Another seed player, Bai Feng, ranked seventh in the world, and Chinese penhold style, the famous world number one, lost to the Swedish teenager Morad under circumstances that no one expected.
Judging from the technical stability of this game, Bai Feng played without any problems. He took the stage for almost every attack and succeeded every time he pulled the ball. However, it was difficult for him to kill Morad with just this level of attack.
The octagonal racket of Morad has been thoroughly analyzed by many people in the industry in the past six months. It is said that it has a better hitting sweet spot and is more suitable for players to swing quickly. It also has a killer move when hitting the ball in the middle, which is somewhat similar to Japanese penhold single-ply blade.
But equipment is equipment and people are people. Morad can win not only because of the special attributes of this racket that people are uncomfortable with, but because he can really make full use of the advantages of this racket.
His ball is extremely fast-paced and his playing style is tricky. Because of his unique racket, the movement of pulling the ball and the quality of the ball are often unexpected. At the same time, he also has the natural advantage of European strength. Once he finds an opportunity, whether from the forehand or backhand position, he can hit extremely sharp shots from the near table or the middle table.
If we must say that he has any flaws, it is that the in-table ball is still not rigorous enough, and the details are still a bit rough and need to be improved urgently.
However, Bai Feng is also a rough guy, and he has never been foolhardy. Even after being beaten to death by Wang Chao last year, he still remained obsessed with it. So this time, at least half of his failure came from Morad's crushing IQ.
In this game, the Swedish guy really showed some of the characteristics of the legendary Old Wa's playing style, which is relaxed and relaxed, fast and slow, soft and hard, and he is extremely smart.
He just has a grumpy personality, but he is by no means grumpy. In fact, judging from his game, this man simply has a delicate heart.
These two defeats can be said to have torn off Huaping's last fig leaf.
Except for Sun Tianlong and Luo Jiu, the five regular main players of Huaping over the years, the other three have obviously lost their dominance when facing non-Chinese associations.
In the past, the days when Huaping could win the championship if they sent any main player, it has been officially announced that they are gone forever.
There are die-hard fans on the forum who are still trying to make up for the players, saying that Lin Li failed because Qin Huachang did not provide in-person guidance, and Bai Feng failed because Coach Wang Lu's on-site guidance ability was limited. However, such statements were quickly drowned out by more trolls with a massive amount of filthy words.
Yes, the trolls on Silver Ball Dance Forum have already started.
For more than half a year, all of Huaping's external operations have been like walking a tightrope. Sometimes extremely powerful players will come forward, giving people a feeling of indestructibility. Sometimes, very weak players will appear, making people feel that Huaping is mediocre. In the final analysis, it is still the same thing that non-Chinese associations has said many times: Huaping is out of gear.
This kind of hiatus is not just that there is no successor, but that even the five main players in their prime have begun to have problems one after another.
The extremely reassuring feeling I had before has not occurred for a long, long time.
This is a very special era.
Huaping in this era clearly has the strongest players in history, but it happens to be the weakest time overall.
In this era, besides Huaping, countless associations have begun to rise, like mushrooms after a rain, one after another, and they can't be suppressed.
Huaping initially studied Hook, but Lin Zijun emerged.
So Huaping studied Lin Zijun, and as a result, Pike emerged.
Huaping began to study Pike, and this time, Sissifield, Qiu Shang, and Morad appeared one after another.
This feeling is like playing whack-a-mole. You are obviously trying very hard to fight, but when you look down, you will see that countless moles have come out of holes all over the ground, and have dug holes into your home.
The three rising players today do not have a particularly obvious trend of super evolution, but their foundation is good enough and their playing style is advanced enough. What they have shown so far is enough to destroy the self-confidence of Chinese table tennis fans.
Lin Li, which ranked first in veneer quality in Huaping, was completely destroyed by Sissifield in terms of veneer quality.
Huaping's strongest straight line was perfectly resolved by the Swedish teenager.
Non-Chinese associations's straight bar beat up our main players.
