Ping-Pong Life
Chapter 114

An Unexpected Opportunity

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Yang Yingzi failed to create a miracle in the end.

But he wasn't completely defeated either.

In the second game, he still fired high balls throughout the court, and the game was played very fast. He was still beaten 11:0 by Geng Shuai within five minutes.

But everyone can see that Geng Shuai is affected.

When faced with endless high balls, Geng Shuai became less decisive than in the first game, especially the last three balls. He even showed obvious hesitation. However, at the critical moment, he still mustered up the courage to overcome his fear, forced his head to look at the ball, and then smashed and scored.

In the third game, this situation became even more obvious.

This game lasted longer than the previous two games, lasting ten minutes. The final score was not 11:0, but 11:6.

Because there were several balls in the middle, Geng Shuai really didn't dare to take action.

One-third of the golf balls were chipped by Geng Shuai.

With one third of the ball left, Geng Shuai made a smash mistake and lost points directly.

Until the score reached 7:6, Geng Shuai actually called a timeout.

He returned to the baffle and looked at Wang Chao with questioning eyes.

Wang Chao felt a little bit regretful.

Of course he hoped that Brother Geng could defeat the opponent without any bloodshed, but the facts proved that Brother Geng still couldn't do it.

Brother Geng's fear of golf actually comes from two aspects. One is the physical fear of heights, and the other is the psychological trauma left by Denmark's scene on the court that year, which ultimately formed a profound stress trauma syndrome.

The treatment for more than a week in the past has greatly alleviated Geng Shuai's psychological trauma, but the physical fear of heights cannot be solved by treatment.

This will accompany Geng Shuai throughout his life. It is a defect caused by genes and inheritance and cannot be overcome.

So after Geng Shuai returned, Wang Chao actually thought of many solutions with Geng Shuai. Finally, they came up with a solution that was not a solution.

Geng Shuai really hopes to hide this method until the time of playing Zhu Ding.

He wanted to try if he could break through Zhu Ding.

But it's obvious that it can't be hidden now.

Yang Yingzi's nerves were as if they were made of steel. Even though his head was shaved twice in a row, he still didn't hesitate at all. He made it clear that he would hit the high ball until he died.

So...

"Use it, no matter what, win first." Wang Chao whispered, "The more you want to hide, the more mental energy you have to spend, which will affect your second game."

Geng Shuai returns to the playing field.

When Yang Yingzi hit the high ball again, he did something that caused an uproar in the audience.

He stared at the flying ball carefully, then moved his steps to get in position early, and finally, he closed his eyes.

Yes, he closed his eyes.

The arc that the little silver ball drew in the air merged with the arc that he judged in his mind. At that moment, he couldn't see the ball, but he knew exactly where the ball was, so he subconsciously jumped, swung the racket, and dunked hard.

This is a touch typing.

Beat him to death!

This ball hit the Bingcheng City Olympic Sports Center venue into silence, and then there was a chorus of exclamations, the sound was so loud that it almost overturned the roof.

Luo Xiaoyu organized the fans at the right time, unfurled the banner again, and started shouting Geng Shuai's name crazily.

No one expected that Geng Shuai would respond to golf balls like this.

Geng Shuai opened his eyes and grinned at Yang Yingzi across the table, slightly provocatively.

Yang Yingzi also smiled, very calmly, but his eyes were a little dim at this moment.

He had no regrets and was willing to admit defeat, but he also knew that his plan had failed.

The next few balls were lackluster. After Yang Yingzi hit two high balls in a row, he chose short backspin on the last ball.

He played the last regular ball with Geng Shuai as the ending of the story, and then lost the game 11:6.

So far, Spade Q has won the first game.

Geng Shuai returned to the players' bench and was in good spirits. Wang Chao asked, "Can we still play later?"

Geng Shuai hesitated for a moment, but did not dare to nod.

He knew his own family affairs. Although the first game lasted only a short time, it was actually very mentally draining. From beginning to end, he was fighting against his own psychological barriers.

In other words, Yang Yingzi's consumption of him is actually meaningful.

If he closes his eyes and rests from now on, he may still be able to play one or two good games later, but if he wants to play three full games, or even four or five games, he will probably not be able to handle it. And if the opponent continues to use disgusting methods like lobbing, he may collapse at any time.

"It's okay." Wang Chao could only console him. "Just watch while you fight."

After a short break, the second singles players from both sides appeared, Liu Qiwen vs Lu Jia.

Neither side put too much unnecessary effort into formation, because the advantages and disadvantages of both sides are too clear at a glance. Even if Liu Qiwen and Ma Hui are changed in the order of appearance, or Lu Jia is replaced and Wang Chao is played in the second order, the result will not change.

Geng Shuai has a high probability of winning a singles match.

