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In 2008, Anshan.

The colorful banners in the venue were blown up by the wind, like overwhelming mountains and seas, all shouting one person's name.

"He Tong!"

He Tong is the main player of the national team, while Qiu Ji, who is standing opposite him, is just an unknown second team training partner.There were only a group of young girls cheering for Qiu Ji on the field, and their voices were completely drowned out before they shouted a few times.

Qiu Ji entered the arena expressionlessly.No matter what others yelled, he lowered his head and took out the cricket as if he didn't hear it.

Commentary: "Today's one-eighth final is against players He Tong and Qiu Ji. First, let's talk about the famous player He Tong. He won a bronze medal in the World Table Tennis Championships. Let's not talk about it. Everyone should understand He is very familiar, and he is the favorite to win the championship." After mentioning a few words, he began to chatter about the possibility of He Tong winning the championship this year, and mentioned that the recent young players are gaining momentum.

After finishing speaking, I remembered that Qiu Ji hadn't said anything yet: "As for Qiu Ji, this player is very handsome... I read the information just now, and it turns out that he is Qiu Guangyuan's son!"

"Yes, the former world champion Qiu Guangyuan is just one Olympic away from the Grand Slam. Qiu Guangyao is also a world champion, he is his uncle. Qiu Guangyuan actually went to coach the Swedish team..."

Now that the Swedish team has been supported by Qiu Guangyuan and suppressed the Chinese team, everyone is full of anger.Even though Qiu Guangyuan went there to repay a friend's debt, he would still be ridiculed by thousands of people.In the same way, the German and British teams ranked No. 3 in the overall ranking are all Chinese coaches.

"Qiu Ji is a bit of a pity. You don't know. When he was 14 years old, he swept all the World Youth Championships. Don't look at the Swedish team and the German team. They are not his opponents. At that time, they broke the World Youth Championship. Let’s record it, the youngest one. After winning the award, he was pretty good and returned to China. At that time, everyone said that he was the next Qiu Guangyuan.”

"Then what happened..."

"Something happened and I was injured. I used to shoot with my left hand, but now I switch to my right hand. Although he can play with both hands, he hasn't practiced much with his right hand, and he has to change his footwork and ball path. His talent is also exhausted. It took three years to get into the second team, so it’s still better to be left-handed.”

"It's a pity. If he can upset this time and beat He Tong..."

"That is definitely becoming famous in one battle, entering the quarterfinals, and automatically returning to the national first team. The future is bright!"

"Leader Yang, what do you think?"

"This game is indeed very important to him, and he has a new coach, Lin Qiao, who is very good."

Someone said in a low voice, "Hahaha, the one on the podium still holding potato chips."

Everyone laughed.

There are so many commentators in this circle who come and go, with their backs against the big trees, some people can speak freely.No matter what the occasion, he dared to say anything.Openly standing in line, trampling on athletes, misremembering actual performance, not talking about the ball but gossip... extremely unprofessional!Everyone on the Internet disliked him, but he was still present in the game.

Team leader Yang smoothed things over and said, "Yes, a coach with a lot of character... Anyway, he is capable of taking a provincial team that was at the bottom of the previous year to the men's team championship directly."

"Okay, the game will start now!"

After the two hit the ball back and forth for a while as if warming up, He Tong served first.

Qiu Ji stared at the opponent's cricket, bent over and kneeled, like a leopard waiting for its prey.He has studied He Tong.When encountering a big competition, He Tong must warm up the ball and knock it back and forth on the board to confirm the strength of the ball.Many top athletes have this habit.

This time, He Tong hit the ball without warming up, which shows that He Tong didn't take him seriously at all!Annoyed, he squeezed the bat.

In the blink of an eye, the white ball flew over the net like lightning and rushed to the center of the table.As soon as Qiu Ji was distracted, the white ball fell to the ground.

One to zero.

The commentators all sighed: "It's such a pity this ball! He Tong didn't serve well, and it was already out. Qiu Ji can attack directly. What is he thinking!"