Under such a premise, Fang Xiaobo's loss to Bayer seemed calm and even felt natural.
After all, even Lin Li Bai Feng can lose, why can't Fang Xiaobo lose?
What's more, he lost to European King.
That night, Wang Chao received a call from Luo Jiu.
Luo Jiu is still the same as before. As soon as the phone call came through, he was over there with a strange look. "Junior brother, you are so awesome. You killed me Brother Long. By the way, are you the number one in the world?"
Wang Chao ignored his teasing and asked, "Senior brother, are you having a hard time now?"
The chattering Luo Jiu suddenly lost his skin. There was silence on the other end of the phone for a long time before he sighed, "Hey, yes, I'm under a lot of pressure. To tell you the truth, I'm afraid I'm going to have insomnia tonight. I just went to see Old He. Old He suggested that I practice more at night, and I went to see Old Cai. Old Cai told me a lot of truths. I had no choice but to go to Lao Wang, after all, he was an outsider... Guess what happened?"
Wang Chao heard this interestingly and asked, "What's wrong?"
"He and Old Zhu went together." Luo Jiu said with a smile, "The two unlucky guys Bai Feng and Lu Feiyang were practicing there in the middle of the night. They said they were eliminated anyway, so they were idle. It was better to start practicing early. They also invited me to join, so I ran away quickly."
Luo Jiu said it lightly, like he was talking about cross talk, but Wang Chao knew in his heart that Luo Jiu must be under more pressure than a mountain now, otherwise, he wouldn't have called him at this point.
He must have been overwhelmed and had no one to talk to, so he thought of looking for him.
In this afternoon's match, three Chinese table tennis players were eliminated in succession. As a result, all the pressure was on Luo Jiu.
"Junior brother, I really admire you when I think about it. A month ago in the port area, you and I were in the same situation." Luo Jiu sighed, "But I don't have as good a mentality as you. I'm afraid I can't handle it."
Wang Chao means understanding.
Although Luo Jiu is smart, he is very sunny and does not have so many twists and turns in his heart. All his IQ is used in pure technology, and because he has been undergoing technological transformation for the past seven years, he has never been suppressed, because Sun Tianlong at that time did not look down on him at all. Even if he had to choose the target of suppression, he would choose Lin Li or Bai Feng.
So Luo Jiu is actually more fragile than imagined.
Even though he is now confident that his strength has reached the level of invincibility, this invincibility is within the scope of being reasonable and does not include some unreasonable players.
In fact, most of the newly emerged super geniuses are not very reasonable and rely entirely on their physical condition.
So Luo Jiu is actually not that afraid of Lin Zijun, Qiu Shang, and Morad. He is more afraid of Hook and Sissifield.
Wang Chao subconsciously glanced at the list of the top eight matches that he had just found on the screen of his mobile phone.
Luo Jiu vs Sissifield.
Morad vs Weng Chunting.
Lin Zijun vs Pike.
Bayer vs Hook.
Although there are three Chinese in the top eight, both Minato and Bay Island are participating independently, so in a sense, Luo Jiu has perfectly replicated the situation that Wang Chao was in Hong Kong Open a month ago, becoming the only Chinese table tennis seedling in the top eight.
The difference is that Wang Chao could still bargain with Cai Guodong at that time, and he did not need to bear this burden.
But Luo Jiu came to participate in this competition with the mission of winning the championship.
Wang Chao thought about it, and finally came up with a word of comfort, "Don't worry, as usual, Hook will fall apart in the middle. Besides, he will fight Uncle Bai tomorrow. I think he will lose 80% of the time."
When these words came out, Luo Jiu was immediately shocked. "Bah, bah, bah, the child's words are blown away by the strong wind, Wang Chao, Wang Chao, do you want me to die? How long has it been, and you actually dare to plant a flag?"
Wang Chao was stunned.
After chatting with Luo Jiu for a while, Wang Chao just hung up the phone, only to find another call came in. This time it was even stranger, it was Cai Guodong who was far away from Tianfu City.
