Zhu Shixian can't stand it anymore...
In fact, his mentality has always been very good. As a chipper, if he had a bad mentality when playing, he would have given himself a heart attack long ago.
But he still couldn't bear it.
Although he played chipping, he did not want to play fast5 in this game. After all, fast5 has too many variables, and he felt that he was the dominant side, so he naturally hoped to win in the regular mode.
At this time, he chipped a ball, took a peek at the timer, and found that it had reached 22 minutes and 37 seconds.
In other words, the second ball has been played for a full minute...
If the game continues like this, after 24 minutes is over, can we finish two games?
Yoshikawa Dai Moku coughed lightly on the sidelines, feeling a kind of sadness in his balls that was different from Zhu Shixian.
He was responsible for arranging the time of this game, but he never dreamed that the ball would play like this. He was a little worried that the next game would be seriously delayed.
He took out his small notebook and took a note. He must add a rule at the next stop. Even if there is not a competition between two chippers, the number of rounds must not exceed 20. Add a parenthetical note at the end: stalemate balls are excluded.
Huashi Sports Channel, Grasshopper were forced to start talking nonsense.
He is actually a commentator with a very good comprehensive business ability. His biggest advantage is that he knows everything and can talk about everything. From basketball, football, volleyball, badminton to rugby, ice hockey, goalball, and hockey, there is nothing that he does not understand that is round.
And his biggest shortcoming is that he is not proficient in anything and can only speak a little.
At this moment, he couldn't understand the mystery of this minute-long mutual exchange. He just felt like he was seeing a jammed tape. The same scene was repeated infinitely and rewinded infinitely. It was very similar to the five-cent special effect of a move repeated three times in a domestic martial arts film.
He thought of running under the sunset, which was his lost youth. A kind of retro sadness made his eyes wet, and he just wanted to let go.
But he can't be silent yet, because silence is tonight's Cambridge... Oh no, because Yi Jing has gone crazy. After playing Li Zhengzhi and Lin Zijun for nearly forty minutes, he began to recall emotionally the past and present life and the ins and outs of rackets like Japanese penhold single-ply blade.
The speech was actually very professional, but the timing was wrong.
So Grasshopper could only find something to say, "Okay, this ball is well cut. Zhu Shixian is indeed World's Number One Chopper."
"Okay, this ball swings well. What's good about it? Fortunately, it's short enough."
"Another wonderful slice. You see, this ball seems to be exactly the same as the previous ball. In fact, it is different. What is the difference? You can observe it carefully for yourselves. I won't talk too professionally in case you don't understand."
"Wang Chao is still swinging short. Judging from the scene, Wang Chao is slightly behind because the ball he swung over did not have enough spin, while the ball Zhu Shixian cut over turned very fast. This resulted in Wang Chao being unable to take the initiative to attack and could only wait for Zhu Shixian to make a mistake."
"But Wang Chao doesn't know, Zhu Shixian is very good at attacking. If this continues, Zhu Shixian will always find an opportunity."
"I can only say that it is still very difficult for newcomers to face veterans, especially veterans who are cutting the ball."
At this moment, in front of a certain card table, Zhu Zeshi slammed down all the cards in front of him. He first shouted "All cards, touch it yourself", and then said in a rather stern tone, "The commentators on China TV Sports Station are really bad. For this kind of international competition, you have to pick someone who knows a little bit... This kid, after watching the draw in the morning, I was so worried for him, but he performed so well and was able to play such a sophisticated game. Even I couldn't help but praise him. Why did he become so bad in the commentator's mouth?"
Qin Huachang glanced at him sideways. "That's almost it, Old Zhu. Didn't you see that Old He's mouth is split behind his ears? If you continue to praise him, I'm afraid he will float on the spot."
He Jingping could hardly hold it anymore, but he still held it back and said seriously, "What do you think this kid is thinking? Do you really want to delay it to fast5?"
He was just okay when it came to his skills, but really bad when it came to talking about people's hearts. Seeing that Wang Chao's play style was obviously competing with Zhu Shixian's patience, he couldn't understand it, so he had to turn to the three masters of manipulating people's hearts in front of him.
Wang Lu remained silent, smiled and looked at the cards quietly.
Cai Guodong didn't even bother to look at the TV screen, as if he already had a plan in mind, and the head coach's temperament was well understood.
So in the end, it was his senior brother Zhu Zeshi who had to answer his questions, "The focus of this game is not how long a ball should be played, nor whether the winner should be decided in fast5, but when Zhu Shixian's state will really have a problem... Do you understand?"
