Ping Pong Life

Chapter 169

The first game ended with endless cheers, and the final score was 11:2.

Water Bird Eagle wanted to shave his head, but Zhu Ding was lucky. In this round, he scored two points with one edge and one net.

It is worth mentioning that this game lasted 10 minutes, far exceeding Yoshikawa Oki's prediction before the game.

But this is not Zhu Ding's problem. Instead, it is Shui Niaoying himself who is delaying time. He does all kinds of strange moves during the game, twisting his waist, pushing his hips, going around the field, thinking about serving, wiping sweat, and jumping around in front of Zhu Ding. Challenging Zhu Ding's endurance with endless small movements, it was like saying to Zhu Ding's face: "Come on, come on, see if I'm not very embarrassing, you are here to beat me."

Zhu Ding didn't respond the whole time, but his eyes were deep and dark, and no one knew what he was thinking.

In fact, he was beaten very embarrassingly. He almost fell down after saving the ball many times.

But he still had a calm attitude, and spared no effort to save the ball, and ran wildly, as if he couldn't see that the opponent was teasing him.

After the first round, Zhu Ding did not leave the field. He still stood quietly in front of the stage, lowered his head as if in deep thought, and waited for the second round to start.

Soon, the second game began.

Waterfowl Eagle's hand feeling is getting better and better, and his emotions are mobilized to the peak. People like him are going crazy. In this situation, the state is like a madman. Some of the balls are so unbelievable that even the big shots in the imperial capital are shocked I have to admire in my heart.

And against the background of the water bird eagle, Zhu Ding has become more and more dim, and has almost become a symbol, a face, a passerby, used to make the water bird eagle gain fan value.

Another 10 minutes later, the second round ended with the score still 11:2.

In many attempts, Zhu Ding finally succeeded in scoring with a burst. In addition, the water bird eagle once pulled a super difficult ball because he wanted to show off, but he made a mistake and scored a point.

After this round, it has been 24 minutes and there are only 4 minutes left, which is not enough to finish the third round, so the game directly enters the fast5 stage.

But the waterfowl eagle was a little upset instead.

That's right, he likes to taunt and provoke, but the fun of taunting is that after you taunt, the other party is extremely angry, but there is nothing you can do about it.

That kind of impotent and furious look is what the water bird eagle likes to see the most.

But this opponent named Zhu Ding in front of him is too quiet.

Even in terms of the specific content of the game, he was abused and played by himself in various ways, and even embarrassed when saving the ball, but after playing the ball, he always looked expressionless.

This made the water bird eagle feel that there was an emotion that could not be expressed.

Obviously, he has shown off very well, and all the foreplay is in place, but he couldn't get out of the last shiver.

Sometimes the emotional pull between people is like this, whoever gets serious first loses.

The various provocations of the water bird eagle, including various coquettish movements of twisting the waist and swinging the hips, made everyone feel that Zhu Ding should be humiliated and stupid at first, right?This is not real PK?
But the problem was that after waiting for 10 minutes and playing two full rounds, Zhu Ding didn't respond at all. At this time, everyone couldn't help but think in reverse: Is Zhu Ding just reading a joke?

Will the provocative behavior of the waterfowl hawk look like a clown jumping up and down in Zhu Ding's eyes?
Once this kind of emotion appears, it will expand rapidly. Water Bird Eagle's temperament is narrow and paranoid, otherwise he wouldn't have such a foul mouth for many years. At this moment, once he has this kind of thought, he can't suppress it.

But he was a veteran after all, and he immediately realized that this emotion was dangerous, and forcibly suppressed it.

"Well, since this person is so boring, let's hurry up and eliminate him in the fast5 stage. Anyway, I have enough show."

The water bird eagle thinks so, and does the same.

In the third game, he stopped being funny, and his style of play became simple and smooth. First, he spun his hands short, then fought short inside the stage, then got the opportunity to attack with better hand feeling, and finally killed his opponent through continuous attacks. .

After 3 minutes, he won the third game 5:0.

Although it is a wonderful rule of 5 points, there is no doubt that this is also considered a bald head.

He circled the venue again to interact with the audience, and then couldn't help but look back at Zhu Ding's reaction.

Then he was taken aback.

He found that Zhu Ding was not expressionless this time, on the contrary, Zhu Ding looked a little excited.

Uh... a little excited?
Shouldn't it be anger or humiliation, or frustration, helplessness, despair?
Why is it exciting?
He found that Zhu Ding's eyes were on the audience, so he subconsciously followed Zhu Ding's eyes.

However, there were too many people in the auditorium, everyone was waving aids and shouting wildly, they couldn't see anything clearly, and in the end, Shuiniaoying didn't know what Zhu Ding saw.

The director also cut the camera to Zhu Ding's face.

Therefore, Zhu Ding's expression at this moment fell into the eyes of countless viewers all over the world through the live broadcast source.

No one knew what Zhu Ding was looking at.

Only the four big bosses far away in the imperial capital know.

"This is really fate." Even Cai Guodong couldn't help sighing: "He really saw Lao He... In this way, Lao He's trip is not in vain."

This is actually an extremely important moment, but no one knows it yet.

No one knew how important He Jingping's presence in the stands meant to Zhu Ding.

Because at this moment, Zhu Ding was actually about to collapse.

Just as Zhu Zeshi and others guessed, Zhu Ding actually wanted to look like a winner, and he came to T2 with a purpose.

Even if he can't win the championship, he also hopes to enter the top four, and he hopes to maintain the consistent goal of Huaping players: not to lose in foreign games.

