"There's actually a problem with your pairing. You're both left-handed shakehand players, so your positioning will cause a lot of trouble. If the opponents keep targeting the wide forehand angles, you'll have a hard time dealing with it."
Fan Xiaoxian was straightforward. "But there's no helping it. The three of you are all at different levels, so there's no way to make adjustments. There's no flexibility at all, so... just practice. I won't force it. Whatever you manage to become is what you become."
She could not help looking at Tian Zhengguang and Gao Ming. "You two need to work harder too. If the two of you can both play in matches someday, I can try letting Wang Chao play first singles."
The implication was that she still found those two somewhat lacking. After all, Black Spade Q Club did not pay low salaries...
At the same time, she was rather puzzled. Left-handers were scarce throughout the entire league, so why did her team have an excess of them?
Wang Chao, however, gave Fan Xiaoxian a huge surprise right away.
He directly brought out his forehand penhold grip.
With a forehand penhold grip paired with a left-handed shakehand grip, the disastrous combination immediately became a match made in heaven.
Wang Chao's forehand penhold attacks were not particularly powerful, but his delicate touch in handling short balls was even better than with his left-handed shakehand grip. In doubles, he was the perfect support player, capable of creating the best possible attacking conditions for Lu Jia.
What was more, he was good at serving and at tactical command.
Those were precisely the two most important things in doubles.
Thus, over the following days, the temporary sparring pair of Tian Zhengguang and Gao Ming were beaten until they wailed like ghosts and howled