Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 92 Asian Cup

The training time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed.

The Asian Cup is about to begin.

The Asian Cup brings together top table tennis superstars from various Asian countries.

Each association is allowed to register up to three players.

Xia Kingdom is no exception.

Xia Guo’s national table tennis team announced the list.

Men's singles: Li Ying, Meng Li, Kong Fengge.

Women's singles: Wang Xianlan, Qiao Yuning, Ji Chuanxia.

When this list was announced, there was a lot of heated discussion on the Internet.

"Haha, this is clearly the core of the current national table tennis team. The men's team is definitely the one that the national table tennis team is currently interested in training for the 2012 Olympic men's team."

"The women's table tennis team is the most powerful. Although everyone knows that Wang Xianlan, Qiao Yuning and Ji Chuanxia are the core players of the next generation of the national table tennis team, they are now starting to be promoted and trained vigorously, and the women's table tennis team has begun to take over normally."

"It's a pity for Brother Ma that he is not even included in the three-man roster. I thought it was the three core players who played."

"Ma Qing is not on the list now, but Kong Fengge is. It seems that Kong Fengge is the lucky child of the national table tennis team."

nowadays.

The popularity of the Chinese national table tennis team is increasing in Xiaguo.

Especially with the rise of Li Ying, every member of the national table tennis team is rapidly gaining fans.

Dong Yaobang wants to create a personal IP for each team member, which will ultimately drive the development of the national table tennis team.

At present, the most popular player in the men's team is Li Ying.

But in fact, among the national table tennis players, the one with the most fans is Wang Xianlan.

Because of her super high appearance, the title of the goddess of national table tennis is deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Wang Xianlan is truly popular with both men and women.

Of course, in terms of the degree of fan loyalty, Wang Xianlan’s fans are still not as good as Li Ying’s.

After all, Li Ying’s die-hard fans are almost all young girls.

They are crazy about chasing stars.

At the same time, a large number of table tennis enthusiasts began to buy tickets to Lin'an Gymnasium.

The price of tickets for the game continued to rise, and in the end it was even difficult to get a ticket.

At the same time, many video sites purchased live broadcasts of the game.

All of this has further boosted the popularity of this Table Tennis Asian Cup.

The Chinese national table tennis team arrived in Lin'an by plane.

Outside Lin'an Xiaoshan Airport, countless table tennis fans came to pick them up.

Li Ying and Wang Xianlan both showed up and satisfied these die-hard fans, and they gradually dispersed.

Arrive at the hotel.

Wang Xianlan is still frightened.

"Xiaoying, those little girls are really crazy. They try their best to squeeze in front of you, just to take a photo with you or ask for your autograph."

"Your die-hard fans are the same, but I saw two bodyguards arranged for you by Uncle Wang in the crowd. Promise me that in the future, when I'm not with you, you must bring female bodyguards with you wherever you go." Li Ying said in a deep voice.

Wang Xianlan smiled slightly, "I know."

"But you haven't answered my question yet?"

Li Ying smiled and said, "I'm not that kind of person, don't worry."

How could these mediocre women compare to Wang Xianlan, who is as beautiful as a fairy?

Li Ying had already decided in his heart that his future wife would be Wang Xianlan.

Wang Xianlan smiled slightly.

Li Ying sent Wang Xianlan into the room before turning around and leaving.

Coming to the presidential suite, there are three rooms.

Li Ying, Meng Li and Kong Fengge live there, and the three head coaches naturally eat and live together.

Li Ying swiped the room card and walked into the room. In the living room, Wu Weijin, Liao Huazhong, and Chen Daqian were chatting with Meng Li and Kong Fengge.

When they saw Li Ying coming in, they all looked at Li Ying.

Chen Daqian smiled and said, "Aying, I've been waiting for you. After taking a shower, let's go eat."

Hearing this, Li Ying smiled and said, "Brother Qian, where are we going to eat?"

Wu Weijin said with a smile: "Aying, when it comes to food, you are really interested."

"Director Wu, there's nothing I can do. Eating is my only hobby." Li Ying said with a smile.

Wu Weijin smiled and said, "It was the host provincial table tennis team that entertained us. I heard it was very sumptuous, definitely a feast."

After listening to this, Li Ying became even more interested.

"wait for me."

Li Ying quickly went into the room, took a shower and changed his clothes.

night.

The host provincial table tennis team held a grand reception ceremony for the national table tennis team.

Li Ying ate very full, and the three coaches drank with the leader.

Li Ying is still an athlete, so he doesn't need to drink with others.

After eating and drinking, we returned to the hotel.

5 month 18 number.

Li Ying took a car to the gymnasium and began training to adapt to the venue.

At the same time, the draw ceremony for each group began.

There are a total of 16 contestants in the men's singles event.

Will be divided into four groups.

