Ping Pong Life

Chapter 351
At this time, the men's singles officially began to draw lots, and before the draw, the complete list of the latest world rankings also appeared on the big screen.

1. Huaguo, Sun Tianlong

2. Hua Guo, Xiao Fei
3. Hua Guo, Luo Jiu
4. Brazil, Hook Calderano

5. Hua Guo, Lin Li
6. Huaguo, Baifeng
7. Deutschland, Hans Bayer

8. Bay Island, Lin Zijun

9. Cherry Blossom Country, Waterfowl Hawk
10, England, Pique

11, Sweden, K. Michel

12. Port District, Weng Chunting

13. Hua Guo, Wang Chao
14, Germany, Heathfield Patrick
15. Ochumelov, Belarus

16. Zhu Shixian, Kimchi Country

17, Germany, Dimitri Wolff

18. Sakura Country, Zhang Benkuang
19. Kimchi Country Li Zhengzhi

20, Huaguo, Yan Ping'an

……

Wang Chao looked up and saw that his name was firmly on the 13th place.

In fact, the lower the world ranking, the smaller the points gap between players. After entering the top 10, they are almost one-on-one. Sun Tianlong hangs high at the top. difference.

Sun Tianlong is on his own, because his original points are too strong. Even though he has played very few games and won fewer championships in the past year, after the reduction, no one can shake his status.

But Wang Chao is a typical leap forward.

After winning the Hong Kong Open in February, he had already rushed to No. 2 in the world. Then he replaced Sun Tianlong in the Swedish Open in April and won the championship again. This time, it was a proper platinum station with a lot of points. Because there is not much difference in the world rankings in this ranking range, he jumped directly from 22nd to 4th, and he is only one step away from Weng Chunting, Michelle and Pique above his head.

Considering that Michelle did not participate in the competition, if Weng Chunting and Pique cannot enter the quarter-finals, Wang Chao only needs to enter the quarter-finals at least, and he can directly enter the top 10 in the world rankings. Once he enters the top [-], theoretically It is said that this ranking and status are enough to match the title of "the main player of Huaping".

This ranking must be included in Cai Guodong's assessment criteria, and it is a necessary condition for grabbing power.

And if Wang Chao wants to ensure that he enters the top 10, it's easy, just win the championship.

As long as he wins the championship, even if Pique takes the runner-up, Wang Chao will be able to steadily counter pressure Pique by virtue of the difference in points between the championship and the runner-up.

Apart from Wang Chao, the rankings of others have also changed a lot.

Lin Zijun has been very diligent this year, and has signed up for the Hong Kong Open, the Huaguo Open and the Swedish Open in three consecutive singles rounds, and has achieved good results in each round. Today, he has successfully rushed to No. 8 in the world. This ranking , the Bay Island's best result in nearly a decade.

Hook, on the other hand, because of abstaining from two consecutive rounds, stayed at No. 2 in the world for only a short while before falling again. Xiao Fei, who was originally No. 3, returned to No. 2 in the world, followed closely by Luo Jiu, rushing to No. 3.

So this world ranking looks very gorgeous. In the second half of last year, this list was continuously disrupted by Hooker, Bayer and Pique. Now it is ruled by Huaping again. Looking around, the top three are all Huaping players , and further down, except for Hook who can still hold it, Bayer, who has not participated in the competition for a long time, is also falling down. On the contrary, Lin Li and Bai Feng, who have not been too good in their recent record, rely on the small number of points they have won in consecutive competitions. He stabilized his fifth place, and one rushed to the sixth place.

In this way, it seems a little embarrassing for Mizutori Eagle to be the only card in the top 10 of Sakura Country's men's singles.

Internally, although he ranks high, he is already a street rat in China. Apart from his own former fans turning black towards him, there are also a lot of Yichuan fans who hate him deeply. Externally, he can't beat him. Sun Tianlong and Luo Jiu on the top of the head can't beat Wang Chao and Fan Xiaodong on the bottom of the feet, which belongs to the typical false height.

