Wang Chao serves, another short backspin.
Lin Zijun swing short.
Wang Chao swing short.
Lin Zijun swing short.
Wang Chao continues to swing short.
Lin Zijun swings short again and rises slightly.
In the eyes of the audience, both sides in this game have a certain degree of obsession with shortcomings, especially Lin Zijun. His persistence in the shortcomings seems to be a gamble to prove that he is not weaker than Wang Chao.
But the real reason is that Lin Zijun is not afraid of Wang Chao's attack.
It's just that when he took the initiative to feed the ball, Wang Chao's performance was "not knowing how to cherish", so he returned to the standard normal play style and no longer took the initiative to expose his flaws. Instead, he lost naturally in the process of rigorous fighting.
As soon as he took advantage, Wang Chao directly challenged him on the stage.
Wang Chao did not choose to lob because the point of the ball was in the center of the table. If he wanted to lob, he would have to move to one side of the table and adjust his posture. At the same time, he would also face the problem that his body could not recover quickly. More importantly, at this stage, Lin Zijun is indeed difficult to beat to death with pure speed, and the essence of this method is indeed speed.
Faced with this level of provocation, Lin Zijun did not need to step down and came back steadily.
Until now, he still prefers to use pushing and blocking methods to defend, rather than pulling back.
At this moment, Lin Zijun has made all kinds of preparations. If Wang Chao's next consecutive attack is of good quality, he will maintain his current defense. If Wang Chao deliberately weakens his strength in the next game, he will directly intercept and hit Unreasonable Shot like he did just now.
He wasn't sure if he could still make it, but he was willing to try again.
Then he was very surprised to find that Wang Chao didn't take action immediately.
In fact, Wang Chao takes the initiative on the scene. He only needs to wait for the ball blocked by Lin Zijun to bounce to the highest point, and then attack with a normal forehand, whether it is a forward arc or a hard shot, or he can change the line if he wants.
But Wang Chao seemed to be stuck suddenly. It actually waited for an extra moment, waiting for the ball to fall for a third of the time before getting up and pulling hard.
Also because of this card, the hitting point of the racket was slightly lower than Lin Zijun expected, so the handling of the ball naturally had more friction and less forward motion.
Of course, this is not a problem, because the quality of Wang Chao's attacking board has not changed much. Lin Zijun still easily blocked it after getting stuck.
Lin Zijun's current mentality is completely different from that of two minutes ago. At that time, he had no offensive ideas in his mind and was at a loss after Wang Chao refused to cooperate. But now he has understood a unique offensive method under Super Speed. It is the time when he is full of excitement and freshness. As long as Wang Chao's continuous attack strength is slightly weaker or any other flaws are exposed, he will not hesitate to launch a strong counterattack.
But Wang Chao's third-board offense still didn't show any flaws, but it was different from Lin Zijun's imagination.
This time Wang Chao's timing for hitting the ball was not when the ball was at its highest point, but before the ball bounced to its highest point.
To put it simply, Wang Chao also raised eyebrows.
However, players usually raise their heads to hit the ball just when the ball bounces, but Wang Chao seemed to get stuck again. So when the ball was about to bounce to the top, but just shy of it, it was hit hard by Wang Chao's racket.
Probably the timing was too subtle, so subtle that Wang Chao was a little unsure about the friction, so he hit the ball hard.
Lin Zijun instinctively felt uncomfortable.
In fact, Wang Chao's consecutive attacks are not too powerful, but they are either faster or slower, with rotation or without rotation, which makes the rhythm very messy and not smooth at all. It feels like listening to a stuttering speaker, one word can be stuck for a long time, and after the stuck, several words will pop out like firecrackers, and then enter the next round of lag.
Lin Zijun bit the bullet and continued to block.
On the fourth board, Wang Chao changed his tactics again.
In fact, the ball was blocking his backhand, and it was a ball to his mouth. As a left-hander, he could hit it with his raised hand, but he clearly had the racket facing him, and he was just about to exert force, but he suddenly retracted his arm, stepped back sideways, and forced the ball to fly for a while before pulling the ball down.
Lin Zijun gritted his teeth and blocked it again.
Wang Chao stopped drawing on the fifth board and hit a long ball from the baseline.
Lin Zijun did not hesitate to use his strength and hit a looping forehand. As a result, he pulled the ball down the net and committed suicide.
4:3, Wang Chao broke the balance again and took the lead.
The applause from the audience was somewhat sparse.
Compared with the high-profile warm-up before this game, the effect of the scene now actually disappointed the audience.
This game was really not a wonderful one. Wang Chao attacked four boards with average strength. Lin Zijun attacked one board with average power and committed suicide. It can be regarded as a mistake.
The audience was puzzled.
The audience in front of the screen was lucky, because there was a big shot talking about the ball. "This ball is not ordinary, everyone. In fact, what Wang Chao is playing now is what we coaches have emphasized the most throughout our careers, rhythm."
"It is difficult for professional players who have just entered the industry to play a smooth rhythm, and what they pursue is a smooth rhythm. But when you really play at the top level, you will find that the smoother the rhythm, the better. Because you are smooth, the opponent is also smooth. When everyone plays too smoothly, they will not create difficulties for each other. What is the essence of a table tennis game? It is to make the opponent uncomfortable while making yourself comfortable."
"The reason why Sun Tianlong is number one in the world is because his skills are so comprehensive, so facing anyone, he can use skills that the other person is not used to and make the other person uncomfortable."
