Ping Pong Life

Chapter 444 The Last Gift
Before the start of the fifth game, Wang Chao actually remembered something.

Yesterday, the three masters and apprentices were eating together in the restaurant, and they were photographed by many media. Even when he and Luo Jiu made a joke, people misinterpreted it into multiple meanings, and even came to the funny conclusion that "Huaping is about to have civil strife".

But in fact, he did have a rather sensitive conversation with Luo Jiu yesterday, but those words were said on the way back and were not photographed.

At that time, Luo Jiu joked with him: "Junior brother, have you noticed that silver medals are actually better than gold medals? Look, gold is so tacky, let alone a gold-plated card... why don't you lose to me, and I'll give it to you when you go back!" A piece of solid gold."

Wang Chao also laughed: "If I really let the water go, wouldn't senior brother feel that victory is invincible?"

Luo Jiu shook his head again and again: "No, no, I don't have high requirements, as long as I can win, who cares how I win... Then you agreed?"

Wang Chao shook his head: "If I meet Brother Long, I will admit defeat, but if I meet Senior Brother you, I can't."

Luo Jiu was obviously surprised: "Why?"

"Because... I made an oath." Wang Chao hesitated for a moment, without explaining carefully, he just said: "My oath at that time was that in any competition in the future, as long as Brother Long played, I would unconditionally avoid it."

Luo Jiu didn't say a word for a long while, and didn't ask until he was about to walk back to the hotel, "What about the Olympic Games after that?"

Wang Chao shook his head: "I don't know either... If I do meet, I will accept my fate."

"Don't worry." Luo Jiu told him seriously: "Brother Long will never accept this kind of victory."

……

It was just some very ordinary jokes, but Wang Chao still saw his brother's obsession with the gold medal in the World Table Tennis Championships.

Luo Jiu has a big mouth, usually speaks freely, and likes to make jokes. Everyone in Huaping knows this, but Wang Chao knows that the senior brother is actually prouder than anyone else.

Such a proud person, at such a sensitive time, made such a half-truth and half-false joke with himself, which may not contain some sincerity.

This shows that Luo Jiu has no confidence in the final.

It also shows that Luo Jiu is actually willing to give up a lot of things in order to win the championship, such as his proud heart and the purpose of never accepting match-fixing.

Brother, he wanted to win too much, and this strong emotion even shocked Wang Chao a little.

Wang Chao was lying on the bed last night, thinking of Luo Jiu, Fan Xiaoxian, and the past events that He Jingping had said. He once seriously thought about whether he should release the water.

But half an hour later, in the middle of the night at 12:30 in the morning, he received a text message from Luo Jiu very abruptly: "Little brother, I was just joking with you during the day, so don't take it to heart. You If you dare to release water, I will announce the news that you are wearing briefs."

God tm wears briefs!
Which man would tm wear briefs?

Wang Chao was lying on the bed and rolled his eyes, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

He knew that senior brother was still proud after all, this kind of pride was infiltrated in his bones, innate and indelible.

No matter how much pressure and expectations from the outside world, it is impossible to truly crush the spine of a proud person who has always been straight.

So the senior brother must have been tossing and turning on the bed until midnight before he finally saw his heart clearly and sent such a message.

"So, shall I put water?"

"No, I'm going to do my best to beat him."

……

When the fifth game started, Luo Jiu made a very strange move under the watchful eyes of everyone.

He directly changed the side of the racket in his hand, turning it into raw rubber on the front and reverse rubber on the back.

Wang Chao didn't understand Luo Jiu's intention at the first time, because no matter how he analyzed it, frontal raw rubber was a very strange thing. After all, the forehand position of professional players is always mainly for pulling the ball, and raw rubber is for pulling the ball. Can't get up the ball.

If it was hitting someone else, Luo Jiu's move could still be said to be a strange move, but to beat Wang Chao, the so-called strange move is more of a flaw, and those things that look fresh on the surface are actually full of loopholes from a theoretical point of view of.

So Wang Chao still cautiously sent a high toss followed by a fast running ball with side topspin.

Luo Jiu chose to pull the ball back directly, because the racket had changed sides, so he could only move sideways, and chose to pull the ball back with a backhand.

However, the reverse pull of a billiard ball is naturally not as powerful as the forehand pull. Wang Chao stepped back from the stage and directly charged with his forehand.

He used his full strength to fight the lion, and he used his full strength to fight the rabbit. Wang Chao hit Luo Jiu's forehand position.

Sure enough, Luo Jiu couldn't hold on to each other. Although he slapped the racket hard, he sent the racket flying.

1:0, Wang Chao scored.

He served the ball again, still running with topspin, straight to the bottom line of Luo Jiu's forehand position.

