57 Zhuhai-Hong Kong Table Tennis Championships
◎That was the way she came.◎
The first game begins.
Xi Lingen serves.
She lowered her body slightly, and while throwing the ball, the hand holding the racket leaned back, and the racket went around her head with her knees bent!
Use the inertia of squatting to drive the racket to rub the white ball!
Everyone in the audience leaned forward with an "oO" expression on their face.
The white ball slanted across the air, drawing a curve like a python passing through, and after landing on Zhu Qi's forehand position, it bounced to the left!
Zhu Qi quickly followed up with a quick backhand pass.
The ball missed the net.
North Korea scores.
[First game, Zhu Qi 0:1 Xi Ling'en]
This serve is somewhat rare for young players.
But for many older people in the circle, it is very familiar.
In Jianghuai Province.
People gathered around the TV, listening to the commentary in the background.
This "squatting and chopping serve" hasn't been seen in international competitions for a long time. This little girl from North Korea has a very unique aura. I heard she won every World Table Tennis Championships qualifying match 4-0. She's very talented despite her young age.
Yes, I haven't seen that kind of serve in a competitive arena for a long time.
The advantage of this serve is that the spin and hook are very concealed. Judging from the state, it is very effective for Zhu Qi, who is encountering this serve for the first time. Zhu Qi lost two points in a row...
On a small black and white TV.
Two young girls, competing for the "Miriam" Cup...
Ah Shui's heart skipped a beat when he saw this.
Baobao rarely catches serves! Aside from Maomao's serves, there are very few serves that Baobao can't catch.
This 18-year-old captain of the North Korean women's team...how can she be so awesome?
"What kind of serve is this? Why is it so weird?" Qin Xiaoba also asked.
Chang Hongxia crossed her arms, her tone heavy, "I haven't seen the 'squat serve' in competition for a long time. Only the older generation uses it. It's very difficult to practice and requires a natural feel."
"Is it as difficult to practice as the 'super baseline rapid running style'?" Qin Xiaoba asked.
Chang Hongxia nodded: "Almost the same, they all practiced very difficult serves."
Xu Dong stared intently at the two white balls hurtling across the table. He continued, "Although anti-loop rubber and long rubber are somewhat similar, the length of the grains is different, so the resulting effect is naturally different. 'Squat-chop serve,' anti-loop rubber...this style of play is so rare, I'm afraid only some elderly people in the park can come across it. I wonder if Bao Bao can adapt..."
While talking.
Both sides ate a round of serve.
The fourth ball was Zhu Qi's serve. She used the hook shot she had just practiced, but Xi Ling'en failed to catch it, but at least she caught up with one point.
[First game, Zhu Qi 1:3 Xi Ling'en]
Next was Xi Lingen's serving turn.
If the opponent continues to lead, it will be difficult to catch up with the score in the first game and we will have to give up.
In addition to the Chinese team watching the game, other foreign associations were also standing in the corner, curious about who would be the final winner of this national table tennis tournament.
This time, only Xi Lingen was participating in the North Korean team, but they still made it to the finals.
The South Korean team had eight players competing, but only one North Korean defector won the bronze medal.
The Korean players looked at the two girls on the field and discussed.
"Lily, this is your former teammate, right? Who do you think is more powerful, her or Xi Ling'en?"
Jin Lili shook her head: "I don't know, we don't talk often in the team."
The Korean teammates looked at each other and exchanged glances, all filled with suspicion of "Who would believe this?"
Jin Lili knew they didn't believe her, but she really didn't lie.
She left the team less than a month after the World Games last year. Now, almost a year has passed, and she feels that Zhu Qi has improved again.
Moreover, in just one year, Zhu Qi has already changed dramatically. Although she's trailing in the score, every ball she hits feels more powerful. I wonder if the national team has given her some magic medicine...
When Xi Ling'en started serving for the fourth time, Zhu Qi discovered that the secret of the squatting and chopping serve was indeed unique.
The ball is thrown up, and at the moment it falls, chop it out like chopping wood with an axe.
The ball will be driven by the impact of squatting and the friction of the racket on the ball, like a small dart, flying sideways on the net and falling to the ground.
The ball hit by Xi Ling'en either spins upwards or downwards.
It is also very concealed, relying entirely on the friction created by the rubbing of the racket against the ball.
The principle is the same as the hook serve.
But the speed is much faster than the hook serve!
And most importantly...
The ball landed on Zhu Qi's left hand side, bounced back, and automatically jumped onto the net facing Zhu Qi's position!
