Ping Pong Life

Chapter 463 The Brazilian's Backstab
12 month 17 day.

After the first half of the game is over, it's the turn of the second half.

In fact, although there was a civil war between Luo Jiu and Sun Tianlong in the upper half, the fans agreed before the game that the lower half was the real group of death.

Because the personnel composition of this group is like the epitome of today's table tennis world. Not only Wang Chao, a player from the China National Table Tennis Association, the overlord of the table tennis world, but also representatives of the most important Anti-China Association in the world, namely Wandao Lin Zijun, Brazilian Hooker, and German Bayer.

They are representatives from Asia, America and Europe.

More importantly, theoretically speaking, the three other than Huaping have the possibility of defeating Wang Chao in terms of strength on paper.

Therefore, compared to purely watching the excitement in the first half, when the second half kicks off, fans all over the world have a clear support object in their hearts.

Even Huaguo fans are also worried, because competitive sports are like this. Those who are superior feel that their advantage is not big enough, and those who are inferior feel that they have a chance to be upset. Unless it is a completely clear match like Sun Tianlong and Zhang Benkuang, otherwise, they must It is all people who feel that they have both opportunities and dangers.

But when the fight really starts, the pros and cons of winning or losing are quite obvious.

The first to start is Wang Chao vs Bayer.

The two have only played against each other twice in history, but they are considered to be very destined. Bayer can even be regarded as a nobleman in Wang Chao's career.

The Hong Kong Open at the beginning of the year is still fresh in the memory of many fans. At that time, the European Table Tennis Association wanted to target Wang Chao to death. Bayer, who appeared on the stage with a secret mission, played a good half-time game, but in the end he failed. Wang Chao aimed at death, but helped Wang Chao find many omissions in himself, and then Wang Chao made up for the omissions on the spot, and became a better self, which fully verified the sentence: what can't kill me will only make me stronger.

It can be said that Wang Chao's second super evolution was bestowed by Bayer.

But it's not over yet.

Not long ago in the World Table Tennis Championships, the match between Wang Chao and Luo Jiu was very popular. However, Wang Chao’s technique was seriously scattered because of his new superconductor racket. Wang Chao was oppressed from multiple angles without dead ends, forcing Wang Chao to fully adapt to the superconductor racket with the fastest speed under high pressure, and become a better self again.

Considering that the exclusive racket itself is an indispensable part of a player's skills, this time it can barely be regarded as Wang Chao's third super evolution, which is also a gift from Bayer.

Coincidentally, isn't it?
In fact, there is inevitability in chance. The reason why Bayer can always play a key role at critical moments is because he is actually the one who has gone the farthest on the road of technical flow among all the players in the foreign association.

He didn't have any talent himself, and he was able to dominate Europe for more than ten years because of technology. Wang Chao happened to be a master of technology. There are only two people in the world who can compete with Wang Chao in technology, one is Sun Tianlong and the other is Bayer.

Sun Tianlong's strength is too high, Wang Chao can't stand it, and Huaping has the rule that the king does not see the king, so in today's world table tennis, after the final selection, Bayer is the only one who can actually serve as a whetstone and a stepping stone for Wang Chao. This is a single seedling.

Not Lin Zijun, although he is a genius, he relies on his speed for a living.

Neither can Hu Ke. Although he is a genius, he relies on his body for food.

So you see, what Mr. Lu Xun said is quite right. All encounters in this world are reunions after a long absence, and they are all destined.

What?Didn't Lu Xun say it?No last sentence?Oh, it doesn't matter, you know what I mean.

In short, this is the third meeting between Wang Chao and Bayer in the world arena.

But Wang Chao no longer needs to evolve.

He has evolved to the end.

So he swept Bayer 32:4 in just 0 minutes.

This is also normal.

Everyone is skilled, I am younger than you, I run faster than you, my physical strength is better than yours, my explosive power is stronger than yours, and my touch is finer than yours, so when you meet me, it is naturally like meeting Sun Tianlong , is shorter than me in every parameter of the hexagonal personal parameter indicator, what do you use to fight against me?

Little Sun Tianlong is naturally not Sun Tianlong's opponent.

But if the age factor and debut sequence are excluded, Bayer can actually be called "Little Wang Chao" in terms of the technical and tactical characteristics of both sides.

