Pike served again, and it was still a long backspin ball that went straight to the backhand baseline.
Wang Chao did not make any changes, and still twisted diagonally with his backhand.
But this ball scored directly...
Very strange.
Because Pike was thinking too much, his first ball just now was based on his prediction that Wang Chao would focus on his forehand position after serving, so he quickly moved to the right, and finally used his backhand to take the initiative and successfully scored.
So this time, he felt that Wang Chao should be able to twist his backhand position, and it was likely to be at a wide angle. After all, according to the discussion of Wang Chao by European coaches, Wang Chao must play at a wide angle if he can play at a wide angle. His excellent touch was originally used for this.
So Pike directly predicted the large angle of the backhand, and he moved directly to the left.
But in fact, Wang Chao still hit his forehand position...
So the scene looked a little funny. Wang Chao had a ball coming straight towards Pike's forehand, but Pike tried his best to move to the left, and finally let the ball go away from him, reaching a distance that could not be reached by an arm.
With the whole audience roaring with laughter, the score became 1:1.
Pike was a little confused and shook his head, not quite understanding what Wang Chao was thinking.
As far as he knew, this Wang Chao player's calculations were simply incredible. It wouldn't be surprising even if he didn't play a single repeated ball in the entire game.
But as soon as the game started, Wang Chao directly used the same method to catch two balls.
Did he predict my prediction, or did he predict my prediction and then make a prediction?
Pike usually plays with multiple layers of psychological game, but after studying last year's T2 game, he didn't even have the slightest confidence in fighting Wang Chao mentally.
In fact, just talking about the psychological game, not to mention Pike, even Sun Tianlong was terrified.
In short, Wang Chao got the right to serve.
He directly threw it high, looking amazing, but when he finally touched the ball, he just used the racket to lightly touch everything underneath. He was extremely fast, and he closed the ball as soon as he hit it. He cut out a short backspin and landed very close to the net.
This serve is actually very skillful.
The biggest feature of the lob is that it is powerful. Whether it is topspin or backspin, there will definitely be strong spin. However, because of the power, it is difficult to control the landing point close to the ball, and most of the time it will go to the bottom line of the table.
However, the ball Wang Chao is not only short, but also low. It is obvious that the ball fell from such a high place and has such a huge gravitational potential energy, but in the end it was completely converted into rotation and not at all converted into forward thrust.
This ball Pike gives me a headache as soon as I see it, because it is obvious that it is difficult to catch.
If the ball is on the baseline, he can use his strength to simply and roughly twist the board, but now it is a small ball on the table. Because of the twisting posture, this kind of ball Lin Zijun can still be twisted, but Pike cannot be twisted at all. He must rely on his feel to catch the ball.
Don't use too much force or it will go out of bounds.
Don't use too little force or it will fall off the net.
He chose to send the racket forward with his head flat, and then tilted the racket, hoping to hit the ball to the bottom line of the Wang Chao table.
This is a very stable response.
But as soon as he flicked it, he felt something was wrong. The ball was so light that it didn't spin at all, and he just picked it off the stage.
2:1, Wang Chao overtook the score.
The audience let out low cheers, wondering what Pike was going wrong.
From their perspective, Pike first inexplicably separated the ball from the ball when receiving the ball, forcibly losing points, and then when faced with an ordinary short backspin, he lost control of his strength and knocked the ball off the table.
Of course this cannot be a fake match.
Therefore, it is only possible that player Pike's technique deformed under too heavy pressure.
But only Pike himself knows what is going on.
The serve just now was thrown high and backspin. The momentum was so amazing, but in the end, it didn't even spin?
Isn't this exactly the same as the situation in the last game where Wang Chao served and deceived Michel?
He couldn't figure out how the ball was released.
His own backhand technique itself emphasizes that the range should be small and the ball should be touched quickly, so he is actually very sensitive to the movement of the racket at the moment of touching the ball.
At that moment, he had been staring at the action of Wang Chao. He clearly saw the cutting action of Wang Chao, and then he judged that the ball had strong backspin.
But he was still deceived.
On the court, Pike had no extra time to carefully recall the clues of the ball. He could only force himself to stay calm and wait for the next serve to arrive.
Wang Chao threw high again, but what followed was no longer a short ball, but a very fast and unabashed forehand baseline Bullet Serve.
The ball was actually a forehand angle, but Pike's arms were long enough and the pad area was large enough, so he directly made a forehand loop.
When this ball is pulled out, Wang Chao feels confident.
Obviously, there is a huge gap between Pike's forehand and backhand.
Wang Chao Although this ball is fast and violent, it actually has neither deception nor side spin. As long as the opponent is not completely unaware, you can easily complete the active attack. If there is any regret, it is that the ball is too fast for people to run past, and there is no way to turn the forehand pull into a backhand twist.
Although the forehand pull of Pike is powerful, it is not as good as Michel, and the trajectory and speed are also lackluster, so Wang Chao easily pulls the ball back and controls the landing point very accurately. It still lands on Pike's forehand at a wide angle, still on the sharp corner of the table.
This kind of ball Pike cannot be used with the backhand, so it can only be played with the forehand.
What he pulled out this time was even a high hanging loop.