Wang Chao has a high probability of winning a singles match.

Liu Qiwen and Ma Hui will most likely win a doubles match.

Anyone from Bingcheng Pharmaceutical has a high probability of winning against Geng Shuai who played in the second round.

Anyone from Bingcheng Pharmaceutical has a high probability of winning Lu Jia.

So the several media outlets who made pre-match predictions all gave the exact same score: Bingcheng Pharmaceutical 3: 2 Spade Q.

In the first game, the media predicted that Geng Shuai would win, so Yang Yingzi made a big move, but failed.

Now is the second game. The media predicts that Liu Qiwen will win, so it is Lu Jia's turn to make a big move.

However, Lu Jia has no ultimate move...

The so-called "big move" is only effective when there is at least a small difference in strength between the two sides. However, Lu Jia is not even in the first echelon, but the three members of Bingcheng Pharmaceutical are all at the top of the first echelon. Therefore, in this game, Wang Chao did not make any tactical arrangements at all.

He only told Lu Jia: "Fight hard, fight with ease, don't feel pressure, as long as you don't shave your head, you will be successful."

Lu Jia has a good mentality. After going up, it was a round of fighting. Although there were many mistakes, he still managed to score five points in the first game.

11:5, this score is not embarrassing.

In the subsequent second game, Lu Jia continued to fight. This time the data was actually better than in the first game, and the final score was 11:7.

Even Fan Xiaoxian couldn't help but ask, "Has Lu Jia made progress?"

Lu Jia has certainly made progress!

This season, he was dragged to practice by Wang Chao and Geng Shuai every day, and was beaten to death every day. Under such high pressure, he would either collapse or mutate.

Even Tian Zhengguang and Gao Ming are trying to catch up, trying to steal Lu Jia's position as the main player every minute.

Lu Jia is not originally a strong character. Under normal circumstances, there is a certain possibility that he will be crushed. But the problem is that Spade Q's competition results have always been very good, so everyone is full of confidence and motivation. In addition, he also played doubles with Wang Chao and kept scoring points on the court. In this painful and happy state, Lu Jia stumbled forward, and unconsciously, his strength improved by leaps and bounds.

Although he couldn't beat Liu Qiwen, the fight was really not ugly, and it could even be said that it was back-and-forth.

But in the middle of the third game, Wang Chao gradually noticed something different.

This Liu Qiwen... is there something wrong with it?

At this time, Lu Jia happened to hit another fierce fighting ball, which reached Liu Qiwen's backhand baseline.

Liu Qiwen took two steps back, twisted his wrist, pulled back forcefully, and sent the ball to Lu Jia's backhand baseline.

Lu Jia is a left-hander, and the ball came just right. He hit it back without saying a word.

Liu Qiwen was already moving to the left before Lu Jia took action. If nothing unexpected happened, he should be able to pull out a beautiful heavy loop ball.

But when the ball Lu Jia flew in front of him, he was still unable to complete the position and turn sideways, so he could only continue to twist his wrist and send the ball over with a backhand twist.

Then Lu Jia failed to pull back, and Liu Qiwen scored.

This ball... doesn't seem to have any problems. In the forehand and backhand stalemate between the two sides, Liu Qiwen relied on his better basic skills to score in a passive situation, which is quite beautiful.

But Wang Chao was keenly aware that something was wrong.

He felt that Liu Qiwen's catching strategy was unreasonable.

In the stalemate ball, his footwork is slow.

There was even a very subtle footstep detail that proved that he did not actively choose to backhand the opponent, but that he really failed to run past.

In other words, Liu Qiwen actually had several opportunities to hit the forehand, but they were all given up.

But even the semi-professional Brother Da Ma didn't notice this. He was still praising Liu Qiwen loudly. "Okay, good fight. Friends in the audience, you see, this is the basic skill of a veteran. It's too thick. The situation is obviously like this Passively, he just used his backhand to beat Lu Jia's forehand... Look at this replay, wow, this slow motion is so cool, he almost loses his angle, but his wrist is twisted, if you look carefully, most people can't twist it to this extent, right?"

Wang Chao turned to look at Geng Shuai. Geng Shuai was also looking towards him, and both of them saw the weirdness in the other's eyes.

Facts have proved that Brother Geng, as one of the Six Little Dragonss of the year, still has good eyesight.

"He..." Geng Shuai hesitated and lowered his voice. "Is your ankle injured?"

"Yes." Wang Chao nodded heavily, unable to hold back the smile on his face, "The sprain... I guess it's not a minor injury."

Geng Shuai said, "So..."

Wang Chao blinked, feeling that nothing could be more bizarre than this. There was nothing we could do today, but suddenly, the opportunity came like this?

But... wouldn't it be a bit overwhelming?

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