He Jingping seemed to understand, and nodded.
Zhu Shixian adjusted his mentality again.
He was a little impatient five seconds ago, and then broke out in a cold sweat from behind, realizing that his emotions were dangerous.
Therefore, he completely killed his impatience in the shortest possible time and regained his original calm attitude.
He accompanied Wang Chao to slice the ball slowly.
The more he cuts it, the more he feels that this boy Wang Chao is a bit scary.
He had never seen anyone with such a short swing.
You know, with his current chipping skills, even the chipping that looks exactly the same may contain completely different force and rotation, but no matter how he changes, Wang Chao can swing the ball back, and to almost the exact same position.
Neither to the left nor to the right, right in the middle, near the invisible central axis.
Because if you lean to the left, you may be forced to backhand, and if you lean to the right, you may be forced to Forehand Flick. Only the middle position is where the opponent cannot take the board.
So Zhu Shixian also became more and more stable.
The ball flew slowly here and there, and every time it landed, it almost hit the invisible central axis. Before you knew it, another half minute passed.
The audience had already begun to yawn, and low boos came from all directions.
Yoshikawa Dai Moku was so angry that he wanted to rush over and forcefully stop the game, but considering that this was a live broadcast, considering the international impact, and the costs paid by the national table tennis association to host the T-League, he did not dare to do anything.
As for the contestants who were watching, their mood was completely different from that of ordinary spectators.
They are nervous.
The more rounds there are on this ball, the more nervous they become, because this kind of short-ball battle inside the table is actually similar to the long-distance ball stalemate in a sense.
The Zhongyuan platform stalemate compares the balance and continuity under the forced exertion of the body.
The short intra-stage bucket is more about the stability and continuity of the wrist and arm under fine control.
Both are like taut bowstrings, but the difference is that once the former breaks, it will appear as a player pulling the ball out of bounds.
Once the latter breaks, it will show that a certain player made a serious mistake in returning the ball, or went too high, or went out of bounds, or went into the net.
So Wang Chao and Zhu Shixian now seem to be able to play forever, but the invisible bow string has actually become tighter and tighter, to the point where it will break at any time.
At this time, Wang Chao's return shot suddenly had a slight rise.
It seems like after high-intensity continuous ball control, there are finally some small flaws in the fineness of the force.
This is a flaw, but it is so small that it is almost fleeting. It is even difficult to tell whether this is a problem with the stability of Wang Chao.
But Zhu Shixian keenly grasped this flaw.
Without hesitation, he leaned his upper body forward, turned the racket from horizontal to tilted, inserted it diagonally into the bottom of the ball, flipped his wrist forcefully, and suddenly hit it fiercely.
With a "pop" sound, the ball hit the net, spinning around. Because the force was strong enough, it almost climbed directly over the net, but in the end it still failed and fell on the same spot.
The challenge failed and Wang Chao scored.
The score became 2:0.
At this moment, most people in the audience couldn't help but let out a breath, and then suddenly realized that they had been holding their breath for a long time without knowing it.
Looking at the time again, it was already 22 minutes and 17 seconds countdown.
The caddy quickly picked up the ball and threw it to Wang Chao. On the opposite side of the table, Zhu Shixian looked ugly. He raised his head and took a deep look at Wang Chao.
He is 28 years old, ranked 12th in the world, and ranked first in Kimchi Country. He is the oldest active player in Kimchi Country, the most patient player, and the wisest player.
So after the challenge failed, he suddenly realized that he was still following Wang Chao's ways.
Wang Chao's slightly high ball was not a problem with its stability, but was done deliberately to tempt him to take the initiative.
Under normal circumstances, facing that extremely difficult ball, Zhu Shixian would never choose to take action.
But the two of them had gone through too many rounds just now. Although Zhu Shixian had been telling himself to be careful, his mentality was still affected unconsciously, but he didn't realize it himself.
So when a slim chance appeared, he subconsciously thought that this opportunity was very rare and he couldn't miss it, so he had to give it a try.
But in reality, he was asked to pick that ball ten times, and he could succeed at most twice.
Zhu Shixian made a pause gesture directly at this time.
Although T2 Diamond Match is weird, there is still a chance to pause. The pause time is 15 seconds. This is the only exception that does not count towards the 24-minute countdown.
So the timer stopped instantly, and Zhu Shixian didn't leave the table at all.
15 seconds was not enough time for him to communicate with the coach, and he had no need to drink water. He simply wanted more time to be quiet.
After all, what he felt from Wang Chao's seductive flaw just now was a kind of deep and sophisticated gloomy aura.
