Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 19: Lingnan fights the imperial capital, Li Ying fights Liang Long!
2008 National Table Tennis Championships, men's team semi-finals.

The Lingnan team and the Imperial Capital team were the first to start the battle.

of course.

This game was also broadcast live on Channel C.

The organizing committee of the tournament made such arrangements not because they think Lingnan and Didu are weak, but because compared with the intense match atmosphere of the match between Bayi and Shanghai, the match between Lingnan and Shanghai is indeed lacking in terms of competition enthusiasm.

Lingnan Provincial Team.

The three athletes participating in the competition, Li Ying, Ma Qing and Yu Xuejian, are listening to the Lingnan provincial team's head coach Meng Enming's deployment of the troops.

The team competition has the same format as the Table Tennis Super League, and the first player to play is the team's singles player.

In the Lingnan provincial team, the first singles player is not Ma Qing, but Li Ying.

"Aying, just play with all your strength. Don't have any worries or burdens. You've played against Liang Long in the national team. You also played against him in the recent Table Tennis Super League. Play at your normal level. I believe in you!"

After all, it is the semi-finals, so Meng Enming also takes it very seriously.

But on the other side is the Imperial Capital team.

The coach of the Imperial Capital team is questioning Liang Long.

"Liang Long, what do you say? Do you want to fight Ma Qing head-on, or fight Li Ying?"

Liang Long felt a little surprised when he heard this.

"For Lingnan, the first singles player to play will definitely be Ma Qing. However, Ma Qing just won the Olympic men's singles gold medal this year. If you don't want to play against Ma Qing, then you will be arranged to play in the second game." The coach of the Imperial Capital team said in a deep voice.

Liang Long smiled bitterly and said, "Coach, if I have to pick an opponent in the Lingnan team, I would rather play against Ma Qing than Li Ying. Maybe in your heart, you think Ma Qing is at his peak now. But I tell you, in terms of strength, Li Ying is definitely stronger!"

Liang Long's words surprised the coach of the Imperial Capital team.

"How is this possible? Ma Qing is 28 years old and just won the Olympic singles championship. How could he be defeated by a mere 16-year-old Li Ying?" The coach of the Imperial Capital team was shocked.

"Coach, believe me, it is absolutely true." Liang Long said with a smile.

After these words were spoken, the coach of the Imperial Capital team had a lot of thoughts in his mind.

Although audiences across the country are currently looking forward to the battle between Li Ying and Liang Long.

The coach of the Imperial Capital team felt that if Liang Long was telling the truth, then he didn't have to go head-to-head with Li Ying in order to win the game.

because.

At present, Liang Long’s chance of winning against Li Ying is indeed not very high.

In that case, Liang Long can be sent to deal with the second singles of the Lingnan provincial team.

Then the doubles team will make another effort to avoid the strongest point of the Lingnan Provincial Team. If the four singles games are tied at 2:2, then the doubles team can be relied upon to decide the outcome.

In this case, the coach of the Imperial Capital team has made up his mind.

"Liang Long, if that's the case, then you will be the second singles player!"

"I follow the coach's instructions!"

Although deep down, Liang Long wanted to fight Li Ying head-on.

But Liang Long is a sensible and obedient boy. He will listen to the coach on how to deploy the troops.

soon.

The first singles players of Lingnan team and Didu team appeared!

Ok?
The moment he saw his opponent, Li Ying was a little confused.

The Imperial Capital team did not send out its strongest Liang Long.

But the weakest player in the team.

This was completely beyond Li Ying's expectations. Li Ying thought that the Imperial Capital team would definitely send Liang Long to play.

Forget it, don’t think about it.

Li Ying devoted himself to the competition without distraction.

In less than half an hour, or even just about twenty minutes, Li Ying won three sets in a row, limiting the opponent's highest score to 3 points, and took the lead in scoring 1 point for the Lingnan team.

"Let's congratulate Li Ying for getting the Lingnan team off to a good start. Today, the lineups of Lingnan and Imperial Capital are a little different. Imperial Capital actually put its strongest player Liang Long in the second singles. In this case, the next game will be between Ma Qing of the Lingnan team and Liang Long of the Imperial Capital team."

"Coach Liao, what do you think is the meaning behind the Imperial Capital team's deployment of troops?"

