So, what exactly is Wang Chao doing?
"Wang Chao is warming up." Far away from Yangcheng City's home in Guangdong Province, Qin Huachang turned off the live broadcast microphone, temporarily moved the camera away, and said to his mobile phone, "Let's talk about Luo Jiu first. Luo Jiu started to build momentum from the through race, but he felt that the momentum was not enough, so he made an impromptu trip. Portugal won a gold medal, but it is still not enough, so he will continue to build momentum. From tomorrow on, his game will be very crazy. Through one hearty victory after another, he will push his fighting spirit and self-confidence to the highest peak of his career layer by layer, and then face Wang Chao at the point when he reaches his limit."
The person on the other end of the phone was Guo Yukun, one of the founders of the Silver Ball Dance website. He was so curious that he secretly hid in Qin Huachang's live broadcast room and wanted to wait for Qin Huachang to give an explanation, but Qin Huachang is such a smart person. From Cai Guodong's silence order, he could see the intention of the Huaping coaching staff at this time. In this case, of course he would not make trouble, so no matter how the audience asked him, begged him, or gave him gifts, he remained silent on the matter.
Finally, Guo Yukun couldn't hold it in anymore and had to use his privileges. He called Qin Huachang and begged, "Just tell me, I promise not to leak it."
At this time, Qin Huachang finished talking about Luo Jiu, paused, and continued, "Wang Chao certainly has his own plans for this game, but his ideas are completely different from Luo Jiu, because he has Wushuang."
Today, fans all over the world have a rough understanding of what Wushuang is. Guo Yukun is also an expert. Hearing this, he vaguely understood. "So Wang Chao does not need to build momentum, let alone adjust his state, because he can adjust himself to the most correct state anytime and anywhere. So, what he really needs is not these illusory things, but something more practical and objective, such as... hard power?"
Qin Huachang nodded. "Yes."
Wang Chao lost to Luo Jiu twice in the direct match. The first time he lost easily and got a clean sheet, and the second time he lost very badly and almost made a comeback. In this situation, many outsiders would think that the gap between Wang Chao and Luo Jiu is negligible.
After all, Luo Jiu's first goal during the pass-through was to "win Wang Chao", but Wang Chao has always regarded "winning more games" as his first goal.
So, if Wang Chao also pays enough attention to Luo Jiu, will the gap between them be directly smoothed?
Then Wang Chao changes the shot again, and the combat effectiveness is improved to another level. Is it a direct overtake?
Of course not.
The real peak showdown is not about basic skills and adaptability, but pre-match layout and tactical strategies, which are the so-called "trump cards".
Wang Chao has been looking for Sun Tianlong's flaws since last year's Chinese New Year when he was watching football with his mother. After discovering Sun Tianlong's backhand flaw, he simulated how to suppress Sun Tianlong's backhand countless times in his mind. He had long been prepared to successfully suppress the opponent's backhand when he actually met Sun Tianlong in March this year.
For another example, Wang Chao played Lin Zijun in T2 last year, almost the whole process of psychological warfare. Even so, Lin Zijun almost turned over.
Many people say that the competition has no name, precisely because the competition is not a place for head-on confrontation, but a place for opportunism and eccentricity.
Luo Jiu and Wang Chao played basic skills in the direct competition, and no one made any surprise moves. This in itself already explains the problem. Although they value each other, this kind of attention is completely different from the attention they attach in real competitions.
On the world stage of World Table Tennis Championships, no one knows who will show what trump card.
In this situation, the only thing the players on both sides can do is to try their best to increase their weight to win. If you can add more weight, add more weight.
As for the actual encounter in the end, who has the heavier weight, it all depends on God's will.
That's why Luo Jiu will seize every opportunity to continue to build momentum.
Wang Chao hopes to turn this new "superconductor" racket into a real superconductor, so that it can perfectly realize all its tactical intentions.
In fact, Wang Chao made an empirical error in this matter.
He always remembered the standard process and customization progress of the national table tennis rackets in his previous life, and subconsciously felt that this world was similar. But in fact, in his previous life, there were more table tennis equipment brands than this world, both domestically and internationally. He casually mentioned that they were a bunch of trademarks, including Double Happiness, Pisces, Butterfly, Stika, Donik, Galaxy, Friendship, Tall and Straight, Asaka, Samsung, Youla, Nitaku, Xu Shaofa, Jianlun, and so on.