Some people simply said: "What kind of ball did you play? You didn't enter the state at all! You said that this Qiu Ji played with a temper. This must not work!"

Someone said: "After all, they are not at the same level, the gap is too big! I think it would be good to get points."

This is too much.

Team leader Yang hurriedly said: "That's not necessarily... Let's continue watching the game."

Fans of He Tong shouted: "Brother Tong! Brother Tong! You are the best!"

Qiu Ji listened to it, but didn't respond, and continued to stare at the ball.

Qiu Ji was receiving the serve. Seeing that He Tong's hit point was backspin, he immediately raised his hand and swayed a short ball.Qiu Ji probably wanted to attack, but this position is not easy to use force, the ball is very close to the net!Lightweight over the net, the flight arc is very irregular, the ball hardly jumps, and falls straight down!

He Tong intentionally sent a tricky shot and wanted him to swing it short, but who would have thought that Qiu Ji's swinging technique was unexpectedly good!It's not bad if I can barely get the ball, but it's impossible to think about the net!

He Tong sighed angrily.

"Wow, good shot!" The commentators shouted subconsciously, remembering that they said just now that Qiu Ji could score points, it was good, and it was very embarrassing to be slapped in the face quickly.There was such a silence for a while, someone said: "The second jump of this ball has not yet been released, um... it is a bit powerful."

"Hey, this short swing is a test of basic skills. When he entered the interview, he also said that he would win the championship today."

Before the game, no one was optimistic about Qiu Ji, so the media interview was straightforward, and even asked "how many points do you think you can get from He Tong today?"Qiu Ji responded: "I'm here to win the championship."

If this game is lost, what will the press release write?It must be "the newcomer boldly expected the singles championship in the National Games, but was tortured by He Tong."

Obviously no one thinks that he can really win the championship. If he wins a round from He Tong, it will probably last half a year.Someone half-joked: "Hahaha, you are quite ambitious. A newborn calf is not afraid of tigers."

"It's hard to say, upset is also possible."

"It seems that He Tong's strength has gone downhill. After all, he is getting older. Judging from this year's lineup, You Yu, Yang Yishan and He Zun did not participate."

Someone among the fans burst into a scream: "Qiu Ji is awesome!"

It's just that this sentence immediately aroused the anger of He Tong's fans, who began to boo and shout wildly. "Provincial x team, come on! He Tong, come on!" Shouting boos is actually not in line with the etiquette of watching the game, but He Tong has a large fan base, which can be regarded as everyone, good and bad.Some male fans became arrogant and completely unreasonable.

Commentary: "After all, it's the home field advantage. You can see that the field is full of fans of the x provincial team."

"Qiu Ji also has fans. I saw some people hanging up banners on the field, and they were all girls."

"Is it because you are handsome? Haha."

There was a beehive of noise outside the court, but Qiu Ji couldn't see anything on his face. Winning a goal was just the beginning, and he didn't do anything too drastic.

He lifted his right hand and held the ball.

However, no one expected that the situation would turn completely one-sided from the next goal!

Qiu Ji made a serve error!

Keep making mistakes!

He Tong served the ball, used his good skills, caught one or two rebounds, and made a mistake!

He Tong served the ball, but he didn't expect the opponent to survive the first three rebounds!Turning to a stalemate, and using the rhythm control he is good at, Qiu Ji made a mistake again after going back and forth like this!

Soon the situation became 8:1, losing seven points in a row, it is difficult to recover this round!

He Tong's fans were so excited that they could not wait to celebrate the victory in advance.This time, even the voice calling Qiu Ji to cheer up was no longer heard.

Qiu Ji's magic ball is still there, but now he is playing like this... The commentary is a bit confused, and some people can't help but say: "What is Qiu Ji hitting? Why did this ball not spin? Can't answer? This is not his strength."

