Chapter XXVI: Final Four and Semifinals

With the third day of the tournament fully over, the singles semi-finals have all been released.

The capital team became the biggest winner, in addition to Ye Hao, Ma Long also played his true level and entered the semi-finals.

Zhang Jike also entered the top four with absolute strength, 4:0, 4:1:4:1, and three consecutive wins. So far, the North team has occupied three of the top four spots.

The last semi-final seat was won by a member of the Shanghai team, and he was Xu Xin. The trident of the Chinese men's table tennis at the 16 Rio Olympics actually met here in advance.

Maybe it's the butterfly effect. Xu Xin came to Shanghai ahead of schedule and represented the Shanghai team in the National Junior Championships.

The group matches in the semi-finals are also interesting and interesting. Ma Long vs. Zhang Jike, the first battle of Colon in this life was staged in advance. The other scene is undoubtedly Ye Hao against Xu Xin.

On the fourth day, the Battle of Cologne was the first to be held in the morning. Ye Hao was very interested in this game, and he came to the stadium with Ma Long to cheer on the side as a teammate.

For the game between these two old rivals in their previous lives, good brothers, Ye Hao is still more optimistic about Ma Long. But the beauty of competitive sports is that you can't predict the outcome 100% of the time, you have to know who wins and who loses.

In the first game, Ma Long served first, and he adopted the strategy of improving the quality of the ball in the table and focusing on the forehand attack near the table, and did not fight with the Keke backhand.

And Zhang Jike's tactic is to give full play to the backhand advantage, force Ma Long to hold his backhand with him, and then appropriately change the forehand to complete the stunner.

From the first ball of the first game, the scene was very hot. Although Ma Long paid attention to controlling the opponent's backhand, he had no choice but to remember that the backhand was too strong, and after a high-quality iconic twist, he took the advantage into his own hands.

As a result, after a backhand two-shot hold, Ma Long couldn't resist the first step and lost the first service point.

Ma Long fell behind Zhang Jike 0:1.

In the next game, one of the two incarnated as a forehand king, and the other as a backhand madman, trying to play their strengths.

Slightly to Ye Hao's expectations, Zhang Jike entered the state quickly in this game, and today's forehand attack was full of power, the success rate was high, and combined with an unsolvable backhand. He actually took the lead and won 3 games in a row, forcing Ma Long into a desperate situation all of a sudden.

After the end of the third game, Ma Long, who came to the sidelines to receive guidance, looked a little decadent and lost his spirit. Ye Hao took the opportunity to hand him mineral water and decided to help him, who let the Long team and him become teammates earlier in this life.

"Fight with him for the ball in the table, and don't let him have a chance to attack." Ye Hao whispered to Ma Long.

Ma Long glanced at Ye Hao suspiciously, then looked at him with an encouraging look, and nodded unconsciously.

At the beginning of the fourth game, Ma Long followed Ye Hao's advice and did not take the initiative to serve long balls and return long balls, but kept fighting short balls in the table.

This strategy made Zhang Jike as uncomfortable as eating a fly, and he felt that his heavy punch had hit the cotton, and he couldn't use his strength.

Watching Ma Long pull back two games in a row and chase the score to 2:3, Ye Hao secretly said in his heart, "Team Long, I can only help you get here." Anyway, this is one of the ways you can deal with Jike in the future, even if it is to return the thing to its original owner. ”

"As for Wuli Koko, I'm sorry again!"

However, despite Ye Hao's turmoil, Zhang Jike's state today is really surprisingly good, and in the sixth game, he regained his strength, his majesty is still the same, and his sword is not old......

Well, the last two words don't seem quite right. Regardless, Keike withstood the pressure. After patiently looking for opportunities and attacking boldly and efficiently, 11:9, Zhang Jike finally won the game and entered the finals.

Although Ma Long, who lost the game, was slightly disappointed, he was worthy of being the captain of the national table tennis team later, and he still congratulated Zhang Jike with grace.

Then Ye Hao and Ma Long left the stadium together, ready to return to the station, waiting for the afternoon game.

At the door of the stadium, I happened to meet Zhang Jike, who was also about to leave. To Ye Hao's surprise, Zhang Jike took the initiative to come over.

"I'll be waiting for you in the finals!"

It turned out to be an appointment, and it was really Gao Lengke.

"Don't worry, see you in the final, Koko."

At this time, Ye Hao found that Zhang Jike's body seemed to be slightly tilted, and he was afraid that he was startled by the sudden sound.

Ma Long next to him was a little strange, "When did you become so familiar with him?" ”

"If you don't know it, you can't shout kindly. I am a chess opponent, and I will meet a good talent......"

"You're self-cooked!"

Uh, Team Long, you're bad at learning.

In the afternoon, the semi-finals between Ye Hao and Xu Xin began.

Xu Xin has not made any achievements since then, and he still failed to break through the two mountains of Kelong before Ye Hao's rebirth, and there are newcomers such as Fan Xiaopang behind him.

However, because of the advantage of left-handed racket, Xu Xin is paired with doubles, whether it is men's doubles or mixed doubles, he has an impressive record. In the three World Table Tennis Championships, he partnered with three different people, Ma Long, Zhang Jike and Fan Xiaopang, and all won the men's doubles championship.

In the first game, Xu Xin rushed very hard and quickly led 4:2. This is the first time Ye Hao has played against a left-handed general, and he has been trying to adapt.

After a few balls, Ye Hao found that his Zhongyuan Tai had a strong ability to hold each other and his strength was also very great, no wonder later people gave him the nickname Python.

After gradually figuring out the characteristics of the opponent, Ye Hao began to make targeted changes, focusing on the opponent's backhand and increasing the near-stage attack.

This strategy really worked quickly, and the score was chased by Ye Hao to a 7-7 draw.

After a few goals, Ye Hao continuously limited Xu Xin's backhand, and his backhand was really not good, and after winning 2 consecutive goals, the score came to 9:7.

Then Xu Xin relied on the forehand to attack and pull back a goal. However, in the next ball, Ye Hao took advantage of a violent pick in the table, and transferred Xu Xin left and right in a row, and scored with a smash on the last board.

10:8, the game point of the first game.

Xu Xin served, the score pressure caused him to serve with poor quality, and Ye Hao seized the opportunity to rush with a backhand and won the first game.

Later, Ye Hao made persistent efforts, did not give Xu Xin a chance, won three games in a row, and finally won easily and entered the finals.

Looking at Xu Xin's frustrated expression, Ye Hao patted the other party's shoulder and left the court.

"Alas, it's still too young!" Ye Hao sighed. But he didn't want to think that he was actually born in the same year as Xu Xin, and he was embarrassed to think that others were young.

Tomorrow afternoon, the men's singles final will continue at this venue.

Can we continue to defeat Zhang Jike again and snatch the final championship like the final in the Northern Division?

Or will Zhang Jike repeat the mistake of the past and lose the game again?

Ye Hao, you are naughty again, this relationship is the rhythm that I didn't think I would lose......