At a quarter past six o'clock in the afternoon on May 27, capital time, just after the end of the other semi-final, the battle between Ye Hao and Yoo Seungmin began.

Liu Chengmin has been almost asleep in the past two years since the Shanghai World Table Tennis Championships in 05 when he defeated Wang Liqin to win the men's singles championship. Although Yoo Seung-min often breaks into the semi-finals or quarter-finals of various open tournaments, he has performed mediocre in world competitions, such as the World Cup and the ITTF Tour Finals.

Now, Ryu Seungmin finally broke out again at the World Table Tennis Championships in Zagreb two years later. Yesterday, he defeated the favourite and German star Bohl 4-0 to advance to the men's singles semi-finals. Even though the entire stadium was filled with the sound of cheering for Bol, Yoo Seungmin still withstood the pressure and brutally swept away his opponent to advance.

Yoo Seungmin's highlight performance surprised South Korean team coach Yoo Nam-kyu, who hugged each other excitedly and rubbed his head vigorously. And the team doctor on the side also ran over for the first time to get an ice pack and put it on Yoo Seungmin's right shoulder, helping him massage and relax to welcome their hero.

Liu Chengmin thus became the last obstacle for China to win the men's singles championship. In the men's singles semifinals, Ye Hao, Wang Liqin and Ma Lin will form an encirclement and suppression of Liu Chengmin, and this heavy responsibility will fall on Ye Hao first.

Yoo's resurgence has brought back horrific memories of the World Table Tennis Championships in Shanghai and the Athens Olympics. Regarding the question of whether the "miracle" can be reproduced, Yoo Seungmin was also polite: "I think the reason why Bol lost was because he was too nervous. This problem also exists for Chinese athletes. So I thought, I'm going to have a chance to win again, anything can happen. ”

Liu Chengmin's remarks are suspicious of setting off smoke bombs, because he is about to face Ye Hao, who he has never defeated. But. Yoo Seungmin's horror lies in his elusiveness, in his madman-like outburst.

It was not so much that the South Korean team released smoke bombs, but that Yoo Seungmin, who is good at playing big games, suddenly broke out and deceived everyone. At the World Table Tennis Championships, South Korea's men's singles won the draw, but Yoo Seungmin was stunned to defeat his doubles partner Lee Jung-sam and the current number one singles player in South Korea Oh Sang-yun with two 4:3.

After the start of the game, the murderous Liu Chengmin relied on a ferocious attack to score two points in a row on Ye Hao's serve. In this game, Ye Hao continued the slow state against Ma Long, he was uncomfortable with Liu Chengmin's momentum, the game has been in a passive state, when the score reached 2:6, Wang Liqin's state recovered, but it was not the best, there were too many mistakes, and Liu Chengmin won the first game 11:6.

In the second game, Ye Hao adopted the strategy of locking Liu Chengmin's backhand, waiting for the opportunity to win the initiative with a heavy dunk, and the score soon became 5:1. Just when everyone in the Chinese table tennis team watching the game thought that Ye Hao had found the state of the game and began to exert his power, an accident appeared.

Liu Chengmin started to fight when he was behind by a large score, he didn't care about Ye Hao's suppression of his backhand, and used backhand pushes and backhand attacks and large-scale runs to score continuously, and the score seemed to become 9:7 in an instant.

Ye Hao fell into an extremely passive situation, and he was forced to put the high ball in the next ball, and after three consecutive times, he fell into a crisis. However, at this moment, Liu Chengmin made an offensive mistake and went out of bounds, giving Ye Hao a chance to breathe, and the score was gradually tied at 10:10.

After the serve changed hands four times, Ye Hao failed to maintain the state and feel of the game, pulled down the net and made offensive mistakes, and Liu Chengmin won the second game again with difficulty 16:14, leading the total score 2:0.

Ye Hao, who returned to the field, was startled by Liu Guoliang, who suddenly jumped up from the chair. After Liu Guoliang stood up, he immediately crackled and gave a lesson.

"Ye Hao, what's the matter with you? Didn't you sleep well yesterday, why is your state so bad today? Do you still want to win? ”

Liu Guoliang's rhetorical questions forced Ye Hao to breathe, today he is indeed in an average state. Is it really because after winning the Grand Slam, my heart is like water, and I don't have the same desire for victory as before? Or is he suffering from a slow heat?

Ye Hao returned to the field after being bombarded by Liu Guoliang for a minute. At this time, he was still a little unmotivated, and after the game started, he gradually fell into passivity. Looking at Ye Hao's performance on the field, Liu Guoliang couldn't help but shake his head off the field, looking very dissatisfied.

In the third game, Yoo Seungmin continued to run in a wide range and opened up the situation again. When the score reached 3:2, Ye Hao began to make consecutive mistakes, and the score was gradually pulled away and became 6:3.

Then Ye Hao could only passively start fighting, biting the score, and after a tennis wipe, Ye Hao narrowed the difference to 6:7, only one point behind. At this time, Liu Chengmin forcibly went sideways to the net, and Ye Hao finally tied the score.

However, not long after the situation improved, Ye Hao's two senseless mistakes made him fall into passivity again. Yoo Seung-min made a sneak attack and got three game points. This time, Ye Hao faced such a difficult situation again, and he had to start chasing points.

At the first game point, Ye Hao grabbed the attack, and with a big heart, he bravely took the initiative to recover a point.

At the second game point, Yoo Seungmin scored a goal, and when he attacked, he used too much force, and the table tennis ball flew out of the table.

At the third game point, Ye Hao saved the last game point after five rounds of attacking the opponent with a backhand rush to change the line.

The score became 10:10, Ye Hao breathed a sigh of relief, and finally withdrew with one foot stretching out of the cliff. However, he is still on the precipice, and his condition is still critical.

In the next ball, Ye Hao served, and Liu Chengmin received the serve and attacked directly, occupying the initiative on the court. However, after more than ten beats of the match, Ye Hao stubbornly relied on his strong forehand strength to turn passive holding into active attack, scoring one point first, 11:10, and won the game point of this game.

Subsequently, Liu Chengmin served, and this time it was Ye Hao's turn to receive the serve and attack directly. beat by beat and beat the ferocious rush, completely suppressed Liu Chengmin's arrogance, and Ye Hao finally exuded his king's momentum to the fullest.

Ten rounds later, Ye Hao slammed a strong dunk to solve the battle, got the last point, 12:10, and finally won the first game of the game. After three rounds of games, Ye Hao's T-shirt was already sweaty, which shows that he did not play easily in this game.

"Alas, slow heat is a disease, it must be cured!"