In November, Qatar Open started playing in the regular station. Wang Chao took his two royal partners Wu Li and Tang Yuanyuan on the journey. This was the second time he played three events this year. At the same time, this also represented the entire story about the mixed doubles partners that happened in the first half of this year. It finally came to an end and ended with the collective failure of the coaching staff.
Of course, if you want to keep the fruits of victory, Wang Chao needs to prove himself in Qatar.
He did it.
In fact, the table tennis world this year is quite magical. In the past years, even when Sun Tianlong was invincible, a large number of non-Chinese associations players held unrealistic fantasies in every open competition and wanted to slay the dragon and prove their enlightenment. But this year, all non-Chinese associations players seemed to have lost the courage to face Wang Chao.
When Wang Chao was not competing, they occasionally shouted the slogan "Slaughter Nine Proofs". For example, weirdos like Morad, or veterans like Wolf. They were very good at finding opportunities, and would deliberately miss Wang Chao when registering, specifically to catch Luo Jiu.
This "catch" does not mean that he can beat Luo Jiu, but that they think there is still a three-point chance against Luo Jiu. Maybe one day the luck comes and they win? Regardless of whether Luo Jiu was in bad shape or had a bad stomach at that time, in short, as long as he wins once, he can brag for the whole year.
But facing Wang Chao, it really feels like a person is standing in front of a towering mountain. There is no possibility that the mountain will be pushed down by you if you take a nap.
In short, Wang Chao easily won the championship of Men's Singles in Qatar. The only person who resisted a little more fiercely during this process was Fan Xiaodong, but in the end he was beaten 4:0 again, and the beating was relatively hard, because you dared to resist tenaciously.
This is called "Anyone who refuses to obey will be beaten to death."
After the game, Fan Xiaodong was very disappointed, but he was very strong. In order not to let people see his inner frustration, he forced himself to smile in front of the camera. And because he didn't want people to think he was petty, he still forced himself to run to congratulate Wang Chao, and pretended to raise his fists to look confident. His tone was sonorous and powerful. "I will definitely win next time!"
This is an underage boy's heartfelt attitude towards the world. He wants to hide his weakness and show his strength.
But Sun Tianlong saw Fan Xiaodong's smile and thought that he had not collapsed yet. A mature future Grand Slam leader must first collapse and then be recast. If there is no process of breaking and then standing up, how can he emerge from the cocoon and become a butterfly?
So he told Wang Chao in private, "Keep fighting."
So you see, this is actually a beautiful misunderstanding.
As for Men's Doubles, Wang Chao and Wu Li still won the championship.
In fact, in the past six months, the world table tennis world has basically accepted its fate. Huaping's Men's Doubles project was originally supported by the old foundation of Sun Tianlong and Xiao Fei last year. With the retirement of these two people,, the world table tennis world thought that there would be some opportunities in the Men's Doubles event this year, but the recent consecutive open tournaments have clearly shown that Huaping's dominance in the Men's Doubles event is probably no less than that of Men's Singles.
Although Sun Tianlong and Xiao Fei are gone, there are Luo Jiu and Lin Li, or Wang Chao and Wu Li.
So you see, now Huaping actually has two sets of invincible partners, which can be swapped. In the past, you could pray that one of Sun Tianlong and Xiao Fei would retire due to injury, but now there is no chance at all.
So in the end, everyone still put their hope in mixed doubles.
Lin Zijun+Che Songxin, this is already the strongest lineup that non-Chinese associations put together after picking and choosing. Will it work?
The mixed doubles final was without exception between Tang Dynasty Combination and the international combination. This battle had unprecedented influence. To use the second point of view, this was simply a battle between China Table Tennis Team and non-Chinese associations.
In the end, Tang Dynasty Combination crushed the international combination 3:0, using irrefutable facts to prove that they are really the ceiling of mixed doubles and an invincible existence.
After the game, Cai Guodong was convinced. Che Songxin, the number one female chipper who once publicly expressed dissatisfaction because of her dissatisfaction, has not spoken out since, which is considered to have admitted the gap.
But the Huaping team is not in a hurry to tear down Wang Qin and Shen Sha, because Tang Dynasty Combination still needs a spare tire. After all, everyone has injuries, and Killing Head Combination is obviously one round younger than the average age of Tang Dynasty Combination. Even if it is to be cultivated as a successor, it is good.
