99 Moscow World Games-Women's Singles
◎But not talking back is not Zhu Qi's style.◎
Actually, it was the night before the semi-finals.
When Chang Hongxia took Maomao to see a doctor for his back injury, Maomao lay on the recliner in the infirmary, waiting for the team doctor to come and give him acupuncture. The two sat together and talked for a while.
At this point, the only topics of conversation were those related to the games, and the final topic, without any prior agreement, was reminiscing about the Tokyo World Games four years ago.
Sister Xia smiled and said that she's 32 this year and suddenly felt that time has flown by so quickly. She was in a trance, arriving at the World Games, and it felt like she was still an athlete. "As an athlete, I always envied coaches because they didn't have the intense competition pressure or the demanding workouts. All they had to do was scold people and hold meetings," she said. "But after becoming a coach, I realized that coaches have their own pressures, and they have to take care of an entire team. Now I'm missing my life as an athlete. No matter how good or bad things were, I just had to take care of myself. Every time I went out, I had coaches, team doctors, and support staff to provide comprehensive support."
Maomao was deeply moved by what she heard. "Yeah, coaches and athletes each have their own challenges. It was such a shame when Sister Xia retired. I've seen foreigners playing into their 40s and 50s. It was also because Sister Xia had a lot of injuries back then. If she hadn't had so many issues, she would definitely have been able to compete in this World Games. If it were me, I wouldn't even know what the next one would be like..."
The cat suddenly stopped talking.
This year the cat is 25 years old.
Many people think that Zhu Qi and Maomao are from the same group of players, but in fact they are not.
Jin Lili is in the same group as Maomao.
Zhu Qi and A Shui are of similar age. Under normal circumstances, Zhu Qi and A Shui should be companion stars of the same era.
But Zhu Qi's performance was so outstanding that he jumped over the level to fight monsters and appeared in Maomao's group.
In fact, the cat understands what the coaches are thinking.
Train one generation and observe the next.
As the oldest player in the current national women's team, Maomao will be 29 years old in four years...at the time of the Riyadh World Games.
Sister Xia also retired after the Tokyo World Games, before she was 29 years old.
When I retire, I wonder if there will be players below me who can step up and carry the flag.
The cat also understands its situation.
The reason he went to Los Angeles for the surgery was to extend his active service time.
But you know your own body clearly.
Maomao didn’t know whether she could make it to Riyadh, so she could only treat this World Games as her last.
The match between Maomao and Xi Ling'en lasted a full seven innings.
Zhu Qi had everything ready, and when he entered the court, the other side had just finished the sixth game.
Big Score [3:3]
Since Maomao's quarterfinal match, she has consistently won by a wide margin. Her match against Xi Ling'en was the first to go a full seven games, and the intensity of the match was no less intense than Zhu Qihe's quarterfinal match against Yuan Xiang.
And it started in the seventh inning.
Maomao and Xi Ling'en were like a tit-for-tat confrontation. You scored one point, and I chased one point. The gap was never three points or more, and it was always more than 10 points.
[9:10], [10:10], [11:10], [11:11]… [14:15]…
The game went on like this, and none of the coaches had the energy to watch Zhu Qi and Jamie's game separately. Every heart was on Maomao, afraid of missing a single ball.
I heard that Xi Ling'en was diagnosed with an old wrist injury before the game, and the North Korean team's team doctor applied a plaster on Xi Ling'en's wrist when he went on the court.
Because the arc-defending style is so rare and requires a lot of effort to maintain, it takes a lot of toll on the wrist. Maomao's back had been a problem since the start of the match, and both players made a few mistakes due to injuries. Overall, their skill levels were similar, so it was hard to say who had the upper hand.
This tug-of-war between Zhu Qi and Jamie came to an end after the match started because of a ball out of bounds thrown by Maomao.
[Small score, Zu Tianjiao 16:18 Xi Lingen]
[Big score, Zu Tianjiao 3:4 Xi Lingen]
To catch the ball.
The cat almost leaped directly from the left stage to the right stage.
She did catch the ball, but perhaps because her movements were too big and her center of gravity was not well controlled, she was unable to control the ball's landing rate.
What a pity.
CCTV5 reporters were giving a post-match summary.
The ball went out of bounds, and the score goes to North Korea. Actually, from that angle, we could only go long, but we didn't expect it... This is really a shame.
[Throughout the game, both teams were in very good shape, and it was a fairly evenly matched match.]