This made him feel that he was not facing an 18-year-old boy, but a 40-year-old antique.
This feeling made him even a little scared, and he needed these 15 seconds to stabilize his mentality.
He closed his eyes, took deep breaths continuously, and discarded the illusion just now. After hearing the referee's whistle, he opened his eyes again, squatted slightly, and waited for Wang Chao to serve.
Wang Chao directly Sneak Long Serve.
He knew that Zhu Shixian was a very good offensive slicer, but he wanted Sneak Long Serve, and he stole Zhu Shixian's forehand position, which is best at attacking.
Zhu Shixian hesitated for a tenth of a second at this moment.
Because the thought of forcibly breaking out had just appeared in his heart, and the scene of being calculated just passed through his mind like lightning, making him instinctively feel the atmosphere of conspiracy.
"You deliberately pretended to be superior to lure me into a fight."
"Then why did you deliberately steal my forehand? To lure me into charging directly?"
"But... what's wrong with my blast?"
Zhu Shixian couldn't figure it out, and he didn't have time to think about it. In fact, with just a slight hesitation, he lost the opportunity to rush forward and could only chip the ball back hard.
This time, it's a long backspin that's sure to come out.
There was nothing that could be done about it. After all, Wang Chao's Sneak Long Serve was extremely fast and powerful, and he hesitated and then chipped the ball hastily. Under such circumstances, it would be too difficult to control the ball into the table.
Wang Chao didn't hesitate at all, he directly turned sideways to attack, and with a "pop" sound, he pulled out a fast and sharp looping ball.
Zhu Shixian is not afraid of loops, he steps back and cuts back.
Wang Chao draws again.
Zhu Shixian Cut again.
Wang Chao punches the backhand, Zhu Shixian cuts the backhand.
Wang Chao punches the forehand, Zhu Shixian cuts the forehand.
Up to this point, Zhu Shixian has not been at a disadvantage in the game. Although it seems that Wang Chao is attacking and he is defending, in fact, this is how a chipper like him plays with others.
The most common way for a chipper to score points is to have the attacker commit suicide by pulling the ball down the net after multiple attacks.
At this moment, even Kimchi Country's internal commentator was saying, "Okay, the game has finally entered the mode that Zhu Shixian player is best at. Zhu Shixian player once created the amazing feat of defending thirteen consecutive heavy-loop balls. Kimchi Country is the best player in our country who is good at defensive counterattacks. He has already stepped into the first-class field. We have reason to believe that with this ball, China's Six Little Dragons will lose the first point of the game."
As he finished speaking, Wang Chao pulled Zhu Shixian through.
The score became 3:0.
Kimchi Country had just finished speaking the previous sentence, and before he could close his mouth, he casually said "Assi".
At this moment, many Sakura Country fans in the audience began to cheer loudly.
Sakura Country people are naturally strong-willed. When domestic players compete with foreign players, they will be biased. However, when two foreign players face off, they will show quite good sportsmanship and cheer for the wonderful performance of both sides.
The short swing just now was boring, but now the continuous pull is so exciting.
Only Zhu Shixian broke out in a cold sweat again.
It would be better if he were simply dumber and didn't know what Wang Chao wanted to do.
It would be best if he were just smarter and could understand what Wang Chao wants to do in advance.
But unfortunately, he was always a hindsight and only understood Wang Chao's intentions after Wang Chao succeeded.
It doesn't help matters and only adds to depression.
This time, he also understood Wang Chao's intention.
It turns out that the original Sneak Long Serve really didn't have any conspiracy and could really be charged directly.
But he was frightened by the previous ball, and he felt from the bottom of his heart that Wang Chao was scheming and had a conspiracy, so he did not dare to take action.
As a result, the opportunity was lost and Wang Chao took the initiative to attack.
Up to this point, he didn't think there was a problem because he was so used to catching the opponent's looping ball.
But this time, Wang Chao really used his strength to pull him through.
There is no superfluous conspiracy.
All Wang Chao's calculations were just to get an offensive initiative. Once he got it, he was pulled through.
It's that simple.
Wang Chao is using hard power to prove in front of the whole world how strong his offensive capabilities are.
He was telling Zhu Shixian nakedly: Don't play defensive counterattack with me. You can guard against others, but you can't guard against me.
Not only can I be as steady as an old dog, I can also move like a mad dog.
Thanks to "Also Once Was a King" for the 1500 coin reward.
Thanks to "Brother Qilin" for the 500 coin reward.
Thanks to "Autumn Wind Small Building" and "Purple Kitten Mi" for the 100-coin reward.