In the end, Ichikawa Mima and Niuwa Xiaoxi had the last laugh. They successfully defeated their opponents, entered the main round, and were assigned to District 2.
It was already 5:30 pm local time when Wang Chao learned the news. When he heard that Kim Bong Kim Jong, who had eliminated two Great Demon Kings, Wang Wendong and Li Xiaoxia, actually died in the qualifying round, his eyes widened in shock.
Fortunately, the Chinese table tennis coaching staff did a good job. After dinner, someone sent the game video to the room.
Wang Chao, He Jingping, Tang Yuanyuan, the master and the apprentice watched the entire video very carefully.
"How is it?" Ge Miao asked Wang Chao directly.
"It's not easy to fight." Wang Chao said.
Ge Miao suddenly became worried, but He Jingping was much calmer and asked, "Can you beat me?"
Wang Chao thought for a while and nodded, "I can beat him."
So He Jingping glanced at Ge Miao, smiled proudly, and that inexplicable sense of superiority came out again.
Ge Miao was too lazy to pay attention to him and continued to ask Wang Chao: "Do you have any ideas?"
"You don't need any new ideas, just play normally." Wang Chao smiled and pointed at the short boy on the screen, "This person's playing style is very interesting and may create some surprises for us. In fact, I think Kim Bong and The reason why Kim Jong lost was entirely because he was too concerned after encountering an accident and always wanted to counterattack, but in the end he messed up his own rhythm. However, in fact, this person has average attack ability and average technical stability. If I evaluate him, he is a talented disruptor, but he is not a very competitive opponent."
Wang Chao paused and added, "Otherwise, he wouldn't have been ranked outside the 60th after playing in singles for several years."
Another night passed, and on the second match day of this Open, the mixed doubles competition was still on first.
As an emerging event that has just been taken seriously by the table tennis associations of various countries, the number of mixed doubles combinations is still not very large, and the strength gap between different combinations is huge. Therefore, when the actual fight begins, the situation is extremely clear. When a recognized strong combination encounters an unknown combination, it is a completely overwhelming game without any suspense.
So soon, Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan from District 1, Ichikawa Mima and Niuwa Xiaoxi from District 2, and Sissifield and Solga from District 8 all qualified easily.
District 2 and District 7 are two strong confrontations worthy of attention.
In District 7, the pair of players from the port area, Weng Chunting and Ai Qin, faced off against the new pair of Zhang Benkuang and Hayata Hannah.
The outside world thought that this would be a close match, but in the end Hong Kong District Combination was directly crushed 4:0, and was beaten to death throughout the whole process.
This game aroused heated discussion from the outside world, not only because the result of the game was outrageous, but also because everyone could see that after Zhang Benkuang got the new partner Hayata Hannah, not only did Hayata Hannah make earth-shaking changes in actual combat skills and tactics, but even the basic idea of team formation was completely different from before.
In the past, he and Yamano Mia used to play fast, because both of them are speed players, and both are small men with weak strength, so there is nothing wrong with this.
But Hayata Hannah is tall and has long legs, strong muscles, abundant strength, solid basic skills, good continuity of attack, and good balance ability. Although she is a female player, she surprisingly plays the role of the main attacker in this combination.
On the contrary, Zhang Benkuang, a male player, directly changed his role and became a support because his body was not fully developed.
In fact, Zhang Benkuang, as the new generation genius boy Sakura Country, has excellent feel and a very flexible game mind. In the past, he was paired with Yamano Mia, and while speeding up like crazy, he actually sacrificed part of his feel and technical advantages.
Now paired with Hayata Hannah, although Zhang Benkuang's own strength is inevitably weak, at the same time, both of them have extremely solid basic skills, so when they actually play ball, the tactics are reversed It has been enriched a lot. It can speed up fast attacks or slow down stalemate, it can change the line inside the table or back off the table to pull the ball. It can spin and hit the ball. If the original style of play was to go forward with swords, then now, the two of them have truly returned to the kingly mode.
In Zone 2, the match between Lin Zijun and Zhen Jing against Xian Youwen and Che Songxin will attract more attention.
Because fans all over the world want to know where the confidence comes from when Daehan Minguk suddenly signed up to compete.
The Kim Bong Kim Jong combination that originally attracted more attention was eliminated yesterday, so today this 18-year-old combination became the only seedling of the Daehan Minguk mixed doubles project.
Taiwan Island Combination, as the runner-up in the mixed doubles event in Malaysia last month, naturally has enough strength to serve as a touchstone.
But in the end, beyond everyone's expectations, this was another one-sided crushing game.
