Ping Pong Life

Chapter 396 Advancement and Round Tour
In the past two days, all competitions in the Brazil Open are progressing smoothly.

It can be said that there are no surprises in the men's singles event, because basically all the masters are seed players, so the confrontation in the group is basically a game of abuse.

The final result was completely guessed by the fans, and the eight seeded players became the final eight. The next game will be very interesting, because finally they will meet each other.

In the first half, Wang Chao vs Zhang Benkuang, Xiao Fei vs Morad.

In the second half, Fan Xiaodong vs Pique, Bai Feng vs Lin Li.

I have to say that Wang Chao's signing luck this time is really good. Even if he enters a strong confrontation, his match against Zhang Benkuang is probably the least suspenseful match among the top eight.

As for Xiao Fei playing Morad, it is clear that Xiao Fei is ranked No. 3 in the world, and Morad has not even entered the top 20, but there are many people in the world table tennis world who are optimistic about Morad. This is because Morad was suspended before It is indeed an amazing result. On the other hand, it is also because Lao Wa, who was far away in Sweden last night, made another public statement, shouting to Morad: "Come on, try to get a medal back."

A few months ago, Lao Wa shouted the same words, and that time Morad really won a bronze medal.

He shouted again this time, apparently because he felt that Morad had already had another chance to take the card.

A person like Lao Wa never speaks casually. He retired 20 years ago and seldom spoke out in public. However, whether he hand-picked Morad as his apprentice or helped Michelle to improve his technology, he has proved to be unique. The only time he missed in his life was when he coached Michele off the court in an attempt to defeat Wang Chao, but in fact, Lao Wa knew that he would lose in that game, and he just took the initiative to take the blame.

But what Lao Wa didn't expect was that he wanted to take the blame, but he didn't take the blame in the end, because his old friend, the Swedish coach Persson, was unwilling to let him take the blame. Persson believed that even if Michel let the Swedish fans Disappointment does not mean the end of Swedish table tennis. On the contrary, the disappearance of Lao Wa's aura is really the end of Swedish table tennis.

So after that, Persson specially accepted a public interview, narrating in detail the whole story of everything in the Open, and clearly pointed out that it was impossible for Michelle to beat Wang Chao at that time, and Lao Wa just wanted to help the younger generation block some Just sewage.

After this clarification, Laowa's reputation has not been damaged, but has become even louder. It has almost become a symbol of Sweden and a totem of European table tennis, directly breaking through the boundaries of nationality.

It is also because of this that when he shouted, Morad's support rate in Europe suddenly soared. Under the premise that there are almost no masters participating in the whole of Europe, Morad can be said to have attracted thousands of attention. Everyone is looking forward to him defeating Xiao Fly, reach the semi-finals.

"Xiao Fei is old, his grades have been mediocre these years, he didn't even play much in the World Cup, he is no longer good."

"He doesn't even bother to fight for the Olympic men's singles. According to inside information, the only competitors in Wang Chao's eyes are Bai Feng and Lin Li. There has never been a higher world ranking Xiao Fei."

"I wasn't sure about Xiao Fei's strength. After all, he used to be ranked No. 2 in the world, and he was only surpassed by Hu Ke recently... But since even Lao Wa thinks that Morad has a chance, it seems that Xiao Fei has really passed. Get angry."

"Huapeng has all the main players this time, and it is clear that they want to take over. If they are eliminated by foreign associations and enter the semi-finals, they will be slapped in the face."

"So does this count as an air-to-air fight between Lao Wa and the head coach of Huaping? Let's see whether Lao Cai has done his best or Lao Wa is superior."

"Haha, let's wait and see, I'm curious, what kind of punishment will Xiao Fei receive after losing?"

European fans were enthusiastic and full of anticipation. It was originally an unremarkable Open, but because of Lao Wa's shouting, it created a kind of carnival atmosphere for the whole people.

