During the break between games, Wang Chao and Luo Jiu miraculously maintained exactly the same posture: chewing bananas in their mouths, eyes closed, heads lowered, fingers gently pressing their temples, motionless.
Many fans at the scene speculated whether this was some kind of unique self-regulation secret technique of He Jingping's disciples. They filmed the two people's movements and planned to go back and study them carefully to learn from the foreigners and use their skills to defeat the foreigners.
But in fact, the two of them were just thinking intensively.
Luo Jiu just got a glimpse of Wang Chao's playing style in the next game, and he wanted to take this time to think about how to deal with it.
Wang Chao accidentally spied on how the next game was played by Luo Jiu. He wanted to think about whether there was any way to use the game to counterattack.
But in the end neither side came up with anything.
Because the two of them knew the basics, even if they had a little bit of hidden tricks, they had tested them out in the first two games. By this time, both sides were basically playing their cards right.
When information is too transparent and hard power is too close, there is no possibility of winning by surprise.
Therefore, in the eyes of the two of them, the final outcome of this game cannot escape the word "loss".
The referee blows the whistle, the players take the field, and the third game begins.
Wang Chao is indeed an expected super high throw serve.
He knew that Luo Jiu did not fake, but he still took the trouble to fake when serving. This time he deliberately made a reverse wrist turn when the racket touched the ball.
He knew that Luo Jiu would definitely notice this small detail, and he hoped that Luo Jiu would feel that his serve contained reverse side spin, but in fact, this reverse wrist rotation was a fake action.
The so-called fake action does not necessarily mean adding hidden actions behind a simple action to complicate it.
It can also work the other way around.
He made the moves very complicated, but in fact what he served was a simple ball, and the hidden moves behind were just feints. If Luo Jiu took his fake moves seriously, there would be problems.
This is called reality and imaginary, and imaginary and real.
But Luo Jiu still made an accurate judgment and was not misled. He also rubbed the ball back with the simplest gesture.
However, the landing point of this ball is not near the center of the table. This is because the ball sent by Wang Chao spins too much and is too powerful. It is inherently more difficult for him to control it than a regular serve.
Wang Chao directly lifted the board with forehand and made a sudden move on the table.
Picking is gambling, either you die or I die. Wang Chao released his winning hand. Luo Jiu couldn't keep up. He just took a step back and raised his hand to fish for it. He didn't catch it and was directly beaten to death.
1:0, Wang Chao leads.
Wang Chao hit the high toss again, and the action was still very fancy, but this time he really changed the direction of the rubber friction at the last moment, turning the ball that seemed to spin right into a left spin.
However, no matter how true or false he was, Luo Jiu was not fooled and once again knocked the ball back steadily.
But the landing point and height are still not satisfactory.
Of course, Wang Chao chose to take the initiative on the stage, and it was another fierce challenge.
Luo Jiu had some expectations this time. The moment Wang Chao raised his arm to pick up the ball, he immediately put the racket upright and punched it forward from a certain angle.
But he was in vain.
His retort certainly took into account Wang Chao's daily habit of picking fights on the stage. However, after he used this method to score two points in the first game, Wang Chao changed his daily habit and did not give Luo Jiu any chance to predict.
2:0, Wang Chao scored again.
Luo Jiu gets the right to serve.
He thought for a moment and also threw a high ball, but it was not as high as Wang Chao.
There's nothing we can do about it.
After all, the preparation focus of both sides before the game is different. Wang Chao can throw the ball higher than the ordinary lob, so he must have practiced it, but Luo Jiu is following the script at the moment, but he relies on basic skills.
Of course, this does not affect the effect of his high throw.
Because the fundamental significance of the high throw in this round is not complicated, it is purely to improve the quality of the serve.
The higher the quality of the serve, the more difficult it will be for the opponent to catch the ball, and the more difficult it will be to accurately control the landing point of the ball. This is a conspiracy to gain the initiative in attacking for yourself. You are playing a clear card and do not need to cover it up.
In fact, the reason why other professional players seldom lob in the main game is not that they don't know how to lob, but that their technical stability and control are insufficient. High-Toss Serve itself is difficult. If you don't do it well, not only will you not be able to produce high quality, but you may also commit suicide. It is a double-edged sword with high risks and high returns.
However, in the two Microscopic Precision level players Wang Chao and Luo Jiu, high risks do not exist, only high returns are real.
The effect of Wang Chao in catching the ball is slightly better than that of Luo Jiu. The ball basically lands at a closer point and at a lower height. Although it cannot be said to be impeccable, at least Luo Jiu does not have the opportunity to challenge on the court.
Luo Jiu can only swing back.
Wang Chao continues to swing back.
So the ball turned into a short fight inside the table.
After seven rounds, Wang Chao found an opportunity and challenged the opponent on the stage.
But this time he didn't do anything violent.
It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he can't.
