In the third game, Fan Xiaodong continued to attack the whole game, playing very proactively, like a cow that could not run to death, but the final score was 11:6. Although the score in the single game rebounded, they still lost again.
By this time, everyone could see that Fan Xiaodong was doomed.
Everyone thought that Fan Xiaodong would be a more difficult player to deal with than Bai Feng and Lin Li, but in fact, there was no suspense in this game from beginning to end. Wang Chao took the lead from the first ball of the first game and continued to lead until the end.
This confuses many foreign fans.
"Fan Xiaodong gave up the ball?"
"Or is it that he is too young and his mentality is unbalanced when he encounters an opponent he has lost before?"
"Or is it because the head coach has been changed that the strength has declined?"
This last sentence also triggered some debates among fans, because there are actually many Sun Tianlong fans around the world. These fans cannot accept the argument that "Sun Tianlong brought Fan Xiaodong to waste." Even if their reason tells them that Qin Huachang is most likely a better coach than Sun Tianlong, emotionally they still have to fight for the God in their hearts.
But Sun Tianlong, who is at the center of the controversy, is actually very calm, and He Jingping, who is sitting next to him, also has a calm expression.
Old He was not pretending this time, but was really calm, because from the beginning, both he and Sun Tianlong felt that Wang Chao would win.
Only foreigners who don't understand the industry will think that Bai Feng and Lin Li are outdated, but in fact, the veteran players who have been firmly in the main force of Huaping for seven years will always be stronger than outsiders imagine.
This strength may not be reflected in a clear skill or talent, but in many inconspicuous aspects such as the thickness of technical reserves and the depth of field experience.
In the past year, the reason why veteran players have frequently fallen behind is not because their skills have really declined, but because many super talents have really emerged in the world table tennis world.
It is others who have become stronger, not them who have become weaker.
But are these super geniuses necessarily stronger than the veterans of Huaping? In fact, this is not necessarily the case, but when newcomers debut, everyone is generally tolerant. Once they achieve results, everyone will subconsciously cheer for them and overestimate them by the way.
Just like what Qin Huachang said to the Chinese table tennis veteran during the previous live broadcast, it is really better than the objective achievements. The honors Lin Zijun, Pike and Hook have received this year are no higher than those of the Chinese table tennis veteran.
Lin Li and Bai Feng also had a large number of semi-finals and semi-finals. Xiao Fei even won an open championship. Is this result really bad?
Players like Pike are even forcibly overrated, because England lacks results, and Europe needs a shot in the arm, so Pike has just emerged., the whole world started to brag about him, but in fact he only had one highlight, and then he was beaten all kinds of times, until he was beaten into seclusion for several months. He returned this time in July, but was defeated again by Fan Xiaodong, and did not even make it to the semi-finals.
Let's get back to the game.
Fan Xiaodong's power is not inferior to Lin Li, but in terms of offensive experience alone, he is not as good as Lin Li, because he only has violence and simple line changes. In addition, his attack The method is single, but Lin Li can create various detailed changes in the same forehand punch. Different rotations, different forward punches, and various formulas make it difficult for Wang Chao to accurately judge.
This is the unique thing about veterans. During their long fighting career, they will surely understand something on their own that is difficult for others to imitate.
Therefore, when playing Lin Li Wang Chao, you must spend a lot of effort to limit the opponent's attacks, because he really can't stop him.
When playing Fan Xiaodong, Wang Chao only needs to control the quality of his return to a certain passing line to allow Fan Xiaodong to attack at will.
Because on this line, the success rate of Fan Xiaodong's attack is not high. Even if the attack is successful, Wang Chao can still block it.
Eight minutes later, the fourth game ended, Wang Chao won 11:7.
Judging from the specific data, Fan Xiaodong scored more points in each game than the previous game. It seemed that the more he played, the better he got. It seemed that he would have a chance if he played more games. But in fact, this was just because Fan Xiaodong was very hardworking and had a great mentality. He was very relaxed. He kept fighting hard, fighting for pleasure rather than victory or defeat. By the time he hit the back, he was completely mobile. His hand felt hot and he hit a lot of Unreasonable Shots that Wang Chao couldn't defend against.
On the overall technical and tactical level, he was still completely restrained by Wang Chao.
If Wang Chao wins by strategic counterattack against Bai Feng, and Lin Li wins by limiting offense, then by defeating Fan Xiaodong, he can be regarded as having overcome the gap in overall strength.
Fan Xiaodong's attack was very fierce, but Wang Chao could block it.
Wang Chao's attack was not strong, but Fan Xiaodong couldn't stop it.
What Hou Xijia said at the beginning is right: this is a battle of spears and shields, and the outcome depends on who can block the other side and who can penetrate the other side.
Another 4:0. The world table tennis world doesn't know whether to be numb or amazed by this. In short, Wang Chao has not lost a single game from beginning to end of this Open, winning completely and entering the finals. He will face Lin Zijun who has just completed his super evolution.
The moment the ball was played, countless articles and videos exploded on table tennis-related websites around the world.
