Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 204: Xia Guo Men's Table Tennis Team Wins the World Cup Team Championship for the Fifth Consecutive Time and Goes to Paris for the World Table Tennis Championships

Before the World Cup team finals begin.

Liang Long knocked on the door of Dong Yaobang, the head coach of the men's team.

After opening the door.

Dong Yaobang saw that it was Liang Long and Kong Fengge who came to see him together.

Immediately.

With the wisdom of the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang, he immediately understood the real intention of Liang Long and Kong Fengge coming to him together.

"I can promise you, but I hope you don't lose if you meet Sun Guanqing."

"Look at how Li Ying beat Sun Guanqing. If Li Ying's opponent is Sun Guanqing, then Li Ying would have simply taken advantage of him!"

"As for Sun Guanqing, he definitely doesn't want to meet Li Ying. In that case, you will be the second singles player for the team, and Kong Fengge will play the men's doubles with Xu Guinian!"

The men's team head coach Dong Yaobang said in a deep voice.

Liang Long and Kong Fengge nodded in unison.

Come to the finals.

Xiaguo National Table Tennis Team VS Xiaguo Treasure Island.

And among them.

It also involves the revenge battle between Liang Long and Sun Guanqing.

and so.

There are also many highlights.

And this time.

The Xia Guobao Island team also showed impressive strength.

In the previous men's team semi-finals, when the Xiaguo national table tennis team faced Ryuying.

Xia Guobao Island’s opponent is the German team.

And the Xia Guobao Island team, led by Sun Guanqing, was able to defeat the German team led by Thiem and Dimitri.

It can be seen that the current Xia Guobao Island team is not a good thing.

but.

Their opponent is the Xia country's national table tennis team.

In the first set of the final, Li Ying faced off against Formosa Team's second main player Zhuang Zhiyuan. Li Ying won the first set 11-8.

After changing the venue, Li Ying firmly controlled the situation, and Zhuang Zhiyuan did not have much to do, and Li Ying won again with 11-2.

In the third game, Li Ying took a 3-9 lead and won 2-11, defeating Zhuang Zhiyuan 3-3 and helping the Xia Guo team get the first point.

In the second set, Liang Long faced Sun Guanqing. Liang Long took the lead at the beginning of the first game, but his opponent gradually caught up in the middle game, and Sun Guanqing reversed and won 11-9.

易地再战，梁龙6-1领先的形势下被追至6平，他稳住阵脚，以11-8扳平，并顺势以11-6拿到第3局的胜利。

In the 4th game, Sun Guanqing led all the way and won 11-7.

In the deciding game, Sun Guanqing was more aggressive and he took a 7-1 advantage. Although Liang Long fought back, he was too far behind. His opponent got 10 set points with 6-4. Liang Long lost 8-11 and the two sides tied at 1.

The Chinese team sent Kong Fengge/Xu Guinian to play doubles. At the beginning, the Xia Guobaodao men's doubles combination performed well and led 9-6, but the Xia Guoguo table tennis combination stabilized their position and won a difficult victory with 12-10 after consecutive ties.

After changing the venue, Kong Fengge/Xu Guinian gradually got into the groove and won the second game 11-6.

In the third game, Kong Fengge/Xu Guinian controlled the tempo of the game and secured the victory with 3-11, and the Xia team led 8-2.

Before the start of the fourth set, the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang wanted to send Li Ying out to end the game.

But looking at Liang Long's unyielding look, the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang immediately changed his mind.

"Aaron, you go ahead!" said the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang in a deep voice.

As soon as these words came out, Liang Long suddenly became excited.

Liang Long played again against Chuang Chih-yuan. The two players with similar playing styles were in a stalemate in the first game. At the critical moment, Liang Long was better and won 13-11.

艰难取胜第1局后，梁龙在随后手感更佳，以11-4、11-7连得两局，以3-0完胜庄智源，从而帮助夏国国乒队以3-1力克夏国宝岛拿到团体世界杯冠军。

In this way, on March 3, the 31 Table Tennis Team World Cup came to an end. This was the fifth consecutive championship for the Chinese men's table tennis team and the seventh championship in this event.

