After the mixed doubles qualifying round was successfully passed, Ye Hao's challenge had just begun, and the first round of the men's singles competition gradually kicked off.

Ye Hao's opponent in the first round of singles was a player who entered the main draw through the qualifying round, a young player from Russia. After the start of the competition, perhaps because of his first participation in the World Table Tennis Championships, or perhaps because he met the world champion, Pulikutski was very nervous and did not play as well as he wanted.

Ye Hao did not encounter any resistance at all in the first two games with the Russian teenager, and the process was as smooth as a slide, 11:2, 11:3, and the victory of the two big scores was easy to reach.

However, it is not so easy for athletes from the fighting nation to admit defeat, and in the third game, as if suddenly he had opened his mind, he suddenly became a different man, fierce in attack and stubborn in defense.

Of course, the change of opponent did not affect Ye Hao's play, he attacked as strong as ever, took the lead from the beginning of this game, and successfully led the lead to the end, turning it into a victory. At 11:6, Ye Hao won the third game, leading the opponent with a total score of 3:0.

Soon the fourth game began, and the Russian player began to fight back, and he had little time left, and it was impossible to turn the tables around, all he could do was not to lose too ugly. In the end, Ye Hao also shook hands with the other party with a face-saving hand, and won the last game smoothly and steadily with 11:7, with a total score of 4:0 and easily advanced to the second round of men's singles.

After the first round of singles, Ye Hao went to the mixed doubles competition non-stop, and this day was extremely busy for him. In the morning, the first round of the men's singles is contested, and in the afternoon and evening, the first and second rounds of the mixed doubles are waiting for him.

In the first round of the mixed doubles in the afternoon, Ye Hao/Xu Xiaoyuan faced a Greek pair, who were slightly stronger than the Thai pair in the qualifying round, but of course only a star and a half.

So under the leadership of Ye Hao, the world champion and Olympic champion, Xu Xiaoyuan played equally well, and the so-called close to Zhu Zhechi is this reason. The two gradually formed a tacit understanding in the cooperation, Xu Xiaoyuan's chipping style of play is good at defense, which is exactly what Ye Hao wants the other party to do, as long as she can not lose the ball and not make mistakes, then Ye Hao has the confidence to complete the task of winning. In this way, the tacit understanding between the two of them is slowly deepening, but they still lack a fierce battle to sublimate and prove.

In the match with the Greek pair, the first two games of the game were relatively stalemate, 11:8, 9:11, each won one game, and it was a draw. However, when Ye Hao and Xu Xiaoyuan adapted to the opponent's style of play, the situation on the field immediately changed.

In the third game, the Ye Hao/Xu Xiaoyuan combination gave the opposite Greek combination a hard dismount as soon as they came up. The opening score of 5:0 suddenly opened the difference between each other, and the balance of victory fell to Ye Hao's side. In the end, due to the excellent performance at the beginning, Ye Hao/Xu Xiaoyuan easily won the third game 11:4 and took the lead in the total score.

With the victory in the third game, the multinational duo of Ye Hao and Xu Hyo-won went from strength to strength, and their opponents were beaten around the court like headless flies, but they were still in a situation of falling behind.

In the fourth and fifth games, Ye Hao/Xu Xiaoyuan defeated their opponents with a score of 11:5 and 11:6 respectively and won the victory, and at the same time defeated the Greek pair with a total score of 4:1 and successfully advanced to the second round.

Since Xu Xiaoyuan only signed up for the mixed doubles competition at the World Table Tennis Championships, her physical strength is not a problem. Although Ye Hao is in both men's singles and mixed doubles, due to the weak opponents in the previous rounds, the intensity of the game is not high, so his physical strength is also very abundant.

In the second round of the mixed doubles match to be played in the evening, Ye Hao/Xu Xiaoyuan finally encountered a big test. The reason why it is a test is because their opponent in this round is a Chinese pair, but it is not difficult to say because this pair is also a combination of two young players, and the current strength is not satisfactory. Of course, the so-called strength is generally in the eyes of Ye Hao, a Grand Slam winner, and for Xu Xiaoyuan, I am afraid that he can be regarded as a strong opponent, or even difficult to defeat.

The Chinese pair are made up of Lei Zhenhua, who knocked out Zhang Jike in the third stage of the direct Zagreb qualifiers, and Ye Hao's teammate in Beijing, future prospective Grand Slam winner Ding Ling.

Let's talk about Lei Zhenhua first, this young player can be regarded as an unknown person in the national team and in the impression of fans. However, he was able to enter the national team, and also eliminated Zhang Jike, and was selected for the World Table Tennis Championships lineup, obviously there are still two brushes. Of course, his strength is nothing compared to Ye Hao, and he can't be on the stage at all.

Let's talk about Ding Ling, it's only 2007, and she is completely a young player in the national team at this time, and she can't get ahead. Let's not talk about Zhang Yiling, even the eldest sister Wang Lan has not yet retired, and there are Guo Yue, Niu Jianfeng, Guo Yan and others eyeing her. So at this time, Ding Ling's current strength is still far from the top players, and she is not at the level she has since 2011.

Therefore, in Ye Hao's view, this game can only be regarded as a small test, and Lei Zhenhua/Ding Ling can be regarded as a whetstone on their way to the game. However, although Ye Hao did not attach too much importance to this battle, this game still attracted the coaches of the Chinese and South Korean teams to stop and watch.

For this game, the coaches of the Chinese table tennis team came to watch the game with more complicated feelings. Although whoever wins the two combinations can be regarded as the victory of national table tennis, after all, one of the two combinations is "pure-blood" and the other is "mixed-blood".

If the Lei Zhenhua/Ding Ling combination wins, then it is gratifying, but sending Ye Hao and foreign players to form a multinational combination will not become a mirror flower. If Ye Hao/Xu Xiaoyuan wins in the end, although the idea of "letting" the gold medal in national table tennis can continue, and the beautiful wolf breeding plan is not unfavorable, but the loss of the Chinese combination will always make people feel a sense of frustration.

However, all of this is not what Ye Hao needs to worry about, his goal is to lead the Korean cute girl to win the final championship and create the first pair of table tennis multinational pairs to win the World Table Tennis Championships.