As expected by several big players, the situation on the field began to reverse forcefully in the other direction.
The score began to climb up alternately with difficulty, but Lin Zijun's side climbed slightly faster.
4:3.
5:3.
5:4.
6:4.
7:4.
7:5.
8:5.
8:6.
9:6.
10:6.
10:7.
10:8.
11:8.
The score was finally settled, Wang Chao lost the third game by three points.
The whole audience was filled with laughter and applause, but Lin Zijun was still standing quietly in front of the stage, not showing any provocation or gloating towards Wang Chao.
A humble gentleman, as gentle as jade.
He is so quiet and so polite that it makes people feel distressed. This kind of demeanor makes Wang Chao look more like a villain.
The director deliberately put the camera on Wang Chao's face, trying to capture Wang Chao's angry or angry look.
But Wang Chao just slowly wiped his sweat with a towel, his eyes were calm and a little thoughtful, obviously thinking about how to play the fourth game, but he did not show the slightest emotion that the audience wanted to see, which made the director a little disappointed.
Half a minute later, the fourth game started.
At this time, it is already in fast5 mode, because there are only two minutes left in the 24-minute countdown, which is no longer enough to support the next complete 11-point game.
"In fast5 mode, Wang Chao still has a chance." Qin Huachang said, "He has a lot of tricks. As long as he can calculate Lin Zijun once or twice, he has a chance to win this game."
Zhu Zeshi nodded in agreement. "Yes, fast5 is an opportunity for Wang Chao, I hope he can seize it."
However, things did not go as the two bosses expected.
Another three minutes passed, and Lin Zijun won the fourth game 5:4.
It is worth mentioning that there is no "golden goal" in the T2 format. The scores between the two sides do not need to be two points apart. What matters is whoever reaches 5 first wins.
Wang Chao changed his tactics in this game and began to serve Lin Zijun from the middle baseline.
This is actually the inspiration he got from the game he played Zhu Ding.
It is impossible for every player to have 100% control over every point on the table. There must be some areas where players will be confused in their judgment. Zhu Ding challenged Luo Jiu three times at the beginning, and Luo Jiu used this principle to defeat Zhu Ding the next two times.
Wang Chao watched the video in the middle of the night yesterday, and could vaguely see where Lin Zijun's blind spots were.
So he wanted to give it a try.
Facts have proved that this trick is still effective. He successfully caused Lin Zijun's judgment confusion in this way, and thus scored two points.
But Lin Zijun is so smart. After being targeted in this way by Wang Chao, he immediately made adjustments and set an iron rule for himself: when I can't rely on intuition to choose my own movement direction, I will always move to the right.
It was not difficult for him to make this decision, because his backhand position is indeed much stronger than his forehand position, so running to the right will not go wrong.
The blind spots that Wang Chao has worked so hard to find have been filled in before it can be used one by one.
In this game, Lin Zijun's fighting was even more fierce. He missed two goals during the attack and scored five goals. In addition, he lost two points due to blind spots, so the final score was 5:4.
By this time, everyone once again felt that the overall situation had been decided.
However, this time the relationship between victory and defeat is completely reversed. They believe that Lin Zijun has at least a 90% chance of winning.
Four minutes later, Wang Chao lost the fifth game 3:5. At this point, Lin Zijun got the game point of the game with a score of 3:2, and officially overtook Wang Chao in terms of score for the first time.
All the spectators were so excited that they almost stood up and refused to sit down. They clapped their hands regularly and shouted slogans, waiting for a great reversal to take place before their eyes.
Just need to wait another three to five minutes for the two sides to play another game, and Lin Zijun will eliminate Wang Chao 4:2, proudly entering the finals.
With the terrifying strength and terrifying mentality he showed in this game, no matter whether the opponent is Zhu Ding or Lu Feiyang, he will definitely be killed by him.
He will represent the Bay Island Table Tennis Association, which has been in decline for more than ten years. Surrounded by the three arrogant Chinese Table Tennis Association generals, he will break out of the siege and win the final crown, completing an unprecedented feat.
Even Bay Island veteran Zhuang Huishen, who had always been calm, felt a little out of sorts at this moment. His heart was pounding and he was holding his breath.
He knows Lin Zijun very well.
He thinks he is the second person in the world who knows Lin Zijun, because the person who knows Lin Zijun best is Bay Island Table Tennis Association head coach Jiang Peirong.
Zhuang Huishen believes that when entering this great situation, Lin Zijun's only psychological flaw will no longer exist. In this case, he has entered an invincible state.
