Among the 112 people participating in the National Group, the organizing committee determined the 16 players with the lowest handicap as seed players, and the remaining 96 players started the first round today.
It is already 6 pm at this time. The first round of the elite group has ended, and the national group has only completed 20 tables. But fortunately, 16 tables are now playing at the same time, so if nothing else happens, before 10 pm
I can definitely finish it.
Ling Zhi took this moment to reflect on his match with Peng Lin. In addition to his expected low single-shot scoring ability, his mental problems were also highlighted.
The black ball error in the third game proved that when facing difficult balls, once I choose to attack, I still feel a little guilty.
Fortunately, Peng Lin once again gave himself a good situation due to a foul. Otherwise, it is not certain who will win the game in the end.
So how can you keep yourself from feeling guilty? It’s just training, training, and training. If you want to develop a good attitude, you must have excellent strength as support.
As for Peng Lin, Ling Zhi could feel that he was actually very capable. However, he was too cautious in the first two games and did not give Peng Lin too many opportunities. In addition, Peng Lin's mentality changed and fouls occurred in the third game.
, causing him to be defeated at an extremely fast speed.
Although Peng Lin lost to him, Ling Zhi did not hate this guy, but found him to be outspoken and interesting. He supported his behavior of exposing Chang Cuo's foul before the game, and did not speak rudely to him after losing. Although he may have average football skills
, but the person is still quite decent.
Moreover, what he said before the game probably showed that he did not know the detailed process of the lottery. This shows that even if Chang Cuo and Qin Yang specially arranged their lottery, Peng Lin most likely did not know about it.
But now that he has won, the truth is no longer important.
After clearing his mind, Ling Zhi went to the referee team to confirm his draw. What surprised him was that his opponent in the next round turned out to be the winner between Xu Dehai and Dai Zhengping! Because they had already
He withdrew from the competition, so Xie Yixin told him that he had directly advanced to the quarterfinals, which was an unexpected surprise.
Originally being forced to enter the elite group in this competition, Ling Zhi had no hope for his advancement. But now that he unexpectedly advanced to the quarterfinals, he wanted to study the draw situation carefully.
Judging from the draw, his 8-for-4 opponents were Alexander and Yao Guangzhi. So Alexander has already won the first round? This surprised Lingzhi somewhat. It is a pity that he did not see Alexander’s performance in the first round.
, and I don’t know what his single-shot scoring ability is.
But Alexander's next round matchup with Yao Guangzhi will probably be a difficult one, and Lingzhi can only wish him good luck secretly.
After understanding his potential opponents in the next round, Lexus turned his attention to other areas of the draw.
Jin Zhen and Ling Zhi are in the same half zone. If they keep winning, they will meet in the semi-finals. Shi Yulu is in the other half zone. If Ling Zhi wants to meet her, he has to go to the finals.
But, what about the finals...
Ling Zhi shook his head unconsciously, what were he thinking! Yao Guangzhi and Jin Zhen were already insurmountable mountains for him. Before he could defeat them, he was already thinking about the finals?
Ling Zhi immediately stopped his random thoughts and sat next to Li Mengyao again, watching her referee the game.
"Well, Ling Zhi, why don't you go back first? I don't know when it will be here yet."
Li Mengyao rarely turned around, got closer to Ling Zhi, and whispered to him.
Ling Zhi could feel her embarrassment and suddenly felt sorry for her. After working hard for so long, he didn't even dare to speak loudly to himself? This girl is really too well-behaved.
Ling Zhi shook his head gently and explained:
"When I went to check the draw sheet just now, Xie Yixin told me that a group of referees had already gone out for dinner and would come back to replace you soon. Just hold on a little longer and we'll go together."
Hearing what Ling Zhi said, a light flashed imperceptibly in Li Mengyao's eyes, but she hid it well, and then nodded heavily, using the shaking of her face to cover up her strangeness.
"Referee, put the ball."
"Oh well."
Li Mengyao hurried over, diligently picked up all the balls from all the pockets of the table, and drove them to the lower half of the table.
Then she picked up the tripod under the table, first placed the red ball directly below the pink ball, and then returned them in order of black ball, pink ball, blue ball and low-scoring colored ball.
Finally, the white ball is placed in the top bin to indicate to the players that the game can begin.
Just like that, another half an hour passed, and still no referee came to replace Li Mengyao.
Seeing Li Mengyao's calf being lifted back in turn, Ling Zhi realized that this girl must be tired.
Indeed, from 3 p.m. to now, no, maybe from earlier, she had not sat down or even gone to the bathroom.
