178 Riyadh World Games-Mixed Team
◎Table tennis magician◎
The Buddha thought Ah Shui was really crazy.
What is she going to do?
Want to play right-handed?
Now?
Auntie, what time is it now? Are you kidding me?
Even though he has improved his right-handed ball skills a little bit in the past two years with Chang Hongxia, it is still at the provincial team level at best. How can he play in a world-class competition?
A Shui stood beside the table and watched Huang Jiajia opposite him take the ping-pong ball from the referee's hand and make a gesture to prepare for serving - A Shui slightly tightened the racket in his hand.
The handle of the racket has been polished to a shine.
Because of holding the racket for a long time and being soaked in sweat, the outside of the handle has become greasy and slippery.
If you look closely, you can even see the marks of fingers gripping it.
This time, A Shui participated in the women's doubles and mixed team. In fact, she was under relatively less pressure among the contestants.
And now, this game of his will determine the fate of the entire Chinese team.
She felt that the blood in every vein in her body was boiling, and every drop of blood was bubbling.
She used to compete behind Baobao and Maomao, and was always taken care of because she was the youngest sister.
Baobao and Maomao never put too much pressure on themselves. Whenever they encounter a difficult goal, they leave it all to them.
But A Shui wanted to tell them both a long time ago that she could also give everything for this team.
Especially after the tragedy at home and his parents' divorce, A Shui increasingly felt that personal value was very important.
She knew that the reason her father could reconcile with her mother so easily in court was largely because of her, his daughter.
Perhaps it was because she saw herself on TV and achieved some results in the competition, received some praise from CCTV media, and won the honorary title of National Outstanding Youth, and was able to help her mother raise funds so quickly.
So her father wanted to leave her a way out so that they could meet again in the future.
He was worried that if he pushed his ex-wife and daughter too far, he would have no way out.
So after the mediation ended, A Shui received a call from her father.
The man on the phone said in a high-sounding manner, "I'm giving this money to your mother because of you, my daughter," "Logically, this money shouldn't need to be repaid. I figured she helped me give birth to a daughter, so even if she didn't contribute, she'd still worked hard." "From now on, your mother and I don't owe each other anything. I also hope you won't be estranged from me because of your mother. After all, I'm still your father."
Every word sounded ironic to A Shui.
Look.
Men are more calculating.
He has clearly cheated you out of your money, but he is worried about being sued, so he still gives you a lot of lectures to make you thank him for paying him back out of gratitude.
When her parents divorced, A Shui did think that she must make a name for herself in the future and make her father regret it.
But as time went by, this idea was diluted in A Shui's mind.
Then what replaced it was A Shui's emphasis on his own personal value.
When did it start... Ah Shui couldn't quite remember, it could be traced back to the nights when she often went to the rooftop to chat with Qin Xiaoba.
Qin Xiaoba told her that he used to wonder why his sister was so obsessed with competitions. Even if she joined the provincial team, she would still go to any competition with prize money even if she was punished by the team.
Many people think that Zhu Qi wanted to gain more practical experience at that time.
But in fact, A Shui could understand it to some extent.
That's because Zhu Qi knew at a young age that he had to take on the responsibility of "supporting the family".
Especially when my mother's computer mall almost closed down and was burdened with debt.
A person’s first growth begins when he discovers that his parents are not omnipotent.
The pressure of growth, the pressure of the Chinese team's advancement, the pressure of the game scores, the pressure of the expectations of the people across the country... all fell on A Shui.
This made her almost forget everything and fight with her opponent with her life!
The racket held in my right hand was still a little awkward, but fortunately I didn't make any mistakes!
This is all thanks to A Shui's extra-long training of ten hours a day over the past three years.
Huang Jiajia was caught off guard by A Shui's right ball. She took a step forward and kicked the ball away, but A Shui suddenly reached down and caught it back dangerously.
Huang Jiajia used her forehand to slice the ball close to the net. Ah Shui immediately rushed to the table and reached out to grab the ball short.
The CCTV commentator couldn't help but yell as he watched the game: "Oh my! This ball is too dangerous! The Hong Kong team's near-net shot is too close to the net. If the angle is even slightly off, it's impossible to get it back."
"Yes, Fang Miao's shot was thrilling. Now we're up one point, 4:6. Good fortune will come after surviving a disaster. Let's keep chasing and playing. The most important thing right now is not to rush."
