164 Riyadh World Games-Mixed Doubles
◎It symbolizes the rule of an era and expresses its thanks to everyone as time passes.◎
In fact, looking at the first three games as a whole, everyone in the national table tennis team felt that the Qilin combination had the upper hand.
After all, he is an old ace who has been paired with the team for so many years. Although he has not played mixed doubles for more than two years, his personal level is there and he basically did not make any mistakes throughout the game.
But starting from the fourth game, as soon as it was the Hong Kong team's turn to serve, everyone saw that the Chinese team began to lose points frequently.
"How could this happen?" Sasa sat in the crowd, craning his neck to look ahead, a little anxious as he saw the score slip away from the Hong Kong team. "Is it because the Hong Kong team keeps pulling the ball to the center line, making it hard for Sister Baobao and the others to catch it?"
After watching for a while, Ah Shui could probably understand the new strategy of the Hong Kong team.
When serving, the ball is basically hit towards the opposite corner of the table. In this case, no matter whether Zhu Qi or Song Linzhou receives the ball, they must quickly give the other person time to receive the ball, and then hit the ball towards the position of the first person to receive the ball.
This chase-down tactic originated from the South Korean team at the Tokyo World Games.
Later, the national team also practiced for a period of time. If practiced well, it is indeed easy to score, but the error rate is also a bit high. Therefore, if you are not particularly sure, the Qilin combination will basically not be used indiscriminately.
The Hong Kong team played particularly well throughout the fourth game.
Huang Jiajia and Mori Yunan dared to take action and cooperated well.
Mori Yunan himself is a particularly stable player.
When he was training with the national team, the men's team coaches had observed Mori Yunan's training and knew that Mori Yunan had perfect control of the ball and it was easy for him to control the landing point of the ball.
"Look at his positioning and the timing of his reception," Ah Shui said, turning his head to Sasa, who sat in the corner behind him to his left. "He's standing mid-to-long range, aiming to hit the ball when it's descending from its rising point, when its speed and spin are at their lowest. Combined with his control of the ball, he can pull it back onto the table."
The Hong Kong team hits the ball, then the opponent hits it from the center line, and the Hong Kong team receives the ball again.
The white ball forms an equilateral triangle path on the table.
The CCTV commentator also commented: "The entire 'triangle tactic' is very well-developed, clearly a result of specialized research on the Qilin combination. When the two Hong Kong players work together to receive the ball, they have a very precise grasp of the ball's landing point and can control its direction. Therefore, whenever Zhu Qi or Song Linzhou receives a topspin ball down the middle, the next Hong Kong player will backhand it."
Taking advantage of the time difference between Zhu Qi and Song Linzhou's movements, they scored frequently and won the fourth game.
Halftime break.
Everyone was looking at the screen. Players from both teams walked up to their coaches, wiped their sweat with towels, and listened to their coaches talk about their strategies for the game.
Although there is no off-court coaching in Chinese civil games, the Hong Kong team coach believed that this was the first time his players had reached a world-class final, and was afraid that Huang Jiajia and Mori Yunan were unsure, so he asked for off-court coaching, and Ren Xinhua agreed.
Xu Dong told Zhu Qi a lot. Zhu Qi had never seen the Hong Kong team use this triangle tactic in this mixed doubles match. He guessed that it was a new tactic specially prepared for the two of them.
After the fourth game, Zhu Qi's mind was indeed a little confused.
Because this is rare in a competition, she and Song Linzhou were restrained by their opponents.
Took a sip of water.
Xu Dong specially bought an insulated bag and filled it with ice water.
The icy liquid poured down his throat, and Zhu Qi's mind became clearer.
Many people say that they are the world's number one mixed doubles team, but this is also a tacit understanding that they developed through many times of losing and losing points.
In fact, when the Qilin team first started playing together, because they didn't have a good understanding at the beginning, they were often suppressed by some veteran partners and players on the opposite side. Later, after playing more domestic competitions, the two of them became more comfortable, and when they were released to play in Asian competitions, they had a much smoother experience.
This scene suddenly reminded Zhu Qi of the time when they first formed a team.
They also had their share of bumpy times.
During that period, because the two players were not familiar with the pace and ball path, and they were both left-handed and right-handed, although they had an advantage in protecting the table, in fact, the left and right hands were completely two different systems.
The right hand is better at hitting the ball, while the left hand is better at flicking the ball.
Even the arc of the ball is clearly distinguishable.
The opponents we encounter are different every time, and there are some strange tactics and various playing methods against them, but we still get used to them through many games.
"It's okay, I'll run faster to give you time to react." Song Linzhou screwed the water bottle in his hand and glanced at the pause time. There were only three seconds left.
The referee has gestured for players from both sides to enter the field as soon as possible.
After Zhu Qi replenished his strength, he thought about the next steps in a short half minute.
It is true that they should abandon it as soon as possible, but Song Linzhou is not the only one running away...
