Ping Pong Life

Chapter 472 Xiao Lin's Discovery and Lao Qin's Worries

The coin rolled in the air and then fell. The referee immediately covered it and turned to look at Wang Chao.

This is actually an interesting thing.

Guessing coins actually doesn’t matter who guesses first, but once foreign referees encounter Wang Chao’s game, they must subconsciously look at Wang Chao first. This is naturally because the law of guessing coins came along with the rise of Wang Chao of.

Usually, Wang Chao would casually say an answer, but today he hesitated for a moment, smiled and pointed to Sun Tianlong who was opposite him.

The referee turned his head to look at Sun Tianlong. Sun Tianlong guessed a "flower" casually, but he guessed right and got the right to serve.

This is just a small episode.

For the audience, this can be regarded as a small and insignificant accident, because everyone thought that Sun Tianlong had an absolute advantage before the game, so the right to serve in the first game should have been Wang Chao. It's right to get it.

"Could it be that Wang Chao's strength is stronger in this game?" Many people had such thoughts in their minds, and quickly suppressed them.

It's probably just a coincidence. After all, the law of guessing coins is just a stalk. At first, the accuracy was very high, but it has failed many times in the past six months.

After all, how could Sun Tianlong, who could beat Luo Jiu to 11:1, be the disadvantaged party?

Qin Huachang's live broadcast room was full of bullet screens, and everyone was joking about this little coin guessing session with a relaxed attitude and a joking tone.

But Qin Huachang didn't say anything.

As the world-recognized No. [-] anchor and the founder of the "spoiler-type live broadcast", he actually knows that the audience really needs him to stand up and say a summary sentence at this time, telling everyone clearly the general situation of the game how is it.

But he has remained silent.

It's not just because he's weak and struggling to speak today, but also because he's been replaying scenes from Wang Chao's semi-final match yesterday in his mind.

He really wanted to tell everyone with confidence: "Don't worry, guessing coins is not enough, strength is the key. Sun Tianlong is still in the dominant game today."

But he can't say.

Because he is responsible for what he says.

He always felt that there was something wrong when he guessed the coin just now, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, it was just an intuition.

What he didn't know was that someone in the stands at the game site understood the details that even he didn't understand.

This person is Lin Zijun.

At this moment, Lin Zijun was in a daze, his scalp felt a little numb as if it had been electrified, it was obvious that the game hadn't started yet, and everyone was still relaxed, yet he seemed to have seen the most shocking thing in the world.

He was the only person in the whole world who understood Wang Chao's hesitation just now.

Because he is the only one in the world who has encountered a similar situation.

It was two months ago at the World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Lin Zijun met Luo Jiu. At that time, Lin Zijun wanted to win very much, so when the referee asked him to guess the coin, he hesitated a little and guessed "flower".

He guessed right and got the right to serve. Although he lost that game, there is no doubt that he did get the initial advantage of the right to serve by guessing coins.

And the reason why he hesitated at that moment was because of his super speed, his ability to capture the motion of his eyes had also been greatly improved. At the moment when the coin was tumbling and falling from the air, he could see clearly which side was facing up. What.

So his guess is [-]% correct.

Just because it was almost cheating, there was a slight conflict with his work ethic that made him hesitate a little at that point.

That trace of hesitation was exactly the same as Wang Chao today.

The difference is that he chose to guess by himself and guessed right.

But Wang Chao chose not to have this advantage and let Sun Tianlong guess to ensure the true fairness of the game.

and so.

Yes.

Lin Zijun was convinced.

At this time, Wang Chao, like himself, became the second person in the world table tennis world who could see the direction of the coin clearly.

He had to be shocked, and there was a strong sense of sudden realization in the shock.

Because many clues from the past have answers at this moment.

He finally understood why Wang Chao always competed with him for speed after he came to the Olympic Village.

I fight in sparring, in mixed doubles, even in the semi-finals.

It turns out that what Wang Chao needs is the intense stimulation of his own super speed...

His evolution visible to the naked eye in the stimulation became faster and stronger.

Just as he fully adapted to the "superconductor" racket in just a few games at the World Table Tennis Championships.

What a terrifying speed of improvement.

Is there no end to his improvement?

