Ping-Pong Life
Chapter 240

Asian Evil Arts and Gentlemanly Conduct

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"It's not too late to change tactics now."

Qin Huachang spoke in a low voice, as if talking to himself, but just enough that every word could be clearly heard in He Jingping's ears.

"Actually, Bayer is most afraid of Sun Tianlong, so as long as you use Sun Tianlong's playing style to fight Bayer, you will definitely win."

"This is the most mature style of play with the highest success rate. It has been proven feasible countless times, so why not use it?"

"Bayer is no longer as brave as he used to be at this age. Although he is still working hard on offense and actively fighting stalemates, after two games at most, he will switch to a defensive style of play, just like yesterday when he played Lin Zijun."

"So, just crack his defensive style."

"He rarely takes the initiative to use force, and mainly uses force to complete counterattacks. Then attack less and don't give him the opportunity to borrow force. Play skill balls with him and compete with short balls on the table."

"Sun Tianlong's short ball is better than Bayer, so he takes the initiative to fight short every time, forcing Bayer to change his moves. Although Wang Chao is not necessarily better than Bayer, but he is stable enough and focused enough, he can also force Bayer to change his moves."

"When Bayer moves, he will follow suit. Whatever move Bayer makes, he will break it."

"This style of play requires players to be proficient in various techniques and be able to use them flexibly. Because there are too many changes, off-field coaches cannot guide them at all. They can only rely on players to adapt to changes. This is why only Sun Tianlong has been able to play like this for so many years, and others have never been able to learn this style of play."

"But Wang Chao is different. He happens to be able to use this tactic. He is smart enough and flexible enough. His ability to judge the situation is better than Sun Tianlong. He is also good at all skills. If he uses this trick to defeat Bayer, it may be even more effective than Sun Tianlong himself."

"He even has one more trick than Sun Tianlong."

"The most important thing is that he has a talent for subtlety."

"So, if Wang Chao doesn't want to be severely punished when he goes back, he must change his tactics quickly. If it's too late, it's too late."

Qin Huachang spoke earnestly, and after he finished speaking, he kept stealing glances at He Jingping. However, He Jingping's expression remained unchanged, as if he had not heard anything, and he just watched the game quietly.

During this period, the score had become 3:0, and Wang Chao lost a point again.

This time Forehand Flick made a small mistake. The ball hit the net and did not crawl over.

"Look, it was only the third ball, and Wang Chao started to make mistakes. He rarely makes mistakes..." Qin Huachang continued to think casually.

He Jingping finally couldn't bear it anymore and turned to glare at Qin Huachang.

"What are you doing?" Qin Huachang looked around. "I didn't provoke you."

"Do you know why Wang Chao refuses to be your disciple?" He Jingping asked.

Qin Huachang originally wanted to deny it, but this topic succeeded in breaking his defense, and he couldn't help but ask, "Why?"

"Because he is uncomfortable following you." He Jingping pointed to the field. "Look, he wants to play like this, but you just let him play like that. You always feel that you are right, but you don't think about whether what you taught him is what he really wants."

Qin Huachang glared. "But he can win if he listens to me, Old He, when has this happened? Do you want to tell me the clichés of quality education and loving education?"

"This is not a cliché, this is something very important." He Jingping was not angry anymore. He said seriously, "Let me tell you, the reason why I am better than you is that I trust him more. I think that since he is so smart, there must be a reason for him to fight like this. If he loses, he will be punished. I agree, but I will not blame him, because he will learn his own lessons. It is not my turn to scold him, but if he wins, what should you say?"

Qin Huachang was stunned and couldn't help but laugh, "Do you think he can win if he fights like this?"

"If he wins, does it prove that you are all wrong?" He Jingping asked, "Then you all now unanimously asking him to change his playing style, does it mean that you are using your own wrong ideas to lead the child into trouble?"

The small argument between the Chinese table tennis coaches was not captured by the director, but was captured by three European coaches.

In fact, this is what they expected.

Even the standing ovation just now was planned, just to stimulate Huaping.

The stimulated Huaping will force Wang Chao to change his playing style.

Wang Chao will play like last year.