When the female commentator asked this question, Coach Liao smiled and said, "It's actually very simple. In the minds of the Imperial Capital team, they think that Li Ying is more threatening than Ma Qing. So they want to use Liang Long's two singles to get 2 points. In this case, the winner of this game will be in the doubles in the third game."

After hearing this, the female commentator was a little confused.

"Coach Liao, do you mean that the Imperial Capital team thinks Li Ying is a tougher target than Ma Qing?"

In the minds of most people, Ma Qing is definitely considered stronger.

After all, Ma Qing is the captain of the Lingnan provincial team.

This is the reason why the main player of Shanghai team is Chen Daqian and the main player of Bayi team is Mengli.

"Li Ying is not weak, although Li Ying is only 16 years old. Moreover, this national championship will take the men's team competition first. Men's singles will be at the end. Later, everyone should know that Li Ying is absolutely qualified and capable of competing for the core position of the national team!" Coach Liao has always been very straightforward, so he introduced Li Ying like this directly in front of the national audience.

In an instant, there was an uproar in the land of Xia.

And at this moment, Ma Qing VS Liang Long.

This was the peak showdown of the national table tennis team and also a very classic showdown.

At this moment.

Li Ying was sitting next to Meng Enming.

At this time, Meng Enming felt inexplicably worried.

"Aying, who do you think will win this battle?" Meng Enming suddenly felt unsure, because the deployment of the Imperial Capital team was completely different from what the Lingnan team had expected.

The Imperial Capital team did not confront Lingnan head-on, but sent Liang Long to face off against Li Ying.

Now, when Liang Long plays against Ma Qing, to be honest, the winning rate is probably fifty-fifty.

"Teacher, don't worry about Brother Ma. After all, Brother Ma is this year's Olympic singles champion. But to be honest, in the internal competitions of the national team, Brother Ma's winning rate against Brother Long is average. Unlike Brother Meng, he really restrains Brother Long. So, I think the winning rate of this game should be 51:49, but I don't know who is 49!"

Li Ying was also unable to judge who would win in the battle between Ma Qing and Liang Long.

But in his heart, Li Ying was sure that Ma Qing was the winner.

But in fact, Li Ying also felt that Liang Long had a stronger desire to win.

Because the hopes of the Imperial Capital team rest on him.

But Ma Qing is different. This year, Li Ying has just joined the Lingnan team, so Ma Qing’s desire to win is not as strong.

Game start.

"Dear audience friends, we saw that from the very beginning, Liang Long tried his best to mobilize himself. And Ma Qing also played at his peak. This match is definitely the most exciting singles match in the men's team competition so far!"

"Yes, Liang Long has reasons to not want to lose, because Li Ying must get two points, and if he loses this one point, it would be like handing over the victory to the Lingnan team."

"Liang Long played very resolutely today and his shots were very decisive."

"That's right. They are all teammates in the national team. They often play against each other in the team. Anyway, they know each other very well. So from the beginning, it was a head-on confrontation."

"The first set is over, Liang Long wins."

"From the performance of the two players in the first set, Liang Long was indeed better. However, Ma Qing is also a core player of the national team and will not give up the victory easily." "Yes, Ma Qing also played well in the second set and scored many points with his pick-and-rolls."

"The overall score is 1:1. I'm afraid the winner of this match won't be decided until the fifth set!"

"Sure enough, when the match came to the fifth set, we saw that both Ma Qing and Liang Long had an extreme desire to win the match in their eyes."

On the sidelines, Meng Enming became really nervous.

"Aying, now you can judge who will win, right?"

Meng Enming asked Li Ying in a low voice.

Li Ying stared at them intently and answered in a low voice: "Teacher, I don't know either. Anyway, they have all forgotten about the game now. They are fighting for their own dignity. Liang Long has reasons to win, and Ma Ge wants to keep his position as the core player. In short, this game is not that simple. If Ma Ge fails, then Longfenggui will have to speed up to seize power. The challenge of the national team is very cruel!"

The scores rose alternately.

Ma Qing and Liang Long were both immersed in the competition.

But the final score was tied at 10:10.

then.

Ma Qing serves.

However, Liang Long just used a backhand twist and pull instead of a forehand short swing, which was beyond Ma Qing's expectations.

Liang Long got the set point and even the match point.

The female commentator said excitedly: "We saw Liang Long use the table tennis trick that Li Ying used in the open tournament, the backhand twist, and scored directly."

