To say he is a nobody is relative to Huaping.
In fact, Wang Chao's opponent is a veteran from Portugal, and Portugal is not a weakling in Europe. For example, Portugal is currently a Brother Fretas is the person who won the championship of European Championships. Many years ago, he defeated Wang Wendong and Sun Tianlong when they were not yet successful in their magic skills.
So you see it? Portugal's first brother is also a hardcore veteran.
The entire European table tennis world has shown a situation of older players, because in the past few years, in the age group of 22 to 27, European players have been steadily suppressed by Asian players in terms of hard power, competition experience, and competition willpower.
The reason is that Asian players work hard enough, while European players basically work on their own, relying entirely on their own consciousness to exercise and rest, so they don't work hard enough.
But the strength of European players is that they have a natural affinity for the looping style of holding the racket horizontally. This is due to their habit of using knives and forks to eat since childhood. In a sense, the holding method of the knife and fork is similar to holding the racket horizontally, while the holding method of chopsticks is similar to holding the racket straight.
Therefore, when European players reach their thirties, their handling of small balls will gradually become more delicate, and their weakness of "not training hard enough" suddenly becomes their advantage of "well-maintained bodies and fewer injuries."
At the same time, their accumulated experience of losing for more than ten years has allowed them to complete the evolution of their mentality, becoming unfazed by favors and humiliations, and not worrying about victory or defeat, so they have a good mentality during the game.
Therefore, this older stage is the golden period for European players.
This is the case for King of Europe Bayer who plays health ball, and Belarus's first brother Ochomirov.
Again, first-class European veterans, such as Christian. Hart, will choose to play in lower-level leagues. What they value is enjoyment and fun, not honor, so this year Hart has signed with a team of Sakura Country T League, and has posted many times on Twitter, saying that he is very satisfied with his time playing in Sakura Country.
As for whether he is satisfied with the training conditions, contract salary, or Sakura Girl and the volcanic hot springs, no one knows.
Of course, Europe has begun to experience blowouts in the past year. Both the 22-year-old Hook and the 23-year-old Pike have attracted the attention of Huaping.
At this moment, Portugal veteran Antonio, who was standing opposite Wang Chao, was actually mentally prepared to lose. He asked himself that he could not beat the popular fried chicken who was rising in Huaping in front of him.
But his idea is simple: It's okay to lose, but don't play with me.
In his impression, Wang Chao was still the unscrupulous player on T2 Invitational last year. He didn't know that Wang Chao 1.0 had evolved into Wang Chao 2.0.
So he made up his mind, since he couldn't win anyway, he would attack if he got the opportunity later, and if he didn't get the opportunity, he would attack forcefully. In short, he would never let the kid opposite me play with me with his delicate touch.
Is it ridiculous that you, an 18-year-old boy, are playing tricks on me, a 34-year-old uncle with a bald head?
Wang Chao sent a short backspin.
Antonio immediately became extremely vigilant.
He felt that this was a sign that Wang Chao was trying to play with himself. Otherwise, why didn't Wang Chao serve a long ball?
Wang Chao has an excellent feel and can hit super shots, and the short backspin is like a malicious invitation, inviting Antonio to compete with him.
Antonio psychologically did not want to accept the invitation, but because this was the first ball in the opening period, out of the usual rigorous attitude of a professional player, his body was honest and the forward moved short.
He thought Wang Chao would show off his strong ability to control the ball next.
But Wang Chao directly raised his arm and threw it against the table.
This is not a challenge, this is a simple and rough loop on the stage, and it is a high-quality heavy loop.
Antonio Quite unexpected.
Although he also knows that his small ball skills are relatively rough, after all, it is still a short ball on the table. Did you just deadlift it without even making a small move?
You must know that when the ball is forced to be pulled in the table, because the space is not open enough, the distance that the arm can be thrown is limited, so the force exerted will also be limited, affecting the quality of the ball.
The ball itself is low against the table, so pulling the ball up actually requires strength.
It's not that you have to be a strong man to pull it up, but at least, with the relatively weak strength of Asian players, if you want to pull up this kind of ball and still pull out the mass, you must at least have a very standard posture and a very scientific way of exerting force.
And this is not in line with his understanding of Wang Chao.
But Wang Chao did pull the ball up, and it was of high quality and spun very fast. With a soft "bang", it hit the table beside Antonio, and then flew out lightly.
1:0.
Wang Chao once again sent a short backspin.
Antonio was a little confused and couldn't figure out what Wang Chao was thinking. He still cautiously played short.
Then Wang Chao directly pulled it from the stage.
But this time Antonio took precautions. He quickly pulled his left foot back and pulled the ball back hard, directly to Wang Chao's backhand position.
Antonio adheres to the consistent characteristics of European players and is very good at looping the ball, so his pulling force is very strong.
Wang Chao stood in front of the stage as steady as a mountain, and directly tore it apart with a backhand.
The power of this ball cannot be said to be great, but it is extremely fast and it is a head-up ball. The rhythm is quite beautiful.
Antonio A veteran with a traditional style of play couldn't quickly retract his movements in this situation, so he could only take a step back with his right foot and pull the ball back.
At this point, he has completely taken a step back.
So the first ball in the opening game directly became a stalemate between the near table and the middle table.
Antonio was very surprised to find that Wang Chao's playing style was extremely simple. There was no calculation or change, it was just a stalemate with him.
