At two o'clock in the afternoon on October 3, the competition between Black Spade Q Club and Poseidon Club kicked off under the spotlight.
It is no exaggeration to say that it has attracted much attention, because the popularity of this game even exceeded the popularity of the two Super League games that day.
Although Table Tennis Super League's side is not very popular because all the participating teams are in the middle and lower reaches, the fact that Table Tennis First Division can defeat Table Tennis Super League is still enough to prove the high level of attention in this battle.
Today, the Bin City Sports Center has opened 5,000 seats and they are all full. As for the media, there are not only Bin City local reporters and Chinese Table Tennis Association, but also a large influx of online media and self-media.
As for the audience standing in front of the TV or computer screen, there are even more.
For example, Hubei Provincial Team head coach Jiang Tiansheng took his son Jiang Long to watch the game. Jiang Long's face turned pale, as if he was mourning for a concubine, and he was cursing Wang Chao to lose quickly, because he knew that if Wang Chao won, Jiang Tiansheng would scold him.
Recently, Spade Q has won too much, and he has been scolded too much, which has almost created a psychological shadow.
All the Xiangshui River team members and coach Zhou Xiangshu, who did not have a game today, also stayed in Brother Da Ma's live broadcast room.
This match was actually broadcast live by China Television, but the two official commentators of China Table Tennis, a man and a woman, were too high-pitched. People in the industry either muted the sound and watched it alone, or watched the online anchor directly. This can be regarded as a strange situation in the table tennis channel of China Television Sports.
As for Brother Da Ma, of course I am very excited today.
"Friends from the audience, today's game is simply not that exciting! I dare to say responsibly that each of these five games has its own story, and each game has something worth looking forward to. It is full of suspense and full of atmosphere. Oh my god, I can no longer restrain my excitement."
"Huh? What? You said that the battle between Lu Jia and Zhao Li'an is not worth looking forward to? Okay, okay, I admit that I made a slip of the tongue. There are only four games worth looking forward to today, not five. We have to ensure the rigor of the commentary, okay?"
Countless slaps flew out and slapped Brother Da Ma's face, which was the beginning of this war.
"Some viewers asked whether Shaved Head Youth would take the initiative to challenge Zhu Ding. This is a good question. I think it will."
"Looking at all Shaved Head Youth's past games, he is actually not afraid of facing any opponent. On the contrary, he has shown a strong desire to challenge most of the time. Unfortunately, he is unable to take any single position. Many times, he simply cannot wait for the opportunity to play against the opponent."
"For example, when we faced Jingyue Bay in the last round, I believe Shaved Head Youth wanted to try Niu Linjun's strength. Unfortunately, Jingyue Bay didn't live up to expectations and was directly destroyed 3:0."
"But this time it's different. Poseidon Club is so domineering that he directly announced the order of battle in advance. Coach Wang Shou, who is known as the number one coach of Table Tennis First Division, hinted on the spot and asked Spade Q if anyone wants to have a chance with Zhu Ding. Shaved Head Youth How can he endure this? After all, he is a young man of eighteen years old!"
"So the only thing I'm worried about now is: Can Spade Q last until the fifth game?"
After saying these words, countless echoing words floated on the barrage.
In fact, everyone is worried about this now.
Although Poseidon announced the order of battle in advance, giving people a domineering and fearless feeling, in fact, their formation was very stupid.
In the first two singles games, Spade Q could only play Geng Shuai and Lu Jia. It was almost impossible to score points in these two games.
Therefore, the third and fourth games become extremely critical. These two games must be won before the game will enter the fifth decisive game.
In the third doubles match, Spade Q has a chance.
But in the fourth game, Poseidon played Ma Angxing.
This young player who has been playing Poseidon Club for less than a year has extremely outstanding talent. He even shaved the head of Poseidon's second single Zhao Li'an in an internal test.
In the previous rounds, Poseidon met Xiangshui River, and Ma Angxing met Hu Buming, the best newcomer, in the fourth game. He fought hard until the decisive game before losing 11:6. The strength he showed was almost as good as Hu Buming after his rebirth.
Tell me, who will Spade Q use to beat Ma Angxing?
Most people believe that Wang Chao can beat Ma Angxing, but if Wang Chao plays in the fourth game, will Geng Shuai be asked to fight Zhu Ding in the fifth game?
Geng Shuai in its prime state couldn't beat Zhu Ding, and Geng Shuai after power outage had no chance at all.
Therefore, facing the formation of the thief Poseidon, Spade Q only had two choices left in front of him.
First, let Wang Chao play in the fourth game, so that Spade Q will lose to Poseidon Club with a high probability of 2:3. Although he lost, the loss was decent and not embarrassing.
Second, let Wang Chao play in the fifth game. In this case, if Geng Shuai can kill Ma Angxing with a small universe explosion, Spade Q can bet on the final victory in the fifth game.
But if Geng Shuai loses to Ma Angxing, then Wang Chao won't even have a chance to play.
You said, in this situation, what should Spade Q choose?
"I personally think that the probability that Geng Shuai can beat Ma Angxing will not exceed 10%. After all, Geng Shuai has never won the second game until now."
