Wang Chao finally got the singles opportunity from German Open.
Even Cai Guodong, the chief helmsman of China Table Tennis Team, must show a sufficiently cautious attitude when faced with the big battle coming together from Wang Chao and Sun Tianlong.
In fact, when Cai Guodong saw these two people appearing at the door of his office at the same time, he felt deep down in his heart that there was even a hint of pressure to force him to marry.
Of course he knew that these two contestants were not here to force him into the palace.
But these two people were so important that he vaguely felt that rejecting their joint request would be a stressful thing for him.
No wonder Cai Guodong has this mentality.
Wang Chao himself is more than just a player. He has repeatedly proven that he can do things that the entire coaching staff cannot do with his wisdom. In Cai Guodong's mind, he is the future number one coach of China Table Tennis Team.
If there is still a trace of suspense about who will be the strongest player in Huaping in the future, then the suspense of who will be the smartest, most insidious and cunning person in Huaping in the future has been lost as early as half a year.
Not to mention Sun Tianlong.
He is the strongest player in history, and he is very likely to succeed him in the future and become the new helmsman of Huaping.
At this point, Sun Tianlong is more reliable than Wang Chao.
Because Wang Chao is a silver coin, and Sun Tianlong is a hero.
To be the leader, you still need to have some sense of the big picture. People who are too insidious tend to engage in small collectivism, such as Qin Huachang.
So Cai Guodong asked Wang Chao very seriously, "Are you sure you want to do two things?"
Wang Chao nodded. "OK."
"Can you come back with two gold medals?" Cai Guodong asked again.
"I can." Wang Chao said without any hesitation.
"Can you keep up with the physical strength?" Cai Guodong asked again.
"I can keep up." Wang Chao continued to nod.
"If you can't do it, don't make excuses." Cai Guodong Take precautions before they happen.
"Of course." Wang Chao replied.
"Okay." Although Cai Guodong wants stability, he will make a decision when the matter comes. "In this case, I also promise you that if you can get two gold medals back, and the mixed doubles continues to win the championship in a crushing style, I will let you participate in the World Cup qualifiers at the end of the month. As long as you can pass the preliminaries, you can participate in World Cup."
He smiled, "Do you think the schedule is too tight?"
Wang Chao also smiled, "Actually, if you are willing, I think it can be tighter."
Tang Yuanyuan actually thought about picking up singles again while practicing mixed doubles.
But after Wang Chao came out of Cai Guodong's office, he mercilessly denied her bad idea of "eating from the bowl and looking at the pot".
He dragged Tang Yuanyuan to start training crazily and hard. The training intensity was so high that Scarlet Gossip Combination, who was his sparring partner, was quite surprised.
"Is it necessary to fight so hard? You are already invincible." Liu Wen advised him during a break, "Now that you two can beat us, I don't believe you can still meet your opponents in the Open."
Wang Chao shook his head and sighed, "I don't know either... I have no reference point now. I have no idea what other associations can do. In short, there is no harm in practicing more."
Both Liu Wen and Xiao Fei expressed confusion. They didn't know what the reference object Wang Chao was talking about, and Wang Chao didn't mean to explain it at all.
In fact, Wang Chao has no way to explain it, because from the very beginning, his entire mixed doubles idea came from the experience of his previous life, and those imaginary enemies in the world arena can almost be derived from non-Chinese associations's previous life. The benchmark combination was found in combination, so at the beginning, Wang Chao was convinced that Mizutori Hato and Ichikawa Mima of Sakura Country were the future big bosses.
But when the two big bosses were completely defeated on Malaysia Open, Wang Chao suddenly discovered that the development of the mixed doubles plot in the parallel world has surpassed that of the previous life.
It is said that after Sakura Country returned to China last month, great changes took place. First, Ichikawa Mima and Mizutori Hato officially parted ways and no longer paired up. Then Zhang Benkuang and Yamano Mia also split. It is said that Zhang Benkuang took the initiative.
Then, I heard that Ichikawa Mima and Zhang Benkuang had found new partners. It was also said that the new combination worked very well together. They practiced with each other in private and were full of praise for each other.
Then there was vague gossip from Bay Island, saying that Ichikawa Mima and his partner made a private appointment to fight Lin Zijun and Zhen Jing, but Taiwan Island Combination lost miserably.
Because of this incident, Wang Chao took the initiative to send a message to Lin Zijun to ask what happened. As a result, Lin Zijun belatedly replied with the word "Go away" the next day.
It was obvious that this was a wound.
Wang Chao therefore feels deeply threatened.
He would never allow himself to be stabbed in the back by someone from the mixed doubles event while competing for Olympic Games Men's Singles qualification.
On July 10th, the day before the Chinese table tennis generals set off for Germany, another shocking news came back.
"Daehan Minguk Table Tennis Association signed up for this Open."
"They signed up for Men's Singles, Women's Singles and mixed doubles at the same time, and they have two pairs of mixed doubles."
