Chapter 33: The arrogant Mizutani Hayabusa
The men's singles semifinals of the Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships were released, namely Ye Hao and Qiu Yike of the Chinese team, Mizutani Hayabusa of the Japanese team and Li Rongxiu of the South Korean team.
The semi-final matchup is that Ye Hao vs. Li Rongxiu, Qiu Yike vs. Mizutani Falcon, and the two people of the Chinese team are responsible for resisting Japan and the other is responsible for destroying South Korea.
Ye Hao's game started one step earlier. In the first game of the two, Li Rongxiu began to use a crazy style of play, attacking sideways at every turn, which made Ye Hao unable to resist for a while.
The South Korean team is very good at using this kind of vigorous tactics, although the ball skills are not as good as the opponent, but it is really difficult to make them crazy.
In the 04 Athens Olympics, Wang Hao was stunned by Liu Chengmin's fighting tactics and lost the championship.
So when the game just started, when Ye Hao was only slowly outputting firepower, he suddenly encountered an unreasonable opponent, and he magnified his moves without common sense, and the result was 7:11 for the opponent to win the first game.
During the break, Ye Hao calmed down his emotions, and at the beginning of the second game, he began to exert his strength, and soon led 9:5, and finally did not repeat the failure of the first game, and easily won the second game 11:6.
In the next three games, Ye Hao stabilized his mentality, no matter how the opponent fought, he still firmly established his tactical style of play, and did not leave a chance for the Korean players to take advantage of.
In the end, 4:1 reversed, and Ye Hao entered the final.
In fact, in terms of strength alone, national table tennis must be superior, and the biggest reason why Wang Hao lost in Athens is that his ideological baggage is too heavy, and the more he is afraid of losing, the more he will lose.
Qiu Yike, who is now competing, has gradually fallen into this trap. After he won the first game, he was beaten twice in a row by Mizutani Hayabusa, and his mentality changed, but he began to fear the enemy and couldn't play his best strength.
In the fourth game of the two-man game, the score was 6:6.
When it was Qiu Yike's turn to serve, Mizutani Hayabusa received the serve and attacked directly, Qiu Yike took advantage of the situation and pulled back, forming an offensive mode on both sides.
In the end, Mizutani Falcon couldn't resist it first, and began to put up a high ball, and Qiu Yike began to smash.
One board, two boards, three boards, Qiu Yike's vigorous smash did not kill Mizutani Falcon's return ball, but he made a mistake in smashing the ball on the fourth board, wasting a good situation.
At 7:6, Mizutani Hayabusa took the lead.
Affected by this goal, Qiu Yike's morale was greatly reduced, and he lost the next few points quickly, 7:11, losing the fourth game.
Mizutani Hayabusa, who won this game, was full of momentum and shouted in celebration on the court, as if he had won the whole game.
Looking at the Mizutani Falcon jumping up and down, everyone in the Chinese team on the field was ugly. Qiu Yike, who lost the ball and fell behind in two games, was pale, although the coach had been encouraging him, he was still gloomy when he returned to the game.
Sure enough, in the crucial fifth game, Qiu Yike's performance was still unsatisfactory, and the score kept falling behind.
From 1:3 at the beginning, to 3:7 in the game, and then to 5:10 at the end of life and death, Mizutani Hayabusa completely beat Qiu Yike to no temper.
In the last ball, without waiting for the opponent to attack, Qiu Yike directly landed a serve, giving the opponent a point, and also lost the game.
Mizutani Hayabusa celebrated wildly on the field, and the other players and coaches of the Japanese team also cheered loudly at this time, eager to let the audience know that the Japanese team had won.
There are many Chinese in Singapore, and many of them came to the scene to watch the game. They were amazed to see that the Japanese team actually won against the Chinese team.
"It's amazing that Mizutani Hayabusa of the Japanese team can defeat the players of the Chinese team and enter the finals!"
"Doesn't it mean that Chinese table tennis is the first in the world? Why can't even Japan beat? ”
"It is estimated that it was a youth competition, and the Chinese team did not pay attention to it, so Japan took advantage of the loophole."
"Little Japan is really arrogant, didn't he win the semifinals, and he wasn't the champion, so sassy!"
"Well, who let them win."
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Qiu Yike, who lost, drooped his head and left the stadium with his teammates. Along the way, he didn't say a word, his hands clenched into fists, his lips closed.
After everyone returned to their residence, Ye Hao took a shower and was sitting on the sofa watching TV. Suddenly, someone was knocking on the door, and when he opened the door, it seemed that the person was Qiu Yike.
"I'm embarrassed to lose to Mizutani Falcon today, Ye Hao, it's up to you tomorrow! You have to win the championship and you can't let the Japanese continue to be arrogant. ”
As soon as Qiu Yike entered the door, he didn't have any nonsense, and told his intentions straight to the point.
Ye Hao knew his mood, although it was not pleasant to lose the game, but losing to Japan made people even more depressed, and most Chinese people did not have a good impression of Japan.
Therefore, the encounter between China and Japan in sports competitions will be given more meaning, and only victory can be used to combat Japan's arrogance.
After Mizutani Falcon won two players from the Chinese team in a row to advance to the finals, he was even more unsightly and began to be arrogant.
"Mizutani-kun, please continue to work hard in the final and defeat the Chinese team completely!"
"Don't worry, Yamada, the level of the Chinese table tennis team is exaggerated, don't be afraid! The singles championship of the Asian Youth Championships this time, I am bound to win! Mizutani Hayabusa proudly boasted about the sea.
"Hey! Mizutani-kun is amazing, and I will cheer you on from the sidelines. A female member of the Japanese team, with her eyes shining, looked straight at Mizutani Hayabusa.
Seeing this, Mizutani Hayabusa was even more enthusiastic in his heart, and he continued to brag in front of several people about how powerful he was, and it didn't take much effort to deal with the Chinese team members at all.
His goal is not only to win the singles championship, but also to lead the Japanese men's team to defeat the Chinese team in the team competition and win the team gold medal.
This bold statement made the surrounding fans and fans dizzy, and they screamed in their mouths, eager to play immediately and kill the Chinese team.
The Chinese team on the other side naturally didn't know that the Japanese team was already interested in the singles championship, or even the team championship.
The Chinese team is meeting at this time to discuss tomorrow's singles match, and Ye Hao, as the protagonist, is of course the center of attention.
"Ye Hao, you don't have to be under pressure in tomorrow's game, just play normally. Japan's Mizutani Hayabusa is not as strong as you. ”
"But you can't be careless, and you can't let his fight disrupt your rhythm."
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Several coaches were working for Ye Hao, for fear that he would bring any abnormal emotions into the game, how would it affect his performance, or even lose the game.
You must know that the Chinese team has already lost to Mizutani Hayabusa, and if Mizutani Hayabusa wins three Chinese players in a row to win the championship, then this impact will be great.
At that time, I don't know how the Japanese media will brag about it, and the saliva of the domestic media is estimated to drown the Chinese table tennis team.
What's more, the coaches who led the team can't explain to Cai Ping Pong and the General Administration of Sports when they go back, and the result will be very sad!
Ye Hao didn't think about it so much, he had already made up his mind in his heart that tomorrow's game would make Mizutani Hayabusa unforgettable for the rest of his life......