Ping-Pong Life
Chapter 115

Can't Make Sense of It

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Lu Jia was defeated after twenty minutes of fighting, and the two sides tied at 1:1.

After a short break, the third game began with a doubleheader.

Standing next to the table, Lu Jia was in very good condition. Although he lost the second game, he thought that his playing was not bad, so he seemed very active at this time and even took the initiative to give Wang Chao some psychological training. "We just try our best in this game. Winning or losing is not important. The important thing is not to affect your mentality."

But Wang Chao took the opportunity and said something in his ear, "Later, keep an eye on Liu Qiwen and hit... There is no need to do anything else, just keep an eye on him the whole time and hit the chasing ball."

Lu Jia nodded, without asking or thinking too much, because similar on-the-job instructions often appeared in past games, and he was already used to unconditional obedience.

Then both parties guessed the coin, and Spade Q guessed correctly.

At this moment, Fan Xiaoxian, Tian Zhengguang and Gao Ming in the players' seats all shouted yes, which was a small celebration. After all, the server must take advantage, and Wang Chao's excellent serving ability can make the advantage of serving even greater.

So everyone thought that Wang Chao would choose to serve by himself.

But at this time, there was a brief stagnation in the court, because even the referee suspected that he heard wrongly. After hesitating, he chose to ask again, "Are you sure you don't choose the right to serve, but choose the side?"

Wang Chao nodded seriously. "Yes."

Lu Jia looked stunned and didn't understand what was happening at all, but he was used to obeying, so he still didn't say a word.

Even Liu Qiwen and Ma Hui were surprised. They gathered together and whispered a few words, probably guessing Wang Chao's intentions, but in the end they couldn't guess the reason.

So the players from both sides returned to the table, and finally the Ma Hui player of Bingcheng Pharmaceutical Club served.

"What does this mean?" Fan Xiaoxian This coach has only one advantage: just ask if you don't understand.

Geng Shuai explained, "Because Wang Chao wants to ensure that the person who catches his ball in this round is Ma Hui."

Everyone looked confused.

"What I mean is that if Wang Chao chooses to serve first, then he cannot judge who the opponent will receive his serve. But if the opponent serves first, he can make adjustments based on the server chosen by the opponent to ensure that Ma Hui will receive his ball." Brother Geng explained patiently.

But Fan Xiaoxian was very angry.

"It's not that I don't understand people." She said angrily, "What I want to ask is, why did he let Ma Hui catch his ball?"

Behind her, Tian Zhengguang and Gao Ming nodded repeatedly, like primary school students thirsty for knowledge.

Brother Geng stopped talking, leaned back, and said with a smile, "Keep reading, and you will understand."

On the court, the game has begun.

Ma Hui stole a long serve.

This is obviously very surprising.

Generally speaking, in a game, the weak will be more inclined to choose risky play, while the strong will prefer to focus on stability and rely on strength to defeat the opponent.

So when Bingcheng Pharmaceutical, who clearly had the advantage, started Sneak Long Serve, not even Wang Chao expected it at all, let alone gave Lu Jia any advance warning.

So in a hurry, Lu Jia only had time to take half a step back when the ball hit his chest. He retracted his arm and tried to pull it up, thinking of at least pulling a high loop ball, but the ball went directly out of bounds.

Bingcheng Pharmaceutical 1:0 leads.

The audience immediately burst into warm applause, and a bunch of people stood up and raised their hands and cheered loudly. This celebration was so powerful that it was almost exaggerated.

But this is actually a normal reaction from Ice City fans.

The fans of Bingcheng Pharmaceutical are different from the fans of other clubs because the three main players of Bingcheng Pharmaceutical are too old.

It is difficult for veterans who have not had great success to have loyal fans. Although they perform well every year, the fans support the club more because of geographical relations than because of anything admirable about the three veterans.

However, their doubles team is so strong that they are called Table Tennis First Division supreme and invincible. They have an unprecedented 84-game winning streak since last year.

So the real "star player" of Bingcheng Pharmaceutical is actually their doubles team.

Just now Yang Yingzi lost to Geng Shuai, and the audience was booed.

Then Liu Qiwen defeated Lu Jia, and there was only sparse applause from the stands.

Only in this game, the doubles team took the lead as soon as they came on the field, serving directly to score, and immediately received warm cheers from the home fans. The fans believed that this game was a must-win, so they planned to cheer from the beginning to the end, pull out all kinds of slogans and banners, and make it harder for me. It is best to make the players of Spade Q collapse mentally.

Liu Qiwen and Ma Hui looked at each other and smiled, with both arrogance and confidence in their eyes.

They have been working together for so long that their tacit understanding is even better than that of brothers. In terms of doubles tactics, they are ever-changing. For example, things like starting Sneak Long Serve are extremely rare, but occasionally they are very effective.

But this is by no means part of the pre-game tactical arrangement, but purely a whim of Ma Hui on the spot, because he is convinced that no matter how he serves or receives the ball, his teammates will be able to make the most perfect cooperation.