The momentum gathered in this way was iron-blooded and fierce, pushing Lin Zijun's state step by step to the peak. Even if Wang Chao is possessed by Luo Jiu at this moment, Dragon Team may not be able to turn over.
After all, Lin Zijun is holding back anger towards Wang Chao, and anger has always been the strongest motivation.
"I just want to have a friendly discussion with you, but you have murderous intentions towards me, so now, I also want to kill someone." - This is probably the feeling.
The sixth game begins.
The referee blew the whistle, Lin Zijun served, and went straight to Wang Chao's forehand baseline.
Wang Chao swing short.
Lin Zijun swings back.
Wang Chao again.
Lin Zijun swings back again.
Wang Chao no longer swings back, he steps forward, inserts the racket into the lower side of the ball, flips his wrist, and hits fiercely.
Lin Zijun blocked it back steadily.
Wang Chao Call again.
Lin Zijun Forehand pull.
Wang Chao backhand pull line change.
Lin Zijun Cut back one plate.
Wang Chao once again drove forward, completely ignoring the backspin tendency of the ball, and launched another fierce challenge.
Lin Zijun's defense finally showed some fluctuations, and he returned a slightly high goal.
Wang Chao seized this rare opportunity, started with a blast and ended with a short hang, breaking through Lin Zijun's defense.
1:0.
No one thinks there is anything wrong with this ball, because in such a high-quality game, the so-called strategic direction is only a general thing, and various changes and surprises can occur in the specific game content.
If the entire battle proceeds strictly according to the plan, there will be no miracles in the table tennis match. It will be 11:0, either a complete victory or a complete defeat, polarizing and losing suspense.
So Wang Chao scored first, and no one was surprised.
Only Qin Huachang, the most perceptive person in the small room in the imperial capital, said softly, as if he had discovered some vague clue.
Lin Zijun served again, still going straight to the baseline of Wang Chao's forehand position.
For Lin Zijun, this is already his standard serving method when facing Wang Chao, and it is also the theoretically best way.
Because he was sure that Wang Chao would not turn sideways and would compete with him.
The principle has been explained many times before.
But Wang Chao suddenly turned sideways at this time and rushed forward without hesitation.
This is an anomaly.
This board was truly unexpected by Lin Zijun. Fortunately, his nerve reaction speed and muscle memory speed were fast enough. When he took the next step, his arms had no time to fully open, so he simply contracted them, adjusted his wrist slightly, and cut a board from the side of the ball.
This ball showed his exquisite touch. The ball was very flat, very floaty, and very spiny, seemingly leaving no chance for Wang Chao to take off the ball.
But Wang Chao took half a step back and pulled the board hard.
Faced with this strong side spin, he did not choose to pull up a high loop, but chose to pull a heavy loop regardless of his life, hoping to kill Lin Zijun with a single stroke.
This is another unnatural response.
But he succeeded.
The speed and force of the ball flew beyond Lin Zijun's prediction. He was finally forced to retreat and pulled the ball back with his backhand.
Lin Zijun has limited power and the ball is too long, so this pull ball loses the sharpness of his in-table twisting and becomes very mediocre.
Wang Chao didn't waste this opportunity, stepped forward and charged hard again.
This stroke took 120% of his strength. After the stroke, he stood directly on the spot and gave up the follow-up.
With his physical fitness, he can only stick to these three boards.
But it was this third board that killed Lin Zijun, because Lin Zijun had already retreated to the middle and far table on the left side of the table, and the radius he had to run increased exponentially. However, Wang Chao's explosive charge was from a large forehand angle, so even if Lin Zijun had "extreme speed", he could not catch up.
2:0.
The cheers of the audience were slightly muted. They couldn't understand the problem. They just felt that this game seemed a bit weird. It turned out to be Wang Chao who scored two points in a row.
Only Qin Huachang understood. He said "oh" with a meaningful meaning, leaned back on the chair, and looked incomprehensible.
He Jingping looked at him expectantly.
He ignored it.
So He Jingping got angry and went up to grab his ear. "Old Qin I'm telling you, I'm in a panic right now, so don't force me!"
Qin Huachang kept shouting "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, was finally unable to pretend any longer, but still did not want to give up his own prowess, so he first broke away from He Jingping's hand, then shook his head and sighed softly, saying: "Old He, this disciple of yours has really become a spirit... He has seen one step further than us."
At this moment, although all the bosses were still staring at the screen, their ears were quietly pricked.
Therefore, it must be admitted that there are still differences between national coaches. Regardless of the ability to teach students, Qin Huachang is indeed the most powerful among this group of people in terms of personal professional ability. At this moment, even the head coach Cai Guodong does not understand, but Qin Huachang already knows it.
