Small goals, first to be the world's first [Competition]

This is the first Platinum tournament this year. There are two regular tournaments in January and February. The National Table Tennis players were busy with closed training and did not participate.

This station in Degong in mid-March is the first international competition that the national table tennis players have participated in since the beginning of the year. Of course, it is also the first open competition where the world's top table tennis players gather.

Germany is currently the largest table tennis country in terms of overall table tennis strength. Degong is also the first Platinum station this year. Its importance is self-evident. The number of applicants is particularly large. The top players, the German players are naturally the best. All those who can sign up have signed up, and the others have basically signed up as well.

Before the official schedule came out, many star players indicated on their social media that Degong himself would participate in this race.

As soon as the schedule came out, fans from all over the world exclaimed in unison that the first Platinum race of the year was really a fight between gods and gods.

Fans in Huaguo feel more complicated.

This time, the Huaguo team had an unprecedented number of participants. They were used to only two or three players going out in each international competition for many years.

This time, the national table tennis men's and women's teams were all full, and the total number broke double digits. Except for a few old faces who often appeared in the international arena before, the rest were almost all new players.

But whether they are strong or not, and how many rounds they can reach, is no longer important to fans who have watched football for more than ten years.

Seeing the number of participants, they couldn't help but burst into tears.

More than ten years ago, when the national table tennis was at its peak, the national team would not send more than a dozen players to any international competition, and sometimes even more.

It was also the pinnacle of national table tennis at that time, and the wonderful performances of national table tennis players on the field time and time again at that time made the fans at that time fall into the pit without hesitation.

Later, even because the national table tennis was too strong, the ITTF also limited the number of participants in some competitions, but even so, it did not wait to block the unstoppable road to the top of the national table tennis at that time.

As a result, the national table tennis changed overnight, the national table tennis gradually fell silent, and even the number of participants in professional tours became less and less, sometimes even none, and it was basically impossible to advance to the semi-finals after participating. Many fans could not accept it and chose Left and chose to return to life.

Fans who have persisted from that era to the present and are still paying attention to table tennis, which one is not deeply in love with this sport.

They have been disappointed and expected too many times, but this time when they saw the name belonging to Huaguo in the schedule, their eyes were really moist involuntarily.

How long?

For more than ten years, they haven't seen so many Chinese athletes participating in an international competition together for a long time.

A while ago, the national table tennis changed. They were shocked, but also a little panicked, fearing that the players would be affected by it.

The new year is the Olympic year, and the fans can no longer bear more changes.

But now, the dozen or so Huaguo names on the schedule seem to be an answer sheet for the fans of Guoping, as if telling them categorically——

Don't be afraid, Guoping is back.

At this moment, they truly felt the new life of the national team.

This time, Degong, the Huaguo national team is on a grand trip, led by the new head coach Xu Yuanwei, the head coach of the men's team Su Haizhong and the head coach of the women's team are also traveling together, leading the players on the plane, at the beginning of the game Flew to Magdeburg two days ago.

One day to adapt to the jet lag, one day to adapt to the venue.

This time the team is led by old slickers. Knowing that the players came to other countries, they will be curious and excited. After all, they also came here in the same way back then, so they are very precise in time control and strictly prevent some players from playing before the game. The act of taking time out to wave.

The meaning of the Open this time is different. In case you go out and lose your competitive state or something happens...the coaching staff will not let this happen.

Some team members were even given special attention.

Su Yuan: Damn it!

Zhong Yu: ... Tsk.

After training, they also took time to ask friendly Lin Muhua who was also with the team this time as an assistant coach.

"Assistant Xiaolin, did you go back and file a complaint last time?"

This is not called a friendly inquiry, perhaps it is more appropriate to describe it as asking a teacher for a crime.

Assistant Professor Kobayashi remained motionless, with a calm expression, pushed his glasses and answered them: "It's just a routine report."

By the way, on my own form, I added two more groups to their training.

"You guys seem to be in good spirits. It seems that the jet lag is going well, so there is no need to reduce the amount of training. Go on as usual, and do two more sets."

He has been following them since they entered the national team, and it has been almost a year now, and he is very familiar with their personalities.

Su Yuan and Zhong Yu, on the outside, one is well-behaved and hot-blooded, and the other is gentle and elegant. In fact, they are both young people in their early teens and twenties. They may be calmer when they are separated, but together they are two childish ghosts.

If you want to treat them, you must maintain a superficial calmness and calmness, and Lin Muhua is already very skilled.

"Ah—no, Assistant Teacher Xiaolin—" Su Yuan put down his racket, wiped his sweat and wailed.

Then he ran to Lin Muhua, smiled courteously, squeezed his shoulders, and offered water to drink.

"Okay, okay, you should drink it, then add another group." Lin Muhua still didn't hold back, and raised the corner of his mouth and said.

