The score is 1:1, Wang Chao gets the right to serve, and the one who receives the ball is Zhen Jing.
Wang Chao threw the ball high, and Zhen Jing's heart hung high just like the ball.
Her body was extremely tense, she twisted her wrist slightly, checked her body activity, and stared at the moment when the Wang Chao racket touched the ball.
She found it really difficult.
The "Superconductor" racket is currently on the market. The first wave of marketing results were good. Fans bought it and bought it one after another because of the name Wang Chao. Then they started shouting that they had been cheated and made a fuss on the forum. They all said that this racket is not for people to play with.
The table tennis associations of various countries, including many individual professional players in Europe, actually quietly bought a piece and went back to do research.
They hope to get a glimpse of some of the mysteries of Wang Chao's personal technical indicators through this special racket.
But after research, professional players also said that this racket is really difficult to use, and it is really difficult to deduce the playing characteristics of Wang Chao from such a weird racket.
Some people ridiculed on the forum: Wang Chao's technical style of play itself is suitable for any style. Even he himself doesn't know how many styles he can play, and you still push back? Do you have any technical theory about this? Do you have this control? You guys have nothing, so you can make some inferences.
Zhen Jing is one of the players studying "superconductors".
She has specialized in mixed doubles in the past year. Because she has Lin Zijun as her partner, she is very ambitious. She knows very well that if she wants to reach the top, she must solve Tang Dynasty Combination, so she has studied World Table Tennis Championships very carefully. Watch all Wang Chao's games, from the initial Wang Chao's mistakes and losses, to his complete control of the racket in the battle with Bayer, to his peak showdown with Luo Jiu.
Zhen Jing realized that Superconductor actually made many, many more false moves in serving than Super Luo.
The reason is that superconductors are too sticky and too elastic.
Stickiness creates a longer hold on the ball, which means more changes can be made at the last moment of the racket's contact with the ball.
The elasticity allows the racket to give stronger changes in the shortest time of contact with the ball.
Therefore, even an action that seems to be without force may be able to produce a strong rotation.
This makes the ball's spin strength and weakness, whether it turns or not, very elusive.
Even though Luo Jiu didn't seem to eat a single serve in the World Table Tennis Championships final, I really felt that Wang Chao's serve was not good.
In fact, Zhen Jing personally believes that Wang Chao, who played Super Luo in the era, is one of the best serving players in the world. At that time, Sun Tianlong, Luo Jiu, Bayer, Mizutori Hato, Morad, Hook and others can compete with him.
After mastering superconductors, Wang Chao has been determined to be the best serve player in the world.
This kind of super high toss requires even Luo Jiu to expend a lot of brainpower to make judgments, and a lot of concentration to return it with the feel of Microscopic Precision level. Moreover, there is no guarantee that the return of the ball will be tight.
So, what will be the consequences when Zhen Jing faces this kind of serve?
Wang Chao finally served a baseline long backspin ball.
Zhen Jing was a little too cautious. She could obviously lift up the board and pull it in a circle, but she didn't dare to pull it. She didn't even dare to rub the ball on the spot. Instead, she took a step back and waited for the ball to fly a little longer, and then she very cautiously cut the board when the ball fell from the highest point.
This also caused the return ball to rise high again, giving Tang Yuanyuan a chance to attack.
Regarding this point, Zhen Jing has no psychological burden.
Tang Yuanyuan rushed forward, and Lin Zijun immediately responded.
Wang Chao no longer hesitated, but chose to retreat one step in advance.
He accurately judged the angle of Lin Zijun's reply, but he didn't know whether he was blind or whether he saw Lin Zijun's movements clearly at that moment.
Faced with this super-fast turning ball, Wang Chao chose to use his forehand to force the looping ball.
Zhen Jing had carefully studied Wang Chao, so she was extra cautious. What she saw was a looping ball with strong topspin, but she was not sure that the ball really had only topspin. She did not dare to catch the ball head-on, so she chose to take two steps back, wait for the ball's rotation and flight speed to slow down at the same time, and then brought the ball back steadily.
