Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 96: The extremely popular Table Tennis Super League, Li Ying's popularity has reached a sky-high level

The Chinese national table tennis team won all the titles in this Asian Cup.

Both the men's team and the women's team won the championship, runner-up and third place.

Demonstrated extraordinary dominance.

For Li Ying, his popularity and influence increased rapidly.

Having just won the men's singles championship at the Yokohama World Table Tennis Championships, he now has won the men's singles championship at a heavyweight continental tournament!
This shows that Li Ying is still invincible.

Even Kong Fengge, who was in great form in this competition, still failed to break Li Ying's undefeated myth.

Li Ying continued to write his invincible legend.

and so.

Li Ying has more and more fans.

This in turn promoted the event of table tennis.

It just so happens that the Table Tennis Super League is about to open.

This year's Table Tennis Super League is different from last year.

Because all the competitions last year had to give way to the Imperial Capital Olympics.

but.

The opening ceremony of the Table Tennis Super League will be on May 5rd.

Like last year, almost all the Chinese national table tennis teams, whether men's or women's teams, whether first or second teams, participated in the Table Tennis Super League.

However, sometimes the star players of the Table Tennis Super League teams have to participate in open tournaments.

Men's team here.

For example, the Belarus Open, which will be held on May 5, will be attended by Dragon, Phoenix and Turtle.

Because in the previous Dutch Open, the three young players from 92 were sent as the main force.

The three young players from 92 did not disappoint the high expectations and won the men's singles and men's doubles championships.

In this Belarus Open, among the world's table tennis masters, except for Li Ying, Meng Li and Ma Qing who did not participate, all other top table tennis superstars participated.

It can be said.

The dragon and phoenix turtles face greater pressure to win the championship.

The main players of the national table tennis team and the second team who did not participate in the competition will have to take part in the Table Tennis Super League.

But that doesn't mean Li Ying can have an easy time in the country.

Because the Xiaguo Open will start on June 6rd.

In other words.

There is only more than ten days of preparation time.

and so.

It is impossible for Li Ying to take a vacation.

On May 5, Li Ying, Chen Daqian and Xu Guinian set out from Lin'an to return to the Magic City.

In this year's Table Tennis Super League, Li Ying still represents Shanghai Guanleyuan.

only.

What is different from last year is that Chen Daqian, who has now become a full-time coach of the national team and the head coach of the Magic City team, is unable to participate in the Table Tennis Super League as a team member.

after all.

He is now a coach, not an athlete.

In this case.

The main players of Magic City Crown Paradise are only Li Ying and Xu Guinian.

The training base of the Magic City team.

Now Li Ying and Xu Guinian are training here.

After all, the boss here now is Chen Daqian.

of course.

With Li Ying's identity, he is qualified to go anywhere.

Xu Guinian is a local table tennis genius from Shanghai, and naturally he is also a member of the Shanghai City team.

Chen Daqian sighed regretfully, "My only regret is that I was not able to transfer you from the Lingnan team. Modu tried to negotiate with Lingnan, but Lingnan would not let you go no matter what!"

After saying this, Xu Guinian laughed and said, "Brother Qian, no matter who is the leader of the Lingnan team, there is no way he would agree to this!"

Li Ying didn't care. Whether he represented Lingnan or Shanghai, it didn't matter to him.

even.

The provincial teams in his hometown have all approached Li Ying, but Li Ying pushed everything to Lingnan.

As long as Lingnan releases the people, Li Ying doesn't care.

But how could Lingnan let them go?

Especially this year, it is the National Games which is held every four years.

At this critical juncture, as long as the Lingnan team does not go crazy, there is absolutely no way they will let Li Ying go.

Li Ying looked at the roster of players for the men's and women's teams of the 2009 Summer National Table Tennis Super League posted on the wall and found it particularly interesting.

"Brother Qian, this year we have ten men's teams in the Table Tennis Super League, with a total of fifty player spots. In addition to the players from our national first and second teams, the others are all top stars from around the world!"

Before, Li Ying didn’t pay much attention to the news of the Table Tennis Super League.

But now.

Looking at this list, Li Ying suddenly realized the big moves in the Table Tennis Super League.

"Indeed, the German twins, Truus, Felix, Tomoaki Furukawa, as well as Zhao Dongyuan, Qian Zhongtian, Sun Guanqing and other table tennis geniuses. It can be said that the strength of each player should not be underestimated!"

Chen Daqian smiled and said, "This has caused complaints from teams in various provinces and cities, because the table tennis players from various provincial teams are not qualified to participate in the Table Tennis Super League."

