Starting from this afternoon, Wang Chao officially entered a two-line combat mode that had never been experienced before.
Although he had experienced high-intensity battles on two or even three fronts as a coach many times in his previous life, this time, he still adopted the most upright and cautious attitude.
Among them, the most significant change from the previous rounds of the Open is that Wang Chao will no longer stay in the stadium to watch all the games all day long.
He will only focus on the games related to him, and then use all the remaining time to rest, analyze games and practice, and try to conserve his energy and maintain the best condition while doing his job well.
Because there is really no time, it is rare for Sun Tianlong to help him get such a good opportunity. He must do everything he wants to do at this stop.
If he had subconsciously assumed the role of a coach in the past and had the complete matchup table of all competitions and the pre-match prediction analysis of each game in his mind, then now, except for his own game, he will not have anything else in his mind.
In fact, this is what a pure athlete should really do in the world arena.
Like he did before, watching football with He Jingping, discussing together, analyzing together, and even giving guidance to other players and analyzing other players in the restaurant. This is actually the daily routine between a coach and a coach.
Regarding Wang Chao's initiative to return to his status as an athlete, He Jingping did not show much surprise and accepted the reality quite naturally.
He had known that his apprentice was a monster. If this happened to other team members, the teacher might need to take the initiative to remind him, but if it happened to Wang Chao, it couldn't be more reasonable.
But Tang Yuanyuan said he was very happy.
Because she has a careless personality, she is silly every day and has nothing to worry about. When she used to practice singles, she would do whatever Ge Miao asked her to do. Now when she practices mixed doubles, she will do whatever Wang Chao tells her to do.
So even though she is a female team member, when she comes to the world competition, the person who follows her most closely is not her teacher Ge Miao, but her male partner Wang Chao, Wang Chao She would accompany Wang Chao when they were playing games, she would follow Wang Chao when they were watching games, and she would play with her mobile phone next to Wang Chao and He Jingping when they were discussing tactics. She was just like a giant follower.
It's not that she has an objection to Ge Miao, but as a young girl, she is more relaxed when she is with her peers. If she is with Ge Miao, she might be given a small lesson from time to time, scolded, and told to pay attention to her manners, speak politely, pay attention to politeness, pay attention to sense of proportion, and so on, which is very annoying.
Because of this, last time Malaysia Open, she actually criticized Wang Chao.
Why?
Because Wang Chao is so hard-working, he doesn't rush back to rest after playing his own game. He watches the game in the stadium all day long, and has to analyze it after watching it. Even during lunch and dinner, he and He Jingping have endless discussions. This makes Tang Yuanyuan feel very boring and tired, and he can't get in touch at all.
She prefers not to worry about anything after the game, and go back to the hotel with Wang Chao, either to rest or practice. If she is really bored, say hello to the coach, find a staff member to accompany her, and go out for a walk. After all, playing games abroad is like traveling at public expense, and it would still be a loss if you don't go anywhere.
For example, if you go to Malaysia, you can go and see the Twin Towers, the largest building in the world.
Now in Germany, you can also try the world-famous German dark beer.
What? You said cute girls can't drink?
Female men can do it.
She was too lazy to go back to her room, and dozed off on the big sofa in the lobby on the first floor of the hotel with Wang Chao, occasionally watching the sports news scrolling on the big screen. At about three o'clock in the afternoon, He Jingping called and asked Wang Chao to come over for the game, and Tang Yuanyuan also followed him in a hurry.
The venue was very lively, and the four tables were being played at the same time. From time to time, warm applause and cheers burst out from somewhere in the audience.
This afternoon's schedule is quite tight. In the first round of Men's Singles, all the games for 32 to advance to the top 16 will be played, and then some of the games for Women's Singles 32 to advance to the top 16 will also be played. Even if four tables are played at the same time, there are an average of six games on each table.
As long as there is a stalemate in any game on any table, it means that the game on this table will be played until night.
And if there is a continuous fierce battle, it is not surprising that the fight lasts until late at night.
Wang Chao found He Jingping and asked, "Teacher, what's going on now?"
He Jingping replied briefly, "The situation is not bad. Liang Kunpeng exploded today and killed Sissifield. Next, we will probably fight Lin Zijun, and then After that, Fan Xiaodong 4:0 destroyed Xian Youwen, and the fight was relatively easy. Also, Germany's Qiu Shang was defeated by African top player Arul was eliminated, haha, this Arul is really enlightening. This has eliminated Qiu Shang twice in a row. Rohlskov didn't look too good at that time. It looked good. He also boasted before the game that Germany's Men's Singles was in great shape and could make two of the top four. However, two of them were eliminated in the first round, and the other one was Sissifield, who he was highly optimistic about before the game."
In fact, this afternoon's Men's Singles was quite exciting. Because Germany is the host country, Liang Kunpeng's game against Sissifield almost set a ratings record at this stage. After all, Liang Kunpeng performed poorly in the previous games, so almost no one was optimistic about him. He was an absolute upset this time.
And there are actually many events worthy of attention in the afternoon, such as the confrontation between Lu Feiyang and Li Zhengzhi, which is a battle between the future Chinese table tennis players and Kimchi Country's popular players. In the end, the 15-year-old Lu Feiyang easily defeated Li Zhengzhi, which actually caused Kimchi Country to wail in the domestic table tennis world.
In District 1/8, there is actually an unusual match, Kimchi Country Zhu Shixian vs Daehan Minguk Kim Bong. These two countries have historically They were from the same clan in history, but now the North and the South are at odds with each other, with extremely complicated historical entanglements. Both players are veterans at the end of their careers, and their status and influence in their respective countries are almost the same. They can basically represent the highest level of men's table tennis in their countries.
