Ping Pong Life

Chapter 419 Doubles straight through, frequent accidents
The singles event of the strongest 12-man on-surface competition ended at 47:[-] p.m. on the fourth day, declaring it all over.

Just looking at the end time, one can imagine how brutal the game was, which was delayed by more than three hours from the original scheduled end at 05:30 pm.

Summing up the results of the two rounds, Luo Jiu is still ranked number one. He lost two games in the first round, against Bai Feng and Fan Xiaodong, and only lost one game in the second round, against Qi Hao.

In the end, Luo Jiu dominated the crowd with a score of 19 wins and 3 losses, but he didn't mean to be complacent, on the contrary, his expression was a bit serious.

In the final analysis, it was because he lost in the second round to the wrong person.

It would be understandable for him to lose to Wang Chao, Fan Xiaodong, Bai Feng, and Lin Li, but his loss to Qi Hao actually showed a problem: his adaptability is not that good.

Qi Hao's style of play is flawed. His results in the first round are far better than those in the second round, which proves that his current position is not to cross the river but to stir shit. In the first round, Wang Chao beat Qi Hao It was only in the seventh round that Wang Chao won miserably, but in the second round, Wang Chao directly chopped Qi Hao 4:0, which proves that Wang Chao has completely mastered the method of defeating Qi Hao.

Naturally, Luo Jiu's adaptability cannot be compared with Wang Chao's. After all, he does not have such a perverted talent as Wushuang, but the problem is that Bai Feng and Fan Xiaodong both won two consecutive victories against Qi Hao. Easy, as for Lin Li, he lost to Qi Hao in the first round and beat Qi Hao in the second round.

It can be said that if Qi Hao is used as a test stone, everyone will improve in the second round.

Only Luo Jiu fought very hard in the two rounds. He narrowly won the first round and lost the second round. This is very problematic.

Underneath the seemingly glamorous results, there is a rather fatal problem that is covered up. The defect of poor adaptability has little effect during the civil war, because everyone knows the basics and can kill them well. If one is not careful and fails to adapt, there will be big problems.

Ranked second is Wang Chao, with a record of 17 wins and 5 losses. He lost 3 in the first round and 2 in the second round. Two of these 5 losses were thanks to Luo Jiu. Nine Apart from the mutual wins and losses of the two brothers, their record against other people is the same.

Therefore, even though Wang Chao ranked second, the coaching staff felt more at ease with him, because after watching the whole four days, Wang Chao showed an astonishing stability and did not make any mistakes where he should not have made mistakes. Everyone can see every failure clearly, there are not so many complicated and bizarre reasons, it is purely because physical strength or mental strength cannot keep up.

Of course, this also exposed a fatal flaw of Wang Chao: Although he has undergone high-intensity training for a whole year, he still has some small shortcomings in terms of competition intensity compared to others.

The coaching staff is not very worried about this, because the schedule of both the World Table Tennis Championships and the Olympic Games is actually very loose compared with the through competition. Chao is now able to cope with the intensity of the through match, so basically there will be no problems in foreign battles, even if it is men's singles and mixed doubles.

But in the men's doubles, Wang Chao can't count on it at all. After all, the strength of the third line is not what he is currently able to handle.

After that, the third to No.5 are Bai Feng, Fan Xiaodong and Lin Li.

Lin Li got zero seals from Wang Chao twice in the Open, which can be said to be a great loss of confidence, and now he is a little sluggish. On the contrary, Bai Feng has a better mental outlook because he has never had the chance to meet Wang Chao and he is younger. This difference in mentality is reflected in actual combat, and the result is that Bai Feng has performed better in the past four days, and his fighting will has become stronger. After passing Lin Li, who was ranked above him in the world, he even defeated Lin Li head-on in two consecutive rounds of direct confrontation.

To everyone's surprise and pleasant surprise, Fan Xiaodong actually rushed to No.4.

