Ping Pong Life

Chapter 443
第三局的比分在短短的1分钟内，从2：2变成了4：2，王超连续得分。

As Luo Jiu judged, Wang Chao has a unique advantage in his own serving round.

Then came Luo Jiu's serve.

Another minute passed and the score became 1:3.

This time, both sides scored a point.

Wang Chao got the right to serve again and scored consecutively in the next minute, turning the score into 1:3.

Luo Jiu got the right to serve. This time he played very slowly, with a lot of thinking, a lot of small movements, and delayed a lot of time. In the end, it took 2 minutes to try his best to bring the score back to 5:7.

He finally scored two more points on his own serve, but he looked like he had exhausted all means.

The progress of the game began to slow down.

Because when Wang Chao was holding the ball and was about to serve, Luo Jiu, who was already ready to catch the ball, suddenly straightened up from a slightly squatting state, raised his hands in a waiting position, took a deep breath continuously, and then smiled apologetically at the referee, He ran around his own half again before coming back again.

The referee made a slight frown, but he didn't express anything superfluous, because the referee also knew that this was the final, and it was most likely the most exciting match of the year so far. Everyone was willing to wait for this kind of game. Just to see the highest level of duel.

So even though he knew that Luo Jiu had traces of acting, he acquiesced.

In fact, although the referee could see that Luo Jiu was delaying time, he didn't know why Luo Jiu was delaying time.

He thought Luo Jiu was thinking of a way to break the situation, but in fact Luo Jiu didn't think about anything, he was just resting.

He couldn't hold it anymore.

From this inning, he found that every point came so hard.

If you think of this ball as a marathon, then he is the one who was lured by the opponent in the opening stage and sprinted ahead of time. He ran at the front of the marathon line. What is consumed is your own potential.

If he does not want to be overtaken by his opponent in the final stage, he must find an opportunity to recharge his energy.

Wang Chao serves and throws high.

Luo Jiu swung short.

Wang Chao fights inside the stage.

Luo Jiu blocked it.

Wang Chao hit another forehand.

Luo Jiu blocked it.

Wang Chao's backhand turned fast inside.

Luo Jiu bounced backhand.

Wang Chao then turned his forehand and charged.

Luo Jiutai fought hard inside, and he was empty, and then lost another point.

5: 8.

Wang Chao is ready to serve.

Luo Jiu pointed to the surface of the table with her finger, and signaled the staff to wipe off the excessive sweat on the table, then stepped back, tied her shoelaces, and walked around the field for half a circle.

For all his small actions, whether it was the referee or his opponent Wang Chao, he chose to wait quietly.

Even He Jingping and Sun Tianlong sat in the auditorium without saying a word.

As a matter of fact, the world table tennis world has always had mixed opinions about these common procrastination tricks in professional competitions, and professional players have always had completely different attitudes.

If you are a layman fan who is new to table tennis and see such endless delays, your first reaction will be a little disgusted, because you will instinctively feel that this kind of behavior is very unmannered, and you can't afford to lose.

But this is because they don't know how much professional players value the outcome of the game, and how much effort they put in for a game.

Under the premise of not violating the rules of the game, it is understandable for you to do anything that seems disgraceful on the surface, as long as you do not foul.

It can be said that this is the ultimate performance of utilitarian play.

In the history of Huaping, there was once a top player who was too calculating in this aspect, and had a bad reputation in the table tennis world, but even so, no one dared to question in public that the honor he received was not worthy of the name. Oral complaints in private.

Of course, the players themselves will have their own opinions on this matter.

Just as some people think that shaving their heads in competitions is an unfriendly behavior, others think that shaving their heads is a sign of respect for the other party.

There is no right or wrong, the benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom.

For example, Koki Nikubo of Sakura Country never delays time. Sometimes he even hastily sends the ball before the referee blows the whistle. This shows that he is actually very sensitive and pure in his heart. He doesn't accept the reputation of procrastinating because of his slow serve. This is some kind of mental cleanliness.

It is also for the same reason that he hardly shows any frustration after losing, because this will also give people the impression that he cannot afford to lose and has no grace, and his mental cleanliness also does not accept this reputation.

So if we must give a conclusion, this kind of delay can barely be classified as a personal morality issue, but it is definitely not a professional ethics issue.

As for Luo Jiu, his heart is actually very bright.

He has always been smart, but not cunning. He is not a utilitarian player. When he encounters difficulties in playing, he usually bites the bullet and bears it to death. Guidance from off-field coaches.

He hadn't stalled much for the past seven years.

