Wang Chao ultimately did not agree to Fan Xiaodong's private invitation to fight.
Fan Xiaodong is a real person. He just felt that his teacher was plotting against Wang Chao, so he felt guilty and wanted to reveal the truth before the two formally met to give Wang Chao justice.
But Wang Chao is not arrogant in his heart?
If you expect every unfamiliar opponent to tell you the truth first, then why strive to be the best in the world?
What's more, Fan Xiaodong has played a lot of games since the qualifying round. He has seen what he should see and analyzed what should be analyzed. This is far better than the direct confrontation in the first game. What else is he dissatisfied with?
The fairness that competitive sports emphasizes is relative, not absolute.
If you want to be the best in the world, you often cannot reason.
For example, Dragon Team in the past seven years, didn't anyone plot against him?
Not only are the European table tennis circles constantly studying Dragon Team, but even Chinese table tennis players don't know how many coaches and players are studying Dragon Team. After all, there is only one number one in the world. Even if everyone is from Chinese table tennis, if you take my position, you steal my limelight. If you block my way, of course I have to try my best to get over it.
At best, under the strict supervision of the top management of Huaping, everyone chooses reasonable and fair competition methods instead of shameful extra-game moves, that's all.
The reason why Dragon Team has always been number one in the world is not because he can defeat everyone in a fair environment, but because he can withstand all calculations and targets.
Therefore, in fact, from the beginning of the year when He Jingping reminded Wang Chao to have the heart of a king, Wang Chao had already reflected on it carefully and was mentally prepared to be plotted and targeted by anyone.
Isn't it just that Fan Xiaodong has a set of playing methods specifically for himself?
Wang Chao had a head-on confrontation with the European table tennis team for two consecutive Opens. Didn't the European table tennis team rack their brains to plot against themselves? Even Hong Kong Open two months ago, even the European Coaches Federation was launched.
But in the end, didn't he win the championship?
In fact, the past generations of Huaping Great Demon King have spent twenty years telling the younger generations a truth: as long as you are strong enough, no one can plot against you.
"So just hide your killer move and use it when you meet me. If you can win, that's your skill." Wang Chao told Fan Xiaodong.
Seeing that Fan Xiaodong still looked guilty, he couldn't help but feel a little amused. "You only know that Coach Qin has prepared a way to beat me for you, but how do you know that I haven't specially prepared a way to beat you?"
Fan Xiaodong was a little surprised and said calmly, "But... you haven't even seen me play."
"I haven't seen it before, but you came to compete, didn't I see it?" Wang Chao patted him on the shoulder. "Fight hard, don't think too much, you may not be able to meet me... Hook This level is not easy to pass."
After all the hard work, Fan Xiaodong finally felt at ease.
When they re-entered the venue in the afternoon, Wang Chao saw the results of the morning Women's Singles game on the big screen above the venue.
To be honest, it somewhat surprised him.
In the match between Shen Sha and Yin Di, he was more optimistic about Shen Sha, but in the end, Shen Sha suddenly lost power in the midfield, and was overtaken by Yin Di.
In another match, Monstrous Strength Girl Tang Yuanyuan defeated Chen Tong, which was beyond most people's expectations. After all, although she eliminated Huaping's number one enemy Ichikawa Mima, but her ranking in the women's team's internal assessment has not been high for a long time. The time she defeated Ichikawa Mima was not strictly a technical victory, but a victory of psychology and luck.
On the contrary, Chen Tong performed extremely well among the small flowers, and even posed a certain threat to the top5.
It can only be said that there are many hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the women's team, and there are too many seedlings, which makes the civil war become a very unpredictable event.
In the end, the top four Women's Singles were Wang Yu, Yin Di, Tang Yuanyuan and another Bay Island female player Zhen Jing. In a sense, the Chinese players successfully completed the meeting.
The reaction of Swedish fans was mediocre. After all, the development of women's table tennis in Europe is average. So far, the European Championships women's table tennis singles competition is mostly fought by a group of former Chinese table tennis players who have changed their nationality.
As the music played in the venue, the audience gradually entered the venue until the entire venue was full. Although the game had not started yet, a faint tense and dignified atmosphere had gradually grown.
