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

Chapter 233 Zhang Jike: Chen Jin has the potential to be a Grand Slam!

Douyin.

"Coach Zhang Table Tennis" live broadcast room.

Two students practiced against each other.

The crisp sound of hitting the ball echoed throughout the field.

However, the two of them were not focused on training at all.

From time to time, he glanced at Coach Zhang next to him.

But Coach Zhang was seen standing on one side of the table, with his hands on the table, staring at his mobile phone.

The attention has been completely attracted by the game.

Immersed in it, hard to extricate oneself.

Sudden.

Coach Zhang blurted out, "Good shot!"

I couldn't help but applaud softly.

He immediately stood up straight, smiled, changed the grip of the horizontal racket in his hand to a straight racket, and made a backhand pull motion.

"This backhand is interesting."

Coach Zhang praised it.

The backhand system in today's world table tennis probably started with Wang Hao and flourished under Coach Zhang.

He even brought the backhand twisting and pulling technique to an insurmountable height.

Looking at the entire table tennis world, his use and understanding of the backhand is second to none.

In terms of backhand, it is not easy to get praise from Coach Zhang, considering Coach Zhang's arrogance.

"The movement is small, the force is concentrated, the power is strong, the rotation is strong, and the speed is fast. It is quite different from Wang Hao's big backhand."

Coach Zhang said to himself, "After so many years, a decent talent has finally emerged in the straight-blade game."

Although he is a horizontal-blade player, he has also served as Wang Hao's sparring partner and is very familiar with straight-blade horizontal hitting.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to win the fastest Grand Slam in history from Wang Hao.

Since Wang Hao, there has been no one to carry on the straight-blade horizontal hitting technique.

Xu Xin is a forehand monster, and sideways hitting is just a supplement.

Felix's horizontal hitting is known for its speed, which is far from Wang Hao's. So far, his dominance and results are far behind.

As for Xue Fei, his backhand horizontal hit is about 70% to 80% as good as Wang Hao's in his day, but his overall ability is still incomparable to Wang Hao.

Only Chen Jin's straight-blade, both forehand and backhand, was truly inherited from Wang Hao.

Moreover, his playing style keeps pace with the times and is not restricted to Wang Hao.

It is obvious that a lot of advanced technologies have been absorbed.

Coach Zhang even saw some of his own past in Chen Jin.

At 18, it was the end of his career.

He had fought twice with the fledgling 15-year-old Tomokazu Harimoto.

Unfortunately, we lost both games.

Although there were some subjective and objective factors, such as injuries, that led to his loss of the game.

But it is undeniable that Zhang Benzhihe's backhand speed style of play is really eye-catching.

After retiring, Coach Zhang continued to pay attention to Tomokazu Harimoto's games and playing style.

In the past two years, with the increase of age and weight, the fast-paced playing style he used to play as a teenager is obviously no longer suitable for Tomokazu Harimoto.

Therefore, while maintaining his swing speed, Tomokazu Harimoto began to gain muscle, focusing on strengthening his forehand and backhand attacks.

Backhand defense and line-changing techniques have gradually become Zhang Benzhihe's two unique skills.

But in the current match, Chen Jin used absolute strength and rotation to break through Zhang Benzhihe's backhand.

"At such a young age, he can hit through Zhang Ben's backhand with a straight-blade horizontal hit. Where did this talented kid come from? He can be compared to the fat guy back then."

Coach Zhang nodded, "Keep it up, it won't be a problem to win the game."

After the Paris Olympics, Ma Long and Fan Zhendong gradually faded out of the arena.

It was originally thought that the dominance of the Chinese national table tennis team would decline significantly.

The Asian Championships is a good example.

But unexpectedly, such a new player suddenly emerged.

This immediately made Coach Zhang more interested: "There will be more games to watch in the future."

"Apart from his skills, I also like the look of this kid."

Coach Zhang whispered.

Such as Tibetan Mastiff.

As soon as he saw Chen Jin's eyes, he seemed to be dragged back to the arena that he had always dreamed of.

It should be noted that young Ling Yunzhi once promised to be the best in the world!
At this moment.

Suddenly, a cautious voice came from my ear: "Coach Zhang, what do you think of Chen Jin's performance?"

Pulling Coach Zhang back to reality from the memories of countless flowers and cheers.

The person who spoke was one of the young students.

Taking the opportunity of picking up the ball, he came closer, glanced at the game on his phone, and couldn't help but ask.

"Much better than you."

Coach Zhang smiled.

"That's for sure."

The student scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, "I joined the national team before I was sixteen."

"In just two months, I won three WTT championships."

"Two of the championships were won by Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong, Qiu Dang, Felix, Moregard and Team Long."

And any one of the people defeated by Chen Jin is enough to beat them.

The students were full of envy: "Too strong!"

The key point is that it is not easy for a straight-blade player to achieve such results.