"Thank you, Assistant Teacher Xiaolin—" Su Yuan giggled, gave him a funny bow, and returned to the table.

Of course, they finally practiced two additional sets as originally planned.

Although there is no way to go out, the hotel where the athletes live is basically the same. This time, there are many acquaintances, such as Enoch, Mr. Eli, and Samuel. After training, Su Yuan will go to visit them. Chatting, also very happy.

Mr. Enoch and Mr. Eli also introduced him to many interesting scenic spots in Germany and some interesting places around. Su Yuan happily wrote them down in his little notebook, and decided to go out for fun after the competition.

Two days passed quickly. On March NO.12, the qualifying round of the German Magdeburg Open officially began.

The qualifying competition lasted for two days. Since there were so many athletes from various countries who signed up for this time, the schedule was very tight.

Fortunately, Su Yuan is the seed player in his group this time, and this time there are a bit too many people in the group, so he won't have a match until the next day's qualifying round.

As for the others, because there are too many top players in the sixteen groups, Xu Lixin failed to become the seed player of his group because of the lower world rankings. , nor are they seeded players.

There are two seeds on the women's singles side, and neither are the rest.

But whether they are seeded players or not doesn't stop the fighting spirit and passion in the hearts of the players.

Du Yihou Wenyuan and the others have also signed up for this open competition. They have worked hard for too many years just to one day be able to compete in the international arena. Now that the opportunity has come, why bother?

No matter who his opponent is, just do it!

The national table tennis players almost all held this idea, and all of them twisted into a rope, showing their demeanor to the fullest in Degong's arena.

Domestic fans are also paying attention to this game and the performance of the new national team members.

This time, Degong and all the national table tennis players worked hard.

At the end of the two-day qualifying competition, four players entered the top [-] of the men's team, and three entered the top [-] of the women's team.

The remaining teammates who did not advance to the top [-] also performed well in the qualifying rounds, but they were a little bit unlucky. The seed players in their group met top star players, and they were too strong to be eliminated. .

But even so, they were able to bite a game or two in the hands of those top players, and the fans are already very satisfied with them.

They don't have high requirements for athletes, as long as they are brave, aggressive, able to gain something in the competition, and the trip is worthwhile, that's fine.

Those former players lost their fighting spirit on the field, which was what disappointed them.

And the national team surprises the fans far more than that.

Sixteen.

Perhaps because Xu Lixin was lucky in the last World Cup, or because there were too many top players participating this time, he bumped into Germany's second-in-command Eli Bolton as soon as he came up, fought hard for six rounds, and finally won 4: 2 regretted being out, but won two rounds, which also created his personal match record against Eli Bolton.

However, Su Yuan and Zhong Yu did not meet the top five in the world. With their abilities, they won with ease, and quickly advanced to the top eight.

On the women's side, Zhu Yulin and Wen Tuantuan also made it to the quarterfinals.

In the eight-to-four match, Su Yuan faced Russia's fifth in the world, Vladimir Bradbury, while Zhong Yu faced Eli Bolton, who eliminated Xu Lixin in the quarter-finals .

Vladimir was eliminated by Enoch Robb in the [-]-to-[-] knockout round in the World Cup a few months ago because of his poor signing, so he really wants to win a medal in this game , menacing, full of momentum, and very much want to fight Enoch again.

But to fight Enoch, he must first win the Huaguo kid in front of him.

So what Su Yuan met was a world No. [-] who had completely exploded.

Su Yuan has not played against the Russian No. [-] in the world yet, but he has watched many video games between Enoch and Bradbury, and he is very clear about the No. [-] in the world's game style.

And just because he knew it, he felt the same excitement as Enoch at that time.

Although the two didn't know each other yet, Su Yuan unilaterally announced that he liked Bradbury!

Don't get me wrong, it's just pure love for his style of play.

So Bradbury was surprised to find that the Huaguo child opposite him seemed to be extremely excited?

Both of them were in very good condition, and there were not many unnecessary mistakes. Their match was very exciting, almost all of which were violent and gorgeous duels. It took seven rounds of fierce fighting before the final winner was decided.

At first, Su Yuan was not very familiar with Bradbury. He lost a round at the beginning, but quickly caught up.

They are all in the style of opening and closing. At this time, it may be some small gaps in control, and Su Yuan is even better in this respect.

In the end, the big score was 4:3.

Su Yuan successfully advanced to the semi-finals! !

On the other side, the match between Zhong Yu and Eli Bolton gradually came to an end.

One is ranked third in the world, and the other is almost invisible. Except for the fans in Huaguo, the whole world thinks that Eli Bolton will win this game without any suspense.

Fans in Huaguo also felt that Zhong Yu had little hope of winning, they just hoped that he could win a few more rounds.

But no one expected that in this match, the world's No. [-] actually lost to a "nobody".

Fans in Huaguo did not expect that Zhong Yu would actually win, and it wasn't too difficult to win.

