On February 9, the World Table Tennis Championships in Zagreb began the first stage of the round-robin competition. The whole game was narrated and broadcast by CCTV Sports Channel, which attracted the attention of many viewers.

Ye Hao's game was put in the first game, and it was broadcast live on TV, who made him the core figure of the team now, he couldn't want to be the focus. His first opponent was his teammate Qiu Yike in the second team of his country.

After the start of the game, Ye Hao showed great discomfort with the competition system, especially the six-point system. When one team scores six points in each game, the pace is too fast compared to the usual 11-point game. In addition, Ye Hao did not participate in last year's direct selection, which is zero experience, and he suffers even more.

Therefore, Qiu Yike took the lead in the game between the two, won two games in a row, and became the leading side on the court. Ye Hao, who was behind, felt very depressed, the game had just started less than ten minutes, and he had already lost two games in a row. Although he had been fully mentally prepared before the game, in the first game, he was hit so violently that Ye Hao frowned.

On the commentary seat, head coach Liu Guoliang is analyzing the situation on the field with CCTV's "professional" table tennis commentator Yang Ying.

"Coach Liu, what do you think are the reasons why Ye Hao fell behind at the beginning?"

"It's mainly because of the lack of adaptation to the format. In terms of strength alone, Ye Hao is definitely above the other party. ”

"Then you mean that Ye Hao will be able to catch up with the score soon?"

"No, it depends on how fast he adjusts. The pace of the six-point game is very fast, if Ye Hao can't pull back a city in the third game, then it will be difficult to win in the face of a 0:3 backward situation! ”

"Liu's analysis is very reasonable, the same as I think, so let's wait and see."

At the beginning of the third game, Qiu Yike served first, Ye Hao directly attacked when receiving the serve, and the forehand sideways board vigorously arced the ball, attacking the opponent's backhand position. The backwardness of the score did not make Ye Hao restrained, he knew that at this time, he needed to attack more boldly, and the conservative way of playing was not to chase the score behind him!

When Ye Hao began to get serious, when Ye Hao began to adapt to the rhythm of the game, Qiu Yike couldn't stop his attack at all, this was the crushing of strength.

1：0，

2：0，

3：1，

4：1，

5：2，

6：2。

At the end of the third game, Ye Hao pulled back a game, and from then on, the wind direction of the game completely changed. With a score of 6:3 in the fourth game, 6:2 in the fifth game, and 6:1 in the sixth game, Ye Hao won the first victory of the round-robin after four consecutive games.

On this day, Ye Hao played a total of four games, except for a little trouble at the beginning, he won the next three games as neatly as the autumn wind swept away the leaves. If Ye Hao's performance is normal, then the performance of the rest of the men's team is both happy and sad.

Let's talk about the sadness first, Wang Liqin lost a game on the first day of the game, and it was the first game, and his opponent in this game was Ma Long. One of the two is the big brother of national table tennis and one of the core figures, and the other is a newcomer who is emerging and beginning to emerge. It stands to reason that there is still a certain gap in the strength of the two, even if there is an upset, it should be an extremely close battle, and the loss can only be a small loss. But it didn't come to pass, Wang Liqin lost 0:4 as soon as he lost, and the score of the four games was a special disparity, 1:6, 3:6, 2:6, 2:6, there was no suspense at all. This really makes Wang Liqin ugly, especially since he has been in turmoil recently, and the media has exposed his "sister and brother love" with Zhao Wei. Although Wang Liqin won the next two games, it was not easy to win, and the total score of 4:2 and 4:3 can be seen that his state is really poor.

He also had the same experience as Ma Lin and Chen Qi, two Olympic champions and good partners in doubles. Marin also lost one of the four matches in one day, losing 1:4 to another youngster, Hao Shuai, while Chen Qi also lost one of the three matches on the first day.

If there were a lot of small upsets on the first day of the game, these so-called upsets became more and more common as the round-robin continued. After the match on February 11, there is only one day left for the first stage of the round-robin competition. At this time, the results of the sixteen members of the men's team have formed a polarization. There are only two people left who still maintain a winning record, one is Ye Hao, and the other is Hao Shuai, who no one expected.

Hao Shuai has not achieved much dazzling results in international competitions before, but in this direct selection tournament to Zagreb, he can be said to be a blockbuster, defeating all the core players of men's table tennis except Ye Hao one after another, such as Ma Lin, Wang Liqin, and Wang Hao, which surprised everyone.

In addition to Hao Shuai, the youngster Ma Long has also performed very well, and he has now won all the other games except for one loss to Hao Shuai, which also includes the victory over two kings and one horse. Of course, Ma Long has not yet encountered a fight with Ye Hao at this time.

Therefore, so far, the performance of the young players in the national table tennis men's team is very good, but the situation of the veterans is not satisfactory, except for Ye Hao. However, whether Ye Hao should be divided into veterans or youngsters is a question.

After three days of competition, Ye Hao and Hao Shuai tied for first place with a record of all wins, followed by Ma Long, who only lost one game. followed by Ma Lin in fourth place, Wang Hao in fifth place, Wang Liqin in seventh place, and Chen Qi even only ranked eleventh.

On February 12th, the last day of the first round robin, this is the most crucial day, and the final standings for the first stage will be revealed today. According to the selection rules, the top six in the first stage and the top eight in the second stage have a good chance of breaking into the final World Table Tennis Championships list. In addition, the overall ranking of the two rounds is crucial to who can make it to the seven singles spots, so this requires players to achieve a high ranking at each stage of the competition.

For the coaching staff, this day's game is also very interesting, that is, Ye Hao will meet Hao Shuai and Ma Long, two "young players" who are currently eye-catching in the round-robin today. The result of the match between them will directly affect the final ranking at this stage. If Ye Hao wins, it goes without saying that he will be the first in the first stage. And if Hao Shuai or Ma Long wins, especially the former, then it will be big news.

It is estimated that the sports news headline on the second day will read: "The young will be powerful, and the veteran will be sad - the summary of the first stage of the direct selection of the National Table Tennis World Table Tennis Championships." ”