Xiao Wang Chao is naturally not Wang Chao's opponent.

After this ball game, all European countries were silent. Even though many people were still excited and looking forward to the next series of battles, there was deep despair in their hearts.

The European troika, Germany, Sweden, and England, which have been fighting endlessly, have all been eliminated so far.

The most desperate thing is that they still can't see a little bit of hope.

The strength shown by the Huaping men's singles players in this Olympic Games is almost as if everyone is not playing the same game.

Wang Chao, Luo Jiu, and Sun Tianlong, any one of these three people can beat the whole world, but now, three people appear in front of the whole world at the same time.

There is also Fan Xiaodong watching over him.

So when the last 8-in-4 game started, Lin Zijun vs Hooker, many European fans were still immersed in this complicated emotion.

But the fans at the scene were boiling at this time.

Because this is Mexico, it belongs to North America, while Brazil belongs to South America. Everyone is America, one south and one north, with the same spirit, and a strip of water. Local Mexican fans unconditionally support Hook.

With Huaping showing such awe-inspiring power, and at the moment when Europe, the world's second-largest table tennis powerhouse, has been eliminated, Hook, as the only seedling in the Americas, does not need to face Huaping, he only needs to defeat the tiny Bay Island players , you can enter the semi-finals and become the only player of non-Chinese nationality in the semi-finals.

Of course, the semi-finals are not such a great honor, but if they stand side by side with the top three giants in the history of Huaping, then at this moment, Hooker can definitely be honored as the uncrowned king of American table tennis.

The last game of 8 goals and 4 goals started with such intricate fan emotions.

This is a truly unpredictable game. Even the Huaping coaching staff chatted internally last night, talking about this game, everyone shook their heads one after another.

Hook may have the best physical fitness on the planet, while Lin Zijun may have the fastest speed on the planet.

Although these are two table tennis players, in a sense their talents have transcended the shackles of table tennis and can be applied to the entire human world.

Then, when two completely detached people collide, it is difficult to judge who wins and who loses by using the common sense and laws of the table tennis world.

The Huaping coaches finally unified their understanding before the meeting ended, and gave a judgment on the game: "Look at the state."

Today, both sides are in good condition. Hook perfectly demonstrated the stable technical and tactical system he has cultivated in his two-month career in table tennis. He does not play like an American player, but like a Chinese player. Where the rough transition is, the delicacy is amazing.

And Lin Zijun is an out-and-out Chinese table tennis player.

Therefore, the battle between the two of them started strictly from the details of serving and receiving the serve. They first fought for the touch, then the ability to seize opportunities, and finally the ability to attack and defend.

It was also in this situation where the two sides made it clear that there was a frontal collision, and everyone discovered, oh, it turns out that Hook's hand feel is better.

Yes, although Hook is always labeled as "rough" and "barbaric", he is actually talented in subtleties.

On the contrary, Lin Zijun, who seems to be smart and meticulous, is just a good level of hand feeling that has been cultivated the day after tomorrow.

So Hook got the offensive right first.

However, here comes the problem: Lin Zijun is not afraid of attack.

Don't forget, Lin Zijun's famous game of super speed evolution at the Deutsche Open in July was based on Hooker.

In today's rematch, Hook is still attacking habitually, and began to bombard wildly, but what Lin Zijun likes most about his super speed defense mode is the opponent's crazy force.

So, it was obviously Hu Ke who got the initiative, but in the end it was Lin Zijun who got the points first.

Then Hook woke up and realized that Lin Zijun was a different opponent from anyone else.

Hook began to try to unload his strength, looking for Lin Zijun's loopholes through the multi-angle attack of forehand and backhand mobilization.

At this moment, Hook was not like himself at all. Many fans saw his posture and attitude in playing, as well as the way he ran on both sides of the table, and they could faintly see a little bit of Luo Jiu's shadow.

Yes, Hook is learning from Luo Jiu.

In other words, this is not a subconscious learning, but after practicing with Luo Jiu for more than a month, Hu Ke has already learned many details from Luo Jiu without knowing it.

After all, sparring is mutual. When Luo Jiu broke the law of "the king does not see the king" and established a clear relationship with Hu Ke, Hu Ke was not completely at a disadvantage. It is too rough, and there are too many places to absorb and learn from, so that he actually absorbs more nutrition from Luo Jiu.

