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

Chapter 175: Horizontal and Vertical Dual Blades

"I was wrong, I was really wrong."

After losing a goal, Moregaard secretly reviewed the game in his mind, feeling a little annoyed, "I should have hit him straight forehand on that ball just now."

however.

Money can't buy it, I already knew it.

The key point is that he did not expect that his sideways charge not only failed to kill the opponent, but instead pushed the opponent in a straight line.

Looking at Chen Jin's expression, he seemed to be taking it so lightly.

Is this the legendary ineffective burst?

To know.

Backhand turning into a straight line is a scoring method that Moregaard often uses in the game.

Together with the backhand cut, these are his two unique skills.

Unexpectedly, in this game, after only four balls at the start, Chen Jin broke the opponent's backhand cut first.

Before he could perform another special skill, Chen Jin got there first.

"Chen Jin seems to be better at changing the straight line than I am."

Moregard was secretly alert in his heart, "I must be more careful next time I turn sideways."

"Don't give him the ball too easily. The key is to change the landing point."

"Hoo ho ho..."

Moregard jumped a few times on the spot.

Take a deep breath.

He caught the ping-pong ball thrown by the referee and turned to look at Chen Jin.

Seeing Chen Jin's legs slightly bent, his body lowered, his eyes sharp.

In a match between top players, the positioning when receiving the serve is particularly important.

Just like the opening moves in martial arts novels.

Advance to attack, retreat to defend.

Moreover, you also need to take into account the forehand and backhand.

No matter what ball the opponent serves, I can deal with it calmly.

"Da da, da da..."

Moregard then started serving.

The forehand is short.

Side up.

Chen Jin took a step forward, his board slightly upright and his control delicate.

Short midline.

After Moregard swung back, he quickly recovered his feet to connect to the next shot.

Although table tennis is his strong point, Chen Jin doesn't want to dwell too much on it.

Cut the forearm downward and brake suddenly.

Almost chopped a long backhand ball from Moregard.

Moregard's reaction was quick enough, and he immediately stepped back half a step.

Stick your butt out and lean forward.

He rushed forward with his backhand, heading straight for Chen Jin's left half of the table.

at this time.

Chen Jin predicted this in advance and had already retreated.

Keep your feet firmly on the ground and create space for hitting the ball from the backhand position.

Move your left leg slightly back half a step.

Keep your waist and abdomen tight and push your center of gravity forward.

Resist the force of pulling the ball.

"Snapped!"

There was a deafening sound of a ball hitting the ground, like a thunderclap, suddenly ringing out.

The moment of exerting force.

But Chen Jin's right arm had muscular lines like a block of iron.

Add more force and tear it apart!

The ball was like a cannonball, tearing through the void.

He attacked fiercely towards the center of Moregard.

"!"

Moregard's pupils trembled violently.

Knowing that this ball was incredibly powerful, he quickly retreated.

After relieving the force, do everything with your backhand.

Unfortunately.

Although backhand cutting is his special skill, he can't cut every ball.

For example, Chen Jin's explosive tearing move.

The power, speed and arc were beyond Moregard's imagination.

more importantly.

Hit horizontally with a straight racket, backhand wrist hanging, with a slight side spin.

Moregard missed the arc of the shot and cut backhand to the edge of the board.

"laugh!"

The ball flew out of bounds.

1: 4.

"Jvlar!"

Moregard bared his teeth and cursed in his native dialect.

With a helpless look on his face, he spread his hands.

There was a hint of shock in his eyes as he looked at Chen Jin: "Isn't he using a straight blade? Felix's backhand isn't as explosive as his."

"This Chinese kid's backhand is just as violent as Fan's!"

Paris Olympics, men's singles final.

Moregard fought with Fan Zhendong for five games. After winning the first game, he was tied by Fan Zhendong for four consecutive games.

In the end, he lost to Fan Zhendong with a score of 1:4 and finished second.

In this battle, Moregard fought with all his might.

At the same time, he also witnessed Fan Zhendong's terrifying backhand ability.

If it comes to a head-on clash, Moregard will definitely not be able to win.

And now, the backhand of the young Chinese player in front of him also makes Moregard feel a little scared compared to Fan Zhendong.

"It's said that European players are good at backhands, but it seems that Chinese players are not much worse."

"Whoo~"

Moregard calmed down.

Ever since winning the silver medal at the Paris Olympics, his personality has become much more restrained.

If he had behaved in the same way as before, he would have been hit by the "Nordic Flying Axe" long ago.

Serve again.

Backhand position.

Stealing growth!

Moregaard's ball was served quickly and pointedly, and it landed right on the baseline.

Chen Jin was caught off guard.

He leaned back and barely returned the ball.

Fortunately, I got on stage.

But the quality of the return ball is self-evident.

After finally succeeding in his plan, Moregard would never miss such a good opportunity.

He was so ruthless that it seemed as if he had some deep hatred against Chen Jin.