"It's not a race track, so there's no need to envy."

Coach Zhang smiled slightly, "Besides, it's not that I look down on Chen Jin. The WTT champion is just a commercial competition, and its value is just that."

“No matter how many WTT championships you win, who will recognize you when you go out?”

"It would be more appropriate to talk about his performance after he wins the three major tournaments."

As the fastest Grand Slam player in table tennis history, Coach Zhang's vision is naturally more demanding.

Besides, there is nothing wrong with what he said.

After all, WTT is just a commercial competition.

In terms of professionalism and popularity, it is understandable that under the influence of capital, it is completely inferior to the three major competitions of the World Cup, World Table Tennis Championships and the Olympic Games.

When it comes to measuring a table tennis player’s achievements, winning the three major tournaments is undoubtedly the most convincing.

"Coach Zhang."

The student hesitated for a moment, "Then do you think that with Chen Jin's ability, he can win the three major championships and become a Grand Slam champion in the future?"

Since Liu Guoliang, although there have been three representative straight-blade players, namely Wang Hao, Ma Lin and Xu Xin, there has been no Grand Slam.

As we enter the 40+ big ball era, the survival space for straight-blade tennis players in the world table tennis arena and the top professional circles has become increasingly difficult.

Apart from Chen Jin, there are only a few straight-blade players who can really achieve good results, such as Felix Lebrun, Qiu Dang, Huang Zhenting and Xue Fei.

The student who asked this question first learned to play tennis with a straight-blade.

Later, straight-blade hitting became less popular and it became difficult to achieve good results, plus horizontal hitting required too much talent.

Only then, on the advice of the coach, did I switch to horizontal board practice.

But deep down in his heart, he still has an inseparable affection for candy bars.

After all, when he first started learning table tennis, he was also ambitious and wanted to revive the glory of the straight-blade.

Unfortunately, after entering the professional circle, I cruelly discovered that there is never a shortage of talent in table tennis.

The lofty ambitions I had when I was young were washed away by the wind and rain.

Now, the emergence of Chen Jin has given him a glimmer of hope to restore the former glory of the straight-blade guitar.

At this moment, his ignorant dream from those days seemed to be taken over by Chen Jinxu.

I secretly hope that this young man, who is of the same age as me, can carry forward my dreams and move forward without hesitation!

Coach Zhang glanced at the student, seemed to understand his thoughts, and nodded with a smile: "Well, Chen Jin has the potential to be a grand slam."

This statement came out.

Shortly after.

A hot search "Zhang Jike said Chen Jin has the potential to win the Grand Slam" quickly topped the hot search list.

In an instant, a thousand waves were stirred up.

It attracted countless onlookers and discussions.

"Shit. Is Hungry finally open for business?"

"???? Hunger is actually watching the match between Chen Jin and Zhang Ben?"

"Where is the Tibetan Mastiff live streaming? Give me a portal!"

"If my Tibetan Mastiff played in the singles at the Paris Olympics and lost half of the zone in the morning, the coaching staff would have to go to the Seine River to rescue him in the afternoon." "Let alone anything else, defending half of the zone with low health is a real man (thumbs-up.JPG) @张霧科"

"Grand Slam potential? Are today's young players so arrogant? Let's get the world's No. 1 first."

"Come on Zhang Ben, take down Chen Jin!"

"Does the Internet really have no memory? Did the gambling king's photo-selling incident pass so quickly?"

……

Tiantan East Road, General Administration of Sports.

Table tennis training hall.

Outside the museum, it was already dark.

Accompanied by cold wind and rain, the temperature dropped sharply and the street lights became dim.

But in the training hall, the atmosphere was very lively.

The sound of ball practice can be heard everywhere.

The diligent figures, jumping back and forth, sweating profusely, appear particularly eye-catching under the slogan "Train hard and win glory for the country".

"Team Dragon."

Yan An, carrying his backpack, waved his hand and said, "It's almost nine o'clock. I'm going to leave training first."

"it is good."

Ma Taki said gratefully, "Thank you."

Originally, Yan An had other plans for today.

But as soon as I received his call, I immediately put down what I was doing and accompanied him to the gym for training.

I have to say, old teammates are reliable.

Although given the current situation, my chances of returning to the international arena are slim.

but……

What if?
For a veteran, true death is not the moment he retires from the army.

But when he wanted to draw his sword again to kill the enemy, he found that the sword had already rusted and become blunt.

Watched Yan An leave.

Ma Taki walked aside, picked up a towel, wiped the sweat off his face and drank some water.

Take a short break and return to the table.

He stuffed a few training balls into his pocket and started serving the ball on his own.

Short forehand, small triangle, hook, reverse rotation...

"Chen Jin's forehand serve was perfect in terms of both spin and placement. It was very confusing and difficult to judge."

"How on earth did he send it out?"

