Niu Linjun is very frustrated.
Although he knew that Wang Chao was very strong, at the beginning of the challenge, he was actually 90% confident.
Not because of anything else, just because he is a chipper.
The biggest feature of chipping is "killing".
Slicers are very afraid of acquaintances, because acquaintances know your slices too well and are adaptable enough. They will no longer take advantage of your spin, and can handle your slices with ease, and they can seize opportunities when they find them.
But it's different with an unfamiliar opponent, because he must first understand your rotation characteristics and rotation intensity. This adaptation process is very long. Maybe the game is over before he can adapt well.
What's more, the ball returned by the chipper is indeed difficult to attack, and it is more difficult to attack than the ordinary return ball.
When Niu Linjun first joined the national team, even against the five major players, he could occasionally win a game or two relying on this "killing" characteristic. But after the major players got familiar with him, he never won a game again.
In Niu Linjun's opinion, Wang Chao has three major fatal weaknesses.
First, Wang Chao is a strange opponent, just suitable for being "killed" by him.
Secondly, Wang Chao is young, young people tend to be impatient, and golfers are quick-tempered.
Third, Wang Chao is a table tennis player who changed his career halfway, so his foundation is definitely not solid, and the basic skills of the chipper are not solid.
No matter how you look at it, you should be Tianke Wang Chao.
But when the fight actually started, Niu Linjun discovered that Wang Chao was far more sophisticated than a young man.
Facing his own chipping, Wang Chao perfectly adhered to the idea of "attack when there is a chance, and seek stability when there is no chance". A full fifteen minutes passed without any impulsiveness or impatience.
And Wang Chao's pursuit of stability is all about swinging short.
Swing to the left, swing to the right, swing in the middle, no matter how you swing it, the ball is very short, giving Niu Linjun no chance to take the initiative.
This is of course not just something that can be summed up by "seeking stability". Being able to swing the pendulum short to this level proves that he has at least seen through Niu Linjun by six or seven points. Otherwise, how could every ball fall in a direction where Niu Linjun cannot attack sideways?
But the most terrible thing is not Wang Chao's sophistication and patience, but Wang Chao's attack power.
After seizing the opportunity, Wang Chao's double-sided looping ball attack has unimaginable power, which Niu Linjun could not feel when watching the video before.
The only concept in his mind is "fluency".
So smooth!
This smoothness is by no means simply fast, but includes both left and right rotations, both high hangings and heavy pulls, both straight lines and diagonals, and both fake movements and fake rotations.
Wang Chao's offense is like mercury pouring down the ground. It seems that every ball comes easily, but in fact, when you actually play against them, you will find that almost every offense is changing, and almost no two balls are the same.
This is terrible.
Even though the chipper had a unique advantage in catching the ball, Niu Linjun was still a little confused by Wang Chao. The two points he lost were due to chipping in the wrong direction - this kind of mistake that can almost be called "outrageous" is something he has almost never made in his career.
So at this moment, his body was not tired at all, and he was not even sweating much, but his mind was a little empty, which was obviously caused by overthinking.
He had exhausted all his energy and only felt that Wang Chao seemed to have eighteen kinds of weapons in his hands, which were constantly changing and impossible to figure out.
He feels that his chipping is meaningless, because so far, Wang Chao's points lost have all come from his own mistakes and Niu Linjun's attack. As for the spin? Not one!
"This guy is holding a super spin racket like the Super Luo, but he doesn't even get a single spin. How terrible is his spin control?"
Niu Linjun felt that thinking about it was extremely scary and unsustainable. He shook his head vigorously and said, "I ask for a pause."
In the monitoring room, Fan Xiaoxian couldn't help but smile on his face.
Too long!
So impressive!
That's an active player on the national team!
Were you blindsided by force?
There was a timeout in the first game. How much pressure did you have to bear?
Fang Yuan sighed softly and said, "Let's go out."
"Don't." Fan Xiaoxian was unhappy. "It's still early to win three out of five games."
"Stop your ugly face." Fang Yuan gritted his teeth and dragged Fan Xiaoxian out of the door. "Still beating him? A spanking! If you continue to beat him, all the money my old Fang family spent on him will be wasted!"
After all, her vision was far better than Fan Xiaoxian, and she could see that Niu Linjun was going to collapse.