Ling Zhi noticed that the referee, another young girl who was working with Li Mengyao at the beginning, had gone to the bathroom many times, and once stayed for a long time. Li Mengyao even helped her set the ball several times before she finally came.
It was late. But Li Mengyao herself has persisted until now.
Ling Zhi sighed, stood up, walked to Li Mengyao and said to her:
"Mengyao, you go to the bathroom and take a rest. I'll take your place for a while."
"Ah? Well, no need. Someone will come to replace me soon. By then, it won't be too late for me to go."
"Are you not trusting me and afraid that I don't know how to swing the ball? Then I'll ask another circuit referee to help you keep an eye on it for a while."
"Huh? No need, Ling Zhi, no need to trouble others, I can hold on by myself for a while, no problem..."
Li Mengyao hurriedly grabbed Ling Zhi, and at this moment someone asked her to play the ball. She didn't care to say anything to Ling Zhi and ran over immediately.
Ling Zhi stood there helplessly, thinking about how to make her rest willingly for a while, but at this moment, Xie Yixin came over and said directly to Li Mengyao:
"Okay, I will take over for you next, you can go back first."
"Ah? Mr. Xie, why don't you come and do it for me yourself?"
"It's okay. You did a good job today. Go back and rest early. You don't have to come so early tomorrow."
After that, without waiting for Li Mengyao to express his position, he went straight to swing the ball.
Li Mengyao hesitated for a moment, but still obeyed Xie Yixin's decision. Under Ling Zhi's urging, she quickly went to the bathroom to solve the problem.
For Xie Yixin, he has noticed Li Mengyao's performance for a long time. Although the other girl's performance cannot be said to be bad, in the profession of billiards referee, the pay and reward are far less proportional than other professions. If you can't bear it,
If you feel lonely or lack professionalism, you may quit automatically after working for a while.
And the remaining people will referee fewer and fewer games due to various reasons. In the end, only a few can become first-level referees.
So it was an unexpected surprise to discover a good young talent like Li Mengyao today. It seems that Lao Li has a good eye for the right person.
...
According to the schedule, the elite group will have 2 rounds of competition on the next day to determine the top 4. The national group will have 4 rounds of competition to determine the top 8.
The reason for this arrangement is to allow as many people as possible to enter the third day of the competition. Because the participants of the Citizen Cup are very complex, although some contracted golfers play full-time, but more people
, they all just take billiards as a hobby, and they usually have their own jobs.
The third day was Monday. In order not to affect the work of more people, the referee team arranged most rounds of the game on Sunday.
So starting from Sunday afternoon, the national group will play 56 games, and the elite group will play 12 games. Although there are 4 more games than the first day, there is no draw and strength evaluation on Sunday, so the game
You can start directly at 1pm, no need to wait until 10pm.
Since Lexus had already entered the top 8, he didn't have to come so early. Xie Yixin told him that he could arrive before 3 pm.
So on Sunday morning, Ling Zhi and Zhao Shiyan went to the curling hall to help her with chores. He planned to go to the Pioneer Billiards Club for a game after having dinner with Zhao Shiyan at noon.
"By the way Ling Zhi, did anyone bully Mengyao yesterday?"
In the curling hall, Zhao Shiyan asked Ling Zhi while wiping the ice.
"No. But rather than saying that others are bullying her, it's more that she is putting a burden on herself."
"Ah? Why do you say that?"
Ling Zhi told Zhao Shiyan what happened yesterday that Li Mengyao had been on duty all day without any rest.
"Hey, Mengyao is serious, why are you working so hard? But if you think about it, you can understand that she didn't have a serious job before, so she cherishes it more now."
"really."
"Since Mengyao is working so hard, you have to protect her. There are so many people in the ball room, and she is so beautiful, so she can easily be targeted by bad guys!"
Having said this, Zhao Shiyan rolled his eyes, dropped the ice sweeper in his hand, and said to Ling Zhi with a smile:
"And if necessary, you can pretend to be her boyfriend to help her fend off those bad guys."
Ling Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't laugh or cry:
"I will take good care of her, but it probably won't be to that extent..."
The two of them just talked and laughed, and lingered for a while after dinner. It wasn't until two o'clock that Zhao Shiyan reluctantly let Ling Zhi go.
Ling Zhi hurriedly arrived at the ball room, wondering if he could see the end of the game between Alexander and Yao Guangzhi. Fortunately, the game was not over yet, and the two of them were playing the last game.
However, when Ling Zhi came to the table, he did not see the battle between the two, but saw the dispute between Yao Guangzhi and the referee:
"No, no, the position you placed is so different from what I expected! It needs to go a little further to the left. Do you know how to reset it? If not, call Xie Yixin to come, don't waste our time!"