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

Chapter 86 [086] This is not a game of basketball, it is clearly a personal attack!

After dinner, I rested in the room for a while and then went to the training hall.

Since there is a doubles event tomorrow, tonight's training will be with the women's team, focusing on doubles cooperation.

After meeting Deng Yang and hearing that the three members of the women's team had also made it to the top 16, Li Qian was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

“It’s my first time participating in an international competition of this level and I’ve achieved such a result.”

Li Qian smiled, "Old Deng, our trip was worthwhile."

For him, this expedition to Lima has already exceeded the tasks assigned by the organization.

"how?"

Deng Yang glared at him and said, "Are you satisfied with just making it to the top 16?"

"Of course not."

Li Qian smiled and said, "Although there is no hope for the first or second place, it should still be possible to make it to the top four."

"Where's your women's team?"

Deng Yang crossed his arms and said thoughtfully, "According to my observation, the women's team, except for Oto Satsuki from the Neon Team, the other players are nothing to be afraid of."

"So, your women's team is aiming for the championship or runner-up?"

Li Qian was surprised.

“Hopefully there will be an impact.”

Deng Yang said.

At this time, under the guidance of the physical coach, Chen Jin and others were doing stretching warm-ups before training.

Warm-up is over.

Li Qian gathered all six men and women in front of him.

"First of all, congratulations to everyone who made it to the top 16."

Li Qian smiled and said, "I am not afraid to tell you that before I came here, head coach Li told me that our goal for this competition is to make it to the top 16."

"From this perspective, we have completed the mission of this competition."

"but--"

Li Qian glanced around and suddenly changed the subject, his expression becoming more serious. "I think our goal should not be limited to just making it to the top 16."

"Now that we have made it past the top 16, we should work hard towards the top 8, top 4, or even the championship..."

The passionate speech was so powerful that it made everyone's blood boil.

"Do you guys have confidence?"

Li Qian asked loudly.

"Have!"

Six men and women said in unison.

"very good."

Li Qian nodded with satisfaction, and the smile returned to his face again.

"Of course, tomorrow's game will be a big test for you."

Li Qian continued, "Because, in addition to singles, there will also be doubles tomorrow."

"This means that each of you will have to participate in at least two matches tomorrow, one singles and one doubles."

It’s different from singles.

In the doubles event, there are not many participating teams, and the top eight teams will be qualified once they register.

Moreover, the level of the participating teams is simply incomparable to that of singles.

For example, players like Francesca and Darko Jockeyk focused on singles and had no interest in doubles, so they did not sign up.

If the cooperation is proper, doubles is the easiest event to get good results.

"Coach Li, the doubles match shouldn't conflict with the singles match, right?"

Zhang Jiahao asked.

"will not."

Li Qian then added, "But, we cannot rule out the possibility of playing singles right after playing doubles, which will leave you with little time to rest and adjust."

Speaking of which.

Li Qian turned his gaze to Chen Jin and Li Linghan.

"Especially the two of you, who will probably be playing three games tomorrow."

Hear the words.

After exchanging a glance with Li Linghan, Chen Jin frowned and asked, "Why?"

"According to the schedule, the mixed doubles quarter-finals and semi-finals will both start tomorrow."

Li Qian explained, "If you make it to the mixed doubles semifinals tomorrow, plus the singles, you will have three matches."

"When are the mixed doubles quarter-finals and semi-finals?"

Chen Jin asked.

"Ten o'clock in the morning, and four o'clock in the afternoon."

Li Qian took out his mobile phone and checked the competition schedule that the organizer had sent him earlier.

Four o'clock in the afternoon?

My game tomorrow is at 6:20 pm!
Do not conflict!
Chen Jin turned to look at Li Linghan: "When are you playing singles?"

"Five forty-five in the afternoon."

Li Linghan answered in a low voice.

"There's enough time."

Chen Jin smiled slightly, "Let's make a quick decision and try to win the semi-finals within half an hour."

There was immense confidence in his words.

It seems like we will definitely make it to the semi-finals.

"Ok!"

