Chapter 142: The Much-Anticipated Final
After Kong Zhendong tested that Ma Lin's physical fitness was on the verge of collapse, he accelerated the pace of the duel.
Marin's fitness has peaked, but he still hopes to rely on his will.
It's a pity that his forehand killing strength is too weak due to his lack of physical fitness, and his running gradually can't keep up, and he watched Kong Zhendong expand the score.
Kong Zhendong went all out and scored five points, with five game points at 20:15, which was also the five match points of the whole game, into Marin's service game.
"It seems that there is no suspense anymore, looking at this kid's group stage, I didn't find it so strong, he has one hand in the horizontal and vertical boards, the national base, and the finals are not easy for either of us!" Wang Tao stared at Kong Zhendong, who was attacking like a tide on the field, put away his past cynicism, and his expression became cautious.
Liu Guobang was full of fighting spirit: "Brother Tao, I once had a half-game appointment with Kong Zhendong. Two years ago at Shichahai Sports School, he won my half game, and I have been looking forward to playing with him. ”
Liu Guobang stared at Kong Zhendong, the score was 16:20 at this time, although this ball was a Marin serve, but Kong Zhendong began to use his forehand in the service link, and combined the bouncing and pulling of the horizontal board to the extreme.
Marin pulled a board sideways with his forehand, Kong Zhendong directly pulled a straight line sideways, and the ball hit the dead corner of Marin's backhand area at high speed, Marin tried to fall back, but the whip was out of reach.
Kong Zhendong raised his left hand and clenched his fist, shaking and roaring.
Chen Zhibing, Zhang Lei, and Xiong Ke immediately rolled over the barricades and hugged Kong Zhendong tightly.
Ye Ying in the stands had long forgotten that she was recording a teaching video, and she leaned over and said excitedly: "It's amazing, so far in the group stage, Kong Zhendong has won nine consecutive victories." Before this game, all was talking about who the best rookie of the National Championship would be. At this time, perhaps everyone will realize that Kong Zhendong has sent the strongest challenge to the competition for the best player. ”
Ye Ying's shouting was actually the mainstream opinion of all media reporters in the evening.
The National Championship has been played so far, aside from the individual performance in the individual competitions, as far as the team competition is concerned, entering the last day, all the teams and players can take stock.
To select the best player and the best rookie, in addition to a high enough win rate, you also have to play a large enough number of games.
Otherwise, it is not surprising that a team that has been eliminated from the group has one or two players who have won all three and four games.
Such a player does not experience more challenges from his opponents, and he is not eligible to be judged as the best.
Therefore, the selection of the best player and the best rookie fell among the top four teams.
The Capital Team, the Jinmen Team, the People's Liberation Army, and the Lingnan Team have all gone through six rounds of baptism.
The absolute mainstay of the four teams has all made about ten appearances.
Among them, the first winning rate is Ma Wenhua, who won all ten games.
followed by Kong Zhendong won all nine battles, and Wang Tao won eight wins and two losses.
Also ranked behind for more than eight games are Liu Guobang with seven wins and one loss, and Zhang Lei with four wins and five losses.
It is not difficult to speculate from the performance of the players that the final best player and the best rookie will inevitably be between Ma Wenhua, Kong Zhendong, Wang Tao, and Liu Guobang.
They only won or lost one or two games apart, and in the end, the result was still full of suspense, counting the bonus of the team's results.
At eight o'clock in the morning of May 8, more than 20,000 seats in the Capital Gymnasium and table tennis hall were full.
The tournament is scheduled to be played in the morning for the bronze medal match and the championship and runner-up, so the time of the bronze medal battle is advanced to 8 o'clock.
I originally thought that at such an early time, there would be a lot fewer fans, but I didn't expect that at seven o'clock in the morning, there were already many fans waiting to watch today's two classic battles.
Originally, the National Championships were held once a year, and when it came to the year of the National Games, the championships and the National Games competitions were combined.
The National Games, which were supposed to be held in 91, were postponed to 93, so the national championship in 92 was a national feast for two years.
In terms of the aesthetic sentiment of fans in the 90s, they liked to watch the battle for collective glory more than the singles championship, so the men's team final attracted much more attention than the men's singles final a week ago.
In addition to attracting spectators because of the high level of the championship itself, the proximity of the strength of the four teams this year and the distinctive characteristics of the players' skills and tactics are particularly attractive to fans.
In previous years, who would have thought that the Jinmen team, which has the first brother of the national ball, Ma Wenhua, can only compete for third place.
The Lingnan team, which has the inheritor of Mi Xingbang's style of play, the national runner-up in straight board singles, and the two latest technical geniuses of straight board and horizontal board, will not get a ticket to the finals.
In previous years, these were top-level encounters at the final level.
The Lingnan team and the Jinmen team did not disappoint the fans, especially Ma Lin and Liu Guokun, two talented teenagers with the latest style of play on the straight and horizontal board, who challenged Ma Wenhua, the first brother of the national ball, respectively.
What is surprising is that Ma Wenhua, who won ten consecutive games in the first six rounds, finally became the front wave that was photographed on the beach.
Ma Wenhua's loss to Ma Lin still had a little prediction.
After all, the genius Marin has a novel style of play and strong impact, and he can challenge any national player without shortcomings in physical fitness.
After losing to Marin, the Jinmen team won only one of their first three games.
The Jinmen team arranged for Ma Wenhua to play the fourth game, and after the expected win, he could sprint to the fifth game with all his might.
However, Liu Guokun, who also plays on both sides of the Lingnan team, is extremely difficult.
Ma Wenhua and Liu Guokun have a similar style of play, both in terms of experience and skills, they are far ahead, but unfortunately they lose in the fight for key balls.
Liu Guokun dared to fight and kill, with a strong will, and after being defeated in the first game, he was particularly tenacious in the second and third games.
Especially the key ball fight near the game point made Ma Wenhua, who is accustomed to the wind and waves of international competitions, a little soft.
Liu Guokun fought for a victory, and also helped the Lingnan team defeat the Jinmen team with a score of 3:1.
This ball was wonderful, and the magic ball came out one after another, but the result was also a big surprise.
Marin and Liu Guokun defeated the two hard-fought matches of the national No. 1 player, giving them a chance to compete for the best newcomer again.
Ma Wenhua, who had won ten consecutive games, was at the bottom of the top four because of two heavy defeats, which meant that he lost the opportunity to compete for the best player.
The wind is surging, and in the end, who is the dragon and who is the tiger has to go through the final test.
The final started at half past ten, and ten minutes before the game, more celebrities and high-level table tennis enthusiasts entered the front row of the audience.
Many enthusiasts are senior leaders, and their ninja health doctors are chattering, so be sure to come and watch this annual battle.
Mi Xingbang greeted many leaders in a row, and it was inevitable that he was a little tired. It is precisely because these leaders trust his mind and ball skills that he can also sit comfortably in the position of head coach of the men's team.
As soon as Mi Xingbang sat down, Yin Xiao smiled and said: "Coach Mi, it's really strange today, the head coach of the women's team, Coach Zhang Xilin, rushed over early to watch the men's team finals." ”
Zhang Xilin? Mi Xingbang was shocked. That's the guy with the highest backup in the current national team~