Ping Pong Life

Chapter 171 Prestige
The battle between Zhu Ding and Shuiniaoying once again made the world table tennis world know what Huaping is.

When I first came to Sakura Country, no one was optimistic about the unknown team sent by Huaping. Even Sakura Country’s praise of Wang Chao revealed a naked conspiracy. The relationship between Lin Zijun's victory and defeat.

But one day later, after four men's singles matches, Huaping won three of them.

Unknowingly, Huaping has occupied three seats in the top eight men's singles.

If you take a closer look at the matchups in each division, you can almost draw a more terrifying conclusion: the three Huaping players will most likely all enter the semi-finals.

Isn't this the normal state of Huaping's national team stalwarts in major competitions for many years?
Now, although the five main players did not come, and three unknown soldiers came, there was no change in the fact that the top four entered three.

The only prayer in the world table tennis world is that Lin Zijun will get rid of Wang Chao and prevent Huaping from joining the finals.

A European sports magazine just defended itself by saying "Uncle Bai didn't participate in the competition, so he can't represent the true level of Europe", and a bunch of other European media came off the stage one after another, rebutting in the same tone:
"Sun Tianlong didn't participate in the competition, which doesn't represent the true level of Huaping at all."

"Xiao Fei didn't participate in the competition, so it doesn't represent the true level of Huaping."

"Bai Feng didn't participate in the competition, so it doesn't represent the true level of Huaping."

"Luo Jiu didn't participate in the competition, so it doesn't represent the true level of Huaping."

"Lin Li didn't take part in the competition, so it doesn't represent the true level of Huaping."

So the few people finally stopped talking.

Because the facts have proved that Huaping's several losses in the first half of this year, although some problems have been exposed, are far from the point where "an old Asian lion was torn bloody by European wolves".

Yes, Sun Tianlong is indeed old, but his performance throughout September and October proved to be invincible before he retired.

That's right, Lin Li, Baifeng and others are indeed easy to lose the chain, but a few days ago, another Luo Jiu who can stand up to the peak Sun Tianlong rose up.

That's right, Luo Jiu is also 27 years old, but today, Wang Chao and 15-year-old Lu Feiyang are on the rise again.

Emerging in endlessly, it is hard to guard against.

Terrible, really terrible!
……

Zhu Ding became a little different after playing the water bird eagle. He stood on the sidelines of the court, although he didn't say a word, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he couldn't stop it, even the dark glasses he put on again couldn't stop it.

He still didn't say a word, his eyes kept falling on the stands.

In fact, at this moment, he felt that he already had a bit of a victor's posture, and he hoped to take the initiative to reconcile with He Jingping.

If the little uncle appeared in front of him at this time, he probably already had the courage to take the initiative to say the phrase "Hey, little uncle, let's play together."

Unfortunately, from the moment he won the game, He Jingping disappeared, and he couldn't find it no matter how hard he looked.

So Zhu Ding was a little absent-minded.

Of course, Wang Chao didn't know the twists and turns. Most of his attention was focused on the field.

The six games this morning are all men's singles, and there are also six games in the afternoon, including two women's singles games that were not finished yesterday, plus four games in which men's singles scored eight and four, so the remaining four games in the morning, In fact, it was Lin Zijun, Wang Chao, Lu Feiyang, and Zhu Ding who were to decide who would be their opponents in the afternoon match.

The first game was Zhang Benkuang, a talented young man from Sakura Country, vs a mediocre European veteran. In the end, Zhang Benkuang lived up to expectations and won easily.

The second game was Hiroshi Yoshikawa from Sakura Country vs. Hiroshi Yoshikawa, a cannon fodder player from Africa. Hiroshi Yoshikawa finally won after seven rounds of fighting.

The third game was played by the well-known European veteran Christian Hart. The opponent was also from Europe and was also a veteran. The two health-care players played evenly. They applauded a lot, and Hart finally won 4:2.

In the fourth game, there was a little accident.

The opponents in this ball are the German Mesozoic player Sissfeld and the Swedish blonde brother Morad.

The German player Sissfeld is definitely not weak. He ranks 19th in the world and is 26 years old this year. He has won medals at both the Cup and European Championships.

Germany has always been the strongest table tennis country in Europe. They claim to have a troika, namely Hans Bayer, who ranks No. 3 in the world, veteran Dimitri Wolf, who ranks No. 17 in the world, and No. 19 The [-]th place Sissfeld Patrick, considering that Bayer and Wolff are too old, so Sissfeld can be regarded as a top figure in Germany's next era.

