After reaching the semi-finals in mixed doubles, Wang Chao did not relax at all. He directly found an empty table and started practicing. This time he practiced singles.
Tang Yuanyuan took some time off, sat aside and watched him play, and complained, "It's just Bai Feng, why are you so serious? Didn't you beat him last year? This time you're not holding the hand."
Hearing this disapproving tone, those who didn't know better thought she was Great Demon King, a contemporary female table tennis player.
Wang Chao didn't have time to say anything, but coach Ge Miao who was following him sternly scolded, "Don't talk nonsense."
Tang Yuanyuan was a little surprised. She didn't expect her coach's reaction to be so violent. She turned around and saw that Ge Miao had a stern expression, and He Jingping next to Ge Miao also looked very cautious. Looking at Wang Chao, Wang Chao was sneering at her, "Haha, long hair but short knowledge."
Tang Yuanyuan's teeth were itching. If there was no coach present, she would really dare to go up and show off her muscles with Wang Chao. But now, we are outnumbered, so we can only endure it.
But no matter how slow she was, she had already realized by this time that the game Wang Chao would play Bai Feng later would not be as easy as she imagined.
In fact, Wang Chao's attitude was more cautious than she expected, because Wang Chao originally asked Sun Zhongwen, who had been eliminated, to train with him, but after practicing for a while, he felt that the intensity was not enough, so he went to find Weng Chunting himself.
As for why you are looking for Weng Chunting, is there any need to ask? Weng Chunting is recognized as the second person Penhold Backhand Loop in the world table tennis world. Before officially competing with the first person Penhold Backhand Loop, isn't it a matter of course to practice with the second person first?
In fact, Weng Chunting also had a match this morning. After the four games of 8-4 in mixed doubles, which was ahead of him, it was his turn to play Germany's number two, Wolf. But even so, he still accepted Wang Chao's invitation and came over to practice with Wang Chao.
On the one hand, this is because of the good relationship between the little brother and the big brother in Hong Kong China Table Tennis Team. On the other hand, it is also because Weng Chunting itself also needs to practice ball.
He is not sure whether he can pass the Wolf level, but if he can pass it, he will most likely fight Lin Zijun in the next level. Lin Zijun is such a figure. At such a young age, he has already reached the 8th place in the world rankings, which is higher than Wang Chao. Even if this ranking is based on the recent intensive competition, the fact that he can reach the top ten is still enough to show his strength.
You know, Weng Chunting has been debuting for more than ten years, and the highest ranking in the world was only tenth.
The most important thing is that Lin Zijun and Wang Chao are actually similar.
Both have good hands, flexible minds, similar heights and body shapes, and their playing styles are also very varied. The only difference is probably that Lin Zijun has a signature kill on his backhand, while Wang Chao is better at continuous attacks.
From Weng Chunting's point of view, Lin Zijun actually looks like a simplified version of Wang Chao, and he himself is also a simplified version of Bai Feng, so this round of sparring with each other is a complete win-win.
This practice lasted for more than an hour, and then the head coach of the port area Cai Guoqiang came over and asked Weng Chunting to play on the third station.
At this time, the big screen above the venue also showed the status of all the mixed doubles matches that had just ended.
Xian Youwen Che Songxin The pair Kimchi Combination defeated Peacock Country Combination and entered the semi-finals.
The Beautiful Country and France, the Chinese rookies, pecked each other. In the end, the Beautiful Country became the taller one among the dwarfs and entered the semi-finals.
Zhang Benkuang and Hayata Hannah 4:0 strongly defeated the only seed players in Europe, Sissifield and Solga, and entered the semi-finals.
So the situation is determined. Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan's opponents this afternoon will be Xian Youwen and Che Songxin. The winner will advance to the finals.
On the other side, if nothing else goes wrong, Zhang Benkuang and Hayata Hannah should be a brutal match, and at least one mixed doubles silver medal has been booked in advance.
Wang Chao didn't pay too much attention to the situation. He recruited Sun Zhongwen to help with sparring and played for more than half an hour. Then he saw the new game situation on the big screen above the venue. In the Men's Singles 16 advance to 8 game that just ended, Weng Chunting defeated Wolf 4:1 and successfully entered the quarterfinals.
He Jingping smiled happily at this moment.
Because it is obvious that German head coach Rohlskov has been slapped in the face again.
Everyone has a consensus in all open competitions, that is, "The host country usually performs well." As for why, there are probably two reasons. The first is that in domestic competitions, both the environment and work and rest are very normal, and there is no need to adjust, so it will not affect the physical condition.
The second is that there are many fans at home. They will cheer you on when you are in an advantage, cheer you on when you are in a disadvantage, and they can also boo and boo when your opponent is in an advantage to mess with the opponent's mentality. This is an absolute advantage.
So this time German Open and Rohlskov said before the game that we must have at least two players reach the semi-finals and at least one player reach the finals. Our goal is to maintain Asia and compete for the championship. We are absolutely strong this time and it is the most promising year.
The four seed players of Germany all entered the main draw, but two were eliminated in the first round. Now in the second round, another one was eliminated at the beginning, leaving only Bayer.
Bayer was quite successful. Five minutes after the end of Weng Chunting's game, he also successfully broke through and defeated Chinese table tennis player Lu Feiyang 4:2, reaching the quarterfinals.
Immediately afterwards, Hook from District 1 and Lin Zijun from District 3 also defeated their opponents Zhu Shixian and Liang Kunpeng respectively, heading into the quarterfinals.
Then, it was Wang Chao's turn to appear.
