Chapter 205 Regretful Ma Qing, Lonely Diplodocus
After arriving in Austria, Li Ying began to adjust his work and rest.
The national table tennis coaching staff began to focus on the study of the Eight King Kong.
after all.
At this World Table Tennis Championships, the biggest threat to the Xia Guo team to win the championship is the Eight King Kong.
And among them.
Zhao Dongyuan, Qian Zhongtian, and Sun Guanqing are already great threats among the Eight Great Vajras.
Then.
The coaching staff also brought together the seven top players this time to study together.
Although Li Ying didn't care, in Li Ying's view, his biggest opponents 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 players from foreign associations.
In other words.
If they fight a foreign war, the risk of Kong Fengge and Liang Long losing the game is particularly high.
Time passed quickly.
The World Table Tennis Championships in Paris have begun.
The draw will be based on world rankings.
Li Ying, Xu Guinian, Liang Long and Kong Fengge are respectively ranked the first to fourth seeds in this World Table Tennis Championships.
In this case.
This can guarantee that the four sacred beasts of Lin, dragon, phoenix and turtle will be ranked in different divisions.
In this case.
They won't meet each other before the semi-finals.
If you say.
If the four mythical beasts of Lin, Dragon, Phoenix and Turtle are all up to par, then Xia Guoping may not be able to sweep the top four.
but.
The top superstars from the foreign association would definitely not allow this scene.
but.
The game has not officially started yet.
For the Xia Guoping coaching staff, the greatest honor is that Linlong, Phoenix and Turtle can win the semi-finals.
In this case.
You can lock in the championship, runner-up and even third runner-up in advance.
But the current situation is very difficult.
but.
The game hasn't started yet, so it's not impossible.
soon.
The drawing ceremony began.
Li Ying is in the 1/4 division, Xu Guinian is in the 2/4 division, Liang Long is in the 3/4 division, and Kong Fengge is in the 4/4 division.
Then.
They are the Eight Great Vajras.
As for the Eight King Kongs, the two top superstars are in one division.
besides.
Except that Li Ying's division has no national table tennis teammates, the other three major divisions, that is, the division where Longfenggui is located, are Mengli, Ma Qing and Yan An respectively.
It can be said.
The World Table Tennis Championships are still very interesting.
Then.
The World Table Tennis Championships began to proceed step by step.
May 16th.
In the second round of the men's singles at the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris held in the evening local time.
Although Imperial Capital Olympic champion Ma Qing tenaciously saved three match points, he still lost 1-4 (5-11, 7-11, 4-11, 14-12, 7-11) to Ryuu Sakura player Ryosuke Matsudaira.
No one expected this outcome.
Including Ma Qing, they didn't expect it either.
Li Ying, who was watching the game in person, did not expect it.
Li Ying said solemnly: "I think we lost too quickly in the first two games. We fell behind by a big margin and were constantly suppressed by our opponents. It was the same at the beginning of the first game, with a lot of unnecessary mistakes."
Liang Long said solemnly: "It should be said that Brother Ma has recovered well recently, but today's game was still different from what he imagined. He made more mistakes in some opportunities, and his service and reception were also worse. I always felt that my opponent was not on point when squatting to serve. I didn’t expect to encounter such a big difficulty, and I didn’t expect to lose to Matsudaira.”
Kong Fengge sighed with emotion, "History is always surprisingly similar. 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 it at 3 in the deciding game. narrowly won with a two-point advantage of 11-9.”
Xu Guinian also sighed: "But this time Ma Ge failed to get what he wanted. In this case, Ma Ge participated in nine World Table Tennis Championships and still failed to win a championship. Otherwise, he would now be a Grand Slam champion." ”
Xu Guinian has long given up hope for the Grand Slam.
Perhaps at the beginning, before Li Ying's rise, Xu Guinian still had some Grand Slam ideas in his mind.
because.
He felt that his strength could compete with Liang Long and Kong Fengge. But now.
Xu Guinian had no such idea at all.
because.
It’s too difficult to become a Grand Slam player.
Wouldn't it be better to talk about the competition within the team, and if it comes to external cooperation, there are also the Eight Great Vajras.
After the game.
Ma Qing was interviewed.
Ma Qing said very bitterly: "I think winning or losing is normal, especially against Ryosuke Matsudaira. Although my opponent is not very famous, it is very difficult for me to play with him. For example, the 2009 World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama was also quite tense. Today The opponent performed better, maybe because of the big lead, he was more decisive and confident in his shots.”
Although many spectators and media at the scene were lamenting the loss of Ma Qing, who participated in the World Table Tennis Championships for the last time, the fans even shed tears on the spot.
But Ma Qing himself behaved calmly. He finally said frankly, "Losing in this World Table Tennis Championships will not have a great impact on me. No matter whether I win or lose, it will be the same."
Please...you...collect 6...9...books...!
"Marco Ma's national team journey is probably almost over!" Li Ying concluded.
All the time.
The motivation behind Ma Qing is to win the World Table Tennis Championships and become a Grand Slam champion.
but.
Chen Daqian has won the World Table Tennis Championships men's singles championship three times, but Ma Qing has not won it once.
Even if he reached the finals three times.
Can always.
He is only one step away from winning the men's singles championship.
The thin line between this is that Ma Qing participated in the World Table Tennis Championships nine times, and failed to win the championship nine times.
Although Ma Qing was eliminated, which was a pity for his fans, the game continued.
May 17th.
The half area where Diplodocus is located.
Diplodocus, Monri, Truth, and Felix began to compete for the only roster in this division to advance to the semi-finals.
In other words.
If there are four of them, only one will be able to reach the semi-finals in the end.
And currently.
If it's a duel, it's Diplodocus VS Truth, Monri VS Felix!
This is a foreign war!
so.
The national table tennis coaching staff attaches great importance to it.
The way to pay attention is very simple.
That is the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang personally serves as their off-field guidance.
final.
Both Diplodocus and Mengli did not disappoint the fans of Xia Kingdom.
In this World Table Tennis Championships in Paris, no foreign battle was lost.
In this case.
The quarter-finals started between the two of them.
Diplodocus VS Mengli!
It seems like another fateful showdown!
Nowadays, Diplodocus is 25 years old and in his prime.
However, the World Table Tennis Championships champion is very far away from Diplodocus.
In the 2009 World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama, he was eliminated by Monri in the men's singles semi-finals.
In the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam, Diplodocus was eliminated by Li Ying.
This time.
Diplodocus and Mengli met again at the World Table Tennis Championships.
For their matches, Wu Weijin and Qin Yucheng served as their off-field coaches respectively.
Mengli quickly established an excellent advantage with 3-0 in the beginning. After that, Diplodocus slowed down and won two consecutive games. However, Mengli was more decisive in the 6th game and won the game, thus defeating Diplodocus 4-2 and entering the half. finals.
Diplodocus once again became Meng Li's defeated enemy.
After the game, Diplodocus looked lonely.
In the 1/4 division, Li Ying defeated Tomoaki Furukawa and reached the semi-finals.
In the 2/4 division, Xu Guinian lost to Dimitri. Otherwise, Xia Guoping would have completed the task of winning the top four.
In the 4/4 division, Kong Fengge defeated Thiem and reached the men's singles semi-finals.
In this case.
In terms of the top four, Xia Guoping holds three seats.
And the semi-final matchup.
It seems like fate.
Kong Fengge VS Mengli!
Li Ying VS Dimitri!
(End of chapter)