[First game, Zhu Qi 7:11 Xi Ling'en]
[First round, Zhu Qi 0:1 Xi Ling'en]
"Why is this happening? Is this a backspin ball?" Qin Xiaoba's eyes widened even more.
They also practice the ball-stopping technique when they are playing around. Because they are too lazy to pick up the ball, they will bounce a backspin ball onto the table. The ball will automatically bounce in place and finally stay on the table.
However, there is no need to throw the ball too high, which does not meet the ITTF's standards for serving, so it is generally not used for serving.
The fact that Xi Ling'en's serve bounced back shows that the spin she produced was very, very, very sufficient.
This girl's physical talents are also maxed out.
The Chinese girls in the audience began to understand what Ren Xinhua meant when he said, "The North Korean team usually does not participate in competitions, but if they do, they will not return empty-handed."
Halftime break.
Ren Xinhua looked at the girl wiping her sweat and drinking water, and analyzed the techniques of playing with anti-arc rubber to Zhu Qi. She stayed up all night last night and watched the video of Xi Ling'en's game over and over again, and summed it up in one sentence.
"Don't rush to hit loops. Now we can only grind slowly with her and fight a war of attrition. It doesn't matter if we lose the first game. First, we need to adapt to the characteristics of the anti-loop rubber. Try to hit more balls, more rounds, and find more opportunities to hit."
Zhu Qi nodded and put the bottle back.
She returned to the pool table, and Ren Xinhua reminded her: "Don't worry—"
In fact, Zhu Qi was very upset because he lost the first game.
Zhu Qi made a mistake in judging the anti-arcing rubber.
It is very similar to long rubber, but not that similar.
The characteristic of long rubber is that the more spin the opponent hits the ball, the more spin the ball will have when it is returned.
The characteristic of arc-proof rubber is that no matter how much spin the opponent hits, the ball received by the arc-proof rubber will not spin or spin weakly.
But Zhu Qi used the anti-arc rubber as long rubber.
I hit a ball with strong spin, but the opponent returned a ball with weak spin. I treated it as a ball with strong spin and hit the ball away.
If this is the case, we can only proceed cautiously for the time being.
The situation in the second game was very stalemate.
Zhu Qi became familiar with the rotation of the "squatting and chopping serve" and found the return point at the moment Xi Lingen served, so the ball would no longer hit the net.
As long as you can catch the serve, there is a chance to score on the third board.
Her adaptability also amazed the North Korean coach.
——[What an amazing talent]
How did Zhu Qi do it?
Jin Lili didn't understand.
When playing against Xi Ling'en, Jin Lili's biggest feeling was that this Korean girl's ball skills were very strange.
The rotation may not seem strong, but it is very difficult to receive.
And her string is very light, just like the skipping stone game we loved to play as children.
It looks like it's flying upwards, but it's actually falling downwards, so you can't judge it by the normal way of catching the ball.
At the very beginning, Zhu Qi treated the "squatting and chopping serve" as Mao Mao's "hook serve", but then he found many differences.
That is, the "squat and chop serve" has none of the drawbacks of the hook serve.
There will be no situation where topspin balls fly upwards or backspin balls sink downwards.
Whether it is a topspin or backspin ball, the angle of flight is exactly the same, and even the sound is indistinguishable.
But Zhu Qi made the judgment.
"Oh my god, how did my sister do that?" Qin Xiaoba opened his eyes wide, staring at each ball, and felt a ball of white light flying by, and he couldn't see the rotation at all.
"Look at the racket shape," Xu Dong said. "When you hit a topspin shot, the racket shape points upward, and when you hit a backspin shot, the racket shape points downward because it needs to rub the bottom of the ball."
Even so.
It's just a split second when the ball is hit.
It was that 0.01 second gap that Zhu Qi captured.
clatter!
The white ball bounces on the table.
The tenth ball ends.
[Second round score: Zhu Qi 5:5 Xi Ling'en]
The two teams tested each other in the first half, and then started a tug-of-war in the second half.
Zhu Qi felt that this kid was really... too good at pestering.
If she gave him a high-quality ball, Xi Ling'en would use anti-arc rubber to hit it back. If she gave him an ordinary transition ball, Xi Ling'en would use backhand spin.
Zhu Qi had so much strength but nowhere to use it, and his punch hit cotton.
No matter what ball is served.
Xi Ling'en would hit the ball softly, and then wait for her chance to hit it with the board.
Zhu Qi was not in a hurry. He hit the ball back one by one, first making sure that every ball could reach the table and then looking for an opportunity.
That's the case.
Then let’s focus on the basics.
Hitting the left corner, Xi Ling'en grabbed a board, hitting the right corner, Xi Ling'en tore the board back...
The game time was instantly extended.
