Luo Jiu directly used 70% of the force in the forehand arc.
Lin Zijun used his strength perfectly to block a super-fast turning ball.
Luo Jiu didn't retreat at all, because he could keep up with the speed of the ball and played another one.
Lin Zijun fights again.
Luo Jiu took a step back, slowed down the ball, and pulled out a super spinning ball.
Lin Zijun fights again.
Luo Jiu struck with all his strength with his backhand, and his whole arm was thrown out like a spring. Then he didn't even look at Lin Zijun's movements and stepped back directly.
The ball was so fast that it was hard to see with the naked eye, but Lin Zijun still fought back.
However, the ball was hit very squarely, but Luo Jiu had already taken two steps back in advance, still perfectly caught the trajectory of the ball, and pulled a strong looping ball in the middle with a forehand.
This ball hit a total of 17 boards. In the end, Lin Zijun seized the opportunity and hit the ball to a blind corner that Luo Jiu couldn't take care of, scoring one point.
3:1.
Luo Jiu has not changed his playing style.
He still attacked with all his strength, allowing Lin Zijun to take advantage of it perfectly, so the ball hit faster and faster, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten boards passed. Many fans at the scene were dazzled and shouted that they were enjoying themselves, but they couldn't help but frown and express their incomprehension.
Because they think this style of play is the same as Lin Zijun playing Hook in July.
At that time, Lin Zijun had already proved that no one could kill himself with a strong attack.
There are many strange factors that can kill Lin Zijun, such as rhythm, technology, changes, rotation, psychology, etc., but pure power and speed are not included.
So, what exactly is Luo Jiu doing?
Are you actively seeking death?
Or just don't believe in evil?
They saw that the score began to tilt toward Lin Zijun.
3:2.
3:3.
3:4.
3:5.
Lin Zijun chased four points in one breath and overtook Luo Jiu.
The audience was anxious, but Luo Jiu was not. He still played like this, but his strength became stronger and his speed became faster. Miraculously, the score did not rise unilaterally.
4:5.
4:6.
4:7.
5:7.
5:8.
5:9.
6:9.
7:9.
Seeing this, the fans at the scene are actually okay, because after all, they mostly support Lin Zijun. They just don't understand Luo Jiu's intentions, but they are very satisfied with the trend of the game.
But in Qin Huachang's live broadcast room, a large number of Chinese viewers had already seen it, their hearts were about to jump out, and they started to curse with impatient eyes.
Qin Zhenyu was also very worried. He was originally sitting on the chair next to Qin Huachang and doing field control on the computer in front of him, but now he stood up and walked to his father, ready to send his father who had a heart attack to the hospital at any time.
"Are you so anxious?" Qin Huachang couldn't help it. He laughed and cursed at the audience in the live broadcast room, then turned to look at his son. "Go back, what are you doing? Do you think I look nervous?"
Qin Zhenyu remained silent.
In fact, he also found it very strange. With his father's psychological quality, in the past, when his players casually lost two points, they would look like they wanted to rush forward and play in person. But today, Luo Jiu suddenly fell ill and was directly beaten by Lin Zijun in a big advantage situation. Why did his father seem to be very calm instead?
He thought he knew his father very well, and he could see that Qin Huachang was not pretending to be calm, but was really relaxed.
"Give me a reasonable explanation and I will go back." Qin Zhenyu said firmly.
Qin Huachang is very helpless.
He actually didn't want to make it too clear, because his live broadcast room was filled with too many foreign fans, so when some words were said, it was easy for people to think that Huaping was too exaggerated, which was contrary to Huaping's strong but low-key image in the world.
But when my son asked a question, I had to tell him.
So he asked, "Didn't you notice that Luo Jiu's score was stable?"
He asked again, "Don't you notice that Luo Jiu's connection is getting smoother and smoother?
He asked again, "Didn't you realize that Luo Jiu is still hiding his moves?"
Qin Zhenyu is very depressed. He is not in the table tennis circle, he is just a layman. At most, he played a few times with the uncle in the community when he was developing his hobbies as a child. He lost completely, cried very sadly, and never touched a racket again. How do you ask him to answer such a professional question now?
He could only use his ultimate trick. "If you don't explain quickly, I may have to restart the router."
Qin Huachang sighed, "Luo Jiu just changed the racket and scored, right?"
Qin Zhenyu nodded.
"But in the next dozen or so balls he played, he never changed faces. Do you know what this means?"