"That's right. Nowadays, the national team is selecting players with horizontal grips, and they are all studying Li Ying's Overlord Twist!"

"Liang Long won, with another backhand twist and pull, using Ma Qing's teammate Li Ying's special move to defeat Ma Qing!"

"Right now, the score between Lingnan and Imperial Capital is 1:1. In this case, the third round of men's doubles will be very crucial!"

Ma Qing was very unwilling to be defeated by Liang Long.

Because Liang Long used Li Ying's special move to defeat him.

So, Ma Qing returned to the sidelines and stared at Li Ying.

"Brother Ma, you can't blame me for this. You use a straight-blade, and you're not Mengli. You haven't learned this straight-blade horizontal-grip style of play." Li Ying hurriedly distanced himself from the matter. He didn't want to be remembered by Ma Qing.

Otherwise, I would have to spend a lot of money and treat Brother Ma to a meal before this matter could be settled.

"Let’s go for the third game!" Yu Xuejian arranged Ma Qing at this moment.

then.

In the third round of doubles, Ma Qing was obviously angry.

He desperately wanted to vent.

The opponents for venting their anger were the other two table tennis players of the Imperial Capital Team.

Ma Qing truly showed his peak as an Olympic champion, and together with Yu Xuejian, he defeated the men's doubles team of the Imperial Capital team in three straight sets.

In this case.

Lingnan team is currently leading 2:1.

At this moment, Liang Long said to the coach of the Capital Team beside him in a deep voice: "Coach, let me play in the fourth game. I will play against Li Ying. If I can win, then our Capital Team still has a chance of survival. Because the fifth game singles of the Lingnan Team is Yu Xuejian. If I don't play, Li Ying will definitely win a game, and then there will be no fifth game!"

At this point, Liang Long knew that he had to step up and find ways to score points for the Imperial Capital team.

However, the prerequisite is that you must defeat Li Ying.

At this time, Liang Long looked at Li Ying again and finally realized the true meaning of what his national team coach had said to him.

If you want to achieve the Grand Slam, you must first overcome the mountain of Li Ying.

"it is good!"

The coach of the Imperial Capital team also understands the current situation. If Liang Long can defeat Li Ying, the Imperial Capital team will still have hope of reaching the finals.

If Liang Long cannot defeat Li Ying, then don't pin your hopes on other members of the Imperial Capital team, because that would be extremely unfair to them.

Game 4.

Li Ying VS Liang Long!

As a result, the ratings reached its peak.

The peak battle between Li Ying and Liang Long has finally arrived.

"This is a big clash of the new generation of main players of our national table tennis team. The names of dragon, phoenix and turtle are already deafening. I just didn't expect that Li Ying would suddenly emerge as a dark horse this year!" The female commentator was very excited.

"That's right. Both Li Ying and Liang Long are players that we have high hopes for in the next generation of the national table tennis team. I hope they can play with style and at their best in this match!" When Coach Liao said this, his eyes involuntarily looked towards the conference room.

I guess at this moment, the coaches of the men's team are watching this game.

No warm-up.

Li Ying and Liang Long started fighting directly.

Backhand twist and pull!

Short swing close to the table!

Pull from the middle and far distance!
Various counter-pull!

Large angle movement!
……

The duel between Li Ying and Liang Long showed all kinds of table tennis skills to the fullest.

And Li Ying gave Liang Long enough stage to perform.

But the final score was a ruthless 3:0.

In almost every game, Liang Long saw hope of winning.

but.

In the end, they were all ruthlessly suppressed by Li Ying.

In this case.

Li Ying directly brought the third point to the Lingnan team.

Lingnan team 3:1 Imperial Capital team!
The Lingnan team was the first to enter the men's team finals.

After the game, Li Ying and Liang Long clapped.

"Aying, you are indeed better at the moment!" Liang Long was completely convinced. He knew that Li Ying did not fight desperately from the beginning, giving him enough room to perform.

But he still couldn't defeat Li Ying.

"Brother Long, you're too kind." Li Ying smiled modestly.

At this moment, audiences across the country were watching a wonderful table tennis match.

But most table tennis fans don’t know what this game actually represents.

At this time, table tennis fans are looking forward to the next game starting soon.

Mengli and Kong Fengge of the Bayi team VS Chen Daqian and Xu Guinian of the Magic City team.

(End of this chapter)