The person involved left, but the contestants who were eavesdropping around were very happy. They originally thought that what they heard would be the contestants from both sides testing each other and taking precautions before the battle, but they did not expect that the two contestants were so candid and actually explained all their flaws?
They feel that 18-year-old children these days are really honest...
So the players started taking notes like crazy.
"Lin Zijun is afraid of chipping and can't beat Zhu Shixian. He said it himself."
"Lin Zijun is not good at dealing with long forehand balls."
"Lin Zijun is afraid of heavy gunners."
"Lin Zijun is afraid of the left-hand general."
"Wang Chao is not fast enough."
"Wang Chao is afraid of transfers from both sides."
"Wang Chao's backhand is weak, especially afraid of long backhand baseline balls."
"You can't play short balls on the table when playing Wang Chao."
"Write it down, write it all down. This is the most precious first-hand information, the weaknesses revealed by the two players themselves!"
"Hahaha, two innocent children, do you really think that we can't understand Chinese? They didn't even cover up at all when they spoke."
"Although we can't understand, we can record it!"
"Besides, who said we don't understand any Chinese? Don't forget, if you want to fight Table Tennis Super League in China, you still have to learn a few hundred million Chinese."
"Young people are young people. No matter how sophisticated they are on the court, when it comes to social experience, they are really far behind and have no vigilance at all."
"What? A lie? How could it be a lie! I heard it with my own ears. They swore an oath in the name of their mother. If they lie, their legs will be broken!"
"Wang Chao, Lin Zijun, you are finished!"
At 10:30 a. m. the next day, Chinese Table Tennis National Team Training Base, the TV was turned on, and several big guys were sitting upright. Today, it was rare that they neither played cards nor drank tea. Everyone gathered together and watched the game seriously, with even serious expressions.
Because this game is very unusual.
In the short term, Lin Zijun is the only outsider left in the top four. If Wang Chao eliminates Lin Zijun, Huaping will win the championship and second place in this competition, exceeding the quota and completing the expected tasks before the game ahead of schedule.
In the long run, these two people have already stood at the pinnacle of the new generation of young players in the table tennis world. Moreover, both of them are rare smart players with unlimited high ceilings. Therefore, it is very likely that in the next ten years, they will be destined opponents.
After Sun Tianlong and Luo Jiu retire, it is crucial whether Wang Chao can steadily suppress Lin Zijun and achieve the continued dominance of Huaping.
On the TV screen, Wang Chao and Lin Zijun entered the scene. The camera fell on Wang Chao's face. Wang Chao yawned big and was caught in the camera.
The whole place burst into laughter.
The camera then naturally turned to Lin Zijun, but Lin Zijun seemed to be infected by Wang Chao and also yawned greatly.
The audience burst into laughter for a while.
"Hello, audience friends, audience friends, it is now 10:30 a. m. Imperial City time, this is China Vision Channel 5 Sports, and I am the commentator Yi Jing."
The two official commentators were also in place. Although Yi Jing was accustomed to thinking divergently, he was the former World Doubles Champion after all, so he still had good eyesight. When he saw these two people yawning, he immediately explained, "Don't get me wrong, athletes yawning at this time does not mean that they are not serious about the game. On the contrary, it shows that they pay enough attention to today's game, so they must have studied the video until very late last night."
"Huh? You ask me why I know, because I was like this when I was a player. I think back then, oh, that was seven years ago. xxx and I went to Germany to play World Table Tennis Championships. The conditions were so difficult back then..."
Seeing that Yi Jing started to diverge again, Grasshopper immediately brought the topic back. "Okay, now the game has started. Players from both sides guess coins, and the referee tosses the coin... Wow, good luck. Now our country's Wang Chao player has the right to serve. Player Wang Chao is known for his variety of serves. We will wait and see how he will serve the first ball."
Wang Chao served, directly Sneak Long Serve, the ball speed was extremely fast, and it hit the forehand bottom line of the Lin Zijun table.
Lin Zijun moved extremely fast. In an instant, he stepped back and rushed sideways.
Wang Chao was prepared, and Lin Zijun was really thin, so the power of the blast was not great, so Wang Chao moved in advance and blocked the ball.
Lin Zijun moved quickly again, came to the right side of the ball, and directly performed a backhand twist on the table.
This twist was fast and tricky, and the ball almost brushed against the net. Wang Chao didn't dare to pull or challenge it, so he could only continue to block, but the ball turned faster than expected, so after blocking it, it went straight up.
The ball actually reached the forehand position of Lin Zijun, but Lin Zijun did not choose to continue the forehand charge, but moved to the right again, waiting for the ball to fall, and then twisted it with another backhand, and actually twisted a high-quality change ball.
This time Wang Chao was screwed to death.
1:0.
Lin Zijun's backhand twist is recognized by the world table tennis community as his strongest technique, and it is indeed well-deserved. It is impeccable in both speed and angle. Wang Chao has become passive after Sneak Long Serve failed. He wants to find opportunities through defense, but Lin Zijun's attack method is very weird. He does not use force blindly, but unconventionally changes his forehand and backhand.
Simply put, it means that the ball should be pulled with the forehand but must be twisted with the backhand.
The ball should be twisted with the backhand, but it should be pulled with the forehand.
In this shot just now, he had at least two opportunities to hit the forehand, but he forcefully chose the backhand.
