Chapter 6: Registration for the Open, Daqian's invitation, preparation for the Table Tennis Super League The training hall is still bustling at night. Li Ying stepped in and found Meng Li and Ma Qing, who also came to practice. There are also Su Yan, Liang Long, Kong Fengge and Xu Guinian. As the main players of the team, they have a team of other players as sparring partners. It is obvious that Li Ying is currently serving as Chen Daqian's sparring partner. "That's interesting!" Li Ying smiled. I practiced until ten o'clock in the evening and then went back to the dormitory to rest. the next day. Li Ying came to the training hall and walked up to the men's team head coach Dong Yaobang. "Coach, I want to sign up for the two open tournaments in October!"
Although Li Ying now believes that his strength is no less than that of a thousand-mile horse, for now, he has no achievements except the title of a national first-team athlete. Hearing this, Dong Yaobang looked at Li Ying in surprise. He never thought that Li Ying actually wanted to participate in the open tournament. "Isn't there this year's Table Tennis Super League in October? With your current level, I believe many table tennis league teams will contact you soon." Dong Yaobang said with a smile. "I haven't joined any professional league team yet, so I don't want to join this year. I still want to hone myself in the open tournaments, as I'm still young. I want to practice through the tournaments, and use these two open tournaments to prepare for this year's World Table Tennis Championships!" Li Ying is no longer the 16-year-old who knows nothing. He has a more mature soul in his mind. Li Ying knew very well what he wanted. If you can win the open championship, you will be eligible to participate in the professional tour finals at the end of the year. Moreover, to enter the world rankings, one must start from the Open. Li Ying must produce results as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the Dragon and Phoenix Tortoise completely replace the Thousand-Li Horse, it will be very difficult to stand out. However, in this life, the men's table tennis team of Xia country is not as strong as that of Earth. But we must seize the opportunity to "take over the power". "Li Ying, you can choose to participate in the Table Tennis Super League first. The Serbia Open starts on October 10, but according to the competition system of the Table Tennis Super League, you can play in the first five rounds. You just need to make an agreement with the league club that you will participate in two open tournaments." "In this way, you can hone your skills in the Table Tennis Super League and then participate in open tournaments. More importantly, the Table Tennis Super League is a team competition, which allows you to compete with table tennis masters from all over the country, and also helps to quickly improve your strength." Li Ying nodded repeatedly. "But so far, no Table Tennis Super League team has contacted me!" After hearing this, Dong Yaobang laughed. "You have just joined the national team. Do you think those professional clubs in the Table Tennis Super League are gods? How could they know you so quickly? However, they almost know you now. Because many of the national team members are the main players of various professional clubs." Dong Yaobang said with a smile.
The conversation between Li Ying and Dong Yaobang was not in a low voice. It was a normal conversation and would naturally be heard. Chen Daqian came closer and said, "Aying, you want to play in the Table Tennis Super League? That's great, then come to our Magic City Crown Paradise." Chen Daqian warmly invited Li Ying. If Li Ying could always maintain such strength and state, then having Li Ying would be equivalent to having a tiger general. At this time, Dong Yaobang did not get involved. "Brother Qian, of course you can, but we have to make it clear in advance. I can play the first five rounds, and then I want to participate in two open tournaments. I hope the club will release me then." Li Ying said with a smile. "That's no problem at all. The first round is just equivalent to the regular season." Chen Daqian assured, patting his chest. "Just wait, I'll contact the Magic City right away!" Chen Daqian said with a smile. Seeing that Li Ying was the first to be captured by Chen Daqian, Ma Qing, Meng Li, Liang Long and Kong Fengge stopped attacking. Because they are both the main players of their respective clubs. But now it is obvious that Li Ying is going to join the Crown Paradise in the Magic City, so why waste the effort? of course. The current Table Tennis Super League is still average. Although table tennis is very popular in Xia Country. But the Table Tennis Super League is hard to describe in a few words. After a farewell ceremony at the end of September for Mengli and Liang Long to compete in the World Cup singles, the national team was disbanded. Li Ying followed Chen Daqian from the imperial capital to the magic capital. The Magic City is extremely prosperous and is known as one of the four super first-tier cities in the country of Xia, along with the Imperial Capital and Guangzhou and Pengcheng in Lingnan. Li Ying lives in a four-star hotel very close to East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai, because the home stadium of Shanghai Crown Park is located in the gymnasium of the university. The Table Tennis Super League is not as popular as the Basketball League or the Football League, and the clubs in the Table Tennis Super League are not yet able to own a home stadium. On October 10st, the Magic City Crown Paradise team gathered and began preparing for the Table Tennis Super League. Coach: Deng Lixun. Athletes: Chen Daqian, Li Ying, Xu Guinian, Zhao Mingquan, Fang Zhengan. Such a lineup is very luxurious. Chen Daqian, the leader of the Thousand-Li Horse, and Xu Guinian, one of the Dragon, Phoenix and Tortoise. And Li Ying. It can be said that in terms of paper strength, it is the most luxurious among the ten Table Tennis Super League teams. Moreover, Guanleyuan has a killer feature. That was the men's doubles match between Chen Daqian and Xu Guinian.
Because Xu Guinian uses a left-handed straight-blade player, he will be very strong in doubles when paired with any right-handed player. In the best-of-five format, if the doubles team is sure to win, then as long as Li Ying remains undefeated in singles, it means that the other nine club teams currently have no chance of defeating Magic City Crown Paradise. Coach Deng Lixun looked at Li Ying curiously. He really couldn't understand why Chen Daqian spoke so highly of Li Ying. But he is not the national team coach, so before arranging the troops, he still wants to test Li Ying's strength. In this way, the Guanleyuan club team will be able to go further. What's more, Li Ying only played the first five rounds. "Li Ying, before Daqian and Guinian start their doubles training, would you like to play with Guinian, Mingquan and Zhengan first and warm up at the same time?" Coach Deng Lixun said with a smile. As soon as these words came out, Xu Guinian said quickly: "Coach, I'll let it go. I recognize Li Ying's ability. I've played against him in the national team. Otherwise, you can let Li Ying fight Mingquan and Zhengan." Zhao Mingquan and Fang Zhengan are not members of the national first team, but are local professional table tennis players in Shanghai. At this moment, they are eager to try. After all, Li Ying is only 16 years old. Although a 16-year-old table tennis player is not considered young, they feel that Li Ying is not as scary as Chen Daqian and Xu Guinian. "I'll follow the coach's instructions!" Li Ying felt that boring training was still training anyway, so practicing with others would surely help him make faster progress. Now, Li Ying has almost figured out the terrifying meaning of the term 'God rewards hard work'. No effort, no gain. Li Ying's sweat during training seemed to be able to nourish the various skills on his skill tree. Starting from serving and receiving serve, there are dozens of various skills. (End of this chapter)