Ping Pong Life

Chapter 244
At this stage, there is no longer a situation where several games are played in parallel. Every game is highly anticipated and broadcast live on multiple platforms.

The first was the contest between Wolfe and Pique.

Before the game, everyone thought it would be a one-sided game, because Wolff has been in really bad form in the past two years, and Pique, since his rise in the Oman Open last year, has been in good form. In the District Open, they also had zero seals all the way, and reached the semi-finals with absolute crushing posture.

The head coach of England dared to openly release Rorskoff's pigeons because both he and Pique had a lot of ideas about the Hong Kong champion this time.

They don't think that Wang Chao, who defeated Bayer, must be invincible.

This actually faintly reveals Pique's true thoughts at the moment: he doesn't think he is worse than Bayer.

During the discussion yesterday, Pique was relatively low-key because he did not do a good job in tactical execution, and Bayer himself met Wang Chao when he was eight to four.

However, the strength of tactical execution is not necessarily related to the strength of combat effectiveness.

When Sun Tianlong was in good form last year, he grabbed two victories abruptly, which is the source of all his confidence.

Didn't Lin Zijun become famous because he snatched a game from Sun Tianlong?To this day, he is hailed as a super genius.

But I grabbed one more game than him.

Why is Bayer, who was abused by Sun Tianlong for 27 games, considered the ceiling of European table tennis players by default?

Pique is full of confidence in this game and wants to beat Wolff, the second German figure.This kind of mentality is somewhat similar to "I dare not openly declare that I can beat you, so I will beat your little brother first."

But the intensity of the game was beyond everyone's expectations.

Facing the newly rising Englishman, Wolfe showed unprecedented tenacious fighting spirit.

Dimitri Wolf, in fact, has half of Huaguo blood, and his mother is a professional table tennis player in Huaguo.

Because of his mother's influence, Wolf practiced table tennis since he was a child, and because of his mother's connections, he came to Huaguo Sports School to train at a very young age.

He has the tall stature and super strength of European players, as well as the rich strategies and tactics and delicate touch of Chinese players.

He can become the No. [-] player in Germany, the most powerful table tennis country in Europe, precisely because he is tougher and harder than most European players-this is actually the characteristic of Huaping players.

This hard work caused him to be covered with premature injuries, which is why his state has been ups and downs in the past two years.

But when he is full of extremely strong desire to win, he will also be more able to carry than most European players.

In this game, Wolfe was directly crushed by Pique 11:4 in the first game.

Wolfe is a traditional double-sided arc, good at mid-table stalemate, and is very stable in both forehand and backhand pulls, but his problem is that his style of play is not sharp enough, only thickness, not sharpness.

This is why he has never been able to surpass Bayer.

Pique is the type who is super outstanding in individual events. He and Wolff rarely fight small balls in the table, and they both quickly transition to the attacking stage. Diao's magic ball, Wolfe's backhand couldn't hold it at all, and was pierced again and again.

During the break between rounds, coach Raulskov kept talking about various strategies and tactics. Wolff nodded while drinking water, panting, even though he only played After a round of ball, sweat was profuse on his forehead.

So before returning to the game again, he changed his jersey.

In the second game, he gave up his best style of play, consciously played to control the ball, and tried not to give Pique the opportunity to take the initiative to attack, which caused some troubles for Pique, but unfortunately, his short ball in the table was delicate. After all, the speed is still not enough, and Pique, although he doesn't like infighting, it's not true that he can't do it at all. He can still get various offensive opportunities by dealing with Wolff.

After all, the new generation of table tennis is completely different from what it was decades ago.

Balls are now larger in diameter, resulting in slower speeds.

Newly developed rubber, sponge and glue can create stronger friction and elasticity.

All kinds of new technologies emerge in an endless stream, which can play the board at almost any angle of the table.

So when a player's offensive ability is strong enough, you can't completely block his offensive line.

Pique is exactly that type.

His backhand twist is not as terrible as Lin Zijun's, but he has greater strength and stronger spin. When encountering a long ball, his backhand can even use quick tear and strong back pull to hit a killing board comparable to a forehand burst.

Moreover, his shooting angle is very strange, which is different from the backhand arc of most people. His side spin is very obvious, so the trajectory of the ball is much more floating than that of ordinary players.

Wolff tried hard to control, but couldn't control it after all, and lost the second game.

During the intermission, Rorskoff was still talking non-stop.

This actually means that Rorskoff is also a very good coach. He has so much to say, which means that under such an extreme disadvantage, he still knows how to use this little thing at hand to seek the possibility of reversal.

Of course, the England head coach was also eloquent, giving opportunities face-to-face.

In the morning, the two head coaches fought side by side, causing European fans to carnival, as if the European countries were one family, but in the afternoon, they had already sat on both sides of the table, emotional, eloquent, red-faced and thick-necked, like a bull, posing deadly. fighting posture.

It's not that they are too exaggerated, but because the development of this Open has really aroused the strong attention of the whole Europe and even the world table tennis associations.

There is such a simple set of data that can illustrate the current situation:
In the past 18 years, there have never been three players other than Huaping who have entered the semi-finals of the World Series at the same time.