Influenced by Chen Jin, Li Linghan is also full of confidence.

These days, even during singles training, Li Linghan was constantly simulating doubles cooperation with Chen Jin in her mind.

How to move in time after receiving the ball, how to fill in the position immediately after Chen Jin pulls the ball... serving, receiving serve, short swing, long rub, control, landing point, close defense... almost all the details that can be expected in the game, she simulated them all countless times.

Although there is still a certain gap between imagination and reality, fortunately Li Linghan adjusted quickly, and during training, her cooperation with Chen Jin became more and more tacit.

"With our teamwork, if we don't win the mixed doubles championship, it would be a waste of our round-trip airfare."

Chen Jin smiled.

"I will work hard."

There was determination in Li Linghan's eyes.

……

The next day.

Nine fifty in the morning.

Chen Jin and Li Linghan arrived at the competition venue early.

As an off-court coach, Li Qian encouraged: "Your tactical arrangement is quite good, there is no problem."

“During the game, you must stay focused, make timely adjustments, and run to fill in the gaps.”

"You two should discuss the specific ways to play each ball."

"Li Linghan, you should listen to Chen Jin more."

It’s not that he looks down on Li Linghan. Based on his understanding, Chen Jin is better than Li Linghan in terms of hard power, ability to capture the game and ability to adjust.

"Teacher Li, don't worry."

Li Linghan was also very clear about this and nodded solemnly, "I will listen to Chen Jin."

"it is good."

Li Qian clapped and said, "Come on."

It's ten o'clock sharp.

At the referee's signal, four athletes from both sides entered the field.

The opponents in this game are Payas Jain and Kritvika Roy of the White Elephant team.

Both of them have played against the Chinese team, but the results were not ideal and their world rankings were not very high.

Even in the singles event, both of them were eliminated in the round of 32.

The person who eliminated Jaen was the opponent that Chen Jin would face in the next singles match, Yuta Tanaka.

"It's really fate."

Chen Jin secretly complained in his heart.

After a friendly handshake, both parties flipped a coin to guess who would go first.

Chen Jin and Li Linghan were lucky enough to get the serve in the first round.

Pre-match practice for doubles, one person pulls the ball and the other defends.

After a few rounds, Chen Jin and Li Linghan looked at each other, smiled slightly, and knew what was going on.

"We both made it to the top 16, so how can we not beat you two who made it to the top 32?"

Li Linghan’s confidence increased greatly.

Two minutes of sparring.

The game officially begins.

Chen Jin leaned over, expressionless on his face, and stuck out his little finger under the table.

Seeing this, Li Linghan immediately understood and sent a strong backward spin.

The opponent's first receiver was Roy.

Roy stepped forward quickly and tried to play short.

however.

She clearly underestimated the spin, the moment the ping-pong ball hit the racket.

"laugh!"

The return ball went into the net.

After losing the ball at the beginning of the game, Roy looked back at his teammates with some annoyance.

Jaune gave her a small smile, indicating that it was okay.

"Cuo Le——"

Chen Jin clenched his fist and shouted.

On the other hand, Li Linghan just clenched her fists silently, and her eyes became more determined.

Second serve.

But seeing Chen Jin clenched his fist nonchalantly, Li Linghan immediately used a fake backspin serve and served a short ball without spin.

As expected, Roy thought it was another strong backspin.

When returning the ball, I deliberately added insurance and gave my hands a little more friction.

The results are self-evident.

The return ball went high.

"Snapped!"

Chen Jin flew up and challenged him.

With great power and speed, the small white ping-pong ball flew towards Roy like a hunting cheetah.

Roy didn't even have time to run before the ball flew in front of her like lightning.

How can this be called playing ball?

This is clearly a personal attack!

With Roy's scream, he turned around and failed to dodge. For fear of hitting his teammates, Jain did not dare to swing his racket to catch the ball.

I could only watch the other side win the ball.

"Cuo Le——"

In the huge competition venue, the shouts of Chen Jin and Li Linghan were heard again.

　There will be another one later

　　
　
(End of this chapter)