In May 2019, the first stop of the World Table Tennis Federation 19 Tour Open.

Due to the poor overall results in 18 years, and the fact that she is partnering with Zhang Jue for the first time, her singles and mixed doubles have to start from the qualifying round.

"You two didn't practice much before, and the qualifying tournament was used as a training." The off-court coach of the mixed doubles is Zhang Jue's coach Meng Yuan, after all, for the mixed doubles, the performance of the male players is very important, he is not too worried about the qualifying round, and he told Su Nian and Zhang Jue with a smile in the pre-game training.

Su Nian started her singles first, and after one game, she shook her head at the coach: "Fortunately, this time I have to play the qualifying tournament first, this table is too trendy, and the ball is very heavy." "Table tennis is a very delicate sport, the table is so big, or a confrontation sport, all the slightest difference can affect the performance of the athletes.

But Su Nian quickly adapted after playing two qualifying matches, and after she won the doubles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships, she suddenly felt as if she had no previous baggage, and rushed all the way to the singles finals against her captain Yuan Dan.

Su Nian has lost to Yuan Dan many times in a row in 17 and 18 years, except for the last team trial, this is the first time she has met Yuan Dan in the international arena in 19 years, but this time Su Nian's play simply shocked everyone's jaws, Su Nian seemed to have cracked Yuan Dan's left hand style of play at once, and the big open attack between the two made all the fans addicted, Su Nian defeated Yuan Dan with a score of 4:0 and won the first open championship in 19 years.

At the same time, she partnered with Zhang Jue, if the first two games of the qualifying round were awkward, the next two games were more and more smooth, Zhang Jue's COSCO platform and Su Nian's fast attack on the near platform made the cooperation of the two people look very silky, and finally won the championship unexpectedly.

Su Nian is ranked 16th in the world.

In the second leg of the Open Tournament, the final was against Yuan Dan again, this time Su Nian was in the case of a 3:0 lead, his thoughts fluctuated a little, and he was overturned by Yuan Dan, and when he finally lost the game, Su Nian felt incredible, and this time Yuan Dan's toughness gave Su Nian a great shock.

At this stop, because of Zhang Yi's injury, Jingxing's state is not good, Zhang Jue shouldered the responsibility of the men's team, and he was in three games, at most four games a day, Zhang Jue was already 27 years old, and any 27-year-old athlete would be covered with scars, not to mention Zhang Jue, an athlete who has been on the front line all year round.

Su Nian and his mixed doubles, watching Zhang Jue wrapped all over her body with bandages, and then put on her clothes and asked her to play, there are many balls If Zhang Jue is in a state of full victory, he will definitely play on the stage, but the injury caused him to make a mistake in his strength.

In the finals, Zhang Jue was sweating profusely and pale, and the coaching staff called an emergency timeout.

"Zhang Jue, it can't go on like this, let's give up!" Zhang Jue lay on the ground in pain, and Meng Yuan squatted beside him and frowned to persuade him.

Zhang Jue disagreed, "No, we will report a group of mixed doubles this time, if you don't fight, there will be no one." ”

Su Nian watched Zhang Jue gritting her teeth and insisting on it, while asking the team doctor to bandage him and apply ice cubes, tears almost fell, she faced the injuries caused by competitive sports for the first time, this cruelty and powerlessness gave the 18-year-old Su Nian a blow to the head.

"Why does mixed doubles have to be the main attack of the boys, didn't many people say that my style of play before was the style of play of the men's team? Why can't I use it in mixed doubles? Su Nian began to think of a way, "Brother Jue, if you still want to fight, I will attack the main attack, believe me!" ”

Su Nian's eyes are full of firmness, mixed doubles is a two-person event, which means that girls are also very important.

Zhang Jue looked at Su Nian, who had a childish face but firm eyes, "Okay, I'll try to stay on stage, and you will exert your strength when you see the opportunity." ”

In this way, Su Nian broke the previous boys' main attack style of play in mixed doubles, and she began to use her ability to attack in the middle and far platforms, sideways forehand, twisting and pulling, staring at the opponent's girls, and finally won the game.

The last ball landed, Su Nian smiled sweetly at Zhang Jue, and the tears in his eyes still fell.

"What are you crying about, we still won!" Zhang Jue raised his hand to wipe Su Nian's tears, of course he knew why Su Nian was crying, but the courage and belief shown by this little girl at the critical moment moved him even more.

Jing Xing looked at Su Nian and Zhang Jue on the field from the sidelines, eager to slap himself, hating why he couldn't adjust his state.

"Jing Xing, don't worry." Shen Luo saw Jing Xing's thoughts beside him, "The state is a wonderful thing, it doesn't mean that if you want to win this game, the state will come back, take your time, and believe in yourself." ”

Jing Xing looked at the coach who had been accompanying him and nodded.

At this stop, Su Nian's world ranking reached 14th.

In the third stop, Su Nian first took revenge on Yuan Dan in the semifinals, won with a big score of 4:0, and even played 11:1 in the first game, in the finals, against Japanese players, Su Nian fell behind with a score of 0:3, and fell behind 7:10 in the fourth game.

But this is such a score, Su Nian just carried it, 8:10, 9:10, and finally won the fourth game at 15:13, and dragged the game to the deciding game, the opponent was beaten by Su Nian and collapsed, and cried when he returned to the backstage.

Off-court coach Wang Liang looked at Su Nian, who was smiling after the game, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he was later interviewed: "I was also very nervous when I saw the fourth game, but I still believed in Su Nian in my heart, but she really couldn't play at the beginning of this game, and she was already asked to write a review." ”

This game made the fans shout exciting, and at the same time, they joked that when they watched Su Nian's game in the future, they must have a quick-acting heart-saving pill.

The thrilling victory in this game brought Su Nian's world ranking to tenth.

In the fourth stop, the Japan Open, the 17-year Japan Open, Su Nian was born and won the women's singles and women's doubles championships.

Su Nian did not live up to everyone's expectations, she defeated two Japanese players in a row, including the main opponent of the women's team, Miki Matsumoto, defeated her teammate Jiang Yungu in the semifinals, and defeated Zhu Yuhong, the second main force of the women's team, in the finals and won the championship.

The four consecutive open championships brought Su Nian back to everyone's attention, which made the precarious echelon construction of the women's team clear, and they chatted privately, Yuan Dan even touched Su Nian's head and said with a smile: "Now I can retire with confidence." ”

This sentence quieted the originally noisy crowd for a moment, "Captain? Su Nian looked at Yuan Dan puzzled.

"What's wrong? Isn't it right to retire at my age? Yuan Dan saw everyone's reluctance, and comforted, "But not now, I will hold on for a while after Liu Ying comes back." ”。

Although this sentence seems to be said by Yuan Dan at random, in fact, everyone understands in their hearts that Yuan Dan's age is indeed older, and her physical strength has become her biggest problem.