During this period, the popularity of mixed doubles was obviously far greater than that of other sports, but at this moment, the topic of Wang Chao VS Lin Zijun completely overwhelmed the topic of the Tang Dynasty Combination vs Sakura Country combination.
Because few people are optimistic about Zhang Benkuang and Hayata Hannah in mixed doubles, while quite a few people are optimistic about Lin Zijun in Men's Singles.
"Can we get another 4:0?"
"Can Wang Chao be so good in a battle, win the mixed doubles and Men's Singles without losing a single game, and win both events?"
"You're talking nonsense. You're still winning the championship. It's hard to say whether he can beat Lin Zijun."
"Go and watch the first game between Lin Zijun and Hook. The current Lin Zijun is as terrifying as a pervert. Who can break through that inhuman movement speed and inhuman defense ability?"
"The strongest defense in history + the strongest speed in history, against the strongest technology in history + the strongest mind in history, the greatest battle of this century is about to begin."
"Looking forward to Lin Zijun reverse zero-blocking Wang Chao, achieving the first championship of his career, and starting King's Road of non-Chinese associations Great Demon King."
"My classmate Elizabeth is suffering from ALS and will die soon. She said that before she completely loses her ability to think, she hopes to see the first Great Demon King in the table tennis field outside of Chinese table tennis."
It can be seen that no matter Chinese or foreigners, they usually have friends who have strange terminal diseases and have strange wishes.
Of course, there are still people who focus in other directions.
"By the way, have you noticed one thing...Sun Tianlong's first show as a coach was a complete mess. Under his guidance, Lin Li and Fan Xiaodong had their heads shaved consecutively and didn't win a single game."
"Haha, it's true."
"Qin Huachang coach cried and fainted in the live broadcast room."
"No, no, no, coach Qin Huachang has already off-aired, so he is the real great prophet of Huaping. He already knows the result without even watching it. Although he didn't say anything, he used practical actions to spoil the story for us again in advance."
"Haha, I didn't expect that we got a Hua Chui. Find out more about Spinach Poison and Bankruptcy."
Master and apprentice Wang Chao returned to the hotel together with master and apprentice Fan Xiaodong.
The game was played peacefully, which was completely different from the tense atmosphere of Bai Feng, because Bai Feng wanted to compete for an Olympic spot, while Fan Xiaodong had no desires or desires.
The problem is that Fan Xiaodong is too free and easy. He is chatting with Wang Chao with a smile, but the conversation is still about the things he just lost. This makes Sun Tianlong, the new coach, a little depressed. After all, although he is not afraid of Fan Xiaodong being suppressed, he hopes that Fan Xiaodong will become more courageous as he becomes frustrated.
The key to the word "frustration" is that the more frustrated you become, the more courageous you become. For example, when Sun Tianlong was beaten in a fancy way by Wang Wendong, every time he was beaten, he had to train hard for a while. While training, he meditated hard and improved his skills. In a sense, losing is a kind of motivation, which makes people grow and mature.
But if there is no "setback" at all, it becomes flat.
So after Sun Tianlong endured it for a long time, he finally couldn't hold it back and said insinuatingly, "Xiao Dong, don't you feel depressed after losing so miserably?"
Fan Xiaodong nodded with a smile, "Brother Long, I'm very depressed."
Sun Tianlong was stunned, looking at his cheerful look, and didn't know what to say for a moment. After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said, "Don't watch the afternoon game. I'll practice with you."
"Ah?" Fan Xiaodong was confused for a moment, not knowing what he had done wrong.
Wang Chao and He Jingping looked at each other, burst out laughing, and quickly held it back.
Fan Xiaodong is at a loss because he is really simple.
But Wang Chao and He Jingping knew very well that in the afternoon Sun Tianlong was probably going to beat Fan Xiaodong to death.
After all, Coach Sun is not good at rhetoric, and he doesn't have so many conspiracies. The only thing he can do is to be serious.
"Being Wang Chao 4:0 doesn't matter to you, right? You're smiling, right? OK, then I'll beat you personally and make you doubt your life. I want to see if you can still laugh."
"If others can't make you feel this frustration, then I, the head coach, can do it myself."
I have to say that this teaching method is probably only used by Sun Tianlong in the entire coaching staff.
Take a break at noon and recharge your batteries. Needless to say, at 1:30 pm local time, Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan entered the venue together to meet their last group of mixed doubles opponents.
Thousands of miles away, Qin Huachang, who had been itching for a long time, finally got his son's permission and couldn't wait to reopen the live broadcast room.
As soon as he started broadcasting, the number of people in Brother Da Ma and Hou Xijia's live broadcast room suddenly dropped to one tenth.
Hou Xijia finally understood at this moment that in fact, whether he was right or wrong about the match between Wang Chao and Fan Xiaodong, it was not as important as he thought.
Because Anchor Qin will be online after all.
As soon as he went online, all the popularity he had worked so hard to accumulate was lost.
Brother Da Ma is more happy here.
Because he is a big fan of Wang Chao, and Qin Huachang cannot commentate on some of Wang Chao's games, but Wang Chao is extremely popular.
