Ping Pong Life

Chapter 207

Another three days later, the ITTF live broadcasted the lottery ceremony, and China Television's five sports channels broadcast the whole process live, with Yi Jing Grasshopper in charge of commentary.

Wang Chao and Wang Mei watched the live broadcast together on their cheap sofa.

Wang Mei has already liked this feeling, because her son really understands it, and when he comments on these world-renowned players, he will subconsciously show a flattering attitude, as if the comments are just common people Same.

This made Wang Mei deeply feel and proud. Thinking that her son had really defeated most of these players in front of fans all over the world not long ago, Wang Mei felt even more proud.

As an ordinary person who is not even considered a fan, what kind of treatment should a world champion accompany and explain at any time?
In Wang Chao's view, what he is doing now is called "chasing dramas with my mother".

The first episode of the series is the lottery ceremony.

Many people think that the lottery ceremony is nothing to watch, and they just need to wait for the final lineup form afterwards. This is actually a profound misunderstanding, because table tennis games are different from basketball and football games. There are too many uncertainties and style differences. Mutual generation and mutual restraint, so it is common for the upper and lower divisions. In this case, a good group and a poor group can really make a big difference in your grades.

And the meeting of some fateful opponents is even more interesting to talk about.

So watching the live broadcast of the lottery ceremony, the really interesting thing is that you can desperately pray who will meet who and who will avoid who before the result of the lottery comes out, and after each match comes out, you can discuss with people at least Tens of thousands of words are related to the outcome.

If it is a live webcast, you can interact with bullet screens. You know how developed the bullet screen culture is in Huaguo.

It's a pity that I'm chasing dramas with my mother and watching live TV, so Wang Chao can only turn his regrets into motivation, and give Wang Mei endless analysis and popular science, and often accidentally, he talks deeply , Wang Mei couldn't understand many of the technical terms at all.

But Wang Mei loved to listen, and because she didn't understand, she felt that what her son was talking about must be extremely lofty, so the pride in her heart couldn't be suppressed, and she wished to call a certain aunt in the neighborhood on the spot. Let her also come to the scene to listen to her son's pre-match predictions.

The so-called "pointing out the country and encouraging the writing" is probably this style, right?
Gossip less, let's get to the point.

According to the standard process of the lottery ceremony, the official first selects four seed players according to the points ranking, and puts them in the first column of the four divisions.

details as following.

District 1/4: Sun Tianlong

District 2/4: Lin Li
District 3/4: White Peak
District 4/4: Hook
With four seeds and three Huaping players, Bayer, ranked third in the world, played health-preserving balls, so he didn't have enough points to participate in the Open, and he didn't have enough accumulated points to make it into the top four.

As for Luo Jiu, although he has achieved great feats, he was the bottom of the five main players until October this year, and the real battle of the gods was the Asian Cup, which was not considered in the year-end finals, so his points In fact, it is very low, ranking 14th, not as good as Li Zhengzhi.

The determination of the four seeds did not cause any discussion, because one person occupies a division, and it is still peaceful for the time being.

But next, there will be a lottery.

This is purely a look.

The gap between black face and white face is too big.

For example, last year, Zhu Shixian from the Kimchi Country did not break into the top 20 in the world. At the end of the year, he was not eligible to participate in the finals. Meet the super strong.

This year he rushed to No. 12 in the world in one breath, and even won a bronze medal in a certain station. This ranking is in line with his true strength.

Those who came up to draw lots were two famous European players who had retired for many years. They followed each other, and quickly drew all four groups of players. The specific matchup table is as follows.

Zone 1/4: Sun Tianlong, Heathfield, Bayer, Zhang Benkuang

Zone 2/4: Lin Li, Zhu Shixian, Pique, Weng Chunting

District 3/4: Bai Feng, Li Zhengzhi, Luo Jiu, Ochumelov

District 4/4: Hooker, Wolff, Lin Zijun, K. Michelle

As soon as the result came out, Wang Chao laughed and began to give Wang Mei crazy science.

Because there are really not too many things to watch.

First of all, the most unlucky association in this finals is none other than the German State.

In fact, at this moment, the vast majority of fans in Germany directly covered their faces with their hands, and they no longer wanted to look back.

Germany is known as the most powerful table tennis country in Europe, and it is also the only association in Europe that has three players in the finals. It can be said that it is quite proud before coming here, whether it is the leading brother Hans Bayer or Dimitri who is in the second place .Wolf looked forward to a bright future in the interview.

They believe that in the past few years, because of their own age and many injuries, some people have always lost the chain in the year-end finals every year, so that there has never been a chance for three people to enter the finals at the same time, and this opportunity Finally, the German Table Tennis Association will surely achieve a new breakthrough in medals in the year-end finals.

Hans Bayer also specifically emphasized: "The young Sisfeld player has been in the growth stage in the past few years. His improvement this year is obvious to all. I think he will achieve a breakthrough this time. Please give him more support. "

These remarks caused sour complaints from some people in the European table tennis world, because the "young Sisfield player" is not young, he is already 26 years old, but Wolf and Bayer are older.