"What kind of talent is Wushuang?"

"He can learn all the moves in the world, I can understand."

"But can he even learn talent?"

"When he played with me yesterday, he slapped me with a lot of balls for no reason. Doesn't he really have the same nerve reaction speed as me?"

Lin Zijun adjusted his sitting posture.

He had a premonition that the game he was going to see today might be completely different from the predictions of fans all over the world before the game.

Maybe...wasn't it just a massacre by the dragon team?

Even... isn't it a well-matched stalemate?

……

Sun Tianlong served with short backspin.

Even with the most conventional short backspin, there are still many things to pay attention to in a peak duel.

The landing point of the ball must be in Wang Chao's backhand position, and it cannot be at a large angle. It must be low enough and close enough. As for the strength of the backspin, it is not so important.

This is because yesterday Luo Jiu had already proved that he was capable of forcibly fighting this impeccable short backspin serve with an unreasonable posture, so of course Wang Chao, who was stronger than Luo Jiu, could also.

Then it is inevitable to restrict Wang Chao's forehand. Even if he can't stop Wang Chao from attacking, he can only give him the backhand position, because the strength of the backhand twist is definitely not as strong as the forehand's forehand.

But even the backhand twist is actually particular. If the ball is too far backhanded, it will be very convenient to twist the ball. If the height of the ball is not perfect, Wang Chao can also choose to take a half step back and hit the ball like Pique. The special posture of pointing forward and directly pulling the loop ball with a backhand forcefully, the power of such a ball is really amazing.

At the same time, don't forget that Wang Chao also learned the first trick of Xiao Fei's three tricks: using the flexibility of the wrist to forcibly hit the short backspin ball in the middle position with the forehand.

We don't need to worry about how Wang Chao managed to catch up with Xiao Fei with the flexibility of his wrist. We just need to know that Wang Chao can actually achieve "the whole table has no dead ends". On the half table in front of him, The landing point that can make him unable to lift the board is really extremely rare, and it needs to be quite precise to find it.

Sun Tianlong's serve happened to fall in this extremely rare area.

Of course, he could have used this method to stop Luo Jiu from fighting yesterday, but he didn't think it was necessary because he was full of confidence in defeating Luo Jiu.

But today he felt he needed it.

Because he also watched the game where Wang Chao played Lin Zijun.

Like his teacher Qin Huachang, he also noticed Wang Chao's terrifying progress in basic attributes such as speed and strength.

Faced with this kind of serve that really does not give a chance, Wang Chao can only choose to swing back.

Relatively speaking, it is easier for him to defend against Sun Tianlong, he only needs to press the ball to the backhand position.

Sun Tianlong also swung back.

Wang Chao swung back again.

The first ball in the first round was a small ball in the ring at the beginning. This is normal and reasonable, but no one expected that the players on both sides would fight for twelve rounds in one go.

It was very quiet in the auditorium, and everyone stared wide-eyed, trying to see who made the mistake.

Now the audience already knows the basic knowledge about fighting short in the stage, and knows that Sun Tianlong is recognized as the No.1 small ball in the stage, and Wang Chao, who has a subtle talent, has been hailed as the best hand feeling since his debut. One of the five, this title has been continuously revised as Wang Chao has made new achievements, and has become one of the four with the best hand feeling, and one of the three. When Wang Chao proved at the World Table Tennis Championships two months ago When he was better than Luo Jiu's small ball in the table, he had become the only person on this planet who could challenge Sun Tianlong in terms of touch.

Of course, he also proved in March this year that he is the only person on this planet who can technically challenge Sun Tianlong.

He appeared in the finals today, which means that he has made all the preparations, and he is no longer reconciled to tying Sun Tianlong in a single event, but wants to defeat Sun Tianlong head-on fundamentally and in terms of comprehensive strength.

If he can win, he will be recognized by the world as the most comprehensive player in history.

Because at this time Sun Tianlong is at the best moment of his entire career.

The 32-year-old Sun Tianlong has the experience and skills that he did not have when he was young, and because of half a year of recuperation, he briefly possessed the perfect state and healthy body comparable to when he was young. Yi's crushing victory accumulated his aura to the limit. He was like the last rosy glow before sunset. Although it was about to dissipate, it was as red as blood, thick and colorful, so bright that it was indescribable.

