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

Chapter 244 Let’s see which unlucky guy draws Chen Jin in the first round!

Chapter 244 Let’s see which unlucky guy draws Chen Jin in the first round!
In 2024, there will be five WTT Championships throughout the year.

Except Frankfurt.

Incheon, Chongqing, Macau, and the just-concluded Montpellier have all concluded successfully.

Chen Jin won two championships alone.

The format of this Frankfurt Championship is basically the same as the other four championships.

There are only singles, no doubles or teams.

There were thirty-two male and thirty-two female contestants participating in the competition.

It is divided into two half zones, upper and lower, and four districts, all of which adopt a single round-robin elimination system.

Before the semi-finals, it was best of five.

Semi-finals and finals, best of seven.

The champion will receive a reward of $30,000 and 1,000 points.

The competition will start on November 11rd and last for eight days until November 3th.

The reason why the national table tennis team arrived early was, firstly, to take a short rest, and secondly, to adapt to the venue.

the following few days.

The players and team members go back and forth between these three points every day.

Training, visits, hotels.

It is boring and uninteresting, but Chen Jin and Xie Mingyang enjoy it.

As for "Manhattan on the Main", "Goethe's hometown" and "Apple Cider Road", the two of them were not interested at all.

Instead of going out shopping and wasting time, it is better to stay in the venue and do more multi-ball training.

After several games, Chen Jin's name had already spread throughout the external association.

Every training session would attract onlookers from outside.

Trying to find even the slightest flaw in Chen Jin's daily training.

However, all efforts were in vain.

All the helplessness finally turned into a lament: "I can't beat him, I really can't beat him."

As they get along, they become more familiar with each other.

Foreign players such as Zhang Benzhihe, Felix, and Moregard would come to Chen Jin every now and then to practice with him.

Chen Jin accepted all the offers with pleasure.

In response, Xie Mingyang privately reminded: "They practice with you to find your weaknesses."

"I know."

Chen Jin was very calm.

"So you still practice with them?"

Xie Mingyang was a little confused.

"Don't forget it."

Chen Jin smiled and said, "The action of force is mutual."

Hear the words.

Xie Mingyang nodded thoughtfully.

Seeing that foreign players came to Chen Jin to practice from time to time, coaches such as Wang Hao did not stop them, but were happy to see it happen.

In any sport, it is never a good thing for one company to dominate the market.

Let a hundred flowers bloom, that is the way to go.

Moreover, as the head coach of the men's table tennis team, Wang Hao is confident that even if the foreign players want to take this opportunity to study Chen Jin, it will only make them more desperate the more they study.

"I never thought that Chen Jin would become such a popular customer for outsourcing so quickly."

Looking at Chen Jin, Zhang Benzhihe, Felix, Moregard and others chatting and laughing in the harmonious atmosphere, Lin Shidong showed a little envy in his eyes.

On the other hand, he and Wang Chuqin practiced silently, with no one paying attention, which seemed increasingly deserted.

Wang Chuqin glanced at Chen Jin with a cold look, without a trace of expression on his face.

The talking and laughing coming from not far away sounded particularly noisy to him.

If he hadn't been so proud of his identity, he would have almost failed to recognize them. He yelled at Chen Jin and the others, "We're practicing. Can you guys be quiet?"

When practicing in the stadium or eating in the restaurant, outsourced players would often greet and chat with Chen Jin.

Although we don't speak the same language, we can still communicate with the help of translation software.

In just a few days, Chen Jin's mobile phone album was filled with many photos of outsourced players.

Soon, it was November 11st.

Local time, 3 p.m.

Everyone gathered together to participate in the drawing ceremony.

The external players present were whispering to each other, chatting and laughing, but there was also a hint of nervousness in their expressions.

“I hope I don’t run into Chen Jin in the first round.”

Zhang Benzhihe prayed silently in his heart, "It would be better not to be in the same half with him."

If he meets Chen Jin in the first round, he will most likely be eliminated in the first round.

Not only does it waste travel time, but it also undermines confidence.

Since he is not in the same half as Chen Jin, he may still have a chance to reach the finals and win the runner-up.

After all, the reward for the runner-up is quite generous.

Among the players at the scene, Tomokazu Harimoto was not the only one who had similar thoughts.

Especially those who have fought with Chen Jin, including Felix and Moregard.

To them, Chen Jin is like a big devil.

Of course, those foreign players who have not played against Chen Jin, such as Alex, Simon Goetz, Hugo and others, do not agree with this.

Although Chen Jin's recent performance is indeed eye-catching, in competitive sports, who can guarantee that he can always be victorious?

Even if we take a step back and say that Chen Jin is really the big devil of table tennis.

Then, wouldn’t the person who defeats the big devil become a warrior who becomes famous throughout the world in one battle?
Tension, anticipation...all kinds of emotions blended together, interweaving into a complex atmosphere.

"Why hasn't Chen Jin come yet?"

Seeing that the seats for the national table tennis team were empty, everyone looked towards the door from time to time.

Until five minutes before the draw ceremony began.

The Chinese national table tennis team arrived late.

Wang Hao, Chen Jin, Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong, Li Qian, Xie Mingyang... As soon as they appeared, they attracted everyone's attention. "Finally here."

All eyes filled with complex emotions were focused on Chen Jin.

"Ok?"