This is the third year since Wang Chao traveled to this world.
He went through dormancy in the second half of the first year and worked hard throughout the second year. By November of the third year, he had officially become the undisputed mainstay of Huaping. He achieved 100% dominance in the three events he could participate in, Men's Singles, Men's Doubles, and mixed doubles. Even the crisis of changing partners was resolved by him on his own.
When he returned to the Imperial Capital with three gold medals from Qatar Open, there was no longer any doubt within the team or outside.
So the next time passed extremely quickly.
At the end of November, Wang Chao, Luo Jiu, and Lin Li were invited to participate in Asian Championships. In the end, Wang Chao and Luo Jiu both reached the finals. After Asian Cup joined forces, they once again completed the championship and runner-up in the three major regional competitions.
Luo Jiu was beaten violently by Wang Chao again.
So far, the so-called "Kings do not meet kings" purpose among the five main players of Huaping has been regarded as existing in name only. Luo Jiu has become Wang Chao's royal punching bag, and Lin Li and Bai Feng are both Luo Jiu's royal punching bag, the only thing that can still compete internally is the battle for third place between Bai Feng and Lin Li, and the battle for power between the two big brothers Fan Xiaodong and Bai Feng Lin Li.
Wang Chao and Luo Jiu became two separate gears, hanging high in the sky.
After Asian Championships, Wang Chao and Wu Li returned to the Table Tennis Super League autumn season. They fought side by side with the new team members Hou Xijia and Qiu Shang and successfully entered the playoffs.
At this time, Qiu Shang finally fully matured after being beaten endlessly by Wang Chao. He and Hou Xijia competed for the third single position in the team, but it was always difficult to distinguish. In the end, even Wang Chao, the part-time coach, could not make a definite choice and could only let them rotate.
The four teams in the autumn playoffs surfaced in mid-December, namely Black Spade Q Club, Imperial Capital Panlong Club, Shanghai Fire Phoenix Club, and Jiangsu Province Seaport Club.
The last club actually has a long history and has been established for ten years. However, in the past few years, they have had a lot of money but cannot buy strong players, resulting in poor performance.
But this time, taking advantage of the transfer wave a few months ago, they finally made a crucial leap.
They were one of the three teams that had previously quoted the highest transfer price for Wang Chao.
In the end, although Jiangsu Province Seaport Club did not buy Wang Chao, he successfully grabbed Sissifield, a powerful foreign aid, and also pocketed Hook with deep pockets.
You must know that Hook publicly stated at the beginning of the season that he will chase the world rankings throughout this year and has no intention of playing Table Tennis Super League. Under such circumstances, even Hook himself does not expect anyone to sign him. Instead, he plans to take a rest for a season and then shift his focus to the league next year.
But Jiangsu Province is worthy of being a prosperous place in China. They are really rich. After some exchanges with Hook, the Harbor Club signed him for one year at half price. There was only one supplementary clause in the contract. "When renewing the contract, we must be given priority at the same price."
To put it bluntly, Hook is giving away half a year's salary for free in exchange for him working for him next year.
Don't forget, Hook is the man who won Table Tennis Super League's annual MVP. He is Table Tennis Super League's real maximum salary. Even if it is half price, it is an astronomical figure.
In short, the Brazilian made so much money that even he was embarrassed. He finally took the initiative to return during the playoffs and gave up Hong Kong Open in December, intending to contribute to the team's championship at this critical moment.
As for the last member of Jiangsu Province Seaport Club, he was one of the New Six Dragons of China Table Tennis Team and now a national team player, Hu Buming, who has been silent for a long time.
Hu Buming was originally a super rookie of Xiangnan Province. He also had his shining moments. He was especially good at bragging and was considered a special talent. However, his mentality was impetuous and his talent was not that strong, so he was stuck in the national team. After more than a year, National Second Team only reached the mid-level level. Jiangsu Province Seaport Club signed him not because of his strength, but because Table Tennis Super League had regulations that there must be one domestic player among the three main players no matter what.
It's not expensive anyway, and no one knows when foreign players will go to play in the World Championships. So, it is always right to sign an extra domestic player to prepare for emergencies.