Brother Da Ma sighed, "I once said that Shaved Head Youth can kill gods and prove the truth. You can take screenshots as you like. I will be responsible for what I say... I really want to be responsible. I won't lie to you. I really think Shaved Head Youth can kill gods, but the problem is that his teammates don't live up to expectations and don't give him a chance."
While talking, the game has officially begun.
The first game, Geng Shuai vs Zhu Ding.
Geng Shuai stood beside the table with a somewhat subtle mood.
The relationship between him and Zhu Ding is actually very strange.
Since leaving the national team seven years ago, he has never said a word to Zhu Ding. Even when they met in private occasionally, they pretended not to know each other. They never called, sent messages or sent greeting cards during holidays or birthdays.
From this point of view, they are by no means friends.
At the same time, he was convinced that Zhu Ding had indeed allowed him to play on the court for six years, always allowing him to win the first game, and giving him this favor allowed him to maintain his reputation as "God of Openings" in Table Tennis First Division.
From this point of view, Zhu Ding regards him as a friend.
But no matter what, from this moment on, everything in the past has become a passing smoke.
Because he saw a burning fighting spirit that he had never seen before in Zhu Ding's eyes.
He still didn't say a word to Zhu Ding, but he happened to know one thing magically: in the first game today, Zhu Ding was probably not going to give up.
Table Tennis First Division Great Demon King is going all out.
Coincidentally, he Geng Shuai also thinks so.
In the past years, although he won the first game, he actually had no pleasure in winning, and he never really gave his all. He and Zhu Ding acted as if they were acting, giving all Table Tennis First Division viewers a performance with a predetermined outcome, allowing them to marvel at Geng Shuai's power in the first game, and at the same time marvel at the overall power of Zhu Ding.
Now the two finally don't have to act anymore.
Because this year's Spade Q is very, very, very, very strong, so strong that it is possible to overthrow the king of Poseidon.
What's more, Spade Q has Wang Chao, who is the disciple of He Jingping.
He Jingping is a hurdle that Zhu Ding can never get over.
So Zhu Ding could not wait to beat Wang Chao as early as two months ago.
Before playing Wang Chao, practice with Geng Shuai!
Geng Shuai guessed the coin successfully and got the right to serve. He directly served a high throw.
The ball was thrown very high, spinning very fast, as fast as thunder, and directly hit the bottom line of the table on Zhu Ding's side.
Zhu Ding was a little surprised, because he really didn't expect that an upright player like Geng Shuai would make a sneak attack at the beginning.
Did you learn bad things from Wang Chao?
But this little surprise didn't make him passive. At best, it just prevented him from retreating and attacking directly.
He rubbed the ball steadily, but because the ball turned too fast and too fast, he could only rub the ball to the bottom line of the table.
As soon as the ball came out, Geng Shuai moved.
Without any hesitation, he directly attacked sideways.
The movement of his attack was a bit loud, because this shot was completely a fight, the "pull" movement was very small, and the intention of "shooting" was very obvious. He didn't want to turn the ball into a stalemate and gain the initiative, and then slowly take advantage of it, but he had planned to kill him directly with a shot.
Just like Niu Linjun a week ago, if this goes down, either you will die or I will die.
Simple and crude.
reckless.
Don't think about the follow-up at all.
This was a tactic he had already thought of yesterday. He didn't even tell Wang Chao because he knew Wang Chao would definitely disapprove of him doing this.
He even thought about how Wang Chao would persuade him, "Brother Geng, you and Zhu Ding are of the same age, have the same status, and have the same strength. Even if there is a difference, it is not much different. Moreover, you have been training so hard recently, and your physical and mental conditions are quite good. Don't you want to have a head-on duel with him that belongs to men?"
These words were definitely very tempting, but Geng Shuai thought about it for a long time and finally resisted the temptation.
Because he knows that he is not just a little worse than Zhu Ding, but a lot worse.
He is simply not qualified to have a head-on confrontation with Zhu Ding.
Wang Chao probably thought that Geng Shuai and Zhu Ding had a score of 30-70, or a score of 40-60, and they were the kind that could make a dozen.
But Geng Shuai himself knew that if he and Zhu Ding faced off head-on based entirely on hard power, it would only be a 10-0 draw.
It's such an exaggeration.
So Geng Shuai wants to fight!
His shot was extremely dangerous, and the ball almost hit the net and committed suicide. Just because he used enough force and the spin on the ball was just right, it made a "squeaking" friction sound after hitting the net, and "crawled" from the other side of the net, forming a very reluctant ball.
The ball exhausted all its kinetic energy while crawling over the net. It rolled over and landed on the table. It was almost impossible to bounce. This ball was difficult to save. Zhu Ding's judgment was extremely accurate. Seeing this situation, he did not try to save it at all. He just stood there quietly and watched the ball slowly roll down the table.
Geng Shuai took the lead, leading 1:0.
But looking at Zhu Ding standing opposite as quiet as a lake, Geng Shuai felt no joy at all.
He felt that Zhu Ding was too quiet today.
Under normal circumstances, even if the ball is unsolvable, Zhu Ding should still try to save it. This is a subconscious reaction as a professional player and belongs to muscle memory.
But Zhu Ding didn't even make a move to save the ball today.
This is naturally not because Zhu Ding is slow to react, but because Zhu Ding's mind is clearer than ever today, so his rationality is almost cold.
So ruthless that he never makes any unnecessary moves.