[After the game, I could see Zu Tianjiao standing by the table, touching the table over and over again, feeling reluctant to let go of it and frustrated at not being able to get that last point. It doesn't matter, you were already great!]
This failure will become the most important tempering in sword training. A true warrior will not be defeated by failure. There will be more competitions and more journeys to come.
To defend her half of the draw, she's endured a back injury since the start of the women's singles competition. She gives her all in every match. Heroes aren't the only ones standing on the highest podium.
The commentators on the screen also felt sorry for the cat.
But there's no way around it, that's how sports are.
No one can win all the time.
In fact, at the beginning of the competition, most people were more optimistic about Maomao. Although Zhu Qi had also performed very well in all aspects throughout the Moscow cycle, Maomao was the women's singles champion of the previous World Games after all, and had more experience in World Games.
Maomao was one step away from the finals. From the moment she heard the referee announce the score until she left the arena, she didn't say a word to anyone. The only people accompanying her were Coach Cun and Master Fo, who flanked Maomao, chattering away, no doubt offering words of comfort.
A Shui looked at Maomao's back and could fully understand the feeling of losing a game.
Every time I lose a game, I feel like I'm being skinned alive.
What’s more, Maomao lost such an important game.
Losing at this time would be much more devastating for the cats.
Furthermore, Xi Ling'en, currently ranked among the top three active female players, had indeed made no significant mistakes in her previous match. To those watching, the match had only lasted a little over forty minutes, but each minute felt like a year.
The entire Chinese region was silent, and no one dared to speak.
Ren Xinhua was sitting at the front, and it was hard to tell what his expression was, but anyone with a discerning eye could sense the uneasy atmosphere among the crowd.
This atmosphere comes from the fact that one player failed to advance to the finals, which also means that there is a missing piece in the gold and silver.
The cat must be feeling very guilty.
Because before coming to Moscow, she and Zhu Qi... had an agreement to defend their own half of the area.
She completed ninety-nine percent of her mission, but just one percent was missing and everything would be gone.
Maomao lost, and during the post-match interview, he stood in front of the Chinese reporters, ready to be interviewed.
She wanted to honestly recount her performance, to face her failure, to identify her shortcomings and areas of weakness that led to the loss, to make a self-reflection in front of the nation, but as soon as she opened her mouth, tears began to fall.
Like something choking in the throat.
The reporters didn't have the heart to ask any more questions. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that in this evenly matched match, Maomao's performance was impeccable.
I can only say that the last ball... was not favored by the goddess of fate.
So in the end, the reporters didn't ask any questions. Instead, they comforted Maomao and told her to prepare well for tomorrow's bronze medal match and the team competition at the end of the individual event.
The gold medal is the most dazzling jewel in the crown, but the bronze medal is also indispensable.
After all, the national flag is raised for bronze medals as well.
In other words, since table tennis is the national sport, the public may have higher expectations for table tennis players. If it were a less popular sport, a bronze medal would also be highly commended. As a result, Maomao failed to reach the finals, and instead felt a sense of guilt for the whole world.
A Shui wanted to go over and comfort Maomao, but Zhu Qi's game was about to begin.
The gold medalist of the last Tokyo World Games left the gold medal competition early, and Zhu Qi has an even greater responsibility on his shoulders.
She learned the news of Maomao's elimination when the coaches came over from the other section of the audience. Ah Shui followed them and made a gesture to Zhu Qi that they had agreed on: a thumbs-up on the right hand meant Maomao advanced to the finals, and a thumbs-up on the left hand meant Maomao failed to advance.
Zhu Qi's heart sank.
This means that if she can successfully advance to the finals, she will have to face Xi Lingen, her old rival.
Of course.
That is, provided she can successfully defeat Jamie.
When this American table tennis player with a special identity appeared on the court, he attracted a lot of attention.
Although in the eyes of many Asians, these Europeans and Americans look similar.
But Shackleides Jamie's appearance really can't be called...female.
His short blond hair made him look like a tiger, and the muscular arms looked thicker than Zhu Qi's two arms combined. Most importantly, Jamie had a striking "rose sickle" tattoo on his arm.
Although various Japanese and Korean cultures are now flooding into China, and many European and American pop music is also sold on the shelves of major audio-visual stores, tattoos are still somewhat novel to people of this era.
I know, but I haven't seen it much.
In addition, the tattoo on Jamie's body did not seem to be "good-looking", and many Chinese people on the stage looked sideways, looking at this man who looked very much like the "yellow-haired" in Hong Kong movies.
