The right to serve came to Lu Jia.
This time Lu Jia acted perfectly according to Wang Chao's order. In order to beat Liu Qiwen's pursuit ball, he even made a rare Sneak Long Serve, aiming directly at Liu Qiwen's chest.
Liu Qiwen took precautions and was not attacked. However, he did not retreat as usual. Instead, he directly retracted his arm, twisted his wrist to the extreme, and performed a reverse twist on the stage.
The ball is not twisted very well, because Liu Qiwen's wrist is indeed twisted a bit reluctantly.
Wang Chao directly hit the ball with his hand, and with a "pop" sound, the ball flew over the net and was still facing Liu Qiwen's chest.
This pick shot is also not good, because Wang Chao's forehand straight has always had some problems in generating force, and it cannot pull out high-quality balls.
But this ball happened to score again, because Liu Qiwen's retreat was half a step slower. When Ma Hui rushed over to catch the ball, the ball had almost flown past his defense line.
So Ma Hui could only take a hasty shot and return a rather high ball, while Lu Jia was ready to go and settled the battle with a fierce charge.
Spade Q overtook the score, 2:1.
There was a low buzz in the stands as some keen fans noticed something was wrong.
Lu Jia serves again, still Sneak Long Serve, still chasing Liu Qiwen.
Liu Qiwen finally took a step back this time. While taking half a step away, a look of pain flashed across his face. Then he yelled hard, squatted down, retracted his arms, turned his waist forcibly, and moved his arms to pull a heavy loop ball.
His posture was a bit ugly, and his power was very reluctant, but there is no doubt that the ball was pulled without any problems. It turned, floated, and was very fast. Even because of Liu Qiwen's awkward movements, the racket deflected at the critical moment. The ball also accidentally pulled a line change and went straight to Wang Chao's left baseline.
This is definitely an unexpected high-quality pull.
Wang Chao can only retreat to the left and rear.
He is now a pen-hold player, and the left hand of pen-hold players is known to be a big gap. The ball Liu Qiwen is too fast and of high quality. At this time, he cannot use his backhand to hit the ball horizontally. The only thing he can do is to push and block in a traditional way.
But even if he is pushing and blocking, he is not willing to do the simplest pushing and blocking in the direction of the ball, because according to the current trajectory, the ball he pushes must be in front of Ma Hui.
He doesn't want to give the ball to Ma Hui, he just wants to hit Liu Qiwen's chasing ball.
So he tried his best to change the line, pushing his wrist down to the limit, risking suicide and forcing the ball to where Liu Qiwen was.
The ball missed the net and landed in front of Liu Qiwen.
Ma Hui wants to catch the ball, but Liu Qiwen blocks his way.
Liu Qiwen wanted to move away, but when he retreated just now, his wound had been affected. As soon as he exerted his strength, he took a "hiss" breath and frowned subconsciously.
The ball didn't wait for anyone. It bounced off the table and hit Liu Qiwen's chest with a "pop" sound.
Spade Q 3:1 leads.
At this moment, the buzz in the audience suddenly expanded several times, forming a huge sound wave that echoed in the stadium. Many spectators stood up from their chairs and looked towards the arena with complicated expressions.
"You should understand now, right? Sister Xian." Geng Shuai asked Fan Xiaoxian.
Fan Xiaoxian was stunned. "Liu Qiwen Are you injured on your leg?"
Geng Shuai nodded.
"But... how did you know? Do you actually have spies in Bingcheng Pharmaceutical Club?" Fan Xiaoxian knew something was wrong as soon as he said those words. He quickly shook his head, thought about it and said, "That was what you discovered during the Liu Qiwen competition just now, but why didn't I notice it at all?"
As soon as the four balls passed, the situation on the field suddenly became subtle.
This game, which was originally foolproof, became no longer certain due to Liu Qiwen's unexpected injury.
"How did he get injured?" In the Bingcheng Pharmaceutical player box, the club owner was also present, lowering his head and asking the head coach softly.
The head coach could only smile bitterly, "How else could I get injured? Of course I practiced too hard..."
Consecutive losses to Poseidon and Jingyue Bay in the past week put tremendous pressure on the Bingcheng Pharmaceutical team.
The three veterans have all reached the end of their careers. They have been very happy at Bingcheng Pharmaceutical over the years and have great affection for the club. They have always wanted to help Bingcheng Pharmaceutical win a championship, but now, not only is the championship out of reach, but it may even be unsafe at the end of the season.
They were really anxious.
Whether it is for the club's honor or their own honor, they must win Spade Q at all costs.
So Yang Yingzi has to play three rounds of golf even if his head is shaved.
Liu Qiwen and Ma Hui practice until at least 10pm every day.
Although the outside world said that they were an invincible doubles team, as the parties involved, how could they not be worried at all?
What's more, Spade Q just defeated the doubles team of Jingyue Bay 3:1 three days ago.
Therefore, Liu Qiwen and Ma Hui are actually under a lot of pressure, because they absolutely cannot afford to make any mistakes in this game.
Not only did they practice hard, but they also watched a lot of videos of Spade Q, especially Wang Chao's doubles, and devised more than a dozen different tactical strategies.
Then tragedy struck.
After all, the 27-year-old Liu Qiwen is no longer a teenager. He accidentally sprained his ankle during extra training last night and fell on the spot. Then the team doctor checked and found that one of his calves had been swollen into a bun with congestion, and his tendons and ligaments had varying degrees of damage.