To use an idiom, it is called under the great name, but it is actually difficult to match.

As for the host country, Germany, what attracted the most attention from the local fans was that the original No. [-] Sissfeld surpassed Wolff and rushed to the second place.

Soon, according to the world ranking, the eight seed players were directly determined.

District 1/8: Hook
Zone 2/8: Bayer

District 3/8: Lin Zijun

District 4/8: Weng Chunting

Zone 5/8: Pique
Zone 6/8: Waterfowl Hawk

District 7/8: White Peak
District 8/8: Lin Li
The next thing is interesting, because the one behind Weng Chunting happens to be Wang Chao, and he is the first player who needs to draw lots to decide who belongs to him.

At this time, Wang Chao seemed to be a giant in the eyes of foreign fans. As soon as his profile picture appeared on the big screen, the audience and the media who watched the lottery ceremony were all exclaimed.

The media people are afraid that the world will not be chaotic. They hold up their cameras and take pictures all over the field, hoping to capture more of the expressions and body movements of the players at the moment.

The German fans at the scene began to yell chaotically, some shouted "Seven Districts", some shouted "Eight Districts", they all prayed that Huaping would settle down a civil war first.

Obviously, the mentality of the eight seeded players is different.

Hook and Pique showed some anticipation and nervousness. As the new generation seed players in Europe, they naturally have a fateful relationship with Huaping's new generation seed Wang Chao. The only difference is that Pique had previously They played against each other but failed to win, while Hu Ke lost to Fan Xiaodong ahead of schedule without even walking in front of Wang Chao.

Weng Chunting smiled and waved his hands, making it clear that he did not want to fight Wang Chao.

Only Lin Zijun was the most steadfast, and even had some expectations, muttering to himself, hoping that Wang Chao could enter the 3rd district, otherwise, he was afraid that the two of them would not be able to meet.

He knows that there is a high probability that he will not be able to beat Wang Chao, but he is not afraid of losing to Wang Chao, because he has already created the best record in the history of the Bay Island Table Tennis Association. Play a famous game that will be recorded in history, and the outcome is irrelevant.

This probably belongs to the soul of the second generation in the bones of the younger generation of players who grew up watching anime.

As for the water bird eagle, he was extremely calm and expressionless, as if it had nothing to do with him, but the more he was like this, the more the audience who saw him through the camera wanted to laugh.

But none of these people could wait for Wang Chao.

Perhaps the host was really protected by the goddess of luck, and the German fans got their wish. Wang Chao finally fell to the seventh district. If he wanted to enter the quarterfinals, he would have to fight Baifeng with a high probability.

The director's shot gave Bai Feng a close-up in an instant. Many viewers watching the live broadcast in front of the screen found that Bai Feng was very excited at this moment. His eyes sparkled, revealing the eagerness to fight.

This is the self-confidence and pride of being a veteran of Huaping's main force.

Naturally, Bai Feng will not forget the game he played with Wang Chao inside the base last year.

He lost that time, he refused to accept it at the time, and he still refuses to accept it now.

He naturally knew that Wang Chao was doing his best to compete for the Olympic singles spot.

He also knew that Sun Tianlong was taking the initiative to facilitate this matter.

He also knows why his teacher Wang Lu has tried his best to force him to change his playing thinking and playing habits since the beginning of spring.

Everything is in preparation for dealing with Wang Chao.

In fact, before July last year, Bai Feng always believed that the third place in the Olympic men's singles must be his own.

In other words, he is Wang Chao's direct competitor.

It's not a problem to miss it all the time, and it's not in line with Bai Feng's character to always avoid it.

Although he wants to win, he is not afraid of losing, what he seeks is a pleasure.

It's good to play a game early.

……

The positions of the top 16 players in the men's singles race were quickly determined.