Two local Swedish on-site commentators were lowering their heads to organize thick documents on the desk. They had serious expressions and occasionally talked in low voices. They were exchanging effective information rather than joking casually, because there was no smile on their faces.
The obese middle-aged referee walked in slowly and sat down on the referee's seat beside the table. He meticulously arranged the small props in front of him, checked whether there were any problems with the scoreboard, lowered his head to adjust the tie on his chest, and used his hands to gather the few hairs on his head.
Even the staff responsible for cleaning the court, wiping the table, and checking the rackets before the start of the game pursed their lips and kept a straight face.
This is completely different from the loud talking, laughing, casual chatting and random cheering in the previous two days of competition.
This makes sense.
Because this afternoon's game represents too many things to the European table tennis world.
The top four matchups: Hook vs Fan Xiaodong, Wolf vs Wang Chao.
Considering that Hook is playing in the club league in Germany and is receiving the guidance of Rohlskov, European fans can think in a broad sense that this is another head-on confrontation between Europe and China Table Tennis that is full of ritual and symbolic meaning.
More importantly, Hook represents the future of Europe, Wolf represents the present of Europe, and Wang Chao and Fan Xiaodong, judging from their current strength, are very likely to be the real leaders of Huaping in the next ten to fifteen years.
So the two games this afternoon will almost determine the life and death of the European table tennis world.
They can no longer afford to lose.
Sissifield, who has realized the truth, lost.
Old Wa's successor Morad was eliminated internally.
Michel, who had achieved great success after the technical reform, lost.
England's Pike was even beaten to the point of choosing to go into seclusion.
In the past six months, many supernovas have emerged in Europe, completing super evolution one by one, rushing into the Open finals one by one, challenging Huaping Great Demon King, and winning one or two games one by one.
They were such a blowout that the stars shone so brightly that European fans had the illusion that their time had come.
But in the end, all the challengers still failed to break through the iron wall. They just brought the illusion of "hope" to the fans.
Looking back now, in fact, in the past two months, all the rising supernovas have been slapped to death on the beach by three generations of Huaping's old, middle and young people.
Although Chinese table tennis players never talk big after winning, and never provoke other associations, Europeans still understand what Huaping expresses: Your uncle is still your uncle. Even if he is old and occasionally weak, in the final analysis, he is still your uncle.
Today no one thought Wolf could beat Wang Chao, all their eyes fell on Hook.
Hook is a fig leaf for the Europeans. Although he is from South America, he now represents Europe. He has lost to Sun Tianlong and Luo Jiu in succession. Today he faces the younger Wang Chao and Fan Xiaodong. If he can complete the breakthrough, it will at least mean that Europe's future is worth looking forward to.
When he first came to Sweden three days ago, everyone thought Hook was here to win the championship. But in just a dozen hours from yesterday to today, Fan Xiaodong showed super violence that made Europeans' scalps numb. Wang Chao It showed a master-level defense that made Europeans' scalps numb. More importantly, a public conversation between Wang Chao and He Jingping in the restaurant completely revealed Hook's details in front of everyone's eyes.
This makes people panic.
The announcement sounded in the court, and Hook and Fan Xiaodong entered the table at the same time from both sides of the table, and the audience burst into warm applause.
Rohlskov is sitting on the edge of the fence behind Hook, and He Jingping is sitting on the edge of the fence behind Fan Xiaodong. They are also far away from each other, looking at each other across the bank.
This game is not only a duel between players, but also a duel between coaches.
Rohlskov boasted many times that he helped Hook, but He Jingping said clearly yesterday, "You helped me, but you don't even understand what Hook's problem is. It's just a mistake."
This is a public slap in the face.
Regarding the restaurant video, Rohlskov did not respond publicly, but his face must be burning with pain, because fans all over the world now agree that He Jingping is right, and Rohlskov never mentioned this when he was bragging about himself before. Obviously he really didn't understand.
So Rohlskov is also fighting against the odds today. If he wants to make a comeback, he can only hope that Hook will win.
He definitely couldn't be reasonable. After all, he realized it himself and really didn't understand it.
But in the world of competitive sports, no matter how many truths you say, they are all false. Only winning is true. Winner takes all. Even if you say that eating shit can increase your goals, others will only hold their noses and listen.
