Zhou Tingfang yawned, feeling a little boring.
She is from Xiangnan Province Xingcheng City. She just graduated from college this year. With the help of her father, she joined "Star City Sports News" as an intern reporter. And the first independent task she received was to come to Jiangcheng City to follow up and report on the Table Tennis First Division opening derby battle.
Because of her father's relationship, she still knows a lot about table tennis. She has watched many live broadcasts of the three major competitions and tournaments. Table Tennis Super League has not watched much, but occasionally she will take a look when there is a strong confrontation. As for Table Tennis First Division...
To be honest, I really haven't seen it.
It was her first time attending the event in person today, and she was full of expectations. However, after two games, she felt a little drowsy.
The excitement of this competition is indeed very different from international competitions...
It was also at this time that Zhou Tingfang's sensitive ears suddenly heard a yawn coming from somewhere diagonally behind.
She turned around and saw a beautiful girl about her own age. She was wearing cool clothes and had long flowing hair. She was putting down her hand covering her mouth. She was probably embarrassed to be caught yawning, so she smiled sweetly at Zhou Tingfang.
Zhou Tingfang looked down and saw the small camera hanging on the chest of this cool girl.
She looked down at the small camera hanging on her chest again, and for a moment she seemed to understand something.
Qingliang girl had the same mood as her. She also looked at her camera, raised her head and tried to ask, "You... sports reporter?"
Zhou Tingfang only felt that the fate was wonderful, and nodded quickly. "Yes, you too?"
The cool girl also nodded and stretched out her hand with a bright smile, "Sisters, it's fate. I just graduated from college and am still interning. Well, my dad helped me find a job."
Zhou Tingfang even widened her beautiful eyes. "Wow! What a fate! I have just graduated from college and am doing an internship. It is also a job that my father helped me find."
The two beautiful girls sat together like this. Anyway, there were many empty seats in the place.
Then we started to meet each other late.
"To tell you the truth, today is my first independent mission."
"Huh? Me too... Although I have done an interview independently before, that time was an accident, and this time it is official."
"I'm telling you, I know a super newcomer will appear today!"
"Wow, do you know this news? That's right, there is indeed a super newcomer who will appear today, and, as far as I know, he will appear in this double team!"
"I heard that this guy is good at double-sided looping, and his attack power is extremely powerful. My dad personally commented that he already has the hard skills to play Table Tennis Super League. It's just because he just debuted this year, so he has to play with Table Tennis First Division for a year first."
"Sister, you are very well-informed. His double-sided looping ball is indeed very strong. He was the first in the city team before, and then he was signed away by the club at a high price. The information I know is exactly the same as yours, even the details!"
"Then let me show off a little bit. In fact, I have interviewed him alone a long time ago."
"No, what a coincidence? I've interviewed him alone before."
The two girls looked at each other, feeling that it must be a special fate that made it possible for them to become each other today.
Then Zhou Tingfang became excited again. She pointed at the group of people walking in at the entrance. "Did you see that? That one at the front is the head coach of Xiangnan Provincial Team. He came here specially to see the super newcomer!"
Qingliang girl said she didn't know him, but then she became excited. "Look over there, yes, the one with all white hair, his name is Jiang Tiansheng, head coach Hubei Provincial Team, he's also here to see the super newcomer!"
A certain emotion called "comparison" subtly arose between the two and gradually spread.
Zhou Tingfang looked around the scene and finally found a familiar face at the player bench. "Haha, I saw my dad."
Qingliang girl's eyes were searching around the audience area, and she also found a familiar face. "I knew... Dad said yesterday that Table Tennis First Division was not worth seeing, so why didn't he sneak over here today to take a look."
At this point in the conversation, a "wow" burst out from the audience, followed by warm applause.
It turns out that the doubles on the court has officially begun, and the first game has directly entered the intense stage. The two players on the Xiangshui River have already stepped back one meter from the table and are smashing the ball fiercely, but it is different on the Spade Q side. Only one person is responsible for pulling with all his strength, and the other person spends a lot of time, using various methods such as cutting, peeling, rubbing, skimming, etc. to constantly make the ball spin and float, and then send it to various landing points on the opposite table.
They look like three reckless men and an embroidered lady.
Although Xiangshui River's attack was more fierce, they were always interfered by the "eldest lady", and they played very awkwardly. In a daze, they were not sure whether they were encountering a rare chipper. It was even more difficult to penetrate the opponent in one go.
For a time, the ball was in a stalemate, and before anyone knew it, seven boards had passed.
