At the beginning of January, Peacock Country Open and Fan Xiaodong had a clean sheet in the first round of the main match, Gananaka, the first brother of the host country.
In the second round, Fan Xiaodong sealed a clean sheet for German teenager Qiu Shang.
It was another round for Fan Xiaodong to kill Arul, a Nigerian brother who has been in the limelight recently, with a forehand.
It would be okay if we stopped here. After all, even though there are many contestants in this Open Championship, everyone knows that the only ones who can really grab the big points are only a few people visible to the naked eye.
Fan Xiaodong Although he is young, as the world's dominant Chinese table tennis player, everyone can accept it if he steals a few points in the open competition.
But Fan Xiaodong didn't follow the rules and beat Belarus's only remaining seed player Ochomirov 4:2 in the semifinals.
This battle was extremely violent. Ochomirov, a well-known "defensive player in Taiwan" among the older generation of traditional players, was beaten head-on by Fan Xiaodong. During the whole process, Fan Xiaodong played not very smartly, even a little stupid. He kept attacking tough problems and was completely single-minded. Sun Tianlong, who was sitting on the sidelines for guidance, frowned and expressed dissatisfaction throughout the whole process.
But the biggest difference between Sun Tianlong and Qin Huachang is that he really wanted the young player to lose a few more games, so he did not call a timeout, nor did he temporarily correct Fan Xiaodong's mistakes. He wanted Fan Xiaodong to play in his own way, and if he lost in the end, he would learn a bloody lesson.
But the result was that Ochomirov, who had experienced thirty years of ups and downs and had a calm mind, was abruptly broken and guarded by the overly violent Fan Xiaodong...
So after Fan Xiaodong won, Sun Tianlong, as the coaching coach, had a complicated expression and didn't know whether he should be happy or not.
However, Fan Xiaodong's journey was not over yet. He met King of Europe Bayer in the final and defeated Bayer again 4:2, winning the first open championship in his career.
The whole process of this game can be described in one sentence, called "beating Old Master to death with random punches", or "beating the unreasonable to death".
Bayer is known as the European Little Sun Tianlong, and he follows the reasonable path of Sun Tianlong, but after all, he does not explain the truth as thoroughly as Sun Tianlong, and Fan Xiaodong Olympic Games has been working as a sparring partner for the top three male table tennis players every day for the past half month. Compared with the last time he played in the World Series, his strength has improved a lot. It can be said that it completely exceeded Bayer's psychological expectations. Therefore, in the end, Bayer became "a scholar meets a soldier and cannot explain his reasoning clearly." Like Ochomirov, an old man in his thirties and forties was completely shattered in the last game.
Of course, let's be objective. Although Fan Xiaodong is violent and powerful, it has not been able to continuously defeat international veterans. The reason why there is such a dramatic effect is because the two veterans have been bullied too much by Wang Chao and Luo Jiu this whole year. Unfortunately, their mentality has long been on the verge of being very unstable. Now that Wang Chao and Luo Jiu are not coming, they are full of confidence, but they are frustrated by the unexpected Fan Xiaodong. The sudden feeling of frustration becomes the last spark that detonates their emotions.
"What are you doing! It's already unreasonable for you, Huaping, to have Luo Jiu and Wang Chao in succession, but now you actually have Fan Xiaodong pop up, which is so damn strong, is this not giving you a chance to survive at all?"
"Cai Guodong Old man, when you answered the call from our coach, did you already think about digging a hole for me? I'm planning on killing you, you deserve it!$#@%^&*(!"
——Well, that's probably the mentality.
It can be said that the entire Peacock Country Open experience was a collapse for the non-Chinese associations contestants. They divided the cake happily, but in the end an unreasonable robber rushed in. It was not enough to eat one piece, and it was not enough to eat another piece. It was not until the most beautiful and sweetest piece was eaten that they burped with satisfaction and stopped.
But everyone is really going to starve to death...