The team doctor gave him emergency treatment and finally told him, "If you take good care of your injury, you can recover in about a week, but the prerequisite is that your ankle cannot be overstressed. Otherwise, if the injury becomes more serious, it will not be able to be solved in a short time. It may take two or three months."
Liu Qiwen didn't want to give up yet. He bargained with the team doctor. After a long discussion, he finally made a plan: continue to compete today, but he must try to reduce running, especially the stress on his left ankle.
When playing Lu Jia, he was very careful about his ankle, but in order to avoid being seen through, he tried to act as natural as possible. In order not to be seen out, he even deliberately made several left steps to attack at the risk of aggravating the injury.
But he was still seen through by Wang Chao.
When Wang Chao continued to stare at him and hit the ball, he knew something was wrong!
"Because I took it too seriously, I practiced too hard. Because I practiced too hard, I got injured, and now my flaws are exposed..."
Bingcheng Pharmaceutical's boss looked strange and asked, "Is that so?"
The head coach smiled bitterly again, "Although it sounds funny, but... yes."
The game continues.
Now it's Liu Qiwen's turn to serve.
His first serve was a short backspin. Wang Chao shot the ball directly to the baseline and still chased Liu Qiwen. Ma Hui was beaten by Liu Qiwen blocked the ball, knowing that the ball came out to attack, but he couldn't swing his arm. He could only gently pull the ball back in frustration, and Lu Jia rubbed the ball in front of Liu Qiwen again.
Liu Qiwen wanted to curse, but he couldn't help himself on the court, so he could only retract his arm again and push the ball over again.
But this push revealed some flaws. Wang Chao launched a direct attack and scored with a challenge in the table, rewriting the score to 4:1.
Liu Qiwen served for the second time. He did not dare to serve short backspin again and chose Sneak Long Serve.
As a result, Wang Chao had already predicted it, retreated and directly attacked, and the ball was hit to Liu Qiwen's chest.
Ma Hui could only look up to the sky and sigh. Although he took advantage of Liu Qiwen's opportunity to step back half a step, he reluctantly pulled the ball back in a high loop, but he knew in his heart that the ball was definitely gone.
Sure enough, Lu Jia rushed sideways and scored, 5:1.
"You should know now why Wang Chao must Ma Hui catch his ball, right?"
At the players' table, Geng Shuai was very proud because he and Wang Chao discussed the strategy for this doubles match together, so although he was outside the court, he was proud of it.
"Because Lu Jia's ability is limited, many times he cannot accurately control the landing point. Only Wang Chao himself can forcefully control the landing point in front of Liu Qiwen when faced with any difficult ball, leaving Ma Hui unable to take action."
"So if Ma Hui catches the ball from Lu Jia, he has plenty of opportunities to take the initiative to attack. But now that he catches the ball from Wang Chao, his powerful offensive ability is completely eliminated."
"As for Liu Qiwen himself, he will encounter all kinds of chasing balls. Theoretically speaking, unless he forcibly turns sideways, he will not be able to even attack at all!"
Fan Xiaoxian's beautiful eyes flashed when he heard this, and he said happily, "Then can we win 3:0 in this game?"
"That's impossible." Geng Shuai shook his head. "It can only be 3:2."
Fan Xiaoxian wondered, "Why?"
Geng Shuai glanced at Fan Xiaoxian, which made Fan Xiaoxian very hurt, because the look was very familiar, just like when she asked Wang Chao to ask a stupid question a few days ago.
"I must find a good teacher, otherwise my prestige will be completely gone..." She swore quietly in her heart.
Fortunately, Geng Shuai patiently explained, "Because the order of receiving the ball has to be changed in the second game... so in the second game it is Liu Qiwen's turn to receive the ball from Wang Chao, Ma Hui receives the ball from Lu Jia, and Lu Jia cannot restrain Ma Hui."
Gao Ming understood. "The order has to be changed again in the third round, so Wang Chao can restrain Ma Hui again."
Tian Zhengguang also understood. "So, win one game, lose one, win another, lose another, and in the fifth game it's our turn to win."
"So, the order of receiving the ball in the first game is very important and determines the final outcome of the game."
Geng Shuai said lazily, "You should know now why Wang Chao gave the initial serving right to Bingcheng Pharmaceutical, right?"
Bingcheng Pharmaceutical lost the doubles match 2:3.
The entire game progressed just as Geng Shuai predicted. Spade Q won one game, lost another, won another, and lost another. When they won the last game, Liu Qiwen and Ma Hui did not feel too frustrated, but felt relieved.
The whole game was like a performance with a predetermined script and ending. Although the players on both sides were working hard, the overall situation was clear as early as half an hour ago.
There were no cheers or applause in the audience. Instead, there were always faint boos, because many viewers believed that Spade Q won without a fight.
"How can we say that we won without force?" Brother Da Ma tried his best to clear up his innocence in the live broadcast room. "The most I can say is that Spade Q is really lucky this year."
"They have discovered each other's weaknesses. Are they deliberately not trying to exploit each other's weaknesses just because the other party is injured? Doesn't that make sense?"
"Some people compare the games of Yoshikawa Hiroshi and Geng Shuai. Can they be the same? The reason why Shaved Head Youth lost his temper in that game was not because Yoshikawa Hiroshi beat Geng Shuai's weakness is because Yang Chi, as Geng Shuai's former teammate, deliberately told Yoshikawa Hiroshi about Geng Shuai's physical defects."
"On the field, as long as it complies with the rules of the game, as long as you can win, you can use any means."
"This is not opportunistic, nor is it unsportsmanlike. On the contrary, this is the true sportsmanship!"
Thanks to "Meow's Schrödingerjin" for the reward.