Ping Pong Life

Chapter 160 Draw Lots for All Beings

At 2:[-] am the next day, the T[-] Diamond Tournament officially started.

The first thing to do at the opening was a speech by the representative of the organizer, that is, the official staff of the Sakura National Table Tennis Association.

As soon as this person appeared on the stage, Wang Chao felt familiar. When the translator with the team translated the name of this person, Wang Chao suddenly realized.

It turned out to be Yoshikawa Oki, the father of former Osmanthus Fragrance Club single player Yoshikawa Hiroshi.

When Yoshikawa Hiroshi invited Wang Chao to play in Sakura Country, he mentioned that his father, Yoshikawa Oki, is the executive vice president of the Sakura Country Table Tennis Association and is mainly responsible for external affairs.

Looking at it now, the T2 Diamond Tournament, as an international event, is also an external affair, and Oki Yoshikawa is probably mainly responsible for it.

At this point, Wang Chao also suddenly realized why Yoshikawa Hiroshi was eligible to get the recommendation quota from the host country.

Oki Yoshikawa began to introduce the wonderful competition system of T2.

First of all, the standard table for this competition has no central axis, because there is no doubles this time.

This has no practical significance, it belongs to innovation for the sake of innovation.

The second is that there is no baffle on the competition venue this time, which is said to ensure the transparency and sense of space of the stadium.

This is also of no practical significance, because whether you set up a baffle or not, the distance between the first row of spectator seats and the table is the same.

Then came the meaningfulness.

For the first time in this competition, a high-speed image capture device called "Eagle Eye" was installed on the field, which can directly review the video when athletes and referees have disputes about serving or rubbing the edge.

In terms of technological innovation and advancing with the times, I have to say that Sakura Country has done a good job. The initiative of "Eagle Eye" has been highly praised by the ITTF, and it is considered that starting from next year, it will be held in various ITTF Open Championships. The "Eagle Eye" link is also added to the website.

Another good design of T2 is to arrange special caddies to pick up balls and deliver towels for players, which can greatly save the time and physical strength of players to pick up balls.

Of course, mainly to save time.

Because the biggest innovation of this game is related to time: the first 24 minutes of each game is played with the regular 11-ball system. If the 24 minutes cannot be finished, the next game will directly enter the innovative fast5 link.
The so-called fast5 means that only five balls are played in each game, and whoever wins five balls first wins the game.

The game is over until one side wins four rounds first.

This rule can be said to have fundamentally subverted the mainstream BO7 mode in today's table tennis world.

It is also this rule that makes countless famous players discouraged from participating in this event, even if there is a high amount of dollars to earn.

Because under this competition system, the competition strategy has too many changes compared with the traditional competition. The famous players cherish their feathers and are afraid that the tofu boat will turn over in the gutter.

In fact, the Huaping generals also discussed this set of rules in detail last night. Coach Ge Miao, who leads the team, believes that unless the game is overwhelmingly 4:0, otherwise, it will definitely not be possible to finish a BO24 round in 7 minutes.

In that case, directly entering the fast5 link with great chance, the strength gap between the players is equivalent to being extremely narrowed.

After all, when two players face each other, there is actually a process of "observation, testing, judgment, and decision". From unfamiliarity to familiarity, to formulating targeted tactics, it takes time.

In war, this is called strategic depth, and the number of balls is the player's depth.

Now that the depth is gone, the fight is narrow and narrow, so many tactics and strategies will not be reflected.

This is like letting two national Go players play chess on a board with only three horizontal lines and three vertical lines. What can be compared?

To put it bluntly, as long as you are shameless enough to stall for time, you can drag it to fast5, especially when you are sure that you can't beat the opponent 100%.

As for whether there will be such a shameless player, it depends on the specific situation of the game. After all, in the previous World Series for so many years, the players have not had the opportunity to show their shameless side.

At this time, Lu Feiyang quietly walked behind Wang Chao, and whispered: "Brother Chao, if we meet, we should fight quickly. I don't want to fight that fast5, which is neither fish nor fowl."

Wang Chao was speechless.

Lu Feiyang, this kid, doesn't know what's wrong, it seems that he really wants to compete with him.

Last night when he was warming up, Lu Feiyang took the initiative to play a formal BO7 with Wang Chao, but was stopped by coach Ge Miao, because coach Ge Miao believed that before the big game, teammates should not play any regular battles, and no matter whether they win or lose, they will affect their mood and status have subtle effects.

Just like you need to relax the day before the college entrance examination, the day before the big competition is not suitable for high-strength teams to practice, you just need to maintain a good state.

Then Lu Feiyang proposed to decide the outcome of a game with Wang Chao, which should be regarded as entertainment.