After the World Cup team competition.

Lee Won-won is preparing to participate in the Korea Open to be held in Korea in early April.

but.

A phone call from Wang Xianlan immediately made Li Ying change his mind.

So what if it’s just an open tournament.

Li Ying immediately decided not to attend.

So he stayed in Yangcheng to accompany Wang Xianlan.

then.

Li Ying followed Wang Xianlan to the door.

Before visiting, Li Ying went to buy many gifts.

Tobacco, alcohol, tea, electronic products, everything.

after all.

The Wang family is a big family.

Although Wang Xianlan’s relatives may not necessarily agree with these.

but.

Li Ying is not short of money now. After all, this is also a kind of attitude.

then.

Wang Xianlan brought Li Ying to the Wang family’s luxurious mansion.

Right in Yangcheng.

Enter the villa.

Li Ying immediately saw Wang Xianlan’s grandparents, grandparents and many relatives, including Wang Xiqing’s aunts and uncles.

There are also Wang Xianlan’s uncle, aunt, etc.

In short.

Wang Xianlan's family can definitely be considered a large family.

But Li Ying remained calm and fearless, neither humble nor arrogant.

This banquet was a great pleasure for both the guests and the hosts.

The main reason is that Wang Xianlan’s grandfather and Wang Xiqing are satisfied with Li Ying, so the other relatives don’t dare to say anything nonsense.

not to mention.

Li Ying's reputation in the circle is well known to everyone.

Anyway.

So far, Li Ying has not been involved in any scandal.

I never eat with my female fans in private.

Never stir-fry noodles.

and.

There has never been any scandal with any other female stars or models.

because.

When Li Ying is not training, he almost always stays at home playing games.

Even if we go out, it's to eat.

Li Ying never goes to places like bars or nightclubs.

In this case.

Even if there were paparazzi in the entertainment industry who wanted to take pictures of Li Ying, they couldn't find him.

for the rest of the time.

Li Ying accompanies Wang Xianlan every day.

We train during the day and stay together at night.

then.

Wang Xianlan felt that such happy days were just like those spent by a couple in heaven.

at this time.

The Korea Open has begun.

at night.

Li Ying watched the game with Wang Xianlan.

At the Korea Open, the men's table tennis team of China once again swept the top four.

在 1/4决赛中，马龙直落四局横扫东道主奥运冠军朴光浩，徐归年以 4-1力擒流樱长沼惇。孔凤歌在第三轮大比分 3-1领先下，惨遭队友阎安逆转，3-4遗憾落败。

As for Monri, he defeated Tomoaki Furukawa.

In the semi-finals, Liang Long defeated Meng Li 4-2, while Xu Guinian swept Yan An in four straight sets.

The final was between Liang Long and Xu Guinian, and Xu Guinian defeated Liang Long 4-2 to win the championship.

After watching the men's singles final.

Wang Xianlan was extremely surprised.

"Xiaoying, how come the men's singles champion of the Korea Open this time is Brother Xu!"

Hearing this, Li Ying laughed and said, "It's only because Liang Long and Kong Fengge didn't hear what you said, otherwise, how sad they would be!"

"Xu Guinian is not weak to begin with. After all, the three of them are known as the dragon, phoenix and turtle. Do you think that the national table tennis team randomly picked a straight-blade athlete?" "Anyway, their internal battle is also very interesting. After all, if they are not facing me, they can't be 4% alert. In this case, it is normal for Liang Long to be defeated by Xu Guinian 2- this time, in my opinion!"

Wang Xianlan nodded.

"The men's doubles this time is also very interesting, as it is a cross-national pairing."

Li Ying smiled and said: "The Xiaguo team participated in the competition as a multinational combination. Six pairs of combinations performed well, and two pairs of Xiagao combinations met in the finals."