Although the big score is also 4:3, it can be seen with the naked eye that Zhong Yu's handling becomes more and more handy as he goes to the back.

But to win, there is also a reason why Zhongyu restrained Eli Bolton in his style of play.

What Zhong Yu is best at is to accurately change the line to catch the table in high-speed shots, and Eli Bolton's style of play is also accurate, but he prefers precise control without making mistakes.

It is a bit difficult for the German second-in-command in his thirties to face the playing style of fishing table or chopping the ball, because he is indeed no longer in the prime of life. Once his physical strength is exhausted, not only is it easy to fall into a disadvantage, but his own control over the ball will also decline.

According to previous statistics, Eli Bolton, the third in the world, has a [-]-[-] winning percentage against Samuel Mancini, the fourth in the world. There is also a factor of this slight restraint relationship.

Of course, more depends on the hard power of the athletes and their performance on the field. If the power gap is too large, even if they play with restraint, they will not win.

And Zhong Yu's strength is not bad, and his performance on the field this time is even more beautiful and perfect.

This is his first real appearance on the world stage with beautiful, undisputed results.

So the fans all over the world knew one thing again, there seemed to be another monster in Huaguo's table tennis world.

However, "Monster" himself put down his racket at this time, walked towards Eli Bolton very humbly, and stretched out his hand.

Eli Bolton didn't pay much attention to the routine post-match handshake at first, but the next moment, the Huaguo young man opposite him, who he thought was a bit overbearing, lowered his head slightly and spoke seriously in German. he spoke.

"Thank you."

Eli Bolton raised his eyebrows a little unexpectedly. In fact, his impression of Zhong Yu was mediocre, or even not very good. The last time Zhong Yu deliberately lost to Enoch to pave the way for Su Yuan, Eli After watching the video of the game several times, with his experience, he could easily see what Zhong Yu's intention was.

No one likes this kind of disrespect for the spirit of competition, and neither does Eli Burton.

Later, he didn't see this young man playing in the international arena again, but saw him always following Su Yuan's side, and he just kept a basic social distance and didn't pay much attention to it.

It's just that I didn't expect to see him on the field again this time in the open at my door, and I would run into him.

The playing style is completely different from the previous game against Enoch. Perhaps this is his true style. After losing the game, Eli Bolton admitted his strength, but he still maintained his attitude towards him. An attitude of indifference.

The two of them were about the same height, Zhong Yu lowered his head first, that is, he took the initiative to lower his position.

Zhong Yu is very clear that his previous behavior, he now thinks it was a joke in retrospect, Samuel was ridiculed for a long time at that time, let alone the other top players in the world.

If you make a mistake, you have to admit it. If you don't correct your attitude, you will never win the respect of your opponent. No matter how strong you are, you will not be able to reach the top and fight alongside Su Yuan.

So Zhong Yu lost the arrogance that he shouldn't have felt that he was superior to others, and willingly lowered his head, not only to Su Yuan, but also to everyone else.

He realized how ridiculous he was before, so he had to keep his feet on the ground, instead of continuing to wander in the air in vain.

Eli Bolton, who was standing opposite Zhong Yu, felt Zhong Yu's attitude.

He smiled, shook Zhong Yu's hand back, and replied, "Well, come on."

A big stone fell in his heart, and when Zhong Yu walked out of the field, he realized that his palms were full of sweat, and he didn't feel nervous when he shook hands at the end of the whole game.

He shook his head with a wry smile, feeling again, the past self was really a hell.

After leaving the arena, Zhong Yu had an extra arm on his shoulder.

"Yo, bow your head. Zhong, how many times have I told you that you were really an asshole before."

With this tone, Zhong Yu knew who it was without turning his head. He rolled his eyes bluntly: "Then thank you for being friends with me, the bastard I was before?"

Samuel smiled evilly: "Ha, maybe I'm a bastard too? In your terms, this is called congeniality."

Okay, very self-aware, Zhong Yu has nothing to say.

So far, Su Yuan and Zhong Yu have successfully joined the top four.

The other two semi-finals have been played before them. The top four are Enoch Robb and Samuel Mancini, the world's No. [-]. Of course, these two people entered the semi-finals. Strong is within everyone's expectations.

The fans of Huaguo are only now surprised to find out.

The semi-finals were actually a civil war in China? ? !

Because before they didn't dare to think that Zhong Yu and Su Yuan would enter the semi-finals at the same time, they didn't pay much attention to the fact that they were in the same half.

In the end, when something they didn't dare to imagine really happened, they woke up in shock.

The Miao Miao from Huaguo not only made it to the semi-finals, but also made it to the semi-finals!

That's great... what a ghost!

The author has something to say:

This chapter is very thick and long...! !

And congratulations to Xi Ling for another gold medal, a woman with three gold medals! ! !I won't say who admires

And onion bucket, cow! ! !