Table tennis: Swinging the racket billions of times, achieving a grand slam

Chapter 126: Win the first game! Dako's crazy counterattack?

Chapter 126: Win the first game! Dako's crazy counterattack? (5K)

In table tennis competitions, there is always a saying that "he who can change the line wins the world."

The sudden change of the backhand to a straight line is definitely one of the most difficult techniques to use in the game.

Timing, speed, arc, landing point... Even if you have skilled line-changing techniques, you still need strong psychological support.

Otherwise, a slight mistake will lead to irreparable consequences.

Looking back to the Athens Olympics, the men’s singles final.

Ryu Seung-min defeated Wang Hao in one fell swoop with his one-sided straight-straight style of play, fierce forehand bursts, sharp straight-line pushes and backhand attacks, coupled with explosive footwork.

Won the men's singles gold medal from the Chinese team.

One of the reasons why Wang Hao lost that game was that he lost the straight line.

It is rumored that during the Athens Olympic cycle, Wang Hao was forced to practice push and block for two years, resulting in insufficient backhand attack and line change ability.

Instead, Liu Chengmin stood in the backhand position and pushed the ball straight with his forehand.

In the following four years, Wang Hao practiced hard on the straight-blade horizontal hitting technique.

The backhand hold-off to straight line finally became one of his special skills.

In the 08 Olympics, the men's team met Ryu Seung-min again.

Wang Hao at this moment is no longer the young and naive man he used to be.

With the world-leading backhand sideways technique and the backhand straight line change technique that he has practiced for four years.

After defeating Liu Chengmin, he finally felt proud and avenged the arrow shot at him that year.

At the same time, it seems to be announcing that Japan's one-sided style of play has completely fallen into decline and has now been obliterated in the development of world table tennis.

And Ryu Seung-min also became the final peak and glory of Japan's single-sided style of play.

Wang Hao, however, relied on this line-changing technique to transform himself into a "dragon tamer" in the following years.

The cub version of Ma Long paid a lot of tuition fees at Wang Hao's hands.

However, because of this, Ma Taki gradually developed his exaggerated forehand blocking ability.

15 Suzhou World Table Tennis Championships.

The peak battle between Ma Taki and Fang Bo.

He dived for the forehand and saved the straight ball, which was simply beyond his limit.

Since then, Ma Taki has overcome his inner demons, transformed and been reborn, embarking on the road to becoming a god in table tennis.

As Wang Hao's "good son" who is not his biological son but is better than his biological son, Fan Zhendong also inherited Wang Hao's ability to change the backhand to a straight line.

Blue is better than blue.

but.

Even world-class players like Ma Long and Fan Zhendong cannot always succeed in changing the backhand to a straight line.

It is even more difficult for other players.

Especially high quality straight lines.

Dako's shot just now was not simply a straight line made by leveraging the force.

Instead, use the opponent's force to hit the ball in a straight line with your backhand.

More power and more speed.

The difficulty skyrocketed.

It is not easy to resist.

The sudden change of line, the rapid speed, the angle adjustment... every detail is an extreme test of the opponent's reaction, pace, and determination.

Let alone Dako.

All the spectators at the scene, after seeing Dako's goal, thought that Chen Jin would definitely lose.

"Wow—"

I couldn't help but exclaim.

however.

next second.

But Chen Jin jumped out like a cheetah.

Without hesitation, he dived for the ball.

A miracle suddenly happened.

He actually successfully pulled the ball back!
This action was like a sharp knife, instantly cutting everyone's throat.

The cheers for Dako suddenly stopped.

Instead, there was complete silence.

And the astonishment of Matsushima Terusora, Francesca and others.

"Can this ball be saved?"

This thought flashed through everyone's mind at the same time.

There was hesitation and shock in the eyes that looked at Chen Jin.

More of it is admiration.

If this ball had been played by any one of them, they would have given up long ago.

Anyway, the first game has just begun, why bother to fight so hard?
To know.

Such a violent pounce requires extremely strong lower limb strength for support.

Starting suddenly puts a particularly severe strain on the knees.

If you hurt your knee, it will not be worth it.

hard to imagine.

What kind of determination does it take to do something that exceeds one's physical limits?
but,
Isn’t this the charm of competitive sports?
After a moment of silence.

In the huge stadium, there was a sudden and unprecedented burst of applause and cheers.

"Oh my God!"