"In the end, it was Kong Fengge and the Korean rising star who teamed up to defeat the men's doubles team led by Liang Long 3-2 in the final and won the championship!"

"This time, Liang Long has experienced what it means to be a double runner-up!"

After the Korea Open.

The Table Tennis Asian Cup is about to arrive.

but.

Li Ying still accompanies Wang Xianlan in training every day.

Although he doesn’t have a coach, Li Ying’s vision is as good as Hou Bingguang’s.

Efforts were made to correct Wang Xianlan's technical weaknesses and she was given special training.

In this case.

Wang Xianlan became a female hexagonal warrior with no weak points or shortcomings.

In this case.

On April 4, the Asian Cup was held in Hong Kong.

Li Ying naturally accompanied Wang Xianlan to Hong Kong.

Whether in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong or Macao, the Wang family has great influence.

and so.

Even if they come to Hong Kong, Li Ying and Wang Xianlan don't have to do anything. Wang Xiqing has arranged everything.

4 month 12 day.

The 26th Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament kicked off on the 12th at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong.

Wang Xianlan, the world's number one women's player, won the first group match in the morning with a 4-0 victory, making a good start.

The Asian Cup is fast-paced.

4 month 13 day.

In the four women's singles and men's singles semi-finals, Xia Guo team's women's singles players Wang Xianlan and Qiao Yuning defeated their respective opponents and successfully met in the women's singles final.

However, the men's singles final was not so lucky.

Zhao Dongyuan and Qian Zhongtian defeated Xu Guinian and Yan An respectively in the semi-finals, completely shattering Xu Guinian and Yan An's wish to meet in the final.

The men's singles final will be the stage for Zhao Dongyuan and Qian Zhongtian.

then.

On the Internet.

It immediately caused another uproar.

"What is Dong Yaobang doing? Didn't Li Ying volunteer to fight?"

"Haha, Dong Yaobang is really crazy because of power. He suppressed Li Ying so much. As a result, the champion and runner-up of the Asian Cup are not our national table tennis team!"

"Dong Yaobang should step down!"

"Dong Yaobang is not qualified to be the head coach of the men's team!"

In a hotel in Hong Kong.

Li Ying and Wang Xianlan have returned from the competition.

Li Ying was very bitter, "I didn't expect them either!"

In the last World Cup, the championship also fell to someone else.

This time in the Asian Cup, not only was there no champion, there was no runner-up either.

On the contrary, Xu Guinian and Yan An have to work hard to compete for the third place.

It is no wonder that the table tennis fans of the Xia country madly insulted Dong Yaobang.

Li Ying knew.

Nowadays, even though Dong Yaobang has been promoted to head coach of the national team, he may be very troubled now.

after all.

Abandon Li Ying, Liang Long and Kong Fengge.

Send out Xu Guinian and Yan An.

It would be nice if Xu Guinian and Yan An could successfully meet in the finals.

But now.

Xu Guinian and Yan An can only compete for the runner-up.

On the afternoon of June 4th.

The 2013 Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament ended the women's singles competition in Hong Kong.

Defending champion Wang Xianlan is the biggest favorite for the women's singles title in this competition.

In the final, Wang Xianlan took the lead in the match against Qiao Yuning from the start and won the first two games 11-3 and 11-6.

In the crucial third game, the competition between the two sides was very fierce, and Wang Xianlan narrowly won 3-15.

第4局中，乔玉宁6-0开局，以11-3扳回一城。

But Wang Xianlan did not let the opportunity slip away in the fifth game, securing the victory with 5-11 and defending her title, thus becoming the first female player to win three championships in the Asian Cup.

After the Asian Cup.

Li Ying and Wang Xianlan both left Hong Kong and returned to the closed training camps of the men's and women's teams respectively.

After the Xia Guo table tennis team finished its warm-up match in Lingnan Xiangshan on April 4, head coach Dong Yaobang officially confirmed the roster for the Paris World Table Tennis Championships. In the singles event, the Xia Guo team sent its strongest players, but in the doubles event, the men's doubles and mixed doubles did not send out the strongest combinations.

