This unexpected match finally began.
Standing before the table, Gao Mingyuan felt his body had been fully activated and was in excellent form. He did not think this was a disadvantageous matchup.
He had watched all of Wang Chao's matches. Though Wang Chao had been undefeated since his debut and broken countless rookie records, after analyzing them all, Gao Mingyuan believed Wang Chao's strength lay in the details and in calculation, rather than raw power.
Those details and calculations included delicate touch, flexibility in handling the ball, predicting and attacking an opponent's mentality, and exploiting all kinds of external factors.
But they definitely did not include shot quality, overwhelming force, and the like.
Gao Mingyuan did not have Liang Kunpeng's obsession with high-quality shots. He also knew that a player had to play smart to reach the top, but at least at this stage, he considered himself smart too.
Smart people were hard to scheme against by other smart people. They could only be defeated by brute force.
That was why he had lost when he faced Liang Kunpeng in last year's Table Tennis Super League autumn tournament.
Yet against Wang Chao, who had defeated Liang Kunpeng, he was actually more confident.
He said to Wang Chao, "Let's skip the coin toss. Let me serve first, okay?"
Wang Chao was a little surprised, but he did not hesitate. He nodded and agreed.
He realized that Gao Mingyuan really was a very intelligent player. In the current situation, Gao Mingyuan was not foolishly pursuing absolute fairness. Instead, he was very good at seeking advantages for himself.
Wang Chao ranked first among the Six Dragons, while Gao Mingyuan ranked fourth. A coin toss would have been fine, but now the fourth-ranked player had asked the first-ranked player for the serve. Given the