With the Hong Kong team tying the score, the Chinese team was actually under a lot of pressure, because the advantage they had expanded in the early stages had been caught up by the Hong Kong team. Unless they could win the fifth game, the subsequent games would only be more difficult.
At the start of the fifth game, the Hong Kong team was still in the lead.
Huang Jiajia's ball skills have improved a lot since I last saw her during this period.
Perhaps because the Hong Kong team only had one female player, Huang Jiajia, and although another female player later joined, she had previously trained with the male players. Her playing style is very similar to that of the male players, mainly using the front three shots, and adding some strong spin to each ball with a slice.
Only Huang Jiajia can perform this kind of playing style that can forcibly change the rotation and then shape the loop ball.
Zhu Qi and Song Linzhou also thought about using the method of dodging the ball to create space for the other person to hit the ball at first, but later found that this did not work.
Because when Zhu Qi bent down to avoid the ball, he found that the ball was sinking.
The ball is underspin.
Song Linzhou wanted to make some money, but the ball he hit was also a backspin ball, either touching the net or going out of the table, and one of them accidentally hit Zhu Qi.
As soon as Zhu Qi heard the sound of Song Linzhou catching the ball, she knew that the ball was probably in play. Then, she heard a "pop" sound from the back of her shoulder. She rubbed the place where the ball hit her helplessly and turned around to see Song Linzhou with an apologetic look on his face.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."
There was a burst of laughter from the stands.
They love to watch this kind of fun.
Zhu Qi waved his hand to indicate that everything was fine.
This won't work.
Zhu Qi felt that the ball he hit was spinning and fast enough, but it was still retrieved by Mori Yunan with ease.
This kid really has solid basic skills.
After thinking about it, Zhu Qi glanced at the scoreboard on the referee's stand next to him.
[Fifth game, Zhu Qi/Song Linzhou 6:9 Huang Jiajia/Mori Yunan]
If the Hong Kong team scores two more points, they will win the game.
There were many people watching nearby, and everyone showed their anticipation for the outcome of the game.
There were some blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners standing across from the table, shouting “ShuKong (Zhu Kong) Go! Go! Go!”
It was probably some people who couldn't stand Zhu Qi's arrogance yesterday, so they came here to boo Zhu Qi.
Zhu Qili didn't bother to pay attention to this group of people, a bunch of hairy white pigs.
But another group of people in the stands began to pay attention. The South Korean team's mixed doubles team was eliminated early and did not even make it to the semi-finals. The result of the bronze medal match next door was also out. The North Korean team [4:0] defeated the Japanese team and quickly brought glory to the country.
Several members of the North Korean team watched the championship match while waiting to change into their award-winning uniforms.
Seeing the Hong Kong team approaching step by step, Xi Ling'en also wanted to see how the Chinese team would respond to fight back.
The screen showed that the players from both sides began to change sides. During the brief movement, Zhu Qi made a gesture with his index and middle fingers together in front of Song Linzhou, suggesting that Song Linzhou should make tactical adjustments.
It was just a gesture, and Song Linzhou understood it immediately.
He began to lean forward to serve.
The two people opposite stared at Song Linzhou's hand holding the white ball and the way he swung the racket.
It looks no different from every previous serve, but the moment the ball hits!
Zhu Qi and Song Linzhou's running positions have changed in a way that has never happened before!
The previous movements were basically left and right. Because Zhu Qi was not good at long balls, many long balls were handled by Song Linzhou.
But the Hong Kong team also caught the weakness of body switching, so!
Zhu Qi and Song Linzhou began to run back and forth!
This tactic was also used by Zhu Qi and Song Linzhou when they played against the Japanese team. Mori Yunan knew about it when he watched Zhu Qi's games before, but based on Zhu Qi's performance in recent times and the various tactics Zhu Qi used in doubles.
The Chinese team did not continue to stick to this tactic of running back and forth, and Zhu Qi did not show his long-table skills and tactics, so Mori Yunan thought that the Kirin combination had given up this tactic of changing the lineup back and forth.
Looking at it again now, the cooperation between Zhu Qi and Song Linzhou is perfect.
After the fight, Zhu Qi quickly retreated, while Song Linzhou immediately ran to the front. Because they did not switch left and right, there was no overlap between the two figures.
When it comes to long-range balls, Zhu Qi basically focuses on defense to ensure he can get on the table.
Although she is not good at handling long-range balls, she can still ensure that the ball can reach the table.
"Bang!" Song Linzhou picked up a long ball and broke the Hong Kong team's triangle tactics.
There's a crack in one corner!
“Oh oh oh——” The national team stood up one after another and cheered like a sea of people.
Zhu Qi and Song Linzhou fought back and scored three points in a row.
Huang Jiajia and Mori Yunan felt the pressure. Whenever they wanted to attack, they had to give the ball enough friction, otherwise it would easily go into the net and kill themselves.