Their on-stage fighting is more detailed than that of anyone else in the world. The reason is that their styles and feel are so close that they are like an ultra-high-precision and absolutely balanced scale. Even if you put a hair on either side, it can break the balance.
Therefore, Wang Chao's slight laxity in catching the ball seven rounds ago was also keenly caught by Luo Jiu. Luo Jiu can add a little more side spin force than Wang Chao every time it swings short, while Wang Chao can only resist it and cannot create side spin in turn.
So after seven rounds, Luo Jiu only caught the ball a little too high due to a decline in concentration, but the spin on the ball was still there.
In a sense, Wang Chao's challenge only found a way to break the current stalemate, but it was far from seizing the offensive initiative.
Because of this, when he challenged, Luo Jiu immediately took half a step back, and in turn made a direct forehand charge, pulling out a very high-quality forward loop ball, and actually wanted to directly counterattack the guest.
Wang Chao chooses to retreat and pull.
Luo Jiu pull again.
Wang Chao also pulls again.
If this ball had been placed in the first game, the two of them would have changed their moves long ago, but until now, although they did not say it explicitly, they both had the same idea in their hearts: wait for the other party to change their moves first.
Changing moves requires thinking, and maintaining them only requires instinct. Both of them know that their physical strength is enough, but their mental strength is not enough, so they save what they can.
But after six consecutive pulls, Luo Jiu still took the initiative to choose a different move.
It's not that he wants to change, it's that he finds that he can't stand it in this stalemate.
Why?
Because for things like looping the ball, although the technical content is not too high, because both sides are exerting their full strength, the intensity of the ball itself is high enough, so keeping track of the ball is a matter that consumes a lot of concentration. Although he can not take the initiative to change, he must guard against Wang Chao suddenly changed his moves, or Wang Chao suddenly exploded with 100% of his strength to hit hard. He was even more afraid that one of his balls would go too far, which would give Wang Chao a chance to use Great Python Turn.
Of course he knows that the pressure Wang Chao faces is no less than himself, and it also requires a lot of concentration. Especially if his basic skills are slightly ahead of the opponent, then Wang Chao's consumption will be even greater than his own.
But the problem is that he really can't use up Wang Chao in terms of energy.
Not only because Wang Chao spent too much energy in the first two games, but also because he is indeed a veteran and has a natural disadvantage in this regard.
So Luo Jiu gritted his teeth, bit the bullet, faced the whizzing ball, and cut a board hard in the middle.
The ball was cut very skillfully, floated and turned, not flying very fast, but its trajectory was almost a horizontal line.
In fact, if a player cuts the ball sideways, it will not be able to cut a horizontal trajectory anyway, because on the vertical plane, the ball will only be subject to one force, which is the resistance of the wind. The wind resistance will naturally form an arc under the influence of the rotation of the ball itself.
But the horizontal plane is very special, because in addition to being affected by wind resistance, the ball is also affected by gravity at all times. Therefore, as long as the player makes the ball fly forward at an angle slightly higher than the horizontal line when cutting the ball, and cooperates with the rotation of the ball and the effects of wind resistance, a perfect balance can be achieved.
The ball cut in this way is not only beautiful, but also very difficult to catch, because the power on the ball is too subtle. It looks like a gentle breeze blowing on the water, but in fact the ball not only spins at high speed, but also its forward speed is not constant during the entire flight.
To resolve this kind of ball, the requirements for hand feel are extremely high.
In fact, in the history of table tennis competitions, once such long-distance straight balls cut through the middle table are scored, they can be directly classified as "super balls".
Of course, the more difficult the ball is to catch, the harder it is to hit it. Luo Jiu All this is actually a risk. He was forced to have no choice but to forcefully release the winning hand, which is equivalent to offering something new again. He and Wang Chao want to compete with each other's Microscopic Precision level feel at a new level.
Seeing this ball, Wang Chao really felt a headache.
He himself has hit many super shots in the past, so he knows more about how difficult it is to catch such shots.
He did not intend to respond to Luo Jiu's invitation, but took his position in advance and directly pulled a high loop.
This is tantamount to showing weakness.
Among all topspin shots, the lob loop is without exception a bad choice when catching the ball. Its only advantage is that it is very versatile. Basically, most of the balls that are uncertain can be caught like this, and it is very likely to be fooled.
For example, this is the case when Tang Yuanyuan and Wang Chao are playing in mixed pairs. Once she encounters a ball that she is not confident about catching, she will directly step back from the stage and pull up the loop, regardless of whether the opponent will pick up the ball. She will catch the ball safely first.
As soon as Wang Chao showed weakness, Luo Jiu immediately took two quick steps forward and made a fierce charge.
Wang Chao blocked.
Luo Jiu exploded again.
Wang Chao blocks again.
Luo Jiu charged forward for the third time and penetrated Wang Chao's defense.
1:2, Luo Jiu regained one point.
In fact, the spectators of this game are still a little dissatisfied. They have watched the first two games and know that these two people have super strong defense, so they feel that Wang Chao should not be beaten to death by the opponent's three boards.
