By this moment, anyone with a discerning eye has already understood the situation on the field.
The biggest difference between Wang Chao and Sun Tianlong is the defense capability.
So when Sun Tianlong finds an opportunity to attack, Wang Chao is basically unstoppable and will be defeated in one hit.
And when Wang Chao finds an opportunity to attack, Sun Tianlong will most likely be able to resist. If Wang Chao's offensive power is not enough, Sun Tianlong can even directly counterattack, turning passivity into initiative.
When the two sides entered into a fair stalemate, it was obvious that Wang Chao could not defeat Sun Tianlong.
Therefore, it seems that the only way for Wang Chao to score points is to first seize the initiative through rushing attacks, then disrupt Sun Tianlong's rhythm through continuous attacks, and finally break through Sun Tianlong's defense with combination punches.
But how easy is this?
Don't talk about anything else, just talking about attacking. In fact, Wang Chao cannot beat Sun Tianlong.
In the eight balls so far, Sun Tianlong has succeeded in all four attempts, with a turnover rate of 0, while Wang Chao has succeeded in three attempts in four attempts, with a turnover rate of 25%.
Don't just think that everyone attacked four times, and simply think that both sides showed four flaws each in the process of fighting shortcomings.
In fact, Wang Chao's attack was very reluctant. He couldn't find an opportunity, so he could only look for opportunities that were almost non-opportunities to rush, fight, and gamble on luck.
Sun Tianlong's attack was extremely stable. He really found the opportunity and judged that he could hit, so he would hit every time he hit.
In other words, both sides seemed to be fighting, but Wang Chao was reckless, while Sun Tianlong was confident.
Sun Tianlong's ferocious attack can't even be called a fight. He is just so strong that he can clearly see the opportunity to attack from the seemingly invulnerable short backspin.
To him, this is normal ball.
The only thing he has to pay is the physical burden caused by excessive exertion. If he were ten years younger, this would simply be the normal state of his playing.
This realization made Wang Chao feel chilly in his heart. He had already overestimated Sun Tianlong, but when they really started fighting, he realized what level Sun Tianlong had reached.
Wang Chao In the six months since his debut, countless people have analyzed his videos and tried to find his flaws, but even the national coach believes that his playing style is ever-changing and his skills are comprehensive and proficient, with almost no flaws.
The unprecedented alliance of European legions on Hong Kong Open ultimately only helped him correct many omissions in his playing style, but it could not stop him from winning the championship.
However, today, in front of Sun Tianlong, even before the first game was over, his weakness was clearly exposed in the eyes of everyone who knew the game.
The next game was still brutal.
In the ninth ball, Wang Chao served short backspin. The two sides fought short, and Sun Tianlong took the lead. Wang Chao tried his best to save one board, but was then penetrated by the second board.
On the tenth ball, Wang Chao served short backspin. The two sides fought short. Wang Chao swung short and rubbed the net. It was a lucky ball and one point was regained.
On the eleventh ball, Sun Tianlong served short backspin, and the two sides fought short. Wang Chao found the opportunity to challenge first, and the challenge was successful. Sun Tianlong hurriedly resisted, and was penetrated by Wang Chao on the seventh board.
In the twelfth ball, Sun Tianlong served short backspin, and the two sides fought short. Wang Chao once again took the lead, but committed suicide by going down the net.
The score came to 4:8.
Judging from the scene, except for the marginal ball, Wang Chao got two offensive opportunities in the remaining three goals, one success and one failure, while Sun Tianlong only took one shot and scored.
This naturally does not mean that Wang Chao really seized more opportunities. It can only be said that Sun Tianlong played more patiently.
Sun Tianlong's style of play looks like fighting, but if he is not sure of winning, he will not make a move at all, because he is not afraid of Wang Chao's move.
On the contrary, it was Wang Chao. He was afraid that Sun Tianlong would take action, so he had to take action first. Even if the chance was not good or even had no chance, he had to take a gamble.
At this time, Wang Chao finally changed his serving strategy. He chose to serve with a hook, a side backspin, and straight into Sun Tianlong's backhand baseline at a wide angle.
When the ball was sent out, Wang Chao was actually depressed.
At the end of last year, he accompanied his mother to watch the year-end finals at home. When he saw the peak showdown between Luo Jiu and Sun Tianlong, his mother asked him what he saw. Wang Chao's answer was that he had found a way to deal with these two people.
He did find the shortcomings of Sun Tianlong.
But generally speaking, if you want to defeat an opponent, it is not enough for you to find only one loophole in the opponent, because in the actual battle, you will often find that the opponent's loopholes are not that fatal, or the strength of your attack on his loopholes is not equal to the strength of his attack on your loopholes, or the opponent actually has a complete set of mature methods to cover up his own loopholes.
No player is perfect, but no player's flaws are absolutely fatal.
So later Wang Chao continued to analyze and search. He wanted to find more flaws in Sun Tianlong, but no matter how he analyzed it, he could no longer find it.
Sun Tianlong is too perfect in terms of technique. Perhaps his only flaws are age and injuries.
At that time Wang Chao knew in his heart that he could not beat Sun Tianlong.
Maybe when you find three or four flaws in Sun Tianlong, you can give it a try.
As for now, he has only found one flaw, so this flaw must be his trump card and must not be taken out unless absolutely necessary.
Wang Chao was once optimistic that Sun Tianlong would preserve his strength on the field and not go all out, so he estimated that he should be able to survive at least the first four games, and he could accept it no matter 2:2 or 1:3.
He should have shown his trump card in the fifth game and caught Sun Tianlong off guard.
But now, he was forced to show his trump card in the second half of the first game.