Wang Chao was so provoked that he had already agreed at the time, but he was still stopped by Coach Ge Miao in the end.

Coach Ge Miao got angry at the time: "Lu Feiyang, what are you going to do? Ah? Disobedient to discipline, right? You think I can't cure you because I'm the coach of the women's team? Do you believe that I sent you back overnight? Guess what? Do you have this right? Come on, come on, this is my cell phone, the transoceanic function is activated, you call Zhu Zeshi now, you tell him, I, Ge Miao, want to ban your game, I deliberately target you, you See if he dares to help you out."

Lu Feiyang was stunned.

Yes, the number one player of the national second team will actually be Zhu Zeshi's junior disciple in the future, and Wang Chao's junior disciple.

Perhaps the child did not pay much attention to Coach Ge Miao at the beginning, but when Ge Miao said these words, he knew that he probably made a mistake in the market, and the coach of the women's team might have a long time to go. Sturdy past, otherwise, how dare you shout so loudly in front of your face, completely ignoring Zhu Zeshi?
In short, in the end Lu Feiyang stopped, and the three players from Huaguo took turns to take turns to warm up, practiced for more than an hour, and then went to bed early.

Fortunately, there is no jet lag.

At this time, Oki Yoshikawa has already begun to transfer to the next link: drawing lots.

In charge of the lottery are two veterans of the women's team who are quite popular in Sakura's country. One is Mizuhara Xiaoai, 29 years old, and is already in a semi-retired state. 26 years old, just in her prime, she is now the first sister of the women's team.

Both of these two women have practiced in Huaguo and have been in the Huaguo provincial team for many years. Especially Suyuan Xiaoai was sent to a sports school in Northeast China by her parents since she was a child, so both of them speak extremely fluent Chinese.

The reason why the Sakura National women's team speaks Chinese is due to these two people.

Of course, both of these two have also had a famous scene of being beaten and cried by the Huaping women's team in the World Series, especially Suyuan Xiaoai, known as the little crying bag. At the peak of the lacrimal glands, he cried once when he lost. Coupled with a cute baby face, he just harvested the sympathy of many domestic male fans as a foreign player.

It is said that the big demon kings of the Huaping National Women's Team have an agreement in private: "Whoever beats Xiao Ai who is crying will be responsible for coaxing."

At this time, the two women began to draw lots alternately, and the No. 1 selection in the four and a half districts was quickly determined.

District 1/4: Lin Zijun.

District 2/4: Zhu Shixian.

District 3/4: Zhuang Huishen.

District 4/4: Zhu Ding.

Over the years, various world competitions have had a "seed player" system. The organizing committee usually first distributes the strongest players to different half zones, so as to prevent the strong from meeting prematurely, but T2 exudes It's a wonderful atmosphere. It has neither a seed player system nor the avoidance principle of the same association.

In theory, if luck is bad enough, Wang Chao, Zhu Ding, and Lu Feiyang can directly enter the same half area.

The results of the first round of lottery came out, and everyone expressed their emotional stability.

After the second round of draws, the situation became more delicate.

First of all, let me clarify that the players in the second round of lottery will directly form a battle relationship with the players in the first round of lottery, and there will be no re-drawing in the same division.

Suwon Xiaoai selected Li Zhengzhi, a young player from Kimchi Country, for the 1/4 district, which also means that the first match will be Lin Zijun vs. Li Zhengzhi.

Junko Hayakawa drew Wang Chao for District 2/4.

As soon as Wang Chao's name appeared, there was a burst of low booing. The players generally had complicated emotions towards Wang Chao. After reading the pre-match information of Sakura Kingdom, they were a little afraid that Wang Chao was the hidden king. , and some suspect that Wang Chao is a paper tiger, and now that Wang Chao meets Zhu Shixian, it is probably the situation that everyone most wants to see.

After all, Zhu Shixian is 28 years old this year and has debuted for 13 years. He is already a veteran of the game in an absolute sense, and he is also the most troublesome chipper. It is naturally most appropriate to use this kind of veteran to test an unknown rookie that's it.

Zhu Shixian showed a slight smile on his face, glanced at Wang Chao, and quickly retracted it, not wanting others to discover the joy in his heart.

Yes, he is very happy.

Because looking at the entire history of table tennis development, all rookies are most afraid of chippers without exception.

Just as Niu Linjun was full of confidence when facing Wang Chao, any veteran chipper likes to meet newcomers the most.

Chopping is best at "killing", most afraid of "killing familiar", best at bullying impatient people, and hates confronting slow people the most.

The newcomers happen to be a group of people who are both unfamiliar and generally impetuous.

"So the leader of the six dragons that Huaping boasted so much will fall at my feet in the first round." Zhu Shixian thought happily.