My uncle's family, in particular, had long heard of the existence of this transgender person. After carefully considering him, my aunt curiously said, "He doesn't look any different from us."
"It's still different. It looks neither like a man nor a woman. It's similar to our dog Dahuang." My uncle said.
"Dahuang is a dog, how can they be the same?" My aunt didn't understand.
My uncle waved his fan and curled his lips: "Didn't Da Huang also take it to be sterilized a few days ago?"
The honest peasant class does not know the difference between transgender people and castration, and they cannot understand why the behavior of a man who insists on saying he is a woman is regarded as a trend.
Because no matter how you look at it.
From face shape to Adam's apple, from body to muscles and bones.
They all look like a man.
The semi-finals in the other half of the zone have ended, and the winner is Xi Ling'en.
The semi-final here is about to begin. The North Korean team accompanied Xi Lingen to change clothes and stood beside the stadium to watch this unfair game.
In fact, when Jamie was about to participate in the World Games, the North Korean team and the Chinese team jointly submitted a letter of protest to the International Table Tennis Federation.
Russia, Germany and even South Korea also joined in the opposition.
However, the International Table Tennis Federation brought out the rules and regulations that had been changed before and rejected everyone's appeal.
The reason is that a meeting was held when the new rules were first formulated but no one objected at the time, which naturally means that everyone agrees with the regulations, so no questioning is allowed now.
Jamie's blood testosterone test report is qualified, so "she" should participate in the World Games.
This is not the first or second time that foreigners have played word games.
In fact, it was not only the Chinese team that suffered this loss. The other players who happened to be in the same quarter as Jamie were also very annoyed.
It would be fine if Jamie was simply big and strong.
After all, table tennis requires thinking and tactics.
But Jamie was a male athlete himself and had extensive competition experience.
Moreover, there are essential differences between masculine and feminine styles of play.
One pays more attention to the quality of the first three boards, and the other pays more attention to the connection afterwards.
This is a dimensionality reduction attack for female players who have never played against male athletes.
Those players felt that they had no time to make a move before they were beaten by Jamie without any chance to fight back.
There were even several athletes who burst into tears after the game, and one African-American athlete shouted, "This is not fair."
But a weak country has no diplomacy. Who would care what a country that can't even produce urea bags says?
At this time, even black blood cannot defeat so-called transgender people.
What is the so-called "political correctness"? As long as it meets the requirements of the United States and the West, if they say you are politically correct, then you are politically correct.
But the fact that there are protests is a good thing.
This shows that there are still sober people. It’s just that the momentum of the United States is too great now, and some weaker parties dare not confront it head-on.
At this time, someone needs to take the lead and act as the leader in the fight against hegemony.
Zhu Qi felt that her current mission was not only to win the gold medal for the Chinese team, but the most important thing was that someone needed to kick Jamie out of the women's competition.
Toss a coin and choose a side.
Jamie serves and Zhu Qi chooses the court.
The signs were not good at the beginning.
If we can get the serve, we will have more advantages.
But since she only had the right to choose a side, Zhu Qi could only choose a position with her back to the Chinese team. She was used to keeping her back to her own team. If the opponent scored and there was a crowd of people cheering for them behind her, it would make Zhu Qi feel very uncomfortable.
The game started and both sides shook hands.
Jamie's fingers are very thick, and there are some yellow marks in the middle of their fingers. "She" must be a cigarette lover.
Zhu Qi has obsessive-compulsive disorder. After shaking hands, he felt itchy all over, so he walked to the towel rack next to him and wiped it.
Unexpectedly, this action hurt Jamie's poor self-esteem very much. When Zhu Qi wiped her hands and returned to the pool table, she saw that Jamie's face was red with anger, and his green eyes were staring at Zhu Qi fiercely and straightly as if they were about to pop out of their sockets.
"You uneducated little monkey."
Jamie almost gritted his teeth, chewing these words fiercely.
"Her" voice is hoarse and still retains the male's duck voice, but because it is deliberately lowered, it has a more comical feel.
The referee was a Russian and seemed not to understand what Jamie meant, because Jamie spoke in a very low voice and very quickly, and with his back to the referee.
Zhu Qi has watched Jamie's interviews several times.
"She" mentioned many times that she was a pure-bred redneck. To put it simply, her great-grandfather, great-grandmother, grandfather, grandmother, father, mother and several generations before her were all pirates who participated in the Indian massacre.
