On January 27, Kong Zhendong and other members of the Wolverine team took a bus to Konglf.

Porf is a small town in Gothenburg in northern Sweden and deep in the mountains of the north.

The bus first arrived in Gothenburg, where the players rested and lunched, and then the bus traveled more than 30 kilometers of mountain roads.

Kong Zhendong looked out the window at the pristine ecology from the car window. This is probably a sight that can only be seen in primitive protected areas in China.

To be able to bring such a small town in the mountains out of a team that has entered the Swedish Table Tennis Super League, Kong Zhendong already admires Eric Lind.

What's more, this team can also take fourth place in the top flight of sixteen teams.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the bus entered the small town of Conlf.

It's the sunniest time of the day.

Kong Zhendong and other team members took a deep breath and felt that the air away from the hustle and bustle of the city was awesome.

Even in small towns, you can see towering trees and apes jumping between trees.

What a beautiful picture of harmony between man and nature.

The competition is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. the next day, and tomorrow there will be two training sessions during the day, so today for dinner and nighttime, the players can move freely, enjoy the town's food and enjoy folk dances.

On the morning of January 28, Kong Zhendong and others went to the training base of the Holef Elf team for state maintenance training.

Kong Zhendong and others also visited their showroom under the leadership of the elf team staff, and Kong Zhendong saw more precious photos of Eric Linde growing and strengthening with the elf team.

In the afternoon, the competition venue adapted to training, and the two teams were staggered, so Kong Zhendong still did not have the opportunity to meet Linde and Kerber himself.

It's just that the scale of this competition venue is much smaller than that of the Wolverine's home stadium, and it is estimated that it can accommodate no more than 1,500 people at most.

Compared with the players who are accustomed to the home of this elf team, the line and landing point of ball control are obviously stronger than those of Kong Zhendong and others who played in this environment for the first time.

At seven o'clock, Kong Zhendong and other players entered the field under the leadership of coach Bengesen.

Glancing at the audience, Kong Zhendong and Sispan could not hide their shock.

Is this really a table tennis hall in a town of less than 100,000 people?

Fifteen hundred seats were packed, and some children who were too young were squeezed into the seats with their parents.

Kong Zhendong said with a smile: "Although the ball markets in Stockholm and Gollenberg are more prosperous, the atmosphere of table tennis is still stronger here. "The fact that such a town can crowd the stadium is as good as the ratio of fans to men and children is equal, and many families are three generations in the same house.

They regard the table tennis league as a part of their entertainment life, which is a rare sight in big cities that pay attention to excitement and winning and losing.

Eric Lind, guarding these lovely fans and fighting for them, is it also a happy thing?

At 7:20, Bengerson and the coach of the Golf Elves submitted the list of matches for the first three rounds.

The situation of the first three rounds of matches was displayed on the big screen in the center of the stadium, and the scene erupted in cheers, but the coaching staff and players of the Wolverines team were mixed.

With Sispan's current winning rate in the league, there is no way to arrange him in the third singles and carry out a Tianji horse race-style arrangement.

In the face of a dual-core opponent, no matter how the troops are arranged, they can't be as good as they want.

Although Kong Zhendong avoided the first match against Linde, he couldn't escape the second game against Kerber, and relatively speaking, the Wolverines were the third singles in many games, Vasri, and this round against the local player Brian of the Korf Elf.

Conlf is a town of less than 100,000 people, and it is a miracle that a national team player like Linde was born, and Kerber, who came to Sweden from turbulent Eastern Europe last year, chose this place not only because Linde can hold together, but also because he fell in love with the remoteness and tranquility of the place.

Although this town has a strong table tennis atmosphere, it is very unlikely that it will be born again as a table tennis powerhouse. Therefore, the Elf's third singles player, Brian, has only gradually grown from an amateur player to a professional league player, and Bengerson has more expectations for the third game that he used to give away often.

At half past seven, the first match between Sispan and Eric Lind officially began.

In this game, Sispan has matured a lot, or because of the top players in Europe, Sispan has played too much in the past six months, so for Linde, who was once ranked in the top three in the world and is now in the top 15 in the world, Sispan has no nervousness and confusion in the past.

Unfortunately, although Sispan was very calm, the threat to Linde was still too small.

Linde, who always controlled the rhythm of the game, easily defeated Sispin 2-0.

At the end of the game, Kong Zhendong was a little disappointed, but he still stood up and applauded Sispan in encouragement.

Looking at the time, it was only 35 minutes.

In 35 minutes, two games of 21 points were played, and it was not a one-sided slaughter game, but a game in which the two were evenly matched for most of the game.

Such a game, but the time is so short. Kong Zhendong frowned: The only explanation is that before everyone knew it, the pace of the game duel had accelerated by more than three percent.