A former player of the Harbor Club was First Team. He chose to leave after hearing that his club was recruiting two foreign players. This is also normal. After all, not everyone wants to succeed because of others. There are always some arrogant or weird players who cannot accept being cared for by foreigners in the field of table tennis. ry, after he left, the only ones that could be played in the club were Sissifield and the original second order. Hook was not included. The original third order was, to put it bluntly, just a make-up. So after a lot of trouble, Hu Buming finally fell into their eyes.
Hu Buming is not too strong, but he is still a young genius after all, and is still much better than his original third order.
In fact, throughout the autumn season, this team mainly relied on the team's second single, Hu Buming, and Sissifield. However, in a few games, Hook took the time to help out. It was precisely with the extra points that Hook helped in these few games that the team stumbled and entered the playoffs in fourth place.
Originally they were not a strong team, but once they entered the playoffs, the situation changed.
Because Hook is completely back.
Of course, other teams are not easy to deal with. Whether it is Imperial Capital Panlong Club's Lin Li, Zhu Ding, Arul lineup, or Magic City Fire Phoenix's Bai Feng, Qi Hao, Weng Chunting lineup, they can definitely beat most of the national teams in the world.
In the end, Jiangsu Province Seaport Club lost to Magic City Fire Phoenix, while Spade Q defeated Imperial Capital Panlong.
It was natural for Su Province to lose. Although Sissifield was strong, he was a reckless man. Under the premise of being specifically studied, it was difficult for him to win regardless of whether he played Bai Feng or Qi Hao. The only one he could easily win, Weng Chunting, never encountered him.
So in the end, Suzhou Province only won two singles matches against Hook and lost the game 2:3.
As for Spade Q's victory, it is reasonable and unexpected.
Before the game, everyone felt that Imperial Capital Panlong had the advantage, because these three generals were really scary.
Everyone guessed that Wang Chao could get two points. The problem is, no one expected that Qiu Shang actually got the third point.
In order to ensure the doubles pairing between Wang Chao and Wu Li, Spade Q used Qiu Shang as a single, and the opposite team Imperial Capital Panlong had already expected this. They sent Arul to capture Qiu Shang, intending to "make some tofu with brine, and one thing will be reduced."
Don't forget, when Qiu Shang was just making a name for himself in the international arena, it was because of three consecutive encounters with Arul that he was suppressed.
In terms of mentality, Arul naturally has an advantage over Qiu Shang.
In terms of technical characteristics, the violence of Arul also inherently suppresses the less aggressive style of Qiu Shang.
But in the end, Arul successfully caught Qiu Shang in the first game, but lost 1:4. It was basically a one-sided situation.
After the game, Qiu Shang felt refreshed. Even the painful memories of being beaten endlessly by Wang Chao in the past few months seemed to have become sweeter, because he clearly realized: I have become stronger, and I am not bald.
In fact, he had a full week of special training on Arul.
He deliberately went out alone and knew that Imperial Capital Panlong must be targeting him. He was here to catch Arul in the opposite direction. This is called taking advantage of the situation. It requires strong confidence and tenacity. After all, facing someone who has beaten him many times, as long as he is a little timid in his mentality, he may lose the game.
Fortunately he held on.
The game of Qiu Shang actually caused more thinking among professional players than ordinary fans imagined, because many people realized a problem: Qiu Shang improved its strength and overcame its natural enemies after joining Spade Q.
Why can he do this? Obviously it's because of Wang Chao.
Thinking about Wu Li in the team, and the former Geng Shuai, it is not difficult to come to the conclusion: joining Spade Q actually has some hidden benefits, such as improving the level, and Wang Chao can help adjust technology, design strategies and tactics, and even restructure the technical and tactical system.
In the past year, didn't Tang Yuanyuan and Wu Li get World Champion because they followed Wang Chao?
These hidden benefits cannot be exchanged for money.
As a result, many players had their thoughts and wanted to play at Spade Q, but when they inquired again, they found that Spade Q actually only recruited Northern Hubei Province locals, and they could only stop playing and sighed again and again.
As for the local players Northern Hubei Province, they really can't sit still.