"Snapped!"

Gather strength and hit it down with all your might.

The force is as strong as thunder and the anger is raging!
The ping-pong ball suddenly turned into a streak of white lightning and instantly penetrated Chen Jin's right half of the table.

Chen Jinben was blocked by Moregard's sneak attack and long ball, and his recovery was a little slow.

This ball was hit with great force and as fast as lightning.

No matter how fast Chen Jin walked, he was powerless to reverse the situation.

4: 2.

Seeing victory in one blow.

Moregard turned around suddenly, bared his teeth and clenched his fists, with a ferocious expression.

Then, his expression relaxed.

He walked to the referee's table, picked up the towel and wiped the sweat off his face.

Next.

It's Chen Jin's turn to score.

Still a hook shot.

Clean as always.

The forehand is short.

Right of center line.

Moregard made a misjudgment.

I thought the ball was half way out.

Just about to rush sideways.

"wrong!"

"It's two jumps and no platform."

However, the second jump was close to the white edge of the baseline, which gave Moregard an illusion.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly and changed his tactics midway, switching to a short pass.

Fortunately, Chen Jin's ball was sideways and downward, without any topspin.

Otherwise, if you return the ball in such a hurry, it will inevitably fly high or even fly out of the table.

"so close."

Moregard secretly rejoiced.

the other side.

Chen Jin was also shaken by Moregard and thought that the opponent was really going to rush forward.

He pretended to retreat.

Unexpectedly, Moregard suddenly changed his tactics midway, changing from pulling to rubbing.

"Fuck!"

"Fake move to dodge me?"

Chen Jin hurriedly stepped forward and moved back to the center.

however.

The control is slightly poor and the return ball is high.

For Moregaard, it was another chance.

Don't think too much.

Moregard decisively turned sideways and rushed to Chen Jin's right half of the table with his forehand.

This ball was shot at an extremely fast speed.

Chen Jin was unable to retreat.

It is almost an instinctive reaction developed through years of training.

He took a step forward and stretched out his hand to block.

He actually used the force to bring him back.

"FAN!"

Moregaard obviously didn't expect that Chen Jin could block the ball back even though he was out of position. Moreover, he rushed straight to his center.

Fortunately, Moregard also had a god-level reaction. He squeezed his body and pushed it back with his backhand.

Counterattack Chen Jin's left half.

The power is not great and the ball speed is not fast.

But the landing point is good and the angle is large.

Given Chen Jin's current position, he simply couldn't...

"!"

Moregard's eyes suddenly widened.

But Chen Jin kicked the ground hard with his right foot, and flew towards the backhand position as light as a swallow.

"Why do you have to work so hard?"

"With such a big angle, you can't reach the ball with your backhand..."

The mind has not changed.

Only then did Moregard realize that Chen Jin had changed hands with his racket while he was flying to the left half of the table.

Hold the board horizontally!

Extreme counter-pull!

"Fuck!"

Moregard spoke in a clear and loud voice.

After playing in the Table Tennis Super League for a year, he didn’t learn much other Chinese, but he got the essence of these two words.

"Can this be pulled back for me?"

more importantly.

Chen Jin's left-handed straight-blade backhand pull with a horizontal grip is surprisingly of high quality.

I was stunned.

Moregard came to his senses, quickly turned sideways, and made a diagonal counterattack.

Unexpectedly.

Chen Jin did not switch the racket back to his right hand, but continued to use his left hand, holding the straight racket horizontally, adjusting his body position, and hitting the straight line.

"Snapped!"

The power and speed of this counter-tear were not inferior to those of horizontal board players.

Moregard quickly dived forehand.

Unfortunately, the pace is a bit slow.

Powerless.

"fan?"

A right-handed straight-blade horizontal hit, but a left-handed horizontal hit back, winning against himself?
Moregard looked at Chen Jin in shock, his eyes filled with disbelief.

He was not the only one who was shocked.

The audience was even more excited.

The applause, cheers and applause were like thunder and waves.

The entire venue was shaken.

"A straight board in the right hand, a horizontal board in the left hand... Is this the legendary horizontal and vertical dual cultivation?"

"Fuck, this is so amazing!"

"A right-handed straight racket, holding it horizontally with his left hand, not only withstood the Olympic vice-champion's forehand burst, but also tore a straight line from the opponent? What the hell is this monster?"

"Too strong! From Chen Jin, I seem to see the hope of building a national table tennis team!"

"With a straight blade in the right hand and a horizontal blade in the left hand, I'll just use two blades to directly chop down Los Angeles!"

"If Chen Jin isn't in the Los Angeles singles, I won't watch it!"

……

For a while.

The whole audience was shocked.

in the audience.

Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan and others sat together and watched the game.

Seeing Chen Jin show off his skills, Ma Long couldn't help but smile: "In the final, I have to be careful of Chen Jin's left-handed horizontal board."

