The match between Wang Chao and Mizutori Hato took less than ten minutes in total and ended with Mizutori Hato's "tragic" exit.
This also means that the other game at the next table, Michel vs Gao Mingyuan, has not been played for long.
In fact, Gao Mingyuan played very well today. Although he still had shoulders when hitting the forehand, at least he could see the details of working hard to sink the shoulders. At the same time, he used his stronger backhand ability to bring out the characteristics of fast pace and high ball speed.
He even played with a bit of the flavor of Lin Zijun, but his technical stability was still a bit lacking. At the same time, his forehand attack rate still needs to be improved.
In any case, today's Gao Mingyuan is definitely completely different from the Gao Mingyuan that was in the past Table Tennis Super League, as well as the Gao Mingyuan that was selected during the national team selection at the beginning of the year. It can be said that he has made a lot of progress and has truly become a national team talent worth cultivating.
However, he did not take any advantage when facing Michel.
Michel is a tall man of 1.9 meters. While he naturally has a larger protective platform area, he must also bear the disadvantage of insufficient flexibility. In fact, according to his playing style in the past few years, he should be slightly restrained by Gao Mingyuan.
But today he showed a brand new element in front of his home fans that is quite eye-catching.
He changed the rubber. The front of his racket was originally the most popular reverse rubber, but under the guidance of Old Wa, he changed it to the positive rubber that is rarely used by people.
Positive glue has short particles facing upward, while reverse glue has a smooth surface.
Positive glue does not rotate and it is difficult to create rotation, but reverse glue relies entirely on friction.
Therefore, his change means that the forward arc, high hanging arc and heavy arc that were famous for his forehand are all gone.
Instead, there is a hard forehand shot that does not pay attention to spin.
This is undoubtedly contrary to the modern mainstream style of play.
But when everyone actually saw his performance, they realized how essential the advice Old Wa gave him was.
The previous Michel used to make crazy arcs with his forehand and crazy arcs with his backhand. He relied on his 1.9-meter tall man and his big body. Even the backhand pull and pull from the mid-range table could produce huge power. The explosive charge of the forehand made the racket clank. The essence of the entire technical and tactical play is the unreasonable quality of the single board.
At that time, he had always had the problem of "the forehand attack is too accurate", but he didn't care, because the strength was too strong, and even if you could stand firm and catch it, you might not be able to catch it.
This style of play looks good, but once you encounter a player who is extremely good at control, you will be beaten to death, because the opponent will use various changes in the small ball on the table to prevent you from having a chance to pull the ball out, leaving you with nowhere to use your brute force, and you can only fight in the comfort zone of others.
Therefore, Michel's encounter with Bayer over the years has always been a disaster, because after all, Bayer is one of the five people with the best touch on the planet, and he deserves the title of "Little Sun Tianlong".
But after switching to Michel with a positive rubber, his forehand no longer plays violent arcs. This piece of rubber does not rotate, allowing him to control the ball better during short fights on the table. Whether it is swinging inside the table or skidding, he can more accurately control the landing point, which completely solves the previous problem of "the forehand attack landing point is too positive".
He suddenly became more delicate than an Asian player. He changed from a player who only played long balls to a player who combined long and short balls.
This improvement is at the level of a nuclear bomb, which is equivalent to opening up a new path for his already established technology. If expressed in terms of container theory, it means that his closed loop has become larger.
On the offensive end, his hard forehand hit was completely unexpected and powerful.
It is also because the positive rubber does not spin, so no matter what direction the opponent's ball is spinning, as long as it is high enough, he dares to hit it directly. Under the same force, the ball hit by it will not spin, so it is at least 30% faster than the ball pulled by it. This sudden change, in Gao Mingyuan doesn't have a very obvious effect, but you can imagine that if an opponent who was very familiar with Michel in the past suddenly discovered that the opponent's ball changed from "heavy" to "fast", then it would obviously feel very awkward to adapt.
At the same time, don't forget that Michel's backhand position is still a reverse glue loop. This causes his forehand and backhand positions to not only handle spin completely differently, but also have completely different properties of the ball they hit.
Does this look familiar?
Isn't it a bit like Luo Jiu changed the glue at the beginning?
