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

Chapter 125 Men's Singles Final, Chen Jin VS Dako!

8 month 28 day.

Lima, final day.

On this day, all champions except mixed doubles will be decided.

Men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles.

Although the level of regular challenge competitions is relatively low and the attention is not high.

But, for young athletes, this is an opportunity to advance to higher-level competitions.

After all, not everyone who loves table tennis can get the resources to participate in the competition like feeding a child.

At 2pm, women's doubles final.

Ye Sijia and Lin Xinyu compete against Ooto Sakuya and Yokoi Sakura from the Neon team.

Then, at 2:45, the men's doubles final began.

Xie Mingyang and Zhang Jiahao will face the French combination of Florian and Esteban.

In the doubles event, the final will still be played in a best-of-five format.

After the men's doubles final, the highlight of this Lima station will begin.

——Men’s singles final!
Half past three.

Chen Jin vs. Darko Yochik.

This is the first time for both of them to face each other, but Darko Jockey has been famous for a long time and there are many videos of his games on the Internet.

Moreover, Zhang Jiahao and Xie Mingyang had just fought with Dako yesterday.

Even though we lost, we had a certain understanding of Dako’s playing style.

In addition, Chen Jin visited the scene twice to watch Dako's game.

Last night, Chen Jin and three others reviewed the situation in the room, deduced tactics, and studied Dako thoroughly.

The women's singles final will be in the last game.

Four fifteen.

Ye Sijia versus Oto Satsuki.

There were no games scheduled for the entire morning.

Therefore, everyone is in the training hall, preparing for the competition.

"I really didn't expect that."

Looking at the six young players who were training seriously in the field, Li Qian crossed his arms and said with emotion, "Your women's team is actually the same as our men's team. One of them made it to the quarterfinals, one made it to the semifinals, and one made it to the finals."

"Old Deng, are you surprised? Are you surprised? Are you happy?"

Before the game, he didn't have high expectations for the men's team's performance.

Unexpectedly, these three young men are so competitive!

Even now, Li Qian still had a sense of unreality as if he was sleepwalking.

"As for the women's team, I didn't find any surprises."

Deng Yang's expression and tone were very calm. "I have said it before, except for Oto Satsuki from the Neon Team, there are really no strong opponents for the female contestants in Lima this time."

Among the female team contestants, the highest ranked number one seed is called Yang Xiaoxin.

A former national table tennis player, he now plays for the Monaco national team and is a veteran.

As a result, he was swept away by Ye Sijia in the first round.

The remaining second seed is Ooto Satsuki, who is highly valued by the Neon team.

Whether in terms of physical fitness or technical play, Oto Satsuki has many similarities with Sun Yingsha.

In Deng Yang's opinion, in time, this person will become one of the threats to the Chinese women's table tennis team.

Coincidentally, the situation is somewhat similar to that of the men's team.

Ooto Satsuki eliminated Li Linghan and Lin Xinyu in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively and advanced to the finals.

"On the contrary, it is a bit unexpected that your men's team can achieve such results."

Deng Yang looked at Chen Jin, "However, I personally still have high hopes for Chen Jin."

"how?"

Li Qian smiled and said, "Old Deng, do you think Chen Jin can win the championship this time?"

"Ah."

Deng Yang nodded.

"why?"

Li Qian was curious.

"intuition."

Deng Yang said slowly.

"..."

Li Qian smiled bitterly, "You really deserve to be the coach of the women's team."

"how about you?"

Deng Yang glanced at Li Qian, "Do you think Chen Jin can win the championship?"

"can!"

This time, Li Qian answered without any hesitation.

As decisive as a clap.

With Chen Jin's strength, he was able to sweep the top seed Francesca.

As long as Chen Jin is in good shape, there is a great chance of defeating Dako.

Moreover, after reviewing the market last night, I almost figured out the color of Dako’s underwear.

On the tactical level, Chen Jin is not inferior to Dako.

This is where Li Qian’s confidence comes from.

"Hahaha……"

Deng Yang smiled and patted Li Qian's shoulders heavily several times.

"why are you laughing?"

Li Qian was puzzled.

"Nothing, it's just that it's rare to see you so serious."

Deng Yang smiled and said, "By the way, Da Teng Shayue's fighting style tends to be more masculine. I want Chen Jin to practice singles with Ye Sijia later."

"no problem."

Li Qian's eyes once again turned to the six people training in the field, and his heart moved slightly, "Old Deng, do you think we can win all five gold medals this time?"

"That depends on the performance of these young people this afternoon."

……

2 p.m.