In mid-January, the England Open Platinum leg resumed, Fan Xiaodong broke in again, and met the Swedish teenager Morad very "unfortunately" in the first round of the main match. In the end, the game was won. Extremely tragic, Morad's agility and cunningness created huge trouble for the sincere Fan Xiaodong, and Sun Tianlong was finally satisfied to see Fan Xiaodong's confusion and hesitation.
Sun Tianlong is a bit of a scheming coach. He particularly values education through setbacks and refuses to take the initiative to give advice. He wants to see Fan Xiaodong fail, but in his heart he also wants to leave some scraps for the non-Chinese associations players.
All I can say is that I, Brother Long, am too loyal.
However, Fan Xiaodong is a man of great wisdom. This kid is somewhat similar to Guo Jing in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". He seems honest and honest, and is not good at calculations, but often at critical moments, he can make the right choice that goes straight to his heart. After he suffered a lot, he actually took the opportunity to ask Sun Tianlong during the break, "Brother Long, is there any way to deal with him?"
Sun Tianlong is very helpless.
He is a magnanimous person, and there is no problem in deliberately not giving advice, but others have taken the initiative to ask questions, and it is really impossible for him to tell lies with his eyes open, so he can only sigh, "Yes."
Fan Xiaodong was very confused and didn't know why Brother Long sighed, but under the guidance of Sun Tianlong, he quickly adjusted his strategy and tactics, regained his rhythm, and narrowly defeated Morad in the final game.
Morad was so angry that he almost threw his racket again. You must know that he participated too few times this year, and now his points are still far behind. He originally thought that as long as he could get points in each of the three open tournaments, and then rush to the semi-finals or finals, this score would be enough. When he was in the the Peacock Country station, he was eliminated by Bayer in the semi-finals. He could completely accept this result. However, in this station, he was eliminated in the first round and didn't get a single point. So he figured it out and I'm afraid he has to win the next station.
"Can I win the championship? No, I can't. The reason why I can fight like this with Fan Xiaodong is because Fan Xiaodong has no experience. But when I meet old guys like Bayer or Ochomirov, it is difficult to win for the time being. My best result should be to reach the finals and then lose."
Morad is still very self-aware. He knew that he had no chance this year, so he was very angry at that time. He had to participate in the next stop and fight harder. He had to get a few more people into the water. After all, It is better to cry alone than to cry in public. If he had a choice, he hoped to drag Sissifield or Wolf into the water. After all, the internal orthodoxy battle between Germany and Sweden in Europe is still in the ascendant.
Fan Xiaodong took advantage of the momentum of defeating Morad and continued to advance rapidly. In the second round, it defeated the Beautiful Country's first brother Kazik. In the third round, it defeated the veteran Weng Chunting from Hong Kong. In the semi-finals, it met Bayer again.
Bayer is very confused, because the strength of the veteran has been established, and if he can't beat him, he really can't beat him. He doesn't expect to defeat Fan Xiaodong through changes in strategy, because Sun Tianlong, Sun Tianlong's hit nemesis, is sitting on the baffle behind Fan Xiaodong.
He just felt very sad. He had been suppressed by Sun Tianlong all his life and lost dozens of games in a row. Now that Sun Tianlong had retired, he was still beaten by his disciples. Is this the end?
Fan Xiaodong is very happy, because he just beat Bayer once. If he wins again this time, will it be a good thing in the future, just like Brother Long, who also became Bayer's nemesis?
A double attack, master and apprentice defeat each other in two days - doesn't it sound cool?
(Bayer: Shit!)
In short, Bayer was defeated again, and Fan Xiaodong reached the finals.
This time he did not win the championship. In the final, he was chopped up by Swedish brother k. Michel.
This does not mean that Michel is better than Bayer. It can only be said that players do interact with each other. Fan Xiaodong can beat Bayer who is "very reasonable", but it does not mean that he can beat Bayer who is "half reasonable and half unreasonable but has better physical fitness" Michel, what's more, Michel's technical modification was very successful. The forehand glue made his small ball on the table extremely delicate. It was difficult for Fan Xiaodong to take the initiative from him. In the pure frontal violent confrontation, he was actually slightly weaker than Michel.
