Before the fifth game started, Wang Chao actually remembered something.
Yesterday, the three masters and apprentices had dinner together in the restaurant, which was photographed by many media. Even a joke between him and Luo Jiu was misinterpreted with multiple meanings, and they even came to the funny conclusion that "China Table Tennis is about to be in civil strife."
But in fact, he did have a relatively sensitive conversation with Luo Jiu yesterday, but those words were said on the way back and were not photographed.
At that time, Luo Jiu joked with him, "Junior brother, have you noticed that the silver medal is actually more beautiful than the gold medal? You see, gold is so tacky, not to mention it is a gold-plated card... Why don't you lose to me? I will give you a piece of pure gold when you get back."
Wang Chao also laughed, "If I really let myself go, wouldn't Senior Brother feel that the victory is too weak?"
Luo Jiu shook his head repeatedly. "No, no, I don't have high demands. I just want to win. Who cares how I win... Then you agreed?"
Wang Chao shook his head. "If I meet Brother Long, I will give up, but if I meet you, senior brother, I won't."
Luo Jiu was obviously surprised. "Why?"
"Because... I have sworn an oath." Wang Chao hesitated for a moment and did not explain in detail. He only said, "My oath at that time was that in the future, as long as Brother Long appears in any arena, I will unconditionally avoid it."
Luo Jiu didn't say anything for a long time. It wasn't until he was about to walk back to the hotel that he asked, "What will Olympic Games do next?"
Wang Chao shook his head. "I don't know... if I really encounter it, I will accept my fate."
"Don't worry." Luo Jiu told him seriously, "Brother Long will never accept this kind of victory."
It was just some everyday jokes, but Wang Chao still saw his senior brother's obsession with this World Table Tennis Championships gold medal.
Luo Jiu is a big talker, he usually talks indiscriminately and likes to make random jokes. Everyone in Huaping knows this, but Wang Chao knows that the senior brother is actually prouder than anyone else in his heart.
For such a proud person to make such a half-true joke to himself at such a sensitive time, there may not necessarily be some sincerity in it.
This shows that Luo Jiu has no confidence in the finals.
It also shows that in order to win the championship, Luo Jiu is actually willing to give up a lot of things, such as his proud heart and his purpose of never accepting fake matches.
Senior brother, he wanted to win too much. This strong emotion even shocked Wang Chao.
Last night Wang Chao was lying in bed, thinking of Luo Jiu, Fan Xiaoxian, and the past events He Jingping had said. He had seriously thought about whether he should let go.
But half an hour later, at midnight at 12:30 in the morning, he suddenly received a text message from Luo Jiu: "Junior brother, I was just joking with you during the day, but please don't take it seriously. If you dare to show off, I will announce the news that you are wearing briefs."
God is wearing briefs!
What man would wear briefs?
Wang Chao was lying on the bed and rolled his eyes. He couldn't laugh or cry, but he also felt quietly relieved.
He knew that the senior brother was still proud after all. This kind of pride was infiltrated in his bones, innate and indelible.
No matter how much pressure or expectations there are from the outside world, it is impossible to truly crush a proud person's always upright spine.
So the senior brother must have been tossing and turning in bed until midnight before finally seeing his heart clearly and sending such a message.
"So, should I release the water?"
"No, I'm going to do my best to defeat him."
When the fifth game started, Luo Jiu made a very strange move in full view of everyone.
He directly changed the sides of the racket in his hand, turning it into raw rubber on the front and anti-rubber on the back.
Wang Chao did not immediately understand Luo Jiu's intention, because no matter how you analyze it, the raw rubber on the front is a very strange thing. After all, the forehand position of professional players is always focused on pulling the ball, and raw rubber cannot pull the ball.
If it were to hit others, Luo Jiu's move could be said to be a strange move, but when it came to hitting Wang Chao, the so-called strange moves were mostly just flaws, and those things that looked fresh on the surface were actually full of loopholes from a theoretical perspective.
So Wang Chao still very cautiously sent a high toss followed by a fast Bullet Serve with side topspin.
Luo Jiu chose to step back from the table and pull the ball directly. Because the racket had changed sides, he could only move sideways and chose to pull the ball back with his backhand.
However, the back pull of the billiard ball is naturally not as powerful as Forehand Loop. Wang Chao retreated from the table and directly charged with a forehand. "Pa", the board hit the bottom line of Luo Jiu's forehand position at a wide angle.
Bo Lion used all his strength, Bo Rabbit also used all his strength. Wang Chao hit Luo Jiu's forehand position, but bullied Luo Jiu's forehand raw rubber and was unable to maintain a stalemate.
Luo Jiu really couldn't hold on to the stalemate. Although he hit the ball hard, it flew away.
1:0, Wang Chao scored.
He served again, still with topspin Bullet Serve, straight into the Luo Jiu forehand baseline.