"In March this year, when Sun Tianlong lost to Wang Chao, why did he lose? Injury was certainly a factor, but another important factor was that Wang Chao successfully suppressed his backhand and made him uncomfortable."
"Wang Chao is the only player in these years who can make Sun Tianlong uncomfortable, so it is understandable that he can win."
"Then let's look at this game again, what is the most comfortable rhythm for Lin Zijun? Of course, the opponent is attacking wildly. He relies on Super Speed to defend completely and directly prevent the opponent to death."
"So Wang Chao didn't give him this chance from the beginning. Lin Zijun hoped that Wang Chao would attack as fiercely as possible. As a result, Wang Chao was unable to fight. He even deliberately gave up the initiative and put on a comprehensive defense, just to make Lin Zijun at a loss."
"However, I have to say that Lin Zijun is indeed a genius. He actually broke through himself during the battle and came up with new offensive methods."
"Wang Chao is actually very passive at this time, because if he wants to win, he must attack, but the offense will be in a dilemma. If the attack intensity is too strong, Lin Zijun will be super defensive. If the offensive intensity is too small, Lin Zijun will directly counterattack and launch super offense. At this time, most professional players will be desperate, because they really have no way to solve it."
"However, Wang Chao immediately thought of a way, and that was to use rhythm to break Lin Zijun's mentality and state."
"So for the next few balls he pulled, the rhythm of each ball was different, and the stuck point was very subtle, which made Lin Zijun very uncomfortable. This feeling of not matching the rhythm involuntarily damaged his state, so that when he finally got the opportunity, he directly lost the ball."
"It can be said that his suicide, although Wang Chao did not put any explicit pressure on him, was still a forced error, not an active error."
Qin Huachang suddenly smiled when he said this, finding it quite interesting. "Do you still remember how Luo Jiu defeated Hook in the China Open in March this year?"
Of course the audience remembers it.
In fact, Luo Jiu broke Hook's mentality by constantly serving the ball and wiping the net. This style of play once made the world table tennis community shout "win without force", so until now, European fans are still angry and claim. "Luo Jiu is not worthy of being called the twin stars of Chinese table tennis with Sun Tianlong. He must win against Hook once before we recognize his strength."
"But you must not know that this method was actually taught to him by Wang Chao."
I don't know whether Old Qin did it intentionally or if he really let it slip. He directly told this internal secret of Huaping, and continued as if he didn't realize it, "The method Wang Chao thought of at that time is essentially To make Hook uncomfortable, the accumulation of this discomfort will affect his mentality and state, and the ball he hit Lin Zijun just now is essentially the same as the idea he gave Luo Jiu."
"The difference is that Hook's state is unstable and he will collapse if he messes with it a little bit. But Lin Zijun, not only is he in a stable state, but he also has a strong desire to win today. So, if you want to defeat him, you have to keep working hard."
The reason why Qin Huachang was able to talk for such a long time without worrying about missing the game is because Lin Zijun immediately called a timeout for himself after committing suicide.
He shouldn't have missed the ball. He realized there was something wrong with his mentality and had to use a one-minute timeout to adjust.
Wang Chao, who returned to the baffle, met Sun Tianlong's strange eyes.
"I feel like you don't need me." Sun Tianlong said.
As the temporary coaching coach of Wang Chao, he was actually under a lot of pressure, because he knew that he had actually picked He Jingping's cherry.
So from the first ball, he watched it carefully and analyzed it in his mind, trying to figure out all the situations quickly and provide Wang Chao with the most correct advice to help Wang Chao win.
He wants to prove that he is worthy of being here.
But when Lin Zijun suddenly came up with offensive means, Wang Chao did not choose to pause.
And then, Wang Chao perfectly demonstrated the means to restrain Lin Zijun.
In fact, the method used by Wang Chao is exactly the same as the method Sun Tianlong thought of at the time.
At that time, the reason why Sun Tianlong asked Wang Chao if he wanted to pause was because he felt that this was a matter of top-level competition experience, which was difficult for a newcomer like Wang Chao to think of.
The result is that he has been sitting here with zero effect.
"Brother Long, be patient." Wang Chao smiled at him and took a bite of a banana, "The whole world doesn't know exactly what trump cards Lin Zijun has in this super evolution. Don't take it lightly. He might suddenly come up with something new later. I don't guarantee that I can solve it myself. I'll have to rely on you then."
Sun Tianlong nodded and said no more.
Although he has a heroic heart, in fact, his wisdom and acumen are not inferior to his teacher Qin Huachang. At this time, he has vaguely realized that Wang Chao asked him for guidance maybe not really needing his help, but having other intentions.
Because Wang Chao's comfort just now was actually not sincere enough and seemed a bit like an excuse.
Perhaps Wang Chao felt that he had shown sincerity, but Wang Chao underestimated Sun Tianlong's keenness.
Now in the middle of the competition, Sun Tianlong will not ask any questions, let alone show any strange emotions, because this may affect Wang Chao's state.
He just buried his doubts in his heart and read on quietly.
He turned his head and glanced at He Jingping.
He Jingping is really honest. At this time, he patted him on the shoulder with great enthusiasm. "A Long, Wang Chao, this game is very important. It affects his Olympic Games quota... I leave everything to you."
Sun Tianlong smiled bitterly and nodded bravely, "I will try my best."
(Sorry, I originally wanted to finish writing this game today, but it turns out there is still one chapter left, so I can only wait until tomorrow)