Even in the final of the Huaguo Open in February this year, he was beaten badly by Hu Ke in the first three rounds. He didn't delay on purpose. There is no moral question about the sound tactics of the card.

But today, for the first time, he began to step on the red line of the rules to delay time.

And the delay was frantic. If it wasn't for the men's singles final, he would probably get a yellow card.

The audience at the scene were still discussing without knowing what was going on, and they were even discussing fiercely "whether Wang Chao, who has fallen into a huge disadvantage, can win the round", but those who really understood the inside story felt a little uncomfortable.

A sunny boy like Luo Jiu, a famous courtesan, big-mouthed, and funny guy, has been playing for so many years, and he always wins decisively and loses decisively. Why has he ever done such a sticky thing today?

Fan Xiaoxian was sitting on the sofa in the living room at home, looking at the big screen in front of him, his eyes felt a little sore, he couldn't help but found a tissue and dipped the corners of his eyes.

At this time, the mobile phone beside her rang, and she connected it, and there was Lu Jia yelling: "Sister Xian, the latest broadcast ahead, Tian Zhengguang lost to the opponent in the fourth game, Wang Bo, so In the last game, Brother Geng played the opponent's substitute, so we have a good chance to win!"

Fan Xiaoxian said "Oh", she should say a few words of congratulations, but she didn't dare to say it, she was afraid that the other party would hear something wrong in her voice, so she took three deep breaths, and then said in a low voice: "I'm a little Cold... let's not talk about it, just fight hard."

She heard that there was indeed a strong nasal voice in her voice.

And in Yangcheng City, Guangdong Province, which is thousands of kilometers away from Jiangcheng City, Qin Huachang, who had been eloquent all the time, suddenly quieted down. Despite the frantic beating of the barrage, he just silently watched the 27-year-old who was still wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. The old general, there was a hint of unbearable in his eyes.

In another part of the auditorium, Wang Lu suddenly turned his head and asked, "Head coach, who do you want to win?"

Cai Guodong didn't hesitate, and said, "Wang Chao."

Wang Lu gritted his teeth, as if he couldn't bear it, and said, "But have you ever thought that this might really be Luo Jiu's last chance?"

Cai Guodong glanced at him indifferently: "But Luo Jiu can play for four years at most, and Wang Chao can play for at least ten years."

……

The score jumped to 5:9 in the third game.

Even after delaying for so long, Luo Jiu still failed to grab a point in Wang Chao's serve round.

And in his next serving round, he once again had a record of one win and one loss, rewriting the score to 6:10.

So far the overall situation has been set.

Wang Chao held four game points and regained the right to serve, but this time he did not win directly on his own serve, but lost a point first, scored another point, and finally won 11:7.

The audience cheered, celebrating that the one-sided game had finally been reversed, and they hoped to play harder.

Only a few people noticed the last point that Wang Chao lost.

It was a seemingly ordinary offensive error. After Wang Chao got the initiative to attack with a high toss, he attacked for three consecutive boards, and directly pulled the ball off the net on the third board.

This is actually not normal.

Because pulling the ball off the net is not a forced error, but an active attack error.

This shows that Wang Chao is not as calm as outsiders see. He has also reached a certain critical point, which affects the stability of the technology.

When the fourth game started again, Wang Chao still maintained his style of play in the third game, but the situation of the game became chaotic.

Luo Jiu got the right to serve first and tried his best to score two points first in his serve round.

2: 0.

Wang Chao took back the right to serve, and everyone who understood the details of the game thought he would tie the score without any suspense, but in the end, he scored a point and lost a point, and the score became 3:1. Luo Jiu still leading.

Then Luo Jiu served, one win and one loss, the score became 4:2.

Wang Chao served and scored consecutively, tying the score at 4:4.

Luo Jiu served again, but Wang Chao took the initiative to attack consecutively. Both balls were desperately fought, and finally scored.

The score became 4:6, and Wang Chao went ahead directly.

But then, in Wang Chao's serving round, Luo Jiu fought back, and also started to fight desperately, and also scored two points in a row, tying the score to 6:6 again.

At this point, whether it is a layman fan who can't understand, or a professional player who can understand, they have clearly realized one thing: both sides of the game have entered a period of exhaustion.

Although the game only lasted for more than 20 minutes, the two sides fought too hard in the first few rounds. The high-intensity storm-like mutual calculation and non-stop offensive and defensive transitions have taken away their most important mental power. Both energy and energy are exhausted.

Wang Chao maintained better energy.

Luo Jiu maintained better mental power.

The two of them didn't have any physical problems, but they had fought so many balls in a row and played hundreds of rounds. At this moment, at least they couldn't achieve the full-blown state they had in the beginning.