Luo Jiu, who changed sides of his racket, showed an obvious gap in the forehand position, which was simply irreparable. Wang Chao had no idea what he was doing, but this did not prevent him from beating the lost dog.
Luo Jiu chose to hit the forehand and successfully hit the ball, but then Wang Chao hit the forehand again and killed Luo Jiu again.
2:0, Wang Chao continued to score.
There were low cheers in the audience, and no one knew what was going on.
Luo Jiu gets the right to serve.
He stood in the far left corner of the table and chose to use the back of the racket to serve a half-out side backspin.
Wang Chao's first reaction was: If the ball hits the opponent's forehand baseline directly, he will definitely score, because the opponent's position is too close to the backhand.
But then he suddenly froze and realized something was wrong.
"Why is he standing so far to the left? This is obviously unreasonable."
"He doesn't want to win?"
"You don't even want to struggle anymore?"
"But even so, there is no need for him to lose so ugly and leave such an ugly flaw, right?"
"Senior Brother, a smart person like me will never do useless work, so... what exactly does he want to do?"
Wang Chao's mind is so sensitive. Just thinking about this idea for a moment makes his heart tremble slightly.
He suddenly remembered his two battles with Sun Tianlong in March this year.
Isn't Brother Long's position at that time exactly the same as it is now?
So, senior brother is...
Wang Chao accidentally gave up the challenge and instead chose to rub the ball steadily to the bottom line of the opponent's backhand. It looked like he was actively suppressing the opponent's backhand.
Luo Jiu rubbed the ball back with his backhand, diagonally.
Wang Chao directly followed up with Pike, which was of high quality and still aimed at the opponent's backhand bottom line at a wide angle.
Luo Jiu pulls back.
Wang Chao moved sideways, made a forehand burst, and continued to stare at Luo Jiu's backhand baseline.
Luo Jiu took half a step back and made another defensive pull.
At this point, Wang Chao has completely figured out the intention of Luo Jiu.
Because this ball Luo Jiu should not be pulled defensively.
Wang Chao had watched a lot of Luo Jiu's past game videos last year. At the time, Luo Jiu used a double-sided loop ball. Luo Jiu's backhand pull ball was actually It is very powerful, and there is also a reverse pull to kill the board. With the extra force brought by the very tricky side rotation and the forward pressure of the body, he can pull out a very explosive board. However, the connection between this move and the forehand loop was never good, so in the end he was forced to change the rubber and make technical modifications.
But the placement point of Wang Chao's forehand blast just now was very subtle. It happened to be actively feeding the ball to Luo Jiu's backhand arc attack.
If it was Luo Jiu in the past, then this would be the best time to launch a counterattack.
But in the end Luo Jiu chose a defensive reverse pull.
Why did he choose this?
Because facing this kind of ball, Sun Tianlong's response must be a defensive pull.
Wang Chao raised his eyes and saw that the senior brother was in a trance at this time, as if he had turned into Sun Tianlong, standing in the corner of the backhand baseline of the table, looking at him with a smile.
Wang Chao's eyes were a little hot because he already understood.
The senior brother who had a slim chance of victory did not struggle hard and continue to insist, nor did he admit defeat and give up and settle the matter hastily. Instead, he directly switched to another mode. He wanted to use the last two games to give himself a rich gift.
Wang Chao gritted his teeth, facing the ball that was pulled back, and rushed hard. He used a lot of strength, as if to vent the complicated emotions surging in his heart.
Luo Jiu took a step back and pulled the ball back again.
Wang Chao was energized with new energy. He began to attack Luo Jiu's backhand position fiercely. In an instant, all kinds of offensive techniques came out. In just that moment, he had already stared at that point and played more than a dozen boards in one go, finally breaking through Luo Jiu's defense.
3:0.
When Luo Jiu served, he no longer threw it high, but a tight short backspin, and the landing point was close to Wang Chao's forehand.
This is a defensive posture, because Wang Chao is left-handed, so he serves the forehand position closer, making it clear that he will not let Wang Chao take the initiative to challenge, and he also does not want Wang Chao to put the ball too smoothly to his backhand position.
But with Wang Chao's technology, he can naturally force the ball to the opponent's backhand baseline.
Luo Jiu choose backhand pull.
Wang Chao pulls back steadily.
Luo Jiu pull again.
Wang Chao rushes sideways.
Luo Jiu stepped back and cut the board with his backhand.
Wang Chao is also cut.
The offense and defense of both sides began to become more flexible, but no matter how they played, Wang Chao pressed hard on Luo Jiu's backhand position. All the ball landing points were concentrated in the small circular area at a wide angle on the bottom line of the opponent's backhand position.
Luo Jiu launched various counterattacks from the backhand position, trying to disrupt Wang Chao's plan, causing Wang Chao to make forced errors and change the landing point of the ball.