As for letting Morad reach the finals and even win the championship, not many people expect it, because according to the grouping, if Morad wins Xiao Fei, he will have to play Wang Chao in the semi-finals, and Wang Chao at this time is in Europe. In the minds of the fans, they are already at the level of a proper big devil. They belong to the future and have come, and the future is not comparable to Morad. Everyone is not of the same order.

Didn't you see that even Lao Wa didn't dare to let Morad reach the final?It can be seen that Lao Wa also has compulsion in his heart.

I have to mention it here. In fact, after Lao Wa's call yesterday, England coach Johnson also called out, asking Pique to try to get a medal back.

This shouted exactly like Lao Wa, but Johnson's speech was ignored, and everyone just pretended not to hear it.

It's really because he, the head coach, really doesn't have any halo bonuses, and he didn't have any good results when he was a player. Even Pique's rise, strictly speaking, has little to do with him. He just provided the environment and material aspects. help and did not provide any constructive advice in the technical and tactical sphere.

So why did he take Lao Wa's popularity?

Asked from another angle, why does he think that Pique can beat Fan Xiaodong?Is Fan Xiaodong really a persimmon?They have killed Hook before.

After talking about men's singles, let's talk about mixed doubles. After two days, Huaping no longer worried because both pairs of players were eliminated.

Wang Chao and Lilith played a very serious match with Che Song Xin, Xian Youwen from Jindalee, but they really couldn't win, because Lilith not only couldn't handle Che Songxin's changeable serve, but also didn't have enough kills. The board beat Che Songxin to death. In the confrontation between the two female players, she was completely defeated.

And the chain reaction brought about by her complete defeat is by no means a fair duel between Wang Chao and Xian Youwen, but that Xian Youwen directly obtained a large number of offensive opportunities. The stage finds an opportunity to charge up, it is really unstoppable, like a mad dog, even though Wang Chao's defense power has improved by several levels compared to when he debuted, he still can only block less than half of the attacks.

The problem was that even if he blocked the ball, Lilith couldn't stop Che Songxin's next catch.

So mixed doubles is such a delicate confrontation. It is hard to say whether male players or female players are more important. What is really important should be "no obvious shortcomings". Compatibility is because no matter what, you must be compatible first, and the essence of compatibility is to try to make the two boards the same length.

Of course, when it comes to the combination of Jindalaiguo, the focus is quite obvious, and it must be Che Songxin who is more important.

So when Che Songxin played with ease, the result was already doomed.

This game Wangchao worked very hard, so he scored points in every game, but that's it, and he was still far away from winning. In the end, the overall score was 4:0, and he was blocked. After the game, Xian Youwen and Cha Song Xin clapping her hands to celebrate was not enough, she cheered and hugged each other directly.

This is because the two of them knew in their hearts that after Wang Chao returned to the Tang Dynasty team, they would still have nothing to do, so today was probably their only chance to defeat Wang Chao. This match could last for many years in the future. The higher the achievement in mixed doubles, the harder this bull can boast.

The combination of Tang Yuanyuan and Kazik had a much more exciting experience than Wang Chao.

On the first day, Tang Yuanyuan planned to show off their acting skills at the actress level and lost the game directly, but the problem was that the Luxembourg team on the opposite side basically couldn't fight, and they came to train while there were not many masters in the Brazil Open. During the fight, Tang Yuanyuan found that he and Kazik could often score points inexplicably, and won the first round of the fight.

In the second game, Tang Yuanyuan improved his acting skills. He lost two goals in a row at the beginning, one committed suicide by serving, and the other committed suicide by attacking. Then the coach Ge Miao, who was in charge of on-the-spot guidance, called a timeout without hesitation, and in the next 1 minute Nei scolded the glutinous rice balls head and face, with sharp words and a stern tone, which made He Jingping, who was sitting behind her watching the excitement, grin.

Tang Yuanyuan was dumbfounded by the training, but she finally woke up and realized what she had just done.

This is an international arena. Although the competition is not very popular, it can also be considered as a global simultaneous live broadcast. In this case, she dared to play a fake match. This is really looking for death...

