In the next second game, Spade Q still lost miserably.
Zhao Li'an 3: 0 tap Lu Jia.
There is nothing to say about this game, because Lu Jia really can't beat Zhao Li'an.
Therefore, the third doubles match becomes very important. If we lose again, Spade Q will be directly blocked. If we can win, then there is still a slim hope for the future.
The referee quickly announced the two sides.
Wang Chao&Lu Jia vs Zhao Li'an&Ma Angxing.
Zhao Li'an is actually not too strong. If judged accurately, his strength is between the first echelon and the second echelon, slightly weaker than Osmanthus Fragrance's Yang Chi.
It is precisely because Zhao Li'an is not strong, and Poseidon Club's third single in previous years was weaker than Zhao Li'an, that's why Poseidon has made six playoff appearances but only won two championships. The two championships were all related to formation.
But this year's third single, Ma Angxing, is very strong, so the new doubles team formed by him and Zhao Li'an is also a higher level than before, and has been promoted from the middle level of the league to the upper level of the league.
How strong is Ma Angxing?
He is not as flamboyant as Hu Buming, nor is he as strong as Wang Chao. He never even accepts interviews, but this year in the eyes of all industry insiders, he and Hu Buming Wang Chao are jointly known as the three new kings.
There is no doubt that Wang Chao ranks first, but there are still different opinions on who is second between him and Hu Buming.
So when the players from both sides walked onto the court, Lu Jia's anxiety was all written on their faces.
"Wang Chao, let's just try our best later... if I don't play well, don't blame me."
Wang Chao nodded slightly without saying a word, looking a little cold.
Normally, he would comfort Lu Jia with a few words, but it was different today.
There was a fire in his heart and murderous intent in his belly.
He didn't want to weaken his murderous aura just because of his pleasant talk to Lu Jia.
Brother Da Ma was conducting pre-match analysis intensively in the live broadcast room. "How to describe this doubles match... I can't say for sure, it's hard to say."
"Friends in the audience, I'm not talking nonsense. It's really hard for me to judge. You see, the Poseidon doubles team is not very powerful. At least they can't beat the Jingyue Bay team, and they can't beat the Bingcheng Pharmaceutical team, right? But Spade Q wiped out both teams. If you look at it this way, does Spade Q have a clear advantage?"
"But that's not how the accounts are settled..."
"Spade Q defeated Jingyue Bay with a surprise attack, all thanks to Wang Chao. As for Gao Ming, he is just a tool. The reason why they can play like this is because they bully Sun Yuanqiang as a chipper."
"And the victory against Bingcheng Pharmaceutical has no reference value, because it was obvious that Liu Qiwen was injured."
"So until now, I still don't know what the level of Spade Q's doubles is."
"Are you saying they are weak? Obviously they are not, at least they defeated Hu Brothers in the first game this season."
"But you said how strong they are, but I don't think it is. After all, only Wang Chao is strong, and the remaining one, whether it is Lu Jia, Tian Zhengguang, or Gao Ming, is too weak and does not match Wang Chao at all."
"As we all know, three years ago, the head coach of China Table Tennis Team Cai Guodong publicly expressed a point of view when planning the World Table Tennis Championships direct match at the Hainan Table Tennis Training Base. He said that doubles is walking on two legs. If one leg is lame at will, it will definitely not walk smoothly. Therefore, the most important thing in doubles is not the combination of strong powers, but the matching of compatibility."
"Finding a partner is like finding a wife. Suitability is more important than beauty."
"Poseidon's compatibility is undoubtedly very good, and everyone can see this, but Spade Q cannot be said to be coordinated at all, because their doubles are constantly changing players and cannot be fixed at all. It is always Wang Chao who takes the lead."
"Looking at it this way, I think Poseidon is stronger."
"Of course I hope Spade Q wins, because Spade Q must win before today's game can continue. I'm still waiting to see Shaved Head Youth prove his way to slaying the gods, so audience friends, I'm going to start a quiz now, which side are you going to bet on?"
The audience placed their bets one after another, but the strange thing was that a lot of people on the barrage were saying that Poseidon Club had a higher winning rate, but when it came time to place their bets, 70% of them chose Spade Q.
It can only be said that everyone sincerely hopes that Spade Q can win this game.
After all, today is the first collision between the two undefeated teams Table Tennis First Division. Anyone who likes watching football hopes to play all five games.
The referee blew the whistle and the third game officially started.
Wang Chao serves, Ma Angxing directly rubs the ball to Wang Chao's backhand position, forcing Wang Chao to retreat, Lu Jia moves laterally to the left to catch the ball, then Zhao Li'an catches the ball again, and still rubs the ball to Wang Chao's backhand position, making it short and low. Don't give Wang Chao a chance.
For the first ball, Wang Chao chose to play it safe. He also rubbed the ball back, but then Ma Angxing rubbed the ball, but the line changed. He still forced the ball to Wang Chao's backhand baseline, forcing Wang Chao to retreat again and give up his position, allowing Lu Jia to catch the ball.
Lu Jia was forced to move twice when receiving the ball. This time, the movement was a little deformed. The ball was a little high when it was received. Ma Angxing hit the ball immediately, Wang Chao directly hit back, Zhao Li'an hit back again, and Lu Jia also wanted to hit the ball, but as soon as he passed the board, the ball went off the net.
Poseidon scored the first point 1:0.
Ma Angxing and Zhao Li'an looked at each other and smiled.
This is a tactic they have discussed long ago. It is not complicated, but it is very effective.
As the head coach Cai Guodong said, doubles is walking on two legs. No matter how strong one leg is, it is still a lame.