So the ball suddenly became very strange. The landing point of the ball on Wang Chao was all over the place, while the landing point of the ball on Luo Jiu was extremely concentrated.
After watching with wide eyes for a long time, an audience member suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, my God, I have seen this scene before!"
Soon, one after another exclamations sounded in the venue. Obviously, many people thought of the Table Tennis Super League video that shocked the entire European table tennis world in March this year.
"Is he imitating Sun Tianlong?"
"Is he beating him like Sun Tianlong?"
"My God, this scene is almost exactly the same as back then!"
Wang Chao has gone crazy.
He could feel the fatigue in his body, but his physical strength could fully bear it. He attacked that point in different ways, but was hit back with strong counterattacks again and again.
At this time, the game no longer has many brain-burning aspects. Both sides are playing purely basic skills. Therefore, although the scene is still dizzying to watch, both sides actually play with less effort, because the brain is resting and only the body is moving.
In terms of backhand alone, Luo Jiu is actually stronger than Sun Tianlong.
His pure defensive ability is not as good as Sun Tianlong, but he has a backhand to kill the board and is good at exerting force. After all, he is four years younger than Sun Tianlong. When he debuted, crossboard players already emphasized backhand killing, rather than the traditional model of pure backhand defense and forehand power.
So when Wang Chao pressed his backhand position, he could not only defend but also counterattack. He put great pressure on Wang Chao.
Because of this, the game was not one-sided, but with the tacit cooperation of both sides, the score began to rise crosswise. Within twenty minutes, it jumped from the initial 2:0 to 11:11 in one breath.
The game was played for 20 minutes before it was over, which was tiring enough, but the audience did not find it boring, because in essence, the audience could not understand the various calculations behind the high-end professional players. On the contrary, it was easier for them to understand the big scenes. The frantic attack on one point in front of them was like hitting a hard diamond with a heavy hammer. The audience could see it clearly at a glance and watched with excitement.
Naturally, they didn't know that the outcome of the game had already been determined. Instead, they looked at the rising score and felt the increasingly tense atmosphere.
This is just a practice match.
Luo Jiu imitates Sun Tianlong and allows Wang Chao to attack his backhand position.
Because during the break after the fourth game, he figured out a truth: Since you beat me, then take my share and defeat Sun Tianlong.
If you are not sure yet, then I will be your sparring partner!
Are you unwilling?
Of course there is.
But he is proud. Since he lost openly, he can only admit it even if he is unwilling to do so.
Next, it's time for brothers to work together and be powerful.
"Wang Chao, next, we must win against Brother Long..." Luo Jiu pulled back a ball hard, wiped his face with his sleeve, and said silently in his heart.
The biggest climax of this year's World Table Tennis Championships finally arrived after a full hour and twenty minutes. Wang Chao defeated his senior brother with a total score of 4:2, winning the first World Table Tennis Championships championship in his career. He also pushed his Grand Slam plan a step further. Everything was ready, except for the Olympics.
In the last two games of the final, the two played completely like practice matches. Many fans noticed this, but no one booed or cursed. They accepted the result.
Because this game showed unprecedented high quality from beginning to end.
Qin Huachang was silent for a long time in the live broadcast room.
Fan Xiaoxian turned off the live broadcast with red eyes at Jiangcheng City's home.
He Jingping sat in the audience and watched quietly, with no intention of congratulating his beloved disciple.
At this moment, Budapest's arena was filled with noise. Countless media surrounded both sides of the game, and the flashlights almost blinded the players.
In Sequoia Stadium, thousands of miles away, Spade Q is actually winning the first derby of this fall season.
Double happiness, this is indeed a good day worth celebrating, but the two parties involved, the World Table Tennis Championships champion and the runner-up just now, behaved too calmly.
The host asked Wang Chao: "Do you have anything to say?"
Wang Chao didn't say anything official. He thought about it and said seriously, "Brother, thank you."
The host was a little confused, so he handed the microphone to Luo Jiu and said, "Do you have anything to respond to?"
Luo Jiu also thought about it, suddenly laughed, and narrowed his eyes.
He was originally a sunny boy with a bit of fun, but in the past month, in order to gain momentum, he had become quite bitter and resentful. But now that he has lost the game, he has regained his life and said, "Junior brother, are you sincere?"
Wang Chao nodded and said sincerely, "Sincerely."
"Then let's sing a song to express our feelings." Luo Jiu said with a smile, "Come on, World Champion, sing "Thank You" to my friends who are watching the live broadcast. Let's all applaud and walk to encourage my junior brother."
The audience immediately burst into thunderous applause, accompanied by whistles one after another, which is typical of people watching the excitement and not taking it too seriously.
Wang Chao opened his mouth slightly.
(To be honest, I'm not very satisfied with what I wrote, but that's it. Seeing that I'm at least very diligent, let me count the votes, brothers and sisters)