So Rohlskov holds his breath and must guide Hook to win this game. At that time, he will have to accept at least ten interviews with national media to vent his anger and say everything that should be said and should not be said.
The referee blew the whistle, and the players from both sides guessed the coins. In the end, Hook got the right to serve.
He held the ball and squatted slightly, making a serving gesture. At this moment, the huge stadium suddenly became quiet and silent.
Everyone held their breath, waiting for the first ball, hoping to get some clues about the outcome of this game.
Hook throws the ball conventionally high. When the ball falls to the horizontal height, he hits it hard with the front of the racket, sending a very fast bottom line Bullet Serve and going straight to the Fan Xiaodong forehand position.
Although he has been publicly identified by the international table tennis community as possessing Microscopic Precision, because his playing style is relatively rough, he does not like fighting on the court. In all his games, he strives to hit the ball long and out of the table, because this makes it easier for him to show off his unparalleled power and speed.
Facing the ball, Fan Xiaodong took half a step back, used the back of the racket to rub a long ball, and directly touched the bottom line of Hook's backhand position.
It was this return of serve that made Qin Huachang, who was far away in the Imperial Hospital ward, couldn't help but praise, "Good."
Cai Guodong has a lot to do every day, so naturally he won't come to the hospital again today, so the one accompanying him now is Sun Tianlong.
Sun Tianlong was peeling an apple carefully, handed it to Qin Huachang, and said with a smile, "Junior brother may seem to have a rough style of play, but this rubbing shows how delicate he is. No wonder, teacher, you are so interested in him."
The words of the two are not flattering. In fact, Hook's serve has always been outstanding in the table tennis world. He is probably the player who has the highest throw when serving high throws in history, and is also the player who is best at converting the gravitational potential energy of high throws into kinetic energy. Therefore, although his serve has few fake moves, the quality is surprisingly high. It is either super fast, super spinning, or super turning, which can always cause considerable trouble to the opponent.
Players with a slightly inferior touch will even be forced to step back from the table and pull up the lob to transition when encountering a high-quality serve like his. However, players like Li Zhengzhi and Japanese penhold single-ply blade are not good at defense because of their playing style, so the only option is to step back from the table and directly charge head-on, forcing the board to attack. There is no way to transition.
Hook obviously wanted to force Fan Xiaodong to play, but Fan Xiaodong was unwilling. He chose to rub the ball because he wanted to return to the small ball in the table.
He was able to hit such a fierce ball low, slow and very fast, and the landing point was very precise at the bottom line of the Hook backhand position, right between the ball being released and not being released. All of this shows how well he controls the ball.
But Hook was unreasonable. He took half a step back from the stage, raised his elbow, and said Overlord Twist.
As mentioned before, there are two types of backhand twisting. One is for speed, such as Lin Zijun, and the other is for strength, such as Sissifield. These two types of ball twisting have their own strengths and applicability, but Basically, each player's backhand twisting style is fixed and difficult to change. If it really needs to be changed, it will often become completely different. This is because every player will subconsciously adopt the method that is most suitable for their own abilities and attributes when training backhand twisting.
Lin Zijun has a landing point but no strength, so he naturally chooses to twist quickly. Sissifield has an average mind and a strong body, so he naturally chooses to twist hard.
But only Hook is an anomaly.
He has no tactical system, which also means that when he handles the ball, he completely depends on his mood, and he is unconstrained and eclectic.
If others play like this, the quality will be insufficient, but he is not afraid, because he has speed, strength, and touch. No matter what style, he is top-notch.
So before Hook touched the ball, Fan Xiaodong was already focused to the extreme. Even Hook's fast movements began to slow down in his eyes, and he could see clearly.
He is a super genius in the true sense. Although he does not have much game experience, he has unparalleled intuition. He clearly judged the direction of the ball from Hook's meticulous movements of raising his elbow, swinging his arm, and twisting his wrist, and then directly predicted it.
In the eyes of the audience, Fan Xiaodong's actions at this moment are actually somewhat similar to when Wang Chao played Michel this morning. The same moment when the opponent hit the ball, he already reacted like a leapfrog reaction. He stretched out his arm, put the racket in the air somewhere, flipped his wrist, and waited.
Thanks to "Chu Ren Xiao Kong Qiu" for the 500 coin reward.