He has truly become a better version of himself. Up to now, he can even restrain his natural divine power, attack Lin Zijun with just the right amount of power, and try to crack Lin Zijun's super speed with purely technical flow.

This was unimaginable before.

It is said that when Rorskoff watched the game, the audience was silent and said nothing, with complex emotions in his eyes.

He probably really realized how simple and rude his "help" to Hu Ke was, and how miraculous the help Hu Ke got in Huaping.

It's a pity that such a Hook is still not enough to penetrate Lin Zijun's defense.

Because his skills have only improved, but it is impossible to really reach the realm of Wang Chao or Sun Tianlong.

Even Luo Jiu, the object of his imitation, has not reached the level of Wang Chao and Sun Tianlong in terms of technology.

Therefore, if Luo Jiu met Lin Zijun, it was also impossible for Luo Jiu to defeat Lin Zijun with pure skills, he would think of other ways.

But Hook could think of no other way.

After all, his preparation efficiency is too low.

The Brazilian Table Tennis Association can give him too little help, while the Chinese National Table Tennis Association has given too much help to its own players. For example, Luo Jiu and Wang Chao will formulate targeted tactics based on the opponent's game habits to make predictions in the prediction. Regardless of whether it was Luo Jiu's super retaliation against Wang Chaoshi in the final of the World Table Tennis Championships, or Wang Chao's super retaliation against Lin Zijun in the mixed doubles final, they all followed the same path.

But this path is actually very difficult, and requires extremely high professional skills, wisdom, and thinking intensity. This kind of thing cannot be done by a player alone.

Therefore, in the face of Lin Zijun, Hook's offensive options seemed a bit weak. When he found that the strong attack could not penetrate the opponent, and the rhythm could not drag the opponent down, he had nothing to do.

The game fell into a quagmire, because Hook couldn't come up with new things, so he could only keep trying on old things, trying to catch the opponent's loopholes, or use higher intensity to force the opponent to make forced errors.

Lin Zijun was also having a hard time, because when Hook learned to restrain his strength, he really couldn't find a way to leverage it, and, just as Hook hoped, he would indeed make forced errors.

So the game was extremely stalemate. From a strategic point of view, in the second half of the first game, there was already a lack of thought-provoking things, but from the scene, it was actually very good-looking, a multi-round offensive and defensive battle. , The fight was full of passion, both sides were extremely tense, oppressing the other, expecting the other to make a mistake, and once the other did make a mistake, they would chase and beat until they were killed.

Such a game scene, when Qin Huachang was out and the other commentators couldn't understand, was already considered a top-notch match. Strictly speaking, it was even better than Wang Chao's match against Bayer just now.

The game lasted for an hour, 10 minutes, and the two sides were really at their wit's end. They didn't play tactics, but played toughness, body, and willpower. They were all competing with each other.

In the end, it was Lin Zijun who won the game with a narrow score of 4:3 in the round, and an 11:3 victory over Hu Ke in the last round.

This result surprised many people, including Huaping and other bigwigs.

Because everyone can see that this kind of death should theoretically be dominated by Hooker.

After all, Hook was born with stronger concentration, better physical strength, and endurance. As long as he stabilized himself and kept his mentality in check, Lin Zijun's body must be overwhelmed by the exhaustion later, and there would be technical fluctuations and mental fluctuations.

But in the end it was Hook who inexplicably collapsed in the seventh game.

The Huaping bigwigs met again that night to analyze and communicate, and devoted a lot of brainpower to this game. The final conclusion was that "Lin Zijun is better at adjusting his mentality."

Note that it's not that you have a better mentality, but that you are better at adjusting your mentality. These are two completely different concepts.

Wang Chao supports this conclusion.

Hook’s mentality is not good. He is easily anxious, irritable, and self-defeating. This can be seen from his frequent failures in the past few years. He has played in Huaping for two months this year, and he seems to have a much better mentality. Yes, but in essence, it's just because he is technically stable, so he has cultivated stronger self-confidence. This kind of self-confidence covers up his natural mentality defects, making people think that he has really become a calm people.

But it doesn't.

In the final round of the fierce battle with Lin Zijun, Hook finally exposed his personality flaws again under high pressure.