But in this world, the Chinese table tennis equipment with the largest scale, the best reputation, and the longest history has always been Hongshuangli.
Therefore, Hongshuangli actually lacked competition and had no huge external pressure. As a result, its efficiency was actually lower than Wang Chao expected. Wang Chao thought he could get the racket at least ten days in advance, but in the end, he only got the racket six days in advance.
With Wang Chao and Unrivaled talent, you can indeed become familiar with all the parameters of this new racket in the shortest time, and then adjust all your techniques to adapt to it. But don't forget that a brand new racket brings not only an adaptation process, but also new technologies and new details that match this racket.
For example, the Great Python Turn technology requires a sufficiently sticky rubber to be able to be used.
Therefore, what Wang Chao has to face is not just technical adjustment, but also many problems such as technological deformation, technological development, and technological innovation.
The effect he is currently producing with superconductors is far inferior to Super Luo.
But this racket is more suitable for him, so as long as he fully masters it, the upper limit of this racket will definitely be higher than Super Luo.
Since you don't have time to get familiar with it, get familiar with it on World Table Tennis Championships.
Since the number of World Table Tennis Championships games is limited, try to play as many rounds as possible in each game.
Topspin is the simplest, and stalemate and pull are also the least technical. It does not help Wang Chao become familiar with the most detailed aspects of this racket, so Wang Chao does not attack at all.
——This is what Wang Chao really thinks.
He is warming up, and through bumping the ball one after another, he is getting more and more passionate about this racket. As his opponents become stronger, his control will become better and better. This is a perfect step-by-step process.
And when he truly understood the racket and connected it with blood like his extended arm, he could truly face Luo Jiu.
On the second day of the competition, the Men's Singles competition started.
The opening match of Men's Singles chosen by the organizer did not involve Chinese table tennis players, but Hungarian veteran Wex versus Sakura Country youngster Utada Seiya.
Wex is ranked 47th in the world, not among the top 32 seed players, while Utada Seiya is ranked outside 200. The gap between the two seems huge, but in fact it is just because Wex is 32 years old and has participated in many competitions, while Utada Seiya is a 19-year-old who just debuted at the beginning of this year and has only participated in two open tournaments. He has not yet had the opportunity to accumulate points.
In the first round, where there was a general disparity in strength, the two were actually a rare pair of equally matched opponents, and the organizers put a lot of effort into finding such a group of players, which not only gave the host Hungarian Table Tennis Association face, but also ensured that the opening match would not be too one-sided.
In the end, the two played a full seven games. In the eyes of the Chinese table tennis coaches, the game scene can be described as "brave and foolhardy, rookies pecking each other, miserable and a complete mess."
But the audience at the scene bought it because they thought the match was grand (meaning that players from both sides like to retreat to the middle to hedge), the score was close (meaning everyone made mistakes in the turn system, one came one at a time), the style of play was violent (meaning the players on both sides were rough in style and didn't like to play with technique, and used brute force when they came up), and full of passion (meaning that players from both sides would cheer and run around the court after winning).
The most important thing is that the winner is Wex.
As the saying goes, a dog is not too poor, and a son is not too ugly. Although Wex did not play well, as the host player, he still received countless enthusiastic cheers from his home fans and left the field with his hands raised. It can be said that the atmosphere of the opening game was fully enhanced.
In the fourth round in the morning, Luo Jiu played. Coincidentally, his opponent was also player Sakura Country, named Hoshikawa Mizuki. He is 21 years old and ranked 98th in the world.
Sakura Country has made great progress in table tennis in recent years. The general characteristics of these young players are fast speed, strong momentum, and unwillingness to admit defeat. The same is true for Hoshikawa Mizuki. Although he is facing Luo Jiu, he is not afraid at all. When he comes out, his eyes are filled with murderous intent, no fear, only excitement and expectation. He is probably thinking about how he will become famous after defeating Luo Jiu.
However, the reality is cruel. He was killed by Luo Jiu 4:0 in just 23 minutes.
Hoshikawa Mizuki has a very good mentality and game experience. In fact, he can be regarded as a good prospect among the new generation of players in Sakura Country. Even though he lost miserably, he did not give up until he lost the last ball. He still shouted loudly and tried every means to score.
During the game, he also made many small actions such as wiping sweat, running, tying shoelaces, throwing the ball multiple times, delaying the serve, etc. It can be seen that there must be countless thoughts running through his mind, trying to tear a hole in Luo Jiu's body.
