Of course, Morad didn't get a good deal. He was severely warned by the staff on the spot, and they wanted to ban him from the game and drive him out of the competition venue.
At the same time, the dissatisfied Hong Kong audience began to boo wildly, and some people threw mineral water bottles at the No. 3 table.
No matter how irritable the little brother was, he panicked by this time and began to apologize frantically.
Immediately afterwards, his big brother, the Swedish top player k. Michel, heard the news and came to help him plead for mercy. Later, even Swedish National Team, the head coach of the team Persson, came and everyone begged for mercy together.
Thanks to Old Wa, Sweden does have a weak reputation in the world table tennis world. After some pleading, the staff turned their attention to Weng Chunting, who had just been defeated and was looking confused at the moment, and the head coach of the Hong Kong area, Cai Guoqiang, who had already heard the news and came over.
Cai Guoqiang looked at Weng Chunting, obviously intending to respect the player's own opinion.
"It doesn't matter, just let him advance." Weng Chunting's self-cultivation is very good, but his plastic Mandarin is a bit awkward. "Xu Zheng, I really haven't beaten him, it doesn't matter whether he kicks the block or not."
So the official finally took back the decision to suspend the game.
But a public apology is necessary, and a fine is also necessary. There will be a series of troublesome and trivial matters in the future, all waiting for the Swedish Table Tennis Association to have a headache.
At this moment, Michel and Persson smiled bitterly at each other. On the contrary, Morad, who got into trouble, was elated because he could finally continue fighting. He rushed up, held Weng Chunting's hand tightly, shook it vigorously, and babbled a lot of foreign languages that he couldn't understand at all.
He was probably expressing his gratitude, but Weng Chunting only felt his ears buzzing. As a 28-year-old veteran, he felt that the child in front of him was a bit noisy.
Wang Chao watched this farce from a distance. Although it was funny, he also secretly became more vigilant.
He watched a few games of Morad on T2 last year, and felt that Morad had great potential, but potential is not strength after all. At that time, Morad could only be considered a promising player in the future.
And today, his victory over Weng Chunting is considered a miracle.
Considering the strength of Weng Chunting, the speed of progress of Morad is a bit scary.
"Could it be the next Pike?" Wang Chao had this thought in his mind.
Twenty minutes later, the first round of the group stage ended.
There were no miracles in the remaining matches.
Although He Junjie lost a goal because he was frightened, he finally won the game without any danger and entered the top 16. But he was at a loss because he appeared here just to walk Weng Chunting into the top eight. Now Weng Chunting has been eliminated. What should he do?
Waiting online, urgent.
In District 5, Belarus's first brother Ochomirov defeated African top player Arul with a score of 4:2, while Germany's number two Wolf kept a clean sheet without any surprises.
In District 7, Hook and Pike teamed up to qualify.
In District 8, Lin Li easily defeated the Peacock Country's first brother, Gananaka, and Fang Xiaobo also shut down his opponent 4:0.
So the list of top 16 is officially released, and all the boring parts of this open tournament are over. What follows will be a series of focus battles that will make the audience very excited.
Zone 1, Xiao Fei vs Yan Ping'an.
Zone 2, Bayer vs Lin Zijun.
Zone 3, Wang Chao vs Zhu Shixian.
District 4, k. Michel VS Lu Feiyang.
Zone 5, Ochomirov vs Wolf.
District 6, Morad vs He Junjie.
District 7, Hook vs Pike.
District 8, Lin Li vs Fang Xiaobo.
In previous years' Open, the contestants would not be so uniform. Even if they reach the top 16 or even the top 8, there will always be some bastards mixed in, and sometimes there will be potential players who are very strong but not well-known.
But this time is different. This time there are too many players who signed up, but very few failed in the qualifying round. So entering the top 16 stage, everyone found that almost everyone was a famous player, and every matchup was full of highlights.
Either it's full of suspense, or it's a newcomer slaying the gods, or it's past grudges, or it's a peak battle.
The two Chinese table tennis civil wars are undoubtedly the focus, but the most exciting one is the duel between Hook and Pike, which is the European version of Decisive Battle at the Summit of Zijin.