Tang Yuanyuan, who returned to the game, began to play in a satisfactory manner. It is impossible to fight like a rainbow, and it is also impossible to try to win with all his strength. But the ball that should be attacked can be attacked, and the ball that should be saved can be saved. At least one must show his attitude.

Then she and Kazik kept the Luxembourg team clean, and because there were only 15 pairs of players in the mixed doubles, she entered the quarterfinals.

The next day, she and Kazik played again, but they played against the No. [-] seed combination from Sakura Country, Yi Chuan Mima and Niku Takashi.

Yichuan Mima was overjoyed, because she was really bullied the last time they fought.

The smile on Yi Chuan Mima's face could not be concealed throughout the game. She seemed to be pumped with blood, full of energy, and full of fighting spirit. They looked indifferent, but at least they played normally, so in the end they beat Tang Yuanyuan and Kazik for four rounds, and successfully reached the semi-finals of the mixed doubles.

Regarding Huaping's mixed doubles loss this time, the world table tennis world was very calm, because everyone could see that it was just for fun. Not to criticize Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan who lost the game.

So the focus is on men's singles.

On the third match day of the Open, the quarterfinals of the men's singles officially kicked off. All four games were played in one morning. In the end, the eight seeded players contributed three wonderful matches in a total of six hours. In the competition, only the match between Wang Chao and Zhang Benkuang was nothing to watch.

This is naturally not because Wang Chao and Zhang Benkuang played poorly, but because Zhang Benkuang was completely crushed by Wang Chao in this game. There was no chance at all in the game. In the end, the 4-0 zero seal reminded many fans Last month, Wang Chao fought on two fronts and kept zero seals all the way to the end.

"He has zero seals at the Platinum Station. Could it be that he wants to do it again this time?" Such remarks appeared on the European Forum at noon that day, and were frantically praised.

The other three games are wonderful because they are either tragic or full of surprises.

The match between Fan Xiaodong and Pique was full of surprises.

When Pique completed the super-evolution last year, he was brilliant. He was able to win two games under Sun Tianlong. Although his performance declined because everyone was prepared, he was still regarded as the top in Europe. Then he He chose to retreat because of his disastrous defeat at the hands of Wang Chao in the Hong Kong Open. Now that he has returned from retreat, although he played mediocre in the World Cup, he is still favored by many people.

Although the England coach's public statement yesterday did not cause any sensation, it at least proved that he is very optimistic about Pique and believes that Pique can beat Fan Xiaodong.

Therefore, the world table tennis world has different opinions about this match. Some people think that this side is stronger, and some people think that that side is stronger. But no matter what, everyone thinks that this is a tough battle. Not to mention reaching the final game, at least reaching sixth Bureau.

As a result, Fan Xiaodong defeated Pique 4-0. If he had to describe the content of the match, it would be "Fan Xiaodong chopped Pique finely to make simmered meat. It was lean and there was no fat on it."

The habitual shock of the world table tennis after this game was once again, because when they felt that Pique’s growth was obvious to all, in fact, the young players in the Huaping base were growing at a faster speed. If this process is compared to raising pigs , then there is definitely a huge gap between the pig feed used by the two parties in terms of quality and use effect.

The ensuing fight between Xiao Fei and Morad was generally within everyone's expectations: it was really fierce and stalemate, and in the sixth round, Xiao Fei finally won 4:2.

European fans were very disappointed because of this. They felt that Molard's performance was not good. : 3, in fact, it is considered a failure.

Therefore, Cai Guodong on Huaping is actually dissatisfied, and even Zhu Zeshi was slightly criticized, because Huaping has its own set of evaluation standards. It is reasonable to have zero opponents.

"What is this fight? No fighting spirit, slack rhythm, all kinds of low-level mistakes, and slow response on the spot. I don't mind Xiao Fei's Buddhism. Anyway, I don't expect him in the Olympics, but he can beat a Swedish teenager like this. Don't you feel ashamed?"