In a best-of-seven game, the first game is very important.After all, it was a good start. Taking advantage of the opponent's slow heat and not preparing to win the next round, the momentum rose sharply, and it was not impossible to be upset.Facing the powerful main players, it’s okay to lose one round, and it’s very difficult to get back after losing the second round.

Without any suspense, Qiu Ji lost the first game, 11:1.

Things are going great!He Tong's fans cheered enthusiastically, and the few fans shouted loudly: "Qiu Ji, come on!"

Qiu Ji still couldn't see the frustration of defeat on his face. He reached out for a towel to wipe off his sweat, and threw it back into the towel barrel.

He Tong's brows began to wrinkle, and he glanced at Qiu Ji with heavy eyes, his back was completely soaked.

Commentary: "He Tong is in very good form. It seems that today is [-]-[-]. After all, he has rich experience!" After being beaten in the face again, he had to pretend to forget what he said about "He Tong is old" and started bragging about He Tong How superb the technology is. "He Tong's strength is obvious to all. He still had a chance to compete in the Olympic singles. If he hadn't lost to the Singapore team, he might have won the Olympic medal!"

"Yes, even though he is facing a young player today, He Tong's tactics are still quite good. You can see that he has played several of his best skills, and you can see the king's momentum."

He didn't forget to step on Qiu Ji: "It seems that changing the right hand still doesn't work. You can see that he hardly exerts his strength, and he is all defensive."

"I heard that he was not delisted by the club this year, so he won't be able to play in the Ping Chao?"

The Table Tennis Super League is one of the few ways for players to make money in a year.The clubs are all businessmen, they only see if they can win.Seeing that the left hand is replaced by the right hand, all the footwork has to be changed again, and the inherent advantage of the left hand is gone.Then what else?No one was optimistic about it, so it passed the auction directly.

Money is second, and the most important thing is that the actual combat opportunities are gone.Just practice, no competition, I still feel uneasy.Just like students usually do a hundred questions, it is better to have a real mock test.

The commentators knew too well in their hearts, they were just curious, well, how could their left hand be injured.

Compared with commenting on the mood of gloating, the players of Team S off the field all looked anxious, eager to rush up to play for Qiu Ji: "How could this ball be played like this! According to Qiu Ji's usual level, it shouldn't be!"

"Look, there isn't even a single person shouting for cheers, and I wouldn't be in the mood to fight."

"No, no, no, I'm too nervous! After all, thousands of people watched me serve the ball to wipe off my sweat, and there are so many cameras." Someone said, biting his nails.

"Look at his face, does he seem nervous? He must be hungry! He can't hit the ball when he's hungry!"

"Right, I told you earlier, let him eat a cake first. Whoever stopped him just now, the fans can still poison us."

Someone weakly stretched out a hand and pointed at the coach: "The coach said."

Everyone stopped talking.

Lin Qiao sat on the side, watching the football game with folded arms.Cherish words like gold, and slowly spit out two words: "Get to the bottom of it."

Everyone looked at Lin Qiao in unison, and nothing could be seen from his expression.But just listening to these two words, I feel that Lin Qiao, as usual, had an early insight into the situation on the field, and couldn't help asking: "Could it be that Qiu Ji is probing and see what tactics He Tong will use? Will this sacrifice be too much?" Big! This is the first game! How much psychological pressure is there in the future?"

"If that's the case, isn't it too powerful?"

"Coach, are you serious?"

Lin Qiao didn't bother to pay attention, just grabbed a pack of potato chips that said "seriously warn you, someone will poison you every minute", and ate it with a serious face.

"Coach, you still have the heart to eat potato chips! If you lose this game, Qiu Ji may not be able to recover in a year or two!"

"Hey, no one wants him in the Ping Pong Super League! Really, it's so unlucky to meet He Tong in the quarter-finals!"

Qiu Ji weighed the white ball in his hand, and turned his eyes to He Tong who was dripping with sweat on the opposite table, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Table tennis is really interesting.