The score of each ball will change after at least seven or eight rebounds.
By the end of the fight, Zhu Qi's sportswear was soaked.
But it's a pity.
We were still two points behind and lost the second game at [13:15].
[First round, Zhu Qi 0:2 Xi Ling'en]
Pause in the middle.
"Hu——" Zhu Qi took a deep breath, reached out and grabbed his wet hair, then rubbed the sweat on his hands on his body.
The cheers on the field continued unabated, and most of them were cheering for Zhu Qi.
North Koreans rarely travel abroad, so there is no possibility of North Korean fans at the scene.
Zhu Qi was used to hearing others cheering for their opponents, so when he first discovered that this was his home court, he was a little uncomfortable.
The Korean girl opposite was not disturbed by the noise at all. She was calm and composed, with a sharp gaze.
This temperament... is very similar to Zhu Qi two years ago.
There is a kind of clarity that has not been tainted by worldly affairs.
Zhu Qi didn't know if it was the same when he went to the Macau Palace to participate in the World Cup. He went from being an unknown player to the final and met the then Korean women's singles number one Li Keshan. Then one game made him "known to everyone in the world."
On the big screen, players from both teams stood in front of their respective off-court coaches, adjusting their status and tactics.
The audience in the auditorium could not hear what Ren Xinhua was saying, but everyone could see that Ren Xinhua and Zhu Qi looked relatively relaxed.
Aren't they in a hurry at all?
Ah Shui turned his head and asked Xu Dong beside him: "Coach Xu, what do you think are the chances of Bao Bao catching up in the next round?"
Now we are two games behind.
If we lose another round...
That will be even harder to catch up!
Xu Dong didn't say anything, and she couldn't judge.
This North Korean team leader has a very strange playing style, and he has been specially trained in looping balls.
In other words, North Korea is also very well-informed. They were able to quickly master the technique of looping balls and even developed methods to deal with looping balls.
The third game begins.
Ren Xinhua's last words to Zhu Qi were -
"...She can't keep up any more, you have to hold on."
Zhu Qi nodded, took the racket, and walked towards the table while breathing on the rubber.
Xi Lingen serves.
It's still a squat chop serve.
Zhu Qi found a way to receive this kind of serve, which is to "break ten thousand turns with one twist."
No matter what kind of spin it is, a backhand twist is the best way to deal with it.
Zhu Qi got into position, waited for the ball to fall on the table, then quickly reached out and used the strength of his wrist to drive the friction of the ball on the racket to create rotation.
Twist and pull.
The ball made a "whoosh" sound, made an arc in the air, and landed on the table opposite.
Xi Ling'en quickly went around to the left side of the table, trying to hit Zhu Qi's left hand.
Zhu Qi reacted faster, took a step back, and continued to pull with his backhand.
The ball began to fly back and forth across the table, and with each hit, the quality of the ball became higher.
The two of them were fighting back and forth, neither of them giving in.
The left and right angles of the ball are getting bigger and bigger, forming a very exaggerated large triangle, being pulled back and forth!
at last!
Xi Ling'en's pace slowed down a bit and he lost the ball.
Zhu Qi scored.
[Score of the third game: Zhu Qi 1:0 Xi Ling'en]
The same thing happened with the second ball.
Counter-pull, stalemate, hedge, large triangle oblique line...
[Score of the third game: Zhu Qi 2:0 Xi Ling'en]
Repeat with the third ball...
3:0……
4:0……
Everyone in the audience had question marks on their heads.
What's going on?
Why did the situation suddenly become one-sided starting from the third game?
Xi Ling'en's speed suddenly slowed down, and he failed to keep up with Zhu Qi's rhythm for several balls, and lost three points in a row.
Even in his own serving round, he could only score one or two points.
A Shui seemed to understand.
Starting from the second game, Baobao kept hitting Xi Ling'en at a wide angle, forcing Xi Ling'en to run back and forth on both sides of the table in order to consume Xi Ling'en's physical strength.
This style of play is a bit like the tactical styles of Xiao Snow and Pineapple Head that Zhu Qi and Song Linzhou encountered at the World Games last year.
They all rely on mobilizing opponents to find scoring opportunities.
This tactic worked in the third game.
Ren Xinhua told Zhu Qi that there is a fatal point in the squatting and chopping serve, which is that at the moment of squatting to serve, you need to stand up immediately and prepare to receive the next shot.
Moreover, in order to add enough rotation to the ball, Xi Lingen does a deep squat every time he squats.
This means that this type of serve is very damaging to the players' knees.
So after the ball became bigger, no one wanted to practice this kind of serve anymore.