The games in areas 5, 6, 7, and 8 started at the same time on four tables. When Wang Chao entered the court, he found that Bai Feng was already waiting on the court early.
The two parties shook hands with serious expressions and did not speak. Wang Chao's only impression was that Bai Feng's handshake was very strong, as if it was filled with murderous intent.
He raised his head and looked back over Bai Feng, and saw Wang Lu meeting his gaze at the baffle not far away. He smiled slightly and waved, looking very friendly.
Of course this is all an illusion.
Because Chinese Table Tennis base's most well-informed person, Senior Brother Luo Jiu, just told Wang Chao a very secret gossip before he set off from the imperial capital.
"Junior brother, do you know? Wang Lu is secretly studying you. You ask me how I know? Haha, do you think I am the number one socialite in Huaping for nothing? I have countless informants in this base. As long as you dare to ask, there is no news that I don't know. Seeing as we are both Disciple of Old He, I have a definite message for you. Listen carefully. There are rumors in the world that Wang Lu wrote thirteen pieces of manuscript paper in order to study you. Just yesterday, he handed all the manuscript papers to Bai Feng. Do you know what this means? Old Wang, he wants to stab you in the back!"
Wang Chao looked at Bai Feng again. This time, Bai Feng's eyes did not have the proud look of last year. Instead, they looked very restrained and low-key, as if they had put away their sharp edge.
This is enough to show that Bai Feng's mentality is completely different from last year.
Thirteen pieces of manuscript paper...
Wang Chao thought leisurely, what exactly is written about me in it?
"In fact, I never felt that Mixed Doubles was the highlight from the beginning. What I am looking forward to most today is this game."
In the live broadcast room, Old Qin made a shocking statement. "I dare say, this is definitely a tough battle."
There were dense barrage on the screen, and a large number of viewers were questioning Old Qin. No one knew whether they were really questioning, or simply wanting to make a point, or trying to lure Old Qin to continue teaching.
"Does anyone really think Bai Feng is weak? No way, right?"
Old Qin is also becoming more and more like a host. After only a few hours of broadcasting, he has even learned to make jokes. "Let me tell you, there is a very bad atmosphere among our Chinese fans now. I would definitely not talk about this issue when I was a coach, but now that I have retired, it doesn't matter. What I say only represents myself and does not represent the Chinese table tennis coaching staff."
"What I want to say is that you always subconsciously underestimate our own players and exaggerate non-Chinese associations's players, but you don't know this."
"Don't believe it? Then think about it, does Lin Zijun count as a super genius that you are optimistic about? Does it count? What about Hook? Does it count? What about Pike? It also counts, right? But let me ask you again, what were the specific results of these three people last year?"
"Lin Zijun has reached a total of two finals and lost. Pike has reached one final and lost. Hook has also reached two finals and lost both. Their best results are two runner-up places and not even a gold medal. But you have already begun to exclaim that non-Chinese associations has risen."
"And what about our own players? Lin Li won an open championship in the first half of last year. Bai Feng won two open championships in a row in the second half of the year before last. Later, World Cup also won a silver medal. Well, Xiao Fei, I won't talk about it. World Ranking Second has been around all year round, and he even won the singles championship in Malaysia last month, but you guys don't seem to realize how powerful he is at all. When you talk about him, he is like a Buddhist, not motivated, and so on."
"I don't even need to use the main force as an example. I'll just talk about the three people Yan Ping'an, Fang Xiaobo, and Zou Zhengyu. When you mention them, do you think your first reaction is that they are outdated, have no future, and don't need to give them a chance? But in fact, if you look through the resumes of these three people, you will find that they have actually won quite a few championships. Some medals are even very important, such as Asian Games champion, Asian Championships champion, National Games runner-up, etc. In fact, in the world competition, everyone has defeated almost all foreign famous players. The difference between them and Sun Tianlong is that their winning rate is not high enough, not that they have not won."
"At least the three of them have defeated Sun Tianlong in history, but Bayer, whom you call King of Europe, has really never defeated Sun Tianlong in his life."
"I dare to say here responsibly that if any of the three Yan Ping'an go to Europe to play club games, they will definitely be the absolute main force in a strong team. If they go to Sakura Country to play the T League that was just held, they may even have a chance to win the season mvp. But in your mouth, such a character will easily make people retire quickly. Don't be embarrassed."
"It's not fair, audience friends, you are really too harsh on our own players."
"It is precisely because of this mentality that you think Bai Feng is weak."
"But actually, where is Bai Feng weak? Is it because he didn't win a gold medal in the past year? But if you look at the specific situation, you will find that he actually lost twice in the civil war and only once in the foreign war, but he also won He has passed many people, such as Bayer, Michel, and Ochomirov. These are all top 20 players. Why do you think he is not worthy of being the main player?"
"Yes, I admit that the comparison of Wang Chao is indeed exaggerated. He has been undefeated in foreign matches since his debut. But if just because of this, you say that Wang Chao can crush Bai Feng, then you are too underestimated the weight of these six words as the main player of Huaping."
"Bai Feng may have encountered some setbacks recently and is not at his peak, but you have to know that if he can play from a place like our Huaping and secure the main position for several years, then his strength must be stronger than you think."
"Not to mention, Wang Chao has made it clear that he wants to seize the class and seize power, so Bai Feng has been forced into a desperate situation. He is going to fight for his life now."
"A world-class player who is absolutely explosive, do you dare to say that he is not good?"
"I officially announce that the Wang Chao player who is fighting on two fronts for the first time, and the first real test of this year's German Open, is here."