Ye Sijia and Lin Xinyu were the first to fight.

It was a best-of-five game, but the battle lasted a full fifty minutes.

In the end, they won the victory with a score of 3:2, defeating Ooto Satsuki and Yokoi Sakura.

Another championship is won!
As the off-court coach of the women's team, Deng Yang's heart, which had been hanging in the balance, finally relaxed a little at the moment of winning the championship.

Next.

It was the men's doubles final.

"The women's doubles team won the championship, so we can't let the men's doubles team fall behind."

Zhang Jiahao clenched his fists.

"Are you nervous?"

Chen Jin smiled.

"No."

Zhang Jiahao wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I'm not nervous."

"Don't forget, you are the Golden Left Horizontal, the god of doubles."

Chen Jin encouraged.

"Whoo~"

After exhaling a long breath, Zhang Jiahao held his head high, took a big step forward, and kept muttering, "Doubles is my absolute domain. Once I make a move, I will win the championship!"

"Champion, champion, champion..."

Looking at Zhang Jiahao's determined back, Chen Jin shouted, "What are you doing? The door to the competition is over here."

"I know."

Zhang Jiahao didn't even turn his head and said, "I'm going to the bathroom first."

In contrast, Xie Mingyang is much calmer than Zhang Jiahao.

It seemed as if he didn't take the men's doubles final seriously at all.

……

3: 0.

In less than half an hour, the doubles combination of Zhang Jiahao and Xie Mingyang swept their opponents and won the men's doubles championship.

When Zhang Jiahao appeared in front of Chen Jin again with a gold medal around his neck and a trophy in his hands, he was completely free of the nervousness he had before the game.

Instead, he was so proud that his tail almost flew up to the sky.

It was as if the men's doubles championship was won by him alone.

"Brother Jin, did you see that?"

Zhang Jiahao raised the trophy high and turned 360 degrees. It seemed as if every pore of his body was filled with excitement. "Men's doubles champion!"

"From now on, I can be considered a world champion, hahahaha..."

Seeing Zhang Jiahao so happy that he almost forgot his last name, Chen Jin smiled and cursed, "What a treasure."

As for Xie Mingyang, his expression remained calm.

For him, the men's doubles championship of a regular challenge tournament is not of much value.

The men's singles championship is what he dreams of.

It’s a pity that he has no chance this time.

"Chen Jin."

Xie Mingyang looked at Chen Jin, as if he had placed all his hopes on Chen Jin, "Come on."

"Ah."

Chen Jin nodded heavily.

Last night, the four of them reviewed the game together in the room and arranged tactics.

The purpose is to help Chen Jin gain the upper hand in today's competition.

In Chen Jin's opinion.

In this final, he is carrying more than just his own results.

There are also expectations from Li Qian, Xie Mingyang and Zhang Jiahao.

Knowing that Chen Jin was about to go to the battlefield, Zhang Jiahao gradually calmed down from the excitement and excitement of winning the championship.

"Brother Jin, you don't need to worry about your luck. I have already discussed everything with my Zhang family ancestors."

Zhang Jiahao said seriously, "If luck is not on your side in today's game, Brother Jin, I will personally dig up the graves of my Zhang family ancestors."

"Brothers!"

Chen Jin patted Zhang Jiahao's arm.

It’s getting late.

He put on his backpack and went to the competition venue with Li Qian. It was his first time participating in an international competition and his first time reaching the finals. No matter how calm Chen Jin was, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

When he arrived backstage, he found that Dako had arrived before him and was already waiting.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Then, they stopped talking and immersed themselves in their own world.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Accompanied by the music in the stadium.

The men's singles final begins.

Amid the host's loud call, Chen Jin and Dako came on stage one after another.

There were not many spectators, but there was constant applause.

"Brother Jin, come on!"

Zhang Jiahao's voice resounded throughout the venue.

Standing next to the referee, Chen Jin looked around.

Zhang Jiahao, Xie Mingyang, Li Linghan, Francesca, Matsushima Terusora, Tanaka Yuta…

Including Asan Ge, Enrique and others, almost all familiar faces were sitting in the audience.

"Green or pink?"

The referee held a coin and looked at Chen Jin and Dako.

Chen Jin smiled and raised his hand, indicating that Dako should guess first.

"pink."

Dako said casually.

As a result, Chen Jin got the serve.

Back to the sidelines.

Li Qian was more nervous than Chen Jin: "Our review of Dako last night cannot cover all of Dako's playing styles, so the specific tactics still need to see the changes in the game on the field, and then make adjustments to the details."