"It is estimated that the Table Tennis Super League will continue to expand next year. By then, it will absorb players from various provincial teams. After all, the base of our Xiaguo national table tennis team is here!"

"This also led to the successful commercial promotion of the Table Tennis Super League. Various sponsorship fees and advertising fees were collected. Of course, the salaries of athletes participating in the competition were also very high!"

"Otherwise, players like Meng Li and Ma Qing are still participating in the Table Tennis Super League, which shows how popular the Table Tennis Super League is this year."

"However, we still have to avoid those major competitions. However, with five athletes on a team, we can definitely get enough players for the competition."

Chen Daqian was very well-informed and had extensive connections.

At present, Li Ying is far from achieving this.

"Seeing how popular the Table Tennis Super League is, how can the ITTF swallow this?"

Li Ying asked curiously.

"The ITTF is naturally very jealous, but it cannot intervene in domestic leagues like this. But I heard that next year in 2010, the ITTF will reform the tour system."

Chen Daqian heard a rumor that "he wanted to attract more high-level stars to participate in various tours."

"This is interesting. I won't be lonely on the competition field in the future!" Li Ying naturally hopes that the sport of table tennis will develop better and better.

September 5th, Saturday.

Magic City Crown Paradise played against the distant Jiangnan Leather City at home.

Jiangnan Leather City is quite powerful and has introduced super stars from all international brands.

in contrast.

Although the Magic City Crown Paradise team has Li Ying and Xu Guinian, the other three players are from the national second team.

and.

Look at this lineup chart.

Li Ying immediately knew coach Deng Lixun's plan.

"Coach Deng, you are completely treating Xu Guinian and me like donkeys!"

As the first singles player, Li Ying naturally has to play in two games.

Xu Guinian will play in one doubles match and one singles match.

It is clear.

Deng Lixun won two singles matches against Li Ying, and Xu Guinian won one singles match. In this way, Magic City Crown Paradise will eventually win.

"Aying, you and Guinian are both main players of the team. This will add burden to you." Deng Lixun laughed.

"Look, this is only the first round of the Table Tennis Super League, but the TV station that is broadcasting the game live is Channel C. And it's not just the table tennis channel, even the sports channel is involved."

"You can imagine how popular you two are right now. Two of the Four Sacred Beasts, the Kirin, the Dragon, the Phoenix and the Turtle, are in Crown Paradise in the Magic City. Which coach would dare not use them?"

Li Ying shook his head slightly, "Coach Deng, I can't argue with you."

Home.

A large number of Shanghai fans and Li Ying fans from all over the country flocked to this home court.

Li Ying will naturally not disappoint his fans.

Both singles matches were won.

then.

Xu Guinian also won the singles.

In this way, relying on winning three singles matches, Magic City Crown Paradise won 3-2 and got off to a good start in the Table Tennis Super League.

To know.

This is the first match of the Shanghai Crown Paradise in the Table Tennis Super League.

After the game, we returned to the hotel.

"Brother Qian, isn't your home in Shanghai? What does it mean that you come to the hotel and live with me?"

Li Ying was stunned.

Chen Daqian just passed by his home without entering. If the news media knew about this, wouldn't they report it widely?
Xu Guinian has gone home, so why doesn’t Chen Daqian go home?

"I've already gone home, and if I go home I'll be urged to get married. I might as well come to the hotel and live with you in peace. More importantly, I have to keep an eye on you!"

Chen Daqian smiled.

"Brother Qian, I am really sad when you say that."

"Hmph, this is a special arrangement by the head coach of the men's team. If you are bored, go find Boss Dong yourself!" Chen Daqian said with a smile.

"Who would dare to do that?" Li Ying said with a smile, "Brother Qian, you are probably afraid that I will make a mistake!"

How could Li Ying not know that after today's game, countless of his female fans would be waiting outside the stadium.

Li Ying spent more than an hour signing autographs and taking photos before he finally met the fans' demands and was able to get away.

"That's right, Ah Ying. Almost all of your fans are female. They are fanatical fans, very hardcore. To be honest, if you make a pinky promise to them, they will definitely pounce on you instantly!"

Chen Daqian's face was very serious. "Aying, I really hope you don't make this kind of mistake. You are young and energetic now. If you lack self-control sometimes, it will really ruin your career!"

Chen Daqian never imagined that one day a professional athlete would have more female fans than any star in the entertainment industry.

Even the top stars in today's entertainment industry are not as good as Li Ying now.

and.

Li Ying is only 17 years old.

Although his professional attitude is impeccable, in his heart, Chen Daqian is really afraid that Li Ying will make the same mistake that many men would make.