The difference between the forehand and backhand lies not only in the position of the body and the angle facing the table, but also in the characteristics of the rubber on the front and back of the racket, as well as the innate differences in the postures of the forehand and backhand. Therefore, when he chooses an unconventional hitting method, the opponent will need longer to make a judgment.
But Lin Zijun also had Extreme Speed Talent, and both his footsteps and shooting speed were astonishingly fast. Therefore, even Wang Chao was confused by him at that moment and could not judge his change of line.
Wang Chao served again. He threw a high backspin ball. The ball was very long and hit the forehand bottom line of the Lin Zijun table.
Lin Zijun didn't hesitate, and hit the ball hard again with a heavy loop.
Wang Chao blocked.
Lin Zijun moves his steps and twists with his backhand.
Wang Chao blocked.
Lin Zijun moves his steps and pulls again with his forehand.
Wang Chao blocks again.
Lin Zijun once again transforms into a backhand straight line.
Wang Chao barely blocked it.
Lin Zijun exploded with a forehand. Although the ball speed was not too fast, it still penetrated Wang Chao, which had been guarded very hard.
2:0.
At this moment, the audience burst into warm applause. The Sakura Country audience, who had been hit hard yesterday, after adjusting their mood for the night, saw the fierce attack and defense of the two talented teenagers in the first game today. They expressed their satisfaction.
At this time Lin Zijun got the right to serve.
He also served a long backspin ball, which hit the bottom line on the left side of the Wang Chao table.
Wang Chao stood firmly in front of the stage, not moving a step, just flipping his wrist and making a beautiful and light backhand twist. Although it was not as fast as Lin Zijun, the angle at which the ball flew was impeccable.
Lin Zijun couldn't find a chance to exert force and could only simply block the ball back.
Wang Chao switched to a forehand to pull the ball in a heavy loop. The ball was very low and the arc was very flat, almost touching the net.
Lin Zijun still couldn't find a chance to exert force, so he could only continue to resist.
Wang Chao started his performance, continuously pulling the ball with his forehand and backhand and changing the line. In the fifth round, he penetrated Lin Zijun and recovered one point.
The score became 1:2.
Lin Zijun served again, still with long backspin, and still landed on the Wang Chao backhand baseline.
Wang Chao pulls back again.
Lin Zijun changed the method. The racket passed under the ball, just like a chipper's reaction, and directly chipped a long ball that was very floating and spinning.
But Wang Chao still pulls directly, not afraid of backspin at all.
Another beautiful heavy arc.
Lin Zijun Cut again.
Wang Chao pull again.
Lin Zijun throws the forehand at a wide angle.
Wang Chao took a step forward and struck fiercely.
Lin Zijun barely blocked it.
Wang Chao turns into a backhand quick tear.
Lin Zijun blocks again.
Wang Chao stepped back sideways, and with 120% of his forehand strength, he rushed straight to a large angle and penetrated Lin Zijun.
The score tied at 2:2.
The game between the two started very hotly, and the rhythm changed even more quickly, showing the super hard power of both sides. By the time the four balls were played, both sides were evenly matched, with thunderous applause in the stands, and the audience cheering excitedly, feeling that the trip was well worth it.
But in the eyes of experts, these four balls are full of questions.
"Obviously the safest serve should be short backspin. Why does Wang Chao Sneak Long Serve at the beginning and always at the bottom line of Lin Zijun's forehand position? Does Lin Zijun really know how to twist backhand?"
"Why does Lin Zijun continue to serve long balls at the beginning, always at the bottom line of Wang Chao's backhand? Doesn't he know that Wang Chao's double-sided looping attack style in Taiwan is in the same vein as Luo Jiu? In their lineage, backhand is not a weakness."
"These two people... fought fiercely, but they didn't have any brains at all. It was completely different from their previous battles. Is this a fake match or an exhibition match?"
And a small number of these experts probably know what is going on.
Because they eavesdropped on the conversation between Wang Chao and Lin Zijun in the restaurant last night...
Lin Zijun said that he was not good at dealing with long forehand balls, so Wang Chao hit him on the forehand position and lost two points.
Wang Chao said that he was not good at dealing with long balls from the backhand baseline, so Lin Zijun hit him from the backhand baseline and lost two points.
Both of them lost points in their own serving rounds and were miserably deceived by the other party.
So at this moment, the players watching the game looked at each other in shock, feeling that their young hearts had been severely damaged.
"So it turns out that all the key points I painstakingly recorded and recited yesterday were all lies?"
Wang Chao got the right to serve again.
He looked up at Lin Zijun across from him and found that Lin Zijun was also looking at him, so the two looked at each other and smiled.
Lin Zijun, who is so shy in life that he is almost socially afraid, has a completely different temperament on the court. His smile looks sophisticated and meaningful.
Yes, this is some kind of sympathy shown by the two little foxes after their plot against each other failed.
Of course, looking at it from another perspective, neither of them was actually deceived.
They just wanted to try out how outrageous the information revealed by the other party was.
Wang Chao serves first, so Wang Chao tries first.
After trying it, Lin Zijun immediately understood what Wang Chao meant.
Although he wanted to win, he was arrogant. He could take advantage of some advantages because they were strategies, but he couldn't take advantage of others because they related to his character, so he had to try even if he lost points.
Four balls have been played, both sides have tried it, and each has scored two points. This is the end of the warm-up, and everyone is happy. Next, it is time to get down to business.
The 11-point system turned into a 9-point system, which is still a fair fight.
The real game begins now.
It will finally be back to normal tomorrow, will be updated at 8am.