[Excellent! Another point! Fang Miao played beautifully! Huang Jiajia's attention was now completely focused on her backhand, but Fang Miao suddenly switched to a forehand counterattack, which was a bit strange.]
The score is now 6-6. The Hong Kong team hasn't scored in three consecutive three-pointers. Is it because Fang Miao switched to his right hand?
He Qianlu nodded. "The direction and route of the ball pulled by the right and left hands are completely different systems, completely opposite. Plus, Fang Miao plays with a granular style, which is inherently a counter-rotating ball. Then, the right hand cuts the ball to the left. The counter-rotating and counter-system combination is bizarre! Huang Jiajia can't handle it."
In fact, we can see from the first three games that the opponent must have trained specifically for long rubber. Huang Jiajia is not afraid of the long rubber's backspin at all, and even uses it to score frequently. It can only be said that no one in the Hong Kong team expected Fang Miao's right-handed ball to be so well-trained now...
After all, she'd been practicing right-handed since she was 15, but she hadn't shown it before. Earlier this year, I visited the national team and watched them train. Since then, Fang Miao's right-handed play, both in terms of both her rate of success and proficiency, has been comparable to that of the national table tennis team's second-team players. Although He Qianlu was praising Ah Shui, he was also a little worried.
Your dominant hand is your dominant hand after all.
No matter how well your right hand plays, it can never be completely compared to your left hand.
Now, Huang Jiajia made some mistakes simply because she did not change her mindset from playing against a left-handed general to suddenly becoming a right-handed general.
And A Shui took advantage of Huang Jiajia's mistakes and quickly won the second game.
The overall score was brought to [2:2].
During the break, Huang Jiajia seemed to have become familiar with A Shui's right-handed ball.
As for the lethality, it’s actually not that strong.
The rotation, swing speed and sense of power are all slightly inferior.
If Ah Shui still uses his right hand to play against her in the next game, Huang Jiajia is confident that she can win the fifth game.
But as soon as she returned to the table and saw the racket held in A Shui's left hand, Huang Jiajia felt as if her chest was blocked.
Huang Jiajia couldn't vent her anger, nor could she suppress it, which made her laugh.
As soon as the Hong Kong team coach saw Huang Jiajia smile, he started to panic.
Whenever Huang Jiajia feels that she is in a very difficult situation during a competition, she will smile bitterly. The more difficult the situation is, the more she will laugh.
Seeing that the score was tied, Zhu Qi, who was watching the display screen backstage, breathed a sigh of relief.
Ah Shui is becoming smarter and smarter when playing basketball now, and he knows how to be flexible and adaptable.
In the first three games, Huang Jiajia and A Shui wanted to compete for the right to attack, but the left hand would have an inherent disadvantage against the right hand.
The ball pulled over by the right hand will naturally fall into the backhand area of the left hand. Although A Shui's backhand has been well practiced in the past two years, the rotation force is restrained by Huang Jiajia's slice. Every time the ball is pulled over, it is like a punch on cotton.
Now, A Shui switches to his right hand to pull the ball, and after catching up in one round, he switches back to his left hand in the next round.
Huang Jiajia, who had just adapted to A Shui's right-handed ball, had her rhythm disrupted again.
Zhu Qi heard a foreign media commentator commenting on the game on the screen, chattering in English the whole time.
Oh my god, this is amazing! I've never seen anyone play basketball with both hands!
【The presence of this player makes table tennis games more exciting! 】
I can’t bear to watch it anymore. I have no idea which hand she’s going to catch the next ball with!
[Wow! Wow! She's like a magician, able to create all sorts of bizarre balls with the paddle in her hand!]...
Zhu Qi watched the Chinese team's score on the standings continue to rise. Although Huang Jiajia was also chasing behind, she was obviously confused by Ah Shui's left and right hands.
The score reached [9:6], with A Shui leading by three points.
The Hong Kong team coach also called an emergency timeout for Huang Jiajia.
The current situation is not optimistic.
Ah Shui was in the middle of a game, and this pause could easily disrupt his plans.
Song Linzhou sat next to Zhu Qi and watched, also feeling anxious: "A Shui's method is feasible. It seems that we have a big advantage now. As long as we don't let up, we will definitely win."
Zhu Qi frowned: "A Shui's method is good, but... there is a weakness."
Song Linzhou knew what the weakness Zhu Qi was talking about was.
That is the swing speed.
The Hong Kong team coach on the screen was chattering to Huang Jiajia. Zhu Qi could even guess what he was saying.
