On October 22, 2002, the Ninth National Games Table Tennis Tournament started in Shantou, Guangdong. The level of competition and intensity of this competition greatly exceeded that of the Osaka World Table Tennis Championships a year ago, and it left many divergent stories. For example, the Shanghai team deliberately released the People’s Liberation Army in front of the men’s team game, but the two teams met again in the final, and the Shanghai team actually lost. Another example is the women’s singles final, Zhang Yining defeated and Wang Nan in two rounds, but was eventually turned over by Wang Nan. At the end of the game, Zhang Yining's last few balls were completely furious and demeaned, and was suspended after the game.
These stories will be told later. Today, let’s talk about the most suffocating strike of this game-the women's team semi-final Beijing vs. Guangdong. The excitement of this ball is comparable to that of Liu Guozheng saving seven match points at the Osaka World Table Tennis Championships.
There are four teams that won the women's team championship in this National Games. The first is the Liaoning team with Wang Nan and Wenjia; the second is the Hebei team led by Baiyang and Niu Jianfeng; the third is the first two runner-ups, with Zhang Yining and Guo Yan sitting in the town; The fourth is the last championship, the Jiangsu team with three world champions: Li Ju, Yang Ying, Zhang Yingying.
At the Sydney Olympics, Wang Nan, Li Ju, and Chen Jing won gold, silver and bronze medals
The average age of the Beijing team is only 18 years old, the youngest of all participating teams, the oldest Jia Beibei is 20 years old, and the youngest Li Qiangbing is only 16 years old. Zhang Yining and Guo Yan are technically superior, but they suffer from the fact that the third person is too weak and has a clear lame. Therefore, the Beijing team coach Zhou Shusen was very low-key, saying that their chances of winning the championship are at most 25%.
When competing with the Liaoning team for the first place in the group,The Beijing team was in a good situation with a 2-0 lead and was pulled back by the opponent in 3 sets, and finally ranked second in the group. Guo Yan unexpectedly defeated Wang Nan in front of this ball, but unexpectedly lost to Li Jia in the fifth game. It can be seen that the ups and downs were too great and it was very immature.
The host Guangdong women's team is a super dark horse. Without a member of the national team, they defeated the Jiangsu team 3:2 in the group stage. They also qualified as second in the group, and finally met the Beijing team in the semi-finals. For the Guangdong women's team, it is a great surprise to be able to reach the semi-finals, and it is a game to win one game in the back. In this state of mind, super-level performance is a high probability event.
Beijing team drew the home team, Zhang Yining played No. 1 and No. 4; Guo Yan played No. 2 and No. 5; Jia Beibei played No. 3. The Guangdong team was drawn to the visiting team, with Cao Xingni playing No. 1 and No. 4; Mai Lele playing No. 2 and No. 5; Wang Shaohua playing No. 3. From the paper strength analysis, the Beijing team should win 3:0, at most 3:1.
Zhang Yining
Sure enough, just as people expected, Zhang Yining won the first set of the first set without any effort to win Mai Lele, and the opponent scored 15 points in the two games. In the second set, Guo Yan took Cao Xingni 2:0 without much effort. In the third set, Jia Beibei won the first game as soon as he went up. Everyone on the field felt that the Guangdong team was over. They only felt that the game ended too quickly, and only hoped that the game could be played for a while.
At this moment, the Guangdong team has lost 5 games in a row. One foot has stepped on the edge of the cliff and the Guangdong team started a Jedi counterattack. The morale of the team was boosted.
The fourth set is the first main contest between the two sides. Cao Xingni is a rare straight anti-adhesive style in the women's line. Since playing Cao Yanhua , the Chinese women's team did not have a first-class straight anti-adhesive player for a long time after retiring. Until the emergence of Li Nan , people saw hope. But Li Nan's ball loophole is really too big. After Busan Asian Games was hit hard, he quickly withdrew from the ranks of the main players. Cao Xingni has a fierce style of play, can bite and fight, and often plays the role of giant killer in domestic competitions. This time she taught Zhang Yining a lesson.
Cao Xingni
Zhang Yining suddenly felt exhausted after winning the first game.In the end, he lost two games in a row. Her subsequent explanation was that the audience was too noisy, which made her uneasy. This is certainly not a reason. The fundamental reason for the loss is that there is a problem with psychological adjustment, which leads to abnormal performance of skills and tactics. This is also the Achilles heel of Zhang Yining for a long time. This ball and the subsequent women's singles finals have been fully exposed.
In the first game of the deciding set, Guo Yan, who was under great pressure, had stiff movements and did not play at all. On the contrary, Mai Lele played proactively and frequently fought well. He played a lot of high-level shots. As a result, he won one by 21:18. Bureau. In the first round, Mai Lele became more and more courageous, and in the second round, he took the lead. Guo Yan was almost collapsed at this time, and the Guangdong team seemed to be in sight.
When the score reached 16:8, the mentality of both parties changed. Mai Lele suddenly became conservative. He gave up the tactics of taking the initiative to fight and tried to be stable. He waited for Guo Yan, who played abnormally, to be more abnormal and win the championship steadily. Guo Yan said after the game that, on the verge of despair, she had three selves struggling in her mind: one is to give up, the other is to continue to fight, and the third is to let the flow go. "Finally, the idea of fighting prevailed."
Guo Yan
Guo Yan bit by point, hit a wave of 8:3 climax, and chased the score to 16:19. With the right to serve, she made 4 side topspins in a row, actively struggling with the opponent, relying on her hard power in both forehands and backhands to score 4 points in a row, and instead led by 20:19. The fifth serve was still topspin, and Mai Lele was indeed able to fight at critical moments, and scored with a challenge.
From the 20th draw, the two played until the 24th draw. Mai Lele held all four match points and was resolved by Guo Yan. The most exciting game was the ball after the 22 draw. The two sides pulled and hedged the center and the far stage. They played 23 rounds. In the end, Guo Yan made a mistake when pulling sideways. After playing the ball, the audience stood up and cheered. This is recognized as the most exciting ball in this game.
Mai Lele played a lot of rounds with the four leading balls, and Guo Yan pulled back the 4 balls to score directly with the backspin. It can be seen that Guo Yan has a clear advantage in the first three rebounds, and Mai Lele receives the serve. Obviously guilty. After the 24 draw, Guo Yan finally took the lead for the first time. She seized the opportunity and finally won by 26:24.
Mai Lele
Guo Yan, who escaped from the dead, gained a lot of confidence,Finally took the initiative in the third game, and finally won the deciding game 21:15. Zhou Shusen had a lingering fear after the game: "We picked up this ball today."
Although the Guangdong team lost, it was impressive. Cai Zhenhua commented after the game that the spirit of the Guangdong team is worth learning from the national team members.
After this tough battle was won, the girls of the Beijing team became mature overnight. They then won the women's team championship by winning two consecutive 3-1 wins against Liaoning and Hebei.
Compared with the young Beijing team, the Jiangsu team, which has many new and old world champions and a variety of play styles, only finished seventh. The decline of the Jiangsu team is directly related to the outdated style of play. Changing the big ball and unobstructed serve is a huge blow to the straight , which makes Yang Ying and Zhang Yingying, who are already relatively weak, have no advantage in playing against anyone. . After the game, Li Ju also complained repeatedly, saying that there are actually two pieces of positive rubber in a team, which is strange if such a combination does not lose.
The table tennis match of the 9th National Games is a real fairy fight. The great gods of the new century ping-pong ball broke out collectively. The scene is extremely hot and exciting, especially the men’s game which is straight out of the limelight. We will leave these stories for tomorrow.
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