They adapt to changes, move freely, and do it with ease, almost like No moves are better than any move. Even they themselves don't know how they will hit the next ball, and naturally they will never worry about their enemies taking advantage of their play.

They heard that the player Wang Chao is famous for his invincible prediction ability and psychological game ability, but on the first ball today, they gave the opponent a blow.

"How dare you give me the right to serve?"

"Are you trying to play psychological tactics with me?"

"But in the face of absolute strength and impeccable technical and tactical coordination, any tricks are meaningless."

"So if you play like this, you're just giving us two points first."

At this moment Wang Chao was calm, but Lu Jia was a little anxious and glanced at Wang Chao.

Although he is used to obeying, he is still a little suspicious after all, because no matter how you look at it, actively giving the right to serve to the opponent is not a reasonable tactic.

At least he Lu Jia has been playing for more than ten years and has never heard of this tactic.

If Wang Chao had served first just now, this first point would never have been lost so easily.

"Calm down and fight slowly." Wang Chao smiled at Lu Jia, "Remember what I just told you, don't worry about anything else."

Lu Jia nodded, tried not to think too much, squatted down slightly, but moved one foot back a little more than before, which was vaguely mentally prepared for the other party to continue Sneak Long Serve.

Ma Hui The second serve was Sneak Long Serve.

He doesn't care whether his serve will be predicted by the opponent, he can serve it however he wants, because even if the opponent directly attacks sideways, he believes that Liu Qiwen can catch it.

As long as you can catch the ball, you can easily turn into a stalemate. In terms of hard power in doubles, who can beat them?

Lu Jia was not attacked this time, but he was unable to attack directly, so he tried hard to pass the ball.

He still remembers that Wang Chao asked him to hit Liu Qiwen's chasing ball, but his strength is limited and he has no ability to control the landing point now. He just wants to catch the ball first.

Ma Hui's serving speed is very fast and the rotation is very strong, so the ball that Lu Jia rubs is very long and flies to the bottom line of the table, and it is off the table with a flick.

Liu Qiwen Without saying a word, he directly attacked!

As soon as he attacked, Wang Chao moved quickly, blocking the ball's path immediately and pulling back directly.

At this time Ma Hui is moving to the left because he thinks Wang Chao will change the line.

Although line changing is a difficult skill in rallies, Wang Chao likes to change lines so much that now many players will forcibly predict Wang Chao's line changes when playing with Wang Chao, and many people have tasted the benefits in actual combat.

What's more, Liu Qiwen's attack is not disguised at all. Although it is full of power, the landing point is not tricky at all. This kind of ball, if played by any Table Tennis First Division first-tier player, can change your line and pull you back.

At this moment, Brother Da Ma in the live broadcast room only had time to say "Huh", with a bit of surprise in his tone, because he felt that Liu Qiwen's attack was too rough and substandard, as if he was sent to the opponent's door to pull back.

The head coach Bingcheng Pharmaceutical Club, who was sitting on the player bench, thought more than Brother Da Ma. When he saw the ball, he smiled slightly.

He knew that this was Liu Qiwen's intention.

In order to defeat Spade Q, Bingcheng Pharmaceutical's preparations have been so meticulous that it is shocking. Last night, Liu Qiwen and Ma Hui discussed it late into the night, setting up strategies for various specific situations. Today's seemingly reckless attack was undoubtedly an attempt to lure Wang Chao into changing the line and pulling back.

Therefore, Ma Hui has quietly moved half a step to the left, and his feet are in a starting position. As soon as Wang Chao changes the line, he will immediately get into position and launch a real counterattack.

The above calculations sound very complicated, but in fact, what really falls into the eyes of the audience is just a simple arc.

The response of Wang Chao is simpler, just a simple reverse pull of one plate.

He drew the most conventional diagonal line.

There is neither a change of line nor a fake move. Wherever you Liu Qiwen drew the ball from, I will draw it back to you exactly as it is.

As soon as the ball was released, Brother Da Ma said "Hey" again, feeling that he couldn't understand it.

It's just that Liu Qiwen's offense has fallen short of the standard. Why does Shaved Head Youth's return have no technical content at all?

But it happened that this goal with no technical content worked.

Ma Hui's body, which was about to move to the left, was forced to stop suddenly and chased to the right. However, Liu Qiwen, who was supposed to retreat quickly to give up space, suddenly stopped and did not give up his position.

So the ball hit Liu Qiwen on the chest and rolled off the table.

Spade Q scored and tied the score at 1:1.

Fan Xiaoxian frowned and stared at the arena carefully.

Geng Shuai told her that she would understand after watching a few more balls, but she still doesn't understand now.

There are two updates today. I have been working hard to save some manuscripts recently to cope with some force majeure during the Chinese New Year and ensure that I get the precious perfect attendance reward. Perfect attendance is very important to me and other young writers.

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