District 1/8: Hooker, Zhu Shixian
District 2/8: Bayer, Li Zhengzhi
District 3/8: Lin Zijun, Heathfield
District 4/8: Weng Chunting, Wolfe
District 5/8: Pique, Fan Xiaodong
District 6/8: Waterfowl Eagle, Zhang Benkuang
District 7/8: Baifeng, Wang Chao

District 8/8: Lin Li, Qiu Shang

It is worth mentioning that among the 15-year-old players in Huaping, Lu Feiyang obviously made his debut first, but in the end it was Fan Xiaodong who came from behind in the world rankings. Ended the suffering of qualifying.

This is naturally because Fan Xiaodong has won every battle since his debut.

He lost to Wang Chao at the Swedish Open and was runner-up.

At the Qatar Open, he was eliminated by Luo Jiu when he made eight to four, and finally scored the quarterfinals.

In the Malaysia Open, he was eliminated by Xiao Fei in the semi-finals, and finally scored in the semi-finals.

In fact, he also created a small record. He is the only underage player in the history of Huaping who has participated in the World Series for three consecutive times without losing a foreign battle. He died at the hands of his own people. An expert in war, an outsider in civil war."

But this time, Fan Xiaodong went out again, and it was no coincidence that he was assigned to the lower half with Wang Chao. That is to say, if he can continue to not lose the foreign battle, then there is a high probability that the semi-final will be another civil war.

Then the mixed doubles draw, the situation is a bit subtle.

Because the mixed doubles rule is that all points are calculated according to a fixed partner, so if Yichuan Mima teamed up with Mizutaka, she would have historical points, and now she is teaming up with Nikubo Xiaoxi, it is considered a new combination , no credits.

Therefore, the two pairs of Sakura Country are clearly recognized as being very strong, but because their partners have changed, they must start from the qualifying rounds.

Similarly, the two pairs of mysterious combinations in Jindalai Country also had to start from the qualifying round.

So in the end we saw that among the seed combinations of the eight districts, only the Tang Dynasty combination in District 1, the Bay Island combination in District 3, the Port District combination in District 7, and the German National combination in District 8 can be regarded as famous.

As for the remaining four seeds, the England combination in District 2, the Peacock Country combination in District 4, the Beautiful Country combination in District 5, and the French combination in District 6, everyone doesn't know or pay attention to them at all.

After all, they were beaten all the way in Qatar in May and Malaysia in June.

There was nothing to say all night. Starting from the next day, the men's singles qualifying match took the lead. When the dust settled that afternoon, Huaping's Lu Feiyang and Liang Kunpeng successfully entered the main match, while Gao Mingyuan and Sun Zhongwen died again in the main match. In the night before dawn.

The only single seedling in Sweden, K. Michel's brother, M. Michel, also successfully entered the race.

Fans don't pay much attention to this. After all, after half a year of turmoil and ups and downs, the current table tennis situation has gradually stabilized. Famous old players and popular new players have reached a new balance. Whose Which range of strength is in, who can probably beat and who can't beat, the fans already know it in their minds.

In short, these crooked melons and dates from the qualifying round, regardless of whether they are famous or not, I am afraid that they do not have the qualifications to be a dark horse for the time being.

However, the mixed doubles qualifying match that afternoon directly revealed the big news.

First, the combination of Zhang Benkuang and Hayata Hanna successfully qualified and was divided into the 7th district.

The young pair Xian Youwen and Che Songxin from Jindalai Country followed closely behind and were divided into the third division.

Next, another pair from Sakura Country, Yi Chuan Mima and Niku Takashi, unexpectedly collided with Jin Dalai Country's Asian Games champion Jin Feng Jin Zhong in the qualifying round due to grouping reasons.

You should know that because the number of registered teams for mixed doubles is far less than that for singles, each group in the qualifying round only allows one pair to qualify.

As a result, a real strong confrontation was quietly staged without the official live broadcast and commentary.

(Every time I write about the stage of group drawing, I have a headache. It is troublesome to write, and it is thankless. The time spent in this chapter can be written in two or three chapters. But I really don’t know how to solve this problem , It’s definitely not enough to skip directly, because there must be a match list to have the list of the top eight. Is there any experienced friend who can give me some feasible suggestions? You can leave a message at the end of the chapter and tell me)
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