Ye Hao won, but Wang Hao lost in an upset, and his opponent was Austria's naturalized player Chen Weixing. Wang Hao pulled back a game after losing two games first, but his state was really poor, and he finally lost to the opponent with a total score of 2:4. The calculation that the two players of the Chinese team wanted to meet in the quarterfinals was broken, and Ye Hao's next round opponent became Chen Weixing.

The other three members of the national table tennis team all successfully advanced, Kong Linghui defeated South Korea's Wu Shangyin 4:1 and advanced to the quarterfinals; Wang Liqin also defeated Taiwan's Jiang Penglong with a score of 4:1; Marin won 4:2 with a little difficulty over the Swiss player Hakanson.

At this point, the Chinese team can be said to be in a good situation, occupying 4 seats in the quarterfinals, with one person in each quarter, and theoretically even possible that all four will advance and meet in the semifinals. If so, the Chinese team will win the championship, second and third place in the men's singles at the World Table Tennis Championships.

However, the reality is not so rosy, and the fifth round of the battle was unexpected. In the quarter-finals, Kong Lingshen faced Corison from Romania, who won easily.

Wang Liqin, who was in the upper half of the district with him, was not so smooth. His opponent is Austrian veteran Schrager, who is 31 years old this year and won the singles runner-up in the Table Tennis World Cup in '99. (According to the original trajectory, it was he who fought all the way to meet South Korea's dark horse Zhu Shihyuk in the final of this World Table Tennis Championships, and defeated his opponent and won the championship.) Wang Liqin lost to his opponent with a score of 2:4 and missed the semifinals.

The result of this game greatly boosted the morale of the European table tennis community, and Schrager was able to defeat Wang Liqin, one of the two cores of the current Chinese table tennis team, which made the European powers feel that the national table tennis may not be invincible. And a match in Zone 4/4 proves that once again.

Marin's quarter-final opponent was Joo Se-hyuk, a chipper from South Korea. Zhu Shihe played quite well in this World Table Tennis Championships, and if it were not for Ye Hao's existence, he would be the biggest and blackest dark horse. Along the way, he defeated France's Cabestani, Russia's Smirlov, Hong Kong's Li Jing and Taiwan's Zhuang Chi-yuan. This time, he faced Ma Lin, another core of the Chinese table tennis team, and performed well, also winning the final victory with a score of 4:2.

When the South Korean media and viewers saw this result, they were overjoyed and shouted "Taiji Tiger defeated the Chinese Dragon", which was not arrogant.

The defeat of Ma and Wang seems to have made the world's table tennis players smell an unusual smell, and their hearts rippled, "Maybe the Chinese team is not invincible, we can also win."

Chinese media: "The wolf is coming!" ”

The French media even said: "The whole of China is crying!" ”

Japanese media: "Schrager and Zhu Shihyuk have shattered the Chinese dream!" (What's their business, it's really a dog with a mouse, nosy, it's Austria and the Koreans who win and you don't win, and the Koreans don't wear the same pants as you.) ）

"I'm at the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris, and I'm bringing you the semi-finals of the men's singles top half against the two sides, Kong Lingshen, a Grand Slam winner from the Chinese table tennis team, against the famous Schrager from Austria. It can be seen that both sides have completed their warm-up on the field and the game is about to begin. ”

"CCTV, this is CCTV Sports Channel, and the following brings you the semifinals of the men's singles of the 47th World Table Tennis Championships."

As soon as the first game came up, Schrager took the lead and quickly took the lead 7:4. Kong Linghui was not affected by this, continued to play steadily, took advantage of the opponent's mistakes, pulled back two goals, and chased the score to 6:7. However, in the end, he still went to the net with a return ball from Kong Lingshen, giving Schrager the victory in the first game, with a score of 9:11.

Kong Linghui, who lost the first game, played very aggressively at the beginning of the second game, and he frequently used his forehand to attack, causing Schrager to make mistakes, and after a 6:6 draw, he scored five points in a row to pull back a game at 11:6.

The third game became a watershed moment in the whole game, and Kong Linghui was full of fire as soon as he came up, 2:0, 5:2, until he led 7:3. At this moment, Kong Linghui, who was leading more, did not win the game in one fell swoop, but was a little distracted and relaxed his vigilance.

Schrager took the opportunity to chase the score frantically, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, and all four consecutive goals were won by him, and Kong Linggray's huge score advantage was lost at once. The latter two entered into a stalemate again, you get one point, I get one point. Until 10:10, Schrager served, a high-quality serve, the opposite Kong Lingshen was not ready, and fell into passivity after hurriedly returning the ball, Schrager took the opportunity to attack and score. At 11:10, Schrager got the game point. In the crucial last ball, Kong Linghui continued the bad feel of the previous ball, the handling of the ball was too rough, Schrager grabbed his loophole again to score, and Schrager completed a big reversal in the third game. From falling behind 4:7 to winning 12:10, he not only won a game, but also gained great self-confidence, laying the groundwork for the victory of the decisive game.

In the fourth game, Rikong Linghui was still distressed by the reversal of the previous game, and Schrager took advantage of this opportunity to win another game 11:8 and lead the total score 3:1.

Cornered, Kong Ling Ash burst out with amazing fighting power and deserved to be the winner of the Grand Slam, 11:8 and 11:7, he withstood the pressure to win two games in a row to drag the match into the deciding game.

In the seventh game of the decisive game, Schrager took the lead in entering the state, 5:1, 7:3, 8:5, and maintained a large lead. However, Kong Lingshen's experience is too rich, he took advantage of Schrager's eagerness to achieve results, played steadily, chased 3 points in a row, and the score became 8:8. The next game seemed to return to the second half of the third game, 9:9, 10:10, the two sides played until 12:11, and Kong Linghui took the lead.

Kong Lingshen was about to serve, and suddenly found that there was water on the table, so he walked over and wiped it with his hand. At this time, in the stadium, the audience was so noisy that people couldn't calm down. Kong Lingshen re-prepared to serve, I don't know if it was because he was distracted by wiping the table just now, or because he was disturbed by the atmosphere of the scene, he actually lost his mind at an important moment and sent a half-high ball. At such a critical moment, he took the initiative to give the opponent the opportunity to attack first, can Kong Ling be undefeated? Schrager took the opportunity to score three points in a row, 14:12, and won the game in one fell swoop.

Ten years later, Kong Linghui came to Paris again to participate in the World Table Tennis Championships, but at this time he was already the head coach of the national table tennis women's team. If I hadn't finished a Grand Slam at the time, maybe I wouldn't have been too arrogant and thought I wouldn't have lost to Lao Sa, who had never lost before. ”

After beating the Chinese team by two in a row, Schrager took the lead in the final of this World Table Tennis Championships.

After the game.

The European media collectively spoke: "Schrager - the Chinese killer!" ”

It seems that there is no suspense about the winner, and only another semi-final will determine the winner, and Schrager will make history.