The audience applauded enthusiastically, booed wildly, and some even whistled.
This ball was worthless in the eyes of Qin Huachang, because the intentions of both sides were exposed at the beginning, and then they entered a stalemate, without many subtle changes and human calculations, which was typical of recklessness. And this stalemate of basic skills for seventeen consecutive boards, if you must find a metaphor, it is like Go reaching the final official stage. It is not that there is no technical content, but many things have been finalized, and there are not many possibilities.
So Qin Huachang still can't see what the specific game strategies of both sides are.
Of course, the two Sneak Long Serve serves of Wang Chao actually have different distribution ratios in terms of rotation and speed, but this difference is too subtle and cannot be distinguished with the naked eye. Only Wang Chao, the authority, knows it. If Qin Huachang can see this, then he is not a human being, but Eagle Eye equipment.
However, although Old Qin doesn't like this ball, the audience likes it very much.
You know, even two European bulls with only strength and no skills can make them extremely excited if they fight wildly across the table. Today's fight between Wang Chao and Bai Feng, although the strength does not seem to be that fierce, there are many changes.
Forehand to backhand, spin or spin, sometimes a straight line on the left, sometimes a straight line on the right, coupled with the beautiful movements of both sides, especially the Penhold Backhand Loop movement that few people in the world of table tennis can perform so thoroughly and beautifully, it does not look like a competition, but like a vivid display of skills, and like two male peacocks, spreading their tails on both sides of the table.
Based on the effect of this scene, the audience believed that this game had a chance to be selected as one of the most exciting games in this Open.
Qin Huachang sighed, faced with the increasingly fierce urging from the audience, and repeated, "Look again, look again."
The game continues.
Bai Feng regained the right to serve. He didn't seem to think much. He just took the ball and served it, but it was a hook serve.
Most people will choose Reverse Spin for the hook shot. This mentality is similar to "It's always right to hit a shot with dates or no dates." But Bai Feng, no matter how much he doesn't play tricks in this game, he also knows that Wang Chao will definitely not make fake moves, so when serving, he always adheres to the same purpose: Serve high-quality balls honestly, never play with bells and whistles, and never affect the quality by playing snakes.
The side spin of this serve is very strong, and the ball is a little erratic in the air. Don't underestimate this erraticity. In fact, for many professional players, if the ball is of the same nature, if it lacks this erraticity, they dare to play directly, but if it has more erraticity, they can only choose to rub it back.
Wang Chao will not be affected by this, because his touch is too good and his judgment is too strong, so he steps aside and waits for the ball to bounce, come out, and fall again, and then directly take off the board.
If you hit the ball when the ball is falling, it is not suitable for bursting. It is more suitable to draw a loop. Wang Chao pulls a heavy arc with seven points of rotation and three points of forward thrust.
There is no inevitable reason for this choice. It is purely because Wang Chao is still trying.
The two Sneak Long Serve serves with different speeds just now were a test, and now this heavy arc with mainly rotation is still a test. He wants to find out the real details of Bai Feng.
Facing Wang Chao's attack, Bai Feng's choice was not to retreat but to Penhold Backhand Loop.
He does not belong to the same generation as Lin Li Luo Jiu. He is younger and his playing style is closer to that of the younger generation. He does not object to retiring, but he still does not want to retire if he can.
Wang Chao Although the ball spins very fast, it is not fast. If he can react, he will never retreat.
His basic skills are very good, and Penhold Backhand Loop has reached the next level. The ball Wang Chao is actually of high quality, but he perfectly suppresses the spin on the ball and gives Wang Chao a counter-pull of the same quality.
Because of the grip posture, when a straight paddle player uses the Penhold Backhand Loop technology, the hitting side of the racket is naturally facing downwards. This also causes the Penhold Backhand Loop technology to handle super strong topspin from the backhand position. It is actually easier to suppress this kind of top spin than the backhand position of the horizontal paddle.
So even if Wang Chao spends seven percent of his energy on rotation, for Bai Feng, the effect will be nothing more than this.
Of course, this game became a stalemate again, and it became another competition in the basic skills of both sides.
Of course, this is also a competition of strength, explosive power and physical strength between the two sides.
This time, it was Bai Feng who had the last laugh. On the thirteenth board, with better continuous explosive power, he broke through Wang Chao's defense.
3:2, Bai Feng overtook again.