In fact, as soon as the list of 12 people came out, many people already guessed that Fan Xiaodong would be selected, but almost everyone thought that Fan Xiaodong would be ranked fifth. After all, Fan Xiaodong had never won a civil war in the World Series. He was once defeated by Luo Jiu. , Wang Chao, Lin Li, Bai Feng and Xiao Fei defeated him without exception, and Lin Li even defeated him twice.

But this time his record was quite brilliant. He defeated Wang Chao and Luo Jiu in the first round, and Lin Li and Bai Feng in the second round. It can be said that he has wiped out the main players of the national team.

Even with a pervert like Wang Chao pressing on his head, Fan Xiaodong still showed a vigorous and irrepressible momentum of madness, like weeds that grow tenaciously from the cracks in the rocks in spring, with unparalleled vitality.

So far all the singles events have come to an end, and the men's singles players selected for the World Table Tennis Championships are Luo Jiu, Wang Chao, Bai Feng, Fan Xiaodong and Lin Li.

As for the women's team, the players selected for the World Table Tennis Championships are Wang Yu, Jin Ling, Shen Sha, Liu Wen, and Yin Di in order of ranking.

Did you find the roster on the women's team a bit weird?
Yes, the women's team had a big upset this time.

Jinling, Liuwen and Zhu Lingling, the top three of the traditional top three, even failed to qualify. The young couple Wang Yu and Shen Sha rose strongly. Wang Yu directly rushed to No.3, and Shen Sha also rushed to No.1, ranking the world Jin Ling, who is number one, and Liu Wen, who is ranked second in the world, squeezed out.

Then the young Xiaohua Yin Di, ranked ninth in the world, directly squeezed out the veteran Zhu Lingling, who was ranked third in the world.

This record shocked the world table tennis world, followed by deep despair.

In fact, since the second half of last year, the women's singles event in the world table tennis has had a fairly good wind. The Sakura National Women's Table Tennis, led by Yichuan Mima and Yamano Mia, has risen strongly. The style of play caused a lot of trouble for Huaguo Nvping, and then Sakura domestic young teenagers began to emerge like a blowout. For example, Hayata Hannah, who later partnered with Zhang Benkuang, was one of them.

At that time, many people in the world table tennis world exclaimed, thinking that the Asian women's table tennis event might form a situation where Hua Guo and Sakura Guo were divided into rivals.

However, a year later, the representatives of Sakura Country women's table tennis, Yichuan Mima and Yamano Mia, have been completely knocked down and failed to really rise. On the contrary, Huaping's own Xiaohua completed the grabbing of the class and power in the civil war.

Before the Sakura National Women's Table Tennis Team had time to break through the Huaping veterans, the veterans had already been shot to death on the beach by Huaping's own young players.

How can this make people not despair?

The fans watched the ball for four days, as if they had eaten a full banquet for four days. They left the gymnasium contentedly, went home to eat and take a bath, went to bed early, and recharged their batteries, but they were not for the next day. Come and watch the game.

Yes, the game is not over.

The first four days were just singles, followed by men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.

The World Table Tennis Championships is the event with the most events among the three major events. It was originally two events of singles and two events of doubles. This year, the ITTF reformed and mixed doubles entered the Olympics. The World Table Tennis Championships naturally included mixed doubles.

Therefore, Huaping will have two sets of men's doubles, two sets of women's doubles and two sets of mixed doubles in this competition.

The selection of doubles is different from that of singles, and the coaching staff must be assigned.

For example, the men's doubles, the first singles combination must be Sun Tianlong and Xiao Fei, the famous Feitian combination.

What?You said Sun Tianlong and Xiao Fei didn't want to fight?
That won't work, we have to play. This is a task directly assigned by the coaching staff. In order to ensure the men's doubles championship, the two veterans must play unconditionally. Otherwise, they will be labeled as "unpatriotic". Who can bear it?

Who told them that they have been the number one men's doubles team in the world for so many years?
In addition, you have to choose a combination. This combination is relatively free. The players are allowed to form teams freely and sign up for the competition freely. The coaching staff does not impose any coercion.