Zhu Qi's backhand system is currently the best, and she can twist back Xi Lingen's spin ball.
Then he hit Xi Ling'en at a large angle many times to make him run, increasing the burden on his knees.
"The ball is flying very fast. If the North Korean captain wants to catch it, he has to run faster, which puts more pressure on his knees." Xu Dong breathed a sigh of relief and felt that the trick Ren Xinhua came up with for Zhu Qi was feasible.
In the first two games, Zhu Qi and Xi Ling'en were competing in basic skills.
Zhu Qi was also very good this time. He did not get carried away and played a steady and cautious approach to consume the enemy's energy.
Xi Ling'en wanted to confront her, so Zhu Qi countered.
Xi Ling'en wanted to waste time with her, so Zhu Qi also wasted time with her.
It looked as if the North Korean team leader was leading the battle, but in reality the offense and defense had switched.
Zhu Qi became more and more adept at playing, but every time he received the ball he would still say to himself in his heart - "Hit the ball at a wide angle, hit the ball at a wide angle, hit the ball at a wide angle."
Baobao's angled play was perfect, hitting each ball with all his might towards the very corner. The North Korean captain had to run around the table to receive it.
[In fact, during the semifinals, South Korea's Kim Lili also wanted to use this wide angle to manipulate Xi Ling'en, but Xi Ling'en's pimpled rubber didn't spin when he hit it, so Kim Lili couldn't achieve this. But Bao Bao is different...]
When the commentator talked about Jin Lili, he specifically emphasized her nationality.
Although they were compatriots before, after all, they changed their nationality and represented another country in the competition, which is different from their own people.
Domestic fans may be very curious about the reason why Jin Lili changed the national team, but the most important thing is that the gold medal is in her own hands, so it doesn’t matter which player leaves.
[…Baobao's understanding of the ball is so perfect that she can actively add enough spin to the ball.]
[He had to actively create spin on almost every ball. Baobao played so hard...it was exhausting, even us watching him.]
But being tired also has its benefits.
At least the third game was won by Zhu Qi.
[Score of the third game: Zhu Qi 11:5 Xi Ling'en]
[Game 3, Zhu Qi 1:2 Xi Ling'en]
Finally caught up with a game.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
But Ren Xinhua knew that the showdown between these two future rising stars representing China and North Korea had just begun.
Ren Xinhua saw that Zhu Qi was soaking wet and asked him to change his jersey.
The referee allowed a two-minute break for both sides.
Ren Xinhua could almost guess what North Korea was planning.
As Zhu Qi changed his clothes, he listened to Ren Xinhua say, "They know you're deliberately draining Xi Ling'en's energy, so they might not keep fighting you in the next round. But this is better. As long as she's willing to fight you, you can score from her."
Zhu Qi nodded.
"Xi Ling'en also plays with the backhand system. The anti-loop rubber on her forehand can only be used for defense. So she won't play forehands against you, but in the few exchanges just now, I felt that her backhand was almost as high-quality as others' forehands. This means that her backhand is her forehand, and her forehand is her backhand. As long as you go straight at her forehand, she will either hit you back or use the anti-loop rubber to transition the shot. You can seize this opportunity..."
Zhu Qi nodded again.
The clothes have been changed.
The moisture on my body also dissipated a lot, and I returned to the field clean and refreshed.
The North Korean girl opposite also changed into a cream-colored sportswear, and the North Korean flag on her chest looked very conspicuous.
Coincidentally, she was also looking at Zhu Qi.
When the two looked at each other, Zhu Qi felt that Xi Ling'en was looking at him and smiling faintly.
“…” Zhu Qi.
A bit strange.
She didn't know Xi Ling'en, and today at the World Table Tennis Championships was the first time they met face to face.
Including the fact that Xi Lingen and her coach helped him at the World Games last year, Zhu Qi always regarded it as the official attitude of North Korea.
But looking back now, I always feel that Xi Lingen seems to have known her for a long time.
Weird.
The women's singles final turned into a physical tug-of-war.
If Xi Ling'en continued to fight Zhu Qi in the same way as in the first three rounds, he would definitely be slowly drained by Zhu Qi.
Many people in the audience were afraid to leave easily, fearing that if they left for a while, the outcome of the game would be decided.
But the players on the field were sweating profusely, and the people off the field were also anxiously watching.
Zhu Qi's slow cooking is not only for the North Korean players, but also for the fans watching the game on site.
Focus on one thing and play every ball to the extreme, making everyone's ticket worth the money!
The fourth game lasted for twelve minutes. Zhu Qi repeated the same trick and won again with a score of [11:8].