He is the setting sun, but the setting sun is infinitely good.

Sun Tianlong swings short.

Wang Chao made short moves.

Sun Tianlong continued to swing short.

Wang Chao continued to swing short.

The ball gave people an endless feeling, and the expressions of both sides of the match were as calm as ever.

It's an almost perfect mentality to play.

Some players will appear impatient because they are too passionate during the game, and some players will appear too conservative during the game because they lack the desire to win, but at the moment these two are neither impatient nor conservative.

They didn't rush to attack because they really didn't find an opportunity.

They don't change their moves because they don't need to change their moves at all.

"My short ball in the table is not weaker than him, why should I change my technique?"

"If you are forced to change your tactics, you will definitely fall into passivity, even if it is only a little bit, a trace of passivity, so why bother?"

"Why didn't he change first?"

As for whether the audience will feel bored, none of them care, because they only have their own opponents in their eyes.

But in fact, the audience didn't feel bored, on the contrary, they didn't dare to take a breath after watching it.

In fact, this kind of situation is like the two sides pulling the bowstrings. The more they pull, the tighter they are. Everyone knows that one of the bowstrings will break at some point, but no one knows whose bowstring will break first. The tension escalated endlessly, as if there was no end.

"The two of them are determined to compete." Qin Huachang explained in the live broadcast room: "In a normal match, if two contestants can't decide the winner in the short-term battle, someone will take the initiative to change their moves, because this There is actually no practical significance in fighting short. After all, this is only the first step in the formation of the entire technique and tactics. Afterwards, once the fighting short mode is broken through, there will be various technical and tactical changes, including offensive ability, defensive ability, offensive and defensive ability, etc. Switches, tempo shifts, etc., those are the differences that really make or break a game.”

"Of course, the normal game I mentioned just now is definitely not as high as the current game, because the side that changes moves early in the fight must suffer, but the loss is very small, and ordinary professional players can't catch it basically, so It doesn't matter, but these two people can seize a little bit of a small loophole to pursue and fight until they tear each other's opening and penetrate the defense, so looking at it this way, it is understandable for them to choose to fight to the end."

"So everyone can look forward to it a little bit, because the technical stability of these two is very, very high, so there will be very few accidental situations in the game, and the result of each ball is very convincing... um , in layman's terms, whoever wins this ball can basically determine whose small ball in the table is better."

"Oh, do you want me to make a prediction? In fact, this can be said to be very simple, or it can be said to be very difficult."

"The simple thing is, I can tell you now that Sun Tianlong's short ball in the table must be better in theory, because it is very difficult for him to restrain Wang Chao, and he has to let the ball fall on the extremely few few players on the table. It is much easier for Wang Chao to restrain Sun Tianlong. He only needs to keep an eye on Sun Tianlong’s backhand position. Under the premise that there is a big difference in the difficulty of ball control between the two sides, they can play Nearly [-] rounds of draws prove that Sun Tianlong is stronger in this respect."

"But the difficult thing for me is that I really can't judge who will win this game. If I have to choose one, I think Wang Chao is more likely to win. After all, he is younger and focused. At the end of the fight, it is definitely not the one with the better technique that wins, but the one whose attention is forced to slack first reveals its flaws."

After finishing such a long paragraph in one breath, Qin Huachang secretly complained.

He is inevitably biased in this final, so he is really afraid that the ball will be too glued, because his heart can't stand it.

But now that the first ball has been fought like this, his heart has been raised uncontrollably, he is really afraid that he will not be able to hold it.

He reached out to close the microphone briefly, took two breaths, and drank two sips of water before he felt better.

Qin Zhenyu gestured not far away, telling him to take it easy, talk less, just watch the game quietly, he nodded.

At this time, Wang Chao and Sun Tianlong had already fought to the No.20 eighth board. Sun Tianlong chose to change his move and rub the ball to the bottom line of Wang Chao's backhand position.

This is actually tantamount to admitting defeat in terms of fighting shortcomings, because he knows that he will show his flaws if he drags on, so he might as well change his tactics one step ahead.

At this moment, many people breathed a sigh of relief.