It's hard to say whether this statement is true or not, but Jamie is clearly proud of it, believing that his American identity allows him to be a dragon-like person around the world. Add to that the transhuman label, and if he can win a badge from the World Games, he'll definitely be a leader in America.
If Zhu Qi pointed at Jamie and shouted that he was insulted, the game could be extended for another two or three minutes, which would add some highlights to the game. However, Zhu Qi felt that there was no need to waste time arguing with this kid.
Arguing is also a brain-consuming job.
But not talking back is not Zhu Qi's style.
The referee was about to throw the ball to Jamie when Zhu Qi caught him mid-throw. The referee was stunned, and so were the entire audience. Everyone watched as Zhu Qi handed the ball to Jamie, then opened and closed his mouth slightly, muttering something incoherently.
Although Zhu Qi spoke in a whisper, Jamie still heard it.
She is right.
"You know what? In China, only pets kept at home are considered purebred."
These proud foreigners certainly cannot understand the idea that all Chinese people are descendants of Yan and Huang.
After five thousand years of cultural accumulation and historical influence, if we really count strictly, who doesn't have a king, a prince, a general or a minister in his ancestry?
Jamie's expression began to darken again, and he looked like a tiger baring its teeth. If it weren't for the fact that they were in a competition, "she" would definitely teach this ignorant Asian monkey a lesson.
I heard that the captain of the Chinese women's team was eliminated. It seems that my information was wrong.
Jamie thought the captain should be the strongest person in the team, but after watching Zhu Qi and the Japanese team's women's singles match yesterday, Jamie realized that this person's level in the Chinese team is also extraordinary.
At least she's not worse than the female captain of the Chinese team.
But Jamie wasn't worried at all.
Zhu Qi was injured, and according to the Japanese team, the injury was quite serious. Meanwhile, "she" was at full health, as strong and powerful as a tiger, ready to bite this little monkey to pieces on the field.
From the very beginning, Jamie had an extremely extreme prejudice against Asians. This Asia not only includes Chinese, but also people from Japan, South Korea, India, Thailand, Myanmar and many other countries.
Because she was exposed to the educational philosophy of white supremacy since childhood, the more she believed this, the more her belief would be overturned by the other party every time she went to China.
Last night.
Jamie's American coach talked to "her" about this.
The Chinese team did not approve of Jamie's participation in the competition as a woman and obstructed her.
“She” was even close to not being able to participate in the World Games.
Jamie really couldn't understand what he had done wrong. "She" had gender dysphoria since childhood, and every time her parents forced her to wear men's clothes, she would feel angry and disgusted.
When she was a child, she clearly believed that she was a girl. For this reason, she started to grow her hair long, wear skirts, and secretly use her mother's lipstick.
But because of this damn rule, I can't participate in the women's event.
It was God's favor that gave "her" the opportunity to become a woman.
"She" cherishes this competition very much and wants to prove to the world the necessity of her existence in this world.
"She" needs a sense of identity and needs the whole world to recognize her identity as a woman.
To achieve this, “she” underwent a complete transformation.
Although the process was difficult, she has no regrets.
Because today, "she" can finally stand on the professional field that she loves as a woman.
But despite all my efforts, I am always obstructed by this group of pedantic people who speak Chinese.
This group of people has no empathy, no faith, and no respect for God.
All the anger from being blocked from registering for the competition was poured out on the young woman opposite him at this moment.
Zhu Qi was the only one left on the Chinese team.
As long as Zhu Qi is eliminated, the Chinese team will have no chance of winning the gold medal!
Jamie held the racket, and his originally bent arm suddenly retracted at this moment. The bulging muscles on his arm almost burst through his clothes at this moment.
Zhu Qi could guess Jamie's training plan, and after the blood test report was qualified, "she" immediately started the muscle-building plan.
Because the inspection is phased, once you pass it, it will be valid for one year.
During this year, "she" is free to participate in any world-class competition.
Therefore, as long as the International Table Tennis Federation announces that the inspection report is qualified, "she" will continue with the previous high-intensity training to restore her muscles to their best condition.
Jamie's first serve was ordinary, just a straight shot.
But he was extremely strong. When he swung the racket, the rubber and the ping-pong ball made a very heavy hitting sound, and it came like a firecracker.
When Zhu Qi received the ball, he instantly felt the high quality that was not inferior to that of the main players of the national team.