Doubles are usually played at a faster pace than singles, and it is extremely rare to reach seven boards, so much so that many spectators began to cheer enthusiastically regardless of whether they were friends or foes.
Zhou Tingfang and Qingliang girl spoke at the same time, and this time they finally said something completely different.
Zhou Tingfang said, "Look, Hu Buming is very strong, isn't it? Double-sided arc circle, Attacking from all sides, isn't it so handsome?"
What Qingliang girl said is, "Look, Wang Chao's ball is so delicate. Not only can he hit the left hand horizontally, but he can also hit the straight forehand. Wow, he attacked. The beautiful Penhold Backhand Loop is so handsome!"
The two girls took each other three seconds to understand the meaning of each other's words, and at the same time took a step back, as if an invisible gap had opened between them.
"Who are you?" the two girls said at the same time.
Then the two girls answered at the same time.
"My name is Luo Xiaoyu, and my dad is Jiangcheng City Team's head coach Luo Zhihong!"
"My name is Zhou Tingfang, and my dad is Xiang River Club's head coach Zhou Xiangshu!"
Facts have proved that girls' friendship is so wonderful, it comes and goes even faster.
The two people shifted at the same time, leaving three squares in the middle, and they could talk through the air.
"So, the powerful newcomer you are talking about is this one named Hu Buming?"
"Are you talking about Wang Chao? I've never heard of it at all. What about a double-sided loop? It's obviously a straight forehand."
"You know nothing! The most handsome man is the man who can do both right and left."
"Hu Buming is the singles champion of U13 Asian Junior Championships, and U16 World Junior Championships is third in the singles. He just turned eighteen this year, and he was signed by the club coached by my father for a high price of one million basic salary. Why should Wang Chao compare with him?"
"Tch, it sounds like Wang Chao's basic salary is not one million. Is the Asian Youth Championship great? Is the World Youth Championship great? Wang Chao is interested in He Jingping He Jingping, have you heard of it? Wang Chao is going to challenge Grand Slam in the future, is Hu Buming worthy of competing with him?"
"Hu Buming is so handsome, Wang Chao is so ugly."
"Wow, not only do you have bad eyesight, but you also attack me personally. Hu Buming, that squinty eye is also called handsome?"
The two girls were quarreling fiercely, and on the court, the competition became more and more intense.
Wang Chao felt a trace of pressure from the opposite side.
He originally thought that the combination of his and Lu Jia's left and right hands was scientific enough, and his rich experience from his previous life was enough to blend Lu Jia and himself together.
He felt that this level of cooperation was enough to fight Table Tennis First Division.
But it turns out that the coordination between the two opposite sides is quite perfect.
Even with some tacit meaning.
Wang Chao was a little curious before, why the opponent's second single, Hu Yifei, was obviously not skilled enough but could still play.
Now he understands.
The reason why Hu Yifei was able to squeeze out the original second single and successfully seize the position was probably purely because he had to play doubles with Hu Buming.
Yes, Hu Buming, Hu Yifei, you can tell from their names that these should be two brothers.
As the saying goes, they are brothers in battle. Although Hu Yifei's skills are not good, their doubles cooperation with Hu Buming is quite a stroke of genius.
The difficulty of this doubles match far exceeded Wang Chao's expectations.
Especially the one named Hu Buming. His double-sided loop ball is extremely powerful. Although the speed is not too fast, the quality of each ball is extremely high. In terms of style, he follows the path of the national player Lin Li.
Wang Chao is not afraid of Hu Buming's ball, but Lu Jia misjudged the quality of Hu Buming's ball three times in the first game, causing it to fire anti-aircraft guns and directly lose three points.
The first game was very difficult. Both sides had to think very carefully when serving. The frequency of the small silver ball jumping lightly on the table was much higher than in the previous two games. In the end, this game went through a long ten minutes and reached 9:9.
Judging from the situation, Wang Chao and Lu Jia were already behind. They were able to hold on to the score thanks to Wang Chao's various changes in serving, which caught the opponent off guard.
In this game, Hu Yifei caught the ball from Wang Chao, but Hu Yifei's personal skills were not enough after all. He took three balls from Wang Chao in one game, and then Wang Chao then instructed Lu Jia to serve two Sneak Long Serves in the left-hand baseline position very firmly in his serving round. One of them successfully deceived Hu Buming.
It is precisely because of the support of these small means that we can catch up to where we are now.
But at such a critical score point, it was Hu Buming's turn to serve again, and the person who received the ball was Lu Jia.
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