There were no surprises in the singles draw. On the contrary, because there were not many registered players, the list of world rankings continued to be postponed. In the end, all eight players from China Table Tennis entered the main draw directly.
This is an unexpected surprise for Liang Kunpeng, Gao Mingyuan and others, because it means that even if they don't win a game, they still have points to gain.
The draw for Mixed Doubles is even simpler.
Although countries around the world are very enthusiastic about mixed doubles, overall, the number of mixed doubles teams is still much smaller than that of singles. Most associations only form one pair. In the end, any partner who participated in mixed doubles last month will be counted as one. Even if they did not win a game last month, they will still directly enter the main draw.
Then the combination of Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan is a bit embarrassing...
They have no mixed doubles record in the World Series, so they don't have a mixed doubles world ranking. Logically speaking, they should start from the qualifying rounds anyway.
The problem is, apart from them, there are no other qualifying combinations, and other combinations have points.
So who can they fight? Air?
In the end, after emergency consultations with the Malaysian Table Tennis Association, International Table Tennis Federation officials decided to let Tang Dynasty Combination directly enter the main competition.
So soon, all the groups came out.
Men's Singles, Gao Mingyuan, Lu Feiyang, Sun Zhongwen, Lin Li, Bai Feng Five people,, formed a team in the upper half to play black, while three people, Liang Kunpeng, Fan Xiaodong, and Xiao Fei, played in the lower half to fight landlords.
It is worth mentioning that Mizutori Hato is also in the lower half.
In mixed doubles, Lin Zijun and Zhen Jing, Sissifield and Solga, Zhang Benkuang and Yamano Mia entered the top half.
The remaining Weng Chunting and Ai Qin, Mizutori Hato and Ichikawa Mima, Zhu Shixian and Xu Xiaoyuan, and the last Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan enter the second half.
After a night's rest, the battle officially started the next day.
The Open directly followed the process of Olympic Games, placing the order of mixed doubles at the top of all competitions.
And the organizers started to stir up trouble. In order to sell more tickets, they created a topic at the beginning. The first game they arranged was directly Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan vs Zhu Shixian and Xu Xiaoyuan in the 4/4 area of the lower half.
The abbreviation of the former is Wang Chao's own name, Tang Dynasty Combination.
As for the latter, we don't know how Kimchi Country was named, but the Chinese audience has reached a consensus and calls them "Little Pig Combination".
It's a bit of a joke, but who told them to meet Wang Chao in the first round?
The audience generally believes that Zhu Shixian and Xu Xiaoyuan will lose. Since they must lose, then Wang Chao and the others will naturally look like they are killing pigs when they fight. So, what's the problem with calling Little Pig Combination?
Is it possible that you still plan to resist violently and upgrade yourself to a big pig combination?
From the very beginning of this game, there was a strong smell of abuse.
In fact, the combination of Zhu Shixian and Xu Xiaoyuan is not weak. Last month, they defeated the Peacock Country and the Beautiful Country with zero seals in the qualifying round. The pair then met Lin Zijun and Zhen Jing in the first round of the main match. After a hard battle, Lin Zijun and Zhen Jing won with difficulty 4:2.
It must be admitted that Double Chopper Combination is still very creative, especially Zhu Shixian's style of play, which is actually seven-point defense and three-point offense. He has the strongest desire to attack among all chip players in the world.
And Xu Xiaoyuan is recognized by Kimchi Country as the number one chipper among women. She also has a certain forehand offensive ability. At the same time, her defensive ability is extremely strong and can be described as an iron wall. She has defeated many people in the world singles arena, including the top 5 players in China Table Tennis.
It can be said that even if you are the main national player of Huaping, if your mentality is not calm enough, you may lose when you encounter Xu Xiaoyuan.
But when these two ceiling-level figures meet Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan, they will be unlucky for eight lifetimes.
Wang Chao has no backspin at all, and has one of the top three in-table ball handling abilities in the world. These two attributes are almost perfect for chip players. When facing chip players, he can swing short, use wide angles, and attack at will. He can do whatever he wants, without any taboos.
And Tang Yuanyuan is the only female player in the world who can force the slicer's backspin ball into a heavy loop purely by relying on the strength of her forehand.
Not one.
Her playing philosophy is still feminine, but when it comes to veneer handling, after two months of step-by-step instruction from Wang Chao, she has completely switched to a masculine style of play.
This includes: facing the backspin ball directly to kill the ball, facing the backhand ball that does not spin enough, directly re-twisting the backhand ball, facing the forehand ball that does not spin enough, directly smashing the ball, facing the lofted ball, directly charging without regard to 3721, and so on.
