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Chapter 328 Advance to the finals!

"Jiang Yuan's dark horse journey should end here."

"Although this semi-final has not started yet, people who have watched many games know that there is basically no suspense in this semi-final."

"This young player has already accomplished his mission. Wang Yidi on the other side has secured half of the zone. Whoever enters the final here will win the first and second place in this round. It's great!"

"Chen Xintong is actually similar to Leng Gouyun in the men's line. Her singles level belongs to the first-line goalkeeper. It is not easy for the lower-ranked players to surpass her."

"Since she was selected as one of the 'Five Golden Flowers', Chen Xintong's strength is not exaggerated. She has much more competition experience than Jiang Yuan. It is estimated that she should have a 70:30 chance against a young player like Jiang Yuan."

"Since Jiang Yuan is also a national table tennis player, they must have practiced in private. Although Chen Xintong's level in internal battles is not as good as Wang Yidi who is guarding the other half of the zone, it will definitely not be a problem for her to control the young players."

"Let me correct you. Jiang Yuan has not been selected for the national team. She is not even a member of the second team. She is only a player of the provincial team."

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In the table tennis bar, senior members gave their predictions before the semi-final was about to begin. The vast majority of members believed that the dark horse status shown by young player Jiang Yuan in this regular challenge would definitely be ended by his teammates.

Chen Xintong is a first-line main force of the Chinese women's table tennis team and is ranked among the top five players in the country. In the civil war among the "Five Golden Flowers", except for the match against Sun Yingsha, she was able to fight back against the other golden flowers, which reflects her strong power.

Now, a young player like Jiang Yuan who has very little experience is facing one of the absolute main players of the Chinese women's table tennis team. All he needs to do is to play well.

In the final analysis, many people think that in the field of women's table tennis, winning foreign wars is a matter of course. The truly strong players are all the domestic first-line main players. It is really difficult for the players behind to beat the main players in front!

Why is there the term "Five Golden Flowers"? It is because these top five are the absolute main players. At their peak, they directly occupied the top five in the world rankings. Now, Hina Hayata from Japan has broken into the top five, causing Chen Xintong's world ranking to drop to sixth place. Even so, there are still four Chinese female players among the top five in the world.

The momentum that Jiang Yuan showed before really impressed many fans, but they did not think that a rookie with a blank resume and a world ranking that was not even in the top 100 could really shake the dominance of the "Five Golden Flowers"...

Of course, due to Jiang Yuan's extremely high traffic recently, she has attracted many passers-by fans who did not pay much attention to table tennis to follow her through her performance. These fans are very much looking forward to her being a black fan to the end, so that her career can appear more legendary.

The remarks of these fans seemed rather arrogant, so much so that some old fans were unhappy. They felt that these fans who did not understand the game at all were too outrageous, and were exactly the same as the Shatou CP fans who dominated the table tennis circle.

Fans in the fan circle will blindly believe that the contestants they support are invincible. Even if they lose, they will find all kinds of reasons to excuse their idols. The most common excuse is that they had a cold before the game, were not in good shape, and did not fully display their strength.

The veteran fans pointed out bluntly that the young player Jiang Yuan himself did not have unrealistic ambitions, but was very down-to-earth. In a previous post-match interview, he said that "reaching the semi-finals would be a success." Now he is already a "successful person", so why are some of his fans still so greedy?

In any case, Jiang Yuan's performance in this regular challenge tournament has clearly surpassed other non-main national table tennis players. Those players had a hard time playing against the Japanese female players, and in the end they failed to stop Hirano Miu from entering the semi-finals. However, Jiang Yuan defeated Ito Mima and Kihara Miyu in this half of the zone, which is definitely a huge plus!

Jiang Yuan's draw this time can be said to be very strong. She has completed her mission. It is no big deal for her to lose to Chen Xintong next time. At that time, Chen Xintong and Wang Yidi will present a fierce battle in the final. Isn't that the best ending?

Why should we have unrealistic expectations for such a young player to cause another upset?

But then again, no matter what competitive sports field it is, many people actually like to see upsets, and it is particularly exciting for the weak to defeat the strong.