If he had faced Luo Jiu at any time in the past, he would actually have had a chance to score more points, because Luo Jiu himself is free-spirited and free-spirited in character. He does not feel so bitter when playing, and he even has a sense of fun under his huge advantage. This is his nature. He has been criticized many times by Cai Guodong, but he still has a playful smile and refuses to change despite repeated admonitions.
But this time Luo Jiu is a pure god of murder. He wants to build up his momentum step by step, so how can he tolerate these ants blocking his way?
Therefore, Hoshikawa Mizuki, which resisted extremely strongly, ended up being extremely miserable.
The first game 11:4 was a normal performance, the second game 11:2 was a struggle to resist but was forcibly suppressed, the third game 11:1 was a struggle in a desperate situation with a little bit of luck, and the last game 11:0 was a real fire from Luo Jiu.
"I just want to build momentum. You keep jumping, jumping, jumping all over the place. Do you want to ruin my rhythm? Then I have to shoot you to death. Is the bald head enough?" - that's probably what he meant.
And until this afternoon, Men's Singles, who belongs to Wang Chao, also came in the first round. His opponent was an unknown player named the Peacock Country. He was ranked outside 200 in the world. He was a three-no product with weak strength, low ranking, and poor mentality.
But Wang Chao played six games with this three-no player, and in the end the score was the same as the mixed doubles, another 4:2.
By this time, the outside fishing boats were already a little subtle.
After all, in mixed doubles, you can still say that there is a problem with coordination, or there is an quarrel with your partner, because everyone still remembers that Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan was separated for a month in August.
But singles play... this is the most basic thing, a basic skill. Judging from the strength that Wang Chao has shown, even if he plays with nothing but instinct, he will not be like this when facing such a weak chicken.
Therefore, there is only one possibility: Wang Chao is hiding his strength.
This is very controversial.
Rohlskov spoke publicly that evening, dissing Huaping.
"In the past, Chinese table tennis players always went all out in any competition and won the respect of the world. But now I want to ask, when did Chinese table tennis players start to take pleasure in teasing their opponents in the game?"
"If a player who is recognized as a very strong player suddenly plays very poorly without any physical injury or competitive condition problems, is it possible for the organizer to ban him for 'match-fixing' or 'disrespect of the game'?"
"And those players who were defeated by the Chinese table tennis players with poor performances. You once thought that you really had a chance to win, but in the end you found out that the other party was just teasing you and deliberately playing with your emotions. Wouldn't you be angry because of this? When something like this happens, shouldn't you stand up and say no loudly?"
It has to be said that Rohlskov Gonghuo still has his own skills. He thinks that he is very accurate in grasping the mentality of the players.
However, he misjudged the circumstances.
The Hungarian pair who lost to Tang Dynasty Combination 2:4 did not intend to stand up, nor did they have any anger, because they were proud of their defeat and had become heroes. If they stand up now and admit that Wang Chao was teasing them, it would be equivalent to denying their efforts to win the two games.
Lilith and Kazik are even less likely to come forward because Lilith and Wang Chao and Tang Yuanyuan are both friends, and Kazik listens to her words.
Even the Peacock Country's Sanwu Men's Singles players didn't say a word, because the Peacock Country's Asans are not used to being the first ones and only like to follow others to take advantage. He waited for a long time and didn't wait for the two pairs of mixed doubles players to come forward, so he gave up.
After a night of fermentation, on the morning of the third day of the competition, Cai Guodong gave a brief response. "Stop jumping around, it's meaningless. Even if Wang Chao doesn't participate, the champion will not be German."
This was said very rudely, almost like breaking up, because the coaching staff was really annoyed by Rohlskov. He had been sarcastic and sarcastic for many years. Everyone just thought he was jealous, and considering that he was really bullied, they tolerated it.
But this time he jumped out to fight, but he made it clear that he wanted to take down Wang Chao, which was a bit unbearable. After all, as we all know, this time World Table Tennis Championships, everyone was waiting to see the peak showdown between the fellow disciples.
You killed one of the protagonists, what do you want us to watch?
Rohlskov was really angry. He spoke publicly again and responded, "World Table Tennis Championships is not an open competition. The champion may not be your Huaping."
Cai Guodong replied, "Could it be from your Germany?"
Rohlskov dared to name anyone, he continued to emphasize, "It doesn't have to be Huaping's anyway."
Cai Guodong: "Haha."