——Anyway, there is the Feitian combination, and the other group is supposed to go to the lottery.

Everyone’s enthusiasm for signing up is very high, just like almost the whole team signed up for men’s singles. For men’s doubles, anyone who thinks they are good in doubles doesn’t want to miss it. They don’t force them to be selected, but they still have to try anyway. Fight, man, athlete, who would refuse to fight?Who would refuse to challenge the strong?

Only Luo Jiu's mind is different from the others.

He really wanted to kill Sun Tianlong and Xiao Fei.

Because this year he wants to be a grand slam, the more honors he gets, the louder his voice will be when he goes to Lao Fan's house to propose marriage, and the straighter his waist will be, then a gold medal in the men's doubles at the World Table Tennis Championships will naturally Do your part.

He went to Wang Chao as a matter of course.

Luo Jiu is very confident. He thinks that he and his brother Wang Chao can form a "stir-fried snail combination". You see, he has even thought of the name of the combination.

"The combination of fried snails can definitely fight against the Feitian combination. We don't need to distinguish who is attacking and who is defending. We can completely attack and defend, because we practice the same system. It is unprecedented in the world when we join forces. A brand new system that other people can play." Luo Jiu held out his hand to Wang Chao confidently: "Do you want to do it?"

Wang Chao shook his head: "No."

Luo Jiu sneered, "You bastard."

"Senior brother, the provocative method is not something that can be used at any time, please use your brain." Wang Chao sighed: "I have already won the singles spot in the World Table Tennis Championships, and I was directly assigned by the coaching staff for the mixed doubles." , under such circumstances, do you think that Lao Cai will agree with me having three things?"

Luo Jiu suddenly realized, then turned and ran.

He has to hurry up and find someone else. After all, this is a free team formation. Everyone has already started to move. Before he came to Wang Chao, Qiu Yinong had just taken the initiative to find him, and wanted to give his disciple Lu Feiyang to him. Luo Jiu formed the "Tilapia Group", but was rejected by Luo Jiu.

Luo Jiu's second choice is Zhu Ding, because he has practiced with Zhu Ding for nearly half a year, and he knows how strong his partner is now. It can be said that his team with Wang Chao is like an epee that breaks through mountains and breaks rocks. , then he and Zhu Ding's team is definitely a demon sword that appears and kills invisible.

Now Zhu Ding is good at all kinds of styles and routines, and he has practiced a lot of weird tricks in private. Occasionally, even Luo Jiu will suffer when he uses them. It can be said that Zhu Ding is now the most imaginative and powerful player in Huaping. The fanciest player in the law.

Of course, it is also the player with the worst stability.

But Luo Jiu doesn't care, because he can tell the truth.Cooperating with Wang Chao, he can attack and defend completely, and cooperating with Zhu Ding, he can also assist in the whole process. After all, Zhu Ding has a talent for strange power. He is responsible for the lower limit, and Zhu Ding is responsible for the upper limit. As long as he really charges, he will be out of control. Mustang.

In order to show his sincerity, he once again thought of the name of the group in advance: the combination of keeping promises.

However, he was rejected by Zhu Ding again.

"You are late, I already have a partner."

Zhu Ding's partner was Ma Angxing, because Wang Lu personally brought Ma Angxing to the door, and he couldn't refuse.

After all, when he fell into the trough of his life, it was Wang Lu who sent his younger brother Wang Shouyuan to Bincheng to be his coach for five years, which was equivalent to taking care of him for five years.

Zhu Ding must repay this kindness.

What's more, Ma Angxing has the talent of eagle eyes, and he is a natural assistant. It just allows Zhu Ding to perfectly realize his weird ideas.

Luo Jiu was very confused. He thought carefully about who else he could find.

There is no need to count on Bai Feng and Lin Li. Their playing styles are too unique, and they are not suitable for doubles. Although they have tried doubles occasionally in the past few years, they have never achieved results. Obviously, they are not good partners.

So... Fan Xiaodong?