The same is true in the field of e-sports. Li Peinan, the Chinese champion of StarCraft 2, had only a 0.37% chance of winning the championship in that competition. Yet he made it all the way to the finals and won the championship. This is so passionate and legendary!

The field of competitive sports actually also needs such stories very much, as they can give spiritual encouragement to many people.

It was in such an atmosphere of public opinion that the semi-final battle between Chinese female players Jiang Yuan and Chen Xintong finally began.

In fact, in WTT events, as long as the points are higher, civil wars are very common in the semi-finals of the women's table tennis singles, because the top four will basically be taken by the "Five Golden Flowers".

This time in the other half of the group, Hirano Miu was able to make it to the semi-finals purely because of this small competition at this stop. The three top female players Sun Yingsha, Cheng Meng and Wang Manyu did not participate, so this gave her an opportunity.

Hirano Miu is now the number two player in Japan, second only to Hina Hayata. She plays with great energy and is very enthusiastic against Chinese players. She once had a glorious experience of defeating three Chinese players and winning the championship. She was only seventeen years old that year, so she is undoubtedly a talented girl.

However, she was later targeted by the Chinese coaching team and remained silent for a long time. However, even so, because her ceiling is indeed very high, she is still a strong rival of the Chinese women's table tennis team. In the next Olympics, she and Hina Hayata will represent Japan in the women's singles competition. Therefore, for a strong Japanese player like Hirano Miu, only the "Five Golden Flowers" can suppress her. She is still very good at beating the players ranked lower in the Chinese table tennis team.

The semi-final match between Jiang Yuan and Chen Xintong was arranged at "Table No. 1" in the center of the stadium. All kinds of cameras and lenses were finally fully utilized, and there will also be wonderful replays during the match.

In addition, Migu Sports has also invited some famous retired players to serve as commentators in the official live broadcast room!
Although this race is still not broadcast live by the fifth national television station and can only be watched on the sports event app, the authorities obviously know how to further increase attention and traffic.

The guest invited to this semi-final is the retired female player named "Guo Yue"!

When Guo Yue was playing tennis, she was a tomboy with short hair. Her playing style was very brutal and aggressive, and her forehand was extremely strong. At that time, everyone thought that she would take over from Zhang Yining and become another generation of "big devil", but no one expected that she would retire so early.

Now Guo Yue has long hair, and she looks very feminine and pretty. At this moment, she is sitting in the guest seat of the official commentary studio. The host said, "Coach Guo, many people say that they are amazed by the talent of the 15-year-old Jiang Yuan, who has become popular in the professional table tennis arena recently. Then they think of you back then. What do you think of this young player?"

Guo Yue is now the women's table tennis coach of the Liao team. There is nothing wrong with her being called "Coach Guo" by the host. In fact, she became famous at a young age and emerged out of nowhere, but she does not have a high emotional intelligence and has a bad temper.

It is said that he once had a conflict with Wang Nan. That was Wang Nan, the big sister of the national table tennis women's line. Even the "big devil" Zhang Yining didn't dare to act rashly in front of her, but Guo Yue dared to do so. Perhaps this is the arrogance of a genius.

Unfortunately, what the Chinese national table tennis team lacks the least is talent. Although Guo Yue participated in the Olympics three times, she did not make any breakthrough in the most valuable singles event, so naturally she did not even win a Grand Slam. Her historical position in the women's table tennis team is just that.

What people talk about most about her is that she won the youngest women's singles champion of the ITTF Pro Tour Finals at the age of 16. This is a miracle that no one can replicate. After all, there are no professional tours now, only the more commercial WTT events.

Therefore, the table tennis circle is now bragging about Zhang Ben Miwa's talent. In fact, in the eyes of many old fans, her talent can't even compare to Guo Yue's. Her talent is not even on the same level!

Of course, there is now a genius like Jiang Yuan who is younger than Zhang Ben Miwa, who made his professional debut and defeated the top players in Japan and advanced to the semi-finals of this event. Many people think of Guo Yue in the past, which is understandable.