But at this time, Zhu Qi and Song Linzhou started running frantically, no longer trying to add too much spin to the ball, but trying to make the ball fly faster.
In this way, the two players of the Hong Kong team do not have enough time to add friction to the ball.
The fifth game was won by the Chinese team again.
[Big score: Zhu Qi/Song Linzhou 3:2 Huang Jiajia/Mori Yunan]
It’s match point for the Chinese team.
"It's so hard." Huang Jiajia's face was wrinkled, and she walked up to the coach and said bitterly.
She felt that Zhu Qi didn't seem to have any bottleneck period.
From the first time I knew about Zhu Qi until now, I can see his progress in every game.
This is what it means to stand at the top of the pyramid.
"It's the last game, hold on." After Mori Yunan said this, he felt a little discouraged, as if he automatically thought that the next game would be a life-and-death game.
I feel a little unwilling.
As an athlete, who doesn’t want to achieve the highest honor?
What Mori Yunan didn't know was that Zhu Qi had just said the same thing to Song Linzhou: "This is the last game, we must win."
Song Linzhou didn't have time to think about anything else. No matter what Zhu Qi said, he nodded hurriedly.
The next four people will use all their unique skills.
Compete for the first gold medal in table tennis.
Zhu Qi showed off all his special serving skills, including various series of loop balls, and also connected them with backhand loop balls to smash towards the opponent.
The ping-pong ball flew back and forth like a small cannonball, roaring like thunder.
Song Linzhou ran behind and filled in all the vacancies left by Zhu Qi.
Although it is difficult to kill someone with the ping-pong ball after it has been enlarged, it is still possible to kill someone if you use all your strength, use all your body's power, and use all your last effort to pull the ball.
Since Song Linzhou changed to a straight-blade horizontal hitting style, he has been diligently studying the forehand system.
Although his backhand is almost non-existent, his forehand is now at the world's top level.
Everyone looked at the only left-handed athlete on the court, who tensed his entire body like a stick and swept from left to right!
Boom——
The sound is deep and dull!
Just by listening to the sound, you can tell how powerful and fast the ball is!
Although there are no ball speed meters yet, it is already impossible to see the ball’s path clearly with the naked eye!
But! Mori Yunan was actually able to wait where the ball landed!
Then! He turned his hand back! He raised it up! He pulled back the force! He also used the same force to pull back Song Linzhou's possession!
So amazing!
The commentator can no longer describe the tug of war in this round in words!
The first scream came from Song Linzhou's lunging and bursting, and then the second scream came from Mori Yunan when he lost his strength in hitting the ball!
The ball hit by Mori Yunan was so tricky!
It is almost the most difficult high-angle defense in fighting ball!
The ball landed almost on the white edge of the table!
Then he rushed straight into the distance!
Impossible.
It's impossible to catch it again!
This point belongs to the Hong Kong team!
But!
Everyone watched as Zhu Qi took a giant step back! He leaned back, extended his arm, and executed an extremely powerful long-range scoop, imbuing the ball with a powerful spin, sending it soaring back to life in an incredibly graceful loop across the table.
Then!
Soar straight into the sky!
Then, the third highest scream erupted from outside the stadium!
Almost everyone stood up and shouted loudly.
【Zhu Qi's ultimate save! 】
[This shot won the table tennis team its first gold medal! ]
[The world's number one mixed doubles team! Well-deserved!]
[Sixth game, Zhu Qi/Song Linzhou 13:11 Huang Jiajia/Mori Yunan]
[Big score: Zhu Qi/Song Linzhou 4:2 Huang Jiajia/Mori Yunan]
Win!
Win!!
Song Linzhou supported himself on the ground with his hands, still maintaining the posture of leaning forward and charging forward, his knees pressed against the floor mat, sweat dripping down his forehead and chin.
When he saw Mori Yunan counterattack, his heart skipped a beat.
He thought he had failed to score this point, and before he had time to feel guilty, he saw another red shadow appear out of nowhere like a blazing fire.
Light and shadow poured down on her body, and her forehead hair was soaked with sweat, but her eyes were slightly red, like a general who had gone mad with killing.
Zhu Qi's desperate gamble won her applause from the audience.
After she confirmed that the ball had landed and she had scored, she smiled very brightly.
A hand stretched out in front of Song Linzhou. When Song Linzhou stretched out his hand, Zhu Qi pulled Song Linzhou up from the ground.
The two players who had fought hard in many competitions gave each other a small hug for the first time in ten years.
Zhu Qi said to Song Linzhou: "Congratulations."
Song Linzhou also said to Zhu Qi: "Congratulations."
Just like when they won the World Games championship for the first time, they congratulated each other on winning their first World Games gold medal in their lives.
The scene was in complete chaos.
Zhu Qi and Song Linzhou simultaneously took the national flag handed to them by Ren Xinhua from the stands, spread it out in front of them, and waved and bowed to everyone.
It symbolizes the rule of an era and speaks a farewell speech to everyone as time passes.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
