During the break, Mi Xingbang personally arranged tactics for Ma Wenhua: "Wenhua, your service advantage should rise." Kerber's backhand catcher is very powerful, and the serve should avoid this routine, and I found that Kerber's forehand and backhand connection is stronger than last year's World Championships, and it is obvious that targeted training has been done. However, his poor return skills have not changed. ”

Ma Wenhua nodded and was taught.

Mi Xingbang turned his head and asked, "Zhendong, what do you think?" ”

Kong Zhendong added: "Mi Shuai hit the nail on the head of Kerber, the Czech Republic has been in turmoil in Eastern Europe in recent years, and Kerber can only rely on the training and matches of Western European clubs to maintain his form. In club competitions, his backhand twist is the magic weapon to defeat the enemy, so he has been well trained. On the contrary, except for a few service masters such as Waldner, most players in Europe do not pay attention to the serve, but pay more attention to the multi-shot holding after the serve, so his return is not trained. ”

In the second game, Ma Wenhua really strengthened the change of serve and the suppression of the forehand, and Kerber was often scored by Ma Wenhua's service on the third board before he had time to twist the backhand on the first three boards.

Ma Wenhua won the second game steadily, and the two sides entered the third game to decide.

In the third game, Kerber adjusted his mentality, although he still suffered a loss and lost the ball in the receiving link, as long as his mentality was stable and he grabbed and pulled first in his own service round, it was enough to be equal with Ma Wenhua.

Mi Xingbang noticed the stalemate on the court and sighed: "It's a pity that Wenhua's ability to grab the serve is not good, so the two of them have an advantage in their own service rounds, and the result of the game is half of the winners." ”

Kong Zhendong thought for a while and said: "Mi Shuai, I think we still have to play fast." The reason why Kerber's forehand and backhand connection is smooth is in the rhythm of the current one-board and one-eye duel. He still had a fresh backhand at last year's World Championships, and even if he practiced hard, it was impossible to perfect it in a short period of time, speed up the pace of the duel, and not give him enough time to exert his backhand, which increased his mistakes. ”

Wu Jingping said: "But Ma Wenhua's characteristic is to connect the ball, and if he plays fast, he will make many mistakes, which is a bit of a gamble." ”

Kong Zhendong's tactic is to play fast with fast, and Ma Wenhua's quick play mistakes will increase, but as long as he is less than Kerber.

This is a risky tactic, and the decision-making power is in the hands of Mi Xingbang.

During the pause in the tiebreaker, Mi Xingbang still decided to gamble with Kong Zhendong's tactics.

In the second half of the game, Ma Wenhua opened up the score advantage by playing one point, and finally won the tiebreaker at 21:17, and finally got the final ticket to the top 16.

Ma Wenhua has just advanced to the top 16, and Mi Xingbang and other coaches have not yet turned around from the excitement, and the bad news came.

Lu Ning unexpectedly lost to South Asia Asan in the third round of the group stage and missed the round of 16.

Mi Xingbang originally didn't expect Lu Ning's singles results, but still hoped that he could advance to the top 16 and clear some obstacles for other teammates like Chen Yuhe.

On the second day, the schedule was still tight, with the quarterfinals decided in the morning and the semifinals in the afternoon.

Only Wang Tao and Ma Wenhua entered the top 16 in China.

Ma Wenhua's opponent is a veteran of the second tier in Europe, and he won relatively easily.

Wang Tao's opponent is the Eastern European monster Groba, an old and fierce madman.

Wang Tao fought fiercely, showing the momentum of the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves, and advanced to the quarterfinals with his head held high.

Wang Tao and Ma Wenhua joined hands to advance to the quarterfinals of men's singles, which was the best result that the coaching staff did not expect.

In the quarterfinals in the afternoon, it can be said that there is no weak opponent, and the eight championship seeds are contested.

Wang Tao played against Kim Cheol-joo, who defeated Lu Ning in the group stage, and Ma Wenhua faced off against Persson, the No. 1 king of European power ball.

In both games, the Chinese team was at a disadvantage.

Reliving a lifetime, Kong Zhendong knows that many people's circumstances have changed.

The original Kong Zhendong embarked on a fork in the road in his life, did not play, and did not enter the Heihe Provincial team.

As far as he knows, Persson did not suffer a bizarre car accident and interrupt his peak form, and now he is still the king of the world of power ball.

The contradiction between Kim Zhezhu and Liu Nankui broke out early, making him take charge earlier and grow into the first brother in South Korea faster.

Such a change makes Kong Zhendong know that he is experiencing the new Barcelona Olympics.

The game you won in the last life may not be able to win in this life. The opponent who was in a sluggish state in the previous life may still be at the peak in this life.

Wang Tao and Kim Zhezhu have fought many times in the team competition, and Wang Tao basically has the advantage.

It's a pity that a state-like player like Kim Cheol-joo occasionally has the possibility of going crazy.

In the doubles match, Kim Cheol-joo did not go berserk, and was even suppressed by Yoo Nam-kui, and when it came to singles, Kim Cheol-joo quickly entered the role.

Wang Tao's shortcomings in the morning shopping for Eastern European madman Gruba were exposed.

Facing the fierce Kim Cheol-joo, Wang Tao used to suppress his opponents with a combination of fast and fierce.

But Wang Tao, who was physically empty, couldn't rush up at all.

Although Wang Tao grabbed two of the games with his flexible skills and experience, Wang Tao was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of momentum in the decisive game.

At this time, any of Kong Zhendong's techniques and tactics seemed to be difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

can only blame the schedule being too tight, and Lu Ning did not cause enough consumption to Kim Cheol-joo like Gruba in the previous game.

In the end, in the five rounds of hard fighting, Kim Zhezhu defeated his old enemy Wang Tao.

In the semifinals, Kim Cheol-joo and Liu Nam-kui were blocked out of the final by Wang Tao and Lu Ning.

In today's singles match, Kim Cheol-joo defeated Lu Ning in the group stage, and now sniped Wang Tao in the quarterfinals to achieve South Korea's successful revenge.

Facing Kim Cheol-joo, who is invincible and successfully avenging, and facing the South Korean media who are re-energizing, Kong Zhendong knows that Kim Cheol-joo, the old enemy, still has his fate left to himself.

The Chinese team was still happy in the morning because the two players entered the quarterfinals, and in the afternoon they became gloomy because of Wang Tao's defeat.

Because Ma Wenhua faces the world king Persson, no matter from which level, it is a must-lose.

In this way, the Chinese men's singles can't even earn a bronze medal in the semifinals, which is a huge blow to the men's table tennis who is determined to revivenation.

From the top eight of double insurance to the top four, this situation can be called ice and fire.

Only Kong Zhendong, he did not give up, although Persson did not suffer a car accident in this life, and he was still at the peak of the world's No. 1 state, and he was completely immune to the conventional style of play in the nineties, but he was not without weaknesses and invincible.

At the critical moment when the morale of the whole team was low, Mi Xingbang's leadership temperament was reflected.

He patted his palms and said: "What we lost was just an ordinary quarterfinals, no matter who the opponent is, the next game is still the most ordinary level, and we will definitely get past it." ”

Ma Wenhua relaxed his mind, he had no pressure to win the championship, what he had to do was to defeat Persson and protect the last face of national table tennis!