With a loss to teammate Ma Lin in the second round, Ye Hao's first trip to the China Table Tennis Open came to an end. In the end, the men's singles championship of this competition was won by Ma Lin, the women's singles championship was won by Zhang Yiling, Ma Lin/Chen Qi was the men's doubles champion, and Li Ju/Bai Yang was the women's doubles champion.

After that, the Chinese table tennis team returned to the Zhengding table tennis training base to continue to prepare for the National Table Tennis Championships in September and the Table Tennis World Cup in October.

Two months of training made Ye Hao feel as if he had entered a bottleneck, his backhand was strong and weak, and he was unstable; There is a problem with the connection of the forehand and backhand, and the priority is not clear. This made him very depressed, but Ye Hao also knew in his heart that as long as he could break through the shackles at this stage, there would be a broad road ahead.

In this year's National Table Tennis Championships, all the main forces of national table tennis will participate, and the competition has suddenly become extremely fierce. It is very difficult for Ye Hao to win the championship and defend his title as easily as he did last year.

Ye Hao continued to represent the capital team. In the first two rounds, his opponents were not strong and did not pose a threat to him, 4:0 and 4:1, and easily advanced.

In the third round, Ye Hao's opponent was Wang Hao, and it was a difficult match, and it was not easy to win. In the first game, Ye Hao played well and won 11:7.

In the second game, Ye Hao found that Wang Hao's state was slowly improving, and scoring became difficult. The half-hung backhand he is practicing now was beaten up by Wang Hao's straight shot. Whether it is in the stage or in the stage, Wang Hao can twist and attack with his backhand, with both speed and strength. Ye Hao had a backhand pull with him, and he was at a disadvantage, and he was suppressed very badly.

At 6:11, Ye Hao lost the second game. The first two games between the two sides were tied 2-2.

In the third game, Wang Hao continued his strong performance in the previous game, with very few mistakes, and controlled the situation on the court with a backhand straight shot and a horizontal shot with a forehand attack.

At 7:11, Ye Hao lost another game, and the total score was 1:2 behind.

Ye Hao, who was suppressed by Wang Hao's backhand, finally decided to change, and he began to resume his previous style of play, taking the initiative to attack with his forehand and cooperating with his backhand. This change in tactics allowed Ye Hao to take the initiative in the fourth game.

At 11:8, Ye Hao stopped the decline, pulled back a game, and tied again in the total score.

In the battle of Tianwang Mountain in the fifth game, Wang Hao began to give full play to his backhand advantage of straight and horizontal shots, reducing the forehand collision with Ye Hao. Because of the forehand, Ye Hao is not afraid of him, but compared to the backhand, I am afraid that there are few people in the table tennis world today who can beat Wang Hao. With a straight backhand against a horizontal backhand, only Wang Hao can do the best not to fall behind, or even to gain the upper hand.

Wang Hao won the crucial fifth game with a difference of three points, 11:8. After that, he was angry again, and then the next city, 11:7, completed the stunner of the game.

2:4, Ye Hao fell in the third round of the National Championship again after losing in the second round of the China Table Tennis Open, and failed to advance to the second half of the game in two consecutive games, and did not even touch the threshold of the top 16. Although there are objective reasons for bad luck and repeated strong opponents, it can't hide his recent ups and downs.

After the national championships, Wang Hao and Zhang Yiling won the men's and women's singles championships respectively.

With the end of the National Table Tennis Championships, the date of the Table Tennis World Cup is approaching again. This year's World Cup will be held in Jiangyin, China, and the Chinese table tennis team, as the host, will certainly hope to achieve good results on their doorstep. As a result, the discussion of the contestants was another fierce confrontation.

The national table tennis men's team, Liu Guoliang was the first coach, the position was unstable, and the doubts of all parties and the internal recognition needed to be further improved, and these problems plagued him.

Internal meeting of national table tennis.

"In this table tennis World Cup, we can send a total of 3 players to participate in the men's singles. Ye Hao is the champion of this year's World Table Tennis Championships, and he can be directly selected for the singles quota of the World Cup, everyone has no opinion on this, right? Liu Guoliang looked around.

"Ye Hao's form has been up and down a lot recently, and the results of the China Open and the National Championships are not ideal. Isn't it inappropriate to let him go to the competition, it's a bit of a waste of opportunity! A veteran coach spoke out against it.

"If he is not allowed to participate, then our men's team can only apply for two places, and this year's World Table Tennis Championships champion must occupy a place, and this cannot be replaced by other players, so it's not a waste of a place." I think it's better to let Ye Hao compete, and it's just right to find the state by exercising, after all, this place doesn't have to be in vain. Coach Wu Jinping, who had briefly taken Ye Hao, said a few good words for Ye Hao.

In the end, it was Cai Ping Pong who made the decision, "You can't waste any places, one more person will participate in the competition, one more guarantee, one more opportunity." Let Ye Hao go to the competition, his foreign war record is good, and he hasn't lost yet. ”

Seeing that his disciple got the quota for the World Cup, Liu Guoliang breathed a sigh of relief, "I hope you can fight for some energy!" ”

There are still two places to be determined, and there was a heated discussion about these two candidates, and it was finally decided that Ma Lin and Wang Hao, who recently won the China Open and National Championships, will participate in this year's World Cup.

After the list of participants in the Table Tennis World Cup was announced, Ye Hao did not have much surprise. He knew that he would definitely be able to occupy a place with the men's singles championship of the new World Table Tennis Championships, but what he didn't know was that his ups and downs in form caused another twist and turn.

At this moment, Ye Hao is actually distressed in his heart, he feels that if he can't break the current bottleneck, then there is no hope of winning the World Cup. How to solve the immediate difficulties as soon as possible gave Ye Hao a headache. In the end, he decided to consult his master, Liu Guoliang.

Liu Guoliang has recently been promoted to the head coach of the men's team, and he has more and more things at work, his focus is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more places that need attention, so his attention to Ye Hao has decreased a lot recently. Ye Hao's recent sluggish state is not only related to the practice and adjustment of technical play, but also related to the fact that no one has given him professional and systematic guidance.

Ye Hao found Liu Guoliang and told him about his troubles. After thinking about it for a while, Liu Guoliang decided to go to the court with Ye Hao to practice first, and then think about how to answer his question. After the two practiced and communicated on the court, Liu Guoliang spoke.

"I've said before that you're too eager for the power of your backhand, and you're too focused on it. The best thing about a truly top-notch player is not their forehand or backhand, but their ability to read the game and make the right adjustments and choices based on their opponents and the situation on the court and during the game. Whether it's a forehand or a backhand, whether it's the handling of the ball or the mid-to-far technique, these are just tools for you to win the game. They're all controlled by the players, by yourself. The style of play and technique that can win the game is the strongest tactic we are looking for. Go back and think about it yourself. ”

Liu Guoliang did not directly say what Ye Hao's problem was, but asked him to go back and reflect on himself. "If you want to be a top athlete, you have to learn to think for yourself."

After listening to Liu Guoliang's words, Ye Hao felt as if he had caught something. That night, he meditated hard and stayed up all night.

Early the next morning, Ma Lin, Wang Liqin and others saw Ye Hao and found that he had two dark circles under his eyes, which was very strange.

"Did you lose sleep last night?"

"Hehe, it's good that I just didn't sleep well." Ye Hao replied happily. At this time, he had already figured it out, Ye Hao, who Liu Guoliang wanted to say, had already understood, and he decided to surprise everyone in the next table tennis World Cup.