Before the men's singles semifinals.

Marin chatted with his coach Wu Jinping in the room.

"Director Wu, do you think that now that I am facing Ye Hao, who has a better chance of winning?" Marin asked tentatively.

"What, aren't you sure?" Wu Jinping asked rhetorically.

"Confidence, I don't believe he can practice to be invincible in his left hand in four months! However, Ye Hao was able to win against Wang Liqin in the last game, which still surprised me. Marin replied.

"Actually, I watched their game yesterday, and I can only say that Ye Hao played too well, and Wang Liqin was completely suppressed by his tactics. In terms of strength alone, Ye Hao has not yet recovered to his previous peak. Wu Jin analyzed calmly.

"Then what do you think I should pay attention to when I compete with Ye Hao?" Marin asked for advice.

'It's important to disrupt his rhythm because he's just coming back to play and he doesn't have a lot of experience with left-handedness. Wu Jinping said.

……

The first game of Ye Hao VS Marin began.

On the first ball, Marin received the serve and attacked violently, 1:0, Marin scored.

In the second ball, after Ye Hao served, he first twisted a board with a backhand, and then when he was about to switch sideways to a forehand attack, he was interrupted by a sudden line change from Marin. At 2:0, Marin scored another point.

On the third ball, it was Marin's turn to serve, a short ball in the table in the forehand direction, and Ye Hao received the ball and picked a board. Ma Lin first pulled a board diagonally in the direction of Ye Hao's backhand, and then attacked Ye Hao's forehand board in the opposite direction. Ye Hao's forehand and backhand connection did not keep up, and he lost one more point, 0:3.

1：3，

2：5，

4：8，

5：10，

6：11。

In the first game, Marin was completely in control of the situation, and Ye Hao fell into passivity. At the beginning of the second game, when Ye Hao tried hard to make a difference, Marin was able to accurately grasp the timing every time and disrupt his offensive rhythm, especially the connection between the forehand and backhand.

Wu Jinping, who was fighting on the sidelines, couldn't help but smile on his face when he saw this, "It seems that Ma Lin has really found a way to restrain Ye Hao!" ”

1:4, at the beginning of the second game, Ye Hao suddenly fell behind by three points. As the game progressed, the score kept changing, and the only thing that didn't change was that Ye Hao's score was still behind.

At 7:10, Marin got the game point for the second game. Marin started to serve, and his trick - magic spin ball, the ping pong ball will automatically spin back after passing the net.

For such a threatening serve, Ye Hao did not choose to transition a board conservatively, but directly and quickly picked and killed! He also had no choice, after all, three game points in a row, by waiting for Marin to make a mistake and lose points, he was too passive, so he had to take the initiative and take the game into his own hands.

This ball was hit by him! At 8:10, Ye Hao rescued a game point. The next ball was Ye Hao's turn to serve, the short ball in the table that was biased towards Marin's backhand position was of high quality, and Marin did not find a chance to break through, so he could only pull a board sideways.

Ye Hao suddenly exerted his strength at this time, and rushed with a backhand, breaking the earth! Marin's backhand tried to fight back, but his push was too late to use it, and the ping-pong ball had already hit his racket hard!

At 9:10, the second game point was saved by Ye Hao again. At this time, Marin was a little out of breath, but he was very sophisticated and immediately called a timeout to calm down and think about tactics.

After the timeout, the game resumed. Ye Hao served, Marin received the serve first quickly cut a board, and then rushed sideways to two boards in a row! Ye Hao's defense finally had a loophole and was won by Marin.

At 9:11, the second game was also won by Marin. Ye Hao was very frustrated, and finally saved two game points in a row, but the last game point still couldn't be saved, and all the previous efforts were ruined.

In the third game, Ye Hao's state seemed to stop at the end of the second game, like an offline mobile phone, not in the service area. Marin seized the opportunity and attacked in succession, forming a huge score lead. At 11:5, Marin won the third game, leading 3:0 on aggregate, and was only one game away from advancing to the finals.

In the fourth game, Ye Hao began to regain his strength, attacked sharply, scored again and again, and finally won 11:7, which can be regarded as saving a game.

In the later game, Marin did not leave a chance for Ye Hao, he ignored the lead, did not be conservative, but attacked more boldly, always maintained the lead in the fifth game, won 11:8, and won the final victory.

At this point, Ye Hao's first comeback battle came to an end, stopping at the top four. Ye Hao was basically satisfied with his performance, although he did not win the final championship, but he understood that the meal should be eaten slowly one bite at a time, Ruth had to walk slowly step by step, and the road back to the top had just set sail. This trip to the China Table Tennis Open has been a lot of gains for him, especially the battle with Wang Liqin, which made him more confident.

The men's singles final of the China Table Tennis Open was finally produced within the Chinese team, and in the match between Ma Lin and Wang Hao, the former played better, winning the final with a total score of 4:2 and winning the championship.

Marin's victory did not come as a surprise to most people, after all, his performances in this Open Championship were impressive. The title allowed Marin to sweep away the many defeats of 2005 and gave him renewed confidence and hope for the future.

"The biggest goal this year is the Table Tennis World Cup at the end of the year, and I want to win the championship! There will be next year's World Table Tennis Championships, the Olympic Games later, and the Grand Slam is my ultimate goal! "This is Marin's ambition.

In July, Ye Hao went to the Brazilian Table Tennis Open, and finally broke into the semifinals, and fell outside the final again, this time eliminating him by Wang Liqin. Wang Liqin can also be regarded as avenging the revenge at the China Open. Prior to this, Ye Hao eliminated South Korea's Zhu Shihyuk and Taiwan's Zhuang Zhiyuan, showing that his strength is still second to none in the world.

In August, Ye Hao participated in the Chile Open again, and this time he finally broke into the men's singles final, but he still failed to win the championship, and the person who blocked him became Wang Hao. Wang Hao got what he wanted, and finally defeated Ye Hao in an official competition again after a few years. However, the competition in this final was fierce, and after seven rounds of fierce battles, the final champion was decided.

Through the training of frequent official competitions, Ye Hao's condition can be said to be getting better and better, although he has not won the championship in any event, but his results are very stable, and he can always reach the semifinals and even the final round.

From 2004 to the end of 2013, the China Table Tennis Open was held twice a year, and in 2014, it was changed to once a year. This is also why in mid-September, the China Table Tennis Open will be held in Guangzhou again after three months.

But because of this, Ye Hao ushered in another opportunity, a chance for revenge, and a chance to prove himself again!