"Best of seven games, the tolerance for error is much higher than before. In the first game, we can test Dako and get used to Dako's strength."

"However, if you can avoid Dako's backhand, then avoid it. If you can't avoid it, then fight him to the end."

"Although Dako's backhand is strong, your backhand is not weak either..."

The tactical arrangements for the battle against Dako had been discussed in great detail last night.

Therefore, there is no need to elaborate at this time.

The competition is approaching, and the key is encouragement and confidence.

"Pay attention to continuity, pay attention to connection, mobilize more, and get started more often."

Li Qian clapped his hands vigorously, "Come on, come on!"

At the referee's reminder.

After the break, Chen Jin and Dako walked onto the court.

Forehand and backhand sparring.

The huge competition venue was extremely quiet, with only the rapid and loud sounds of the ball hitting the ground being heard.

The eyes of everyone at the scene, like spotlights, were all focused on Chen Jin and Dako.

Less than two minutes.

Dako suddenly raised his left hand, indicating that the game could begin.

I picked up the towel and wiped the sweat off my face.

Chen Jin caught the ping-pong ball thrown by the referee.

Take a deep breath.

Put aside all distracting thoughts.

Glancing at Dako across from me, I saw that he was lowering his body, concentrating.

Chen Jin leaned over, tossed the ball and drew his racket.

"laugh!"

Hook serve.

The forehand is short.

Dako stepped forward and made a short move.

The first time they fought, he knew even less about Chen Jin.

Especially the opponent's serve and reception, which still requires testing and adaptation.

Therefore, be more cautious.

Chen Jin didn't bother with him too much on the table, and directly hit a long ball to Dako's backhand.

"Snapped!"

Dako backhanded a bomb.

It was like a sudden explosion of thunder, with astonishing momentum.

however.

Chen Jin is not Xie Mingyang.

His serve receiving skills are far better than Xie Mingyang's.

What's more, knowing that Dako's counterattack was fierce and powerful, how could he not be prepared?

At the moment of touching the ball.

Shake your wrist lightly to create friction and rotation.

The backspin is particularly strong.

Although the force of Dako's bomb exploded, it caused too much impact and could not offset the rotation.

Eat and turn the net.

1: 0.

Chen Jin got the first blood.

"Is this boy's chop so long and twisting?"

Dako frowned secretly, "It seems I have to be careful later."

Second serve.

Chen Jin still hooked a short forehand shot.

This time, Dako obviously strengthened the control of his hands.

Adjust the board shape and gently support it in the opposite direction of the hook rotation.

Lead the landing point to Chen Jin's forehand small triangle.

"nice shot!"

Even Chen Jin had to admit that Dako's control was not only delicate but also extremely exquisite.

Chen Jin immediately stepped forward, used his fingers and wrists, accelerated the friction, and pulled a high board.

The spin is strong and the arc is low.

But, the landing point is slightly worse.

Left of center in Dakota.

"Snapped!"

Dako twisted his waist and swung out again with his backhand.

Under the blessing of its terrifying power, the ping-pong ball seemed to turn into a ferocious lion, pouncing fiercely towards Chen Jin's backhand diagonal shot.

It was too late to save the ball.

1: 1.

Dako tied the score with his delicate control on the table and explosive backhand.

Chen Jin remained unmoved by this.

It's Dako's turn to serve.

Dako glanced at Chen Jin and directly sent a long ball to the center line.

"Good guy!"

"A sneaky start?"

In the previous match with Ma Taki, Dako made a sudden attack with a long ball to the forehand.

Even Ma Taki was hit.

Fortunately, Chen Jin had watched many of Dako's previous games and knew that Dako liked to engage in this kind of rebellious psychology.

Therefore, keep a close eye on the ball.

Anticipate in advance and rush sideways with your forehand.

"Snapped!"

Instantly penetrated Dako's backhand.

1: 2.

Knowing that the other party had done extensive research on him, Dako knew that the tactic of stealing his strengths might not work, so he had to abandon it for the time being.

He served Chen Jin a short forehand side ball.

Chen Jin stepped forward and twisted and pulled in a straight line.

Facing this ball, Dako was obviously prepared. He stepped back and jumped to create distance.

Backhand quick tear diagonal line.

Fortunately, after Chen Jin twisted and pulled it, it recovered very quickly.

Push your body forward and tear back with more force.

"Snapped!"

……

The speed of the two players' backhand attack became faster and faster, like lightning, and the shadow of the ping-pong ball was almost invisible.

soon.

They fought for seven or eight rounds.

Dako suddenly turned his wrist and changed line first.