He had never imagined that the killer move he had painstakingly prepared for days could be picked up so casually by his opponent and turned straight back on him.
And so, the two traded shots, repeatedly wearing each other down with the Over-the-Net Shot.
Zhou Cheng could achieve a one hundred percent success rate, while Du Han missed nearly a third of his attempts.
By the time Du Han scored eight points, Zhou Cheng had already secured eleven.
In the next two games, whenever Du Han used the Over-the-Net Shot, Zhou Cheng invariably returned it in the same fashion.
And when Du Han switched to other styles of play, he had even less chance of scoring.
In the end, Du Han left the court dejectedly, while Zhou Cheng claimed the singles title at this Youth Table Tennis Championships with an overwhelming, undisputed three-zero victory.
Chapter 25: The Journey Home
Just one day after the singles final ended, the team competition opened its battlefront.
Quite a few teams had secretly pinned their hopes of turning things around on this event.
Zhou Cheng's singles prowess had long since towered over the entire field, leaving everyone utterly convinced and without a word of objection, but once it came to the team competition, the situation was entirely different.
After all, apart from the monster that was Zhou Cheng, only Huang Hao on the Su City Team could reach the threshold of the top tier. The other two could hardly be called outstanding.
As soon as the competition began, the Su City Team placed its entire weight on Zhou Cheng. Huang Hao and the other player fielded mainly served as supporting runners.
Restricted by the format and lineup rules, Zhou Cheng could play at most twice.
Under the best-of-five format, whenever he stepped up to