She has been completely transformed into a doubles player by Wang Chao. The long two months have almost made her forget what it feels like to play singles.
Singles requires the connection of movements, the switching of forehand and backhand, the need to leave room for strength, and the need to play one board and read three boards to analyze the opponent's movements. These are not needed in mixed doubles.
The essence of Mixed Doubles is in the first three boards. Most of the scores are produced on the first three boards. There are not so many follow-ups and not so many stalemates. The biggest emphasis on it is for the male players to find opportunities to defeat the opposite female players with one board.
For Tang Dynasty Combination, there are two biggest things to pay attention to. The first is for the male player to find an opportunity to hit the opposite female player with a board, and the second is for the female player to find an opportunity to hit the opposite female player with a board.
In short, just keep an eye on the female players on the opposite side and beat them.
Wang Chao inculcated this view into Tang Yuanyuan thousands of times.
So Tang Yuanyuan's current playing style is to hug the board and run away. After she has calmed down, she will step forward and hug the board. She has become a complete opportunist, playing like a sap.
She is happy because she has an all-around technical talent like Wang Chao who can help her. The connection after she hugged this board was completed by Wang Chao, and the ball making was completed by Wang Chao. In a sense, Wang Chao is still the same as Men's Doubles who originally fought Table Tennis First Division and Table Tennis Super League. She is used as a tool.
Of course, this state cannot be said to be correct. It can only be said that Tang Yuanyuan is not a perverted genius like Wang Chao. She cannot truly understand the detailed movement essentials and complex on-the-spot choices of mixed doubles in just two months. She still has to practice next.
But just in this state, playing Zhu Shixian and Xu Xiaoyuan is enough.
Zhu Shixian is okay, but I feel uncomfortable being restricted by Wang Chao. I can never find a chance to get started, and I can't create many opportunities for Xu Xiaoyuan.
Xu Xiaoyuan was completely fooled.
Initially, in the first game, she received the ball from Wang Chao, which was hit continuously by Wang Chao. It was very miserable. While she was deeply afraid of Wang Chao, she also expressed her understanding. After all, the male players beat the female players violently. This is the special nature of mixed doubles.
But when she lost the first game and the second game started, she had to catch the ball from Tang Yuanyuan. She breathed a sigh of relief and felt that she could take it easy in this game. She just had to work hard for Shixian and Oppa to carry Wang Chao.
But then she was beaten to death by Tang Yuanyuan with a continuous blow. The powerful and heavy force was simply more terrifying than Wang Chao. It was just that she couldn't catch the ball. If she accidentally breathed on her face and body, her skin would really hurt.
She is a little doubtful about life.
When the third game started, she discovered more things.
She discovered that Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan's role allocation was actually different from other combinations. There was no clear dividing line between assistant and main attacker. As long as there was a chance, both of them would take action.
It stands to reason that this will cause an imbalance between offense and defense. After all, extreme exertion will definitely affect ball control, but why has Tang Dynasty Combination never had any problems with ball control?
Her strength cannot be improved due to her talent, but her vision gradually improves with age. So when the campus sister began to observe with purpose, she discovered an amazing fact: Wang Chao actually controlled most of the balls steadily under the premise of various intermittent extreme exertions.
This is scary.
You know, the reason why Mixed Doubles emphasizes main attack and assist is because a player's comprehensive ability is limited. You can't control the ball steadily under various circumstances. You can only choose one of the two, because you have to give 80% or even 90% of your energy to keep the ball from getting out of control.
People who have the feel of Microscopic Precision level may be better off and can only put in 60 to 70% of their energy.
But if you exert extreme force, it will definitely affect your movement, your feel, your balance, and many other things.
In this case, you will never be able to allocate more than 30% of your energy to details.
And Wang Chao relied on this concentration of no more than 30% to control most of the balls on the court, playing on an equal footing with his full support.
This is so unreasonable.
And that Tang Yuanyuan, she is totally a male player wearing a female skin. Otherwise, how could any female player directly pull out Overlord Twist on the backhand position? Even Oppa Shixian couldn't stop this twist.
Xu Xiaoyuan is convinced.
She realized that this was not a gap in tactics and strategy, but a crushing force in terms of hard power, just like when you were playing Landlord and you got two kings, four 2 four aces and a long straight, even if the two farmers opposite were the reincarnations of the gods of gambling, they would never win against you.
In the end, Tang Dynasty Combination's first game ended with a 4:0 shutout. They were beaten violently throughout the game and did not give the opponent any chance. When the game was over, the beauty of the campus sister was pale, and the face of Shixian Oppa was pale. They all felt that life was worse than death.