As a result, their match also aroused great attention from the domestic table tennis circles in these two countries, and was called "a battle that stakes national dignity" by some fans of the two countries.
In the end, it was Zhu Shixian who had the last laugh. He had poor performance in recent years, but because he won the battle of national standards, he gained a lot of fans in Kimchi Country.
In the past, Wang Chao would have paid full attention to other people's events like these. Sometimes he would even analyze the game videos when he got interested, but today he just simply said yes and said he understood, instead of asking in detail. How did Liang Kunpeng kill Sissifield? He didn't care about the singles skills of Xian Youwen, a master of mixed doubles, and continued to ask, "What table am I at?"
He Jingping took him to table three, and soon it was Wang Chao's first singles match.
There was nothing to say about this game. Wang Chao's opponent was an ordinary European player from Spain. He was thirty-three years old this year and was in the golden period of his career. However, the gap between the two sides in terms of strength, brains, and world ranking was too big. Even the golden period didn't work. In the end, he was swept by Wang Chao 4:0 in 25 minutes.
When Wang Chao finished playing and walked out of the arena, He Jingping told him an unexpected news, "Bai Feng also qualified. It was also crushed 4:0. It only took 20 minutes, faster than you."
Then He Jingping's expression became serious for the first time, and he reminded, "Bai Feng is in pretty good shape this time. You have to be careful."
Wang Chao nodded equally seriously. "I understand."
In fact, after the group results came out the day before yesterday, Wang Chao had already realized that this Men's Singles schedule was a severe life and death test for him, but at the same time, it was also an excellent opportunity for him to prove his strength.
Bai Feng is in District 7, in the same group as Wang Chao, and Lin Li is in District 8. According to the general rules of table tennis grouping, first one of the four people in the group will qualify, which is to determine the top eight.
Then the top four will be determined according to the methods of District 1 vs District 2, District 3 vs District 4, District 5 vs District 6, and District 7 vs District 8.
Finally, one person from each of the top half and bottom half will advance to the finals.
This means that if Wang Chao wants to enter the semi-finals, it must defeat Bai Feng head-on, and if it wants to enter the semi-finals, it must defeat Lin Li head-on.
These are two real civil wars and two real tough battles.
In the past year, Wang Chao had long wanted to have a chance to compete with the main players of Huaping. In fact, in every open competition he participated in, he could see these three people, Bai Feng Lin Li Xiao Fei. It was just by mistake that until now, he had never been able to have a head-to-head confrontation with these three people.
The only time the grouping was particularly suitable, and it was almost 100% possible to meet Xiao Fei, but it happened that Yan Ping'an exploded, and Xiao Fei deliberately gave in, but it still failed to achieve good results.
Even if he wanted to try Lin Li in the Table Tennis Super League arena, it was because of the erroneous arrangements of the coaches on both sides. In the end, the order of appearance was staggered.
So you see, Wang Chao's luck is actually quite bad.
He can see further than the entire Huaping coaching staff, and naturally he can see further than all the athletes. When he wanted to defeat Xiao Fei Lin Li and Bai Feng head-on, Olympic Games was still far away It was far away, and no one realized that Wang Chao actually wanted to compete for the main spot of the Chinese Table Tennis Men's Team at the age of 18. They never imagined that Wang Chao would be so bold as to covet Olympic Games Men's Singles's spot.
Therefore, Wang Chao at that time could actually sneak attack. If he had met these three people at that time, these three people might have looked down upon them, or at least they would not have been too vigilant. In this case, it would have been easier for Wang Chao to win.
For example, this was the case when he defeated Bai Feng in Chinese Table Tennis base last year.
At that time, Wang Chao's strength and stamina were seriously insufficient, and the quality of the ball was also inferior. He was able to win because of course he grasped Bai Feng's character flaws and psychological flaws, but it was also because Bai Feng was too arrogant and underestimated the opponent.
Do you still remember the conversation between the two at that time?
Wang Chao said "offended".
Bai Feng said directly, "You can't offend me."
It looks very strong and imposing, but in fact this is a sign of excessive pride.
If Bai Feng regarded Wang Chao as his lifelong enemy, how could he fight so willfully? No matter how stubborn he is, he can still overcome his character flaws when he wants to win.
It can only be said that the psychological slight and the inability to let go of the airs caused Bai Feng to be defeated unexpectedly by Wang Chao, who had not yet completed the second super evolution.
But it's different now.
Now, Wang Chao's ambition has become Sima Zhao's heart. Everyone inside and outside Huaping knows that he not only got the mixed doubles quota, but also wants to continue to snatch the Olympic Games Men's Singles quota. From the perspective of the coaching staff, this matter is just a question of whether to give him a chance, but to the players who are also Chinese Table Tennis First Team players, it is a naked provocation.
Eat from the bowl and look at the pot.
Be reasonable and unforgiving.
Domineering, rude, and arrogant.
Disrespect seniors.
Such juniors must be taught a harsh lesson.
It is conceivable that once Bai Feng and Lin Li face Wang Chao, they will probably burst out with more fierce fighting spirit than when they fought in foreign wars. For their own glory as Chinese table tennis veterans, they must win.
That night Wang Chao dragged Tang Yuanyuan to practice mixed doubles for a long time. After Tang Yuanyuan left, he practiced singles for a long time.
He doesn't dare to slack off at all, because according to the current grouping and situation, all the games he faces from now on will be very difficult to play.
When the game starts tomorrow morning, there will be two extremely tough battles.
Mixed doubles 8 into 4: Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan vs Ichikawa Mima and Niuwa Xiaoxi.
Men's Singles 16 into 8: Wang Chao vs Bai Feng.
Thanks to "Wood's Wooden House" and "Xu Xuwenzhi" for the tip.