Julia's eyes seemed to be shining like stars, and she was very excited. "This Chinese boy is too strong, he is the god in my heart!"

"Brother Jin, awesome!"

Zhang Jiahao clapped his hands vigorously and shouted at the top of his voice.

More excited than anyone else at the scene.

"Chen Jin's ability to dive forehand is comparable to that of Suzhou's top dragon."

Xie Mingyang applauded, and a smile of appreciation appeared on the corner of his mouth, "You are worthy of being the man who defeated me twice!"

When reviewing the game last night, he raised the issue of Dako's backhand stalemate turning into a straight line.

In the semi-finals against Dako, he suffered several losses, but never found a better solution.

Therefore, Chen Jin is given a special reminder.

Unexpectedly, Chen Jin really took it to heart.

While maintaining the backhand, don't forget to protect the forehand.

It is precisely because of the preparedness that there is enough time to react.

This goal was not only a result of Chen Jin's strength, but also the help of his teammates.

"WTF?!"

Dako obviously didn't expect that Chen Jin could pull back.

I thought I was going to win and had no preparation for the next board.

Chen Jin caught him off guard.

Dako raised his eyes and looked across, with a hint of shock in his eyes.

“Is this the reaction and pace of young people?”

Dako smiled helplessly.

On the other hand, Chen Jin dived forehand and saved the ball successfully, but the expression on his face was so calm.

Be calm and composed, like a still well.

It seemed as if the goal that shocked the opponent and the whole stadium was just an effortless one on his part and was not worth mentioning at all.

"Beautiful!"

Dako gave Chen Jin a thumbs up.

Regardless of the outcome, based on this ball, the young man standing opposite him is a worthy opponent.

"Three grams of oil."

Chen Jin smiled and nodded.

Then, he reached out and caught the ping-pong ball thrown by the referee.

The game continues.

Dako quickly adjusted his mentality and was not affected at all by the loss of the previous goal.

Bend down and stare closely at your opponent.

The scene was instantly silent.

"Da da da, da da da..."

Chen Jin immediately tossed the ball and drew his racket, hooking a short forehand shot.

The first few serves in the first game were more to test the opponent.

Since we are ahead in the score, there is no need to make drastic changes.

In this way, other serves can be successful by surprise.

Dako quickly stepped forward, pressed his body down, used his body center of gravity, and took advantage of the rising phase of the incoming ball. He slightly stood up the board and made a short swing.

The purpose of short play is to control and limit the opponent's attack.

The premise is that there are no mistakes.

For example, the arc is high.

However, Dako's short pass obviously failed to judge the rotation of Chen Jinfa's ball.

I thought it was side spin.

The result was a sideways one.

The return ball had an arc so high that even Dako was startled.

The moment of attack.

I've already noticed something is wrong.

He hurriedly retreated to the table, ready to meet Chen Jin's forehand diagonal shot.

unexpectedly.

Chen Jin seemed to want to burst forward, but suddenly changed his tactics in the middle, flicked his wrist, and pushed Dako to the backhand position.

At this time, Dako was eagerly waiting for Chen Jin to burst into his forehand position, accumulating strength and preparing to counterattack.

Who would have thought that Chen Jin, at such a young age, has such a greasy style of play.

Like a chef buying groceries.

Caught off guard, they were unable to defend themselves in time and had no choice but to give up.

4: 1.

Seeing that Chen Jin was leading by three points at the start, Li Qian, who was originally nervous, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Although Dako is very strong, Chen Jin is not weak either."

Li Qian rubbed his knees fiercely with his hands, but his eyes were fixed on the game. "I hope Chen Jin can keep up this momentum and win this game. There is a good chance."

Of course, as the European treble winner, Dako is no pushover either.

During the confrontation, constantly adapt to each other's playing style.

soon.

The score has reached 8:6.

In this round, no matter how Dako attacked, Chen Jin always maintained the lead.

"It's six to eight, why don't you change the serve?"

Chen Jin pondered in his heart.

According to Dako's tactical habits, in previous games, if he was behind 2:4 at the start, Dako would try to change his serve.

But this time, he actually managed to endure such a score.

But Dako originally wanted to serve with his forehand.

Before he even squatted, he suddenly changed his mind and moved to the forehand position.

"finally come."

Chen Jin raised his brows slightly, ready for battle.

Forehand position.

Backhand serve.

This is also one of Dako's unique skills.

In the Doha finals at the beginning of the year, Daco almost knocked over Fan Zhendong with his forehand backhand serve.