In fact, the registration for the Paris World Table Tennis Championships ended as early as April 4, but according to the rules of the International Table Tennis Federation, if there are sufficient reasons, the entry list can be changed before the draw, but the Chinese national table tennis list has not been modified.

Among the seven men's singles players, Li Ying, Kong Fengge, Liang Long, Xu Guinian and Meng Li qualified by winning the direct-through competition.

Veteran Ma Qing and young player Yan An were selected based on the coaching team's flexible quota.

The seven women's singles players are Wang Xianlan, Qiao Yuning, Ji Chuanxia, ​​Zhu Yuling, Chen Meng, etc. Among them, Chen Meng was shortlisted after comprehensive evaluation by the coaching team.

In the men's doubles, the Xia national team did not adopt the strong pairings they were used to. The three pairs were Dou Yang/Liang Long, Xu Guinian/Su Yan and Zhou Yu/Fang Bo.

In women's doubles, the Xia national team is still the strongest, with Wang Xianlan/Qiao Yuning, Ji Chuanxia/Xu Mingyue, and Zhu Yuling/Chen Meng being the three insurances.

The mixed doubles combination is composed of the second team members of the men's and women's teams. None of the three female players have won the world championship title. If the Xia national team wins the mixed doubles gold medal, it also means that the national table tennis team will produce another world champion.

The Chinese national table tennis team will depart from the capital for Austria on May 5 for adaptive training, and then head from Austria to the Paris World Table Tennis Championships on May 3.

Subsequently.

The Chinese national table tennis team ended its closed training and returned to the capital!
After getting off the plane, Li Ying did not return to the imperial capital training base.

go home directly.

after all.

After so many days of closed training, Li Ying's mouth has become dull!

because.

During the closed training period, Li Ying was not allowed to eat and drink freely.

and so.

Now that he is back home, Li Ying is ready for a big meal.

I went to the supermarket to buy food and drinks for the next few days.

that's it.

Early May.

The Chinese national table tennis team is preparing to set off for Austria.

The International Table Tennis Federation announced the latest world rankings on May 5.

Li Ying remains the unshakable number one.

But Xu Guinian rushed to second place in men's singles thanks to his recent excellent performance.

Liang Long and Kong Fengge ranked 2nd to 4th, which also means that they will be the top four seeds in the Paris World Table Tennis Championships.

but.

Recently, the Eight Vajras are all unwilling to be lonely.

The World Table Tennis Championships has not yet started.

But on social media around the world, fans of various superstars have already started fighting.

The national table tennis team planned to depart from the Imperial Capital Apartment at 11 o'clock in the morning, but at around 9 o'clock in the morning, a large crowd came to see them off.

“When I see so many media and fans during big competitions, I immediately feel the atmosphere is different and I feel like I’m ready to fight.”

Dong Yaobang said in a deep voice.

"The few days in Austria are very critical. As in the past, we will first go to Austria to adapt and adjust. The athletes will adjust their bodies and minds. Everyone's mentality and position, as well as how to face the World Table Tennis Championships, are very important. During these six days in Europe, the coach will help everyone adjust according to the different mentality and techniques of each player."

"Look outside the window at the fans who have come to see you off, and then look at the national emblem on the front of your jerseys. Remember, you are not fighting for yourself, but for your country!"

"Men's and women's singles are the top priority of this competition. The team has a strategy for development, and men's and women's singles are part of the Olympic strategy!"

"Men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles are all non-Olympic events. Our coaching team also wants to let some new players experience the competition and let some veterans use their experience to lead the young players."

"It doesn't matter whether we win the championship or not. What matters is that we can give everyone hope to participate in the World Table Tennis Championships and bring the level of foreign players closer, which will make the competition more interesting."

finally.

The Chinese national table tennis team boarded a plane and flew to Europe.

(End of this chapter)