Yes, Geng Shuai, who is now defeated in Table Tennis First Division, and Zhu Ding, who is invincible in Table Tennis First Division, were both one of the six dragons at the beginning.
At that time, Luo Jiu was recognized by the coaching staff as having the first talent, while Lin Li was considered the least talented.
As for Geng Shuai, his playing style is special and not mainstream, but because of his excellent physical condition, both strength and speed, he is also considered to have great potential.
Today's Great Demon King Zhu Ding was originally considered the weakest in overall strength among the three dragons in the same group.
The match at the Denmark station was extremely exciting, and was later evaluated by International Table Tennis Federation as the most exciting stop among the twelve tournaments that year. The reason was because every collision between the dragons played at the truly top level in the world, which made the audience who sold tickets to the venue enjoy themselves.
In the end, Luo Jiu relied on the Taiwan-wide attack style of double-sided loop ball that had already taken shape at that time, and narrowly defeated Zhu Ding 4:3, taking the lead.
Then Luo Jiu met Geng Shuai, another thrilling score of 4:3, but this time it was Geng Shuai who had the last laugh.
Geng Shuai was super powerful in his heyday, but Luo Jiu couldn't break through his defense or stop his offense. Even with more advanced technology and higher court intelligence, Geng Shuai was still beaten to death by Geng Shuai's talented physical condition.
In the other half of the area, everyone is optimistic about Xiao Fei, because Xiao Fei was World Ranking Second at that time, only lower than Dragon Team.
But in the end, Lin Li, who was almost not expected by everyone, completed an incredible reversal. He lost three sets first, then won four sets, and eliminated Xiao Fei in a thrilling manner. He completed the young man's usurpation of power from the veteran, showing his unparalleled game toughness, as well as his extremely delicate observation and fine-tuning ability in on-the-spot matches.
From then on, Lin Li had no further setbacks and passed all the way until he came out of his own half.
Geng Shuai, who was favored by more people, met the host player Denmark veteran Christian Hart in the final battle of his own half.
Hart was a top player in Europe, but he was far from the top. The top player recognized in Europe at that time was the 27-year-old Germany player Hans. Bayer, who later became Uncle Bai.
Judging from the structure of the world table tennis world, only top European players can compete with the first-line players of the Chinese national team.
In other words, Geng Shuai could theoretically compete head-on with the then young and powerful Bayer.
Facing Christian. Hart, Geng Shuai completely suppressed him in the early stage and played passionately. Hart's famous backhand shot from the middle was completely unable to penetrate Geng Shuai. Instead, he was forced back by Geng Shuai many times. It can be said that he was completely defeated from his strongest point.
But one advantage of Hart is that he is patient enough.
He almost didn't find any way to score in the first two games. He tried all the tricks and they all failed. But at this time, he still didn't give up.
He was pressed on the face by Geng Shuai and slapped hard, with a slap on the left and a slap on the right. He was unable to fight back. In the end, he had a sudden idea.
Since I will always be penetrated by my opponent no matter how I actively defend myself, why don't I try another defensive method?
Even if that method is no different from breaking a jar.
When Hart caught the ball, he no longer tried to press down, and he didn't care about the landing point at all. He risked his life and used the dead horse as a living horse doctor. When Geng Shuai made another strong attack, he simply picked the ball into the sky with a board.
The ball flew very high, several meters, and slowly landed on the table of Geng Shuai.
This is already a self-defeating style of play.
Because in any country's professional field, players must master a basic skill called "killing the golf ball."
A golf ball of this level is an excellent opportunity. As a professional player, even if the ball is close to the table, you can't wait to force it up. As for this kind of golf ball, it can produce 120% of the power and hit a theoretically fatal shot.
Hart himself didn't expect that he had somehow found Geng Shuai's weakness.
Geng Shuai plays very rough. When he was in the provincial team, he was a very extreme player. Facing an opponent whose style was restrained by him, he played like a god, but facing an opponent whose style restrained his own, he played like shit.
His golf IQ is not very high, but his physical fitness is ridiculously good, so the coach couldn't bear to give up on him like this, but racked his brains to customize an exclusive racket for him that was very unconventional in terms of elasticity and friction.
Relying on this racket, Geng Shuai's technology has achieved a leap, from the provincial team to the national team, becoming one of Six Little Dragons.
But he actually has some flaws that ordinary professional players don't have. For example, he has not specifically practiced "killing high balls."
The reason why he doesn't practice is because he is afraid of heights...
Yes, this is a reason that no one can think of.
Geng Shuai has been afraid of heights since he was a child. The condition is extremely serious. Even when he is down to earth, he will feel scared when he looks up and sees things that are too high. Therefore, when he was practicing basic skills in the sports school, he refused to practice high balls because he would feel dizzy when he looked up and watched the ball slowly fall.
After all, the coach of the sports school was not that strict. After a protracted stalemate with Geng Shuai, he chose to compromise. Just because the child's physical condition was so good, his excellent strength and nerve reflex speed made the coach unable to bear to give up on him.
