Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 34: Defeat Liang Long and meet Mengli again in the men's singles final!
In the guidance seat.

Chen Daqian and Qin Yucheng stood firm, as steady as a mountain.

On both sides of the ping-pong table, the shocking battle between Li Ying and Liang Long has begun.

Li wins the serve.

Liang Long twists and pulls directly inside the platform.

and.

The twisting and pulling quality is very high.

Seeing this scene, Li Ying immediately judged Liang Long's strength.

It should have broken through the 95-point mark.

Above 90 points is the level of the first team members of Xia Guo’s national table tennis team.

Above 95 points is the baseline for the core players of the Xiaguo national table tennis team.

In other words, Liang Long's current strength score has met the requirements to become a core player.

but.

Sometimes, if you want to become a core player, it doesn’t depend on how strong you are, but on how strong your teammates are.

For example, in the current Xiaguo national table tennis team, Liang Long, with a score of 95, is not yet qualified to be a core player.

Because above him, there are Mengli, Li Ying and Ma Qing.

In other words, Chen Daqian retires, otherwise it will be even more difficult for him to become a core player.

Because there are usually only three core players.

Why are there only three? For the Olympic men's singles, each association can only register three athletes at most.

In addition, there are usually three main players in team competitions.

Therefore, the core players of each national table tennis association almost always consist of three people, and this is the reason.

Li Ying had been prepared for this. He pulled the ball back and changed it into a straight line, leaving Liang Long, who was about to move sideways, with nothing to do but sigh at the ball.

When Liang Long saw the ball, he immediately remembered what Qin Yucheng said before the game.

"Ah Long, when playing against Li Ying, you must not think of killing him with just one shot. You must be prepared for multiple shots. Moreover, there are times when you think you are sure to score, that is when he counterattacks!"

Like this ball, Liang Long thought that it would be difficult for Li Ying to receive the ball, but Li Ying not only received it, but also hit the ball back with very high quality, leaving him helpless.

Li Ying serves again.

Liang Long still chose to twist and pull.

Li Ying quickly tears it with his backhand!

Liang Long also chose backhand.

Backhand stalemate!

Li Ying continued to exert his strength.

With every cricket, the power is constantly increasing.

finally.

When Liang Long returned the ball, it flew straight out of the table.

In backhand competition, Li Ying is not afraid of anyone.

Next, it was Liang Long's turn to serve.

Throw high!

Li Ying chose to play short!

Liang Long also short!

Li Ying plays short again!
When Liang Long made a short swing, the ball was a little high.

Li Ying suddenly exerted force, turned sideways and hit the ball hard inside the table, successfully hitting the ball.

The ball was going so fast that Liang Long was completely unable to react.

Liang Long looked at Li Ying with some surprise.

He thought he had made great progress during this period, and Li Ying was not training with the national team.

Although it is also the Lingnan Provincial Team's training base, the conditions are by no means comparable to the national team training base in the capital.

However, Li Ying is still making progress.

But the more this happened, the more Liang Long wanted to defeat Li Ying.

Kirin, dragon, phoenix and turtle!

Now this name has resounded throughout the land of Xia.

Li Ying is in the front.

But whether it is Liang Long or Kong Fengge, they are both rare table tennis geniuses that appear once in a century.

I will never be willing to admit defeat. Why should the dragon and the phoenix be inferior to the unicorn?
What's more, this is entirely a competition for the new generation of core players of the national table tennis team, which involves the position of the number one player in the future summer national table tennis team.

No one would be willing to give it up!

Li Ying saw very clearly that Liang Long was starting to explode!

Just like Mengli and Ma Qing before, Liang Long in the explosive state also entered the "God state".

Li Ying smiled bitterly in his heart, wondering how come every teammate on the national team could enter this 'godly state' when playing against him.

Li Ying can't.

Because so far, no one has forced Li Ying into a desperate situation.

In the first four games, the two sides were tied 4-2.

But entering this 'godly state' consumes a lot of Diplodocus's energy.

If he can't last 7 games, it will be extremely difficult to defeat Li Ying.

But today Liang Long managed to hold on and made it to the sixth game.

The score is 3 to 3!

But in the seventh inning.

Diplodocus exits from 'God State'.

then.

He was swept away directly by Li Ying!

Even if Qin Yucheng called a timeout in the middle of the game, he couldn't stop Li Ying who was like a god descended from heaven.

Because of Li Ying, the term 'unlimited energy' was used again.

Liang Long felt unwilling. He clearly saw the hope of defeating Li Ying, but the dawn of victory was blocked and extinguished by Li Ying.

"Aying, I still can't defeat you!"

But no matter how unwilling you are, the game is over.

Liang Long looked at Li Ying with a helpless smile.

"Brother Long, you are already amazing. Looking around the world, there are not many players who can play a full seven games with me!"

When facing Liang Long, Li Ying was not as restrained as when facing Qianlima.

Because, although he is 4 years younger than Liang Long.

But now it seems that among the Xia country’s national table tennis players, they are completely of the same generation.

That's the case.

Then there is no need to be polite, just treat us as brothers.

"Haha, I hope you can still be so confident when facing Mengli. I want to defeat Mengli, but now I obviously don't have the chance!"

"Then, let you defeat Mengli. Don't embarrass us in the upper half. You are the only one among the four of us who made it out of the encirclement!"

Liang Long laughed.

The hope of defeating Mengli was placed on Li Ying.

"Of course I will!" Li Ying was not so polite.

After paying respects to Wu Weijin and Chen Daqian, Li Ying put the table tennis racket into the bag.

Seeing this, Chen Daqian couldn't help but ask curiously: "A Ying, I saw that you always take good care of your table tennis racket every time you compete. Why, are you afraid that someone will steal it?"

Li Ying laughed and said, "I'm not afraid of being stolen, I'm just afraid of being trampled by others!"

Hearing this, Chen Daqian shook his head, "How is that possible? Table tennis rackets are of such good quality that they can't be broken even if stepped on!"

Li Ying didn't say anything and put the ball bag in his bag.

Then, go for the interview.

Of course, Li Ying was not the only one being interviewed, Liang Long was also there.

"This amazing battle between Qilin and True Dragon has come to an end. Li Ying, you continue to defeat your teammate Liang Long. Does that mean that you have gained a leading advantage in the competition for the new generation of core players of Xiaguo National Table Tennis?"

The reporter had bad intentions and aimed directly at sowing discord as soon as he opened his mouth.

These are all foreign reporters, and they can’t wait to see an internal conflict break out in the Xiaguo national table tennis team.

“I think..., I feel..., I…” Li Ying’s whole set of interview formula answers directly confused the reporter.

Li Ying's answer was absolutely flawless.

Seeing that they couldn't find any explosive points from Li Ying, these reporters immediately asked questions to Liang Long.

But Liang Long also learned from Li Ying, and soon the reporters lost interest in the interview.

After leaving, Li Ying and Liang Long smiled at each other.

At the same time, the semi-finals in the lower half were also completed.

Monli, defended the lower half and made it to the finals!

After the men's singles final of the National Championships that just ended, Li Ying and Meng Li will face off again in the men's singles final of the 2008 ITTF World Tour Finals.

(End of this chapter)