The game proceeds in an orderly manner.
Wang Chao's favorite Yin Di, Shen Sha, and Wang Yu all successfully defeated their opponents. Then the little girl who came on stage was called Chen Tong, who was also the player Wang Chao was more optimistic about. Her opponent was Sakura Country's other player Yamano Mia.
This game was unexpectedly exciting. Wang Chao had never heard of Yamano Mia before. But today, when I watched the game, I discovered that this Sakura Country girl actually has Extreme Speed Talent. Her playing style is absolutely eccentric, pursuing the fastest rhythm and the fastest transition between forehand and backhand.
She played very fast, even so fast that she couldn't control it, so she made a lot of mistakes and lost points. However, it is undeniable that this crazy speed-up style of play also caused great trouble to Chen Tong.
Chen Tong was almost fooled by the opponent's ultra-fast pace in the middle, but after losing two games in a row, she gradually began to adapt and stabilized, and then freed up her hands to seek counterattacks. After overcoming the opponent's most powerful period, she launched an extremely fierce counterattack, and finally won 4:2.
Then Ichikawa Mima came on stage.
When she appeared on the stage, the voice of the live broadcast calling out the contestants' names was obviously louder than before, and the audience gave her warm applause, as if they were welcoming a superstar.
In the field of women's table tennis, she is indeed already a superstar, because Chinese Women's National Table Tennis Team's iron-clad ruling front has been forced to break through several cracks in the past year.
If the men's table tennis table tennis association around the world is encircling and suppressing the Chinese table tennis team, then the women's table tennis team has been almost in darkness for the past two decades, until she appeared and began to challenge the behemoth of the Chinese table tennis team on her own.
From our perspective, she is the destroyer of order, but from non-Chinese associations's perspective, she is the only lone brave person.
For such a person, Wang Chao must show a certain amount of respect.
He looked from a distance and saw that Ichikawa Mima was not good-looking. His head was a bit big, his forehead was very broad, and he had a habit of rolling his eyes while looking at her, which ruined the beauty.
She is not very tall either, only a little over 1.5 meters tall, which is still far behind the average height of today's female professional players.
With her external conditions, it seems that she is actually very unsuitable for playing professional table tennis.
At this time, Tang Yuanyuan also walked out from the other end of the arena.
Wang Chao finally got a little impression after seeing the real person. This girl looks quite cute, with a little baby fat on her face. If she dresses up properly, she should be considered a cute girl. However, as a professional athlete, she certainly has no time to dress up, so she just tied her hair into a ponytail at the back of her head. When she entered the field, she had a stern face, pursed lips, and a very serious expression, even looking a little old-fashioned.
The contrast between his expression and appearance made him look like a serious little adult, which made Wang Chao want to laugh.
But he still couldn't remember what it was like when he was practicing with this girl the day before yesterday.
This can only mean that either this girl's playing style has no characteristics, or this girl and I have not played a few balls before being replaced.
The referee tossed a coin, and both sides guessed the coin. In the end, Ichikawa Mima got the right to serve.
Tang Yuanyuan puffed his mouth at this moment, looking very dissatisfied. Then he seemed to realize that this was a world competition, and quickly returned to his original serious expression.
Next Wang Chao saw Ichikawa Mima's unique serve.
She held the ball in her left hand, with her fingers slightly overlapping like orchid fingers. Then she held the racket in her right hand and drew a complete circle outside her body. This action was very strange, because no matter how you look at it, all that is really needed when serving is the movement of the wrist and forearm at the moment when the racket touches the ball, so this long prelude seems very unnecessary.
But obviously, this action is deceptive. After all, such a big circle is like spreading a giant pancake in the air. It is always easy to cause certain associations and cannot be ignored.
Wang Chao even thought of Sorcerer Supreme's portal that he saw in a superhero blockbuster in his previous life.
Tang Yuanyuan stared closely at Ichikawa Mima's entire movement. She didn't react until Ichikawa Mima drew a complete circle, then threw the ball and hit the ball.
But the reaction was a little late, because she still subconsciously analyzed the impact of the circle-drawing gesture on the ball's rotation. At the same time, because of the circle-drawing, Ichikawa Mima's movements at the moment of hitting the ball were actually a bit hidden, and the gestures slightly blocked the details of the serve.
This is a very subtle touch on the referee's bottom line. It turns out that she did it very smartly and the referee did not think it was an obstruction foul.
Tang Yuanyuan directly pulled the forehand, but it turned and the ball flew away.
1:0.
Seeing this Wang Chao no longer wants to read any more.