"Moregard's backhand pull was of high quality. How could Chen Jin actually tear it apart with his left-handed horizontal board?"

Lin Gaoyuan, a left-handed horizontal player, was also amazed after watching this ball. "If it were me, I might be able to hit it back, but it's still a bit difficult for me to make it straight."

After listening to Lin Gaoyuan's words.

Wang Chuqin had a blank expression on his face, just staring at Chen Jin on the field.

I don't even know what he is thinking.

Wang Hao, who was sitting on the sidelines, almost burst into laughter after watching this goal: "It is said that Moregaard's play is creative, but Chen Jin's creativity is no stronger than his."

"I didn't expect that this kid's left hand is so powerful."

"Could it be that you have practiced it specifically?"

Wang Hao guessed correctly. When Chen Jin was in the provincial team, he did practice with Zhang Jiahao.

Moreover, what I practice is the left-handed horizontal board.

You can even compete with Zhang Jiahao and see who is better.

Of course, compared to the right-handed penhold board, the proficiency of the left-handed penhold board is not very high.

But in the game, it’s not bad to use it occasionally to catch people off guard.

"I haven't practiced left-handed horizontal board for a long time, and the quality has declined a bit."

Chen Jin shook his left hand gently a few times.

Since the handle of a straight-blade is slightly shorter, when held horizontally, the end of the handle will rest against the palm.

Once you exert force, it still hurts a bit.

"Luckily Moregard rushed towards me sideways, otherwise, the quality of my straightening of the board might not have been enough to defeat him."

Think of this.

Chen Jin looked up at Moregard.

There was still a look of shock on Moregard's face.

I couldn't help it and wanted to give a thumbs up.

"no!"

Moregard stopped himself and pressed back the thumbs-up he was about to raise. "How can I praise my opponent when I'm playing against him?"

"Isn't this in line with an old Chinese saying, 'raising others' ambitions will destroy your own prestige'?"

"calm!"

"The Chinese kid actually showed off his skills to me. I must find a chance to show off my skills back."

"Hoo ho ho..."

He shouted a few times.

Moregard jumped up and down on the spot, then lowered his body.

His eyes were fixed on Chen Jin.

Stand still and sway your upper body left to right.

Prepare to receive the serve.

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

There was silence.

All you could hear was the sound of the ping-pong ball bouncing rapidly on the table.

Toss the ball.

Lead the beat.

Chen Jin hooked a short pass.

"Not turning?"

Moregard saw through it at a glance and made a forehand pass to the diagonal line.

This goal was beyond Chen Jin's expectations.

I never thought that Moregard would be so decisive.

Failed to save the ball.

Moregard quickly equalized the score.

"Pity."

Chen Jin frowned in his heart, "I couldn't fool Moregard."

Originally, his serve looked like a backspin.

But it failed to fool Moregard.

If it was Wang Chuqin who replaced him, Moregard would probably have been caught by the ball.

3: 5.

Change sides to serve.

Moregard wiped the sweat from his forehead with his elbow.

Lower your body, throw the ball and lead the racket.

"昘——"

It's growing secretly again!

But this time, having learned from previous experience, Chen Jin had already been prepared.

Anticipate in advance and be the first to move sideways.

"Snapped!"

Forehand burst.

Like a rainbow piercing the sun, it instantly penetrated Moregard's backhand.

3: 6.

“No more stealing the long ball.”

Moregard knew clearly in his heart, "Chen Jin has already taken sufficient precautions against my sneak attack."

This ball is a good example.

"We must find another way to break through Chen Jin."

Before the game, he and his coach had carefully studied Chen Jin's tactics and playing style in previous games.

I found that Chen Jin’s playing style and tactics seemed to be different in every game.

Felix is ​​good at backhand speed, so Chen Jin competed with Felix in backhand speed and was not inferior at all, and even had the upper hand.

Xiang Peng is good at forehand attack, and Chen Jin also competed with him with forehand and won the pizza.

The variety of tactics and playing styles are simply unpredictable.

Finally, the coach summarized the characteristics of Chen Jin's playing style: "This kid's tactical play is adjusted according to the opponent."

"He will play with you whatever you are good at."

"Especially in the first game, he just went head-to-head with you on purpose."

"If he can win like this, then he will win the next game more easily."

In this regard.

Moregard's coach thought about it for a long time but couldn't come up with a good solution.

"We can't figure out his tactics. The only way is that we can't let him figure out our tactics."

"So, the strategy for fighting Chen Jin can be summed up in one word: change!"

"There is no rule, so he can't find any trace."

Moregard suddenly realized: "I understand. It's just like an old Chinese saying, 'No move is better than a move.'"

"Yes, that's what it means."

Following the tactics specified by the coach before the game, Moregard's serve kept changing landing points, also testing Chen Jin's weaknesses.

For example, stealing growth.

First round, two wins.

But the third one has been discovered by Chen Jin.

"Then we have to 'change' again."

Moregard pondered.

(End of this chapter)