Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Team Competition: The North-South Rivalry
The singles competition of the finals of the National Junior Table Tennis Championships has come to an end.
The men's singles championship was Ye Hao, and the women's singles championship was won by a player named Wu Feifei from Guangdong Province. Both of them will get the opportunity to go directly to the national second team, and they will be drawn from the provincial team after the Spring Festival.
Of course, some other outstanding players, as well as outstanding seedlings from various provinces, such as Zhang Jike, Ma Long, Xu Xin, and women's teams such as Ding Ling, will also be transferred to the national youth team to participate in the training camp, and those with good results will also have the opportunity to be promoted to the second national team.
On the last day of the competition, there was a team competition in the North and South Divisions, divided into two teams for men and women, and the order of the game was one doubles and one singles, a total of seven matches, and the first four wins were the victory.
The first doubles team sent by the northern men's team was Li Chenyang/Yang Jie, both of whom were from the Bayi team, and with tacit understanding, they easily won with a score of 3:0 and won the first place for the northern team.
The second game was singles, and the northern team sent Ma Long, who won easily as the third singles in this finals.
And his opponent is Qin Jianfeng, who once provoked Ye Hao, as the singles runner-up in the southern division, he is also pinned on a lot of hope.
To everyone's surprise, the match between the two was completely one-sided. 11:5, 11:5, 11:3, the disparity in the scores of the three games makes people not have a glimmer of hope. Since Qin Jianfeng was abused by Ye Hao last time, he once again ushered in a new critical attack.
In fact, in this men's singles competition, the northern division can be said to have won a big victory, sweeping the top three, Ye Hao, Zhang Jike and Ma Long.
In the third game, the doubles combination sent by the southern team finally withstood the pressure and pulled back a game, and the total score of the two sides was 1:2, and the northern team took the lead.
The next singles is the advantage of the northern team, and the singles runner-up Zhang Jike, 11:8, 11:6, 11:4, the more he plays, the easier it is, and there is no suspense about winning.
The doubles in the fifth game are crucial for the Southern team, and if they lose, it will be completely over, and if they win, there is still a chance to survive.
Why is there only one line?
Because the two sides of the next singles match are: Ye Hao VS Xu Xin. Not to mention that Ye Hao is the singles champion this time, the two have already played each other in the semifinals, and the score of 4:0 shows that the strength of the two is not on the same level.
As a result, the doubles sent by the southern team lived up to expectations, and with difficulty, with a score of 7:11, 11:9, 8:11, 11:7, 13:11, and finally completed a big reversal and got a hard-won victory.
Everyone in the room applauded them, it was a great game.
Then came the most tense and critical time, the southern team from the coach to the players all stared at the two people on the field.
But strength is strength, and expectations that are not based on strength are illusions. This singles duel was not as intense as everyone imagined.
In the first game, the two played a fairly stalemate, until the score reached 8:8, Ye Hao suddenly exerted his strength, scored three points in a row, 11:8, and won the first game.
As soon as the second game came up, Xu Xin launched a crazy gambling fight, but Ye Hao stood still like a rock in the water. Xu Xin, who had not been able to attack for a long time, made more and more mistakes, and gave up this game again.
In the third game, Xu Xin no longer had any thoughts of resisting, knowing that the general trend had gone, his mentality was much calmer, and the quality of his play improved a lot.
At 10:5, Ye Hao led by a big score.
Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, Ye Hao had a different mind in his heart.
On the last ball, Ye Hao sent a long ball with topspin. Xu Xin took advantage of the situation to pull up the curve ball, and Ye Hao also began to pull with him.
You have a board, I have a board, one beat, two beats, three or four beats, and the number of rounds is getting more and more. Suddenly, Ye Hao did not continue to pull the ball back to the opposite table, but put a high ball over.
Seeing this, Xu Xin on the opposite side decisively began to smash the ball, but he tacitly did not make a strong effort, and the angle was not tricky.
One buckle, one back.
Two buckles, and then back.
Three buckles, continue to go back.
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There were ten back and forth high ball smashes, the scene was very exciting, the atmosphere of the whole audience was high, and it reached the peak, and all the spectators stood up to watch.
Counting the previous pull, there have been more than 20 rounds of this ball, and Ye Hao feels that it is time to end the performance.
On the next board, to the surprise of everyone present, he no longer put a high ball, but suddenly cut a board and put a short ball.
The quality of this small ball is quite good, and Xu Xin, who has retreated to the far platform on the opposite side, has no time to react, so he can only watch the table tennis ball bounce on the table three times and finally fall to the ground.
The audience was silent for a second, and then applause, cheers, and cheers followed......
The team competition ended with the victory of the northern team. So far, the finals of the National Youth Table Tennis Championship have all ended.
With the championship trophy, several members of the capital team returned to the capital. On this trip to Xiamen, they can be said to be the biggest winners, not only a men's singles champion, but also Ma Long's men's singles third place. The first three miles swept two places, which boosted the morale of the capital team.
Then Ye Hao's life returned to calm, and he was still conscientious in his daily training, without any slack or relaxation because of the achievements he made.
Coach Lu, who was silently observing, was very relieved to see this, and people who were complacent about a little achievement could not achieve great things.
Even if he knew that this young man's talent was very good, he didn't expect that in just half a year, he would bring him so many surprises.
After continuing to train in the capital team for more than a month, Ye Hao finally ushered in the holiday, and he could return to his hometown for the first time after being away from home for half a year.
At Ningcheng Lukou International Airport, a passenger plane from the capital landed slowly. After a while, Ye Hao and Coach Lu walked out of the passage and came to the hall.
Two familiar figures in the crowd immediately ran towards them quickly, Ye Hao was hugged, and it turned out to be an exciting Ye Mu couldn't hold back the longing in her heart anymore.
Father Ye expressed his gratitude and welcome to Coach Lu on the side. After a few short chats, the group left the airport hall and headed outside.
After explaining a few words to Ye Hao, Coach Lu politely refused the invitation of Ye's father and Ye's mother, separated from them, and didn't know where to go.
"It's not good for you to keep Coach Lu and invite him to your home as a guest, people don't have anywhere else to go in Ningcheng." Ye Mu said to Ye Hao.
"Yes, they took care of you a lot, and they even flew you back." Father Ye also agreed.
"Dad, Mom, you can rest assured. My master will definitely be greeted by someone in Ningcheng, and he will be rushing to Shanghai in the afternoon. Ye Hao explained to the two.
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Looking at his two-story small building, Ye Hao felt extremely familiar, this is the taste of home!
"Why are you standing stupidly, come in."
Hearing Ye's mother's call, Ye Hao slowly walked towards the door.