What Wang Chao found is actually not unusual. It has been found by almost everyone in the world table tennis world who is determined to defeat Sun Tianlong.
Sun Tianlong is a traditional veteran, and his playing style is different from that of the new generation players. The biggest difference is that his backhand technology is not advanced.
Sun Tianlong almost never uses backhand twisting because his twisting power is insufficient.
Of course, he never knows anything about Overlord Twist.
He adheres to the traditional philosophy of Chinese table tennis over the years: seek stability with his backhand and score points with his forehand.
Therefore, the most direct way to defeat Sun Tianlong is to attack his backhand violently and deny him his forehand. This will completely stop Sun Tianlong's attack.
This is exactly what Wang Chao wants to play today.
It's very, very difficult.
In fact, for seven years, countless people in the world table tennis world have used this method to beat Sun Tianlong, but in the end no one succeeded.
This is because Sun Tianlong's backhand lacks only offensiveness, not defensiveness. His backhand can block, cut, rub, twist, pull, tear, carry, and cut. He can do everything, and he can do it well.
He just lacks an amazing backhand kill, not that his backhand really has loopholes.
So when those players actually attack Sun Tianlong's backhand, they will find that no matter how hard they hit, they can't penetrate it or kill it. On the contrary, their own control of the ball will gradually deform under the various constraints of Sun Tianlong. Then, they will no longer be able to control the ball, and they will not be able to grasp the placement. Even if they want to continue to hit the backhand, they will not be able to hit it.
Then, they were killed by Sun Tianlong's forehand.
You can't suppress his backhand, and you can't control his forehand, so how can you beat him?
After so many years, the world table tennis community has become a little numb. They think that the shortcomings shown by Sun Tianlong are like a mirror, or like a carrot tied to a donkey's head. They just look good and cannot be targeted at all.
Many years ago, Germany head coach Rohlskov said a pertinent statement, which was recognized by the Huaping coaching staff.
He said, "Sun Tianlong does have shortcomings, but if anyone wants to take advantage of his shortcomings, he must first have good enough basic skills and comprehensive and excellent skills to block his various tricks first, and then focus on this matter."
For seven years, no one in the world met this condition, because theoretically speaking, a player like Sun Tianlong who perfectly controls all skills is almost impossible to copy.
In recent years, there are actually people in Europe who can threaten Sun Tianlong, such as Hook, but the threat of Hook lies in his super high board quality and abnormal physical fitness. What he competes with Sun Tianlong is not pure technology.
Luo Jiu can now threaten Sun Tianlong, but he is not taking a comprehensive technical approach. Instead, he uses his unique racket rubber and He Jingping's tactical system with the best attack power in the world to compete head-on with Sun Tianlong.
The whole world believes that no one can meet the conditions Rohlskov said.
But in fact Wang Chao is satisfied.
Wang Chao has all the technical concepts from his previous life in his mind, and his body has unparalleled learning ability. He can do almost anything he wants. The only thing that limits him is physical strength and strength.
Now he has almost replenished his physical strength and strength.
He just debuted too late, rose too quickly, and never had a chance to compete with Sun Tianlong, so no one had time to think about it. They didn't realize that Wang Chao was the person they had been waiting for seven years.
Now this man was cornered, he couldn't hide anymore, and he was about to draw his sword.
Faced with Wang Chao's sudden change in serve, Sun Tianlong's choice was to pass it by.
The "bringing" posture is actually somewhat similar to backhand twisting or pulling. The difference is that it does not pay much attention to the quality of the single board, and it is not an offensive ball. It is just a transition from one board to another. While giving up adding mass, it is easier to control the landing point and direction.
Therefore, the ball Sun Tianlong also landed on Wang Chao's backhand baseline at a large angle.
He knows very well that although Wang Chao is a new generation player, Wang Chao's backhand is far less lethal than his forehand.
Maybe the backhand twist on the table is stronger than the forehand pick at some times, but if the billiard ball is played from the baseline, the power of the backhand pull must be less than the forehand forward arc.
Therefore, Dragon Team is not afraid of pure defense on the backhand position, because he is sure that Wang Chao's backhand ball does not have much power.
He brought the ball to the bottom line to see if Wang Chao would retreat. If Wang Chao actually retreated, then the ball would no longer be a threat to him.
Wang Chao naturally refused to back off the table. Even though the ball had landed on the edge of the table, he still pushed it in front. The moment the ball bounced up, he directly took action and forcibly twisted it back.
His elbows are raised very high, and his arms seem to be hanging high. This posture is not stretchy, but it can exert force. Even if it looks a bit ugly and reluctant, he can still treat the ball as a ball on the table and twist out a ball of extremely high quality.
The ball still landed at a wide angle on Sun Tianlong's backhand position.
From beginning to end, Wang Chao's goal was Sun Tianlong's backhand at a wide angle, rather than a simple backhand. This is because he knows that Sun Tianlong's pace is very good. If the ball he hits is not extreme enough, Sun Tianlong may use his body movement to convert the backhand ball into a forehand ball at any time, and make a fierce charge.
But if you hit the ball at a wide angle, and Sun Tianlong still has to forcefully move your body to hit the forehand ball, then you only need to simply move to the forehand position at a wide angle, and Sun Tianlong will never be able to save the ball again.
Therefore, facing this strategy of his own, all Sun Tianlong can do is use his backhand technique for pure defense.
Sun Tianlong's backhand is torn, and Wang Chao's backhand is also at a wide angle.
Wang Chao Continue to reverse twist.
Sun Tianlong also pulls back.
The situation turned into a backhand stalemate between the two sides, but both sides were very cautious and no one was willing to exert force easily.