficult."

Li Qian said seriously, "But don't feel any psychological burden, just fight with open arms."

"When two people meet in a narrow road, the brave will win. If you pull off an upset and defeat Dako, you will become famous in the world of table tennis."

Famous in the world of table tennis?

Li Qian made Zhang Jiahao's blood boil with just a few words.

He wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and came back to his senses from the wonderful fantasy.

Zhang Jiahao was full of fighting spirit and shouted, "Master Li, please teach me how to defeat Dako."

"Uh……"

Li Qian was speechless. "Don't you have someone above you?" "It may not work this time."

Zhang Jiahao sighed, "I had a dream last night. I dreamed that my Zhang family ancestor came to me and told me not to use bugs."

"If I post something like 'If you lose, I'll pray for the Zhang family's ancestors to have their graves dug up' again, they will have to withdraw their blessing rights."

Oops, the only way to win was also banned.

It is estimated that Zhang Jiahao will be in danger in this match against Dako.

"It's ok."

Li Qian patted Zhang Jiahao on the shoulder and encouraged him, "You have to work hard, eat your own food, and do your own things. You are not a hero if you rely on others."

Although Li Qian's on-site guidance level may be only average, his emotional value output can often be maximized, which is particularly suitable for Zhang Jiahao.

You are full of jingles, you want to take the postgraduate entrance examination!
After complaining in his heart, Zhang Jiahao also had some fighting spirit: "Coach Li is right, I want to rely on my hard power to defeat Dako and become famous in the world table tennis world!"

……

The matches between Xie Mingyang and Zhang Jiahao were held simultaneously at table number one and table number two respectively.

After taking a shower and changing clothes, Chen Jin appeared in the audience.

In both games, we were teammates.

However, Chen Jin was more concerned about Zhang Jiahao at table number two.

After all, Zhang Jiahao’s opponent is Dako.

Judging from Dako’s previous games and records, Zhang Jiahao is definitely not his opponent.

As for Xie Mingyang.

If he really makes it to the semi-finals and meets Dako, his chances of winning are not very high.

The team most likely to advance to the finals from the lower half is Dakota.

Although Chen Jin has watched many of Dako's games, the details he can discover when watching the games live are definitely different.

Game start.

As Chen Jin expected, Zhang Jiahao's touch-based playing style could only be ordered around in front of a power-type player like Dako.

In fact, Chen Jin could also see that when facing Dako, Zhang Jiahao had already thought of many ways to deal with it and changed his tactics frequently.

For example, knowing that Dako has a strong backhand, he tries his best to control the landing point of the return ball to the middle or forehand position.

however.

How many world-class players have a weak forehand?
Dako's forehand is weak, but only relative to his backhand, which lacks the explosiveness and pressure of his backhand.

But, his forehand ability is definitely not bad.

Zhang Jiahao found opportunities several times to form a forehand counter-attack with Dako.

Unfortunately, his strength and rotation were not enough to pull through the opponent.

On the contrary, as long as Dako stands firmly on his feet and bursts forward from the middle table, Zhang Jiahao will either lose the ball or fail to pull the ball into the net.

"As expected, he is a top player ranked in the top 20 in the world. The quality of his forehand and backhand, control on the table, and the connection of his steps are beyond the reach of Yuta Tanaka and Yancheng Huang."

Chen Jin sat alone in the audience, watching the game and thinking to himself.

3: 11.

In the first game, Zhang Jiahao was quickly defeated.

He knew that Dako hadn't even put in any effort yet and he had already been defeated. He was no match for Dako at all.

Zhang Jiahao looked frustrated and discouraged.

"Forget it. We can't win anyway, so we might as well save some energy."

“It’s not bad to make it to the quarterfinals for my first international competition.”

"The point is, I really can't beat him."

Just when he wanted to give up.

His eyes turned.

Seeing Chen Jin sitting in the audience watching his game, he suddenly had a thought.

"The reason why Brother Jin came to watch my game is probably because he wanted to study Dako's playing style."

"If I just give up and don't force Dako to show his true strength, wouldn't that be a waste of Brother Jin's time?"

Think of this.

Zhang Jiahao gritted his teeth and said to himself, "Damn it, next round, mad dog mode is on."

"Even if I can't beat you, I will bite off a piece of flesh from you!"

(End of this chapter)