Zhang Jue and Liu Ying are the world's No. 1 mixed doubles pairs and the longest-running pair in the entire Tokyo cycle.

Their strength is definitely not ordinary, especially Zhang Jue is a left-handed straight board, the forehand is particularly prominent, Liu Ying is a right-handed horizontal board, and the backhand is her characteristic, and the combination of the two of them is seamless.

If it was a best-of-seven game, Su Nian and Jing Xing could still rely on their physical strength advantage to drag the game to the decisive game, but in the entertainment game, two wins in three games, Su Nian and Jing Xing did not find a way in the end, and lost the game with a big score of 1:2.

Although he won, Zhang Jue didn't feel relaxed at all, and the shadow brought to him by Su Nian in the first game made him feel palpitating.

After the game, he shook hands, and he also said to Su Nian, "It's not a loss, I brought it out, I was stunned when I beat it!" ”

Su Nian and Jing Xing were not very disappointed when they lost the game, after all, Zhang Jue and Liu Ying were going to play Olympic mixed doubles, and it would not be a shame to lose to them.

Su Nian smiled when he heard Zhang Jue say this, and looked quite unconvinced, "There will always be a win back, you wait!" ”

"Oh, that's amazing!" Of course, Zhang Jue hopes that someone can win him, especially the next generation of mixed doubles.

But he still won't let go of any opportunity to ridicule Su Nian because he doesn't make trouble, "Practice again, brother is waiting for you." ”

Su Nian turned around and walked away angrily, she gave the fans the impression that she was young and old, and she was not shocked, but in fact, it was easy to show her emotions in the face of her teammates.

Jing Xing glanced at Zhang Jue, and was just about to chase Su Nian, but he saw his coach Shen Hao, and the head coach Chen Changjiang beckoned to him, there was no way, he could only go to the coach first.

"This fight is good", Chen Changjiang praised Kuajingxing first, trying to make his later words sound less abrupt.

"How do you feel about the fight? Actually, we want you to focus more on singles, there are a few left-handed players on the men's team, and you can try it with the women's team in the future, which is better than the two of you with your right-handed. ”

Jing Xing didn't think it was good, he knew that the combination of one left and one right in doubles was indeed much better than the combination of two right, so he didn't say anything about the coaching staff's decision, just nodded silently.

Without Su Nian by his side, Jing Xing became the same young man again, Chen Changjiang couldn't see anything from his face, so he glanced at Wang Liang and Ding Mao next to him.

"Jing Xing," Ding Mao cleared his throat and said: "Do you have any ideas to communicate with us in time, after all, the burden on your body is getting heavier and heavier, you need to communicate more with the coaching staff, we can help you out." ”

Jing Xing is not a taciturn character, but sometimes he knows that it is useless to tell the coaching staff, the coach generally has his own arrangement, and he said in his heart: "Is it useful to tell you?" You all said let me focus on singles, can I still say that I want to play mixed doubles. ”

"No, I listen to the coaching staff." Jing Xing finally figured it out, it doesn't matter if the mixed doubles are mixed or not, anyway, if you don't mix doubles with Su Nian, then you don't have to partner with others.

Ding Mao, Wang Liang and Chen Changjiang, who were sitting, were silent, they didn't expect such an answer, and they were stunned for a while.

"Okay, then you go change your clothes." In the end, Chen Changjiang waved his hand and let Jing walk.

After a short period of relaxation, training resumed, and a global pandemic suspended all international competitions, but training was still the same.

In addition to the physical hardship, the hardships of athletes are more important to overcome the boredom of training day after day.

Time flies, and in October, the domestic epidemic has been suspended, but the Olympics still have no intention of being held.

Ding Mao decided to organize the competition himself.

In fact, taking the right to host international competitions in his hands is what Ding Mao wants to do most after leaving the position of head coach and becoming the chairman of the Table Tennis Association.

Although China's table tennis achievements are unique in the world, in fact, the status of the ITTF is not particularly high, first, because China's table tennis has not really risen for a long time, unlike the hegemony of basketball in the United States for decades; Second, the commercialization of domestic table tennis is too poor.

When Ding Mao was still in service, because the results were too good, the ITTF thought of a way - to modify the rules of the game to try to curb the results of Chinese table tennis, such as changing the game from a 21-point system to an 11-point system, giving the game more accidents, such as changing the original small ball to the current big ball, specifically for the Chinese table tennis likes to play spinning; For example, it is not allowed to cover the serve, and the ball must be thrown more than 16cm away from the hand, etc., these rules are to curb the development of Chinese table tennis.

Ding Mao and a group of other old athletes all regrettably retired because their playing style could not adapt to the rule changes.

Since Ding Mao became the coach of the national table tennis, in addition to continuing to dedicate himself to the national table tennis, changing the status of Chinese table tennis in the international discourse is something he has always wanted to do ,️, and now he finally sees hope.

Taking advantage of the suspension of international competitions, we will hold our own events and invite athletes from other associations to participate, so that the right to host the tournament will be in China, and the high prize money and points will be set, and the original open tournament can be gradually replaced after a long time.

It's a great idea, and it's super difficult to execute.

But who let Huaguo have a group of old athletes who have retired but still want to contribute to the national table tennis.

So Ding Mao decided to start with the domestic competition, just for the athletes who have not played for a long time to find the feeling of the game, he decided to hold an Olympic simulation competition a month later, everything in accordance with the rules and settings of the Olympic venue, including the table configuration, table tennis model, commentary, broadcasting, competition rules, etc., all to the Olympic standards.

In this simulation match, everyone was divided into four and a half zones, Su Nian and Li Shan each guarded one and a half zones as the first and second seeds, and the others drew lots to determine their opponents, and the elimination system determined the final winner. The same is true for men's singles, with Zhang Yi and Jing Xing as the first and second seeds; In the mixed doubles, except for Zhang Jue and Liu Ying, the others chose their teammates to partner; The men's and women's teams are divided into 10 teams to compete in men's and women's teams.

Ding Mao also invited the mainstream media to broadcast it, and at the same time invited many famous commentators to give simultaneous commentary, and everything was carried out according to the scale of the Olympic Games.

This is a simulation of a competition for athletes, and a simulation of the right to host for national table tennis.

The news of the Olympic simulation tournament finally made everyone have a long-lost excitement in the boring training, and at this time, Su Nian proposed to change the racket, which means that she only has a one-month run-in period with the new racket, and she has to take the new racket to the competition court, this decision is too risky.