I traveled through time and became a cute girl, I just want to be a fun person

Chapter 323 Left hand form, start!

With her outstanding performance in the first game, Jiang Yuan's performance can be said to have surprised many anchors who had previously been pessimistic about her!
Broadcasters are essentially looking for traffic. Small competitions like this, which don't have many people paying attention, lack the kind of competitions with interesting plots and highlights. Now, Jiang Yuan, a super newcomer with top looks and good playing skills, has suddenly appeared. Broadcasters with a keen sense of smell have locked onto this table without hesitation...

Originally they really thought that Jiang Yuan would be easily defeated by Ito Mima, but after the first game, they found out that the opponent actually won by luck.

This shows that this young player, who has just started out and doesn't even have a coach on the sidelines, is like a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger. She can really compete with Ito. Even if she still loses in the end, if the scene is not ugly, it can be said that "it is honorable in defeat"!
Not to mention the secondary anchors who were providing commentary, even the fans of the “Shatou” band who came to the scene to chase their idol were attracted by the “shocking battle” on the edge of the table!
In fact, the most exciting part of table tennis is often when the two players fight back and forth. In the game between Jiang Yuan and Ito Mima, the number of rounds in each game was basically full. People who don’t know would think they were playing tennis!
Table tennis is still tennis, there’s nothing wrong with that!
Just like that, the first round of women's singles competition in the 32-to-16 competition, which originally had little suspense and little traffic, has attracted a lot of attention!
Jiang Yuan's subsequent performance obviously did not disappoint the host who was following her second-channel commentary and the audience at the scene.

After that, every time she and Ito Mima played a stalemate for a long period of time, there were loud screams from the audience, the sound was like waves, one higher than the other!

Once Jiang Yuan wins this multi-round match, the screams will reach a peak and the entire audience will cheer for her!
The cheers were very sharp because there were so many female fans at the scene. Many people may not believe it, but nowadays, 80% of the fans at table tennis matches are female. They are not fans in the traditional sense, but rather like fans chasing stars in the entertainment industry. For them, coming to watch the game is like going to a concert...

And don't forget, this regular challenge is held in China. Jiang Yuan is playing at home, and she has won the favor of the audience with her wonderful and tenacious performance, so of course she can gain such enthusiasm.

But then again, even if such a competition is held abroad, as long as the location is not too far from China and there are contestants with high traffic participating, the audience on site will still mainly be Chinese audiences. This is the strength of fans in the fan circle.

Tickets for table tennis competitions held abroad are actually cheaper. On the contrary, ticket prices for domestic competitions are rising steadily. It can only be said that it is really easy to exploit the fan circle, and it is really easy to make money from female fans!

Not only the tickets, but also the products and peripherals endorsed by the two top male and female players of the national table tennis team will be snapped up. Their ability to bring goods is extremely strong.

As more and more eyes were turned to Jiang Yuan, the audience soon discovered that the competitive temperament displayed by this young player was completely different from that of other national table tennis players!

Many Chinese table tennis players often have very serious expressions on their faces during competitions, giving people a rather solemn feeling.

There is a lot of pressure on them and they hardly smile when playing, whether they win or lose.

If this kind of player keeps winning, he will certainly give people the feeling of a serious "big devil", which will put a lot of pressure on his opponents.

But Jiang Yuan is not like the traditional Chinese table tennis players at all. When she plays, she seems to have an enjoyable and happy smile on her face, as if she doesn't care about the outcome of the game at all, but is enjoying the process of "torturing" her opponent.

Such a faint smile makes her temperament even more charming, and gives people an inexplicable feeling of nobility, calmness and elegance. In addition, even if she hits a wonderful ball, she will not make a sound to cheer herself up.

If we were to say which player in the table tennis world is the best at shouting, it would have to be Tomokazu Harimoto. As soon as he wins a point, he will shout loudly, and the sound is so loud. So when you watch him play, just by listening to whether he shouts or not, you will know whether he has scored or not. As long as he is beaten without making any sound, you know that he is in trouble in this game.

When the Chinese national table tennis players win multiple rounds of exciting or crucial points, they will also shout to boost their morale, with the classic shout of "troy". Sometimes they really need to shout like this to boost their morale and get themselves motivated.

Jiang Yuan doesn't need to motivate herself by shouting, because as long as she is in the competition, she can give full play to her strength, just like she will never slack off when singing. The system's skills are turned on, which has guaranteed her lower limit.