Sun Tianlong still didn't explain too much about this game, because he knew that Fan Xiaodong's loss was partly due to on-the-spot tactics, but more of it was due to his body.
But it doesn't matter, because Fan Xiaodong is only 16 years old. In two or three years, his power will be fully formed and he will become a real humanoid bulldozer. By then, let alone Michel, Sissifield, Arul, even Wang Chao, the invincible new brother of Huaping, he can definitely touch it again, maybe it will be broken?
It can only be said that the gift that his mentor Qin Huachang left for himself before retiring is truly a unique treasure in the table tennis world.
Then, it's time for the Sakura Country Platinum leg Open at the end of January, which is the last open tournament this year.
This time Bayer didn't come, he gave up, and I won't participate in this year's year-end finals.
Ochomirov didn't come either. He carefully calculated the points at home and finally determined that he had to enter the finals to get the tickets, but he asked himself that he couldn't do this, so he abstained.
Morad came, full of murderous intent, sharpening his sword, and successfully ran into Pike, the star of hope of the England team, in the second round of the main match. Morad performed exceptionally in this battle, and fought Pike to the decisive game, eventually losing 11:8.
But although he lost, it was an honor to lose because Pike consumed too much in this game, causing a muscle strain and a fall on the spot. In the end, it seriously affected his competitive state, causing Pike to lose in the third round to Lu Feiyang, a young Chinese table tennis player who could not beat him.
Morad is happy and sad at the same time. He is happy because he succeeded in pulling one off, but sad because the one he missed turned out to be the Chinese table tennis player he hates the most.
He didn't pay much attention to Fan Xiaodong, because at this moment, not only him, but the whole world has understood that the rise of Huaping is not just the 28-year-old Luo Jiu and the 19-year-old Wang Chao, and the 16-year-old Fan Xiaodong. This new generation of old, middle-aged and young people is so dazzling that they are like three big mountains pressing on the heads of the people. They will lose their dreams for at least the next ten years and become nothing but salted fish.
Perhaps, in the future world competition, runner-up will be the highest honor that everyone can compete for, right?
International Table Tennis Federation is not idle either. They are seriously discussing whether they should limit the number of applicants for the open competition in the future? Should the quota for singles events in the three major competitions be directly reduced to one?
I only asked you to send one person to the competition, but I want to see how you can make it to the finals!
Fan Xiaodong still did not disappoint. He surged forward again and reached the final. This time, his opponent was Mizutori Hato who represented German Table Tennis Association...
Yes, it's amazing, right?
The abandoned Mizutori Hato played in the German club league for more than half a year. He performed very well and achieved excellent results. He took the initiative to apply for naturalization, and Rohlskov happily accepted it. However, in the points battle in January, Rohlskov originally had no intention of letting Mizutori Hato play. After all, Mizutori Hato was seriously absent from games this year and would not be able to accumulate enough points even if he won the championship.
But because Bayer withdrew from the competition, Rohlskov had a sudden idea and planned to let Mizutori Hato go to the international competition to respond to other German players. Specifically, if you meet other association players, fight me to death, but if you meet Sissifield and Wolf, then please give up directly to ensure that they enter the next round.
Mizutori Hato accepted this condition and entered the world competition. In the first round, Sakura Country player Utada Seiya was eliminated. His shots were particularly fierce, like a life and death enemy. The fans in Sakura Country were full of curses, but the international table tennis world was laughing again and again.
Then Mizutori Hato started to keep going crazy. He himself was considered an amazing genius, but his career was ruined by just one mouthful. In the end, he became so angry that he couldn't go back to his home. Naturally, he also had complaints in his heart. At that time, he turned his anger into motivation and kept fighting all the way. He was extremely lucky. He just didn't encounter Sissifield and Wolf, so he had no chance to withdraw. Unknowingly, he made it to the finals.