In the past 18 years, there has never been a World Series with Final Four players from four different countries.

In the past 15 years, there has been only one World Series final without the participation of Huaping players.

In the past 13 years, there has never been a time when the main Huaping players were not shortlisted in the top eight of the World Series.

past……

There are many records like this. Of course, these data are based on the premise that Huaping participated in the competition. In history, Huaping also gave up participating in many competitions. At that time, it was a carnival of foreign associations.

In any case, all of the accidents mentioned above happened in this Hong Kong Open.

This time, even the four strong Asian teams of Sakura Country, Kimchi Country, Bay Island and Hong Kong District all pulled their hips at the same time miraculously, so in the quarterfinals, there were directly three Huaping players and five European players.

Among the three Huaping players, there is no main force, but two secondary main players and one raw melon egg.

No matter how brilliant Wang Chao's record after his debut, European fans firmly believe that this is the best chance, or maybe the only chance, and the next chance will be at least ten years later.

Sun Tianlong and Luo Jiu didn't come, if you still can't seize the opportunity, then really don't fight for anything, just accept your fate.

You said, how can the European players at this moment not risk everything to go all out?

Before the third inning, Wolff changed his jersey again, which caused low laughter from the audience.

In fact, he is not the first to do this. In terms of changing jerseys, the Brazilian Hook is more famous than Wolff.

Europeans have thick hair, large pores, and well-developed sweat glands. When encountering a fierce game, even the highly absorbent jerseys sponsored by the brand cannot absorb the sweat they secrete.

But this is also a signal. When Wolfe chooses to change a jersey for a game, it means that he has paid full attention to it.

Because Germany is the number one table tennis country in Europe, after Bayer's accidental fall, Wolff made up his mind to try his best to make it to the final.

German players can lose to Huaping, but they must not lose to European players, because they are used to losing to Huaping, but losing to European players will shake Germany's dominance in Europe.

In the third game, Wolf began to work hard on his serve.

Because he trained in China since he was a child, Wolfe has a lot of research on serving. In the international arena, his commonly used serving includes short backspin, hook, chop and high toss. In addition, he has another trick The exclusive special serving posture is named "submarine serve" by the international table tennis circle.

When using this kind of serve, he squats almost below the table. This scene is very reminiscent of Hooker's toad squat when he catches the ball.

So there is another meme in the international table tennis world. It is said that when Wolff met Hooker, one served and the other caught the ball, there was no one on the table, and both of them squatted down on the stage.

But there is no doubt that this kind of exclusive serve is very powerful, on the one hand because it can indeed send extremely strong backspin and side spin, on the other hand, it can also send the ball without spinning at all, and its movement is more concealed than Normal reverse spin serve.

Although Pique is very talented, he is young after all, and he still suffers from these small details. The third game was very difficult. Facing Wolff's ever-changing serve, he suffered five in one game. However, in the end, Wolff pulled back a game 11:9.

But that's it.

Don't forget, in the semi-finals of the Oman Open last year, after being suppressed by Sun Tianlong's tactics, Pique abruptly won the second game, forcing Sun Tianlong to re-formulate his tactics.

This means that Pique's ability to adapt and observe the game is actually very strong.

This kind of strength is entirely due to intuition. He can feel which styles of play are wrong and which styles of play need to be adjusted. This is something that even the England coach who guides off the field can't help him.

He basically adapted to Wolfe's ever-changing serve in the shortest time. Although he occasionally ate the ball, it was harmless. Wolfe, so far, has really played all his cards, even if he is still changing clothes, it is no longer helpful.

So 35 minutes later, the game ended, the final score was 4:1, Pique won.

This battle also officially announced that the England Table Tennis Association has become one of the strongest organizations in European table tennis, which is comparable to the German Table Tennis Association.

Last year, Bayer and Pique never met in international competitions due to the lack of participation, so there is no way to compare them.

But this time in the Hong Kong Open, both sides have played several games, so everyone can finally evaluate the strength of the other side through the videos of the games between the two sides.

Everyone was shocked to find that Pique's strength is probably not inferior to Bayer's.

As a result, England fans suddenly became active with the naked eye on major European forums. They began to post various posts, publicly declaring that this time the campaign to suppress Huaping did not end early, the savior has appeared, and European table tennis will usher in a new era. .

"Our Pique players are here to create miracles!"

"If Pique wins the championship, it means that the pattern of the world table tennis has undergone tremendous changes. It is no longer a stand alone, but a confrontation between two heroes."

No matter how unwilling Raulskov is, he has to accept the reality. At least today and tomorrow, England is the center of European table tennis.

After another 10-minute interval, Wang Chao and Swedish player K. Michel stepped onto the field.

The 31-year-old Swedish contestant Michel has an astonishing height of nearly 1 meters and a capable figure. He looks like the type with fast movements and fierce power. He has pure yellow hair like dry straw and combs a mohawk Hairstyle, looks extremely spiritual.

When he was in Raulskov's room at noon, he had a miserable look on his face, as if he had lost his fighting spirit, but now when he appeared on the stage, he appeared to be full of energy, even showing murderous intent.

He's here to fight.

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