Wang Chao walked past this table to see Gao Mingyuan.
Gao Mingyuan ranks fourth among the six dragons, nicknamed Wind Dragon, and is 20 years old this year. The information shows "suspected to own Extreme Speed Talent." When Wang Chao went to look, he was playing against a long-legged player from Liao Province.
After 23 minutes, Gao Mingyuan 4:0 easily won.
There was not much suspense in this game because there was a big gap in strength between the two sides, but Wang Chao still saw the power of Gao Mingyuan from this game.
His speed is different from that of Lin Zijun. Lin Zijun's speed is due to his fast footsteps, fast twisting and ball speed, and small range of movements.
And Gao Mingyuan has a fast pace.
The reason why there is the word "suspected" in the information is precisely because Gao Mingyuan's pace is not very fast.
He possesses the most typical characteristics of a new generation player. He never retreats from the stage, pulls forward with his forehand, and twists with his backhand. His strength is relatively average, but because he does not emphasize spin very much, the ball speed is very fast.
And his biggest feature is actually that his placement is very tricky, almost every ball wants to be hit directly into the blind corner.
He is a player who pursues placement and rhythm extremely.
But after Wang Chao watched it for half an hour, he also discovered his obvious flaws.
There are big problems with his Forehand Loop and explosive charging posture.
Others have to sink their shoulders when pulling the ball, but his shoulders are raised.
With his shoulders raised, his power cannot be exerted, and it is very easy to hit the ball too high. In addition, he is not a power player, so his forehand attack has very little power, and the suicide rate is very high. It is better not to attack at all.
But his backhand twist is quite strong, and similar to Lin Zijun, he uses a tricky route and super fast ball speed.
Wang Chao stopped reading because he felt that the threat from Gao Mingyuan was very small.
The forehand burst is too important for a player. It is basically the most basic killing board for all professional players by default. However, due to the problem of the forehand posture of Gao Mingyuan, this strongest killing board is basically useless.
But this thing is still very difficult to change, because it is a habitual movement developed since childhood, and has even been integrated into the entire technical and tactical system. If you want to change it, you have to start from scratch, which is really painful.
Wang Chao came to Ma Angxing's table.
He glanced at the score board and was a little surprised, because at this time Ma Angxing had lost three games in a row, and was trailing 0:3 in the fourth game, and was on the verge of being eliminated.
The player opposite him is none other than Northern Hubei Province, the youngest of the three selected players this year, named Zeng Guanghao.
Ma Angxing still looks very calm, which is due to his personality, but from the perspective of the ball, he has been completely beaten and has not found the slightest chance to make a comeback.
There was nothing wrong with his performance today. His performance was almost the same as when he played League A. He was cautious and stable, basically focused on defense and did not reveal any flaws. However, Zeng Guanghao, who was opposite him, played wildly, wildly and quite comfortably.
Wang Chao only watched three balls and found that he had seen another real genius.
Zeng Guanghao is only 15 years old this year, the same age as Lu Feiyang and Fan Xiaodong. His playing style is not rigorous, and there are rough areas in the connection. It can be seen that he has not really formed his own technical and tactical system, but has a rough prototype.
But the reason why Wang Chao thinks he is a genius is because he plays so relaxedly.
It can be said that even many First Team veterans cannot achieve such a relaxed state during games.
This kind of relaxation does not mean that he is slacking off or not working hard enough. On the contrary, he works very hard and rushes all over the field. His relaxation is mainly reflected in the word "dare".
Faced with a ball that is difficult to handle, he does not seek stability and dares to directly play with quality.
Faced with a disadvantageous situation, he did not defend himself and dared to forcefully pull back.
Facing the opponent's impeccable defense, dare to force the board.
It can be seen that he is really not afraid of making mistakes or losing, which is quite rare.
And he is in excellent physical condition.
This makes Wang Chao have to sigh, today's children are really better nourished than the last, Lu Feiyang is like this, Fan Xiaodong is like this, Zeng Guanghao is like this, they are all physical monsters who can hit heavy artillery in their minor stage.
