Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 13: The open tournament with many heroes gathered, and Park Kwang-ho was swept again

Arrive in Toulouse, France, located in the southwest of France and is the fourth largest city in France.

Because the French Open will not officially start until the 29th.

These days, coach Wu Weijing is planning to find a table tennis hall for Li Ying to train and maintain his form.

However, the French Open, which the national table tennis associations did not pay much attention to, suddenly changed its direction.

Table tennis associations in various countries have added table tennis players and supplemented their rosters.

On the German side, Dimitri, who is known as the twin stars together with Thiem, also signed up for the French Open. Not only that, Thiem and Dimitri also signed up for the men's doubles competition.

In addition, all the main forces from France are out.

Felix's brother also signed up, not only that, he also signed up for men's doubles.

Then there is Park Kwang-ho from Korea, who has also signed up for the men's doubles along with players from the Korea National Table Tennis Team.

Ryuo Country also sent out the 18-year-old naturalized star 'Furukawa Tomoaki'. Furukawa Tomoaki is from Xia Country and has already obtained the citizenship of Ryuo Country.

In this case, the men's doubles combination of Ryuoku is 'Yasuki Ishii and Tomoaki Furukawa'.

When Li Ying thought men's doubles had nothing to do with him.

The night of the 27st.

The men's team head coach Dong Yaobang brought Su Yan, a P-card player of the Chinese national table tennis team in the 2008 Summer Olympics, to France.

"Coach Dong, Brother Su!"

Li Ying didn't know at first, but Dong Yaobang and Su Yan appeared at the gate. When Li Ying saw them, he hurriedly walked over to say hello.

"Aying, well done. This French Open caused all the trouble because of you. Especially this men's doubles, which gathered top players from various countries. So, I decided to let you participate in the men's doubles as well. Your teammate in men's doubles is Su Yan." Dong Yaobang said with a smile.

Li Ying was speechless.

It's just a small open tournament.

Of course, now that Dong Yaobang has traveled thousands of miles to France with Su Yan, Li Ying cannot afford to slack off in the men's doubles competition of this open tournament.

However, in men's doubles competitions, randomness and luck play a larger role.

However, Li Ying can only perform as well as possible.

then.

Dong Yaobang and Wu Weijing personally took the lead and served as sparring partners for Li Ying and Su Yan in the men's doubles.

Just like that, after a day of hard training on the 28th, Li Ying almost understood the tactics of men's doubles, and then his cooperation with Su Yan also gradually improved.

29 number.

The draw for men's singles and doubles began at the same time.

Li Ying and Su Yan not only formed the men's doubles, but also participated in the men's singles.

Because of the complete change in the lineup, this open tournament also received broadcast support from Xiaguo Channel C.

At the very least, the importance of the French Open is now almost the same as other top open tournaments.

In this case, the attention of table tennis players from all over the world will be focused on the French Open.

The men's singles also starts from the top 64.

As for the draw, according to the principle that associations from the same country should not be in the same half, Li Ying will continue to sit in the upper half and Su Yan will be in the lower half.

If all goes well, Li Ying and Su Yan may meet in the finals.

However, the men's singles in this open tournament is filled with top players and superstars.

Li Ying is sure to make it to the finals, but he doesn’t know whether Su Yan can make it to the finals.

The first event was the men's singles. This time, Li Ying's draw was not so unlucky. To be precise, even if the International Table Tennis Federation wanted to make some small moves, other national table tennis associations would not allow it.

After all, the previous lesson of the Serbia Open is right in front of us, and Li Ying's strength has been recognized by table tennis superstars from various countries.

At the very least, he is no weaker than the core main force of the current generation of Xia national team, Qianlima.

In this case, no one wants to meet Li Ying so soon, and no one wants to stop in the top 64 or top 32.

and so.

Li Ying easily finished two games on the first day and directly entered the top 16.

But Li Ying's game is not over yet.

There is also a men's doubles match.

Su Yan was also very lucky. To be precise, perhaps it was because his off-court coach was Dong Yaobang, so he also made it to the top 16.

In this case, the men's doubles match will be held in the evening.

In the doubles match, Li Ying was the main player and Su Yan was the supporting player.

Su Yan only needs to receive the serve well, and then when it is Li Ying's turn, he should exert force when necessary, smash when necessary, and twist and pull when necessary to score.

Li Ying is the main scorer.

So, the doubles match was a complete sweep.

And this time.

The top 16 players in the French Open have sparked heated discussions around the world.

Li Ying and Su Yan from Xia State.

The German twins Tim and Dimitri.

Felix Brothers of France.

Park Kwang-ho of Goryeo.

Ryuokuinari Ishii Yasuki and Furukawa Tomoaki.

Truss of the Swedish team.

It can be said that even if Xia Country’s core main force, Qianlima, did not come, the top 16 can still be said to be star-studded.

30 number.

French Open.

16 to .