In the second game, Jiang Yuan continued to use her exquisite chopping technique to fight with Ito Mima, and finally won the game with a score of 13 to 11, and the overall score became a - tie.

In the best-of-five match, the next round is the decisive battle. In this regular challenge tournament, only the final singles final is best-of-seven, and the rest of the matches are best-of-five.

In theory, whoever gets to 11 points first in each game wins, but the score of both games was 10-10. In this case, one player has to create a 2-point gap to win the game.

Ito Mima lost the second game. After the unknown young player on the opposite side tied the score, she was now sweating profusely, her neck was covered with sweat, and her back was sweating profusely...

She originally thought that after becoming familiar with the ball path of the opponent who was a very fast and agile chopper, she would be able to find her rhythm to win the game, and then win three sets in a row and shut out her opponent.

However, her idea was indeed nice. After the actual fight, she found that her opponent's ball paths were extremely varied, and he had a deep understanding of rotation. He still had plenty of physical strength and his pace never slowed down. This made it impossible for her to find a good way to win the next game easily.

Ito Mima felt like she was stuck in a quagmire. The opponent never tried to kill her with one blow, but instead used all kinds of tactics to torture her, as if they were bleeding her!

Until she lost the second game, she showed a very depressed expression on her face, and couldn't help cursing in her heart, the chopper was so disgusting, and the key was that the chopper was so good at defense and counterattack, which was double, no, triple disgusting! It was simply unethical to cheat and sneak attack an old comrade like her...

Jiang Yuan heard the system's prompt tone as he wished - Ding, the pain value from Ito Mima +++
Great, this is exactly why she started playing competitive sports!

The more she enjoyed the game, the more painful it was for her opponent. Her negative emotions were overwhelming, but the most uncomfortable thing was still to come. She used all her strength to beat Jiang Yuan, but still lost in the end. It was all in vain...

It is probably like a BO5 match in LOL, where the team classicly came back from - down, but still lost the last game, failing to come back from - down. Isn't this just a "long pain" of working in vain? It's very torturous and it affects your mentality.

Now Ito Mima's mentality is a little exploded. She is not the kind of player who can last long. During the time she played these two games today, other tables have almost played four games. If she continues to be exhausted like this, the situation will be very bad for her.

Jiang Yuan remained calm and composed. In the first two games, she used all her strength in right-handed chip shooting. With her Lv4 (expert) table tennis skills, she was already quite satisfied to be able to tie a 1-1 with a world-class player like Ito Mima.

The key is that when she played against Ito, she didn't even have an off-court coach. She played entirely based on her hard power. Such performance is definitely a level that other young players cannot reach in their debut.

Compared with other competitive sports, table tennis does not have such high requirements on physical fitness and age. Ni Xia Lian is still playing professionally at the age of 60 and has even won the championship of a feeder tournament. This shows that experience is more useful in the field of table tennis than youth and strength. The old veterans who are very skilled in playing can basically play with the young players at will.

This is also why so many people were not optimistic about this very unfamiliar young player before Jiang Yuan played against Ito Mima.

In Xiao Qian's second live broadcast room of "Table Tennis and Life", as Jiang Yuan tied the score, he was heard excitedly saying: "This young player's playing temperament is very unique. She is obviously a young player, but she gives people a feeling of being neither arrogant when she wins nor discouraged when she loses. And she plays the ball very gracefully and spiritually. I said before that her chopping is like Zhu Shixu, and now I think her playing temperament is like Teacher Niwa." Teacher Niwa, whose full name is Kenta Niwa, is a well-known figure in the table tennis world. Because of his unique playing style and attitude, he is affectionately called "Teacher Niwa" by Chinese fans. His playing style is described as stream of consciousness and Buddhist, and his confrontation with Xu Xin is compared to a contest between a philosopher and an artist.

After Takaki Niwa made those jaw-dropping shots and won the small set, he always had a blank expression on his face. He was pretending to be cool invisibly, and naturally attracted fans.

It's a pity that he is just a highlight-reel player. When you watch the highlights, you think he is so amazing, with all kinds of fancy returns, but he actually doesn't have any outstanding results.

A Chinese table tennis coach once commented on his playing style as "random hits", but this does not hinder his unique status and popularity in the table tennis world. Although Mr. Niwa's main job is chasing stars and his side job is playing, he is undoubtedly a talented player. His existence has added a lot of fun and topics to the table tennis world.

If the anchor Xiao Qian knew that Jiang Yuan was also scolded by her own coach for "hitting randomly" and "wasting talent", he would definitely say with certainty that Jiang Yuan's playing style is very similar to that of Kenta Tsuneyama.

