He paused here, because another two points had already been played on the court.
For the seventh point, Wang Chao switched to a short backspin serve. Bai Feng attacked it with a flick from over the table, but his gamble failed.
For the eighth point, Wang Chao continued with a short backspin serve. Bai Feng chose to engage Wang Chao in a short game. On the fifth exchange, Wang Chao's return sat up slightly. Bai Feng went for another over-the-table flick, but Wang Chao had anticipated it and blocked back an incredibly fast return shot. Although Bai Feng stayed alert and forcibly looped the ball back, he had lost the initiative and was finished off by Wang Chao's consecutive attacks.
In the blink of an eye, the score became 5:3. Wang Chao had taken two straight points and completed the comeback.
Qin Huachang did not comment much on those two points and instead continued his previous topic.
"I've only just figured out the specifics. So what was Wang Chao thinking on the court?"
Despite all his private grumbling about Wang Chao, Qin Huachang still revealed a hint of admiration. "I believe that at the moment he lost two consecutive points, there was no way he could have immediately seen through Wang Lu's strategy. But he must have made an extremely bold decision then: regardless of anything else, first toss aside all those patterns he had spent half the night analyzing and summarizing yesterday."
Qin Huachang sighed. "This kind of decisiveness really isn't something an ordinary person can manage. But looking back on it afterward, we can see that it truly was the best choice at the time. After all, he could not possibly have figured out Bai Feng's strategy in such a short time. If he insisted on continuing his