Luo Jiu, who switched sides, showed an obvious vacancy in the forehand position, which was almost irreparable. Wang Chao didn't understand what he was doing at all, but this did not prevent him from beating the dog in the water.

Luo Jiu chose to hit the forehand and successfully brought the ball over, but then Wang Chao hit the forehand again and killed Luo Jiu again.

2:0, Wang Chao continued to score.

There was a low booing sound from the auditorium, and no one knew what happened.

Luo Jiu got the right to serve.

He stood in the far left corner of the table, and chose to use the back of the racket to serve a half-shot side-spin ball.

Wang Chao's first reaction was: If the ball hits the bottom line of the opponent's forehand, he will definitely be able to score, because the opponent's position is too close to the backhand position.

But then he was startled for a moment, realizing something was wrong.

"Why did he stand so far to the left? This is obviously unreasonable."

"He doesn't want to win?"

"You don't even want to struggle anymore?"

"But even so, he doesn't need to lose so ugly, leaving such an ugly flaw, right?"

"Senior brother is such a smart person, he will never do useless work, so... what does he want to do?"

Wang Chao's mind is so sensitive, just thinking about it along this line of thought for a while, he felt a slight tremor in his heart.

He suddenly remembered the two battles he had with Sun Tianlong in March this year.

Wasn't Brother Long's position at that time exactly the same as it is now?
So, brother is...

Wang Chao accidentally gave up the challenge, but chose to rub the ball steadily to the bottom line of the opponent's backhand. It seemed that he was actively suppressing the opponent's backhand.

Luo Jiu rubbed the ball back with a backhand, and it was diagonally.

Wang Chao directly launched a reverse pull in a Pique style. The quality was very high, and he still aimed at the opponent's backhand and bottom line at a wide angle.

Luo Jiu turned back.

Wang Chao moved sideways, made a forehand burst, and continued to stare at Luo Jiu's backhand to the baseline.

Luo Jiu took half a step back, another defensive back pull.

So far, Wang Chao has completely figured out Luo Jiu's intentions.

Because this ball Luo Jiu shouldn't be pulling back defensively.

Wang Chao systematically watched a lot of Luo Jiu’s past game videos last year. At the beginning, Luo Jiu used a double-sided loop ball. Luo Jiu’s backhand pull is actually very powerful. The side spin and the extra strength brought by the forward pressure of the body can pull out a very explosive board, but the connection between this move and the forehand arc has always been poor, so he was forced to change the rubber in the end. Make technical changes.

But the placement of Wang Chao's forehand burst just now was very subtle, and it happened to be actively feeding the ball to Luo Jiu's backhand arcing kill.

If it was Luo Jiu from the past, then this is the best time to launch a counterattack.

But in the end Luo Jiu chose a defensive counter-pull.

Why did he choose this way?

Because facing this kind of ball, Sun Tianlong's response must be a defensive back pull.

Wang Chao raised his eyes and saw that the senior brother was in a trance at this time, as if he had turned into Sun Tianlong, standing in the corner of the backhand baseline of the table, looking at him with a smile.

Wang Chao's eye sockets were a little hot, because he had already understood.

The senior brother who had little chance of winning did not struggle hard and continue to insist, nor did he admit defeat and settle down hastily, but directly switched to another mode. He wanted to use the last two rounds to give himself a rich gift.

Wang Chao gritted his teeth, faced the pulled back ball, and rushed fiercely. He used a lot of strength, as if he wanted to vent the complex emotions surging in his heart.

Luo Jiu took a step back and pulled the ball back again.

Wang Chao rejuvenated, he began to attack Luo Jiu's backhand furiously, and in an instant, all kinds of offensive techniques spewed out, but in an instant, he had already stared at that point and hit ten times in one breath. After a few boards, they finally broke through Luo Jiu's defense.

3: 0.

When Luo Jiu served the ball, he no longer tossed it high, but sent a tight short backspin, which landed close to Wang Chao's forehand.

This is a defensive posture, because Wang Chao is left-handed, so he served the forehand closer, making it clear that Wang Chao would not take the initiative to pick and hit, and he did not want Wang Chao to put the ball too easily to his backhand.

But with Wang Chao's technique, he can naturally force the ball to the opponent's backhand baseline.

Luo Jiu chose to pull backhand.

Wang Chao pulled back steadily.

Luo Jiu pulls again.

Wang Chao charged sideways.

Luo Jiu stepped back and slashed a board with his backhand.

Wang Chao also cut it.

The offense and defense of the two sides began to be flexible, but no matter how they played, Wang Chao was firmly pressing Luo Jiu's backhand, and all the balls were concentrated in the small circular area at the bottom line of the opponent's backhand.

On the other hand, Luo Jiu launched various counterattacks from the backhand position, trying to disrupt Wang Chao's plan, causing Wang Chao to make a forced error and changing the point of the shot.