As a result, the mistakes of both sides began to increase.

Wang Chao should be the best in his serving round, but after he catches the opportunity, he can't guarantee that his offense will be strong enough, and he will even make offensive mistakes.

On the contrary, Luo Jiu is more stable, but he suffers a bit technically, which is mainly reflected in the return of the serve. He is very uncomfortable with Wang Chao's serve, and Wang Chao is more adaptable to his serve. a lot of.

Therefore, although it was a theoretically rigorous game, until now, it has added a lot of luck, and the volatility has increased significantly.

After another 5 minutes, the score became 9:9.

The movements of both sides slowed down, not only Luo Jiu was procrastinating, but Wang Chao was also procrastinating.

In fact, when both sides start to make mistakes, the game enters the next stage.

How to play the game when playing perfectly?

How to play the game in an unstable situation?
These are actually two completely different systems of thought.

For example, if the opponent reveals a fleeting flaw, you need an extremely difficult attack to catch it, but once you catch it, you will definitely be killed, so do you fight or not?
The answer is, if you play perfectly, you must play, but if you play unstable, it is better not to play.

Therefore, the handling of many balls is actually a matter of probability. If the current situation changes, the probability will also change, so the whole idea of ​​​​handling the ball must be readjusted.

Exhausted, the two brothers tacitly procrastinated at both ends of the table, making various small moves, just to reconstruct their entire strategy in the shortest possible time.

The score climbed to 10:10 with difficulty.

Holding the ball, Luo Jiu took a deep look at the junior student on the opposite side, tossed the ball high, and used the back of the racket to pull out a backspin that he seldom hits.

Wang Chao chose to fight directly.

He doesn't have many options.

Luo Jiu's serve is not complicated, and there is no fake move, but because he has never served before, it is suddenly exposed now, and it becomes a new trick.

In the situation where everyone's brains are exhausted, any slight change is a headache, because you have to at least think about it.

But Wang Chao didn't want to think about it. He knew that the serve was not strong and there was no backspin factor, so it was better to attack directly and take a simple and rough approach.

Luo Jiu also had a headache, because he was almost sure that Wang Chao would fight, but he still had to spend a lot of energy to deal with it.

After all, the speed of fighting the ball is too fast and the strength is too strong. It is a life-or-death winner.

Still the same sentence, if you consume my brainpower, I will consume your energy.

Luo Jiu chose to step down directly.

He no longer insists on the difficult way of catching the ball, he just wants to be able to catch the ball.

The responses of both parties belong to a new model restructured under the new situation.

Wang Chao succeeded in fighting the ball. The ball was very fast, but because Luo Jiu retreated, he still pulled it back steadily. The strength was not too great, but the arc and height were very suitable, and Wang Chao did not have a chance to fully launch.

Wang Chao chose to fight.

Luo Jiu turned back.

The two sides did not change their moves, so they started the stalemate in the middle and the stage by relying on basic skills, from the forehand to the backhand, from the forehand to the backhand, from the near point to the far point, and then from the far point back Closer, after seventeen full rounds, Wang Chao pulled through Luo Jiu's defense with one swipe.

The final kill was not heavy, it was just that Luo Jiu chose to give up saving the ball under the balance.

11: 10.

Wang Chao also served a high toss followed by a backspin, the movement posture was exactly the same as Luo Jiu's serve just now.

Luo Jiu also chose to fight.

However, the fight failed.

At 12:10, Wang Chao won the fourth game and tied the total score at 2:2.

When the audience cheered because the score was tied, in the live broadcast room, Qin Huachang sighed softly, and after a long silence, he finally said a shocking sentence: "This game is over."

He paused, as if a little unwilling, but also a little happy, and added: "Wang Chao won."

He didn't explain too much, because he suddenly felt a little depressed when he saw this moment.

He watched Luo Jiu walk slowly to the side of the baffle to drink water alone and close his eyes to rest his mind, as if he saw himself when he retired that year, or a disciple who was about to retire completely due to injuries all over his body.

He felt the helplessness of a certain hero's twilight.

The last two balls of the fourth game were, in a sense, the final confrontation between Wang Chao and Luo Jiu.

10:10 is the limit they can stagger and rush to. On this starting line that is about to usher in the final victory of the fourth round, they all want to try each other's remaining fighting power.

Two exhausted fighters will always have to fall first in the end, and it is impossible to continue the endless confrontation forever.

So they hacked at each other to see who had the sharpest knife.

In the end, Wang Chao proved that he was okay, but Luo Jiu was slashed crookedly.