Wang Chao's games on T2 last year, although amazing, cannot withstand this second-by-second, frame-by-frame analysis.

Therefore, they have already analyzed multiple possibilities for Wang Chao's play style last year, and formulated special countermeasures based on each possibility.

So you see, no matter how awesome a player or genius is, when he is calculated by all the brains in Europe, he will become a puppet that can be completely guessed.

The three European coaches looked at me and I looked at you. For a moment, there was a feeling of sympathy for each other, and then more pride rose from their chests. They were thinking, if the three of us can always fight together, can we also compete with the giant Huaping?

They waited for He Jingping to call a timeout, and for Wang Chao to be lectured by the coaching staff.

But they waited for nothing, just waited for the completion of the fourth ball.

It was still Bayer who scored the point and turned the score into 4:0.

This time Wang Chao sent Sneak Long Serve and successfully deceived Bayer with a very clever fake move.

But today it really seems that even God is on the side of the Europeans.

Bayer hurriedly caught the ball and returned the ball high, almost out of bounds, but in the end it turned into a very subtle side kick.

The ball was rubbed so lightly that it almost fell straight down. Wang Chao couldn't catch it at all.

"Not a timeout yet?" German head coach Rohlskov asked softly with a smile, his tone full of gloating.

He really wanted to see this 18-year-old player blushing when he was scolded by the coaches.

But still no one called timeout.

Wang Chao suddenly closed his eyes at this moment.

The caddy picked up the ball and threw it to Bayer. Bayer turned sideways, squatted slightly, and was ready to serve. When he looked up, he saw Wang Chao standing upright opposite with his eyes closed. He was stunned for a moment, then smiled, stood up straight, and canceled the serving posture.

Wang Chao seemed to have turned into a sculpture and fell into silence.

The three European coaches felt a thump in their hearts at the same time.

This scene was familiar to them.

Last year in T2, Kimchi Country player Zhu Shixian was the first to start the "close your eyes for 10 seconds" trend, which eventually shined through the entire T2 Invitational.

Zhu Shixian himself failed to defeat Wang Chao with this move, but then Lin Zijun defeated Zhang Benkuang with this move.

Later, Lin Zijun almost defeated Wang Chao with this trick.

In the two months since then, countless players in the European table tennis world have chosen to close their eyes for 10 seconds when they were at a disadvantage, as if this action had some incomprehensible magic.

But it turned out that it was of no use.

After opening his eyes, he should be beaten or beaten, and should be slaughtered or slaughtered.

Therefore, Europeans spread rumors that this must be some kind of evil Asian magic that was only effective on people with yellow skin and black hair, and this sparked a boxing craze.

The coaches never expected that nearly a hundred days later, Wang Chao would also perform this mysterious spell.

The referee was a little confused by this scene. You must know that this is ITTF World Tour, not a weird T2. The reason why T2 closed his eyes for 10 seconds is because the pause time of T2 is exactly 10 seconds.

But it's different here. The pause here is 60 seconds.

If you call timeout, you can close your eyes as much as you want.

But if you don't call a timeout, then you should be ready to catch the ball quickly instead of performing magic with your eyes closed.

——Yes, this is a referee from Portugal. He also thinks this is a kind of evil magic.

The referee blew the whistle to signal Bayer to serve.

But Bayer smiled, waved his hand to the referee, leaned forward slightly to make a request, and did not serve.

The audience in the port area, which had been relatively silent, applauded at this moment and praised Bayer's demeanor.

Wang Chao finally opened his eyes.

He smiled apologetically at Bayer, then looked at the referee, indicating that he was ready.

But the European referee didn't want to let it go. He was reasonable and Wang Chao was indeed against the rules.

Bayer Being elegant is Bayer's own business, but as a European referee, he should also contribute to the honor of the entire Europe on the premise of being reasonable.

So he pointed directly at Wang Chao, blew the whistle, and took out the red card, indicating that Wang Chao would be directly deducted points, and the score became 5:0.

Wang Chao did not defend himself, he accepted the penalty calmly and assumed a catching posture.

Bayer also didn't say anything more because he didn't want to embarrass the referee.

But then when serving, he directly served a suicide ball.