Therefore, Brother Da Ma has decided to study Wang Chao privately, striving to find a new path in areas that Qin Huachang will not be involved in, and make his live broadcast room a base camp for Wang Chao's loyal fans.
As for Ye Hongye, he is cheap.
Today, he did not go as a guest, but went to Hou Xijia's live broadcast room to watch the excitement. When he saw it now, he suddenly found that Hou Xijia was in a very low mood.
So as Brother Da Ma's partner, he decided to add insult to injury by composing a poem on the spot and posting it on the barrage.
And because he was afraid that Hou Xijia and other broad audiences would not be able to see his masterpiece, he chose to send a rocket first to make his barrage red and eye-catching.
The poem says:
In the past, spoilers were a sacred thing. Anchor Qin was on this end, and Wang Chao was on the other end.
Later, spoilers were a common thing. Anchor Qin was on this end and Lin Zijun was on the other end.
Now, spoilers are a shameful thing, Commentator Hou is on this end, Fan Xiaodong is on the other end.
Wang Chao stood in front of the stage, holding a small ball in his hand.
At this moment, the audience was filled with low laughter. The reason was that Tang Dynasty Combination failed to guess the coin again and was forced to get the right to serve.
Regarding the Wang Chao World Series, guessing coins has become more and more of a joke.
So at this moment, Zhang Benkuang and Hayata Hannah didn't look good.
They were facing most likely the strongest mixed doubles combination in history, and at this moment they were lucky enough to guess the coin successfully. This made them easily think of this joke, and from this they judged that they probably really couldn't beat the opponent.
The impact of this psychological suggestion is even greater than the actual advantage of successfully guessing coins.
In the end, they chose to let Hayata Hannah take the serve from Wang Chao.
This decision shocked the audience again.
In fact, in the past few games, both Ichikawa Mima and Che Songxin suffered extremely serious blows because they took the initiative to receive the ball from Wang Chao.
After Che Songxin was beaten and made his life doubtful, the world table tennis community basically concluded that no female player could really compete with Wang Chao.
Maybe you think you can, but as long as you really try, you will find that you can't.
So before today's game, no matter how the world table tennis community predicted this ball, how they opened the handicap to set the odds, or how they deduced the course of the first game, everyone agreed that Zhang Benkuang would catch the ball from Wang Chao in the first game.
But in the end, the second seed pair Sakura Country made a decision that surprised the whole world.
"Do you really not believe in evil?"
"Are you really seeking death like this?"
"I know this Hayata Hannah. She plays well. She is also very famous in the women's table tennis world in Sakura Country, but I don't think she is better than Che Songxin from Daehan Minguk, and I don't think she can really handle Wang Chao."
"Haha, I probably know that I can't win normally, so I use bigger tricks."
Far away in Guangdong Province, Yangcheng City and Qin Huachang were not in a hurry. They slowly let the barrage float for a while. After everyone had almost expressed their surprise, they spoke slowly, "I think Sakura Country's choice is not wrong."
This is called saying nothing but continuing to die.
When the whole world thought that the Sakura Country combination was wrong, Qin Huachang insisted that they were right.
However, no one thought he was sensationalizing, because as soon as he opened his mouth, the audience's first reaction was not to criticize, but to ask him "why".
This is the style.
He took a sip of tea, closed his eyes to taste it carefully, and then swallowed it.
In fact, the same picture was used by Ye Hongye in the Brother Da Ma live broadcast room a few months ago. In terms of appearance, temperament and tea-tasting charm, Ye Hongye is far better than Qin Huachang, but the difference is that Qin Huachang is a real boss, while Ye Hongye is a fake boss.
So what Ye Hongye Tea Tasting was greeted with was a wave of ridicule, while Qin Huachang Tea Tasting was greeted with a wave of extremely ferocious gifts that flooded the screen.
"I only have one point of view." Qin Huachang did not disappoint them. "The pairing of Zhang Benkuang and Hayata Hannah is completely different from ordinary mixed doubles. Do you know why Zhang Benkuang changed partners? Is it simply because the speed flow style of play does not work?"
"Actually not."
"If it's just that the speed is not popular, then wouldn't it be enough to just change the style of play? Yamano Mia is one of the top Women's Singles players from Sakura Country. In terms of personal strength, it is actually not inferior to Hayata Hannah. She has a good touch and can completely transform into control."
"Then the answer is obvious. Hayata Hannah must be much better than Yamano Mia."
"What is it?"
"It's the height, it's the strength."
"Yamano Mia is a small man, but Hayata Hannah is over 1.7 meters tall. He is comparable to male players. His playing style is fierce and he can make big plays."
"Although Zhang Benkuang is a male player, he is only 15 years old this year and his body is thin. His absolute strength is seriously insufficient and not as good as some strong female players. Therefore, in the mixed doubles, he cannot assume the attacking position because he has no kill on the forehand and cannot kill anyone. He also knows this."
"So, among this pair, Hayata Hannah is the real attacker. She is female, but she takes on the tasks of a male player in the group."
"If you look at it now, Hayata Hannah catches the ball from Wang Chao, doesn't it make sense?"
"Let our male player catch the ball from the other male player. This is the standard answer in mixed doubles about receiving the serve."