Ma Long tried several times but was not satisfied.

Then, put the racket down.

Pick up your phone and pull up a video.

It turned out to be the final of the BJ Grand Slam between him and Chen Jin.

Slow motion at 0.5 times, Ma Long concentrated and carefully observed Chen Jin's serving action.

"Is it the wrist?"

Ma Taki made a gesture, "Only a straight racket can serve a ball like this?"

The mind has not changed.

Ding Dong!

A hot search message suddenly popped up on the phone.

"Hungry?"

Ma Long was stunned for a moment and tapped his forehead, "I almost forgot that Chen Jin has a match tonight, and it seems that his opponent is still Zhang Benzhihe."

For Chen Jin, today's game is crucial.

If he wants to become an absolute main force, Tomokazu Harimoto is one of the foreign players he must defeat.

"I wonder how the game went?"

Ma Long immediately turned on the live broadcast of the game, "The score is 1:0, Chen Jin is leading."

"In the second game, 9:4, Chen Jin is also in the lead..."

At this time, it happened to be Tomokazu Harimoto's serving round.

But Zhang Benzhihe hit a quick long run and went straight to Chen Jin's middle chasing position.

"Stealing long?"

Ma Long nodded, "This ball was served well, fast and high, very sudden, and difficult to handle..."

As expected, Chen Jin obviously didn't expect this and directly ate the serve.

5: 9.

Ma Long turned his eyes and caught a glimpse of the barrage passing by.

"Fuck, Zhang Ben is stealing long balls again? This round is full of long balls."

"If you like stealing so much, why don't you go to the kimchi country next door?"

"So what if we sneak a little longer? If sneaking a little longer is useful, how can we still fall behind in the score?"

"Thanks to Chen Jin for paying close attention."

"Zhang Ben has run out of tricks and has no other options left. He has no choice but to resort to this tactic of stealing and growing."

"Come on Chen Jin, get rid of the account book!"

……

Looking at the comments, Ma Long was a little surprised: "Hajime's serves throughout the game were all long?"

"Is he realizing that he can't compete with Chen Jin in terms of physical strength, so he wants to come up with a surprise move?"

however.

Judging from the score, Zhang Benzhihe's strange trick did not seem to work.

Even if you can steal one or two occasionally, it will not have much impact on the whole game.

Instead, it exposed Zhang Benzhihe's guilty conscience.

10: 5.

11: 5.

Chen Jin served two consecutive serves cleanly and neatly, directly ending the match and winning the second game.

The overall score is 2:0.

"Chen Jin's ability to charge sideways and rush out halfway is really scary."

Ma Long seemed to see the former elegance of his two old friends in him.

Especially the last ball, he rushed halfway out of the table and actually went in a straight line.

It was like a heavy artillery fire, hitting the edge of Zhang Ben's board, bouncing back and hitting Zhang Ben's face again.

Tomokazu Harimoto grimaced, rubbed his face, and showed an expression of pain.

"Zhang Ben's mentality is a bit broken."

Seeing Zhang Benzhihe walking off the court with his head down, Ma Taki smiled slightly.

He has fought against Zhang Ben several times and won more than he lost.

Naturally, he is also very familiar with Zhang Ben.

"However, Zhang Ben's ability to adjust himself is considered outstanding among all the players."

Ma Long thought to himself, "The score is 0-2, and it's a crucial game. Given Zhang Ben's game habits, he should give it a try."

"In the third round, it depends on whether Chen Jin can withstand Zhang Benzhihe's crazy fight."

"If I'm not mistaken, in the next game, Zhang Benzhihe should strengthen his sideways forehand attack and strive to compete with Chen Jin in the first three shots."

This is the way to play, a global fight.

It was Zhang Benzhihe's final counterattack when he was forced into a corner and had no other options.

If Chen Jin can hold on, then the deciding game can almost directly declare Chen Jin the winner.

But if they can't withstand Zhang Ben's fighting, once Zhang Ben loses his morale, it will be hard to say what will happen in the next game.

Not only Ma Taki knows Zhang Benzhihe's game habits very well, but Chen Jin and Liu Zhiqiang also know them well.

"The second game is a crucial one. The outcome will almost determine the final outcome of the game."

Liu Zhiqiang said seriously, "Zhang Ben will probably fight like crazy."

As we all know, Tomokazu Harimoto has a low lower limit and it seems that he can lose to anyone, but his upper limit is also high.

Zhang Jike, Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong... were all killed by him.

Once Zhang Ben goes crazy, it will be like the quarter-finals of the Paris Olympics.

I'm afraid no one can stop it except Fan Zhendong.

Although Chen Jin is very strong, no one can guarantee that Chen Jin can withstand the fierce fighting of Zhang Benzhihe.

"Fight?"

Chen Jin's eyes darkened slightly, his sharpness flickered.

What a coincidence, I like it more!
(End of this chapter)