Facts have proved that the real masters of table tennis tactics in the world all have a sharp vision of reaching the same goal through different paths. Whether Wang Chao helps Luo Jiu change the glue, or Old Wa guides Michel to change the glue, the emphasis is on solving their own shortcomings and trying to make their own balls very awkward and diverse in attributes, so as to make it difficult for the opponent to adapt and judge.
Gao Mingyuan played pretty well in the beginning. The final score of the first game was 11:9, which was a narrow defeat. The second game was 11:8, which was a narrow defeat. But from the third game on, he began to lose strength.
He was stunned by Michel's forehand.
Mainly because Gao Mingyuan had too serious problems with his forehand attack. Even non-Chinese associations players could see this, so Michel acted unscrupulously Playing Gao Mingyuan's forehand position forced Gao Mingyuan to attack with his forehand. Once Gao Mingyuan really attacked, Michel would retreat without hesitation.
This is probably the unique advantage that this big player has in playing table tennis. He also retired in this way in Hong Kong Open playing Wang Chao two months ago, because his arms are long enough and his body is tall enough. Even if he takes a step back, he can still easily reach the short ball near the table while bending down.
But for Gao Mingyuan, Michel's resignation is fatal.
Because he only has speed but no power, the success rate of the forehand attack itself is not high, and even if it succeeds, the rotation is not strong. The speed he relies on to survive must be powerful when the distance is short enough. When the opponent retreats and the depth becomes longer, Michel has enough time to react and directly pull back.
Therefore, Gao Mingyuan made several consecutive forehand attacks, but was eventually slapped back by Michel. He changed from active to passive, and was finally slapped to death in humiliation.
In the middle of the third game, the off-field coach Coach Cheng Aimin called a timeout.
After some advice, Gao Mingyuan went into battle again and began to use his backhand more frequently. Even if the ball was in the forehand position, as long as it was not too high an angle, he would rather move with his backhand to twist it.
This is also a last resort tactic. It is a deviant approach and is definitely not the right path. If players keep playing like this, they may even develop very bad habits. For example, Liaoning Province Zhonggang's third single Xue Hui. The former World Youth Championships four-time champion gradually fell from a genius to an ordinary person because of his excessive superstition in Penhold Backhand Loop.
Qi Hao is the type that Cai Guodong still wants to rescue, while Xue Hui is the type that Cai Guodong has given up on rescuing.
But Coach Cheng Aimin's proposal is not wrong, because the purpose of off-court guidance is not to correct students' playing habits, but to start from the current situation of the game and find a solution to the problem based on local conditions and on the basis of the existing situation.
From Wang Chao's point of view, this is the only feasible plan for Gao Mingyuan. After all, Gao Mingyuan only has this strength at this time, just like a Cook stir-fry. If you want to make a Manchu-Han banquet, you must first have ingredients. If you only have some green vegetables and tofu on hand, even if you show your knife skills to the extreme, the upper limit is only Wensi tofu.
Back to the present.
The biggest difference between backhand twisting and overhand pulling is that the overhand pulling is generally more powerful, but it is also more difficult to change the line, while the backhand twisting is not so powerful, but it can change the line very conveniently. You only need to turn your wrist slightly at the last moment of twisting out, which will cause various degree of line changes.
This tactic achieved a certain effect, but not too much. The reason was that Michel retired.
Retirement is really the natural nemesis of speed, and it directly drove Gao Mingyuan into despair.
So in the end, the third game was 11:5, the fourth game was 11:1, and Gao Mingyuan was blocked 0:4.
If it weren't for a lucky ball in the last game, he might even have his head shaved.
Regarding this, coach Coach Cheng Aimin, the off-field coach, has mixed feelings.
As a disciple, he has sincerity in technical reform. Although the reform is very difficult, he will definitely succeed as long as he persists. However, this psychological quality is really too problematic and makes him feel a little tired.
After the game, the audience in the stadium shouted wildly. It could be said that they were howling like ghosts and wolves. The excitement was a bit exaggerated, because over the years, very few European players have been able to keep a clean sheet against Chinese players in the main match.
They don't care whether Gao Mingyuan can do it or not. They only know that this is one of new generation Six Dragons, a character as famous as Wang Chao, and now he has been blocked by a veteran of his country. What an honor must it be?
Can I do it for a year?
At this point, with all the top eight Men's Singles decided, the subsequent matchups have emerged.