"Didn't you notice that Lin Zijun's mentality has changed again." Qin Huachang pointed at the screen. "Just now, he dared to twist even the ball that we thought couldn't be twisted. He really risked his life to make a comeback. At that time, he had a bloody courage in his chest, otherwise he would not have won three sets in a row, but now, his thoughts are different..."
Having said this, the big guys suddenly realized.
In fact, within China Table Tennis Team, almost every national team player will be taught a lesson called "mentality adjustment" by the coach. The most important part of the lesson is "don't be arrogant when you win, and don't be discouraged when you lose."
To use a more literate expression, it is called "Don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself."
What it means is that no matter how turbulent the outside world is and the pros and cons are changing, you must strengthen your inner knowledge and don't let your emotions influence your objective judgment.
This truth is easy to say, like a cliché, but in fact it is extremely difficult. At least, countless professional players have emerged in the world table tennis world for decades, but almost no one can really do this.
Only Huaping has people reaching this level in almost every generation.
That's why there are rumors that Chinese table tennis players never give up and are best at handling key balls.
Lin Zijun played Wang Chao and experienced a tortuous three-stage psychological change.
When he first started playing, his attitude was to win cautiously, because he had carefully analyzed all the videos of Wang Chao, and thought he had a small technical advantage, so he sought stability in his style, refused to fight, and did not dare to fight, because fighting itself means an increase in the error rate.
After being completely defeated by Wang Chao, he finally let go of all reserve, broke and stood up again, and started fighting tooth and nail, just like he did against Sun Tianlong in the Kangaroo Country Open finals.
He has super personal strength, coupled with enough calmness and rational habits, he finally relied on a few incredible extreme twists to complete the great comeback.
When the total score became 2:2, he could continue to play like this, because as the old saying goes: one burst of strength will weaken again, and three will be exhausted, and Lin Zijun has not yet reached exhaustion at this moment.
But when the total score became 3:2, when Wang Chao became vulnerable, Lin Zijun's mentality inevitably changed again.
He felt that victory was certain.
He felt that he was indeed technically superior to Wang Chao.
So unknowingly, he returned to the mentality he had when he first started playing: be careful to win and avoid accidents.
"I just need to win the sixth game firmly and I'll win."
This kind of thing seems ridiculous to say, and it seems to insult the player's IQ. You would say, isn't this just a simple fan of the authorities?
But in fact, this is the reality on the table tennis court.
People watching football generally have a calm and detached mentality, but people playing golf actually experience great sorrow and great joy, all kinds of life, intrigues, and thrills in the few dozen minutes you watch.
You experience it as a bystander, but he experiences it immersively.
While Lin Zijun went through twists and turns, Wang Chao always remained stable.
From the end of the second game to the end of the fourth game, the only change in Wang Chao is that he no longer jumps up and down and screams wildly.
This is not because he was beaten, but because his wild yelling was not a true release of passion, but a performance. The purpose of his performance was just to crush Lin Zijun.
When he found out that he couldn't defeat Lin Zijun, the performance lost its meaning.
So in the fifth game, both sides actually played very silently.
The silent Wang Chao is the Wang Chao who really concentrates and starts working hard.
He fought hard in the fifth game, but he still lost 3:5. At this time, Wang Chao clearly realized that he really couldn't beat Lin Zijun at this stage.
But Wang Chao did not give in.
He always maintained a high fighting spirit, and at the beginning of the sixth game, he continued to attack and fight continuously, and even used unconventional and unreasonable methods to force the board. He actually didn't know whether it was possible to fight like this. He only knew that he had to fight like this.
If Lin Zijun's mentality has been changing, then Wang Chao's mentality has not fluctuated at all from the beginning to the end. He has always held the belief of "fighting".
He has always put himself in the position of "challenger" to challenge Lin Zijun, Great Demon King.
When the battle situation is ahead, it is a fight, and when the battle situation is behind, it is still a fight.
Now he is in a desperate situation. If he loses this round, he will be eliminated. He has to fight even more.
He is fearless and a true fighter, but everyone is focusing on Lin Zijun and fail to see through Wang Chao's decisive and tragic inner world.
——Until this moment, Qin Huachang was the first to see through the truth of the matter.
"I understand him, Old He. I understand him better than you do. I am his only confidant." Qin Huachang only felt regretful, as if he had missed the most beloved girl in his life. "Please give him to me, I beg you. He is too thoughtful. He is a perfect match for me. You don't understand him at all. What kind of teacher are you..."
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