Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 9: Whoever wins Li wins the world, go abroad to compete

On October 10, the away game was at the Media City Hall.

Magic City Crown Paradise VS Ningbo City Beilun.

This match is the focus battle.

It was also broadcast by Channel C.

Because the number one star of Ningbo Beilun is Liang Long, who just fought with Monri in the World Cup and reached the semi-finals. Unfortunately, he lost to Germany's star player Thiem and ultimately did not make it to the finals, but also won the third place in the World Cup.

As a new generation star of the Xia country's national table tennis team, Liang Long has a great reputation in Xia country.

After all, before Li Ying emerged, the Xia country's national table tennis team was really determined to promote the dragon, phoenix and turtle to succeed the thousand-mile horse.

But at present, the dragon and phoenix turtles are still not as good as the thousand-mile horse.

After all, someone like Monli, who is one of the talented players, is only 25 years old this year and is at his peak.

It’s just that Chen Daqian and Ma Qing are a little older.

To outsiders who don't know much about the game, the exciting competition in this game mainly focused on the collision between Liang Long and Chen Daqian and Xu Guinian.

But in fact.

In the eyes of those who know the matter, the truly anticipated match is Liang Long VS Li Ying.

as predicted.

In the first singles match, Shanghai Guanleyuan sent out Li Ying, while Ningbo Beilun sent out Liang Long.

At this moment, the Imperial Capital National Table Tennis Training Base.

The coaching staff of the men's team were also watching this rare and exciting match.

"No one would have thought that, although Liang Long and his team have not yet truly seized power from Qianlima, the power of the new generation has already begun to impact their future main positions," said Dong Yaobang, head coach of the men's team, with a smile.

Although this would affect the succession of the national table tennis team, Dong Yaobang thought it was a good thing.

Because this at least proves that the Xia national table tennis team has successors.

Although the national table tennis team now has many stars who are in their prime.

but.

There are also many table tennis stars emerging from external associations this year.

For example, in this World Cup, the Xia Country National Table Tennis Association naturally wanted Mengli and Liang Long to meet in the finals.

However, Liang Long was unable to defeat Thiem.

Although Thiem is indeed very strong, this proves that since the Imperial Capital Olympics, table tennis associations in other countries have been working hard to cultivate their own country's stars.

This should be a cause for alarm.

Moreover, the Xia country's national table tennis team has lost many championships in the three major competitions in recent years.

The men's team is nothing like the women's team.

The women's team has almost always dominated the global table tennis scene.

But the men's team had some bumps in the road.

Liang Long looked towards Li Ying, his eyes filled with a strong desire to fight.

After failing to achieve his goal of meeting Monri in the final of this World Cup, Liang Long has been training hard since returning to China.

And today, he really wants to defeat Li Ying.

But in the national table tennis coaching team, Qin Yucheng felt a little depressed as he watched the progress of the game.

"Liang Long has not yet fully developed his backhand. It will be very difficult for him to defeat Li Ying!"

Looking at Liang Long who had already lost the first set, Qin Yucheng made his comment.

"Then you can let Liang Long strengthen his backhand as soon as possible. His forehand is very strong, but if his backhand becomes a weakness, it will be caught by other national players." Dong Yaobang, head coach of the men's team, said with a smile.

"Li Ying is indeed quite strong. He is only 16 years old. I watched his previous game videos in the Lingnan provincial team, and he was just at the normal level of the national second team. But I didn't expect that after the Olympics, it was as if he suddenly got enlightened. His table tennis skills and tactics level has skyrocketed like a rocket!" said coach Liao Huazhong with a smile.

"This is normal. In fact, age does not have much impact on table tennis stars. Just like in the national championships every year, many players of the national table tennis team fail, which shows that the domestic table tennis level is very high. It's just that our men's team is not as good as the women's team in terms of results!" Speaking of this, head coach Dong Yaobang felt a little worried.

After all, on the women's team, the two generations of great demons have passed on their legacy in an orderly manner.