Upper half: Hook vs Lin Zijun, Fan Xiaodong vs Zhang Benkuang.
Lower half: Li Zhengzhi vs Wolf, Michel vs Wang Chao.
When the match list was displayed on the big screen, the fans in the stadium who had been howling just now suddenly had a very obvious mute effect.
Because they all saw Michel's opponent in the next round.
Unrivaled Divine Dragon.
Wang Chao.
In fact, the nickname "Unrivaled Divine Dragon" is not mentioned by many people in China because it is too chubby. Even Brother Da Ma, who has a chubby problem in his bones, just says "Unrivaled Youth".
On the contrary, in Europe, the word "Unrivaled Divine Dragon" is very popular, because Europeans do not understand Chinese culture, so they do not feel that they are middle school students. They only think that this nickname is very appropriate, and Sakura Country people are also very good at naming.
Some people even changed the nickname to "Unparalleled Demonic Dragon" because Wang Chao is proficient in "Asian Evil Arts" and obviously belongs to the evil camp.
In this way, it seems more just for the European players to defeat Wang Chao, and it has a sense of "Dragon Quest".
In short, Swedish fans couldn't stop laughing.
The scene where Michel was beaten up on Hong Kong Open two months ago is still vivid in my mind.
Although Michel has undergone technical changes, Wang Chao's performance in the past two months has been really amazing. The performance he and Sun Tianlong had on Table Tennis Super League in China The two epic battles are regarded as classics by European fans and have been played countless times. The click-through rate has exceeded 100 million. This kind of dazzling technical showdown that is unimaginable has never been seen in the 100-year history of table tennis since its birth.
Until now, there are still a large number of professional players learning skills through those two games. They believe that the skills displayed by Wang Chao and Sun Tianlong must be the most reasonable in terms of posture and the most scientific in terms of force, and they belong to the standard template in table tennis teaching.
At this moment, even if Swedish fans continue to support their country's players, they generally feel pessimistic.
In the morning, Men's Singles 16 advanced to 8, and in the afternoon, Women's Singles 16 advanced to 8. Usually Wang Chao doesn't watch women's table tennis, but today, because he had been a sparring partner for a whole day, he knew a little more about women's table tennis, and he wanted to see the next game.
At this time, the top 16 Women's Singles lineup has also emerged. Chinese Women's National Table Tennis Team once again showed amazing dominance. There are 9 Chinese players among the total 16 players, and among the remaining 7 players, There are 1 Bay Island, 1 from Minato, 1 Singapore, and 2 Sakura Country. Although the other two are from Europe, they are still naturalized players of Chinese origin.
If men's table tennis is Europe and Asia competing for hegemony, then women's table tennis is really dominated by Asia.
Wang Chao looked at the match list again and found that Sakura Country player Ichikawa Mima, who was regarded as the number one enemy by Huaping, was in the seventh area of the lower half, and her opponent in this round was called Tang Yuanyuan.
Wang Chao recalled this Tang Yuanyuan, but couldn't remember which one it was and couldn't match the number.
After all, he went to the women's team the day before yesterday to be a sparring partner, not a blind date. The little girls just politely stated their names casually before playing with him. Wang Chao was forgotten immediately. They didn't even figure out the words of their names and didn't bother to ask, so it was really not easy to match their numbers at this time.
Moreover, he was sparring with 13 people by himself, and each little girl had limited time to actually play with him. Only those girls with very unique playing styles or very distinctive personalities could leave a little more impression on him.
For example, Yin Di, who dresses in a neutral style and has a violent playing style, or Shen Sha, who is full of energy and has a fierce forehand, or Wang Yu, who is tall and has long legs and a powerful backhand. These are the things Wang Chao left an impression on after a brief contact.
As for the others, they were just hard-hitting sparring players and smooth players, and they didn't take it seriously at all.
In a highly competitive place like Huaping, the vast majority of girls are destined not to get ahead, and there is no need to remember their names.
For example, among the four little flowers who were eliminated yesterday in the 32-to-16 round, it is said that only one of them lost to Ichikawa Mima, and the other three all lost due to civil war.
For a while, Wang Chao felt a little boring.
He came here for Ichikawa Mima, but he hoped to see the little flowers directly eliminate Ichikawa Mima in the top 8, and this Tang Yuanyuan, which he had no impression of at all, was obviously not enough to carry his expectations.
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