Old Cai You've been exhausted all day, but you still have time to find me?
Wang Chao answered the call with doubts, and heard Cai Guodong say over there, "Wang Chao, get ready, Swedish Open you go next month."
Wang Chao was so surprised that he said "ah".
Cai Guodong was obviously in a bad mood, and he didn't speak in a good mood, "Ah, what, do you think I want you to go? It's not a good thing you did today... Okay, let me tell you straight, Sun Tianlong's injury has relapsed and he can't go. He took the initiative to let you go."
Wang Chao did not dare to agree directly. He thought carefully for two seconds and asked carefully, "Head coach, if I go, do I have to complete the task on behalf of Brother Long?"
"You're such a smart kid, you won't take any losses." Even though Cai Guodong was in a low mood, he laughed angrily at his attitude, "Do you think I was begging you to go, and you bargained with me? If Sun Tianlong hadn't insisted on letting you go, believe it or not, I would have turned around and let Xiao Fei and..."
When he said this, he suddenly paused and couldn't continue.
Originally he wanted to talk about Xiao Fei and Lin Li Bai Feng, but he suddenly remembered that Lin Li and Bai Feng had just lost face today. How could his words be convincing?
He even felt that under the current circumstances, sending these three generals Xiao Fei Lin Li Bai Feng out to fight might not necessarily bring back the championship.
On the contrary, it's Wang Chao...
Cai Guodong stopped in a hurry, not daring to think about it any more.
He had been vaguely aware of the high reliability of Wang Chao in his mind a long time ago, but only now did he realize that the reliability had actually increased to this point.
Is it because he won Sun Tianlong today?
Cai Guodong quickly adjusted his mood, changed the topic, and said, "Are you going? If not, I'll give up."
Wang Chao sighed helplessly in his heart.
Obviously, this is too late.
He doesn't have to go, Cai Guodong has no reason to force him, but the problem is, he can't let it go.
Each of these opportunities was obtained with great effort at the cake sharing meeting.
But if he wants to go, he can't go there easily. Since he is going out for Sun Tianlong, he has to take on Sun Tianlong's task, which is to win the championship.
He will bear the same burden as Luo Jiu today.
So he said, "Can I ask who else is going?"
Cai Guodong was so angry that he snorted three times in a row, but in the end he did not hang up the phone. He said patiently, "I'm afraid there are not many people, because there are too many people who lost the foreign war this time. Among the remaining people, who do you want to go, you can mention it, and I will think about it."
This is also the practice of Chinese table tennis. If a player loses a foreign game, he will be suspended for at least one round, and in many cases, he will not be allowed to play in international competitions for half a year. But this time, Lin Li, Bai Feng, Yan Ping'an, and Fang Xiaobo are all After losing the foreign war, as for Lu Feiyang and Sun Zhongwen, not only did they lose the foreign war, but they also did not come out of the qualifying round. Then Swedish Open next month is theoretically still eligible to compete, and only Xiao Fei is left.
Of course, Liang Kunpeng and Gao Mingyuan are also qualified, but Cai Guodong knows in his heart that Wang Chao needs helpers who can help clear mines, and these two people can't be counted on for the time being.
Of course, if Luo Jiu can win this time, he can continue to compete next time, but if Luo Jiu goes, then it would be inappropriate for Wang Chao to go again.
After all, Cai Guodong also has "Kings do not meet kings" in mind. Today Wang Chao destroyed Sun Tianlong, which has greatly disrupted some of his plans. Next, he will never allow Wang Chao to have a chance of head-on collision with Luo Jiu in front of Olympic Games.
Wang Chao pondered carefully for a few seconds before saying, "I am willing to play in Sweden and I am willing to take responsibility, but the head coach, one person must accompany me."
Cai Guodong Hearing his formal tone, his curiosity was aroused and he asked, "Who?"
Wang Chao said, "Fan Xiaodong."