Qin Zhenyu sneered, his eyes full of threats, and then took two steps towards the router. The meaning was obvious: Are you sure you still want to ask me for a question and answer? Rather than confess quickly?
Qin Huachang could only continue, "Obviously, Lin Zijun can't deal with this move. Lin Zijun doesn't have a perverted talent like Wushuang. He is invincible in terms of speed, but his judgment is not invincible at all. It was the first time he saw Luo Jiu use this move today. It is impossible for him to adapt to this new element in this game."
"If Luo Jiu wants to win, he only needs to change sides frequently when attacking, which will make Lin Zijun make various mistakes in judging the spin and ball trajectory, and he can win in minutes. But Luo Jiu doesn't need to, he just relies on frontal attacks, which means he is still taking the opportunity to practice."
"He has a way to end Lin Zijun, and he is already invincible, so why should he end the game quickly? Why not take advantage of this opportunity to practice your strong attack ability?"
Qin Huachang paused for a moment, thought about it, and said the last sentence, "You have to understand that although he is fighting Lin Zijun now, his imaginary enemy has always been Sun Tianlong."
Qin Zhenyu was stunned for a moment. "But Lin Zijun is the best in defense in the world."
Qin Huachang glanced sideways at him and sneered, "Who said that?"
Many people say that Lin Zijun is the number one defense player in the world today, but from the very beginning, Qin Huachang disagreed.
He also believes that in Luo Jiu's mind, the real number one in defense in the world is not Lin Zijun, but Sun Tianlong.
The whole world only remembers that Lin Zijun defeated Hook in July this year, but they forget that last year when Hook was at its peak attack power, Sun Tianlong also defeated Hook.
The reason why Lin Zijun seems to be more defensive is because he defends Hook aggressively, while Dragon Team looks shaky.
But what competitive sports want is the final outcome, and the process can actually be misleading in many cases.
Lin Zijun's defense is inelastic. If you can block it, you win. If you can't block it, you lose. He is like a pond, the water is very shallow and you can see through it at a glance.
Sun Tianlong's defense is flexible. He can not only defend against Super Speed and super power like Hook, but also super technology and super changes like Wang Chao. He can even defend against anyone who comes up with something new in the future.
It is as wide as the sea and has no bottom.
In fact, here is an example that is easy to visually compare.
Hook's power and speed are much greater than Luo Jiu, but now, everyone knows that Luo Jiu is Number One Attacker in the World.
This shows that pure power and speed don't actually mean anything.
So, why can Lin Zijun, the fastest player in the world, become the best defender in the world just by virtue of his speed?
Offense is compared to overall ability, and defense is actually the same.
Sun Tianlong does not have the abnormal speed of Lin Zijun, but he has better adaptability to face the opponent's various changes, rotations, fake moves, and even strange moves such as racket changes. He should be the No. 1 defensive player in the world.
In seven years, he blocked various targeted attacks from countless masters. He was studied from beginning to end, but he still stood firm. The most important factor in this was not his attack power, but his defense power.
"Luo Jiu knows that his skills are not as comprehensive as Sun Tianlong's, and his skills on the table are not as good as Sun Tianlong's. If he faced Sun Tianlong, he would not be able to get the opportunity to attack as easily as he did with Lin Zijun. Therefore, before the game is over, he must continue to strengthen his individual abilities, and the only thing he can continue to strengthen is his frontal attack power."
"He hopes that when he encounters Sun Tianlong in the future, he can seize the only offensive opportunity and penetrate Sun Tianlong's defense every time he attacks to ensure the efficiency of the attack."
Qin Zhenyu said blankly, "What about Wang Chao?"
Qin Huachang shook his head. "Wang Chao is different."
Qin Zhenyu asked, "Why?"
Qin Huachang, who had always been confident, hesitated for a moment, then frowned, and said with some uncertainty, "Their technical and tactical systems are the same, and even their playing styles are the same, so it's really hard to guess... I've been observing their games, and until now, I don't know who is the attacker and who is the defender, and I'm even less clear about what other cards they have hidden that I don't know about."
Qin Zhenyu showed a surprised expression.
He had never heard such unconfident words from his father.
"Can't you even see through it? "Qin Zhenyu couldn't help but ask.
"Do you think I'm a god? "Qin Huachang sneered, "One was the number one in talent seven years ago, and the other is the number one in talent seven years later. These are two out-and-out monsters..."
Luo Jiu lost the third game at 9:11.