For example, Jiang Shan couldn't help but call Wang Chao and begged, "Brother Chao, I will be an adult next year, can I sign with your team? It doesn't matter if the money is more or less, just give me a little, it doesn't matter if I play as a substitute, I just want to play with you."
Faced with similar harassment, Wang Chao always smiled and made perfunctory remarks, but did not dare to make a promise. After all, he is basically the decision-maker behind the scenes at Spade Q. As long as he gives suggestions, Fan Xiaofan cannot object. Then, he must be more cautious and cannot use the trust of his boss as a favor.
Let's get back to the game.
After Qiu Shang won the game, Wang Chao came out as the second single and beat Lin Li. Then he cooperated with Wu Li and easily defeated the combination of Lin Li and Zhu Ding in doubles.
So far, Spade Q has entered the Table Tennis Super League autumn finals with a score of 3:0.
In the finals, Magic City Fire Phoenix still wanted to play formation, because they knew that the doubles match between Wang Chao and Wu Li was guaranteed, so Spade Q's single was either Qiu Shang or Hou Xijia.
There is actually a saying about Magic City Fire Phoenix's doubles, because Bai Feng and Weng Chunting are both Grandmaster level characters of Penhold Backhand Loop, so In fact, these two people can be regarded as half backhand players. No matter who can be paired with Qi Hao, and the matching effect is very good, Table Tennis Super League has also achieved good results in the past dozens of rounds.
But the problem is, Wang Chao and Wu Li are the world Men's Doubles champions.
So Magic City Fire Phoenix played an extremely beautiful psychological game.
"You Spade Q will probably guess who Qi Hao will play doubles with, right? Therefore, you will guess that our order will be either Bai Feng or Weng Chunting."
"But in fact, no matter how we match up in doubles, we will always lose. There is no need to give it a try. So, let's just do the opposite and let Qi Hao take the single."
"It is not safe for Weng Chunting to catch Qiu Shang and Hou Xijia, but the current Qi Hao is catching these two people. Isn't it accurate to catch them one by one?"
Magic City Fire Phoenix had a beautiful idea, and he really guessed the psychology of Spade Q. It should be said that they had the upper hand in this battle.
But in the arena of competitive sports, no amount of calculation can compare to true strength.
Qi Hao caught Hou Xijia to death in the first game.
Wang Chao crushed Bai Feng in the second game.
Wang Chao and Wu Li crushed Bai Feng and Weng Chunting in the third game.
Hou Xijia met Weng Chunting in the fourth game. Both sides were evenly matched. After a fierce battle, Weng Chunting finally won with difficulty.
At this point, the big score became a 2:2 tie, and the decisive match was Wu Li vs Qi Hao.
Hou Xijia is very ashamed because he lost two points and now the situation in the decisive game is quite unfavorable.
At this time, most people think that Qi Hao will win, because Qi Hao's singles performance in the national team is better than Wu Li, and Wu Li has made rapid progress in doubles in the past six months, and together with Wang Chao, has become one of the strong candidates for the world's No. 1 Men's Doubles.
But in the end Qi Hao was destroyed by Wu Li 3:1.
As of the time of this game, in the ranking of the Chinese Table Tennis National Men's Team, Qi Hao was ranked sixth, just below the five main players, while Wu Li was ranked ninth.
Wu Li spends much less time practicing with Chinese Table Tennis base than Qi Hao. The reason is that he has been following Wang Chao, sometimes playing doubles abroad, sometimes returning to Table Tennis Super League, so in fact, there has never been a very timely follow-up evaluation of his strength within the Chinese Table Tennis Team. It was only at this moment that Cai Guodong was convinced that Wu Li had truly become the number one player among the five main players.
In other words, he is actually qualified to challenge the five major players, but whether he can succeed in the challenge is still uncertain.
"It's time to arrange a singles path for Wu Li in the World Championship. We can no longer regard him simply as a subordinate of Wang Chao." Cai Guodong made a decision silently after watching the game.
At this point, this year's Table Tennis Super League is completely over. Wang Chao succeeded in winning the Super League championship after Grand Slam, and also undoubtedly took the title of "MVP Player of the Year" into his arms. This can be regarded as adding another highlight to his already heavy resume.
(A little teaser, it will end in about one or two days. I can't be sure of the specifics. Just read it and read it, haha)