If it were someone else, they might have lost the point. But Zhu Qi is Zhu Qi after all, and the national team has organized a men's and women's competition before.
Zhu Qi knows how to deal with high-quality balls from male players.
To be on the safe side.
For the first ball, Zhu Qi did not choose to confront "her", but simply cut the ball in the required way and then prepared for the second ball.
Zhu Qi's chopping technique is actually average compared to her other skills, at least it is definitely not as good as Huang Jiajia of the Hong Kong team.
But Jamie's ball only had power and no spin, so it wasn't that difficult to slice.
After the power of the ball was cut off, it was re-attached with a layer of spin and flew back.
Jamie continued to raise his hand to rush towards Zhu Qi, but Zhu Qi had been waiting for the ball at the landing point. He directly made a quick backhand shot and hit the ball into the small triangle area of Jamie's right hand.
Snap!
The ball bounced lightly off the foot of the table and flew towards the far backboard with a "whoosh".
[Small score, Zhu Qi 1:0 Shackleides Jamie]
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and patted their chests.
Very good, being able to score on the opponent's serve is a good sign.
At this moment, Foye suddenly began to lament Ren Xinhua's foresight. Fortunately, they had previously organized a male-female competition, allowing the female players on the team to be exposed to the playing style of male players. Otherwise, if they really encountered such a castrated guy, the female players would definitely be completely clueless and would not know how to play.
They had sorted out several of Jamie’s games before.
I found that Jamie's single board quality is relatively good, but the coordination of multiple boards is very average.
As long as Zhu Qi can catch the first ball, he will be able to find an opportunity to score next time.
Xu Dong clenched his fists and kept reciting to himself while watching from the side.
Fight for a stalemate! Make more moves! Compete with your basic skills!
Spectators from other countries outside the venue were also extremely excited.
They had more or less heard of Jamie's background, and in fact, many people came here to have fun and watch the show because of Jamie's special identity.
Today's table tennis event broadcast rate has also soared to a historical high.
Because the World Games are already halfway through.
Many events have already been completed, and the audience has nothing else to watch, so they start to pay attention to the progress of the national ball.
Zhu Qi is the only remaining player in the women's singles.
The news spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and suddenly every household’s TV was broadcasting the women’s singles semi-final match.
After several balls collided.
The first game's score was [7:6]
Currently Zhu Qi is only leading by one point.
Although Zhu Qi had been well prepared, having done numerous targeted drills during training camp for Jamie, Jamie also seemed thoroughly prepared. Previously, when she played against Maomao, she had some issues switching between forehand and backhand, but now it seems she's improved and isn't as stiff as before.
The scores were tight.
The visual sense of this match is inexplicably similar to the match between Maomao and Xilingen.
It’s all about getting one point and chasing one point.
All the coaches were anxious and worried, trying their best from a distance.
This kind of scene is far more worrying than a one-sided situation.
If the strength levels and scores of both teams are similar, who will advance in the end really depends on fate.
Therefore, the most important thing in sports is strength.
But most of the truly talented athletes have been buried in the long river of history.
Because these people lack that one percent of luck.
This kind of luck factor includes a lot.
Xu Dong was also very worried when he saw Zhu Qi running back and forth on the side of the table.
She knew Zhu Qi wanted to score as quickly as possible to widen the gap. But Jamie was not an ordinary female athlete after all. Her strength and physique were much stronger than those of an average woman.
It is not a good idea to confront "her" head-on at this time.
Jamie felt that it was a huge waste of time when he realized that he had put in so much effort but still couldn't win the game immediately.
That's enough.
"She" didn't want to waste her time on this Asian monkey.
The game has now been going on for 10 minutes.
If it were someone else's game, I would have won the second game by now.
This Asian monkey is as annoying as sticky candy.
Jamie squinted his eyes and saw Zhu Qi hit a long forehand ball. Suddenly, his body tilted slightly, and his arms and body leaned back at the same time, like a spring being pulled back! Following the trajectory of the ball, the moment he swung his arms, his entire body rolled to the right!
This is a ground burst!
The ping-pong ball seemed to be burning with an invisible air current, carrying it towards Zhu Qi's right hand!
Zhu Qi's reaction was actually fast enough.
She immediately prepared to catch the ball the moment she heard the sound.
But unexpectedly, the moment the white ball touched the racket, it seemed to penetrate the racket directly, causing Zhu Qi's palm to feel numb.
This strange power!
Unusual!
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