After meeting for the first time, Ye Hao and Xu Xiaoyuan quickly threw themselves into training, and there was not much time left for them. Since the two are a temporary pairing, there is no world ranking and they have to start from the qualifying round. This means that the two will have one more game than the combination that directly participated in the main competition, but this is actually a good thing for Ye Hao/Xu Xiaoyuan, which can be regarded as an additional opportunity for actual combat drills.

Ten days passed quickly, during this period, Ye Hao would take some time out every day to practice with this Korean cute girl to increase the tacit understanding between each other, in addition, he also had to ensure that his normal preparations were not affected, so it was also a test for him.

The day of May 21 finally came, and the Chinese table tennis team did not play except for Ye Hao, who needed to participate in the qualifying round of mixed doubles. Therefore, Ye Hao became the first person in the Chinese team to play in this World Table Tennis Championships, and he was the first to eat crabs.

"Don't be nervous, everything is with me, you can just fight." Ye Hao looked at the delicate figure standing beside him, and couldn't help but open his mouth to encourage and reassure.

Xu Xiaoyuan looked at the big boy next to him, who was younger than himself, but was more than a head taller than him, and his heart suddenly calmed down a lot.

"Ye Haoxi is a Grand Slam winner, I must go all out and can't hold him back!" The girl secretly made up her mind in her heart.

Ye Hao/Xu Xiaoyuan's qualifying opponent is a pair from Thailand, and their strength is average, otherwise they would not need to play in the qualifying round, so Ye Hao is not very worried about the outcome of the game.

Ye Hao had the same idea as the Thai pair standing opposite him, and the male player said to his partner next to him: "We will definitely win this game, the other party is just a temporary combination, and there is no experience in cooperating with the game at all, even if one of them is a world champion, but as long as the two of us stare at the onslaught of the woman, we will be able to easily break through their defense, win the game, and advance to the main match!" ”

"Well, you're right, we'll concentrate our forces and attack their weak links, and the victory will definitely be ours!" The female player of the Thai team also agreed after hearing the words of her male partner, and was also full of confidence.

The game began, the first ball was Ye Hao's serve, and a super spinning short ball in the table went straight to the opposite table. In doubles, whether it's men's, women's doubles or mixed doubles, the serve is crucial. Because once the serve is wrong or the quality is not high, then another player on your side will innocently step on the thunder, which is the proverbial pit teammate.

Ye Hao's serve quality is very high, and the male player of the Thai team wanted to pull the ball, but underestimated the spin of this ball, and even made a mistake in receiving the serve and sent the point directly, 1:0.

Now it was Xu Xiaoyuan's turn to serve, her serve was decent, not as amazing as Ye Hao's, and she was easily given back by her opponent. However, Ye Hao, who received the ball next, told the opponent with his actions that I could solve the game alone. His sudden rush made the two people on the opposite side have no time to react, and the two people stared blankly at the ping pong ball passing quickly through their middle, 2:0.

Next, it was the turn of the Thai team's combination to serve, Xu Xiaoyuan received the serve, and after she steadily returned the ball to the opponent's table, the next time became Ye Hao's performance moment.

Ye Hao faced the opponent's seemingly menacing attack, and without showing weakness, he counterattacked with a board, with greater strength, faster speed, and stronger lethality. The result was another fatal blow, and Ye Hao turned defeat into victory in only one round, scoring another point, 3:0.

Xu Xiaoyuan suddenly found that the game did not seem to be as difficult as she expected, as long as she could successfully send the ball out or catch her own shot, the rest of the things would not have to worry about at all, and her partner would take care of it.

The Thai pair on the opposite table was completely confused at this time, and the expected killing was gone, but they were cornered by their opponents, is the strength of the world champion really so strong, and it is okay to drag two out?

The next match seemed to confirm the conjecture of the Thai pair, who lost again and again, and the suspense of the first game was completely lost, and the two had no confidence to recover at all.

In the end, Ye Hao/Xu Xiaoyuan won the first place with a score of 11:3. The next few rounds of the game seemed to be a repeat of the first game, and the Thai combination had been suppressed by Ye Hao alone, and they couldn't turn over at all.

In the second game, the final score was 11:4.

In the third game, the final score was 11:3.

In the fourth game, the final score was 11:2.

Ye Hao and Xu Xiaoyuan's first match came to an end, easily swept the Thai pair 4:0, and successfully advanced to the main match of the mixed doubles event of the World Table Tennis Championships. After the game, Xu Xiaoyuan's small mouth exhaled lightly, obviously the pressure on her body was still quite large. After all, she is competing with the same Grand Slam winners, and if she ends up losing the match because of her own drag, the finger will definitely be pointed at her by everyone and the media. Therefore, only after the victory came, Xu Xiaoyuan was able to relax a little.

Of course, Ye Hao observed the small movements of his partner beside him, and knew that the pressure on the other party was not ordinarily large. This is just like when Ma Long formed a men's doubles combination with him, it will inevitably take a process of adaptation, let him escort him in this process.

"What, are you satisfied just after winning the next game?" Ye Hao looked at Xu Xiaoyuan with a smile.

"Ahh Xu Xiaoyuan's thoughts were interrupted by Ye Hao's voice, "Ye Haoxi, this game is thanks to you!" ”

"Haha......" Ye Hao looked at each other respectfully, like a primary school student seeing a teacher, and couldn't help laughing.

Xu Xiaoyuan looked at Ye Hao with a puzzled expression, not knowing why he suddenly laughed.

Ye Hao saw the other party's doubts, and the silly appearance of this cute girl made him can't help but want to "tease". "Don't call me Ye Haoxi in the future!" Ye Hao pretended to be serious and said.

Xu Xiaoyuan saw Ye Hao, who suddenly straightened his face, and asked a little overwhelmed: "Then what should I call you?" ”

"Don't be so polite in the future, what honorific you have been using, call Ye Haoxi. You can just call me Ye Hao, it's so kind. Ye Hao finally showed his tail like a fox and said his purpose.

"Even, right?" After Xu Xiaoyuan heard Ye Hao's words, he always felt a little weird, something was wrong.

"Good! That's what I'll call it from now on. Ye Hao said with satisfaction.

After Xu Xiaoyuan heard this, he finally realized it in his heart, and couldn't help but complain, "You are two or three years younger than me, you should call me Ernie!" ”