Zhu Ding's style was actually very similar to Geng Shuai's. Both possessed powerful physiques and fierce attacking instincts. The difference was that Geng Shuai had better physical attributes and intuition, while Zhu Ding, born into a table tennis family, possessed incredibly solid fundamentals, mastered the vast majority of techniques, and had virtually no weaknesses.
Once Zhu Ding returned to his own rhythm, Wang Chao immediately felt the pressure mounting.
Because Zhu Ding had started playing "unreasonably."
There were actually basic rules to playing table tennis.
For example, if your opponent looped a backspin ball, you either pushed it back or played a high-arcing topspin loop. But if you tried to hit a heavy topspin loop, there was a very good chance you would dump it into the net and kill yourself.
For example, if your opponent sent the ball to your backhand side, you had to use a backhand twist. If you insisted on running to the left of the ball and using a forehand loop instead, you were just making trouble for yourself.
But once Zhu Ding entered the wild-growth playing mode he had used seven years ago, he stopped following the rules.
He sprinted all over the court, his workload obviously far greater than in the previous three games. He unleashed a frenzied barrage, failing to smash when he should have smashed, smashing wildly when he should not have, insisting on looping when he should have slapped the ball, and insisting on driving down the line when he should have looped.
This was a reflection of his personality in his style of play.
He had been lawless and unruly since childhood, so naturally his table tennis had a wildly imaginative side as well.
But this was not a style just anyone could play, because if ordinary people played