Under such circumstances, He Junjie in District 6 seemed a little embarrassed.
He was a contestant selected by the host country. He was far behind in terms of strength, qualifications and reputation. He was trembling among these big shots, waiting to be crushed in the next round.
Another hour later, the 16-to-8 game officially started.
This time it was more formal, the tables were reduced from 8 to 4, and the eight duels were also played in two batches.
The first thing to be done is the duel between the four districts 1, 4, 5, and 8.
This distribution is also particular. According to the snake-like order when the seeds are initially selected, the players who win in Districts 1 and 4 will automatically become the opponents in the next round. Similarly, the players who win in Districts 5 and 8 will also automatically become the opponents in the next round.
Wang Chao is not playing for the time being. He chose to watch the match between Xiao Fei and Yan Ping'an.
From the perspective of strength, Xiao Fei is almost certain to win, so what Wang Chao depends on is not the result of the game, but Xiao Fei's on-site performance.
Although he now wants to stick to the royal style of play, this does not mean that he has become brainless. A super strong player like World Ranking Second like Xiao Fei, Wang Chao must spend great efforts and study carefully.
He had carefully studied the videos of the five main players in China Table Tennis before, and after he decided to participate in Hong Kong Open, he even dug out the videos of Xiao Fei and watched them all. But even so, he still needed to watch the scene.
Many times, the really important details are not visible in the video.
When broadcasting live games, the director chooses the angle of view that makes the audience most comfortable. Even if there are replays of highlight clips, the clips shown are highly entertaining. In addition, the camera follows the ball most of the time.
But in fact, the places that really reflect the strength of the players are the places that the cameras can't illuminate.
For example, how do the feet that are blocked by the table move when catching the ball, which foot is in front and which foot is behind.
For example, when the ball is not on the player's side, what state is the player in, relaxed or tense.
For example, where exactly are the players looking?
These things must be seen live to see the clues.
Wang Chao regards Xiao Fei as the biggest opponent in the first half. According to the group, if he wants to advance to the semi-finals, he must defeat Xiao Fei when the eight advance to the fourth.
But Wang Chao never expected that after a long hour, Xiao Fei was eliminated by Yan Ping'an 4:2.
This is undoubtedly another huge upset today.
Xiao Fei played without any problems. He played normally throughout the game. No matter what technique he used, he was very reasonable and very mature. The quality of the ball he played was extremely high. The error rate in the entire game was extremely low. He played at the high level that a main player of China Table Tennis Team should have.
But Yan Ping'an completely exploded today.
The game was played very fiercely, and the atmosphere was so tense that it was suffocating. From the beginning, Yan Ping'an showed a fierce and desperate attitude.
He is a very comprehensive player with both left and right hands. The only difference is strength, but today, he really put his heart into it. When he had a chance to attack, he almost risked his life to rush forward.
He had a slightly sad and crazy aura all over him. As long as he saw the slightest chance, he would attack desperately, like a madman.
He is usually a very reserved player, and only shouts at critical moments, but this time, he was like Zhang Benkuang, shouting from beginning to end, and his voice was a bit hoarse at the end.
He is old, 29 years old, and his temperament is gradually becoming more mature and stable. He is no longer able to excite himself as easily as an eighteen-year-old boy, so he can only forcefully mobilize his emotions through this slightly exaggerated roar, so that his body is always in the most active and energetic state.
He felt like the blood all over his body was burning, as if he was burning life.
Because he literally burns life.
Just one day ago, in the auditorium on table 13, when he saw Zou Zhengyu being defeated without any suspense by Wang Chao using a completely targeted strategy, he saw Zou Zhengyu win in the last game. He desperately saved the ball time and time again, and was defeated again and again. Seeing Zou Zhengyu slumped directly on Wang Chao's shoulders after the game, he felt that something in his heart was broken with a thump.
What was broken was not his heart, but his reason.
He saw his own tragic ending from Zou Zhengyu.
He has always been the most rational one among the three laggards. Unlike the other two, one has a super forehand and the other has a super backhand. He has a relatively weak temperament, lacks strength and passion, and advocates technical ball and control of the ball.
But when his reason failed, he suddenly wanted to act wildly.