They didn't mind if the two of them played 16 or 17 boards casually.
That's because they didn't know that the two of them had already destroyed each other's balance in the previous stalemate, and when the super ball came out from the side, Wang Chao was forced to pull up, and his momentum was already weakened. At this time, Luo Jiu's explosive charge from the three boards with 100% power, it would be damned if he could still block it.
After all, even Luo Jiu, who had taken the initiative, was already in ruins. Three consecutive full-strength attacks were already Luo Jiu's limit. If he still couldn't kill Wang Chao, he would have to die on his own.
In short, after the ball was played, the audience applauded thunderously as usual, but Luo Jiu's expression was a little serious, even a little gloomy.
Because it is obvious that the trend of this round has been very unfavorable.
Wang Chao's two points were easy to score, but his one point came with a lot of hard work.
The most important thing is that in Wang Chao's serving round, he has a clear advantage point, but in his own serving round, his advantage point is quite subtle, almost non-existent. He tried his best to display eighteen kinds of martial arts, and finally turned this advantage into a victory.
"If the fight continues like this, I won't be able to hold on..."
Luo Jiu continued to serve, still a high throw, but this time he also made a fake move like Wang Chao.
He knew that Wang Chao was unlikely to be deceived by a fake move, just as Wang Chao also knew that Luo Jiu was unlikely to be deceived by a fake move, but they still made the same choice, with only one purpose: to consume the other's brain power.
Even a little bit is good.
After all, when I take the initiative to make false moves, I don't need to use my brain, but you need to observe, need feedback, and make judgments, so you must use your brain.
Even if this level of thinking is easy for you, it would be good to have a little more.
The so-called war of attrition starts from this bit by bit.
Luo Jiu served a long backspin ball.
Wang Chao Lift the board directly and pull it up to lift it high.
Pulling the lob at this time is also a calculation, because now the new ball has just started, his foot plate is stable and in good condition. If Luo Jiu wants to take the opportunity to rush forward, even if he uses his full strength, he will not be able to kill himself with three boards.
This is considered a small bait.
Of course, Luo Jiu would not bite such a low-level hook. He chose to charge with seven points of strength, taking the initiative first without destroying the balance.
Wang Chao did not follow him, but took two steps back. It was also a long side cut from the center, and it also cut out a long ball that flew horizontally.
The difficulty of all this is much lower than Luo Jiu's side cut just now, because Luo Jiu was forced to control it in a hurry, while Wang Chao is now in full condition.
But again, the side cut at this time poses much less threat to Luo Jiu. Luo Jiu did not hesitate to take a step forward and made another fierce forehand charge.
In order to avoid backspin, only three parts of the force of this punch are forward, but seven parts are upward.
Wang Chao had already returned to the stage, holding up his racket to fight hard.
Luo Jiu raised the racket almost at the same time and counterattacked.
This time Wang Chao was beaten to death again.
2:2.
The audience applauded wildly. They understood. Now Luo Jiu seemed to have guessed Wang Chao's pushing and blocking habits correctly again.
The right to serve returned to the hands of Wang Chao. He smiled, a little helpless and a little impressed.
Of course he can adjust his hitting habits at will, but he is still a human being after all, not a machine, so he needs to remind himself all the time in order to change his daily habits. If he hits the ball based on instinct and subconsciousness, the ball he hits will still follow the original habits.
Luo Jiu After scoring two points in a row in the first game, he tried it intermittently several times, but he made a mistake every time. Logically speaking, he should have given up.
So Wang Chao relaxed his vigilance this time.
But Luo Jiu didn't even change his posture and did it again.
This time, Wang Chao really didn't figure it out. Was the senior brother deceived, or did he really predict his prediction, or was he simply lucky and brave?
In any case, it was not easy to tie the score in this game. After all, I planned to start a counterattack in this game.
He thought and threw the ball high.
In his serving round, he does have a unique advantage.
Because Luo Jiu is obviously not used to his serve, he will give him a better chance.
And he also has considerable initiative and choice when it comes to attacking in the arena.
He can choose a violent challenge or a light challenge, and he can make a decision at the last moment when he touches the ball, but Luo Jiu must make a good judgment at the beginning, retreat or not?
If you encounter a violent challenge and refuse to back down, you will be killed directly.
If you encounter a sudden challenge and retreat, you can also gain a greater advantage.
If you encounter a slight challenge and retreat, it will also be a big advantage, because the balance of Luo Jiu will be destroyed a lot.
Only if you challenge lightly and refuse to retreat will you lose any advantage.
This is a multiple-choice question that you can take advantage of even with your eyes closed.
Wang Chao does not consider the possibility of Luo Jiu's in-table gambling, because from now on, he will ensure that he is 100% vigilant, and there will not be any cricket kill that Luo Jiu is familiar with.
He is still young, only 18 years old. He "rested" well in the first two games, so from now on, he has a natural advantage and can start chasing points.