Each group of four table tennis superstars will play a single round-robin group match.

among them.

The group leader advances directly to the quarter-finals.

The second and third place teams in the group will compete for a place in the quarter-finals.

According to the draw rules, players from each association in the Asian Cup will not be in the same group.

In other words, if all goes well, Li Ying, Meng Li and Kong Fengge may meet in the semi-finals.

Li Ying devoted himself to training and completely ignored which group he was assigned to.

It doesn't matter.

Because Li Ying's current strength is very different from before the Yokohama World Table Tennis Championships.

Li Ying looked at the career panel silently in his heart.

The rewards for the men's singles champion of the Yokohama World Table Tennis Championships have been announced.

New entry: Super Divine Light.

In other words, once the super divine light is activated, Li Ying can enter the super divine state.

In this way, the strength score can be temporarily increased to above 98 points.

Besides.

Li Ying's current strength score has reached 97.5.

It seems very close to 98, but I am afraid that winning the men's singles championship in an open tournament will not improve his strength.

Next, perhaps only continental competitions such as the Asian Cup, where the men's singles champion of a super-influential table tennis tournament can improve his strength by 0.1 like the men's singles champion of the previous open tournament.

Normally, Li Ying can accumulate strands and strands of super divine light.

In this way, at the critical moment, you can trigger the super divine light and enter the super divine state.

From now on, Li Ying will no longer be afraid of the super-god Mengli or Ma Qing.

In other words, this might be a preparation for Kong Fengge's impending explosion.

soon.

Chen Daqian, Wu Weijin, Liao Huazhong and other national table tennis coaches surrounded Dong Yaobang and returned to the gymnasium.

"The draw has been decided. The No. 1 seed of this Asian Cup, Lee Ying, will be placed in Group 1. The No. 2 seed, Monli, will be placed in Group 2. Park Kwang-ho is the No. 3 seed and will be placed in Group 3. Furukawa Tomoaki is the No. 4 seed and will be placed in Group 4."

Dong Yaobang said in a deep voice.

"Among them, Feng Ge is in the third group."

Kong Fengge is not a seed yet.

Even the fact that Kong Fengge replaced Ma Qing in the competition this time caused a lot of hype on the Internet.

Many fans of Xiaguo table tennis feel that Kong Fengge is not strong enough to replace Ma Qing at present.

But the Chinese national table tennis team is still determined to cultivate the dragon, phoenix and turtle and give Kong Fengge a chance.

In this case, Kong Fengge is under a lot of pressure in this competition.

If we fail to make it to the semi-finals, we will lose points in the eyes of the national table tennis coaching staff.

Li Ying knew that the goal set by the national table tennis coaching staff for Kong Fengge was to secure a place in the top four and strive for a medal.

"This time the Asian Cup will be held in our country Xia. I don't ask you to take the top three, but at least you must meet in the final. Keep the champion and runner-up of the Asian Cup in our country Xia." Dong Yaobang said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Li Ying smiled inwardly.

According to Chen Daqian, the Chinese table tennis coaching team wants to sweep the top three spots and keep the champion, runner-up and third place in Lin'an.

Subsequently.

Dong Yaobang ended the meeting and began to instruct Li Ying, Meng Li and Kong Fengge in their training.

As for sparring partners, three players were temporarily selected from the provincial team.

After all, this is just the Asian Cup. It is impossible to mobilize all the national team's sparring partners to Lin'an for this competition, like the Yokohama World Table Tennis Championships.

The training ends at eight o'clock in the evening.

Li Ying returned to the hotel with Chen Daqian.

When he returned to the room, Li Ying suddenly found a lot of food on the bed.

Among them are Li Ying’s favorite braised meat, barbecued meat and large meat skewers.

Li Ying was extremely surprised.

"Brother Qian, when did you go to buy this?"

Chen Daqian smiled slightly, "Just now when you were training, eat quickly, I'll give you a snack."

Li Ying was very happy, and the key point was that the meat was delicious.

And there are drinks.

"Brother Qian, you are so nice to me." Li Ying said while eating.

"That's your own fault." Chen Daqian was very satisfied with Li Ying.

Because Li Ying never let him down.

It's not just the results of the competition, the key is also the daily training.

They all respected him very much.

"Aying, I think your backhand needs to get stronger. In the future, various table tennis backhand skills, such as backhand fast drive, backhand long chop, backhand fast tear, backhand line change, etc., will become the mainstream of table tennis."

Chen Daqian smiled.

Li Ying nodded, "I am now considered the national team's strongest backhand player, and I will definitely continue to strengthen my backhand."

Chen Daqian said with satisfaction: "Yes, forehand is easier to practice. But backhand training is not that easy. You need to improve and strengthen all your backhand skills."

Li Ying finished eating quickly and was full.

Went to the bathroom and took a shower.