"It takes time for Ah Shui to switch between his left and right hands. Even a split second is enough to swap hands. So throughout the fourth game, Ah Shui stayed relatively far back. This was to give the ball time to fly and buy time to switch hands. If Huang Jiajia had increased the speed of the ball and focused on playing close to the table, Ah Shui wouldn't have had time to switch hands."
During the Riyadh direct qualifying tournament, A Shui and Zhu Qi had a match like this.
At that time, Ah Shui had already practiced hitting the ball with her right hand very well, and when Zhu Qi played against her, he was also confused by switching between the two hands.
Later, Zhu Qi discovered the time difference when A Shui switched hands, so he hit a connecting ball, leaving A Shui no time to switch hands and won the game.
Zhu Qi felt that this was a weakness of Ah Shui's two-handed hitting. He could discover it, but he didn't know whether the Hong Kong team could find it.
But after the break, Zhu Qi saw Huang Jiajia desperately starting to hit all kinds of topspin balls, and he secretly said that something was wrong.
As soon as the ball lands on the table, it flies into the sky with a "bang".
Almost every ball was topspin.
This means that A Shui must stay close to the table, otherwise he will not be able to fight back because the ball will not extend its flight straight line and will not fly far away.
Ah Shui's expression looked more and more solemn.
The development of the entire game now was very similar to the match between her and Bao Bao. She lost that match...
Table tennis is a high-speed extreme sport. As long as the ball flies faster, there is no time to change hands.
Besides, this is singles, not doubles...
No!
no!
She couldn't lose this match no matter what!
The coach of the Hong Kong team was watching Ah Shui move forward, Huang Jiajia continued to take the initiative, letting the ball fly near the table, and then he was very excited to score two points in a row.
He suddenly discovered!
A Shui put the racket in his right hand again, da da da... After hitting a ball, he switched to his left hand, continued da da da, and hit another ball.
A Shui no longer changes hands after each hit, but changes hands after each hit.
Give yourself enough time to change hands.
“…” Coach of the Hong Kong team.
"!" Zhu Qi.
“!!” Lord Buddha.
“!!!” Others in the stands.
The white ball lands.
Ah Shui reached out to brush away the loose hair on his forehead, but ended up with a hand full of sweat.
She rubbed the sweat from her palms on her pants and touched her thighs where her muscles were trembling slightly.
Ah Shui felt that the air he exhaled became extremely hot.
Switching her hands back and forth like this consumes twice as much energy as other athletes.
I'm so tired.
Both hands are so sore.
I can hardly lift my shoulders.
[Fifth game score: Fang Miao 10:9 Huang Jiajia]
In this way, Huang Jiajia was dizzy for a long time, sometimes with her left hand and sometimes with her right hand, until she was sure that it was match point.
Huang Jiajia bit her lip, let out a roar from her chest, and rushed towards the white ball flying towards her lower right corner!
Bang!
The ball flew hurriedly towards the opposite right corner of the table!
Bang!
Ah Shui raises his right hand! Waves his arm! Quickly reverse the shot!
Huang Jiajia felt as if sweat was dripping into her eyes, and she couldn't see clearly whether Ah Shui used long rubber or anti-rubber to receive the ball.
Is it long rubber? It's counter-spin, right?
Huang Jiajia reached out to cut the ball, and the white ball vibrated on the rubber, then flew to her feet.
Ah, it turns out to be the anti-glue surface.
The moment the ball hit the ground, Ah Shui leaned back, sat down on the ground, and then lay down.
A Shui held the racket, crying and laughing.
“I win!”
She defended her women's singles!
Everyone at the scene went crazy. They shouted A Shui's name and screamed as if they were calling for a hero.
A Shui got the first nickname in his career - the table tennis magician.
It also received a one-minute single-person ultra-clear footage replay of highlights from CCTV News, and was listed as one of the top ten goals of the year as the "Butterfly Double Knife" scene.
Zhu Qi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that most of the disease accumulated in his lungs had dissipated.
Great, it’s the last one.
As the players from both sides of the women's singles match left the court, the entrance door on the other side opened again.
A young man stood under the spotlight and slowly looked up. The light moved along his back and slowly moved to the name behind him.
Qin Shang
China
Qin Xiaoba shook his shoulders, glanced at Sen Yunan who entered the court at the same time as him, and then looked at the caddy who was cleaning the sweat-stained court. This was the court where his sister and teammates had just fought hard.
Now, it's his turn to take over.
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