This news not only made Huaping a little wary, but also shocked the entire world table tennis world.
The root cause is that Daehan Minguk Table Tennis Association has always been a very special existence in the table tennis world.
Daehan Minguk and Kimchi Country have very complicated historical origins at the geographical and national levels. They are two halves of the same country. We won't go into details about this. Let's just talk about the differences between the two countries in table tennis.
Kimchi Country The country is rich, the Table Tennis Association is rich, and it also has a good domestic selection system.
Daehan Minguk is very poor. The Table Tennis Association has no money and no good domestic selection system.
Player Kimchi Country has been competing for a long time and belongs to a powerful Asian table tennis country. Everyone is familiar with it. He has achieved some results in history, but the performance of the players in recent years has been average.
Daehan Minguk players rarely participate in the competition and basically abstain from all events. However, they occasionally participate, but they are like being born in a hidden family. They always create a lot of surprises in the table tennis world. In history, there was even an exaggerated record of Daehan Minguk, an unknown player who competed for the first time and won the Open championship directly.
Therefore, for the world table tennis world, Daehan Minguk Table Tennis Association is an absolute x factor. Their threat is much greater than Kimchi Country. This is because they are very strong, and also because we are completely unfamiliar with them, but they can understand us clearly through various live broadcasts and game videos.
In this way, Daehan Minguk directly formed two pairs of mixed doubles to compete this time, which is very intriguing.
Considering that they are short of funds and it is not easy for them to participate, it is obvious that they are here to get cards. It can even be said that they are here for the Olympic Games mixed doubles medal at the end of the year.
For a time, everyone in the world table tennis circles exclaimed: The wolf is coming!
In this atmosphere, everyone from Huaping arrived at Germany. When the Chinese table tennis players and events were announced, the European table tennis community once again exclaimed: The wolf is coming!
This time the noise was even louder than the last time.
Why?
Because the threat of Daehan Minguk only exists in imagination, and Wang Chao returns to the Men's Singles competition, this threat is really too great.
What's more, Fan Xiaodong, Lin Li and Bai Feng also signed up at the same time.
Fan Xiaodong Another little wolf.
As for Lin Li and Bai Feng, they belong to the old Tigers.
"Hook, Hook are you still here? The transfer should be almost done, it's time to come out and defend the honor of Europe."
"Uncle Bai, Uncle Bai, are your injuries healed?"
"Pike, stop being in seclusion and come out to pick up guests."
"You damn Morad, how long have you been suspended?"
"Michel, Michel, you... oh, forget it, I don't expect you anyway, just continue to stay at Old Wa's house."
It is worth mentioning that because German Open is the last Platinum leg in the first half of this year, and because the organizer revealed before the competition that neither Sun Tianlong nor Luo Jiu will participate, there are many applicants this time, sweeping away the decline of the Malaysia Open Men's Singles project last month, and once again showing a lively scene of strong gatherings.
To summarize.
Well-known European contestants: Bayer, Wolf, Sissifield, Qiu Shang, Hook, Pike, m. Michel (brother of k. Michel).
Well-known Asian non-Chinese associations contestants: Zhang Benkuang, Lin Zijun, Mizutori Hato, Weng Chunting, Zhu Shixian, Li Zhengzhi.
Well-known contestants from other countries: African top player Arul, the Peacock Country first brother Gananaka, the Beautiful Country first brother Kazik.
Chinese table tennis players: Wang Chao, Fan Xiaodong, Lin Li, Bai Feng, Sun Zhongwen, Liang Kunpeng, Gao Mingyuan, Lu Feiyang.
Four things are worth mentioning.
First, because Germany is the host country, all four members of the German Table Tennis Association quartet chose to register for the competition.
Secondly, Mizutori Hato chose to compete this time regardless of the presence of Wang Chao and Fan Xiaodong, because he has already been beaten to death, and he just wants to get a good result, restore a little bit of reputation, and continue to be successful in the country. Otherwise, with his stinky reputation, he will no longer be able to find sponsors.
Thirdly, Cai Guodong originally wanted the three main players of China Table Tennis Team to have a good encounter with the twin stars Wang Chao Fan Xiaodong in the frontal arena, but Xiao Fei chose Choosing to give up, return to the Buddhist system again, and offered to retire together with Sun Tianlong next year. Old Cai has nothing to do about it. After all, I don't even know if you can do it, but you have already taken the initiative to say that you can't do it.
Fourth, Lin Zijun, Zhang Benkuang and Sissifield returned to compete with Men's Singles this time. Probably because they were beaten too badly in the mixed doubles last month, they have initially lost their confidence to compete for the mixed doubles medals with all their strength, and have still returned to the state of not being hard on either hand.
At the lottery ceremony that night, Wang Chao saw two new pairs of Sakura Country on the spot.
Zhang Benkuang's partner is named Hayata Hannah. She is tall and has long legs. When they stand side by side, Hayata Hannah is actually half a head taller than Zhang Benkuang. She looks very energetic. Even though she knows that her opponents are the invincible combination of Huaping and the mysterious combination of Daehan Minguk, she still shows a confident look, a typical energetic girl.