The rules of table tennis doubles are different from those of badminton. In badminton, any player can catch the ball, but in table tennis, each player must take the ball one by one. Therefore, they only need to keep an eye on Wang Chao and hit all the balls to the left of Wang Chao, so that Lu Jia, who is standing on the right side of Wang Chao, has to move to the left again and again.
If he wants to move to the left, Wang Chao must first give way.
However, Lu Jia's basic skills are insufficient. The more movements he makes with his feet, the worse the stability of his hands.
In a sense, this style of play is actually similar to the tactics used by Spade Q to fight Bingcheng Pharmaceutical. The difference is that Spade Q took advantage of Liu Qiwen's inability to move, while now Poseidon takes advantage of Lu Jia's unstable hitting state while moving.
This tactic is not complicated, and is even too routine, but Poseidon can use it, but Spade Q cannot, because Lu Jia is only strong enough to catch the ball well, and cannot guarantee to control the landing point.
For the second ball, Wang Chao threw the ball high, then made a hidden fake move, and sent a long ball that seemed to spin but actually did not.
He hoped that Ma Angxing would catch the ball and rise high, creating a direct opportunity for Lu Jia.
However, Ma Angxing directly saw through Wang Chao's intention. Since the ball was not turning, he did not hesitate to attack sideways and whip it over.
This ball is not drawn aggressively. Just like Ma Angxing's own playing style, he tends to be absolutely stable and simple. He never makes any fancy moves or takes any risky moves. Everything is just right.
He felt that it was most reasonable to attack with such intensity. Any more effort might cause an attack error, and any less effort might result in the attack being ineffective and unable to kill anyone.
The ball was just right, but Lu Jia just couldn't catch it and was beaten to death by a board.
Two balls passed, although it was Spade Q's serving round, but it turned out that Poseidon scored the points and led 2:0.
Ma Angxing and Zhao Li'an looked at each other and smiled, affectionate, oh no, full of tacit understanding.
When coach Wang Shou proposed this style of play yesterday, the two of them actually had doubts because they thought it was too simple. Spade Q's doubles team has currently won ten games. How could it be defeated by this basic tactic?
But facts have proven that this style of play is feasible, and Coach Wang Shou Table Tennis First Division's title as the number one coach is indeed well-deserved.
As Wang Shou said yesterday, "Some of the strength is real, such as Zhu Ding's personal strength, and some strength is imaginary, such as Spade Q's doubles combination. Once you find the right way, they will be vulnerable."
Then Wang Shou added, "But you must not think that anyone can catch Spade Q's flaws... If Ma Angxing's ability hadn't just restrained Wang Chao's unpredictable serving skills, how could I have dared to propose such a tactic?"
Yes, the key point of this tactic is actually Ma Angxing.
When Wang Chao sends short backspin, Ma Angxing has the ability to rub the ball to any position on the opposite table.
When Wang Chao is making fake moves, Ma Angxing can see through it at a glance and can even make appropriate counterattacks.
His style of play has been described by the outside world as "unpretentious, skillful and unsophisticated", but because it is simple enough, he can see through all the fancy disguises, because he clearly knows how to use the simplest movements to achieve the desired effect.
If your movements are redundant, there are only two possibilities, either you are making fake movements, or your movements are not scientific enough.
Regardless of the former or the latter, Ma Angxing can see it.
This is his special talent, and this talent is called "Eagle Eye" by Wang Shou's brother, Coach Wang Lu of the national team.
A talent that specializes in bells and whistles.
"Eagle Eye" is not the only talent in the world.
Before Ma Angxing entered Poseidon Club, he once went to the imperial capital and met Coach Wang Lu of the national team. He heard Coach Wang Lu say that in fact there are many people in the world. A variety of talents, for example, Geng Shuai has another talent "strange power", and Bay Island boy Lin Zijun, who rose up like lightning in the past few days, has the talent of "extreme speed".
He also heard that Wang Chao also has a talent, but this talent is too powerful and difficult to summarize, so to this day, even the Zhumen internal discussion has not come to a clear conclusion.
Wang Lu is the teacher of Bai Feng, the main player of the national team. He even teamed up with Bai Feng to create the most advanced straight table technology "Penhold Backhand Loop" in today's table tennis world, which shocked the world. With his status, he is naturally qualified to form his own group.
In addition to Zhumen and Qinmen, Wang Clan also has a place.
Therefore, Ma Angxing actually already has another secret identity.
If he can make it to the national team on his own strength, he will join Wang Lu's disciples and officially become a disciple of the Wang Clan.
Therefore, in today's game, when everyone is focusing on Zhu Ding, Wang Chao, and Geng Shuai, only Ma Angxing knows that there is another unknown fateful battle today.
He and Wang Chao, attacking and defending, who wins and who loses, also represents a secret confrontation between the two giants behind them.
No matter how good the relationship between the coaches is.
As a disciple, you should also fight for the honor of your master.
His luck is very good, because Spade Q won the first coin guess today, so Wang Chao must serve first, and he can also actively choose to receive the ball from Wang Chao with his backhand.
This is very similar to Spade Q playing Bingcheng Pharmaceutical in the previous round.
In the last round, in order to ensure that Ma Hui caught the ball, Wang Chao did not hesitate to forcibly give up the right to serve after guessing the coin.
In this round, Poseidon would rather lose the right to serve and ensure that Ma Angxing catches the ball from Wang Chao.
This is how things change.
This is coincidence and destiny.
In this case, today Ma Angxing will help Poseidon Club zero-block Spade Q, so that everyone can see clearly who is the real undefeated master of Table Tennis First Division.