Feeling everyone's gaze, Chen Jin felt a little uncomfortable and couldn't help but scratch the tip of his nose, "Do you think I'm the villain who wants to destroy the world?"

Take a deep breath.

With a warm smile on his face, he followed Wang Hao calmly and sat down calmly.

It is hard to associate this harmless and bright young man with the fierce and ruthless killer on the field.

Logically speaking, this was just an ordinary lottery ceremony.

However, it has aroused a lot of discussion among football fans on the domestic Internet.

Especially in the "Wang Chuqin" super topic.

"Wang Chuqin, come on! Believe in yourself, you are the real WTT king!"

"In this Frankfurt Championship, Wang Chuqin has returned as the king, so a certain Chen Taisun should clean his neck and wait for his death."

"Happy table tennis, finish the game healthy, it doesn't matter whether you win the championship or not, we just want you to be happy! @王楚沁"

"Support Wang Chuqin and beat up Chen Taisun!"

"In the last Macau Championship, Teacher Chu Qin had just finished participating in the Olympics and hadn't adjusted his form yet, so he was picked up by Chen Taisun. This time, Teacher Chu Qin, who has fully recovered, will definitely beat Chen Taisun to tears!"

"I am just a passerby. I just can't stand Chen Taisun's arrogance, so I support Wang Chuqin."

"I thought Chen Taisun was so great, but it turns out he's only fifth in the world, a full 3,000 points behind our world number one. Sure enough, my Wang Chuqin is the best, muah~"

"The draw has begun... Mr. Chu Qin, as the top seed, first appeared in the first place in the upper half. Excellent people are indeed different."

"The third seed, Chen Taisun, was placed in the upper half 3/4 zone... Sisters, the chance for revenge has finally come! (Excited)"

"Sister, don't get excited yet, wait until Chen Taisun can enter the semi-finals. (Eat melon)"

"Fuck, what a terrible draw in the upper half, Chen Taisun, Zhang Benzhihe, Moregard, Ahn Jae-hyun..."

"The upper half is full of elites, while the lower half is full of people having a meeting. Wang Chuqin said he is already used to sprinkling water."

"Predictions for the first round: Wang Chuqin will defeat Xiao Ri Tu Shang, and Simon Goz will defeat Chen Taisun."

"Come on Wang Chuqin! Come on Simon Goetz!"

“@SimonGotz, as long as you can kill Chen Taisun, I will be your fan for life.”

……

at the same time.

Far away in Frankfurt, Germany.

At the draw ceremony, Simon Goetz slumped in his chair when he saw that his first-round opponent was Chen Jin. He looked like he had lost all hope in life and looked like an emo.

Felix, who was sitting next to Simon Gauze, couldn't hold it in any longer.

Not far away, Moregard and Zhang Benzhihe were both smiling, and they turned their heads to cast gloating looks at Simon Goetz.

"you--"

Feeling the snickering looks from everyone, Simon Goetz rolled his eyes and said, "You bunch of Satans, I curse you all to be eliminated in the first round!"

Unexpectedly, this saying came true.

The first day of competition.

Tomokazu Harimoto suffered an upset, losing to African veteran Aruna with a score of 2:3, and was eliminated in the round of of the Frankfurt Championship.

Of course, the price of the curse being effective was that Simon Goetz lost to Chen Jin 0:3 without any suspense and was also eliminated in the first round.

In this game, Simon Gauze put in all his effort and fought hard, which can be described as "exceptional performance".

It’s a pity that Chen Jin was in hot form and kept scoring great goals.

In the second game, the score was 7:1.

Chen Jin rushed to his forehand and hit a god-level presidential ball around the net from mid-range and long range.

Simon Goetz was stunned.

At this moment, Simon Goetz finally understood why people as strong as Felix were so afraid of Chen Jin.

Although he was eliminated in the first round, Simon Gozic accepted the defeat with conviction.

Chen Jin easily advanced to the round of 16.

Such a result greatly disappointed TZM.

"@SimonGoetz, you can't even beat a 15-year-old kid, you deserve such bad grades!"

"I didn't have much hope for a deadbeat in table tennis... I'll go support Chen Taisun whoever his opponent is in the next round."

"When it comes to revenge, you have to do it yourself. Come on, Wang Chuqin!"

……

On the second day, Wang Chuqin defeated Togami Hayasuke with a score of 3:0 and successfully advanced to the round of .

TZM naturally boasted about it.

Phrases like "Wang Chuqin is in full form and invincible", "Chen Taisun is waiting to die in the semi-finals", and "The championship belongs to Wang Chuqin" filled the hot searches.

That night, Wang Chuqin dreamed that his racket suddenly gushed out a large and endless stream of champagne.

11 month 5 number.

The third match day.

Chen Jin easily defeated the Korean team's "male star" Ahn Jae-hyun and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.

Until the end of the game, Ahn Jae Hyun still didn't understand why there were so many female fans at the scene for no reason.

As for Wang Chuqin's 1/8 finals, it was scheduled for the next day.

The opponent, Anton Carlberg, is from the Swedish team.

World ranking, around 20.

What no one expected was that Wang Chuqin, who was highly expected by TZM, once again failed to win.

The overall score is 0:3.

Wang Chuqin was eliminated in the round of 16 of the Frankfurt Championship.

In contrast, Chen Jin made great progress and defeated Moregaard in the quarter-finals.