Of course, fear of heights is not a serious problem. Geng Shuai is a professional player after all, so when Hart hit the lob for the first time, although Geng Shuai felt some discomfort, he still hit the lob without hesitation and killed Hart with a board.
But Hart didn't give up. He couldn't take the lead anyway, so he simply stopped and waited for Geng Shuai to attack, and then continued to shoot high balls.
He didn't see Geng Shuai's weakness, but he wanted the whole life.
European players have always been good at adjusting during games. When they find that they are completely outmatched, they will take the initiative to give up their advantage and turn the last game of the game into an exhibition match. This is their traditional habit. When Chinese players find that their opponents are starting to adjust, they will generally cooperate in a friendly manner.
Of course, this kind of cooperation will have some agreed-upon rules. For example, the party who takes the initiative to cheat can no longer take advantage of the opportunity to attack, and must remain passive throughout the whole process. Otherwise, this will not be cheating, but deception, and the nature will change.
So Hart really just wanted to survive. He didn't expect that he would win the lottery.
Geng Shuai beat Hart to death with five balls in a row, which made Hart wonder: kid, you are already 3:0. In this last game, I have already given up. Why are you so serious? Come and play with me now. Don't you, a newcomer, even understand the rules of the house?
But when Hart continued to hit high balls, Geng Shuai was finally overcome by the increasingly intense discomfort.
He made a mistake in drawing the ball, committed suicide on offense, and lost a point.
On that day, thousands of spectators in the Denmark capital Copenhagen Royal Arena did not realize that they were about to witness a miracle.
In the next few minutes, Geng Shuai behaved more and more outrageously when faced with Hart's high ball. His suicidal rate increased rapidly. Later, he even dared not take off the ball when it fell from the sky.
Hart, on the other hand, experienced a mental journey from confusion to suspicion to ecstasy. His originally collapsed state began to recover. Even though Geng Shuai held on and hit a few more good shots, he tried his best to catch them.
Then Geng Shuai really collapsed.
He went from a 3:0 lead to a 3:3 tie. Then he could no longer hold on and voluntarily admitted defeat and gave up the last game.
In the last half hour of the game, the entire local audience at the Royal Stadium in Copenhagen stood up and shouted to the rhythm of Hart's lob. Every time Hart hit a lob, they all booed in unison. The overwhelming momentum was like a Chinese New Year.
This is not an exaggeration, because in the eyes of Denmark people, it is worthy of such celebration that a player like Hart can defeat a person like Six Little Dragons from China.
When the referee announced that Geng Shuai had surrendered early, the whole stadium instantly boiled.
The instructor sitting on the sidelines at that time was Zhu Zeshi. He came here with his disciple Xiao Fei and gave him guidance on the Four Little Dragons.
"Old Zhu knew at that time that Geng Shuai was finished. Because our consistent principle is that we can lose the game, but we can't lose our spirit."
Qin Huachang sighed, "Geng Shuai It is forgivable even if the score was 0:11 in the last game, but he chose to give up and made Huaping embarrassed in the international table tennis world. Then the national team had no choice but to give up on him."
Wang Chao was speechless for a long while.
Huaping's reputation in the world is too high, to the point where no stain is allowed to exist. This is of course wrong, but the concept has been formed and no one can change it.
The throne he forged with his own hands, no matter how cold and heavy it was, he still had to hold on to sit firmly.
Geng Shuai's fear of heights is a physiological problem and is reasonable. However, when he gave up the game because of his fear of heights, he really committed a big taboo in Chinese table tennis.
Wang Chao suddenly remembered the game against Osmanthus Fragrance a few days ago. Geng Shuai was broken by Yoshikawa Hiroshi, but still refused to give up. He just asked for a timeout, probably because he had suffered a painful lesson for giving up the game.
Fortunately, Spade Q is not Huaping, and Fan Xiaoxian is not Cai Guodong. She is willing to take the initiative to help Geng Shuai admit defeat.
"Actually, everyone knows what's going on, but the rules cannot be broken. We returned Geng Shuai to the provincial team in order to calm the public opinion storm and to protect him. At that time, the head coach Cai Guodong made a special explanation during the internal meeting, asking his head coach to continue to pay attention and find an appropriate time in the future to recall him."
Qin Huachang shook his head with some disappointment. "But what none of us expected was that after Geng Shuai was returned to the provincial team, he actually started to give up on himself."
Wang Chao didn't ask stupid questions like "Why didn't you save him?"
There are too many talents in Huaping. Even a genius of Six Little Dragons's level is still a lot more than him and a lot less than him. Therefore, if any player wants to reach the top, he must rely on himself, rather than expecting a good coach to make selfless dedication to you.
In a sense, Huaping's way of training team members is to "raise the worms", the survival of the fittest and the survival of the fittest.
"I stopped paying attention to Geng Shuai after all. After all, he is not my responsibility. Unless he can perform well in various domestic competitions, his name will come back into my sight."
Qin Huachang smiled and said, "But it is a pity that I have never heard Geng Shuai's name since then, which means that he has not achieved any results. I also learned about his situation by the way because I followed you a while ago."