The so-called "bringing" mainly emphasizes the landing point and ensures that it is not released, but the quality of the ball itself is actually not worth mentioning.
Tang Yuanyuan didn't have as many worries as Zhen Jing. She hit when she had the chance and rushed straight in, harder than before. The ball hit the bottom line of the table directly in front of Lin Zijun.
Lin Zijun didn't back down from the table because the ball was long enough. He retracted his arm, still clinging to the table, and hit back again the moment the ball bounced up.
But the ball was too long after all, so the ball he responded to became a long ball.
There is a saying here.
The technique adopted by Lin Zijun's Super Speed Defense Mode is essentially the most popular straight backhand push block in the previous era. It is only because of the blessing of Super Speed that it can use force more perfectly, exert force more fiercely, and advance the hitting time, so it has formed his unique trick.
But in essence, his fight still falls into the category of push and block. Since it is a push and block, there is a natural weakness in creating rotation and flight arc. As long as the opponent can clearly see the hitting point and hitting route, it is very simple to judge the space of this kind of ball.
At the same time, the shorter this kind of ball is, the better, because the speed will be too fast to react. Once it is long, as long as the opponent has time to retreat, he will face a billiard ball with no quality at all.
So at this moment, when Wang Chao stepped back early and judged the direction of Lin Zijun's ball, he got a good opportunity to attack.
This ball is long enough, so its flight time is long enough, it's far enough away from the table, and it's high enough, then——
Great Python Turn, let's go.
Seeing Wang Chao make such a move from the opposite side, Zhen Jing felt her scalp numb, but she did not give up. She chose to take two steps back, waiting for the ball to be exhausted, and then used a desperate forehand loop, not looking for quality, just to pull the ball over.
However, the rotation intensity and direction of the ball were misjudged. As soon as Zhen Jing touched the ball, the ball flew directly from the left side.
2:1, Tang Dynasty Combination takes the lead again.
At this moment, the audience burst into applause.
Although they couldn't understand a lot of details here, they at least understood one thing: Tang Dynasty Combination really had no intention of coddling Super Speed of Lin Zijun today. They wanted to defeat Lin Zijun head-on.
For three consecutive balls, Tang Yuanyuan was rushing, not taking Lin Zijun's Super Speed Defense Mode seriously at all.
The most amazing thing is that after three goals, Tang Dynasty Combination is actually in the lead.
This is something that no doubles team has dared to do since the Lin Zijun super evolution.
Even in the mixed doubles final of World Table Tennis Championships two months ago, Tang Dynasty Combination's selection was a conventional one of "leveraging strengths and avoiding weaknesses". On the one hand, it did not lend support to Lin Zijun, and on the other hand, it severely beat Zhen Jing.
But two months later, Tang Dynasty Combination really went crazy.
Lin Zijun and Zhen Jing looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.
The two discussed many tactics before today, but all the tactics were based on the basic idea that "no one dares to beat Lin Zijun".
But Tang Dynasty Combination didn't stand out tactically today, but instead went directly to Taiwan Island Combination's basic game.
Simple and crude, attacking the enemy directly. Although this style of play is extremely difficult, it is like playing with fire, but once it is really broken, it will be a huge defeat, which will make Taiwan Island Combination completely lose the ability to fight and become meat on the chopping board.
So at this moment, after being shocked, Lin Zijun nodded vigorously to Zhen Jing, gritted his teeth, and his eyes became fierce.
He can't accept being defeated from his strongest point. If it's not fast enough now, then go faster!
Wang Chao serves and throws high again.
Zhen Jing is actually a little calmer than when he caught the ball last time.
Because facts have proven that the power of the serve has an upper limit after all. As long as you are willing to step back and catch the ball to reduce the quality, then it is still no problem to simply return the ball.