He knew that excessive efforts at this time would only make the injury more serious, but he didn't want to worry about it so much.
Like an enraged bull, he must go to death whoever stands in his way, whether he is a teammate of Huaping or an opponent of non-Chinese associations.
He must help Zou Zhengyu complete what Zou Zhengyu failed to do.
They had made an appointment long ago, and they would get a medal this year no matter what. Their request was really humble. Anyone could get it, as long as they had one medal, just one, or a bronze medal.
But Zou Zhengyu has completely lost his chance, and only he and Fang Xiaobo are left.
However, the one he faced was Xiao Fei, and the one Fang Xiaobo faced was Lin Li.
How do I get the cards?
He knew that even if he fought hard to death, he could never beat Luo Jiu and Sun Tianlong. So, when Sun Tianlong and Luo Jiu were not around, he really had no room to retreat.
He became a lone wolf who was cornered.
He has to win.
To win everyone except Sun Tianlong and Luo Jiu.
Even World Ranking Second's Xiao Fei can never block his way forward.
He's crazy.
Then he won the first game, lost the second game, won the third game, and lost the fourth game.
Then, Xiao Fei seemed to collapse, allowing him to easily win the fifth and sixth games.
With bruises all over his body, he tore a piece of bloody flesh from Xiao Fei's body and stepped into the quarterfinals with his head held high.
This game was very exciting, with many rounds, because what Yan Ping'an is best at is purely technical style of play, which is destined to make him use a lot of continuous changes of left and right hands.
Normally, he doesn't retreat much, not because he wants to play at a fast pace, but because he is not strong enough and has no power when retreating.
But today he retreated a lot, and so did Xiao Fei, so the back-and-forth between the two sides was extremely intense.
But for such a wonderful game, the audience rarely applauded and cheered. They watched the game in a relatively silent atmosphere.
Because even the audience could see the tragic "do it or die" aura about Yan Ping'an, they were a little stunned.
They were accustomed to seeing friendly competitions in which sports replaced war in peaceful times. Suddenly, they were a little uncomfortable seeing this kind of battle with an obvious atmosphere of blood, violence, chaos, and despair.
But when Yan Ping'an finally won, they all chose to stand up and gave a warm and long round of applause.
The Hong Kong audience has a natural affinity for Chinese table tennis, and they are willing to use this method to pay tribute to a certain spirit.
But the problem is that while they were applauding, another group of spectators two tables away from them also stood up and started applauding wildly. The enthusiasm was no less intense than this one.
This made everyone very surprised and couldn't help but look over there.
The audience over there was also very surprised and looked over here.
Then Wang Chao learned an extremely shocking news: on table No. 4, Fang Xiaobo defeated Lin Li 4:2.
At this moment, the emotions of the audience in the port area were just shock and surprise, with a little bit of excitement, because they had watched the game for so many years, and it was the first time they saw so many upsets at the scene, so that they were in a daze and didn't understand what went wrong within Huaping.
The audience at Table 4 also saw the madness of despair from Fang Xiaobo.
And non-Chinese associations fans watching the online live broadcast were crazy with joy. They saw the top ten Chinese table tennis players in the world being eliminated internally, and they had to celebrate with gongs, drums and crowns.
Is there anything more enjoyable in the world than watching Huaping?
Only Wang Chao felt a thump in his heart at this moment and realized that something was wrong.
He was about to get up and look for He Jingping when he suddenly heard another noise not far away. The referee on table No. 3 stood up and made a "game over" gesture.
Wang Chao glanced at the scoreboard, and with his body's super eyesight, he could clearly see the score on the card.
k. Michel 4:2 Lu Feiyang.
The score of the last game was fixed at 11:7, and another Chinese table tennis player was eliminated.
Michel didn't seem too excited. With his world ranking, he thought it was no accident to eliminate Lu Feiyang. During the whole game, he didn't feel how powerful Lu Feiyang was, which made him more confident in his judgment.
"His strength only goes so far. Isn't it natural for me to defeat him? What is there to be proud of?"
Little did he know that at the beginning of the new year, the Huaping coaching staff's evaluation of Lu Feiyang was actually directly benchmarked against Weng Chunting.