Seven Wins in a Row! The Miracle of Table Tennis for a Twelve-Year-Old Boy

"The Capital Team, the semi-finals of the first group and the second qualifier of the national championship are born! 》

"Showdown Lingnan, the Capital Team Fights Against the Water"

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Early the next morning, Kong Zhendong, who had always thought that the media news media in the 90s was dull, was completely refreshed.

Yesterday's race exceeded his physical limits, so there was no extra celebration or entertainment after the victory.

This morning, he was the first to play the bronze medal match and the championship and runner-up final of the women's team, and he was able to have an extra half day to rest.

Taking into account his physical condition, the coaching staff arranged for him to focus on recovery training and did not arrange major physical fitness events.

Entering the top four, the atmosphere in the capital team was completely lively, and everyone also spent more time paying attention to reports from all sides.

solemnly held a report and said: "Zhendong, Sports Express has selected the super newcomers who emerged in this year's National Championships. In first place is you, who won all seven battles, followed by Liu Guobang of the People's Liberation Army, and Ma Lin and Liu Guokun of the Lingnan team were selected. They judged that this afternoon's game would determine the best rookie in this year's National Championships. ”

Zhou An took the technical statistics table and said: "Liu Guokun and Ma Lin of the Lingnan team are really not simple. Ma Lin won all five games in the previous games, and Liu Guokun won four wins and one loss. Their performance is even better than the two main players in the team. ”

Ye Ying smiled on the side: "I think it's all paper tigers." Isn't Wang Fei of the Heihe Provincial Team known as the best newcomer in front of him? Before the duel against Zhendong, he also won all five games, but when he met Zhendong, his undefeated golden body was broken, and no one said that he was the best rookie. ”

nodded solemnly: "The reputation of the best newcomer is never judged, it is played, in the afternoon, Zhendong will face off against Ma Lin or Liu Guokun, whoever loses will fall from the genius boy to the dust." ”

Thinking of Marin's super run known as an electric small motor, and Kong Zhendong, who is known as the invincible little steel cannon, doesn't dare to be careless, how much firepower does today's small steel cannon have?

While the Capital players were discussing the coverage and the afternoon opponents, the Capital coaching staff was also discussing the lineup for the afternoon matchup.

Today's lineup seminar is definitely the most harmonious since the start of the game.

As soon as the meeting began, Coach Li Muhua decided that Kong Zhendong would be the first singles player in the afternoon to play Lingnan No. 1 Gelin Gangqiang.

Kong Zhendong, a twelve-year-old boy, has only been in the capital team for two years and has been selected for the national team for less than a year, making him the first singles player of the top table tennis provincial team of the world's top table tennis power.

Such an incredible decision did not arouse a trace of opposition or even questioning, not even a tactful objection.

Kong Zhendong's victory in a bloody battle with Wang Yonggang proved that his will is strong enough and his mentality is tough enough.

The choice of the second singles has little leeway, Zhang Lei and Chen Zhibing rotated several times, and the winning rate did not exceed 50%.

After some discussion, the coaching staff still decided to use Zhang Lei, who was frozen yesterday, and he and the opponent's No. 2 singles Li Jing have won and lost each other in the past.

As for the third singles, Xiong Ke, who proved himself strongly yesterday, naturally won this spot.

Speaking of the third singles, Coach Sun, who was in charge of leading the team to watch the opponent's game, said: "We should pay special attention to the third singles of the Lingnan team. The Lingnan team played a total of 21 games in the first three rounds of the group stage and two rounds of elimination, except for the number one singles Lin Gangqiang played six times, the other three played five times, and each of them had the experience of second singles. As a result, there are many possibilities for them to arrange their troops, and the results will be very different. ”

Coach Hu, who was in charge of recording the Lingnan team's game with Coach Sun, turned on the projector and explained: "The reason why they are so varied is that the four members of their team are absolutely different from each other. The number one Lin Gangqiang, the left-handed horizontal board, the front back glue, and the reverse arc anti-arc rubber weird play, like Mi Xingbang back then. Li Jing is a straight board attack, but he is extremely fierce and worthy of attention. The young player Marin, the reformer of the straight forehand backhand, and observing his two games, the force is very special, and he can master a more advanced straight backhand glue play. Liu Guokun, the two sides of the horizontal board arc circle combined with the fast attack play, the body is sturdy, the basic skills are solid, and the most important thing is stability! No matter how many points you fall behind, you will bite back with a steady and tenacious point. No matter how many points you lead, you don't fluctuate, you don't relax, you don't give your opponent a chance. He, Cohen, that's an existence I've ever seen with a more powerful mentality than Zhendong. ”

Hearing the introductions of several coaches, the hearts of Li Muhua, Coach Hong and Coach Zheng sank.

In the past few days, the capital team has been walking on thin ice every step forward, so Li Muhua and others have paid more attention to the current opponents of the capital team.

Li Muhua and others also expected that the top four opponents would definitely not have a simple character, but they didn't expect the Lingnan team to be so strong without dead ends and loopholes.

Four players, two horizontal boards, and two straight boards, but they are four completely different genres, and each of them is in their own genre, inheriting the new technology of the Kaishan School.

These four people are so strong that if anyone can't play because of the format, it will make the opponent and the audience feel sorry.

In contrast, except for Zhendong, who can score points stably, the state of the three major players is not so reassuring.

In the eyes of outsiders, this is a super battle between the gold team and the platinum team. Li Muhua and others saw that the capital team was at an absolute disadvantage in many links.

After analyzing the gap, Li Muhua and others could only make plans for several lineup combinations of the opponent in terms of technique and tactics, but the lineup of the capital team did not have much room for adjustment.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the other game of the semi-finals took the lead, and the king of the People's Liberation Army faced off against the Jinmen team led by Ma Wenhua, the first brother in China.

Entering the semi-finals of the team, the head coach of the national team, Mi Xingbang, led all the members of the coaching staff to watch the game on the sidelines.

After the issuance of the ITTF document on the selection method for the Olympic quota, the national team entered a new round of selection of Olympic athletes.

Wang Tao and Ma Wenhua, the cores of both sides of this ball, are also the two trump cards that the national team was invited to inspect.

This game, Ma Wenhua and the People's Liberation Army played it to the fullest.

Ma Wenhua defended the honor of his first brother in China, and played twice, defeating Wang Tao, the core of the People's Liberation Army, and Liu Guobang, the undefeated newcomer.

Wang Tao and Liu Guobang also performed remarkably, with the two defeating their opponents in the other game respectively, and won two crucial victories for the PLA.

The third singles of the People's Liberation Army, Ling Zhi, also played steadily, defeating the third singles of the Jinmen team.

This is the sixth time he has scored two points in this championship, and the average strength of the Jinmen team is relying on him to reach the semi-finals by himself.

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has also demonstrated their tenacious character and profound heritage. Even if the opponent has an absolute strong player to win two points, it will not take away the final victory.

With the victory, Wang Tao and Liu Guobang were able to easily sit in the spectator seat and observe the birth of their next opponent.