However, there is an essential difference between Jiang Yuan and Takaki Niwa. If she can perform fancy moves and hit a magical ball, it can be regarded as the calmness of a strong person. However, Takaki Niwa's magical ball is often just a flash of inspiration, and her hard power is ultimately far from the top players.

But we have to admit that if there are more such interesting players in the table tennis world, it will become more interesting. Winning competitive sports games is of course important, but it is also very important to have a wonderful process. If a player can do both, his popularity will definitely be unbeatable!

As Jiang Yuan won the second game, more people paid attention to her competition. It can be said that she single-handedly made the first round of women's singles competition full of highlights!
In the third and fourth games, they were still tied, and the score was 2-2 again. The last game will decide the victory!

In the first four games, Jiang Yuan and Ito Mima contributed a lot of "highlight-style" rounds, which made many fans fascinated!

In the table tennis forum, which was originally a forum for discussing equipment, there was actually a post about Jiang Yuan——

If you don't understand, just ask, when did our national table tennis women's line emerge with such a god-like chopper? Not to mention her super high appearance, her playing is really beautiful, so elegant and calm, she directly forced the big head vine into a desperate situation!
A reply soon appeared below the post:

"I was just looking around, but I didn't expect such a surprise!"

"It's obvious to the naked eye that this young player has talent. Although he doesn't play with such passion, he is really good-looking in every aspect!"

"He's just a rookie and he beat the big-headed vine so badly. His future is limitless..."

"It can be called a fateful inheritance. Sun Yingsha also became famous by defeating Ito. Does this young player have to follow the path of the devil again?"

"Stop laughing. Stop making up stories. Sun Yingsha was playing against Ito at her peak after she won the Olympic mixed doubles championship, and it was also in the top four-yearly competition, the Olympics. Now Ito's level is not even good enough to qualify for the Olympics, and he can't even be ranked in the top three in Japan. The young player is so brave that he won just once. There's really nothing to brag about."

"There is no future for choppers. They are destined to be supporting roles. Although her looks are better than Wang Tianyi's, her future development will probably be limited to being a sparring partner for the national second team."

"Why are you in such a hurry? We haven't won yet. Young players often collapse in the final round. I still think the experienced Ito Mima will be the winner. She only failed when she met our 'Five Golden Flowers'. She can handle the others as she pleases!"

"You are so weak even though you didn't win? I guess you will criticize them again if they lose. You are just a casual fan. Real fans know that the national table tennis team's echelon construction is very poor. Whether it is the men's or women's team, can the women's team find a player with talent comparable to Zhang Benmihe? She is qualified to participate in the Olympics at the age of 16. What about our future?"

……

The deciding game between Jiang Yuan and Ito Mima was still very tense!

Although Ito Mima's mentality has been greatly affected after being dragged into the deciding game, and her strength may only be 80%, but as a world-class star, she is still very experienced.

Similarly, the upper limit of the slice style is there. It is indeed too passive. After becoming familiar with the rotation, ball path, etc., it is indeed not as awkward as at the beginning.

With her rich experience, Ito Mima was the first to change sides after leading 5:4 in the final game. Under such circumstances, the atmosphere in many second-channel live broadcast rooms can be said to be quite pessimistic.

"Damn it, it still doesn't work? I feel like I'm going to fail at the last hurdle..."

"Ito is too experienced and has completely figured out the young player's style of play!"

"This is truly a critical moment for survival!"

"The coaching staff takes all the blame! There wasn't even a coach to help her call a timeout or analyze the situation at the critical moment. It's a mess. It's a miracle that they can win!"

……

However, in the next set, Jiang Yuan was slicing the ball, and in order to save a very tricky return ball on the left side, the ball was going so fast that her right hand was unable to reach it in time, so she actually switched the racket to her left hand!

And she successfully rescued it, making the score 5-5, and then she took advantage of the situation to activate the left-handed form, and the "left-handed" entry was activated!
The whole audience cheered immediately. This return was so wonderful. It was a rare change of racket to save the ball. Teacher Niwa had done this before!

The anchor Xiao Qian was immediately delighted in the live broadcast room. He said excitedly: "Look, I said that her playing style is like Teacher Niwa. This is definitely a magical shot! Teacher Niwa played this kind of trick when she played against Liang Jinkun in the World Table Tennis Championships!"

However, what no one expected was that Jiang Yuan no longer used the right-handed slice technique!

(End of this chapter)