But Ichikawa Mima's partner this time is very short. You must know that Mizutori Hato was more than a head taller than Yichuan, but this male player named Niuwa Xiaoxi is only a little taller than Yichuan. When the two stand together, their heights are quite matched.
What's interesting is that this Niuwa Xiaoxi player looked like he had nothing to do with himself throughout the whole process. His face was expressionless, neither nervous nor excited. Although the lottery ceremony ahead was climaxing, he occasionally yawned and seemed to just want to get over it and leave. Wang Chao thought for a long time, and finally came up with two words to describe him: Buddhist.
If Xiao Fei's Buddhist system is to get all the honors he deserves, and has no hope for the remaining honors, so he has no desires and desires, then this Niuwa Xiaoxi seems to have nothing to worry about and can become a monk at any time.
But considering that he can become Yichuan's new partner after giving up Mizutori Hato, he must have something special.
Wang Chao checked the Men's Singles registration form and found that Niuwa Xiaoxi, a player with no desires and desires, actually signed up for Men's Singles. However, the world ranking is far away from 60, so he should start from the qualifying round.
Wang Chao waited a while longer, and then we saw the two mysterious partners of Daehan Minguk.
One group is a veteran combination, the male player is named Kim Bong, and the female player is named Kim Jong. As soon as this pair appeared, He Jingping, who was with Wang Chao, let out a low "Yeah": "It's them."
Wang Chao asked, "Is it strong?"
He Jingping nodded. "Very strong."
Although Daehan Minguk players do not participate in many competitions, they are not truly isolated from the world after all. Many people in the world table tennis circle know those powerful veteran players.
Kim Bong is 31 years old this year, and Kim Jong is 29 years old this year. Their positioning in the Daehan Minguk table tennis world is very similar to that of Huaping's Scarlet Gossip Combination. They are both real pinnacle figures.
He Jingping explained the strength of this pair in just one sentence, "They won the Asian Games and East Asian Games mixed doubles championships eight years ago. Among them, the Asian Games championship was won from Wang Wendong and Li Xiaoxia."
Eight years ago, Xiao Fei and Liu Wen were not the main players in China Table Tennis Team. Wang Wendong was the male table tennis player, Great Demon King, and Li Xiaoxia was the female table tennis team member. Great Demon King, even if Huaping's mixed doubles combination relies not on tactics but on personal strength, it is still a shocking achievement for this pair to win a gold medal from the two Great Demon King.
Tang Yuanyuan said from the side, "After so many years, it's time for them to regress now, right?"
"Regressing?" He Jingping chuckled, "That's because you young people still don't know how Daehan Minguk's table tennis players play."
Wang Chao asked, "How did you fight?"
He Jingping said, "Desperately."
These two words were spoken with solemnity, causing Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan to fall silent at the same time.
In fact, He Jingping only mentioned it briefly, and the two of them remembered some rumors about Daehan Minguk table tennis players that they had read on the Internet these days.
Legend has it that they are extremely self-disciplined, extremely strict, fierce in style, fast in pace, and full of power, especially on the forehand. Almost all male players have a killer hand.
In fact, the Kimchi Country male player's playing style is also very fierce, which is recognized by the world table tennis community. However, the Kimchi Country player lives a comfortable life after all, and their fierceness is far from comparable to that of the Daehan Minguk player.
The more people lack food and clothing, the lower they put their stature, the more they can endure hardship and have resilience. Once they see an opportunity, they are willing to fight for it regardless of the cost.
For player Kimchi Country, playing basketball is a job. Even if this job really can't be done, there are still plenty of ways to survive.
But Daehan Minguk is very poor. Ordinary people have no way out. Table tennis is an excellent way out. As long as they have talent, can really get ahead, and can go to the world competition to earn bonuses, they are willing to give everything.
This belief is unimaginable among players from wealthy European countries.
Therefore, if this pair of veterans really meet in a game, their physical strength and injuries are definitely not weaknesses, because they dare to go all out and are not afraid of injury at all.
Without this weakness, their rich experience and years of tacit understanding will become a huge advantage that other combinations cannot match.
Being able to kill the combination of Wang Wendong and Li Xiaoxia, even if it was just a fluke at the beginning, must be terrifying to a certain level now.
At this time, another pair of Daehan Minguk has also appeared. This is a very young pair. The male contestant is named Xian Youwen, and the female contestant is called Che Songxin. The information displayed on the big screen is that they are both 18 years old. Both of them are thin and have dark skin. They are obviously young, but they do not have collagen on their faces. Instead, they have a look of vicissitudes of life. They look a bit old-fashioned, but their eyes are very smart.
Wang Chao checked on his mobile phone and could not find any competition records for these two people. Obviously, this was their first time in the world competition.
This also leads to the fact that no one in the world table tennis world knows what their playing style is and what kind of cooperation mode they will have.