Luo Jiu quickly gave up this option, because he was still thinking of a player after all, and he did not stand at the height of Sun Tianlong, He Jingping and Qin Huachang.

Even Wang Lu finally comprehended the new era of Huaping coaching staff's new style of play in the past few days. Luo Jiu, an athlete who only wanted to play well, didn't even know that the upper water flow had changed direction. , I am a disciple of the rich family, so I shouldn't find a disciple of the Qin family as a partner.

So in the end he could only pinch his nose and look for Qiu Yinong...

At the beginning, Qiu Yinong took the initiative to find his partner, but he rejected him. Now that he has turned around, it is his turn to turn around.

However, he still didn't eat this sweet turnip...

"Ah? Why are you like this? You said that you didn't want to partner with Lu Feiyang, so I went to find someone else, and now he is matched with Fan Xiaodong." ——Qiu Yinong's original words.

At this moment, Luo Jiu was like a thunderbolt. Being late was not a problem, and embarrassment was not a problem. The problem was why Lu Feiyang could match up with Fan Xiaodong?If the Zhumen can form a team with the Qinmen, why didn't I go directly to Fan Xiaodong just now?
He came out of Qiu Yinong in a daze, and found that there was only one choice left: Qihao.

Qi Hao is now the master's disciple, so no matter what, he is one of his own, um, he is the only one.

By this time, Luo Jiu's heart was already very sad.

He originally wanted to form the men's doubles to kill Sun Tianlong and Xiao Fei. This goal is not insignificant. It is because the goal is too high that he went to Wang Chao, but after going around, his goal became lower and lower. , there is only a slim theoretical possibility of defeating the Feitian combination.

But now, when he decides to go to Qihao, it means that he has given up even this theoretical possibility.

Yes, he teamed up with Qi Hao, and he couldn't beat Sun Tianlong and Xiao Fei 100%.

Doubles, when everyone's realm is not too high, can be eaten all over the world with one move, just like Xiao Fei's three tricks.

But once it reaches the level of the peak duel, it must be that none of the four players have obvious loopholes. The game will definitely start with mutual defense. Everyone looks for each other's loopholes, then grabs the initiative, and then uses the initiative to snowball, and finally penetrates the opponent. .

It must be such a rigorous and complicated process.

There is no such thing as a knife when I come up, and you don't pay attention, and you are directly hacked to death.

Sneak attacks are useless.

But as a player, Qi Hao, his style of play happens to be to come up and cover his face with a slash first, and he can't play that impeccable mature style for the time being.

"So why should I go to him? I wanted to form a team to defeat the Feitians. Since there is no way to defeat the Feitians now, I might as well give up."

Luo Jiu's footsteps became slower and slower, and finally figured out the truth, turned around and returned, giving up the dream of the men's doubles gold medal.

What he didn't know was that Qi Hao had already made up with someone, if he went over, he would only be rejected again.

But it's not over yet.

Something even more embarrassing happened.

Xiao Fei came to visit Luo Jiu with Wang Qin, his newest disciple.

"I heard that you didn't find anyone to form a team?"

"Look at how my disciple is doing?"

Xiao Fei spoke with a smile on his face, but Luo Jiu wanted to press his face to the floor.

He felt deeply humiliated.

I tmd was still trying to beat you just now, now you bring your disciples to team up with me?

Fortunately, Xiao Fei quickly explained the purpose of his visit.

"Anyway, you didn't find anyone to form a team. Anyway, you are idle these few days. Instead of watching the football, why not go up and have fun by yourself. Just take my little apprentice to see the world."

Luo Jiu was miraculously persuaded.

Things in the world are so wonderful. When he wanted to win the championship, he felt depressed no matter how he thought about it, but when he gave up completely, he thought it would be good to play from another angle.

What's more, Xiao Fei is the big brother of the Zhu family after all, he begged to come to the door, and promised himself a month's feast, so he reluctantly agreed.

So far, Luo Jiu and Wang Qin have formed a team, and they have come up with a very impressive combination name: Tian Luo Di Wang Combination.

(End of this chapter)