Ma Angxing is more depressed.
He is actually a player who controls the ball, and he has quite good skills and delicate touch, so he can control most players tightly when facing them, but Zeng Guanghao's power slightly exceeds his control ability.
If it was just a matter of strength, it would be easy to solve, but the really terrible thing is that Zeng Guanghao is not afraid of losing. He has a generous temperament, which allows him to play the ball with flying colors, which is often beyond Ma Angxing's expectations.
Sometimes Ma Angxing feels that the other party will definitely not be able to resist, but the other party will.
Sometimes Ma Angxing thinks that the other party should deal with it normally, but the other party just has a whim and makes an unconventional treatment.
When the score in the fourth game became 2:7, Wang Chao wanted to turn back and watch Fan Xiaodong's next game.
Because he feels that the overall situation has been decided and there is nothing to see.
But something unexpected happened at this time.
Zeng Guanghao started typing randomly as if the power was suddenly cut off.
He first tried to pull a short ball on the table that had strong backspin, but ended up committing suicide by pulling the ball.
Then he tried to serve a relatively rare Reverse Spin baseline long ball, which seemed to be an attempt to steal it. However, Ma Angxing used Eagle Eye to detect it and hit him to death with a sideways board in advance.
Then Zeng Guanghao seemed unconvinced and sent a Reverse Spin baseline long ball exactly the same as before, but was beaten to death by Ma Angxing again.
Wang Chao could no longer walk immediately.
He looked down quietly.
At this time, the score was 5:7, and Zeng Guanghao still had the advantage.
It's Ma Angxing's turn to serve.
Ma Angxing served two very standard backspin balls, and Zeng Guanghao chose to attack them directly.
His first challenge failed.
Ma Angxing kept an eye on the second ball and deliberately sent it to his backhand position, so he stepped forward and twisted it with his backhand.
But Ma Angxing has nothing else but this short backspin serve that he can perfect. After all, this is the key to controlling the ball.
This ball Zeng Guanghao can't even hit Forehand Flick. How can it be possible to twist it with a backhand twist?
The situation changed so quickly that it was staggering. In just one minute, Zeng Guanghao was chased by five goals and the score was tied at 7:7.
Wang Chao frowned slightly, feeling something was wrong.
Next it was Zeng Guanghao's turn to serve.
Zeng Guanghao changed to a high throw, then turned to Forehand Counter-attack. This time he played very well and rushed over with a burst. Although Ma Angxing blocked the ball back, he had obviously lost the initiative and was retreating sharply.
This is a classic situation in table tennis. When one side retreats and the ball rises, the attacking side is almost certain to win, because if you retreat, he will hang short. If you don't retreat, he will smash hard. You can only choose one, but he is prepared with both hands.
Zeng Guanghao If he had been a little smarter at this time, he should have directly played a short ball, but he seemed to have got the upper hand and hit the ball hard again.
Ma Angxing has already taken five steps back from the stage and is trying to pull the ball back. In this situation, with his weak strength, he can no longer hit the distance and pull the ball back. He just wants to hit the ball up the stage.
But Zeng Guanghao seemed to be in a daze, rushing one board after another, trying his best on every board. The court was quite intense, but Wang Chao frowned, because Zeng Guanghao's attack was so accurate that every board hit the right side of Ma Angxing, so Ma Angxing didn't even need to move his feet to pull the ball back.
This corresponds to a saying, it is called hardness but cannot last long.
Zeng Guanghao charged five consecutive boards, exerting all his strength on each board. By the sixth board, his strength could no longer keep up, and his feet were already weak. His direct attack failed and he knocked the ball off the stage.
It was obviously a great situation, but Ma Angxing scored a point.
By this time, Wang Chao already had some vague guesses in his mind.
Another minute and a half later, the game ended, but it was Ma Angxing that pulled back the game at 11:8, and the total score became 3:1.
When the two sides took a short break, Wang Lu walked over and began to whisper to Ma Angxing. He caught a glimpse of Wang Chao watching the game, and proactively nodded and smiled at Wang Chao as a greeting.