Of course, this has something to do with the pressure he is under too much. After all, fans in South America and North America are all staring at him, waiting for him to break out and win the game.

At the same time, this is still a battle of revenge. In July, he was the background board for Lin Zijun's super evolution, which can be regarded as a kind of "revenge".

Pushed by various external and internal forces, Hook was pushed to the crater like this, making him restless, irritable and impulsive. Even if he forcibly suppressed it, he still erupted at the last moment.

But Lin Zijun is just the opposite.

Lin Zijun is essentially a gentle and refined young man, not so hostile, calm, and lacks even the desire to win. When he first debuted, he needed Jiang Peirong and Zhuang Huishen to encourage him from the sidelines. The reason why he played many famous games later is mainly because Stimulated by Wang Chao, a "good friend" of his peers.

So Lin Zijun really didn't feel any pressure in today's game, because he had already determined that he was not Wang Chao's opponent, but after winning this game, he would face Wang Chao.

So, what does it mean to win?It's nothing more than entering the semi-finals, but not the finals.

So Lin Zijun was really relaxed.

Even his fans don't put pressure on him. After all, Bay Island is too small. Bay Island fans are satisfied with his achievements this year. Even Jiang Peirong often tells him: "Take it easy, your health is the most important thing. Don’t force yourself to win the championship, just play for a few more years to be real.”

So you see, life is like this, you don't want it but you get it, you want it so much but you miss it in the end.

In short, the top four men's singles are determined in this way, Luo Jiu vs Sun Tianlong in the first half, Wang Chao vs Lin Zijun in the second half, and the world table tennis world is once again commotion because of this list, because everyone is aware of a very serious problem : The top four are all Asian players?

So this is the real pattern of table tennis today?
Does it look similar to mixed doubles?
In mixed doubles, the semi-finals consisted of two Asians and two Europeans, but in the finals it became an Asian civil war.

Today's men's singles, in the quarter-finals, there were still four Europeans and four Asians, but in the semi-finals, it became an Asian civil war.

If there is another round, will the final simply become a civil war in Huaping?
"Reform, we must continue to reform!" The ITTF officials formed a group that night, held a video conference, and passed the above resolution unanimously with an unprecedented gesture of unity.

After dinner that afternoon, Wang Chao asked He Jingping for a leave of absence, and sneaked out of the Huaping camp with Luo Jiu.

"Junior brother, after much deliberation, you are probably the only person in this world who can imitate Brother Long's purely technical style of play." Luo Jiu was full of confidence, his eyes glowing: "We brothers are of one heart, and our strength can cut through gold. As long as you help me well, I will be able to successfully slay the dragon tomorrow, and let Lao He experience the supreme glory of his disciples meeting in the Olympic finals."

At the end, he added: "By the way, it should be fine if you hit Xiao Linzi tomorrow, right?"

Wang Chao smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, you jump, i, jump."

Luo Jiu: "?"

"This..." Wang Chao coughed, "I mean, you win, I win, see you in the final."

The brothers and sisters didn't know it, and Hu Ke also sent a sentence to Sun Tianlong through the Brazilian Table Tennis Association that night: "Do you need me to be a training partner? Now, after two months of training with Luo Jiu, it can be said that today's The person who knows Luo Jiu best in the world... If I help you imitate Luo Jiu, you will win tomorrow!"

Sun Tianlong readily agreed, thanked him sincerely, and finally asked: "Why did you help me?"

"First, because I want to watch coach Qin Huachang explain the men's singles final, so you have to win."

"Secondly, Luo Jiu has been bullying me for two full months. Every time I tell him to be gentle, he refuses. I want to take revenge on him."

Hu Ke paused here, and after a while, Youyou sighed: "Well, I'll be honest...I'm really depressed after losing the game today. Luo Jiu is my good brother now. I think he should be with me. It’s right to share weal and woe, anyway, the gold medal belongs to you Huaping, I hope that you, whom I respect, can complete the dream of double-lap Grand Slam, so I really don’t have any psychological burden for this backstab.”

(It’s an update today. It’s actually a chapter and a half. After all, it’s more than 5k, and I don’t have enough confidence. I can only ask for a ticket weakly.)
　Thanks to "Ye Qingfan" for the reward of 1500 coins.

　　
　
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