Then Lu Feiyang was drawn in the 3/4 district.

Lu Feiyang grinned, looking very satisfied.

He can't wait to become famous and shock the world like Luo Jiu or Lin Zijun a few days ago.

He was mentally prepared to shine.

In the past few years, there have been many rumors in the world table tennis world. With the downturn of Huaping in the first half of the year and the consecutive losses of the Dragons, a bunch of so-called geniuses have emerged in various countries. Only Huaping has remained silent and has not taken the initiative to introduce any young players.

That's because Huaping is quietly accumulating strength.

And Lu Feiyang is Huaping's first sword in the world table tennis.

He is the second national team and won the first place in the team test for four consecutive times.

His talent, physique, technique and golf quotient have been unanimously recognized by the Huaping coaching staff.

Cai Guodong talked to Lu Feiyang alone and asked him to choose his own teacher, and he chose Zhu Zeshi without hesitation.

It's not because Zhu Zeshi is the strongest, but because Zhu Zeshi currently has only one disciple: Xiao Fei.

Xiao Fei is old, has passed his peak period, may retire at any time, and does not need the close attention of the coach, while Qin Huachang and Wang Lu have disciples who are in their prime years and need to be distracted.

So what Lu Feiyang wanted was to win [-]% of the teacher's favor.

Don't look at his thick-headed and tiger-headed appearance, but no one is really stupid who can play to this level.

He hopes to draw a master, and then step on the shoulders of the master to become famous.

The best stepping stone in his mind is definitely Wang Chao, but coach Ge Miao went crazy and he dare not disobey, so now the best stepping stone has become Lin Zijun.

But Lin Zijun was drawn out first, but he fell into Zhuang Huishen's group.

He felt a little sorry, but he also felt that it was not bad.

Zhuang Huishen's peak period back then was recognized as super first-class, and even now he is properly first-class. Defeating Zhuang Huishen can completely achieve the effect of becoming famous in one battle.

In the last draw of the second round, Junko Hayakawa drew Mizufo Hawk.

This time the whole scene was boiling, especially the audience on the periphery, shouting in unison.

Water bird eagle vs Zhu Ding, this made the audience in Sakura Kingdom extremely excited.

Because they are very likely to see a match in which the players from the Sakura Country beat the players from the Hua Country!
No matter what the premise is, as long as it can beat Hua Guo players violently, it must be a carnival in the world table tennis world.

Wang Chao turned his head and glanced at Zhu Ding. Zhu Ding was still wearing sunglasses, and no one could see his expression.

On the other side, the water bird eagle laughed directly, without any cover-up.

In this regard, everyone said that they have long been used to it.

The 29-year-old Yinghua Guoyi brother has been in the market for more than ten years since his debut. While constantly proving his genius, he is also constantly proving his low EQ, or... neuroticism?

The thing he likes to do most outside the arena is talking nonsense in the media. What he likes to do most inside the arena is to directly provoke opponents. He is arrogant, poisonous, and full of good sense of variety. At the same time, he has a world-leading excellent touch .

He is the only one of the first brothers in the history of the Sakura country who did not go to Huaguo to play in the Ping Ping Super League. The reason is that he had spread rumors a long, long time ago that the world No.1 Wang Wendong at the time offended the head coach of the Huaping National Team.

Note that the head coach at the time was not Cai Guodong.

When Cai Guodong came to power, he openly slandered Sun Tianlong in the international media, which made Cai Guodong completely disgusted with him.

So he was almost banned by the Huaguo League, but there was no announcement.

At the World Table Tennis Championships that year, Sun Tianlong, who was vilified, took a shot with hatred and beat the water bird eagle 4:0, plus a small game 11:0.

This is also the first time that the usually mild-mannered Dragons have their heads shaved in an international arena.

In the following years, Shui Niaoying still went his own way, with a bad mouth. After he scolded countless people, suddenly one day, everyone found that they got used to it.

I am too lazy to go to the black water bird eagle.

Because everyone can see that Shui Niaoying is such a person. His personality comes from genetic factors.
But even so, the water bird eagle still maintains a very high level all the year round. Today, it ranks seventh in the world, which makes people dissatisfied.

There is not much to watch in the next draw.

Zhang Benkuang entered the first district, and his opponent was a mediocre European veteran who came to travel.

Hiroshi Yoshikawa entered the second district, and his opponent was a cannon fodder from Africa.

Christian Hart entered the third district, and his opponent was also cannon fodder.

The German player Sissfeld entered the fourth district, and his opponent was the Swedish brother Mollard who used a polygonal racket.

At this point, the grouping was completed, everyone took a short rest, went to the restaurant for a buffet meal, and made simple pre-match arrangements. In the afternoon, the game officially started.

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