But in any case, the German Table Tennis Association is full of hope.

But in the end, Heathfield's opponent in the first round was Sun Tianlong, and Wolfe's opponent in the first round was Hu Ke. They directly ran into two of the three favorites to win the championship. The two German players are destined for a round trip.

And the last hope, Uncle Bayer, the king of Europe, is in a group with Sun Tianlong, which means that he has a 60.00% possibility of winning with Sun Tianlong when he enters the fourth round.

The reason why it is 60.00%, not [-]%, is because Bayer really may not have beaten Zhang Benkuang in the first round.

Because Zhang Benkuang is underage, his strength is obviously insufficient, but his upper limit is extremely high, and he has played very beautiful games. If he performs supernormally, he has a chance to create miracles.

The only good news is that Zhang Benkuang's talent "prestige" has no effect on the old fritter Bayer.

But Sun Tianlong is sad at this level. As we all know, the dragon team beats uncle like a father beats a son. In the past seven years, he has won 26 consecutive victories, and he is about to beat his demons.

Even if Bayer won the championship in July this year, it was thanks to Lin Li that he helped him kill Sun Tianlong in advance.

So the three players from Germany can now book tickets for the morning of the day after tomorrow.

The next thing to watch is the first round of District 3, when Bai Feng beats Li Zhengzhi.

From a technical point of view, this game should have clear strengths and weaknesses, but there is a gimmick in the victory: the world's No. [-] Chinese-style candy bar vs. the world's No. [-] Sakura straight single cypress.

Looking at the entire first round, the most difficult to predict was the match in District 4: Bay Island player Lin Zijun, against Swedish veteran K. Michel.

This is a duel between the new generation of double-sided horizontal strokes and the traditional European double-sided horizontal strokes.

k. Michelle is 31 years old this year, not young, but he has been in excellent form in the past two years, and even has a faint feeling of breaking through the bottleneck, especially this year, after several consecutive competitions, he has rushed to No. 11 in the world. Almost squeezed into the top ten. With this result, if the Asian players in the top 10 are excluded, he can be ranked fourth in Europe.

As for Lin Zijun, although he is only ranked 20th in the world, he is a newcomer stepping on the top of Luo Jiu and Sun Tianlong.

Although he lost to Wang Chao in the few games on T2, he played a crushing effect when facing other players, especially in the match against Li Zhengzhi, it was almost a massacre.

Don't forget, Li Zhengzhi's current world ranking is as high as 14th.

Gambling has already started at the opening in Europe. Gambling is not allowed in Huaguo, but the Silver Ball Flying Dance Forum still opened a handicap for the forum's virtual currency "Silver Ball Coin" and gave a pretty good reward: Those who correctly guess the outcome of all the games in the first two rounds will be rewarded with an administrator authority for the comprehensive section.

In the end, Wang Chao felt a little sorry for Huaping.

After all, Luo Jiu went to District 3, and will fight Baifeng in the eighth and fourth.

If Luo Jiu can go to District 4, that would be the perfect grouping. In theory, there might even be a grand occasion where Huaping players win the semi-finals.

At this point, the lottery ceremony was over, and some families were happy while others were sad. Wang Mei ran to cook Wang Chao's supper, and 10 minutes later, two bowls of steaming hot and sour soup dumplings with red chili oil floating on the table came out.

This is also a benefit that comes only after the family's financial situation has improved recently. Wang Chao used to eat steamed buns when he was hungry at night. The reason why his physical strength is so poor is indeed because he has been too malnourished in the past 18 years.

So I have to make up for it. Since the holiday, I eat four meals a day, breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper. Wang Chao's goal is to gain 15 catties.

So dumplings are the most expensive beef stuffing. Wang Mei went to the vegetable market to choose the beef tendon.

Considering that the beef tendon is too thin, there is no oily water, so cut a piece of pure pork suet and mix it in.

Then, considering that all the meat tastes too soft, I bought Cunjin cartilage at the stall and mixed it in.

She said this to the stall owner: "I want three catties of beef essence, cut it into simmered meat, and don't see any fat on it."

"I want another catty of pork fat, don't see some fine ones on it, but also cut it into simmered meat."

"If you want half a catty inch of golden cartilage, you have to chop it finely to make sausages, and don't see any meat on it."

Hearing her words, the stall owner always felt that there must be a source, and for no reason, his scalp was numb, his spine was cold, and he had a vague premonition that if he did not do well, he would be beaten with fists and feet. When the best piece of meat comes out, there is really no discount at all, and everything is used as scorpion, which is completely different from his old style of selling lean meat with fat meat, and selling small ribs with large ribs.

Satisfied, Wang Mei returned home, and spent half a day making dumplings full of refrigerators, vowing to let her son eat delicious and spicy food during this time at home.

Although she is short-sighted and can't handle millions of dollars for the time being, she can still adjust her mentality in terms of living expenses. Now she is also starting to make up for it. She sits in a row with her son for supper, and her appetite is whetted in the middle of the night , I was sweating profusely after eating, I didn't feel embarrassed at all, I was very free and easy, and even felt that the relationship with my son became closer because of it.