People all over the world think that Sissfeld will win this game, but the Swedish people probably don't think so.

Because the Swedish people know the strength of the blond brother Morad.

As it turned out, Mollard wasn't here for sightseeing, let alone to sell his polygonal racquets, he was here to make a name for himself.

That's right, don't think that only Lu Feiyang is here to make a big splash, and so is Morad.

He and Heathfield played the ball at an extremely rare high level, and his polygonal racket also played a major role in the game.

在经历24分钟常规赛和10分钟的fast5之后，莫拉德硬是4：3惊险的战胜了西斯菲尔德，从德意志人手中抢走了最后一张八强门票。

Not long after the game was played, someone posted a post on the domestic Silver Ball Flying Dance Forum specifically introducing Morad's polygonal racket.

There are a lot of technical things mentioned in the post, so I won’t go into details here. It probably means that although this racket looks strange, it is actually very scientific and reasonable. This design is to optimize the hitting area, because most players hit the ball The best hitting area of ​​the ball is in the upper half of the bat. Therefore, the hexagonal wide area of ​​this racket is mainly extended in the upper half of the bat, which can effectively increase the lateral sweet spot of the bat. .

At the end of the post, the data is even directly given: this racket has a 5% increase in the hitting area compared to the traditional bat, an 11% increase in the sweet spot, and a 9% increase in the candy bar.

If the post does not include the link address of the official direct store that sells rackets at the end of the post, these data will probably be more convincing...

In any case, after the quarter-finals, the morning games are all over, and the list of the next round of eight-to-four matches will be released soon.

Lin Zijun vs Zhang Benkuang.

Wang Chao vs Hiroshi Yoshikawa.

Lu Feiyang vs Christian Hart.

Zhu Ding vs Morad.

The mentality of Sakura Country fans is very complicated...

If you want to say that they are disappointed, two of the top eight have entered, which simply exceeds the results of various competitions over the years.

If you want to say that they are happy, neither of these two has a champion like Zhang Benkuang, at least he has won many strong players in the past six months, but Hiroshi Yoshikawa... Please, who are you?Is it really meaningful for such a person to get the quarter-finals after beating an African cannon fodder player to the death?

The fans of Sakura Country struggled and tangled, and finally figured it out: it was all the fault of Mizutori Hawk.

So everyone went to the forum and washed the water bird eagle a hundred times.

……

At noon, I went to the cafeteria to eat as usual, and then took a short break. The contestants who had a competition went to the venue to warm up in advance. Time passed by and it was afternoon.

First, there were two women's singles matches, which were uneventful, and then it was the turn of the men's singles to advance to four.

The first game at the beginning is the highlight.

It is also the game that Wang Chao will focus on today.

Lin Zijun vs Zhang Benkuang.

From Wang Chao's point of view, Lin Zijun has an [-]% chance of winning this game, and if nothing unexpected happens, he and Lin Zijun will meet in tomorrow's semi-final.

He will be the third Huaping player to meet Lin Zijun after Luo Jiu and Sun Tianlong.

He didn't want to lose this game.

So he needs to pass the ball in front of him and study his opponent carefully.

Before today, due to Wang Chao and Lu Feiyang's lack of reputation, Lin Zijun and Zhang Benkuang were probably the two most promising rising stars in Asia. The former rose through the two shocking battles with Luo Jiu and Sun Tianlong , and the latter, in fact, does not have an amazing record, but at the age of 15, the world ranking rushed to 18th, won a bronze medal in the Open, and at the same time was vigorously praised by Sakura Country, it is still something that people have to face up to .

After all, Sakura Country is not stupid, touting a player who has no strength will end up being slapped in the face, and the gain outweighs the gain.

So they dare to brag, which in itself means that Zhang Benkuang has the strength worthy of their bragging.

Game start.

Zhang Benkuang succeeded in guessing the coin and got the right to serve. He sent a regular short backspin and landed on the left side of the table on Lin Zijun's side.

Wang Chao was quite surprised by this first serve. After all, the world table tennis world knows that Lin Zijun's backhand twist is extremely strong, so when Li Zhengzhi hit Lin Zijun yesterday, his serve was basically forehand, but Zhang Benkuang just went the other way. If you follow the path, there are only two possibilities.

The first is his iron head.

The second is that he has already researched something.

This short undertwirl is very standard, Lin Zijun didn't untwist it directly, but put it on for a while, and then Zhang Benkuang started directly.

Backhand twist.