And this game really made the world table tennis world completely excited.
"What kind of play is this? Why can't I understand it?"
"Isn't it said that upward compatibility is already the most advanced mixed doubles style in today's table tennis?"
"Then tell me, who of the two is compatible with whom?"
"Who can tell me where the female partner Wang Chao came from? Who can check her details? I seriously doubt that she has ever been to Thailand."
"Is this female player a supernova launched by the Chinese Table Tennis Women's Team? Is she the benchmark Fan Xiaodong?"
"Oh my god, this attack power is so terrifying. Although I think it's a bit rough, it's really beautiful. I really want to know who is stronger, Tang Dynasty Combination or Scarlet Gossip Combination."
"I think Scarlet Gossip Combination is still stronger, because it is obvious from the details of the game that Scarlet Gossip Combination has more experience and is more sophisticated in handling the ball."
"Are you sure Scarlet Gossip Combination can achieve this kind of effect when he meets Double Chopper Combination? Don't forget, it was very difficult for Scarlet Gossip Combination to fight Taiwan Island Combination, and it was also difficult for Taiwan Island Combination to win against Double Chopper Combination. There has never been such a desperate crushing from beginning to end."
"Hey, man, do you know what style restraint is? We might as well take a look later. I think Tang Dynasty Combination's style of play will suffer a lot once it encounters a combination of extreme speed and style."
"That's right, man. I also think that Wang Chao's partner is too simple to play. If such a simple style of play can lead to invincibility, it only shows that there is still a lot of room for development in mixed doubles techniques and tactics."
"Does anyone want to make a bet with me on which pair of players Huaping will send to participate in Olympic Games?"
From the initial exclamation that there was no technical content, to the various debates that followed, the European table tennis world inexplicably started a new round of discussion because of this competition between Asian players. Later, even professional players came off the court to join the discussion, and then the coaches also left the court.
Swedish head coach Persson expressed his opinion at 10 o'clock that morning. "I think they still adhere to the principle of upward compatibility, but the female player named Tang Yuanyuan's style of play is too masculine, so they changed the mixed doubles to Men's Doubles. Naturally, there will not be such a big gap in all aspects between the two male players, so the boundaries between them as support and main attack will be blurred."
Rohlskov was more direct, mocking sourly. "How can you beat Men's Doubles in mixed doubles?"
Then he @Wolf, who was recovering from his injury, said, "Are you interested in having a small surgery and then playing a mixed doubles with Sissifield?"
Wolf is also an interesting guy. He actually replied, "Let me think about it."
In a rural villa in Sweden, Old Wa naturally saw this farce.
But instead of ending up, he allowed the comments of Persson and Rohlskov to become the most authoritative answer to this question on the forum.
In fact, he disagrees with Rohlskov.
He believes that Rohlskov has been jealous of Huaping for many years, which has led to him being unable to look at problems in a completely rational way.
For example, this game.
Is the real core of Tang Dynasty Combination's victory Tang Yuanyuan with masculine power?
Actually not.
Old Wa can clearly see that the real core is Wang Chao with Grandmaster level feel and Grandmaster level technology.
There are probably only two people in the world who can exert extreme power while also serving as a perfect support. These two people are Wang Chao and Sun Tianlong.
Because they are the only two masters of technology in history.
Tang Dynasty Combination's style of play cannot be imitated by anyone.
And this is the real reason why they are still so unstoppable even if they play a little rough.
Likewise, this is the real reason why Wang Chao dared to speak wildly before the game.
Old Wa leaned back at this moment and sighed feebly.
He was desperate.
Because International Table Tennis Federation spent so much thought, warmed up a lot, and guided the fishing boat in various ways, he finally sent the mixed doubles to Olympic Games.
They thought this was the only track where overtaking in corners was possible, but now, because of the appearance of unreasonable guys like Wang Chao, the race was killed in advance.
The Olympic gold medal is gone.
Old Wa was quite uninterested for a moment. He opened the notebook in front of him, tore out the pages containing information about several Swedish female players, and threw them into the trash can next to him.
During this time, he has been thinking about how to match his designated successor Morad with a mixed doubles partner, and he already has some ideas. He originally thought of selecting the female partner first, and then bringing her to him for a few months of special training, and finally letting her train with Morad.
But now he doesn't want to do anything.
In the mixed doubles track, maybe my old friend Persson still wants to stick with it, but he, Old Wa, chooses not to play anymore.
(Important notice. Important notice. The previous Chapter 331 has been slightly revised, Chapter 332 has been overhauled, and Chapter 332 is basically a rewrite. You can go back and read it again.)