This is also allowed by the rules, because Ma Angxing was originally favored by Wang Lu in advance, and this is an internal assessment, not an international competition, so off-site guidance is allowed in principle.
On the other side, Zeng Guanghao was sitting alone on a chair drinking water, when a national team coach came over, took the initiative to sit down next to him, and started talking to him.
Wang Chao watched with cold eyes and saw clearly that Zeng Guanghao was surprised at first, which meant that he did not know this coach.
In other words, this coach became interested in Zeng Guanghao after watching the game, so he took the initiative to talk. If the two parties talk smoothly, then Zeng Guanghao will be able to enter the seven places that will definitely join the team, regardless of winning or losing.
This is naturally a great thing.
Considering that Zeng Guanghao is a player selected by Northern Hubei Province, Wang Chao is also happy for Hubei Provincial Team's head coach Jiang Tiansheng. After all, he just secretly poached Wu Li from Jiang Tiansheng, the fresh peach waiting to be picked.
It's just that the communication between the coach and Zeng Guanghao didn't seem to be smooth. Wang Chao only saw Zeng Guanghao shaking his head, as if he didn't accept the coach's opinion. Then the coach patted him on the shoulder, stood up calmly, and stopped talking.
Then, the game continues.
Seventeen minutes later, Zeng Guanghao lost three games in a row and finally lost the game 3:4.
After the game, Ma Angxing was very excited and his face turned red. Obviously, he was filled with a sense of accomplishment for being able to turn the game over in such a desperate situation.
Wang Lu did not come to talk to Ma Angxing when he won the game, but gave him an affirmative look from a distance.
This belongs to Wang Lu's personal cultivation. Although he is on Ma Angxing's side, Ma Angxing wins even if Ma Angxing wins. If he comes to congratulate now, it will embarrass the losing party too much, and may even create negative emotions of being isolated and shady.
But Wang Chao looked at Zeng Guanghao's expression from a distance, and found that the 15-year-old boy didn't mean to be sad at all, but seemed a little relaxed.
At this time, the coach went up to talk to Zeng Guanghao, but after not saying a few words, Zeng Guanghao shook his head again.
The coach was a little anxious and seemed to scold him a few times, but because he was far away and the hall was too noisy, Wang Chao didn't know the specific content.
Zeng Guanghao still shook his head, so the coach sighed, turned and left.
Zeng Guanghao packed up his racket, picked up his sweat towel, and was about to leave the court, but Wang Chao stepped forward and blocked his way.
"You don't want to join the national team?" Wang Chao asked him.
Zeng Guanghao was stunned.
"I can see that you're letting it go. You know you can't win this game, otherwise you won't be able to leave. So after winning three games, you force yourself to let it go, right?"
Wang Chao smiled and said, "You don't have to rush to deny it, because I am not a spy sent by the coaching staff. I am just purely curious... You are obviously playing so well, why don't you want to continue playing?"
Zeng Guanghao remained silent.
Wang Chao doesn't take it seriously either.
It is normal for a 15-year-old boy to be stubborn. I think that when I was 15 years old in my previous life, I was a rebellious youth and did all kinds of naughty and mischievous things. However, a 15-year-old athlete is actually quite obedient compared to an ordinary 15-year-old junior high school student.
Zeng Guanghao finally answered, he said dullly, "You misunderstood, I actually didn't play that well."
Wang Chao nodded. "I understand."
Speaking of this, Wang Chao also found it funny. "You usually want to win, but you will have a psychological burden when playing. You are too young and have little competition experience, so even if your basic skills are good, it is still difficult to get results. But you don't want to win today, so you are particularly relaxed when playing. You play how you want, not as a competition, but as entertainment. Unknowingly, you have adapted to the best mentality during the game, and achieved the best results that you did not expect."
Thanks to "Ben Xing" for the 1500 coin reward.
Thanks to "Can I Live Immortally" for rewarding the character Wang Chao 1000 coins.