The opponent is Chinese table tennis player Fan Xiaodong.
He will never forget the sad past when he was continuously chased by Chinese table tennis players Wang Wendong, Sun Tianlong, Luo Jiu, and Wang Chao.
He wants revenge!
"If you can't beat the old one, then beat the younger one."
"I, Mizutori Hato, am such a strange man who is not picky about food."
The final was extremely brutal. Fan Xiaodong relied on his natural composure that was beyond his age and his super balance. Mizutori Hato relied on his unrestrained playing style and excellent on-stage touch. The two sides once again fought to the decisive game.
Then Mizutori Hato's back injury recurred.
Mizutori Hato was playing so excitedly at this Open that he forgot that he was already a 30-year-old man with overdrafted kidneys. He relied on passion and anger to hold on until now, when he suddenly found that his back hurt, and the pain was excruciating.
He and Fan Xiaodong tied 2:2 in the first four games. He voluntarily abstained in the fifth game and was carried off on a stretcher. Once again, he was caught off guard and became the laughing stock of the table tennis world.
But the players of non-Chinese associations laughed and burst into tears. They were so wronged, they really couldn't get any points...
At this point, Huaping returned with a full load. The phone number in Cai Guodong's office was almost buzzing that day. Coaches from non-Chinese associations took the initiative to call him, showing off the rich and colorful language arts of each country and the unique style of local curses. Cai Guodong accepted them all with a smile, fully demonstrating his good self-cultivation of remaining calm despite the collapse of the mountain.
How else could it be said that there is no good person in the coaching staff of Huaping?
This is because the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked.
In short, all the open competitions this year have ended. A few days later, International Table Tennis Federation sent out sixteen invitations to the year-end finals. The final statistics of the invited players are as follows: Luo Jiu, Wang Chao, Hook, Xiao Fei, Lin Zijun, Lin Li, Bai Feng, Zhang Benkuang, k. Michel, Fan Xiaodong, Weng Chunting, Sissifield, Zhu Shixian, Lu Feiyang, Arul, Wolf.
Among them, the reason why Sun Tianlong was not invited is not because he retired, but because he did not participate in any open tournament this year and has no points. The year-end finals do not follow the world rankings, but the open points rankings.
So Xiao Fei, who also retired, was invited because he has both doubles points and singles championship points.
Of course, Xiao Fei will withdraw from the competition. At the same time, Lin Li and Bai Feng within Huaping also took the initiative to apply for withdrawal, so International Table Tennis Federation was added according to the standings. In the end, Bayer, Pike and Qiu Shang got the tickets.
This is definitely a surprise for non-Chinese associations, because they never expected that Lin Li and Bai Feng from Huaping would both choose to withdraw from the competition when they were clearly in their prime.
This is because they cannot understand the subtle mentality of Lin Li and Bai Feng in this year's situation.
The champion of the year-end finals is almost 100% Wang Chao. As Wang Chao's former Olympic quota contenders, Bai Feng and Lin Li will inevitably feel deep frustration and embarrassment at this time. Emotionally, they don't want to be beaten up by Wang Chao in front of everyone. It's better to hide their humiliation than to show off their ugliness. At the same time, they also need to take some time to adjust their mentality and use a new attitude to face Wang Chao, the former junior and now the first brother.
So Morad was depressed again...
He suddenly realized that he was actually only a little bit closer to entering the 16-man roster for the year-end finals, but why did he meet Pike in advance at the last stop?
On the night when the roster was announced, the Swedish boy smashed all the things at home and finally calmed down the anger in his heart.
This matter is not mentioned here because something more important happened: before the start of the year-end finals, the Table Tennis Super League playoffs started first.
The commentators for this competition are once again Qin Huachang and Sun Tianlong who just returned from the Sakura Country Open not long ago.
The master-disciple team-up once again brought unprecedented attention to this year's playoffs.