Dominate the badminton world

Chapter 29 The Game Begins

A total of 11 teams participated in this youth selection competition, including the nine counties and one district plus the Shunan Badminton Club in Yibin.

There are only men's singles and women's singles in the competition, grouped into U10-17, a total of 8 age groups.

Except for Cuiping District, Yibin County and Shunan Badminton Club, many age groups in other districts and counties are short of manpower.

As for Wenxing County, there is only Wang Yu alone, and there is no one in other age groups.

So much so that, during the opening ceremony, only Wang Yu was in Wenxing County.

Wang Yu was wearing a gray sportswear, and his hair was cut into a three-dimensional broken cap hairstyle, looking extremely energetic.

Wang Yu ignored the gossip around him, looked directly at the rostrum, and smiled politely.

"Look, there is only one person in Wenxing County. Is it a joke?"

"I didn't expect someone from Wenxing County to participate in the competition this year. I remember that the last time was two years ago. At that time, a person came to participate once, but he was sent away in the first round, haha!"

"If you have one or two people, don't make a fool of yourself. Places like Wenxing County don't even have a decent arena. I don't think there will be a badminton player in the next ten years."

"Hehe, the U17 group are all perverts. This person is probably the same as the previous participant, and lost all the round-robin competitions."

The competition started soon. There are 10 venues in the gymnasium. In the morning, the U10-13 group will compete, and in the afternoon, it will be the U14-17 group.

The game adopts a round robin plus knockout system, and finally a play-off will be used to determine the top eight.

Wang Yu's U17 group has a total of 25 people, and a group of 3 will play a round robin match, with the group first qualifying.

Best of three games, 15 points per game.

The match in the morning was nothing to watch. In Wang Yu's eyes, it was just a small fight. Even if it was the most amazing match, it could not reach the average level of Chengdu.

Soon in the afternoon, it was the men's singles of Wang Yu's U17 group.

They were divided into 9 groups in total, one of which had only one player, had a bye, and was directly promoted.

The bye is Zhou Han, who is from the Shunan Badminton Club and is the number one seeded U17 player.

In Wang Yu's group, one person is from Yibin County, and the other is from Cuiping District.

"Whether it's Zhang Shan from Yi County or Li Si from Cuiping District, they all practiced in the city since they were young. They basically participate in the trials every year and have rich experience in the competition."

"These two are very strong, and it's not the first time they have confronted each other. I don't know who will qualify this time."

"The boy in Wenxing County is really unlucky. If he meets people from other districts and counties, he may win a game or two. Unfortunately, he met Zhang Shan and Li Si."

People who followed Wang Yu's team's competition were talking about it, and many people felt that Wenxing County was quite sad.

After finally being able to send people to participate in the competition, it turned out to be a round tour without any suspense.

The first match was Zhang Shan and Li Si's battle. The two looked arrogant, and when they looked at each other, their eyes were full of provocation.

"Li Si, last time you were lucky enough to win a game, you won't have such good luck this time." Zhang Shan was not tall, a little thin, with textured perm hair and a gloomy face.

"Oh?" Li Sibaijing, tall and thin, with broken hair and self-consciously handsome, said with a smile, "I remember you said the same thing last time, haha."

Wang Yu sat on the side, not interested in the mutual harm between the two in front of him, just quietly waiting.

Zhang Shan and Li Si didn't regard Wang Yu as an opponent at all, because they had never seen a dark horse appearing in a remote area for many years.

Under the leadership of the referee, Zhang Shan and Li Si entered the field and began to pick sides, deciding the right to receive the serve and the choice of the field for the players of both sides.

However, Wang Yu knew at a glance that the referee was too amateur and did not have the majesty that a referee should have, and he couldn't even speak professional terms.

Fortunately, he also brought a coin as an edge picker, but when he was picking the edge, when he tossed the coin, he didn't catch it with his hands, but let the coin fall to the ground, and then looked at the pros and cons...

At this moment, Wang Yu really wanted to rush up and give this referee a hard time. Wang Yu used to be a national first-level badminton referee, and he really couldn't stand it.

After picking sides, Zhang Shan and Li Si had a short warm-up, and soon the official competition began.

The two played fiercely from the very beginning, and every point was not easy.

"Out of bounds, 3:2..."

"Out of bounds?" Wang Yu froze, looking at the referee in surprise.

Wang Yu felt that this referee was definitely someone from the Yibin Badminton Association who randomly found someone outside, and then called him to be a referee after random training.

Wang Yu believes that even a third-level badminton referee will not make such a low-level mistake of calling "out of bounds" as "out of bounds".

"Inside, 6:5..." The referee sat on the referee chair, stretched his hand, and shouted passionately.

"It's within the bounds, it's OK if you make gestures, don't shout, big brother..." Wang Yu's face turned dark, and he wanted to rush forward to replace the referee with a very strong feeling.

"Inside, between... gaps, change court, 8:6, change serve..." The referee closed his eyes and made a statement like an endorsement.

"Change serve, 8:6, interval, switch court..." Wang Yu closed his eyes, couldn't bear to look directly, and muttered to correct.

Wang Yu felt embarrassed to death, but the referee never tired of it, and in the end, his voice became extremely loud.

"Huh? Look, this is just the beginning, and Li Si and Zhang Shan are fighting so fiercely."

"Didn't you see that the other person in their group is from Wenxing County? If they win this round, it means they qualify, and they will definitely try their best!"

"Haha, look, the man from Wenxing County has an ugly face. I guess he must have never seen this kind of game, so he looks terrified."

The way Wang Yu gritted his teeth and stared at the referee looked like he was frowning in the eyes of others.

Although Zhang Shan and Li Si were playing, they occasionally glanced at Wang Yu before serving, and saw Wang Yu's flustered expression.

Leaving aside Wang Yu's demeanor, both of them felt at ease.

"Hey, have you seen what real badminton is..."

In the end, half an hour later, Zhang Shan won Li Si 2:1 in rounds, and his face was full of pride.

"Haha, Li Si, how does it feel to have a round trip?" Zhang Shan gloated and said, "I'm so envious, I have someone to accompany you, I'm so lonely!"

"Get out!" Li Si looked sad and indignant, and sat down next to Wang Yu with his ball bag on his back.

"It seems that we can only wait for the next game to vent on him." Li Si glanced at Wang Yu maliciously, but did not speak.

In the second game, it was Wang Yu's turn to face Zhang Shan, and Zhang Shan said to the referee indifferently: "Referee, don't bother, let him choose the field and the possession of the ball, it's the same anyway."

Hearing this, Wang Yu frowned, and said, "Since it's a competition, we must abide by the rules, or let the pick decide."

Zhang Shan was taken aback, then sneered and said, "Whatever you want."

Zhang Shan felt that Wang Yu didn't know how to flatter him, and he had already made up his mind that he would not save Wang Yu any face, and he must beat Wang Yu 15-0 in two rounds...

(End of this chapter)