So the ball suddenly became very strange, Wang Chao's ball's landing point was fully blossomed, while Luo Jiu's ball's landing point was extremely concentrated.

After staring at it for a long time, an audience member suddenly exclaimed: "Oh, my God, I've seen this scene!"

Soon, one after another exclamation sounded in the venue. Obviously, many people remembered the table tennis super video that shocked the entire European table tennis world in March this year.

"Is he imitating Sun Tianlong?"

"Is he beating him up as Sun Tianlong?"

"My God, this scene is almost exactly the same as that time!"

Wang Chao has gone crazy.

He could feel the fatigue of his body, but his physical strength could bear it completely. He attacked that point in different ways, but was returned by strong counterattacks again and again.

At this time, there is not much brain-burning place in the ball, and both sides are playing pure basic skills. Therefore, although the scene is still dizzying, in fact, the two sides play very effortlessly, because the brain is resting, and only the body is moving. .

In terms of backhand alone, Luo Jiu is actually stronger than Sun Tianlong.

His pure defense ability is not as good as Sun Tianlong, but he has a backhand kill and is good at exerting force. After all, he is four years younger than Sun Tianlong. When he debuted, horizontal players already emphasized backhand kill rather than pure backhand defense. The traditional pattern of forehand power.

So when Wang Chao pressed his backhand, he could not only defend, but also counterattack. He put great pressure on Wang Chao.

It is also because of this that the game was not one-sided, but with the tacit cooperation of both sides, the score began to cross and rise. Within 10 minutes, it jumped from the initial 2:0 to 11:11.

It took 20 minutes to finish a round, which was boring enough, but the audience didn't find it boring, because in essence, the audience couldn't understand the various behind-the-scenes calculations of high-end professional players. It is easy to understand, but the way of fighting around a point is like hitting a hard diamond with a heavy hammer. The audience can see it clearly at a glance, and their blood is boiling.

Naturally, they didn't know that the result of the game was already doomed. Instead, they watched the rising score and felt an increasingly tense atmosphere.

This is just a practice game.

Luo Jiu imitated Sun Tianlong and let Wang Chao attack his backhand.

Because during the rest time after the fourth round, he figured out a reason: since you have won me, then take my share and go beat Sun Tianlong.

If you are not sure yet, then I will be your sparring partner!
Are you unwilling?

Naturally there is.

But he is proud. Since he lost in an upright manner, even if he is unwilling, he can only admit it.

Next, it's time for the brothers to be united in one heart, and their profits to break the gold.

"Wang Chao, next, we must win Brother Long..." Luo Jiu pulled back a ball hard, wiped his face with his sleeve, and said silently in his heart.

……

The biggest climax of this World Table Tennis Championship finally came after a full hour and 10 minutes. Wang Chao defeated his senior with a total score of 4:2 and won the first World Table Tennis Championship in his career. Push my Grand Slam plan one step further, everything is ready, only the Olympics.

In the last two rounds of the final, the two played a practice match. Many fans could see this, but no one booed or abused them. They accepted the result.

Because this game showed unprecedented high quality from beginning to end.

Qin Huachang was silent for a long time in the live broadcast room.

Fan Xiaoxian turned off the live broadcast at his home in Jiangcheng with red eyes.

He Jingping sat in the auditorium and watched quietly, not intending to congratulate his beloved disciple.

At this moment, the arena in Budapest was full of noise, countless media surrounded both sides of the match, and the flashlights almost blinded the players.

And in the Sequoia Stadium, thousands of miles away, Spade Q is actually simultaneously ushering in the victory of the first derby in this autumn season.

Double happiness, this is indeed a good day worth celebrating, but the two parties who were the champion and runner-up of the World Table Tennis Championships just now were too calm.

The host asked Chao Wang: "Do you have anything to say?"

Wang Chao didn't say anything official, he thought about it, and said seriously: "Thank you, brother."

The host was a little confused, so he handed the microphone in front of Luo Jiu and said, "Do you have anything to respond?"

Luo Jiu also thought about it, then suddenly laughed, his eyes narrowed.

He was originally a somewhat funny and sunny boy, but in the past month, in order to gain momentum, he has made himself look a bit bitter and bitter, but now that the game has been lost, he has revived his life and said: " Brother, is it true?"

Wang Chao nodded and said sincerely, "It's from the bottom of my heart."

"Then sing a song and express it." Luo Jiu said with a smile: "Come on, world champion, a "Thank You" is dedicated to the friends who are watching the live broadcast. Let's applaud and walk up, encourage my junior brother."

The audience immediately applauded like thunder, accompanied by whistling one after another, typical of watching the excitement is not a big deal.

Wang Chao opened his mouth slightly.

(To be honest, I’m not very satisfied with the writing, but that’s it. For the sake of at least my hard work, let’s count the votes, big brothers and sisters)
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