These are the exact words Cai Guodong uttered on the spot when he held a temporary meeting in his room that night, targeting Xiao Fei's teacher Zhu Zeshi: "Old Zhu, I know Xiao Fei will retire next year, but stand on the last post." ah."

These words did not spread, because it is now the stage of the game, even if you want to summarize, review, and criticize, you have to wait until the game is completely over, and the coaches need to do to the players during the game. There are two words of encouragement.

Regarding Cai Guodong's remarks, Zhu Zeshi did not defend, but he did not admit his mistake on the spot. He just bowed his head and remained silent. Only He Jingping, who was sitting next to him and slightly shorter than him by half a head, noticed a detail: the brother's drooping face It wasn't meant to be ashamed or annoyed, but on the contrary, there was a hint of a wicked smile.

He always felt that the senior brother was about to cause trouble, but he couldn't figure out what kind of trouble such a rigid and upright person as the senior brother could do.

In the last game in the morning, Bai Feng played against Lin Li, which was the most well-matched and deadliest match in this Open so far.

The two sides played for an hour, five and 10 minutes. During this period, both sides used the timeout indicator, and both sides deliberately dawdled to delay time and think about tactics. However, in general, the two sides can be regarded as almost completely equal in strength. Until the final decisive game, Lin Li only won with a slight advantage of 13:11, and even the last goal of the final game was very lucky. edge ball.

Otherwise, it is hard to say who will win and who will lose in this last game.

In the past year, because of Wang Chao's rise and Fan Xiaodong's subsequent rise, the world table tennis circles have looked down on Lin Li and Bai Feng in various ways, and because they did have some abnormal games, fans generally believe that Huaping The five main forces have already existed in name only, forming a fault line of two real main forces and three false main forces. This time, Lin Li and Bai Feng's head-to-head confrontation is generally believed to be a stalemate, but it should not be too good. .

Because the fans think that the new generation of geniuses, such as Lin Zijun, Pique, Hu Ke, Wang Chao, Zhang Benkuang, etc., will look better when they play, which is more in line with the mainstream style of table tennis games in this era.

But today's match between Lin Li and Bai Feng really let the fans of foreign associations see clearly the strength of Huaping's main players.

A 27-year-old player and a 25-year-old player changed their style of play from the habit of retiring from the stage and rushing, and both took the most popular route of sticking to the stage and never retreating. Under the same circumstances, their performance is actually better than that of the new generation of super geniuses.

Lin Li's continuous high-quality veneers in the square inch of the stage were simply thrilling, and Bai Feng's straight horizontal strikes made the audience's scalp tingle even more. There were many, many balls that they thought would be impossible to catch. He was caught calmly by two Huaping veterans, and he was able to pull back the ball with high quality and add various forced line changes.

This was a super high-quality game from start to finish. Although it lasted nearly two hours, there was no peeing during the whole process. The audience couldn't even spare time to go to the bathroom. A bunch of people left their seats at the same time, which was a spectacle.

But it was also this game that made people understand how firm Lin Li and Bai Feng's attitude is now.

They still have to compete for Olympic men's singles places.

To this end, they are willing to put in any effort and crush any foe that stands in their way.

The high quality of this game represents their high level at this time. Although they are fighting each other, the person they really want to beat is Wang Chao.

So this fierce battle was actually just an appetizer. What they fought for was the qualification to stand in front of Wang Chao.

"Wang Chao, I'll be waiting for you in the final." During the post-match interview, Lin Li, who had always only talked about the Huaping process routine, was uncharacteristically open to the game, showing his murderous aura.

This afternoon, the women's team's match and the next stage of the mixed doubles match were held to allow the men's singles players a certain amount of time to rest and study the tactics for the next round.

In the morning of the next day, the men's singles semifinal match officially started. The first match was Wang Chao vs. Xiao Fei in the upper half.

(There will be two updates today, but I can’t finish writing at 8:[-], wait for me for a while, thank you)
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