Lying in bed contentedly.

"Brother Qian, such a fairy-like day is really wonderful."

Li Ying smiled.

On the contrary, at the national team training base in the imperial capital, Chen Daqian's every move attracts attention.

Unlike in Lin'an, Chen Daqian can still buy these delicious meats.

"Brother Qian, this Dongpo pork is really unique."

Li Ying burped.

Chen Daqian said with a smile: "Then don't let me slack off in the competition tomorrow."

Li Ying smiled confidently, "That's definitely not the case. I will definitely get first place in the group stage and directly enter the quarter-finals."

When Chen Daqian heard this, he became serious.

"Your opponents in the group stage are all relatively strong. Lee Jin-won, the rising star of table tennis from Korea, rose to prominence in this World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama. There is also Naganuma Atsushi, the main player of Ryuo Country. In addition, there is Zhao Dongyuan, the table tennis genius from the Xiangjiang team."

Chen Daqian said in a deep voice.

Li Ying nodded slightly.

Zhao Dongyuan is one of the three table tennis geniuses that Chen Daqian had previously focused on studying.

It wasn't the Hong Kong team originally.

But through the introduction of talents, the Hong Kong team has now officially joined the Hong Kong team.

Previously, he was a key talent in the provincial team’s training.

If Li Ying had not emerged out of nowhere, they should have joined the national second team and might have eventually made it into the first team.

but.

Li Ying's sudden rise directly changed the ideas of many table tennis geniuses in Xia State.

Many table tennis geniuses in Xia Country are very eager to achieve results.

but.

If you don't want to join external cooperation and become an overseas army, then joining the table tennis teams in Hong Kong, Macao and Formosa would be the best choice.

Because your nationality will not change, you will still be a Xia citizen, but you can still participate in continental and world table tennis competitions.

even.

Even in the Olympics, these three places are qualified to participate independently.

and so.

As for the Chinese national table tennis team, they will definitely focus on studying Zhao Dongyuan in the future.

after all.

They are more likely to be rivals of the Chinese national table tennis team than the superstars from foreign associations.

Because the coaches of the table tennis teams in these three places were once members of the national team and also came from the Xiaguo national table tennis team, it can be said that the Xiaguo national table tennis team does not have many secrets that can be hidden from them.

"Then let's look forward to officially fighting them tomorrow!"

Li Ying was not particularly afraid.

Even though these three table tennis geniuses have now become the leaders of the Hong Kong, Macao and Formosa teams, their end point can only be comparable to the dragon, phoenix and turtle at best.

After chatting for a while, we lay down and went to sleep.

At 7 o'clock in the morning, Li Ying woke up.

After washing up, I went downstairs to have breakfast and then did half an hour of warm-up training.

The Asian Cup matches officially start at 9 am.

The competition lasts from 18: a.m. to : p.m., during which time the men's and women's singles group round-robin matches will take place.

From 19:23 to 1:4 in the evening, the men's singles quarter-finals will be held.

In other words.

The Asian Cup is a tight competition, with the champion, runner-up and third place to be decided within three days.

On the first day, we have to finish the quarter-finals.

The next day, the men's and women's singles semi-finals.

On the third day, the men's and women's singles finals.

Although today is Tuesday, a weekday, the Lin'an Gymnasium is already packed.

The tickets were sold out in less than three minutes after they were released.

Can be imagined.

How deep is the love that domestic table tennis fans have for this sport!
Because table tennis is the national sport and its achievements are basically brilliant.

soon.

The time came to 9 o'clock.

The round-robin matches within the four groups will start one after another.

The first group started the battle first.

As the number one seed of this Asian Cup, Li Ying had just won the men's singles championship at the Yokohama World Table Tennis Championships. Li Ying's appearance immediately aroused cheers from the audience.

At this moment, journalists from all over the world began to film.

This Asian Cup has gathered media reporters from countries such as Xiaguo, Ryusaku, and Goryeo. In addition, there are news media from Hong Kong, Macao, and Formosa.

In short, the atmosphere was extremely warm.

Li Ying looked at his opponent.

Atsushi Naganuma!
These are all old rivals.

Even so, Li Ying did not underestimate the enemy.

Last night in the fantasy space, I had a simulated battle with Naganuma Atsushi. I have to say that Naganuma Atsushi's strength has improved a lot compared to the first time we fought.

but.

It would be too difficult for him to fight against the current Li Ying.

Li Ying easily won four straight games and swept Naganuma Atsushi.

then.

Li Ying's second opponent is the rising star Li Zhenyuan from Korea. Li Zhenyuan is a dark horse in this World Table Tennis Championships and has had an outstanding performance.

Although we didn't make it to the quarterfinals or semifinals, the World Table Tennis Championships is a stage that is enough to make us famous.

and.

The strength is improving rapidly.

(End of this chapter)