He believes that when faced with a ball that he cannot fully understand the spin, forcefully pulling it must be the worst option. If it were him, he would at least choose to take a step back and rub the ball. This can at least ensure that the ball does not spin too outrageously, and the backspin of the ball is not conducive to the opponent's attack.
It can only be said that from the first reception of serve, Wang Chao concluded that Tang Yuanyuan lacked experience in the game and had the wrong idea before the game.
Sure enough, when Ichikawa Mima served for the second time, Tang Yuanyuan chose to pull directly. This time, there was no spin, but the ball he pulled was too long and went high, and Ichikawa Mima directly hit the ball with a forehand.
Tang Yuanyuan blocked it, but Ichikawa Mima then followed up with a backhand flick, which was surprisingly fast and penetrated Tang Yuanyuan.
At this point, Ichikawa Mima's technical and tactical system has been basically revealed.
The front of her racket has reverse rubber, which is originally used to draw loops, but she does not loop, and is completely hard racket. This is the same as the previous Yamano Mia, which actually pursues the ultimate ball speed.
The back of her racket is made of raw rubber particles, and she relies on bounce to attack, and she also wins with speed.
Her racket configuration and playing ideas are exactly the same as Luo Jiu after the technical improvement.
In fact, she herself tried to change the raw rubber after seeing the technical modification of Luo Jiu, and then she found the feeling and was out of control.
So, is she the female version of Luo Jiu?
Many people in the world today think it is, but Wang Chao thinks it is not.
The resemblance is only superficial, but the difference is in essence.
Although the two players use similar racket configurations and have similar forehand and backhand ideas, their playing styles are completely different.
Luo Jiu's backhand bounce is not the main offensive method, but a normal stalemate method in the backhand stalemate. The core of his technical and tactical skills is still the most popular and kingly loop. Strictly speaking, his backhand is unique and not suitable for bullying opponents. However, his most powerful killing board still comes from various loop shots on the forehand position, as well as the combination of forehand and backhand punches.
Therefore, although he does not retreat easily, he can retreat when the critical moment comes. His stalemate in the middle will not be affected in any way by the raw rubber on his backhand.
But Ichikawa Mima completely gave up spinning. She followed a pure speed flow. Her front reverse glue was actually used as a positive glue in a sense. Perhaps the only reason she insisted on using reverse glue was that the elasticity of reverse glue was generally better, and the ball was shot faster, that's all.
Therefore, Ichikawa Mima's kills are mainly in the backhand position, which means that she must lack strength. She must sacrifice spin while pursuing speed. This kind of ball has no staying power. Once it reaches the mid-range table, it will completely lose its power.
So Ichikawa Mima has only one choice left: not to withdraw from the stage until death.
This is a true slant of swordsmanship, an absolutely devious style of play that has nothing to do with the royal way.
But after touching Wang Chao carefully, she had to admit that Ichikawa Mima's style of play was very suitable for her body shape.
She is too short, and her petite figure enjoys the convenience of flexibility, but she also seriously lacks the means to protect the table. Therefore, if she retreats from the table, she will not be able to protect the table anyway. The only option is to stay in the front.
But the closer she is to the front, the closer the distance between her and her opponent is, and the shorter the time for the ball to fly over. In addition, she also needs to observe the opponent's batting posture and judge the opponent's rotation or landing point. This means that Ichikawa Mima must have extremely amazing thinking speed, nerve reaction speed, foot movement speed, and arm swing speed.
So...
Wang Chao continued to look down with this guess. When the score in the first game became 5:1, he was already sure that Ichikawa Mima really had Extreme Speed Talent.
If I'm not mistaken, she even has a talent for subtlety.
Although Tang Yuanyuan's playing style was rough for the time being, as a member of Chinese National Table Tennis Team, she has specially practiced the small ball in the table as a basic skill. She served short backspin to compete with Ichikawa Mima. Wanting to find an opportunity to attack, she served two consecutive serves. In the end, it was Ichikawa Mima who found the opportunity first.
This means that Ichikawa Mima has an extremely delicate feel.
With such a talent of subtlety and extreme speed, it is no wonder that she is qualified to become the number one enemy of the Chinese Table Tennis Women's Team.
The game is still going on, and it has reached 9:3 at this time. Judging from the scene, Tang Yuanyuan has been completely crushed.
But Tang Yuanyuan's expression is still calm, she still has that old-fashioned look, and there is not much psychological fluctuation. Only from the occasional puffing of her cheeks, we can see her true hidden emotions.
Soon, the first game ended at 11:5, and Ichikawa Mima won.
Wang Chao looked at the baffle and found that the on-site coach was his familiar coach Ge Miao.