But after the game, he was extremely calm. During the break, He Jingping didn't give him any unnecessary instructions, just asking him to cheer up.
On the contrary, Sun Tianlong, who was sitting behind He Jingping, had a strange expression.
In the first game, Sun Tianlong took the initiative to give He Jingping advice and told him the best way for Luo Jiu to beat Lin Zijun. At that time, he thought that Luo Jiu just wanted to win the game, so he actively gave advice.
But of course he understands now. It turns out that Luo Jiu has always used Lin Zijun as a whetstone.
The most interesting thing is that Luo Jiu's imaginary enemy is actually himself, not Wang Chao.
After all, Wang Chao does not have as abnormal defense power as Lin Zijun, and Wang Chao's defense mode is completely different from Lin Zijun.
"So, he is already studying Olympic Games's opponent in advance?"
This makes Sun Tianlong's mood a little subtle, and he doesn't know whether to mock Luo Jiu's arrogance or praise Luo Jiu's confidence.
He just silently made a decision: after World Table Tennis Championships returns, he will temporarily hang up the position of acting coach and conduct special training in seclusion for more than a month.
After a short break, the fourth game started.
Luo Jiu is still an ordinary frontal attack. He exerts all his strength and plays the ball like crazy. Lin Zijun's defense is also abnormal. The two sides are in a head-to-head confrontation with sparks flying. But looking at the score, it has changed from the previous game.
Luo Jiu is actually vaguely tied with Lin Zijun.
1:1.
2:2.
3:3.
4:4.
8:8.
9:9.
10:10.
It seems evenly matched, but in fact the mentality of both sides has changed greatly.
Luo Jiu became more and more excited as he fought, because he could feel that the intensity of his attack was increasing.
Lin Zijun, however, became more and more frightened as he fought. He had always thought that his defensive ability was not afraid of any strong attack, but today he discovered that he could defend against Hook, but he could not defend against Luo Jiu, which was slower and smaller than Hook.
The reason is that Luo Jiu's offense not only has speed and power, but also has various endless changes.
Lin Zijun is not afraid of simple changes because he has strong judgment.
Lin Zijun is not afraid of pure speed, because he is faster.
But when the speed and power are strong enough, coupled with enough complex changes, Lin Zijun finds that he can't handle this intensity.
He can use his racket to accurately catch every ball hit by Luo Jiu every time, but he cannot guarantee that he will hit the ball perfectly. Many times, the ball will fly uncontrollably in other directions when it collides with the racket.
He cannot perfectly balance multiple factors such as "footstep movement", "rotation judgment", "space judgment", and "strength judgment" in such a short period of time. What's more, Luo Jiu also has many fake moves interspersed in it, which will be missed if you are not careful.
The game was extremely close, with the final score rising to 17:15, and Lin Zijun was almost defeated.
The score of the game at this time is 2:2. Regardless of the big score or the small score, both sides are evenly matched.
But Lin Zijun and Luo Jiu knew in their hearts that the game was over.
When Luo Jiu used the clumsiest way to break through Lin Zijun's only signature tactic, there was no possibility of any surprises in the following games.
Lin Zijun lost the game 2:4 in the end. He didn't play well in the fifth and sixth games, especially in the sixth game, and he even wanted to give up. This was not because of his poor mentality, but because his reason told him that there was really no point in playing this game anymore.
So he took the initiative to let go, passively competed, and begged for death.
He doesn't want to practice ball with Luo Jiu.
If you must choose someone to support between Luo Jiu and Wang Chao, Lin Zijun will of course choose his peer and good friend Wang Chao.
But at the moment when he actually lost the last ball, Lin Zijun also knew clearly in his heart that Luo Jiu was probably invincible.
Because Wang Chao's attack power cannot penetrate itself.
But Luo Jiu can.
The power of Wang Chao is not as good as Luo Jiu, and the sustained explosive power is not as good as Luo Jiu.
The racket of Wang Chao does not have such strange dual attributes as Luo Jiu.
Even Luo Jiu has practiced the double-sided looping ball attack system with no blind spots in Taiwan for seven more years than Wang Chao.
How to win Wang Chao?
At this time, all the Men's Singles top eight matches have ended. The subsequent matches have been determined based on the previous draw results and will officially start tomorrow morning.
Lin Zijun glanced at the match list immediately after walking out of the field.
Upper half: Luo Jiu vs Pike, Lin Li vs Fan Xiaodong.
Lower half: Wang Chao vs Arul, Hook vs Michel.