The days passed with gusto like this, and the second day, the second episode of "Chasing Dramas with My Mom" ​​started.

There were no upsets in the first round of the competition. One day later, the quarterfinals were announced.

Sun Tianlong beat Heathfield.

Zhang Benkuang finally lost after creating a lot of difficulties for Bayer.

Lin Li played a long game with chipper Zhu Shixian for 10 minutes, and finally had the last laugh.

The super-evolved Pique easily defeated Weng Chunting, the only one in the port area.

Bai Feng easily eliminated Li Zhengzhi 4:0 in the world's No. [-] candy bar competition.

Luo Jiu used his unique forehand arc and backhand bounce to beat Ochumelov, the only seedling in Belarus, into a sieve.

Hook's state was not as stable as in the Oman Open two weeks ago, but he still defeated Wolff relatively easily.

And the final battle between Lin Zijun and Michelle was indeed the most intense match in the first round. Lin Zijun played the fast-paced and changeable features to the extreme, but Michelle insisted on a stable word, and his style of play was extremely thick , the two sides fought fiercely for seven rounds, and finally Lin Zijun won.

As soon as the quarterfinals are released, the second round of matches will be determined.

Sun Tianlong vs Bayer.

Lin Li vs Pique.

Bai Feng vs Luo Jiu.

Hu Ke vs. Lin Zijun.

The eyes of the world table tennis circle are focused on this, and even the frustrated German fans can hardly hide their anticipation for these four games.

The highlight of the first game is whether Sun Tianlong can win his 27th consecutive victory against Bayer?

The highlight of the second game is that although Pique, who has completed super-evolution, cannot beat Sun Tianlong, does he have a chance to beat the other main players of Huaping?

The highlight of the third game is whether Luo Jiu, who has achieved great feats, will be able to exert the same oppressive force as Sun Tianlong when facing his former teammates again.

The fourth game is more interesting.Some people just want to know whether Lin Zijun can stop Hu Ke's violent attack, while others want to see if Hu Ke can still play as well as before when facing Lin Zijun, who is also a representative of the most advanced style of play in the new generation. same pressure.

After all, when he played against Xiao Fei, Sun Tianlong, and even Wolfe yesterday, he played against traditional veterans.

The veteran's style of play is slow in rhythm and stable in style, which is why Hooker can attack violently regardless of everything, but Lin Zijun is the fastest and most distinctive offensive attribute among the new generation of rookies. Is it possible for the unstable Hook to create a miracle?
The next morning, the third episode of "Chasing Dramas with My Mom" ​​started.

Sun Tianlong successfully won his 27th victory against Bayer, but Bayer, as the loser, had a pretty beautiful scene in this game: In the third game, the referee misjudged a ball and dunked Sun. Tianlong scored a point, and then Bayer served the ball. He took the initiative to send a suicide and returned the misjudged point to Sun Tianlong.

This is true gentlemanly manner.

This action caused warm applause from the audience, and also made the referee of European nationality a little embarrassed, which meant that he was not human inside and out.

When the two sides shook hands after the game, Bayer showed excellent demeanor. He smiled and congratulated Sun Tianlong, and took the initiative to hug Sun Tianlong, which made a wave of goodwill in the hearts of Chinese fans. At that moment, it is conceivable that, Brother Da Ma's barrage in the live broadcast room should have been swiped by dense "Uncle Bai".

The next second game made Wang Chao feel a little heavy, because Lin Li was beaten 4-0 by Pique.

It stands to reason that it is understandable whether the two sides win or lose, but the problem is that Lin Li was completely defeated by Pique in terms of playing style and strategy, and the whole audience was suppressed to death. Pique displayed his powerful backhand ability, all kinds of dazzling violent back pulls and back twists, coupled with flexible trajectory changes, almost stunned Lin Li.

After the game, Wang Mei couldn't help saying: "This Englishman is so strong, son, you must never meet him next year."

Wang Chao couldn't help laughing.

Wang Mei's words are of course typical layman's terms. As for how strong Pique is, Wang Chao really doesn't think so.

This game looks very disparate, but in fact the strengths of the two sides are evenly matched, but Lin Li does have some problems with his adaptability and adjustment ability when facing new players. This is a slow start, and it is also a problem that Lin Li has always had ,
He lost to Bayer in the final in July because he was always using the same tactics against Bayer, but he didn't expect to adjust in time.

Of course, this is not the fault of Qin Huachang, the off-court coach, because the coach is just a player's support after all. I can tell you how to play, but you have to understand. If you don't understand, even if I say it a hundred times, after you go up Still don't know how to fight.

Lin Li obviously didn't realize it, at least he didn't have time to realize it at the scene, so he failed miserably.

If he loses in a foreign competition in an international competition, he will be punished if he goes back. At least the chance of playing in an international competition next year will be reduced by 1.

(End of this chapter)