In these four rounds, Qin Huachang didn't feel that Luo Jiu was behind in the slightest in terms of pre-match preparation and pre-match response.

In fact, Luo Jiu did better in Wang Chao's most praised stability.

Luo Jiu's success and failure of tough shots showed an extremely strong psychological quality. He dared to gamble a lot. This is courage. He can gamble successfully. This is wisdom. It is the spirit of fearlessness.

And his various delays in the fourth game seemed ugly, as if he had lost his character in the past seven years, but Qin Huachang believed that this was Luo Jiu's true bravery.

Dare to give everything for victory.

Luo Jiu really did it to the extreme.

In fact, Qin Huachang hadn't figured out who was stronger between Wang Chao and Luo Jiu for a long time. He thought that the two of them couldn't figure out each other's strengths, so he made public statements many times, declaring that no matter what happened in this match, are all possible.

But at this moment he suddenly figured it out.

It turned out that my judgment was wrong.

It turned out that the two brothers had a clear understanding of each other's strengths and weaknesses.

It turned out that Wang Chao was stronger.

——Yes, you read that right. From a month ago, the general perception of the outside world was wrong, because Wang Chao was actually stronger than Luo Jiu.

Just because Wang Chao is stronger, when facing Luo Jiu's aggressiveness, Wang Chao has been choosing to back down since the through match a month ago.

Because he is stronger, he doesn't care about being weak, he can retreat.

It's like two people quarreling, the one who has no confidence is always the louder.

But Luo Jiu couldn't retreat, he had opened the bow and had no arrows to turn back. From the two consecutive victories against Wang Chao in the through match, he had been put on fire and could not get off.

He must take advantage of this breath to chase and fight all the way, without giving the opponent any time to delay, until the opponent is crushed in one breath. Once there is a slight twist in the middle, and the breath is a little vented, I am afraid he will not have enough. It's time to break through Wang Chao's line of defense.

Luo Jiu has done his best, the whole process was completed in one go, and all plans were completed. He sharpened his sword with Hook in Portugal, and sharpened his sword with Lin Zijun in Hungary. He took a big gamble to score two points in a row, and his invincible momentum reached a new high. What he actually wanted was to suppress Wang Chao's "momentum", and directly suppress Wang Chao from the beginning to the end until he died.

In the first and second rounds, it seemed that Wang Chao deliberately waited for work and wasted Luo Jiu's energy by losing the game. But looking at it from another angle, why didn't he take the initiative to take a step back because he really couldn't hold back?
It can be said that Luo Jiu is only one step away from victory.

Let Qin Huachang go back and predict this game now, and he will probably tell the audience: "If Luo Jiu wants to win this game, it must be 4:0, but if Wang Chao wins a round, he will lose. .”

why?
Because Luo Jiu is already 27 years old.

Yes, in the end, Luo Jiu still lost to age.

He calculated everything and did his best. Today's charge was brutal enough, and he won two rounds in one breath. If his energy, physical strength, and mental power were better, he would be able to inspire Yu Yong to make persistent efforts and maintain the previous two rounds. In fact, Wang Chao couldn't hold back the state and momentum. Wang Chao could only keep retreating, retreating cautiously, waiting for Luo Jiu to decline, and then trying to fight back.

Wang Chao must have been panicked at that moment, because he really didn't know when Luo Jiu would decline.

As a result, Luo Jiu fell sadly at the peak of the second game, and as soon as the third game started, he let go of his anger.

He can't stand it.

He can last many rounds against other players, but against Wang Chao, he encountered too strong a rebound in the first two rounds, and he was exhausted.

So Luo Jiu started to play basic skills in the last two rounds, while Wang Chao started to make calculations.

This is also reasonable, the person who wins always pays more than the person who loses.

After the four rounds are over, the consumption of both sides is actually the same. Strictly speaking, Wang Chao's consumption may be more, because he is slightly behind in basic skills, and he has to pay more thinking to make up for this little disadvantage. maintain the balance of the situation.

But he is only 18 after all.

If strength is his weak point when facing most international famous players, then energy is definitely his strong point when facing most international famous players. From the fifth game, he can still continue to calculate, keep thinking, keep focused, and aim Every ball, never eat spin, never be cheated by fake moves.

But Luo Jiu is bound to be more loopholed than this round.

The tide goes up and down, the sun and the moon have gains and losses, flowers fade, and young people grow old. These are the normal principles of the operation of heaven and earth, and they are irreversible things.

Just like Luo Jiu's situation today, in fact, he just lost to time.

(End of this chapter)