The contemporary great devil is at his peak.

Unlike the men's team, although the Chollima are strong, it is not impossible to find stars who can compete with them around the world. For example, in the 04 Olympics, the Xia national table tennis team lost the gold medal in the men's singles.

Li Ying defeated Liang Long in three straight sets.

Moreover, Li Ying did not give Liang Long any chance at all.

In every set, Liang Long's score did not exceed 7 points.

Li Ying won the game. Chen Daqian and Xu Guinian looked at Li Ying in surprise.

Because they could all see very clearly that in this game, Liang Long had already exerted his technical and tactical level to 100%, and had completely elevated his condition to the highest level.

But even so, he was still defeated by Li Ying.

In other words, even if they were to fight against Diplodocus, they might not be able to defeat it.

But Li Ying felt that the fight was becoming easier and easier.

It’s like the national table tennis team one is playing against the national table tennis team two.

"come on!"

Li Ying cheered for Xu Guinian who played in the second game.

Xu Guinian restrained his optimistic temper a little and his expression became more serious.

Today in this away game, Shanghai Crown Paradise wants to end the game 3-0.

In that case, he cannot lose the second game.

However, Yongcheng Beilun did not want to be swept away.

So, in the second game, the players of the national table tennis team also fought hard with Xu Guinian, but Xu Guinian was still the same Xu Guinian after all. In the fifth set, he played better and better, and his ball feel became better and better, and he finally won the second game.

After winning the second game, Li Ying knew that he had a sure win today.

Even if the men's doubles loses, he will still play.

but.

Looking at the current domestic situation, there are men's doubles combinations that can defeat Chen Daqian and Xu Guinian, but at least there is no such combination in Ningbo Beilun.

In this away game, Magic City Crown Paradise reaped the fruits of victory.

After the game, Crown Paradise of Magic City took a plane back to Magic City.

On October 10, Modou Guanleyuan played against Jiangnan Leather Factory at home.

There were no particularly famous national team stars among the Jiangnan Leather Factory, and Guanleyuan completely swept the opponent with a clean 3:0 victory.

In this way, Magic City Crown Paradise has currently achieved three consecutive victories and is at the top of the first stage of the Table Tennis Super League.

After three rounds of table tennis matches, a phrase has become popular in the country.

"Whoever wins Li wins the world!"

After the game, Li Ying temporarily said goodbye to Chen Daqian and Xu Guinian, left the Magic City Crown Paradise, and took a plane to the imperial capital.

Returning to the national team training base again, Li Ying felt a completely different mood.

"Li Ying, this time when you go abroad to participate in the competition, coach Wu Weijing will accompany you. You will participate in the Serbia Open held from the 22nd to the 26th. You don't have to return home after the competition. There will also be the French Open from October 10th to November 29nd. After you finish these two open tournaments, you can return home to prepare for the national championships." Dong Yaobang, head coach of the men's team, said in a deep voice.

After all, this is just an open tournament, and not a large-scale open tournament.

If it is like a domestic open tournament, the national table tennis team will send a full lineup of main players to participate in the competition. In that case, the national table tennis team will be fully responsible for logistics training and other work.

"I will follow the coach's arrangements!" Li Ying stated.

"I hope you can at least win a championship medal in these two open tournaments. Remember, once you go abroad, you represent the Xia country. Your every move in the table tennis match represents the image of the country. You must be extremely careful on this point." Dong Yaobang reminded again.

"Please rest assured, head coach. I will never bring shame to Xia Country!" How could Li Ying be satisfied with just winning one open tournament?

"Then you should prepare well and go." Head coach Dong Yaobang said with a smile.

He also didn't know how much success Li Ying could achieve in international competitions.

But if Li Ying can really perform at his current level, then winning an open championship should not be a problem.

Everything depends on Li Ying's mentality in the competition.

Afterwards, Li Ying and his coach Wu Weijin took an international flight to Serbia.

(End of this chapter)