June 1, the first gold medal was decided in the 2019 China Table Tennis Open. In the Hong Kong-Taiwan duel staged in the mixed doubles final, the Chinese Taipei combination Lin Yunru / Zheng Yijing won three consecutive games against Hong Kong Huang Zhenting / Du Kaiyan .
At the press conference, Zheng Yijing first expressed her affirmation and gratitude to her partner Lin Yunju: "We have excellent cooperation. I want to praise my teammates. He performed very well and created a lot of opportunities for me."
When asked how many points he would give Zheng Yijing, Lin Yunju, who was respectful, turned his head first and praised: "101 points! " may be because he was afraid that his teammates would be too proud. When the reporter who didn't hear clearly asked him to answer again, the young man modified the answer: "100 points."
Champion Selfie
Zheng Yijing admitted that at the Budapest World Table Tennis Championships two months ago, he was burdened by the high expectations: "Because I lost, I made some ideological adjustments. This time I had a very good mentality and stable attitude, and I played every time I deal with it." This is the key to why they were able to reverse the victory. "When the first game came up, the opponent won a fierce victory, so prepare for the stalemate and prepare more round-trip."
It is worth mentioning that Zheng Yijing also participated in a women's singles quarterfinal this morning, losing 1-4 to the Chinese star Zhu Yuling . During the game, she said bluntly that she did not understand the referee's penalty after the game: " I changed three servings and were all sentenced. I was speechless. This is the first time I have encountered table tennis after playing for so many years!"
Zhu Yuling and Zheng Yijing
How to adjust their mood to face the mixed doubles finals? Zheng Yijing responded to the question from Sina Sports : " has indeed been affected a little, and I just slept after returning to the room. "
There are also reporters who are curious about their expectations for the Tokyo Olympic mixed doubles gold medal. Zheng Yijing faced it with a normal heart: "Play every game in front of me and take it step by step."
(He Xia from Shenzhen)