This is the 1 point he gave back to Wang Chao.

Whether it was for the sake of fairness in his own mind or King of Europe's pride, he didn't want to take advantage of this.

The score became 5:1.

There was another burst of warm applause from the audience.

Even Wang Chao was a little stunned. After being stunned, he couldn't help but be impressed by Bayer's magnanimity.

This German veteran can be affectionately called Uncle Bai by Chinese table tennis fans in unison. After all, he still has his unique personality charm.

The game is back on track again, Wang Chao serves.

He chose to toss high, and then sent a fast and heavy topspin ball that hit the bottom line of the table.

Bayer did not retreat from the stage, but made a small forehand move and returned the ball.

This is a transition ball.

This is where Bayer is clearly different from other players in Europe.

European players advocate vigorous pulling of the ball, and the table ball is generally relatively rough, but Bayer's table ball is extremely delicate, so when the opportunity is not good, he is not willing to use brute force to pull the ball, but prefers to choose transition.

Although it is a transition ball, he will definitely press the ball very low and the landing point is very good, making it difficult for the opponent to pick up the ball.

At this time, the opponent will most likely choose to swing short, but Bayer likes to see this.

Because looking at the whole world, there is only one person, Sun Tianlong, who can steadily defeat him on the small ball in the table for so many years.

He heard that Wang Chao has a talent for subtlety, and he had seen the excellent feel of Wang Chao in a video, but today he was still interested in learning it for himself.

This board transition is an invitation.

Wang Chao is indeed short.

Bayer swing again.

The two started a series of short balls on the table that seemed boring but had frequent changes in landing points.

The stadium was very quiet at this moment, and the anchors in various live broadcast rooms held their breaths, waiting for the two of them to decide the winner.

This ball actually has a very clear symbolic meaning, because this is the first time the two have met on the world stage. Before today, no one knew whose small ball was better on the stage, but today, there will be an exact difference.

Whoever wins will be able to take the initiative to play short balls in the next battle and force the opponent to change their moves.

On the seventh board, Wang Chao returned the ball slightly higher.

However, this rise was not obvious and could hardly be considered a flaw, and Bayer did not directly backhand twist it, but still managed to swing it over steadily.

Another three boards passed, but Bayer returned the ball high. It was still not obvious and could hardly be regarded as a flaw.

In fact, most of the audience did not notice these two false starts, and only some professional players with keen observation noticed it. However, because these two flaws were too weak, fleeting, and almost impossible to catch, the professional players naturally had questions in their hearts: Is this a forced error, or is it a flaw they deliberately exposed?

In any case, the two sides still presented completely different ideas for solving the problem at this moment.

Bayer's choice is to stand still, but Wang Chao's choice is to seize the opportunity.

Faced with this presumption, he did not hesitate to twist it hard with his backhand.

This is still a difficult ball to twist. Either it fails to twist the ball, or the quality must be very high.

Wang Chao screwed it over.

But Bayer seemed to have premeditated it, once again retreated early, and once again completed the early placement before the ball flew over, and then hit Forehand Loop hard.

This ball was extremely powerful, because Bayer once again overcame his usual flaw of too small a hitting range, pulled the ball very deep, and used a lot of force, trying to kill Wang Chao with a single stroke.

Wang Chao will not withdraw from the stage.

The strength and spin of this ball were so strong that it was almost impossible to hold it down from the near table, but Wang Chao knew that as long as he dared to retreat, Bayer would hit him with continuous attacks like the first ball, so that he would never have a chance to return to the table. He would hit the near table and the far table. On the premise that both sides basically made no mistakes, even if he could defend a few more shots, he would still be beaten to death in the end.

So he gritted his teeth and pressed the racket down, almost to an acute angle of thirty degrees with the table, trying to forcefully tame the wild horse.

The ball landed on the table and then bounced onto the Wang Chao racket. Two sounds sounded almost at the same time. Then the ball rushed up crazily along the extremely depressed card surface, and it almost reached a height of more than half a meter.

It successfully landed on the opposite table, but it also turned into a non-threatening high ball.

Bayer directly kills the high ball and Wang Chao.

6:1.

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