However, looking at Jiang Yuan's appearance and dress, she doesn't have that kind of charm. I always feel that the "big devil" type players of the national table tennis team have to have short hair. They are all tomboy types, and they should be particularly aggressive when playing.

Jiang Yuan played several rounds of games without even wearing shorts. Instead, she wore a short skirt every time, showing off her beautiful legs in various ways. Many passers-by who originally did not pay attention to table tennis became her fans, probably because of her beautiful legs.

In fact, many female players of the national table tennis team like to wear shorts in order to appear more solemn, and they are serious when playing. Jiang Yuan's temperament is completely different from theirs. She likes to smile when playing, and her temperament appears quite elegant. When she is in right-hand position, she basically does not show any aggressiveness.

Jiang Yuan's preference for wearing short skirts when playing has won great praise from many fans. She is a good role model. When the fashion sense of female table tennis players can catch up with that of female tennis players, the traffic of table tennis will probably become even higher.

When Guo Yue heard the host's question, she smiled and responded to the camera: "I am still optimistic about the future of this young player, but her slice style is still quite limited. If she wants to win various world championships, she'd better change her style. As for many people saying that it reminds me, I think it's quite interesting. In fact, my playing style is completely different from hers, and I am left-handed, while her dominant hand is right."

Guo Yue's smile was quite sincere, but when she said it, one could tell something was wrong. She hadn't even done much homework in advance. She just casually watched Jiang Yuan's previous games and thought that the other party was a pure chopper.

It is an unspoken theorem in the circle that choppers have basically no chance of winning major championships. Therefore, there are very few choppers in China. Many children have been practicing and playing professionally since childhood, aiming for the championship. Parents are also very utilitarian, so why choose to be a chopper, a path that is destined to never lead to winning major championships?

When the host heard what Guo Yue said, he thought something was wrong, so he quickly changed the subject. He originally raised this question because he wanted Guo Yue to come up with a fancy sedan chair to praise Jiang Yuan. It would be best if Jiang Yuan could be praised as a peerless genius comparable to the kind of genius that Guo Yue once was. By deifying him, traffic would come, wouldn't it?

Little did she know that Guo Yue's emotional intelligence had never reached that level. She was still quite arrogant. Although she said that she was optimistic about Jiang Yuan's future, she actually felt from the bottom of her heart that choppers had no future at all.

The host then asked Guo Yue which player he was optimistic about. Guo Yue said that the young player was not experienced enough, but there was still a chance of winning because Chen Xintong was not good at back-handling.

The result of the semi-final disappointed many viewers who were expecting a fierce game, because Chen Xintong lost to the young player Jiang Yuan with a score of 1 to 3, and failed to force Jiang Yuan's left hand form at all.

Obviously, any audience who understands football can see that Chen Xintong did not go all out in this semi-final. She was just like the Shatou combination that was eliminated in the first round of this tournament. She did not fully mobilize in the civil war and played too relaxed and casually.

This is actually related to Chen Xintong's own personality. She has always been more Buddhist, so she always ranks last among the "Five Golden Flowers". She does not have that strong desire to win. Of course, if she is playing in the finals now, she might still fight. If she can win one more championship, that would also be good.

But now she is only playing in the semi-finals, and it is the back-spin shot which she is not good at. What's more, Jiang Yuan has a big trick up his sleeve. She doesn't want to try her best to play against this young player, only to end up with a failure like Ito Mima. This would be the most embarrassing thing!
I have to say that Chen Xintong had a pretty good brain. She felt that she was not 100% sure of beating Jiang Yuan, so she thought it would be better to help this dark horse player. So she naturally let herself go and played casually. As long as she was not shutout, she would save face. Telling others about it would also give the young player more opportunities to practice.

Just like that, Jiang Yuan unexpectedly "pulled an upset" again and advanced to the final of this tournament. There is no doubt that her opponent in the final, Wang Yidi, will definitely not play as casually as Chen Xintong. Nicknamed "Solid Potato" and "Wang Dali", she is a real expert in civil wars!

(End of this chapter)