Hook is a very amazing person.
He is good at almost all sports. For example, he once practiced diving for half a month, and then was driven away by his diving coach because the coach felt that there was nothing left to teach.
Later, he practiced men's volleyball, a professional kind, and he won the professional volleyball championship in his city.
He can also play kayaking, badminton, tennis and many other things, and it only takes a short time for him to learn these things to reach a professional level.
Therefore, he has been using more innovative training methods since he was a child. He is a real sports wizard, and it is not limited to table tennis.
His IQ is even higher than that of ordinary people, because he can restore a Rubik's Cube that has been disrupted to any extent within nine seconds.
After practicing a large number of sports, he found that among the countless sports talents he had, table tennis was the best, so he finally chose table tennis and became a professional table tennis player.
Then, he became the number one in Brazil in a very short period of time, and in the subsequent Pan American Games, he helped Brazil win two gold medals, Men's Singles and Men's Doubles, as well as the men's team runner-up. Half a year later, he won two more championships in Latin American Championships, Men's Singles and the men's team.
He is the well-deserved No. 1 table tennis player in South America. He has single-handedly brought the table tennis desert of South America to a height that it does not deserve.
He successfully reached the third place in the world rankings in the first half of this year. This achievement ranks among the top ten among all professional table tennis players in the past 20 years except Huaping.
But such a magical person has not had a good record against the main players of China Table Tennis in the past, because his state is extremely unstable. He often beats you 11:0 in the first game, and can be beaten 11:0 by you in the second game.
When there is a tailwind, he plays like a god, doing whatever he wants. When the mood strikes, he will even deliberately play in unreasonable ways and hit all kinds of incredible super shots, shocking the entire audience into speechlessness.
But when he is against the wind, he may also play like shit. He can serve four suicide balls in one game, and he will also eat the same kind of serve from the opponent four times in a row, just without making any changes.
As we all know, the main players from China have good psychological quality and strong resilience. Even if they are further behind, they will never give up. This is very fatal for Hook, because even if he has a big advantage, he often cannot last until the end of four games and his state will start to fluctuate.
This condition even looks a bit similar to Geng Shuai. In addition, he makes a lot of weird moves when playing and never seems to calm down. This makes many people suspect that he suffers from ADHD and cannot concentrate mentally.
That's why there is a saying that "the Brazilian tiger goes with the wind, the Chinese dragon goes against the wind, and the desperate situation European King".
In the world table tennis world, many people think that he is the most typical x factor.
This time in the Oman Open semi-finals, he played his best form ever, and at the same time, he also maintained his most stable form ever.
Xiao Fei did not make any obvious mistakes. He played step by step and played at a high level that was truly World Ranking Second. He deserved the title.
But the problem is that Hook went crazy and turned into a superman.
After four games, Hook hit a total of seven super balls and as many as 17 net-skimming balls.
The super ball means that his state is as hot as lava, while the seventeen side balls make people feel incredible. They don't know whether this is the super luck given to him by South America, known as the desert of table tennis, or if he has actually practiced the side balls.
Ninety-nine point nine percent of people don't believe that this thing can be practiced.
So during the post-game interview, the reporter specifically asked this question.
But Hook didn't answer.
This 22-year-old Brazilian boy is smarter than everyone thinks. He just smiled at the camera and said, "You can look forward to the final. If I can beat Imperial Dragon, I will tell you the answer to this question, so remember to cheer for me when I score."
You see, he is so smart.
Just this sentence faintly pulled all the fans at the scene to his side. If everyone really cheered when he scored, Oman Open would become his home court.
It was one o'clock in the evening in the Imperial City, and the sleepy Wang Chao was wrapped in a quilt and lying on the bedside, watching together with the energetic Luo Jiu this important game that everyone in the industry paid close attention to.
The gold medal is not important, because the gold content of the World Tour is far lower than the three major competitions. Oman leg is just an ordinary stop among the thirteen stops of the World Tour, not even Platinum leg.
But the gold medal is also very important, because all non-Chinese associations coaches understand deeply that this is probably the only chance for non-Chinese associations players to break into the finals in the past seven years and reach the front of Sun Tianlong.
Among these few opportunities, today's Hook should be the one with the greatest possibility of slaying the dragon.
After all, the game he played against Xiao Fei was so amazing that it could be said that it had truly pierced the ceiling of the peak match between Sun Tianlong and Luo Jiu in September.
Today everyone discovered that the ceiling set by Sun Tianlong and Luo Jiu is not the limit of table tennis.
If you break through this wall, there will be an abyss and vast space behind it.
This is a Wall-Breaking Battle.
"Who do you think can win?" Wang Chao asked Luo Jiu.
In Huaping, whenever there is a Sun Tianlong competition, as long as you ask this question, everyone will give the same name without hesitation.
But today, Luo Jiu was extremely rare and thought for a long time, so that the atmosphere in the room became solemn due to him.
But as soon as he spoke, the solemn atmosphere suddenly disappeared. "Hey, what should I say, junior brother, you know that I have the most sense of national honor. Let me tell you, if you hadn't asked me today, if it were another person, even if it was Old He, I would have said that Brother Long would win, but if you ask me, then I have to tell the truth."
He saw that Wang Chao seemed to be about to speak, so he waved his hand to stop him. "You don't have to ask me why, just because I treat you as my brother. Of course you know this is all just talk. The truth is, I know you have good vision, so as my senior brother, I have to show my knowledge, so I can't let you underestimate me. So, really, right now, I'm very anxious and nervous. Although I seem to be quite calm, in fact, my legs are trembling right now. Do you want to touch me?"