Wang Chao pulls again, still staring at his forehand.
The two sides played a total of five rounds. Wang Chao was uncharacteristically not playing Attacking from all sides. Instead, he only hit the same landing point. He just hit three boards in a row and penetrated Pike.
3:1.
In Wang Chao's serving round, he successfully scored two points.
Pike takes back the right to serve.
He still sent long backspin from the baseline, focusing on the Wang Chao backhand position.
This is because although the counter-twisting of Wang Chao is slightly more powerful than that of Forehand Flick, the ball-twisting technique is suitable for balls in the table.
So Pike tried his best to send the ball as long and as fast as possible, so that Wang Chao couldn't twist it. He could only step back and pull the ball back, or simply move it sideways, and then forcefully pull the ball with his forehand.
In this way, he makes it more difficult for Wang Chao to catch the ball, which can not only limit Wang Chao's active power, but also make Wang Chao's return less accurate.
After all, the easier it is to catch the ball, the more precise the control of the ball will be. This is common sense.
In fact, this strategy is effective for Wang Chao, because each ball of Pike has a unique side spin angle, and the shot range is small, making it difficult to judge the direction of rotation, which makes Wang Chao must be very careful to avoid spin when dealing with it. Therefore, Wang Chao does not dare to boldly change the line at will. He is afraid that the route of the ball will slightly deviate from his intended direction due to spin, causing it to go directly out of bounds and lose points.
In order to pursue a higher success rate, Wang Chao has no choice but to give up too precise landing point control.
Pike seized this opportunity and began to move crazily back and forth in front of the table, trying his best to find opportunities to hit backhand shots.
He is a very extreme player. His forehand only has one conventional pull, which is powerful but without details. However, his backhand is ridiculously strong. Whether he is twisting close to the table, tearing from the baseline, or pulling back from the table, he has an unexpectedly huge power. Just looking at his extremely small range of movements, it is even difficult to understand where the power is released.
His backhand has a variety of ways to catch the ball, and each method can be flexibly changed in strength and angle. It can be said that the touch is extremely delicate. According to common sense, if it is so delicate, it can be said to have a talent for subtlety.
But his forehand was too rough. It was basically a heavy loop and a high hanging loop. As for swinging, skimming, wiping, and cutting, there was basically no such thing as swinging, skimming, wiping, or cutting.
When he encounters a difficult ball, his first reaction is not to swing it back, but "Can I run to the right of this ball?"
When Pike's serving round ended, the score returned to a 3:3 tie.
This is a very difficult game for Wang Chao.
He knows what strategy should be used to restrain Pike. It is actually very simple. It is nothing more than focusing on the forehand, guarding against the backhand, and trying not to give the opponent a chance to counterattack.
But it is very difficult to actually implement it.
Because Pike's serve is also very bad. After he found that the backspin was ineffective, he directly started to spin mainly side spin, and it was a strong side spin.
The reason why side spin is not as mainstream as back spin is because essentially, as long as you judge the direction of rotation correctly, you will never eat it, and its power will be almost completely offset.
But the problem is that when Wang Chao hits Pike, in order to prevent Pike's backhand, he is extremely pursuing control of the precise landing point of the ball, and side spin can just affect the landing point control.
So Wang Chao's ball control was not accurate.
But Pike's backhand offensive ability is stronger than imagined.
Except for the ultra-low short backspin that just passes the net, Pike can forcefully lift almost any ball, and Wang Chao cannot stop Pike's attack at all.
In fact, this is also a brand-new feature of the new generation of table tennis. The technological innovation is too fast, the development of equipment is too fast, and the offense has become unstoppable. Therefore, generations of new players grow up and are all offensive players.
Because of this, there will be fewer and fewer people practicing chipping, and it has changed from one of the mainstream players to a rare animal today.
So now, everyone suddenly discovered that when a group of offensive players get together to play, the one who really stands out is often not the one who is best at defense, but the one who has special abilities on the offensive end.
Therefore, people like Lin Zijun and Pike can take advantage of the situation to rise up, and only Hook, who pursues ultra-high quality in every ball, can climb to such a high position in the world rankings.
From this point of view, Wang Chao is actually at a disadvantage. Although his forehand and backhand have strong offensive capabilities, they are not astonishing. Even with his attacking style, which is the best in the world, in many cases, it is still easy to be penetrated by opponents who attack first.
For example, in today's game, Wang Chao was beaten through the defense more than once by Pike's offensive quality.
The score in the first game was very close, always rising alternately. Judging from the scene, no one had a clear advantage.
When Wang Chao serves, with his super serving ability, he can often perfectly suppress Pike's forehand and complete the score.
And when Pike serves, he can also rely on the initiative of serving to force Wang Chao to be unable to perfectly target his forehand, and then use his backhand to seize the initiative. Once he seizes it, it will be difficult for Wang Chao to deal with it.
In fact, the strategy of this game is very clear. Both of them are seeking to maximize their strengths and avoid weaknesses, but neither of them can achieve perfection. Therefore, the serving round has become an important means of scoring.
Ten minutes later, the first game ended, Wang Chao 12:10 won the first game.
Yes, we haven't reached 200 people yet, but it's unethical to interrupt the game in the middle of a game, so I updated it in advance.