If there is any difference, it is that in this stalemate, the rhythm of his forehand and backhand changes a bit quickly, and the spin attached to the ball is a bit difficult to grasp. Because the range of movement of Wang Chao is relatively small, it is somewhat unclear whether Antonio is spinning left or right.
Five boards later, he took the spin when pulling the ball and the ball flew out from the side.
2:0.
After playing two balls, the process was uneventful and seemed a bit dull.
But in the first few rows of the auditorium opposite table 13, some people already showed thoughtful expressions.
What they saw was a completely different Wang Chao from last year.
If you cover your face, they might think it's someone else.
The problem is, they can't figure out why.
"Brother, is he hiding his strength?" Li Zhengzhi asked Zhu Shixian next to him in a low voice, "Afraid of being targeted by us?"
Zhu Shixian shook his head slightly. "I don't know... his opponent is not strong enough, so I can't tell whether his style of play will work."
The person who had the same idea was Mizutori Hato. This famous badmouth in the world table tennis world made a "tsk" sound at this time, with a harsh tone. "How can Huaping produce such unworthy players?"
It's Antonio's turn to serve.
He thought for a moment and sent a long ball.
His current mentality is very contradictory. According to his original view, Wang Chao's advantage lies in the short ball in the table, and his own advantage lies in the stalemate ball. However, Wang Chao directly played two stalemates with him and won, so Antonio's judgment became confused.
Is it because his stalemate ability is really better than mine, or was it because I was in a bad state at the beginning?
Antonio It is normal to have such doubts, because according to the traditional definition of stalemate in the table tennis world, it actually refers to both sides retreating from the stage, throwing away their arms and pulling hard to see who loses balance and touch first.
But Wang Chao, as a new generation, the core of his playing style is not to retreat.
It is impossible to throw away your arms and exert force without retreating from the stage. In the minds of the new generation of players, only 30% of the stalemate is based on the quality of the single board. The real killer move is actually to draw the opponent out of the gap through constant rhythm changes, and then aim at the gap to kill with one board.
This is not to say that you are against sideways dashing, but if you are not sure that you can kill him with a single blow, try not to dash to avoid exposing your flaws.
Therefore, although Antonio lost two goals, he was not convinced. He believed that Wang Chao's stalemate was just a trick, and there was no real superiority in strength attributes at all.
When he serves a long ball, he invites Wang Chao to play another stalemate.
So the ball was long and fast, flying directly to the bottom line of the table. If Wang Chao had not retreated from the table, the ball would have been almost on the chest.
But Wang Chao refused to retreat. He retracted his arm and tore with his backhand. His posture was very forced and his movements were not smooth. Only the ball that he tore past had very low spin and was not of low quality.
Facing this ball, Antonio couldn't attack with all his strength, so he could only pull the ball in the same way as before.
So accidentally, it turned into a stalemate close to the stage.
This time Antonio did not retreat, but he was defeated in just three rounds. The reason was that he could not keep up with the speed of Wang Chao's attack at such a close distance from the stage.
Antonio serves again, still a long ball from the baseline.
He doesn't believe that Wang Chao really refuses to quit.
Wang Chao is stepping down this time.
Because this ball is really too long, Antonio probably wanted to force Wang Chao to retreat, so unknowingly, this ball has grown to the point where it can be completely shot sideways.
Well, as I said just now, the new generation of players do not object to sideways bursts, they are just afraid that they will not be able to kill anyone with the bursts.
Antonio's serve seemed to be deliberately feeding the ball. Wang Chao naturally did not hesitate. He charged forward without hesitation and killed him directly.
4:0.
After the ball was played, Mizutori Hato let out another harsh laugh and cursed, "How stupid."
Everyone can see that this game has no research value, because Antonio is indeed a bit worse.
The next game was as expected. The two sides exchanged serves and the score rose rapidly. In the end, the first game ended at 11:1.
In the international arena, Wang Chao went against the norm when playing against Table Tennis First Division last year. He was not aggressive at all. The point Antonio scored was obviously given to him by Wang Chao.
During the intermission, He Jingping handed the peeled banana to Wang Chao. Then he wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he found that his opponent was too weak and his disciple was too smart, so he had nothing to give him. So he could only pat Wang Chao on the shoulder and said, "Take it easy."
He didn't shout "Come on" because if he continued to do so in this situation, he would really have to shave his head.
The next three games were lackluster, and Wang Chao won easily. He spent the whole game fighting with Antonio. By the end of the game, Antonio was going crazy and started actively seeking to fight against each other.
But Wang Chao refused. He directly threw the ball to the baseline and forced Antonio to pull the ball.
So in the last game Antonio completely collapsed. He made mistakes in catching the ball, making mistakes in pulling the ball, everything he did was wrong, and his technique was completely deformed.
In order to concede the ball, Wang Chao fed him several lobs in succession. As a result, Antonio did not dare to hit the lobs, and actually took the initiative to twist the lobs into short backspin, still wanting to compete with Wang Chao.
Wang Chao had no choice but to take advantage of his opportunity to serve and hit the ball directly under the table. This was considered a difficult concession.
So the final score was very interesting, four 11:1, which seemed to give the ball away, but also not give up the ball. This neatly arranged score had a stronger ironic effect than shaving one's head, so much so that Antonio immediately announced his abstention after the game.
Yes, you read that right, he abstained.
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