Bai Feng continues to serve, and he is still Sneak Long Serve.
He has already seen that Wang Chao does not eat the serve, so even if he hits any difficult and high-quality balls, he may not be able to take the initiative. On the contrary, Sneak Long Serve actually has a certain possibility of winning the bet.
After all, Wang Chao is not Extreme Speed Talent. As long as the ball he serves is fast and long enough, Wang Chao may fall into a passive position when catching the ball because he did not anticipate it, exposing his flaws.
Even if there is only a slight flaw, it is enough.
Wang Chao reacted very quickly this time. At the same moment as Bai Feng Sneak Long Serve, he moved directly in the right direction and hit a fierce forehand.
This time it's seven-point speed three-point spin.
It is precisely because the same attack was much faster than before, Bai Feng was a little surprised, causing the ball to go high, and Wang Chao seized the opportunity. After a series of continuous attacks, Bai Feng penetrated Bai Feng's defense.
3:3, the two sides drew again.
Qin Huachang also stood up from his chair at the same time as Wang Chao scored, and blurted out. "Holy shit!"
His son Qin Zhenyu was sitting in a corner of the room where the camera could not reach him, acting as a temporary field controller for him. At this time, he suddenly heard his father swearing, and he quickly coughed and blinked at him desperately.
Qin Huachang also knew the gaffe, but still refused to sit down and explained, "I finally know what is going on in this game!"
At this time, Qin Huachang was full of momentum, immersed in the powerful sense of accomplishment of discovering a shocking secret. If he stretched out his arm and pointed at the screen and yelled "Scheming frog, keep touching your belly", he would be a Chinese elderly version of Conan.
He really didn't expect that just after he retired, Wang Lu, a boring gourd, would perform such a brilliant operation.
He didn't even expect that when Wang Chao faced such a saucy operation, after a brief moment of confusion, he immediately came up with a classic response method that can be called brilliant.
It was like an invisible offensive and defensive battle. Wang Lu made a move. Even He Jingping and Qin Huachang didn't see through it immediately, but Wang Chao was the first to see through it, and then Wang Chao started to counterattack.
Until now, despite the score being 3:3, Qin Huachang, after understanding and figuring out the whole process, determined that Wang Chao had completed the cracking of Wang Lu.
He started telling the audience about the ball.
This is probably the most high-end public lecture by a master in history since the rise of the live broadcast platform industry.
Before talking about the game, his eldest son, Qin Zhenyu, who was a guest field controller, raised a small blackboard to Old Qin, with a line of words written on it, "Stop talking about Nine-headed Bird, there are many complaints from the audience!!!"
The three consecutive exclamation marks at the end clearly express the personal attitude of the field controller.
In fact, although the saying "Nine-headed Bird in the sky, Hubei on the ground" has been circulated for many years, it has always been controversial.
Some people think this is praising the people of Northern Hubei for being smart, brave and intelligent, while others think it is mocking the people of Northern Hubei for being cunning and impure-minded.
As for why there is such a disagreement, it is because the image of a fictional creature like Nine-headed Bird was very beautiful at the beginning of its birth, but then it was gradually discredited as history progressed, and its positive image turned into a negative image.
So no matter how you say it, it makes sense. Whether it is a compliment or a criticism depends on the individual's understanding. On the Internet, there is no doubt that this is an element of controversy and should of course be avoided.
Qin Huachang was so full of words at this time that he could not care about this small issue of title. He nodded to his son and continued.
"Actually, when I saw the third ball, I already felt something was wrong."
"I was purely frightened by Bai Feng's first two goals. I have been trying to guess Bai Feng's thoughts. I told you that I need to watch again because I want to see his subsequent thoughts."
"As a result, I found that he suddenly lost his train of thought."
"From 2:0 to 3:3, Bai Feng's serve was no longer magical. He and Wang Chao each served two balls. Wang Chao didn't eat any of his two serves, but Wang Chao's first Sneak Long Serve made him pause for a moment. To be honest, I didn't understand it at all. I couldn't figure out how they predicted the serve. I need more details."
"Going all the way to the sixth ball, I finally saw the details I wanted."
"For the sixth ball, Bai Feng served Sneak Long Serve, and Wang Chao directly looped to attack. I found that this ball was different from the fifth ball."
Having said this, Qin Huachang is a little proud.