"Hey, are you actually the disciple of coach Ge Miao?" This discovery made Wang Chao a little more interested.
He knew that Ge Miao was the second in command of the women's team. Although he was only a member of the ordinary coaches in name, his actual position in the team was only lower than Wang Wendong, and Ge Miao himself had won the title when he was a player. World Table Tennis Championships and World Cup gold medals, but failed to win the Olympic Games gold medal for two consecutive years, and the younger generations have caught up. She knew that she would no longer be competitive in the next Olympic Games, so she could only regretfully choose to retire.
She obviously has a vision, so the disciple she chooses should not be too mediocre.
With such speculation, Wang Chao continued to read.
In the second game, Ichikawa Mima still implemented her own tactical ideas. She is indeed a very good player. During the actual battle, she is very good at capturing the opponent's tactical intentions revealed in small details, and can predict and counterattack in advance. So Wang Chao watches Then, Tang Yuanyuan continued to change his serving methods, showing quite a lot of technical strength and basic skills, but he always got nothing. He never deceived Ichikawa Mima. Instead, Ichikawa Mima took advantage of it and played two consecutive serves to directly attack.
The score soon reached 6:2, and Tang Yuanyuan still couldn't find a way.
At this time, the two sides suddenly played a very rare stalemate.
At first, it was Ichikawa Mima who found the opportunity first. She originally planned to kill Tang Yuanyuan directly with her forehand, but at this time Tang Yuanyuan made an action that she had never done before: retreating from the stage.
Because she retreated from the stage, she kept up with the speed of Ichikawa Mima and directly pulled the billiard ball with her forehand, creating a very beautiful heavy arc.
Ichikawa Mima shoot again.
Tang Yuanyuan is still in the retreat state and pulls hard again.
Ichikawa Mima took three shots in a row, but was pulled back by Tang Yuanyuan. On the fourth plate, she took another shot, and the ball flew out.
This ball surprised Wang Chao.
He could see clearly that there was nothing wrong with Ichikawa Mima's batting posture, so there was only one reason why the ball flew out: the ball spun too much.
Ichikawa Mima has extremely rich experience in how to shoot forehand spin balls. With her Microscopic Precision, although she does not create spin herself, she is actually very good at resolving spin. In this case, if she shoots the ball and spins it, it can only mean that the spin of the ball has exceeded her expectations.
A girl who looked very cute, pulled the ball from the forehand table, and unexpectedly defeated an experienced opponent with subtle talent. This incident may seem ordinary at first glance, but if you think about it carefully, it has a profound meaning.
Female players rarely pull the ball on the middle table because their innate strength is not as good as that of male players.
Not to mention pulling out such high-quality loops that people would spin even if they knew there was spin.
How hard does this girl have to pull the ball?
Only then did Wang Chao vaguely realize that this old-fashioned classmate Tang Yuanyuan might have some hidden strengths that he had not noticed.
He continued to look down.
At this time, the score had reached 9:4. Tang Yuanyuan still couldn't keep up with Ichikawa Mima's speed, but she seemed to have found some ways and began to retreat more and seek a stalemate.
Ichikawa Mima sent a short backspin at this time.
Tang Yuanyuan didn't say anything, just went around the stage and scored directly.
This shot looked simple and rough, and the audience didn't think it was that great. It was just a flaw in the serve and a rush attack.
But Wang Chao was surprised again.
Because he could see that Ichikawa Mima's serve had no flaws.
Women's Singles During the duel, there were actually not as many fights on the stage as there were for men. Ultimately, this was because women were not strong enough, and fights were about exerting force in small spaces, which required high explosive power.
As for the Ichikawa Mima serve, it is actually quite good, with strong backspin. At the same time, the front of her racket is anti-glue, so in theory, not even male players dare to pick this ball. If you really want to pick it, you must be mentally prepared for a fight. It will definitely not be a light hit, but a violent hit.
Therefore, the action Tang Yuanyuan made just now was clearly the most classic forehand fighting style of masculine play, the kind that never comes back.
But she still hit it.
This once again proves that she has amazing explosive power far beyond ordinary female players.
Wang Chao was a little surprised. He looked at Tang Yuanyuan's body shape from a distance. He was obviously petite and exquisite. Although as an athlete, his arms could not be said to be very thin, but they were normal at best. The bones and flesh were evenly balanced, the upper arms were slightly convex, and there were vaguely visible biceps, that's all.
But the sudden challenge just now was something that Wang Chao himself might not be able to do.
Wang Chao couldn't help but smile.
He found that this game suddenly became interesting.