Xian Youwen Che Songxin 4:0 Lin Zijun Zhen Jing.
After the game, the arrogant Lin Zijun was dumbfounded. He felt that he had been deeply deceived.
This is the first time such a mixed doubles combination has appeared in the world table tennis world.
Xian Youwen is an extremely rare Japanese penhold single-ply blade player. As we all know, all Japanese penhold single-ply blade players must be unstoppable iron men and must be offensive madmen with zero defense, because this weird racket is not suitable for defense at all.
In fact, Xian Youwen played exactly this way in yesterday's qualifying match, and Lin Zijun carefully studied the opponent's game video last night, and has already determined today's skills and tactics, and after many simulations, he believes that he has at least a 70% chance of winning.
But he never expected that Che Songxin, who was clearly playing the standard double-sided reverse-adhesive loop ball yesterday, would transform into a professional chipper today.
Yes, you read that right.
Che Songxin's playing style yesterday was completely in line with all the characteristics of Taiwan's most advanced offensive style of contemporary table tennis. She and Xian Youwen made consecutive attacks, beating the opponent's unknown combination in the qualifying round to the ground, showing their strong offensive power.
Facing Taiwan Island Combination today, she chipped the ball all the way and she chipped it very well. She could chip back almost any ball steadily. Although the landing point was not controlled accurately enough, the height must be very low and the backspin must be strong. It can be said that as an assistant, her defense was impeccable.
After the whole game, Lin Zijun didn't find a few decent offensive opportunities. Later, he forced his backhand to pull Che Songxin's sliced ball. Although he succeeded in a few, he also killed a few. Overall, the success rate was only about 50%. This success rate cannot be called the correct way to handle the ball.
As for Zhen Jing, she was completely shut down by Xian Youwen's Japanese penhold single-ply blade forehand blast.
Japanese penhold single-ply blade can be said to be the best racket in the world in terms of its forehand attack capability in the mid-range position. With the same power, the ball it hits must be the most powerful and fastest. The crazy momentum that can even knock out male players is not something Zhen Jing can withstand.
After this game, the world table tennis world went crazy. They suddenly discovered that the routine shown by Daehan Minguk can be called an impeccable and perfect routine when placed in mixed doubles.
Mixed doubles emphasizes male players' offensive attack. Is there any more violent attack than Japanese penhold single-ply blade?
No.
Mixed doubles emphasizes the ball control defense of female players. Is there any more stable ball control defense than the chipper?
Neither.
Japanese penhold single-ply blade is afraid of the opponent's fast pace, large left and right movements, and the containment of the small ball in the table. However, in doubles mode, your partner can help you process the ball from any angle and any rotation into a watertight and slow backspin ball.
The biggest weakness of the chipper is that he only has defensive capabilities but no offensive capabilities, but in doubles mode, your partner can help you with the offensive part.
So many coaches made phone calls on the spot after watching the game.
"Quickly, send me a copy of the player roster. I want to select players for the mixed doubles team."
"I remember there is a player in our team who plays Japanese penhold single-ply blade, right? Please call him over for a trial training."
"Does the women's team have a chipper? What, you don't know? Then check it out quickly!"
"I've realized that I can't improve the technical and tactical system, but I can still do it by finding two similar players."
"The real kingly style of mixed doubles has finally appeared! It turns out that upward compatibility and special styles are all nonsense. Japanese penhold single-ply blade plus slice is the ultimate answer."
It is no exaggeration to say that this game completely changed the fundamental concepts of mixed doubles of the major table tennis associations in the world.
Even Huaping was a little panicked. Cai Guodong called He Jingping from the imperial capital thousands of miles away and asked, "What do you think?"
He Jingping smiled and said, "Don't worry, I just asked, Wang Chao said he can win."
Cai Guodong sighed, "I'm not asking if Wang Chao can win. I want to ask, what do you think is the right way to play mixed doubles?"
He Jingping did not dare to answer directly. He thought for a while and then said cautiously, "I want to see how Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan fights first. Let's have a meeting to discuss it after we get back."
It can be seen that He Jingping is actually bottomless.
And Cai Guodong, the chief helmsman of Huaping, is indeed confused at the moment.
In terms of technical and theoretical research alone, the chief rudder cannot keep up with He Jingping and Qin Huachang.
So after hanging up the call from He Jingping, he thought for a long time and finally made another call from his personal mobile phone, "Hey, Old Qin, how are you doing recently? I have something I want to ask you to help me with..."
Thanks to "Q. Si. Answer" and "Banren (Red Leaf)" for the 1,500-coin reward.