He himself has a deep understanding of this.

Hearing this, Li Ying laughed and said, "Brother Qian, you underestimate my self-control. Although those female fans are indeed very beautiful, and it is true as you said, as long as I have this intention, I can be the groom every night."

"But I, Li Ying, always have a clear goal. Look, here comes the phone call!"

Right now.

Li Ying's phone rang.

I picked it up and saw that it was indeed Wang Xianlan calling.

The team that Wang Xianlan participated in the Table Tennis Super League was a team formed in Lingnan.

now.

I also train in Lingnan.

"Xiaoying, you have made great progress!"

As soon as Wang Xianlan opened her mouth, she spoke in a sarcastic tone.

"Xianlan, don't listen to those reporters' nonsense. I'm in the hotel now. If you don't believe me, Brother Qian is right next to me!" Li Ying said with a smile.

Li Ying guessed that Wang Xianlan must have seen the reports of many reporters on the Internet, so she came to question him.

"Brother Qian is really good to you. What if you ask Brother Qian to cover for you in this kind of situation?"

Wang Xianlan looked as if she didn't believe Chen Daqian.

"Look, you've ruined my reputation!"

Chen Daqian pretended to be angry.

"Brother Qian, please stop scolding my Xiaoying. I'd like to trouble you to keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't make any mistakes."

Wang Xianlan requested.

"Xianlan, don't worry, I will take good care of Aying, don't worry." Chen Daqian said with a smile.

Then, Wang Xianlan recounted the happy and interesting things that happened to her today.

More than an hour had passed since the long phone call.

"Brother Qian, I'm hungry. Let's go eat some delicious food in the Magic City!"

Life is nothing but eating, drinking and having fun.

Don’t even think about having fun nowadays.

Then all that’s left is eating and drinking.

"go!"

Chen Daqian did not object to this.

As long as Li Ying doesn’t cook noodles, eating and drinking doesn’t matter.

After going out.

Dong Yaobang even called.

Li Ying smiled bitterly and said, "Director Dong, you really don't trust me. It would be fine if you sent Brother Qian to supervise me, but why do you have to check on me at all times?"

Dong Yaobang was not without anger on the other end of the phone. "Look at your fans, they are all enthusiastic female fans. As the head coach of the men's team, how can I not be worried when I see the news reports online? You are 17 years old, you are young and energetic!"

"I am young, but I am not hot-tempered at all. If you want to talk about hot-tempered people, you should talk about Kong Fengge!" Li Ying complained for himself.

"Control yourself and don't make a fool of yourself for me."

Dong Yaobang just warned Li Ying.
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"Ah, Brother Qian, you are indeed a native of Magic City. There are so many delicious foods in Magic City, and you know them all very well."

Li Ying was full.

"I told you to eat less, but you didn't believe me!" Chen Daqian was speechless.

"It's okay. I exercise a lot every day anyway. I'm not afraid of gaining weight. Besides, I'm in the period of rapid growth now, so I have to eat well!" Li Ying said confidently.

Chen Daqian: “???”

Li Ying sent Xu Guinian to the airport. Xu Guinian did not go to the capital to meet up with Liang Long and Kong Fengge, but flew directly to the competition venue.

"Brother Xu, you must return triumphantly!"

Li Ying sincerely wishes you all the best.

"Hey, I don't know if I can beat Kong Fengge and Liang Long. But I will try my best not to lose in foreign battles!"

Xu Guinian sighed.

Such a small open tournament attracted many superstars from the global table tennis world, and Xu Guinian also felt helpless.

Xu Guinian doesn't care about these.

The key is that Liang Long and Kong Fengge also want to participate.

At present, Xu Guinian feels that he cannot beat Liang Long and Kong Fengge.

"Why can't you beat him? The duel between the three of you depends entirely on your condition. Do you think you are all facing me?" Li Ying said with a smile.

"That's true. I'm leaving, Aying."

Xu Guinian was amused by Li Ying's words and boarded the plane happily.

Li Ying took Chen Daqian's car back to the Magic City training base and began to train silently.

Next up is the Summer Country Open, which will be held in Sioux City on June 6rd.

The Xiaguo Open has always been the most important open tournament in the ITTF Tour.

Because every time the Xiaguo Open is held, all the main players of the Xiaguo national table tennis team will participate.

and.

The Summer Open will also attract the world's top superstars.

It can be said.

The value of the Xiaguo Open is no less than that of the ITTF's year-end finals.

and.

The Xiaguo Open is held twice a year.

(End of this chapter)