The mentality of a player at the national team level has been tempered to the point of being almost iron-clad, and he usually does not collapse easily, but if it really breaks down, then I am afraid that the collapse will be a psychological shadow that will affect his life.
Geng Shuai is a living example.
Niu Linjun is a fan of the authorities. He doesn't know the seriousness of the problem at this moment, but he directly used up the only one timeout opportunity before finishing the first game. In fact, it is enough to explain the problem.
So when Niu Linjun finished the one-minute timeout and just walked back to the table, he heard the voice coming from the door. "Niu Linjun, admit defeat, you are no match for Wang Chao."
Niu Linjun instinctively wanted to refuse, but he was a mature player after all, and the character of the chipper tended to be steady and rational, so after a slight hesitation, he suddenly reacted and felt a thin layer of cold sweat on his back, and even the racket in his hand almost slipped to the ground.
He quickly took a step back, nodded and said, "Okay, no more fighting, I admit defeat."
When he said this, he looked across the way and saw Wang Chao's half-smiling face.
"I'll wipe it!"
"This boy!"
"You really want to destroy me!"
Wang Chao didn't want to destroy Niu Linjun, but he really didn't show any mercy.
After all, Niu Linjun didn't have good intentions either. He knew how fast Wang Chao was progressing, so he wanted to torture Wang Chao 0 before Wang Chao fully grew up. Give a meal, the more miserable the torture, the better. It is best to plant a seed of "unbeatable" in Wang Chao's heart, so that when you encounter Wang Chao again in the future, you can rely on this psychological advantage to win.
But what Wang Chao wants is to destroy Niu Linjun today so that Brother Geng can win the first victory tomorrow.
We are all professional players, and the outcome of the game is related to the interests of all parties. No matter how good friends Fan Xiaoxian and Fang Yuan are, no matter how good their friendship is with Spade Q and Jingyue Bay, these calculations outside the competition are still inevitable.
Geng Shuai shrugged on the sidelines and smiled at Fan Xiaoxian who was walking in with Fang Yuan.
Just like what he said to Fan Xiaoxian at the Osmanthus Fragrance player table that day, "I was bullied before, so I had to carry it on my own because I was the strongest in the team. But now that I'm being bullied, someone immediately helps me fight back. It feels so good..."
He is not stupid. When Niu Linjun came to fight him before, he naturally wanted to destroy him. The 14:12 game just now really caused a huge fluctuation in his mentality.
After all, he had just been stimulated by Yoshikawa Hiroshi. If he was hit again today, he would most likely never recover.
But Wang Chao beat Niu Linjun violently in front of him, which made Geng Shuai's somewhat hurt mood gradually calm down.
He knew that he was fine, but something was wrong with Niu Linjun.
The Spring City Stadium opened a 3,000-person stadium today because the game this afternoon attracted eager attention from many parties. In the end, the stadium was completely full, and some discounted standing tickets were even sold...
This data is not worth mentioning for basketball and football games, but for the lowest level League A, it is already quite exaggerated.
It can be seen that Spring City fans are very interested in this game.
The veteran team "Black Spade Q Club", which has risen strongly this season, has not lost a single match since the start of the season. It is currently ranked first in the standings together with Poseidon Club. This result can no longer be called a dark horse, but should be called "The Return of the King".
After all, in history, Spade Q has won the Table Tennis First Division championship twice and ascended the throne.
As the host, Jingyuewan Club has never won a championship in history, but they have made it to the playoffs for the past four consecutive years. Before the start of this year's spring season, the club even publicly stated: We are here for the championship.
Jingyuewan Club has played nine games so far, one more game than Spade Q, with a total record of eight wins and one loss. The opponent he lost was Poseidon Club. Looking at this result alone, it is not half inferior to Spade Q.
They even defeated last year's runner-up team "Bingcheng Pharmaceutical Club" just a week ago.
In a sense, their eight victories are more valuable than Spade Q.
Red flags were waving in the stadium, and various banners had been put up long ago. Although the home fans were huge, the away cheerleaders should not be underestimated either. At a glance, there were hundreds of them.
As for the girl at the head, she is beautiful, fashionably dressed, has picturesque features, and has long flowing hair. She is followed by an assistant carrying a camera. Isn't she Luo Xiaoyu from Jiangcheng City TV Sports Channel?
Then the players entered the venue, shook hands with each other, handed in their game lists, and the game officially started.
There is no suspense in the first game, Niu Linjun vs Geng Shuai.