Only then did Wang Chao understand what Zhang Benkuang meant.

It turned out that this naturalized young man from western Sichuan Province didn't really find Lin Zijun's flaws, but he wanted to fight Lin Zijun head-on with his backhand skills.

"Young people's determination to win or lose..." Wang Chao couldn't help but smile.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but at the same time, he also got a layer of information. This Zhang Ben crazy was really crazy in his bones.

More importantly, Zhang Benkuang's twist is quite good. Although his strength is insufficient due to his age, the twist is still extremely powerful. The key is a fast word.

Both of them held the racket in the forehand, so once the ball was twisted, as long as they didn't deliberately change the line, the ball would fall to the opposite backhand position, so Lin Zijun also made a move.

He screwed too.

Zhang Ben twisted again.

The first ball between the two sides, after a short round of confrontation, turned into a quick mutual twist between the two sides.

This is different from stalemate with retreat.

Standing back from the stage is all about strength, balance, and continuity, while turning the ball inside the stage is more about the reaction speed, wrist movements, and fineness of the touch.

From the point of view of viewing, the stalemate on the stage is like two fighters fighting openly and close. You stab each other, and the blood is dripping, while the fast mutual twisting in the stage is like two assassins standing very close. Places sneak up on each other, making people dazzled.

The ball sparked warm applause from the stands.

Many fans were still immersed in the depression of Shuiniaoying's defeat and Zhu Ding's mockery in the morning, but suddenly they saw Zhang Ben's madness, and they felt relieved.

"Although the water bird eagle is not up to the mark, it's okay. After all, our young general has grown up again."

Everyone agrees with Lin Zijun's super strength, so Zhang Benkuang, who can fight Lin Zijun like this, also gets everyone's approval.

The ball only played four rounds in total.

After the two sides twisted the ball backhand twice, Lin Zijun leaned forward, shook his wrists vigorously, and tried to change the line, but because the difficulty was too high, he went directly off the net and committed suicide, allowing Zhang Benkuang to score the first point in the opening game.

More enthusiastic applause rang out.

Zhang Benkuang clenched his left hand and raised his fist high, roaring in a loud voice that even overwhelmed the applause.

Then he raised his fist again and roared a second time.

At this time, Zhang Benkuang's expression had become murderous, completely different from the silent and cautious appearance when he first appeared on the stage.

Then he raised his fist and roared for the third time. Because of the voice change period, his voice was a little hoarse, and the sound was broken. When it fell into Wang Chao's ears, he only felt two words: ugly.

Well, how should I put it, it's a bit like the noise of a crow...

Wang Chao frowned subconsciously.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with the athletes shouting, but the sound was too unpleasant, it was considered noise, and it made him feel a little uncomfortable.

On the court, Lin Zijun was obviously a little uncomfortable. When Zhang Benkuang roared for the first time, he seemed to be taken aback and looked up.

When Zhang Benkuang roared for the second time, he raised one hand subconsciously, as if he wanted to cover his ears, but felt it was impolite, so he put it down awkwardly, showing a constipated expression as if he had eaten a dead fly.

Then Zhang Benkuang roared for the third time, but Lin Zijun didn't make any unnecessary movements, just bared his teeth and frowned, as if he had eaten a mouthful of sour lemon...

Wang Chao couldn't help laughing.

Before coming to Sakura Kingdom from the imperial capital, He Jingping chatted with him and told an interesting story about Zhang Benkuang.

It is said that Zhang Benkuang's three-stage roar during the game has been officially recognized as a special talent by the Huaping coaching staff a while ago, called "Shengwei".

It means that by shouting, you can improve your own morale, while reducing the opponent's morale and affecting the opponent's game state.

It is said that the Sakura National Table Tennis Association was quite dissatisfied with this, thinking it was a personal attack and publicly protested.

Wang Chao didn't believe it at the time, because he also saw Zhang Benkuang's game video on the forum. Although he didn't watch it carefully, he didn't think the three-stage roar was so powerful from the video, so why did it change? Become a talent?

It wasn't until today that he actually heard it offline that Wang Chao realized that the roar was really quite lethal.

I feel uncomfortable on the outside of the game, let alone the one who bears the brunt on the court?

It can only be said that the radio in the video does not reflect the live effect at all, just like the top singer's singing must be listened to live.

Don't you see that Lin Zijun is already feeling unwell?
　Thanks to "Yu Xu" for the reward of 500 coins.

　　Thanks to "Autumn Wind House" and "Little Bai Yuanxuan" for the reward of 100 coins.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)