Just as she was planning to get here, she saw Wang Chao's racket hit the falling ball very quickly. Then, the ball hit the table quickly and flew over like a meteor.
This is actually an extremely violent Sneak Long Serve ball.
Zhen Jing quickly stepped back, three steps in a row. Wang Chao just touched the ball too fast. She was afraid that she didn't see the details of the action clearly, so she preferred to take one more step back and let the ball continue to fly until it fell down and was level with the table. Only then was she sure that the ball had no stamina and used the racket to pull the ball back steadily.
It is said to be pulling, but in fact it still means "fast pulling". It only focuses on the placement, not the quality.
It can be said that Zhen Jing has gone to the extreme in keeping the ball steady today. Even the audience booed lowly, feeling that this female player was too timid.
As everyone knows, the vast majority of professional players and coaches from various countries are nodding slightly, extremely appreciating the attitude shown by Zhen Jing.
Bystanders can see it more clearly than the authorities. These people have just noticed that Wang Chao and Sneak Long Serve did make a slight movement of the racket laterally at the last moment. Although the movement is small, the friction is real. If Zhen Jing dares to pull directly and does not notice the last friction, then there is a high probability that he will commit suicide by catching the ball.
Now, although she gave up quality, she survived after all.
There is no output until you are alive.
If you can't beat, you have to give up. This is the correct attitude and the way to win.
Zhen Jing returned the ball high, and of course Tang Yuanyuan rushed forward.
Tang Yuanyuan is a typical bold player. Although she has good vision, theory, and on-the-spot adaptability, she still doesn't like to think too much when playing. She is not afraid of anything and she never knows what nervousness and fear are. Yesterday Wang Chao told her to just use her strength when facing Lin Zijun. She expressed doubts based on her own tactical understanding, but Wang Chao told her not to ask and just obey, so she happily agreed.
According to her nature, she does not want to be timid. Now she is a hard steel, which is exactly what I want.
Of course, good brothers share the same difficulties. If she really loses today, when Old Cai gets angry, she still plans to take the initiative herself.
What is this called?
"Sacrificing soldiers to protect commanders", yes, that's the saying.
Tang Yuanyuan rushes, Lin Zijun fights hard.
Little Lin was also angered. He used three more points of force in this attack than usual. After the attack, his body swayed slightly and he could barely stabilize his body, which showed how ferocious the force was.
He didn't believe that Wang Chao could really keep up with his speed.
Even if I step back from the stage and keep up with his speed, I can't.
Wang Chao really chose to retreat, and he took two steps back immediately when Tang Yuanyuan burst forward. The first step was to step back directly, but the second step was after Lin Zijun hit the ball, he chose to take a step diagonally to the left and behind.
Halfway through this step, the ball was already in front of him, which showed how fast he was.
Wang Chao raised his hand to catch the ball, but was a step too slow and the ball passed by him.
2:2, the two sides drew again.
But behind the baffle, He Jingping was very happy. He turned to look at Wang Lu and said happily, "We saw it right."
Wang Lu nodded, but sighed, "This is really a monster."
The two of them were talking about the same thing. After Wang Chao took the second step, they were finally completely sure that Wang Chao could really see Lin Zijun's movements clearly, and they really had time to make a judgment.
Unfortunately, his movements still couldn't keep up, so even though he saw it, he still couldn't catch the ball.
But what the two of them were thinking about at this time was not how to keep up with Lin Zijun's movements. After all, it is not difficult to break Lin Zijun. All you need to do is follow the original playing method. Zhen Jing has a lot of loopholes. As long as you want to break it, it is a sieve.
Therefore, from this moment on, in the eyes of the big players of Huaping and Wang Chao himself, Lin Zijun has once again become a shining high-quality whetstone.
What the two Chinese table tennis coaches are concerned about is what happened to Wang Chao?
Also, what kind of chemical reaction will happen when Wang Chao meets Luo Jiu and Sun Tianlong now?