But he met the Waterfowl Hawk in the first round.

He kept silent, not because he was pretending to be cool, but because he felt hopeless, which was overwhelming and made it hard for him to breathe. When Wang Chao came to discuss with him, he very much hoped that Wang Chao could give him a clear idea, but Wang Chao said he didn’t know. , So Zhu Ding collapsed a little, to the point of refusing to discuss, and closed himself up.

But he is a Scorpio, a silent, stubborn and arrogant Scorpio, he cannot admit defeat.

He can only cover up his inner fragility with silence, and tell himself over and over again: must hold on.

Even if the opponent is Sun Tianlong, he can't admit defeat, let alone the opponent is only a water bird eagle?
As expected, he was beaten, humiliated, and played over and over again. When he ran desperately to save the ball, he knew that he was in a mess. Many people were laughing at his appearance at this moment, but he also I know, as long as I behave indifferently enough, others will not know my panic.

He actually succeeded, because he made Water Bird Eagle feel no sense of accomplishment.

But he also failed, as he suffered a bit of an emotional meltdown after getting his head shaved in the third inning.

If there is no accident, he will directly deform his skills in the fourth game, no longer trying to save the ball, but waiting pessimistically for failure.

But at this moment, he casually glanced into the distance and saw He Jingping.

At this moment, he only felt goosebumps all over his back.

It was a kind of shocking emotion when an unexpected accident suddenly happened that I never dreamed of.

That's why he showed excitement. He really lost his composure.

But what followed was countless confidences that resurged.

"The little uncle who appeared in the stands at this time, of course, did not come for Wang Chao, but only for me."

"So, how can I give up?"

"Even if I want to lose, I have to fight until the last moment, otherwise, how can I stand up straight in front of my little uncle?"

Zhu Ding took a deep breath, his whole body seemed to be rejuvenated, and his eyes were full of dazzling brilliance.

He squatted down, facing the racket forward, his feet staggered on the ground and jumped briskly, posing a posture eager to try.

This made many people in the industry couldn't help but "huh", because they all know that athletes only have such brisk movements when they are in good condition and full of expectations, but shouldn't Zhu Ding now be Is it right to be full of bitterness and hatred in your head, and at the same time your legs are as heavy as lead?

Zhu Ding served with short backspin.

Waterfowl hawks swing short.

Zhu Ding swung back.

After repeating three times, the water bird eagle once again took the lead in getting the right to attack.

He played cleanly in the court, and the ball was very beautiful. It went straight to Zhu Ding's left-hand position and the bottom line at a wide angle. It was both sudden and high-quality.

Shui Niaoying knew it was probably there, but he didn't think about the ridicule anymore, because he was a little annoyed, and he wanted to finish the fourth game quickly and get knocked down.

But Zhu Ding's reaction this time was surprisingly fast, he moved his body a step to the left, and even twisted the ball backhand.

Water Bird Eagle was a little surprised, but not surprised, and continued to attack with all his strength, this time it took a full seven boards to kill Zhu Ding.

1: 0.

Zhu Ding served again, but he used the back of the racket to send an extremely rare left spin.

This kind of ball that can bend in the horizontal direction has a certain market among amateur players, but for professional players, as long as the ball is launched and does not have enough backspin, it can be directly lifted.

So the water bird eagle directly lifted the board.

But Zhu Ding had expected it a long time ago, and blocked it firmly.

The waterfowl hawk draws again.

Zhu Ding pulled back.

The water bird eagle pulled back again.

The ball became a stalemate in the middle.

Another 6 rebounds passed, and the waterfowl eagle scored, 2:0.

But the water bird eagle became anxious instead.

He has played in international competitions for more than ten years, and has encountered countless opponents, including unknown juniors and veteran players, but he is convinced that so far, no one is as tough as the guy in front of him.

Table tennis is a sport that tests emotions very much. Because the difference between victory and defeat is usually determined in less than a second, the requirements for mental stability of athletes are so high that they are almost abnormal.

This is probably the event that tests the players' mentality the most in the world.

It is also because of this that even top famous players and super players cannot be tenacious and unyielding from beginning to end.

For example, if you watch a football game, the team that may be behind may be looking for opportunities from the beginning to the end, so you will feel that they have not given up.

But have you ever thought about the lagging team, during the 10 minutes of continuous persistence, did any team members feel desperate at any moment?
In fact, there must be, and it can even be said that in any football game, any player of the team behind will feel frustrated at a certain moment of running, just because there are teammates who keep cheering each other, so they can run in the shortest time. Time to bounce back, that's all.

But in the world of table tennis, this moment of frustration actually means that the mentality has collapsed, because just one second of frustration, when reflected in the game, will have the most intuitive result: you can’t play the ball well, lose point.

Of course, because it is a single-player confrontation, there will be no teammates to cheer you up.

So Shui Niaoying actually felt that Zhu Ding should have collapsed long ago.

I beat you so badly in the first round, why didn't you collapse?
I beat you like a dog in the second round, why didn't you collapse?

In the third round, I even shaved your bald head. You participated in an international competition for the first time in seven years, and you were shaved directly. Are you still not collapsed?

Now it's the fourth game, and you're still losing, should you collapse?
But why are you still resisting every ball so tenaciously, even more violently than just now?
Gritting his teeth, the waterfowl eagle took the ball from the caddy and sent a steal.

He was really a little impatient.

He didn't believe that anyone could really stand strong from the beginning to the end in such a disastrous situation.

　Thanks to "Autumn Wind House" and "Fish in Feather" for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)