Chinese table tennis team.

"Ye Hao, how do you feel now?" Coach Xiao Zhan asked with concern. It's been a night since the end of the match, and it's already the morning of August 23, and the men's singles final will start in 12 hours.

"Not good!" Ye Hao had a heavy expression on his face.

"What!" Xiao Zhan jumped up as if he had fried the pot. "What's wrong with you?"

"I'm fine." Ye Hao replied with a cute face.

"Whew", Xiao Zhan breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, but he immediately reacted again, "Then what are you saying that is not good?" ”

"Hehe, I mean I'm rested, and the Korean team and Yoo Seungmin won't be good!" Ye Hao didn't blush when he said big things, and he looked like he took it for granted.

When Xiao Zhan heard this explanation, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, you are panting too much.

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At half past six p.m. local time, the table tennis hall at the Galats Olympic Center was already full, and in half an hour, the men's singles final would begin.

Before the game, Liu Chengmin, who defeated Lao Wa to advance, was very low-key, and admitted that he was not afraid of the speed and strength players in Europe, but the Chinese team. His coach Kim Taek-so even said: "China is a strong opponent in the final, if we can win the gold medal, it will be our miracle, and we are definitely willing to create a miracle." ”

Every Chinese who hears such weak words feels very enjoyable and ridiculous. However, Ye Hao knew that this was just a smoke bomb set off by the South Korean team and Yoo Seungmin, and they had long been eyeing the gold medal. One of the reasons why Wang Hao lost in his previous life was to underestimate the enemy, the two played against each other six times before the Olympics, and Wang Hao had an obvious psychological advantage in winning all, but he lost in the most critical and important game!

Half an hour passed quickly, and the men's singles final was about to begin. From the perspective of technical play, Ye Hao and Liu Chengmin both attach more importance to the technology of the first three boards, so at the beginning of the game, the two competed fiercely, and they both hoped to make a difference in the first three boards at the beginning.

At the beginning of the first game, Ye Hao showed a good competitive state, and was not affected by yesterday's seven-game battle with Wang Liqin. The quality of the first two serves was very high, and after Liu Chengmin received the serve, Ye Hao quickly launched an offensive and scored two points in a row.

2:0, in the first game of the finals, Ye Hao took the lead.

Subsequently, Liu Chengmin was not to be outdone, strengthened the sideways attack, and the playing style was also extremely fierce, and as a result, he scored 3 points in a row to overtake 3:2. Although Ye Hao took advantage of the opponent's backhand weaker than his own to recover 1 point and equalize the score. However, Liu Chengmin was in full swing, and the quality of his serve and smash was significantly higher than that of Ye Hao, and he attacked again and again, 8:5, and once again took the lead and expanded his advantage. This is the so-called "people come crazy" style of play, when the state is good, you can dare to attack any kind of ball, and you can score points, which is really terrible.

In the second half of the first game, Ye Hao strengthened his defensive intensity, and in the face of Liu Chengmin's crazy attack, he also had a reasonable response, mainly to control the opponent in the first three boards, and not give him the opportunity to continue to attack. This also made Ye Hao curb his momentum of losing points, but it was only a tie with Liu Chengmin at this stage, and the previous gap still existed.

9：6，

10：7，

11：8。

In the end, Yoo Seungmin still maintained his lead to the end, and turned it into a victory again, winning the first game first, and leading 1:0 in the final.

At the beginning of the second game, Ye Hao and Liu Chengmin both played their own characteristics, and the game was very hot, both of them attacked straight and did not flinch at all. The score was always in a stalemate, and the two played all the way from 1:1 to 6:6.

Then it was Liu Chengmin's turn to serve, Ye Hao swung short, Liu Chengmin wanted to attack and swing the racket vigorously, but the result was to return the ball out of bounds! The next ball was Liu Chengmin's serve, this time Ye Hao once again chose to transition a goal, and the anxious Liu Chengmin really attacked again, but this ball came to the stage. Ye Hao had already been prepared, attacking sideways, and the ping-pong ball went straight to Liu Chengmin's backhand. Liu Chengmin, who was still ready to continue to exert offensive pressure on Ye Hao, did not wait for the opportunity to attack again, but instead ate a fierce attack from Ye Hao, and did not respond in time and did not receive the ball.

At 8:6, Ye Hao took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the court, winning two points in a row and taking the lead in the middle of the second game. Later, although Liu Chengmin fought hard to catch up and once pressed the score to 9:10, Ye Hao still seized the opportunity of the game point and won the second game 11:9 to equalize the total score.

It was late at night in the Chinese capital, just after 24 o'clock. At Ye Hao's house in Ningcheng, Ye's father and Ye's mother were watching the live TV intently.

Seeing that Ye Hao had tied the total score at 1:1, Ye's father clapped his hands happily, "I know that the Korean is not my son's opponent, and there is his suffering below!" ”

At the scene of the Athens table tennis men's singles final, in the corner of the audience, an eleven or twelve-year-old sister-in-law Liang said to the middle-aged man next to him: "Dad, look, Brother Ye Hao won!" ”

"It's just an equalizer, and it's not a game to win, why are you so excited?" The man looked calm, but his clenched fists betrayed him.

"Hmph, Brother Ye Hao will definitely win, that Korean little flat head will definitely not be able to beat him!" Xiaogu Liang is full of confidence.

These two people are Lu Wei and Lu Mengxin's father and daughter.

However, contrary to what all the Chinese fans and Ye Hao's supporters thought, after the restart, the balance of victory gradually tilted in Yoo's side.

In the third game, Liu Chengmin still maintained a good state, but Ye Hao's hand felt cold. On the first ball, Ye Hao served, and wanted to send a backhand downspin short ball, but after it came out, it became a half-shot opportunity ball. Liu Chengmin was like a red-eyed hungry wolf, and immediately pounced, with a backhand afterburner to gain the upper hand, and then a forehand sideways smash vigorously.

0:1, Ye Hao lagged behind.

The second ball, Ye Hao served, this time the quality of the ball was not bad, the short ball in the middle of the table, the spin was very turning. However, unfortunately I ran into Yoo Seungmin, who was in a good state of perversion, and directly fought sideways with a forehand! The result was a one-hit hit.

0:2, Ye Hao conceded another goal.

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In this way, Yoo Seungmin used high-quality offense, mastered the rhythm of the court, and the more he played, the more morale he had, and the better he played, the score went from 2:0, 4:1, 6:2, 8:3, 10:5, until the final 11:5 to end the third game.

2:1, Yoo Seungmin took the lead again on the big score.

In the fourth game, Ye Hao still didn't find his best state, and he still couldn't restrain Liu Chengmin's crazy attack.

Directly grab and pull the score!

Score with a strong forehand smash!

Smash the slash to score hard!

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At 6:10, Ye Hao's situation became precarious.

All the players and coaches of the Chinese table tennis team came to the scene, and they sat in two rows on the sidelines. Seeing Ye Hao's decline at this time, Cai Pingpong, who was originally sitting in the back row, couldn't help but jump from the back row to the front row at once, and directly started to skip the command, but this did not change anything, Ye Hao still lost the fourth game.

1:3, the total score is really unfavorable for Ye Hao. Ye Hao's head coach Xiao Zhan watched Cai Ping Pong and Liu Guoliang guiding Ye Hao at this time, and he could only sigh in his heart: "Ye Hao is really bad now!" ”