He is entitled to be proud.
Because the game has been played so far, to onlookers, the only detail that is really exposed is the little difference in Wang Chao's pulling of the ball.
On the fifth ball, he drew a circle with a seven-point spin and a three-point speed.
On the sixth ball, he drew a loop with a seven-point speed and a three-point spin.
The subtle changes in ball speed when serving Sneak Long Serve are indistinguishable to the naked eye, but the strength of the rotation when pulling the loop can be distinguished, because this involves whether the swing trajectory of the racket when you pull the ball is more upward or forward, and whether the friction between the rubber and the ball is thicker or thinner.
Of course, you can't really see the changes in the ball from such a distance, but you can infer the specific effect of the ball after it is pulled out through the differences in the details of the players' hitting movements.
Qin Huachang directly compares the consequences of these two pull balls.
The fifth ball was meaningless after being pulled over, and was easily pulled back by Bai Feng.
After the sixth ball was pulled over, Bai Feng didn't react in time, and finally gave Wang Chao the chance to kill him directly.
This shows that speed is more effective for Bai Feng.
But this is unreasonable.
Because Bai Feng ranks third in speed among the five main players of the national team, only behind Sun Tianlong and Luo Jiu, he should never suffer from speed.
So, under what conditions will Bai Feng fail to respond in time because the opponent's ball speed is too fast?
Qin Huachang keenly remembered another doubt: when Wang Chao served Sneak Long Serve for the first time, Bai Feng could obviously attack directly, but chose to wash the ball.
At that time, Bai Feng had a very slight stagnation.
Qin Huachang didn't understand it at the time, but now he understands. This is because Wang Chao served too fast, and Bai Feng failed to respond in time and missed the opportunity to attack immediately.
This way, the front and back are corresponding. Bai Feng has indeed been affected by the ball speed of Wang Chao.
There is only one possibility for a player like Bai Feng, who is not slow in nature, to be limited by his speed, and that is that he has no idea about the enemy and the opponent's ball path, so the opponent's Sneak Long Serve can really have a sneak attack effect.
But Bai Feng knows Wang Chao very well.
This is very strange.
To be honest, Qin Huachang found the answer with a flash of inspiration in his mind. It was precisely because the answer was magical that he couldn't help but curse out.
He has always boasted that he is the number one coach in Chinese table tennis, but when Wang Lu pulled off such a cool move, he asked himself, if he had guided Bai Feng himself, he probably wouldn't have been able to pull it off.
"So Bai Feng didn't count Wang Chao at all. From beginning to end, he played by instinct and intuition. He directly regarded Wang Chao as a new opponent that he was unfamiliar with. So when Wang Chao serves, he doesn't predict it at all. He waits for Wang Chao to serve the ball, and then he adapts to the situation. As a result, his response speed is of course a beat slower."
"As for why he beat like this, it was obviously Wang Lu who taught him. Wang Lu couldn't count Wang Chao and He Jingping, so he chose not to count it at all and let his disciples just hit him casually. This is called beating Old Master to death with random punches. And the reason why he can do this is actually because table tennis does not actually comply with the principle of multiple games, because no matter how deep you calculate, it ultimately comes down to a simple yes or no. Therefore, it is not that you will definitely win if you calculate more, but you will definitely win if you happen to calculate one step more than the opponent."
"Bai Feng just doesn't count it now. He doesn't even know how he will fight. How do you ask Wang Chao to count it?"
"Have you noticed the details of Bai Feng's fifth ball serve? He served it as soon as he got the ball, without any thought process. It is precisely because he knows very well that as long as he calculates, he will have a trace to follow. It is better to rely on instinct to deceive him."
Qin Huachang shook his head and sighed, "So, let's look back now, why was his first serve Sneak Long Serve? In fact, it's because he is used to Sneak Long Serve. After all, the first time he played with Wang Chao last year, it was Sneak Long Serve...Oh, did I expose some secret that shouldn't be revealed? Okay, let's stop this topic. In short, his serve was all based on instinct, so the second short backspin serve didn't make sense. It's just that he was lucky, and the two balls happened to hit the place that Wang Chao didn't expect at all, so it looked very magical and bluffed everyone."
(By the way, you should understand this title, right? What I'm most afraid of is that no one will understand it, and what I'm most afraid of is that the air will suddenly become quiet.)