Chapter 40: Pit Teammates

After successfully slapping Xu Huanghuang in the face and beating Xu Huanghuang into no glory, Ye Hao's second-round opponent was Ma Long. This is the first time the two have met in an official competition.

Ma Long, who has been trained by the national youth team, is more calm than before, but he doesn't dare to underestimate Ye Hao, although he has won Ye Hao once in the selection competition of the capital team, but it was a long, long time ago, and there is almost no reference value. The current Ye Hao is a member of the national second team, holding the national youth championship and the Asian Youth Championship, but it has become Ma Long's goal.

Ye Hao didn't dare to despise Ma Long, no one knew the potential and strength of this teammate better than him, and later he was able to complete the feat of the Grand Slam, which speaks for itself. At the same time, Ye Hao is not afraid, he is now the strongest among his peers, and his footsteps are already ahead of two future Grand Slam winners - Zhang Jike and Ma Long.

Coach Lu's opinion on this game is: This is a cannibalism between teammates, but unfortunately one person will be eliminated in the end.

Ye Hao's explanation and comfort to Coach Lu was: Isn't this enough to ensure a place in the top 16 of the capital team.

Coach Lu said: What you said is so reasonable, I am speechless.

At the beginning of this game, Malone used all his strength, he knew that he was at a disadvantage, and the only way to do it was to give it a go, fight for the opening first, and then win the normal game. Therefore, as soon as he came up, he gave full play to his advantage in attacking near the stage and frequently used his forehand to score.

The small ball in the table is short and violent, the half-billiard ball is snatched and pulled, and the forehand force when holding each other, these are Ma Long's magic weapons to win. He also once relied on these to lead Ye Hao 8:5.

However, Ye Hao was reborn once after all, and he has an incomparable advantage over Ma Long, that is, he knows Ma Long better than Ma Long. Before Ma Long reached his peak, his biggest shortcoming was his backhand, and the current Ma Long was certainly not at his peak, so the main attack and backhand became Ye Hao's core tactic.

There is a joke in later generations, Wang Hao does Ma Long, Ji Ke does Wang Hao, and Ma Long does Ji Ke. These three people seem to be mutually reinforcing, Wang Hao blocked Ma Long from the singles final of the World Table Tennis Championships twice, and Ma Long from the singles of the Olympic Games once, but lost to Zhang Jike in the final, thus achieving the fastest Grand Slam record of Jike.

Why? One of the biggest reasons is that Ma Long's backhand ability is not top-notch, and Wang Hao's backhand straight shot is the world's No. 1, Ma Long's forehand advantage is not enough to offset the disadvantage of his backhand, so he will drink hatred many times. It wasn't until later that Malone made up for the disadvantage of his backhand and created a perfect Malone.

So when Ye Hao stared at Ma Long's backhand weakness and attacked, Ma Long had no choice. He wanted to use his forehand as much as possible, but Ye Hao's forehand was not weaker than him at all, Ma Long did not have a slight advantage, and on the contrary, he had to worry about his backhand being attacked and attacked.

Gradually, 6:8, 7:8, 8:8, 9:8, Ye Hao tied the score and overtook it. The continuous loss of points made Ma Long unable to calm down, and the more he wanted to use his forehand to exert power, he made a mistake in his busy work, made a forehand error, and gave Ye Hao two points.

At 11:8, Ye Hao scored six points in a row, completed the big reversal, and won the first game.

In the second game, Ma Long has been trying how to get rid of the opponent's tactics of attacking his backhand in a targeted manner. However, for most of the game, he still didn't find an effective solution.

There is a strategy called yang conspiracy, which is to let you know what I want to do, but you have no way to stop it, I just rely on my superiority and strength to fight your weaknesses, what can you do. Now Ma Long has fallen into Ye Hao's conspiracy, and if he doesn't solve his backhand problem for a day, he will always be seized by opponents, especially the top opponents.

Therefore, Ma Long became famous at a young age, but he never won anything until he won the World Table Tennis Championships in Suzhou in 15 years and won the gold medal at the Rio Olympics in 16 years, and he really proved himself after he achieved the Grand Slam.

At 11:6, the score of the second game showed that Ye Hao's victory came more easily than the first game.

Then in the third game, Ma Long still had no power to fight back, 11:6, with the same score Ye Hao went to the next game.

After three rounds, Ye Hao seemed to have the chance to win, and he was a little flustered at this time, but the facts told him that he couldn't relax for a moment in the game. At 8:11, Ma Long stubbornly pulled back a game and pulled the total score to 1:3.

However, Ye Hao adjusted his state in time and did not give Ma Long a chance to turn the tables, won the fifth game 11:7, eliminated his teammates with a total score of 4:1, and advanced to the round of 16.

However, what made the coaches of the capital team depressed and helpless was that Ye Hao's opponent in the next game was also his teammate - Tang Dapeng.

Coach Lu: Don't tell me, the biggest advantage of your match with Tang Dapeng this time is that you can ensure that one person enters the quarterfinals.

Ye Hao said, Master, you are really good, you have learned to answer, but the only thing that needs to be added is that the one who ensures that you enter the quarterfinals must be me.

Coach Lu: Can you be a little more confident (shameless)?

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The second civil war of the capital team began, and Tang Dapeng, as the number one singles player in the capital team, really never played against his junior brother Ye Hao. When Ye Hao first entered the capital team, his strength was too weak, and he was not at the point of playing against the senior team. After Ye Hao first showed his edge, he was quickly transferred to the national team, and the two lost the opportunity to fight.

However, Tang Dapeng didn't dare to underestimate this little junior brother, after all, he had not been selected for the national team himself, but Ye Hao had already done it one step ahead of him.

No, as soon as the game between the two began, Ye Hao gave the big brother a dismount. He hit the buckle and told the other party with a 5:0 that I was bound to win this game.

Tang Dapeng was a little stunned by Ye Hao's offensive, and finally relied on the advantage of a good serve, grabbed the attack, scored a point with difficulty, and continued to fall behind 1:5.

Due to the huge score advantage established at the beginning, Ye Hao won this game quite easily, 11:4.

At the beginning of the second game, Tang Dapeng paid great attention to grabbing the start and preventing a repeat of the mistakes of the previous game. In this game, the two played inextricably together, and the game reached 6:6.

However, the outcome of the next goal directly affects the outcome of the whole game. This ball is Ye Hao's serve, and Tang Dapeng receives it. The quality of Ye Hao's serve was not high, and Tang Dapeng seized the opportunity to attack and forced Ye Hao to be embarrassed. After the three went back and forth, Ye Hao had to deal with it reluctantly, but he had no power to fight back.

Just when Tang Dapeng thought that the victory was in his hands, Ye Hao hit a shocking ball, he knelt on one leg and pulled backhand with a backhand, turning defense into offense in one fell swoop, turning disadvantage into advantage. At this time, Tang Dapeng on the opposite side was unprepared, and hastily caught this beautiful reversal, but the offensive and defensive momentum was immediately exchanged. Ye Hao became the attacking side, but Tang Dapeng became the defensive side. Ye Hao didn't give his opponent another chance, and attacked sideways with his forehand on two boards in a row, and successfully won the ball.

In the next game, Ye Hao's wind completely overwhelmed Tang Dapeng's west wind, 11:7 in the second game, 11:5 in the third game, and 11:5 in the fourth game.

Regarding Ye Hao's victory, the coaches of the capital team look at it like this: two teammates in a row, you are amazing! If you can't win the final championship, please consciously enter the pit and don't let us move our feet.