Every game is extremely exciting.

Li Ying defeated Felix's brother and advanced to the top 8.

Su Yan also advanced to the top 8.

And finally.

After the top eight list was released, it caused a great shock in the global table tennis world. German twin stars Thiem and Dimitri.

Park Kwang-ho of Goryeo.

Furukawa Tomoaki of Ryuo Country.

French superstar Felix.

Truss of the Swedish team.

According to the original draw, each of the four groups in the quarterfinals will be very exciting.

Upper half: Lee Ying VS Park Kwang-ho, Thiem VS Furukawa Tomoaki.

Lower half: Su Yan VS Felix, Dimitri VS Truss.

Whoever wins will advance to the semi-finals.

When Li Ying faced Park Kwang-ho again, the off-court coach was replaced by Dong Yaobang.

Because Su Yan's game has not started yet.

Every match in the quarterfinals was very exciting.

The TV stations in Europe don't want to miss any exciting match.

Because the quarterfinals advancing to the semifinals do not start at the same time, but separately.

In this way, the ratings can be guaranteed.

The game had not started yet and Dong Yaobang was chatting with Li Ying.

"Although you made Park Kwang-ho lose to the round of 64 in the Serbia Open, I don't think I've gotten enough of my anger. He was very aggressive, especially when he defeated Monri in 04. Today, you should play at your best, just like you did against Ishii Yasuki, and break his mentality."

"Let him have a shadow in his heart. Then, he won't dare to act so arrogantly when he meets our Xiaguo National Table Tennis Team next time!"

Hearing this, Li Ying laughed and said, "Coach Dong, if I beat him today, is there a possibility that he will be even crazier when he meets our Xia country national team in international competitions or Asian competitions in the future?"

"Crazy! Table tennis competition requires hard power, and our national team is afraid of him. You don't have to worry about the consequences, just give it your all." Dong Yaobang was not afraid.

What's more, in today's global table tennis world, many players are vying for supremacy, and many stars have emerged from external associations. If Xiaguo wants to maintain its dominant position in table tennis, it needs to work harder.

Since Dong Yaobang said so, Li Ying followed his orders.

Game start.

Li Ying brought his condition to its peak from the very beginning, showing the level of a world-class table tennis star with a score of 96 from the very beginning.

then.

Park Kwang-ho, who was determined to take revenge, was stunned.

After being eliminated in the top 64 at the Serbia Open, Park Kwang-ho has been training hard these days in order to avenge his defeat.

But now when he met Li Ying again, Park Kwang-ho was extremely shocked. Li Ying's strength was still increasing rapidly.

11: 0!

11: 0!

11: 0!

In the three consecutive games, Li Ying completely suppressed him and swept him with absolute advantage.

Park Kwang-ho was unwilling to accept this. He didn't want to become the second Ishii Yasuki.

if not.

If they were swept 11:0 by Li Ying four times, they would probably not dare to return to China.

then.

In the fourth set, Park Kwang-ho kept fighting!

Fight for every ball, trying to get 1 point.

but.

The more he fought, the more anxious he became, and the more luck was not on his side.

11: 0!

Li Ying was completely deadly.

In this case.

Park Kwang-ho became the second person after Ishii Yasuki to be beaten four times by Lee Ying with a score of 11:0.

Li Ying completely swept Park Kwang-ho and advanced to the top four first.

"Comfortable!"

Dong Yaobang felt extremely happy in his heart, but the expression on his face was not so obvious.

It's enough to be secretly happy in his heart, after all, he is the head coach of the Xia men's team.

After the game, reporters came to interview.

"Excuse me, Coach Dong, was Li Ying's four 11:0 wins over Park Kwang-ho today because you deliberately requested it before the game?"

Foreign journalists are so bold and straightforward.

"No, I just want Li Ying to try his best. After all, Park Kwang-ho is the champion of men's singles in the 04 Olympics. So, Li Ying will feel a lot of pressure when facing him!" Dong Yaobang said seriously.

The foreign reporters fell silent.

Because they didn't see that Li Ying seemed to be under any pressure at all.

Dong Yaobang is just talking nonsense in a serious manner.

But these reporters are not easy to deal with.

Soon another reporter asked Dong Yaobang, "In the men's singles final of the 04 Olympics, Park Kwang-ho defeated your country's Monli. So today, Li Ying completely swept Park Kwang-ho. Do you think Li Ying's strength is already above Monli's?"

These reporters love and are used to setting traps.

But who is Dong Yaobang?

"A ping-pong ball is round, so if we play it, anything can happen."

Foreign reporters: “???”

Seeing that they could not get anything new out of the interview with Dong Yaobang, they turned to interview Li Ying.

But it was soon discovered that Li Ying was even more smooth-talking than Dong Yaobang.

Li Ying's words were absolutely impeccable.

Dong Yaobang, who was standing by, was stunned.

(End of this chapter)