Many of the fast breakers have a stormy pace of duels. But their rhythm of hitting the ball is in full swing, and there are traces to follow.

Like today, after watching two games, if you don't look at the time, you can't feel the strange phenomenon of the pace of the game being accelerated, and Kong Zhendong is the first time to encounter it.

is so moist and silent, even the spectators in the preparation seat of the onlookers can't feel the rhythm accelerating, which shows how well Linde has grasped the rhythm of the confrontation.

Kong Zhendong carefully recalled the game just now, but he still couldn't find Linde's trick, so he could only get this game out of his mind, empty himself, and do the warm-up against Kerber.

Kerber is by no means an opponent that can be defeated in a state of distraction.

After the two adapted to the new ball, Kerber served five first.

The Victorian sisters who watched the game at the scene could clearly feel that today's Kong Zhendong was a little restrained in his return to serve.

He was not restrained, but cautious.

Although his center of gravity leaned forward slightly, his hands were spread out, and he put on a positive hitting stance, but on his feet, there was no preparation to rush forward.

He was wary of Kerber's speed and wasn't prepared to take a pod to be crossed.

Fortunately, like the video tapes Kong Zhendong has seen, Kerber's serve is decent, although the line is the left side of the attack, the backhand, but the ball speed is not fast.

Kong Zhendong had plenty of time, and his forehand was short.

But at this moment, Kerber's third board suddenly accelerated.

At this time, the players usually swing back or rub the half-long ball.

However, Kerber quickly came to power, and the stage was directly and quickly twisted and pulled, and the oblique pressure hole Zhendong backhanded.

In fact, it is not appropriate to call this ball a twist, because the ball that is played does not have the spin to pull out the curved ball, and is more like a quick ball.

Therefore, according to the action, it can be called twisting. But after the arm flip, the speed and strength of the table tennis ball are far from being comparable to the fast pick, and even better than the surprise of the forehand pick.

Kong Zhendong was wary of Kerber's speed, so he also reserved the tactic of retreating to receive the ball, and when he saw the opponent's surprise backhand, he made a dream step and reluctantly retreated.

Keeping up with the ball, Kong Zhendong tried to return the ball, but the return ball did not go out of bounds, but under the passive return ball, the damage was limited.

Kerber's backhand really waited in the middle, facing Kong Zhendong's board, and his return this time was a small-angle authentic backhand twist and pull, directly changing the line to hit Kong Zhendong's forehand and scoring directly.

Kong Zhendong let out a long sigh, but he didn't expect that he had guarded Kerber's speed to the limit, but he still hadn't touched the other party's limit.

He knew that the butterfly company of later generations came out with a classic bottom plate with a horizontal plate: Butterfly Cobel.

As the best-selling five-layer log baseboard, the popularity of this baseboard far exceeds the popularity of the endorsed football star.

Some fans will be unconvinced: Kerber is the first person to twist and pull in the backhand table, a backhand monster in the 90s, and the semi-finals of many World Series, such a master, what is so unusual about the fire of the endorsement ball auction?

Kong Zhendong of course admits that Kerber can be regarded as a first-class master in European and even world table tennis, but he is never in the list of the highest-level gods and goddesses.

What is the highest level of god melee? refers to the most brilliant table tennis in the nineties.

During this period, there were three Olympic Games, five World Table Tennis Championships, ten World Cups, and every world war, and there were more than ten top masters with the potential to win the championship.

And Kerber has never been on the list of more than ten people, and his best result is only the top four.

But as a table tennis baseboard endorsed by the top four players, why has it been sold out of stock many times?

Because the Butterfly Company added a mark to Kerber's racket, which translates to the meaning of "fastest!"

There are a lot of five-ply log floors, but Kerber is known as the fastest.

The characteristics of the Korbel base plate itself are also the characteristics of Korbel's technical play: the fastest, the most elastic, and the easiest to get on stage.

This kind of performance is, of course, the favorite of fans during the amateur promotion period.

Kerber's next four serves really can afford to be the fastest, the most playful, and the easiest to get on the stage.

Kong Zhendong was obviously guarding against his speed, but Kerber received a backhand with his forehand, not only did he not freeze or slow down like ordinary players, but he was actually able to speed up and rush in the switch, which made Kong Zhendong, who had strong backhand ball control, unable to grasp the rhythm for a while.

Kerber took advantage of a backhand connection of super-speed and speed in the service round to score four points.

Three points behind into the tee, Victoria and Madeleine in the stands could feel the heat of each other's palms, and they had never seen such a fast, aggressive backhand.

Everyone sweated for Kong Zhendong's service wheel, but he calmly moved sideways and slid steps, chic low throws, and backhanded cut serves.