It was also the first time that Chen Jin received Dako's backhand serve, so he might need to adapt.

Therefore, be extra careful.

Backhand serve.

Reverse rotation.

What Chen Jin didn't expect was that Dako didn't follow the moral code of martial arts and actually stole a straight line and made a sharp move.

Originally, Chen Jin was focusing on his forehand.

"Fuck!"

Chen Jin didn't have time to retreat from the table, so he had to barely get a shot with his backhand.

This serve was obviously a routine. Dako's shot was extremely fast, and he hit it with his backhand before the ball's take-off point began to rise.

"Snapped!"

The sound of hitting the ball is like the sky falling and the earth cracking.

It makes people shudder.

Chen Jin had already jumped back off the table, preparing to defend with his backhand.

However, the power and speed of this ball might not be something he could block. No matter what, he had to try.

Just as Chen Jin was about to head forward to receive the ball.

Look at the arc of the ball.

"what?"

It turned out that Dako shot too quickly and with too much force, and was unable to control the arc.

The ping-pong ball flew straight off the table.

"Whoo~"

Chen Jin breathed a sigh of relief and secretly rejoiced, "Pick one up, pick one up."

If the ball were to hit the table, he might not be able to stop it.

Look at Dakota again.

Obviously the routine was successful, but due to his momentary mistake, he lost the opportunity.

He spread his hands, his face full of annoyance.

"shit!"

Dako was so angry that he wanted to slap both of himself.

But soon, he adjusted his mindset.

6: 9.

With this score, the opponent is not only in the lead, but also has a psychological advantage.

"I served the second time and also played a rebellious role in him."

make up one's mind.

Take a deep breath.

After glancing at Chen Jin's position, Dako moved to the forehand position.

Still a backhand serve.

Judging from his movements, it seemed that he was planning to serve Chen Jin's forehand short.

In fact, steal a straight line again.

under normal circumstances.

The opponent will think that since he failed to steal for the first time, he will not steal again.

Dako did the exact opposite.

however.

What I never expected was that Chen Jin seemed to have anticipated it.

The moment Dako served the ball.

Start moving with your feet and move sideways at the speed of light.

With the help of the power of Dako's long ball, he applied force to his face and swung the racket violently.

"Snapped!"

The force penetrates the bottom plate.

Chen Jin rushed to the ground without hesitation.

The whole person, unable to stop, ran straight out.

He supported himself on the ground with his left hand, using it as a fulcrum, and his body turned in a circle like a spiral.

The originally small and light ping-pong ball, wrapped in Chen Jin's explosive force, whizzed out.

It was like a powerful thunder descending from the sky, unstoppable, instantly piercing through Dako's backhand diagonal line.

No matter how strong Daco's backhand is, he can't stop Chen Jin's forehand burst that is the result of two and a half years of practice!
"Wow!"

The scene was boiling and there was constant applause.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

Most of those present are professional players, so how could they not see the game between Chen Jin and Dako over this ball?

This ball seems simple.

But it was obvious that the two of them had been engaged in a psychological battle since the serve.

In the end, Chen Jin was more skilled.

Take the game point with force.

10: 6.

Chen Jin took the ball.

With the experience of playing against Francesca, Chen Jin, who had the match point, was not panicked at all.

As always, he hooked Dako's short forehand steadily.

Dako stepped forward at an extremely fast speed.

Lunge and twist your waist.

Raise your elbows and lower your shoulders.

Keep your chest and abdomen tucked in, and your wrists bent inward.

Pause briefly to gather strength.

Take advantage of the rising period of the incoming ball's take-off point to accelerate friction with your forearm and wrist.

Twist inside the stage!
However, the quality of Dako's backhand twist is obviously far inferior to that of the backhand bomb.

There's enough rotation, but not enough forward thrust.

"Snapped!"

Chen Jin was full of murderous intent and fired a backhand shot.

He is so powerful and fast, and more ferocious than Dako.

Repay the other person with his own way!

11: 6.

Chen Jin won the first game.

In the audience, Zhang Jiahao's voice crushed the entire audience.

"Brother Jin!"

Zhang Jiahao roared, "You are my God!"

"Oh my god!"

His sudden voice attracted the attention of almost everyone.

Xie Mingyang silently moved a few seats to the side.

"me too!"

Julia suddenly stood up and waved her arms excitedly, "Shen Jin, you are my God!"