Wang Chao shrank back, really afraid that Luo Jiu would stretch his leg over and let him touch it. However, in the middle of the night, touching a man's leg by himself, doesn't this sound weird?
So he quickly changed his attention. "So you are not optimistic about Dragon Team?"
"I don't know." Luo Jiu sighed, "If Hook can still play like the semi-finals, I really think Brother Long is hanging. You know, Brother Long's advantage is stability. Sure, but he has been invincible for too long, so he hasn't had a chance to perform beyond his normal capabilities for a long, long time. At most, he can change his mentality and try to fight when he encounters difficulties, but Hook is different. This match was really crazy, and I was scared to watch that shot."
Wang Chao was slightly shocked.
After all, he had just woken up from his sleep and had not had time to watch Hook's semi-final video. He only learned about the general situation through the news on the website. Although the news was exaggerated, he did not take it seriously at first.
After all, the world table tennis world has always been a mess. Whenever a Chinese table tennis player loses, the world will be shocked. Wang Chao is somewhat immune.
But from what Luo Jiu means, I'm afraid this time it's not the world that's shocked, but Huaping. This is really a bit scary.
So he asked, "Is it really that exaggerated?"
Luo Jiu finally stopped chattering and nodded concisely. "It's such an exaggeration."
Wang Chao said nothing and returned his eyes to the screen.
The game has begun.
Today it seems that even luck is on Hook's side. He guessed the coin successfully and got the right to serve.
At this time, the director gave Sun Tianlong a very precise shot, and everyone saw that Dragon Team's expression was extremely cautious, which was in sharp contrast to his usual calm appearance during games.
"He can't lose." Luo Jiu sighed, "But in that competition, he is really not sure."
Wang Chao nodded. "He really can't lose. After all, he has lost a lot recently. If he loses again, I'm afraid it will arouse doubts from the outside world."
Luo Jiu shook his head and said, "That's not what I meant."
Wang Chao looked at him.
Luo Jiu said, "You know, Brother Long can only play in the last year. In the last year, he originally wanted to win all the championships, but accidentally, he became a master of magic..."
He was inevitably a little proud when he said this, "I accidentally killed him on Asian Cup and scared him... Hehe, it may be a bit shameless to say this, but the fact is that Brother Long's plan was disrupted by me. He will score at least half of my points next year. Champion, I can make a gentleman's agreement with him. I will not participate in the competitions he participates in, and he will not participate in the competitions I participate in. Let's avoid internal friction and focus on foreigners. But, little junior brother, think about it, as a result, Brother Long can win half the championship. Isn't it a bit uneconomical to fight in this last year?"
Wang Chao could only nod.
Indeed, if Sun Tianlong could have predicted that Luo Jiu would grow to keep pace with him in two months when he decided to fight, I am afraid that he would not have made this desperate decision, but would have chosen to play health ball for a few more years like Bayer.
But he had already made a decision and worked hard for two months. Luo Jiu just came out at this time, and Dragon Team was already in trouble.
In Asian Cup's final, Wang Chao completely understood the change in Sun Tianlong's mentality.
Sun Tianlong actually wants to fight to see if he can defeat Luo Jiu directly. If he succeeds, then throughout next year, he can rely on this weak technical advantage to suppress Luo Jiu - no doubt, Sun Tianlong can do this.
But the problem was that he failed to suppress Luo Jiu in the end. Instead, he suffered a loss in the first six rounds. At the same time, he also saw Luo Jiu's determination.
So in the last round, Sun Tianlong chose to stop the loss in time, rein in the precipice, and handed over the championship to Asian Cup to Luo Jiu.
His move had a clear symbolic meaning. At that moment, he had reduced his goal of "dominating the world" to the level of "sharing the world equally."
Two players who were smart enough had made a tacit agreement at that time.
However, the goal was suddenly reduced by half. For Sun Tianlong, it has really reached the bottom line of psychological expectations. After all, this is the last ember of his career. A Great Demon King-level player like him, who bets his career, should have received enough honors.
So this is the reason why he can't lose.
Except for the half given to Luo Jiu, Sun Tianlong must get all the remaining gold medals 100%.
He can accept the rise of England player Pike, because Pike still can't beat him after his rise.
But he couldn't accept the rise of Hook, because Hook's foundation was so good. This person's talent in sports has reached an exaggerated level. For him to rise to such a height out of thin air in a place like Brazil, where there is no soil for table tennis to survive, is like raising a phoenix from a henhouse. It is simply unreasonable.
If Hook can really maintain and stabilize his state against Xiao Fei, then Sun Tianlong's grand plan for next year may be completely in vain.
Not to mention Sun Tianlong, even Luo Jiu will suffer serious consequences next year. It's no wonder that when he mentioned Hook today, he even subconsciously cursed, saying "that comparison".
Going further, the dominance of table tennis in China will be shaken.
The impact of this matter is really too great.
So even though there is a four-hour time difference between the Imperial Capital and Oman, the coaches of Huaping are still watching the game carefully at any signal place they can find.
Even Wang Chao and Luo Jiu stopped talking and started watching the ball quietly.
Neither of them is a coach, but their vision is no worse than that of a coach. They also want to see if there are any flaws that can be found in Hook's playing style, any habitual movements that can be exploited, and psychological characteristics that can be calculated.
Mobilizing nationwide efforts, we thoroughly analyzed the Hook player from head to toe and from the inside out.
Just like China did against the greatest European player in history, Sweden Old Wa, twenty years ago.
Thanks to "Bujian Yuese Ran Tianlan" for the 10,000-coin reward. I'm so happy that I have an extra helmsman.
Thanks to "hjack" for the 100 coin reward for 4 hits.