They were really afraid that the moment the bowstring broke would be shocking and stormy, but fortunately, Sun Tianlong had rich experience after all, so he chose to let go of the bowstring before he realized that he was about to lose.

So this ball is still worth playing.

Wang Chao retreated half a step, and directly pulled the arc with his backhand to seize the initiative.

This ball is actually not very easy to exert force, because it is underspin and very low. Although it is released, it is only barely released, and it falls on the backhand position. There is a short gap in his forehand position.

But the biggest difference between Wang Chao and Sun Tianlong is that he is a player of the new generation and he has a strong backhand.

He didn't before, but when he saw Pique's signature backhand for the first time, he had it.

He perfectly reproduced Pique's trick, moved the hitting point forward, and pulled out an extremely fast and tricky loop ball with a strange side spin.

Sun Tianlong chose to bring a board quickly.

Wang Chao quickly converted to a forehand burst.

Sun Tianlong retreated from Taiwan and turned back.

Wang Chao charged again.

Sun Tianlong continued to pull back.

Wang Chao burst for the third time.

Sun Tianlong took another step back, and it was also a burst.

For six consecutive rounds, the two sides faced each other tit-for-tat, and no one retreated. Sun Tianlong's idea was to forcibly regain the offensive initiative through his own stronger power, while Wang Chao's idea was to maintain his offensive posture and never let Sun Tianlong Anti-customer-oriented.

Naturally, these two people would not hold back technically, so this confrontation was simplified into a pure confrontation of strength.

In the end, Sun Tianlong did not take back the initiative from Wang Chao.

This scene seemed normal, but some insiders had come to the conclusion that at this moment, Sun Tianlong had no advantage over Wang Chao in terms of strength.

The short board of strength that restricted Wang Chao for a full year and a half officially disappeared at this moment.

But Sun Tianlong still decided to continue the strong confrontation, because he has the explosive power of five rebounds, while Wang Chao only has four rebounds.

But he ignored a problem: in his last pull, because he took another step back, what he pulled out was a very long-distance forward looping ball.

Therefore, the ball must fly in the air for a long time, and it must be able to fly very far.

For Wang Chao, this is an opportunity.

Wang Chao chose to take two steps back, giving way to a depth of more than one meter. Then he stood with his legs apart, swung his arms completely from below, and drove his body to smash hard. When the ball left the racket, it , with a strong side spin at the end.

This is a pretty standard boa constrictor rollover.

Sun Tianlong gritted his teeth and took another step back. Facing this boa constrictor who had completely acquired the essence of Xiao Fei turned around, he finally did not dare to pull forcefully, but pulled a high-hanging arc, not seeking to fight back, but to survive .

But at this time he has completely fallen into the passive.

Wang Chao stepped forward and charged directly.

Sun Tianlong could only block it passively.

Wang Chao charged again.

Sun Tianlong blocks again.

Wang Chao switched to a backhand pull.

Sun Tianlong blocked it.

Wang Chao then turned his forehand and changed the line at a wide angle.

Sun Tianlong blocked it.

Wang Chao directly cut sideways at close range, cut an extremely weird arc ball, and flew straight to Sun Tianlong's forehand at a wide angle.

At this point, Sun Tianlong still did not give up, and quickly circled to the right sideline of the table, and wanted to make a violent challenge inside the table.

But when the ball was picked out, he really reached the limit, his feet were soft, and he sat on the ground.

The audience roared with laughter, but this kind of laughter did not contain the slightest hint of ridicule, and their eyes were full of admiration for Sun Tianlong.

It is really not easy for a veteran in his 30s to fight the first ball to this point.

However, fighting spirit does not mean victory.

Faced with this desperate challenge, Wang Chao's reaction was extremely fast, he directly hit the racket, hit a super fast backhand ball, and landed on Sun Tianlong's side of the table with a large backhand position.

This is a blind spot that the gods can't save, and Sun Tianlong was killed directly.

1:0, Wang Chao finally won the first goal after a full minute of the start.

This is probably the longest first point in table tennis history.

——Except for the game of chipper vs. chipper. After all, at the beginning of table tennis, there was no limit to the number of boards between chippers.

(End of this chapter)