Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 205: Regretful Ma Qing, Lonely Liang Long

After arriving in Austria, Li Ying began to adjust his work and rest schedule.

The Chinese table tennis coaching team began to focus on studying the Eight Vajra.

after all.

In this World Table Tennis Championships, the biggest threat to the Xia team's victory is the Eight Vajras.

And among them.

Zhao Dongyuan, Qian Zhongtian, and Sun Guanqing are already the most threatening among the Eight Vajras.

then.

The coaching staff also brought together the seven top players to study the topic.

Although Li Ying didn't care, in his opinion, his biggest rivals for winning the championship were Kong Fengge and Liang Long.

but.

The strange thing is.

Kong Fengge and Liang Long cannot guarantee a 100% winning rate when facing external players.

In other words.

If they fight in foreign wars, Kong Fengge and Liang Long will face a particularly high risk of losing the game.

time flies.

The Paris World Table Tennis Championships has opened.

The draw will be made according to the world ranking.

Li Ying, Xu Guinian, Liang Long and Kong Fengge are seeds one to four in this World Table Tennis Championships.

In this case.

This can ensure that the four sacred beasts, the unicorn, the dragon, the phoenix and the tortoise, are ranked in different areas.

In this case.

We won't meet before the semi-finals.

If you say.

If the four sacred beasts, the unicorn, the dragon, the phoenix and the tortoise, all perform well, then the Xia national table tennis team may be able to take all four places in the semi-finals.

but.

The top stars from the outsourcing team would definitely not allow this scene.

but.

The game has not officially started yet.

For the Xiaguo national table tennis coaching team, the greatest honor is that the unicorn, dragon, phoenix and turtle can occupy the top four.

In this case.

You can lock in the championship, runner-up and even third place in advance.

But the current situation is very difficult.

but.

The game hasn't started yet, so this is not impossible.

soon.

The drawing ceremony began.

李赢在1/4分区，徐归年在2/4分区，梁龙在3/4分区，孔凤歌在4/4分区。

then.

They are the Eight Vajra.

As for the Eight Vajras, the two top superstars are in one division.

Besides.

Except for the division where Li Ying is located, which has no national table tennis teammates, the other three divisions, namely the divisions where the dragon, phoenix and turtle are located, have Meng Li, Ma Qing and Yan An respectively.

It can be said.

There is still a lot to watch at the World Table Tennis Championships.

then.

The World Table Tennis Championships began to proceed as planned.

5 month 16 day.

In the second round of the men's singles of the Paris World Table Tennis Championships held in the evening local time.

帝都奥运会冠军马擎尽管顽强挽救三个赛点，还是以1-4(5-11、7-11、4-11、14-12、7-11)负于流樱选手松平凉介。

No one expected this ending.

No one expected this, including Ma Qing.

Li Ying, who was watching the game in person, had never expected this.

Li Ying said solemnly: "I think we lost the first two games too quickly. We were far behind and were constantly suppressed by our opponents. It was the same at the beginning of the first game. We made a lot of unnecessary mistakes."

Liang Long said solemnly, "I should say that Ma Ge has recovered well recently, but today's match was not quite what he expected. He made more mistakes on some chance balls and his serve reception was not as good as before. He felt that his opponent's serve was not on point. He did not expect to encounter such a big difficulty and lose to Matsudaira."

Kong Fengge sighed, "History always repeats itself in a surprising way. Four years ago, at the World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama, Ma Ge met Ryosuke Matsudaira. At that time, he was leading 3-1, but his opponent tied the score at 3-11. In the final game, he won by two points, 9-."

Xu Guinian also sighed: "But this time Ma Ge didn't get what he wanted. In this way, Ma Ge participated in the World Table Tennis Championships nine times, but still failed to win a championship. Otherwise, he would have won the Grand Slam now!"

Xu Guinian had long given up hope of winning the Grand Slam.

Perhaps at the beginning, before Li Ying rose to prominence, Xu Guinian still had some ideas of a Grand Slam in his mind.

because.

He thought that his strength was able to compete with Liang Long and Kong Fengge. But now.

Xu Guinian had no such idea in his mind at all.

because.

It's too difficult to become a Grand Slam winner.

Not to mention the competition within the team, if we outsource, there are also the Eight Vajras.

After the game.

Ma Qing was interviewed.

Ma Qing said bitterly: "I think winning and losing is normal, especially against Ryosuke Matsudaira. Although my opponent is not very famous, it is very difficult for me to play against him. For example, the 2009 World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama was also quite tense. Today, my opponent played better, probably because he was ahead by a large margin, so he was more decisive and confident."

Although many spectators and media at the scene felt sorry for Ma Qing's loss in his last World Table Tennis Championships, some fans even shed tears on the spot.

But Ma Qing himself was relatively calm. He finally said frankly, "The loss in this World Table Tennis Championships will not have a big impact on me. Whether I win or lose, it will be the same as it should be."

“I think Ma Ge’s journey with the national team is almost over!” Li Ying concluded.

all the time.

The motivation for supporting Ma Qing is to win the World Table Tennis Championships and achieve a Grand Slam.

but.

Chen Daqian won the men's singles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships three times, but Ma Qing never won it once.

Even though he reached the finals three times.

Can always.

He is only one step away from the men's singles championship.

The difference between them is that Ma Qing participated in the World Table Tennis Championships nine times, but failed to win the championship nine times.

Although Ma Qing was eliminated, it was a pity and regret for his fans, but the game still goes on.

5 month 17 day.

The half where the Diplodocus is located.

Liang Long, Monli, Truss, and Felix began to compete for the only place in the division to advance to the semi-finals.

In other words.

Of the four of them, only one will be able to make it to the semi-finals.

And currently.

As for the duel, it’s Diplodocus vs Truss, and Monri vs Felix!

This is a foreign war!

and so.

The national table tennis coaching team attaches great importance to this.

And the way to pay attention is very simple.

That is, the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang personally serves as their off-court coach.

finally.

Neither Liang Long nor Meng Li disappointed the fans of Xiaguo.

In this Paris World Table Tennis Championships, we did not lose any foreign games.

In this case.

The quarter-finals will be between the two of them.

Liang Long VS Meng Li!

It seemed like another fateful duel!
Today, Liang Long is 25 years old and is in his prime.

However, the title of the World Table Tennis Championships is still very far away from Liang Long.

In the 2009 Yokohama World Table Tennis Championships, he was eliminated by Monri in the men's singles semi-finals.

At the 2011 Rotterdam World Table Tennis Championships, Liang Long was eliminated by Li Ying.

This time.

Liang Long and Meng Li met again at the World Table Tennis Championships.

For their match, Wu Weijin and Qin Yucheng served as their off-court coaches respectively.

Monli quickly established an excellent advantage of 3-0 at the beginning. Liang Long, who had recovered, won two games in a row. However, Monli was more decisive in the sixth game and won the game, thus defeating Liang Long 6-4 to advance into the semi-finals.

Liang Long was once again defeated by Meng Li.

After the game, Liang Long looked dejected.

In the quarter-finals, Li Ying defeated Tomoaki Furukawa and advanced to the semi-finals.

In the 2/4 zone, Xu Guinian lost to Dimitri, otherwise, the Xiaguo national table tennis team would have completed the task of sweeping the top four.

In the 4/4 zone, Kong Fengge defeated Thiem and advanced into the men's singles semi-finals.

In this case.

In the semi-finals, the Xia national table tennis team occupies three seats.

And the semi-final matchup.

It seems like fate.

Kong Fengge VS Meng Li!

Li Ying VS Dimitri!

(End of this chapter)