The national table tennis arrived at the hotel where he stayed, put down his luggage, and rushed to the stadium of the competition non-stop for adaptive training. Three days later, the 47th World Table Tennis Championships officially began. Ye Hao ushered in his first opponent - Danish Monrad.

Ye Hao, who stepped on the international stage for the first time, tried hard to maintain a calm and calm attitude, but before the game, he still made a big fuss.

Ye Hao and his capital team teammate Tang Dapeng were in the same room, Ye Hao's game was in the morning of the first day, and Tang Dapeng's game was scheduled in the afternoon. In the morning, Ye Hao put the equipment needed for the game into the sports bag, and then set off with the team and came to the competition venue to prepare for warm-up exercises. Before the warm-up exercise, Liu Guoliang came to help him fix the number bib behind him with a pin to prevent it from loosening and falling during the race. But when Liu Guoliang pinned the number bib to Ye Hao's back, he accidentally looked at it and found that the name written on it was Tang Dapeng.

It turned out that when Ye Hao was packing his things, he mistakenly made a mistake between his number bib and his roommate Tang Dapeng. It's troublesome now, it's going to be a game soon, and if Ye Hao can't get his number bib back, he probably won't be able to participate. Just when Ye Hao and Liu Guoliang were sweating in a hurry, Tang Dapeng rushed over, it turned out that he found that his number bib had been "transferred", and knew that Ye Hao was about to participate in the competition, so he hurriedly sent his number bib over. After experiencing this little episode, Ye Hao's nervous mood eased a lot.

The game is about to start, and Ye Hao and Monrad have already entered the court and started to practice. Liu Guoliang and Tang Dapeng, who were standing on the sidelines, began to chat.

"Director Liu, do you think it is difficult for Ye Hao to win this game?"

"The opponent is not strong, he is just an unknown person. The only thing I'm worried about is whether Ye Hao can put down his burden and play at a normal level. ”

"Yes, needless to say, the skill level of my little junior brother is much better than me, and it is not a problem for him to win the game under normal circumstances. I'm afraid he ......" Tang Dapeng stopped talking, he remembered that Ye Hao had taken the wrong number bib just now, and was worried about whether Ye Hao could put down the psychological pressure and play normally.

Liu Guoliang on the side also had a solemn expression, staring at the figure on the field, motionless.

At the start of the match, Monrad served first in the first game and was a right-handed crossboarder. The first game of the two was inseparable, on the one hand, the two sides were testing their opponents, and on the other hand, Ye Hao was also trying to adapt to the atmosphere of the World Table Tennis Championships. As a result, the Danish players took less time to enter the state and had a high success rate in attacking, of course, this is also related to Ye Hao's excessive mistakes.

At 8:11, Ye Hao lost the first game. Back on the sidelines, Liu Guoliang didn't say any tactics to Ye Hao, but just encouraged him vigorously, "You let go of the fight, don't be burdened!" ”

Ye Hao listened to Liu Guoliang's words silently, and his heart calmed down. When he played again, Ye Hao put down his burden, forgot about the loss in the previous game, and was no longer afraid. From 3:0 to 8:2, and then to 11:4, Ye Hao led all the way and won the second game. Liu Guoliang, who was watching the game from the sidelines, immediately stood up after Ye Hao won the last point, clenched his hands into fists, raised his arms and shouted. At this moment, his heart relaxed, and seeing Ye Hao's performance, Liu Guoliang knew that there was no problem in this game.

Sure enough, at 11:5 in the third game, 11:4 in the fourth game, and 11:5 in the fifth game, Ye Hao won three games in a row, completed the reversal, and won his first battle of the World Table Tennis Championships. Ye Hao, who got off the field, did not shake hands with Liu Guoliang, but directly gave him a hug.

Liu Guoliang patted Ye Hao's back, "There is still a long way to go, keep working hard!" ”

"Hmmm! I know. ”

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After the first round of the men's singles, all seven players of the Chinese team successfully advanced. Kong Linghui and Tang Dapeng were both placed in the quarters, and the two defeated the French and Vietnamese players respectively to advance to the second round. Wang Liqin and Liu Guozhen are in the 2/4 zone, and their opponents in the first round are Croatian and Japan's Arai Shu, both of whom won 4-0. Wang Hao was assigned to the 3/4 zone along with Ye Hao, and he defeated France's Quint to advance. In the end, Marin alone guarded the 4/4 zone and defeated Spain's Machado 4:0.

The opponents of the seven national table tennis generals in the second round of singles are also not strong, except for Ye Hao. Ye Hao will meet Germany's leading star - Boll in the second round. This made everyone, including the coach and players of the Chinese team, not optimistic that Ye Hao would be able to defeat Bol and advance to the next round.

At this time, Bol, ranked No. 1 in the world, is the top seed in this World Table Tennis Championships. As for Ye Hao, because he participated in too few competitions, he only ranked 112th, let alone became a seeded player at the World Table Tennis Championships. Therefore, the outside world is unanimously optimistic that Bol will easily win the game, and Ye Hao is naturally looked down upon.

German media: "China's famous table tennis player, the supernova of the world table tennis arena, Boer, will face Ye Hao, a young player from China who is ranked 100th in the world in the second round of the World Table Tennis Championships. ”

Japanese media: "World No. 1 player Bol against an unknown Chinese youngster, a game that is sure to lose?" ”

Chinese media: "China's young player Ye Hao will meet the current world No. 1 German player Boll in the second round, I hope he can create a miracle!" ”

The reaction of the media in various countries is also to collectively look down on Ye Hao, thinking that this is a game without suspense. Ye Hao, who was preparing for the competition, also heard some rumors more or less, and he knew that as a newcomer, especially a newcomer who had not proven himself, it was normal to be looked down upon. But this does not mean that he is willing to accept it, Ye Hao is bound to win this game, even if he loses, he will let the opponent win unhappily!

Since Ye Hao's opponent is the world No. 1, the organizers specially put their match around 7 p.m. in Paris, which is the prime time slot. So before Ye Hao's game started, the other six matches of the Chinese team were all over, Kong Linghui won Canada's Huang Wenguan 4:0, Wang Liqin won Norway's Wang Jianfeng 4:1, Marin won Spain's Machado 4:0, and Wang Hao won Taiwan's Zhang Yanshu 4:1. The remaining duo of Liu Guozhen and Tang Dapeng fell in the second round, losing to the Czech Republic's Kerber and Vietnam's VU Manh Cuong respectively.

Therefore, all the players and coaches of the Chinese men's team came to watch the match between Ye Hao and Bol and cheered for their teammates. The on-site instructor is naturally Liu Guoliang, who is explaining to Ye Hao the matters that need to be paid attention to in the game.

This eye-catching game has finally begun!