Divine gold?

You are the god of gold!
Your whole family is divine gold!
His name is obviously Chen Jin!

Zhang Jiahao glared at Julia fiercely, his face full of displeasure.

However, out of consideration for our international friends and supporters of Chen Jin, we did not pursue the pronunciation issue any further.

At this moment.

Chen Jin had already returned to the sidelines. He took the water bottle handed to him by Li Qian, tilted his head back and took a sip.

“First game, played very well.”

Li Qian smiled, "It seems that Dako is not as powerful as I imagined."

Of course, it’s not that Dako is not strong. In the game, Chen Jin has restricted Dako’s backhand from the serve end.

As long as Chen Jin can limit or withstand Dako's explosive bomb, the fight will be much easier.

not to mention.

Darko's backhand bomb is not something he can do with every ball.

"However, we must not let our guard down. The seven-game, four-win match has a much higher margin of error than before. Darko has every chance of fighting back."

Li Qian continued, "I estimate that Dako will be very aggressive in the next round and launch a crazy counterattack."

"Ah."

Chen Jin nodded, agreeing with Li Qian's opinion, "Anyway, no matter how he changes, I will remain unchanged in the face of all changes."

Unsurprisingly.

In the second game, Dako not only improved the quality of his offensive attack.

Moreover, the wrist is significantly strengthened, and the loop is particularly strong.

more importantly.

Dako changed the tactics in the first game and held on to Chen Jin's backhand.

There was no chance for Chen Jin to move sideways or use his forehand.

He even hit two or three beautiful backhand shots that turned into straight lines.

Chen Jin took a 2:0 lead at the start.

As a result, they were defeated by Dako and scored a wave of points.

2: 8.

Chen Jin was six points behind.

"what's the situation?"

Zhang Jiahao was so nervous that he curled up in his seat, even breathing became a little difficult, "Did Dako take any medicine? How could he be so fierce in the second round?"

"Dakko is already very strong."

Xie Mingyang crossed his arms and spoke in a calm tone.

But his eyes were fixed on every move on the field.

With such a huge gap in points, it is harder than climbing to the sky to make a comeback.

not to mention.

The one Chen Jin faced was still the mad Dako.

"This game is a bit dangerous."

Xie Mingyang frowned secretly, "Chen Jin's backhand shouldn't be so weak. Is it a moment of slackness or a technical adjustment?"

And the other side.

Seeing that Chen Jin was trailing 2-8, Tanaka Yuta showed a relieved smile on his face: "With such a big score difference, Chen Jin is bound to lose."

"Do you think you're so great just because you won a game? It's obvious that Dako didn't play well in the first game, so he lost the game."

"I didn't expect that his true colors would be revealed so soon."

Matsushima Terusora crossed his arms, looked up at Chen Jin, and frowned: "Is this Chen Jin's real strength?"

In just a few days, he watched several of Chen Jin's games.

Including yesterday's semi-final between Chen Jin and Francesca.

Before this, Chen Jinquan maintained a crushing momentum.

But now, Dako is far ahead of it.

This situation has never happened before.

Originally, Matsushima Terusora regretted not being able to compete with Chen Jin in this competition.

But now it seems that we need to re-evaluate Chen Jin's true level.

"Two to eight?"

Chen Jin turned his head and glanced at the scoreboard on the referee's table. "Dake's tactic of suppressing my backhand in this round was really good."

“Also, the change in landing points is pretty good.”

“It’s indeed a strong opponent.”

"I wanted to fight him backhand more, but it seems I was just wishful thinking."

"In this case, I have to make some more changes."

Think of this.

Chen Jin's eyes darkened.

Suddenly, he raised his left hand high and clenched his fist.

Be silent for a moment and point your index finger to the sky.

See this.

Zhang Jiahao immediately jumped up and sat up straight, his eyes gleaming with excitement: "Attention all units, Brother Jin is about to show off... Ugh, Brother Jin is about to show off his power!"

The words have not yet fallen.

But Chen Jin had already changed his serving method.

Pendulum type, counter-rotating.

The landing angle is particularly tricky.

Small triangle in backhand position.

"Ok?"

Dako was stunned for a moment.

This landing point was so unexpected that it was impossible to get started.

You can only gently rub the ball back with your backhand.

but,
Chen Jin's counter-spin serve has particularly strong side spin.

Dako rubbed back, but couldn't suppress the arc at all.

"Snapped!"