[Big score: Zhu Qi 2:2 Xi Ling En]
It started from the day I was enlightened at the age of 6.
She doesn't take a single day off in 365 days a year. Even if she has a fever of 38 degrees, she will still stand in front of the table holding her racket and train.
day to day.
Year after year.
From the city team to the provincial team, and from the provincial team to the national team.
First in all.
When it comes to basic skills, Zhu Qi will not admit defeat to anyone.
The girl, whose representative color is red, sweats profusely beside the table. Every step she takes is over the rising ball, and then she hits it back with force.
Once, once, and again...
It was as if she had stood in the dim light, in the old classroom of the elementary school, in the park with the rusty corner of the pool table, on countless unknown nights...
That was her way back.
Ren Xinhua sat in the coaching booth, watching the girl's body no longer tense like it had been in the previous two rounds. Every muscle in her body relaxed, her body reacting faster than her mind, like a butterfly metamorphosing, a softer form emerging from its old, hard shell.
Her sportswear was once again soaked with sweat, clinging to her bones and skin which were stretched to the extreme with every exercise.
The score changed again and again as two girls swung their rackets at one end of the table.
It was like two female warriors holding sword hilts, swinging the hilts at each other again and again, fighting for the dazzling Holy Grail.
As soon as one takes the lead, the other will catch up immediately.
Everyone is competing with each other and no one is willing to give in.
Xi Ling'en sent a backspin ball over, and Zhu Qi quickly hit back a beautiful half-volley just as the ball bounced... Da! The ball hit the table, bounced twice, and scored!
The fourth game ends.
[Fifth game, Zhu Qi 14:12 Xi Ling'en]
[Big score: Zhu Qi 3:2 Xi Ling'en]
Red flags were flying in all directions, and people were cheering for Zhu Qi for winning another game.
But people in the industry know that things are not that simple.
After changing clothes in the middle of the match, Xi Ling'en's condition improved a lot. In the third and fourth games, Xi Ling'en lost points because he couldn't catch up with Zhu Qi's balls. I don't know why he was able to regain the form of the first two games and began to chase every ball.
Xi Ling'en held a towel, wiping the sweat from his forehead again and again. Facing his head coach, he whispered, "Why doesn't she use a loop?"
The North Korean coach speculated, "Maybe they think your anti-spin rubber won't be effective anymore. But the fact that this girl can detect the spin on your serve so quickly shows she understands the ball far better than you do. Her fundamentals are very solid. Trying to force a fight with her will be very disadvantageous to you."
"She is completely different from the World Cup three years ago. I have been waiting for this game for three years." After Xi Ling'en simply wiped her face, it looked more rosy, like a ripe red apple.
"Yes, I heard that she joined the 81st Brigade of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and that gentleman became her master."
"The Bayi Team..." Xi Ling'en muttered softly, her voice as light as a chant. She looked at the girl not far away, her eyes shining.
As a table tennis player who was vigorously trained by North Korea, she represented that mysterious country and her first appearance in a world-class competition was this World Table Tennis Championships.
Three years ago, Xi Ling'en followed his coach and sat at the Macau World Cup.
When I arrived, the coach said that the Chinese team's Chang Hongxia and Zu Tianjiao were very strong players. Unfortunately, one withdrew due to a recurring shoulder injury, and the other lost to South Korea's Li Keshan.
For the North Korean table tennis team.
They have been learning the playing style of the Chinese team. The Chinese Sports Bureau has also supported many of their capable retired coaches, and in the 1970s, China-North Korea table tennis cultural exchanges were frequently carried out.
Many of their playing systems, techniques and tactics come from the Chinese team.
The North Korean side will also send its own players to various provincial teams in China to study with the team as "international students".
It can be said that for them in the 1970s, the Chinese team was like a "teacher".
The coach has always aimed to train Xi Ling'en to become a player like Chang Hongxia. Xi Ling'en has also proved herself with her superb comprehensive strength. At a young age, she became the captain of the North Korean women's team with enough strength and personal charm.
The defeat of the Chinese team in the Macau World Cup was also very regrettable for Xi Lingen at the time.
She did not want to see someone from the South sitting on the Golden Throne.
On the eve of the final, she told her coach: "I hope to compete in the world competition as soon as possible."
But the coach said to her: "You still need to hone your skills."
The final match was very shocking to Xi Ling'en.
The girl, her age, barely reached Li Keshan's shoulders, her arms thin and slender, not as strong as his. Her face was childish, but every strike was filled with momentum, like a submachine gun with a blade, piercing the other side with a gust of white wind.
After the finals, look at the Chinese girl sitting on the golden throne.
The gears of fate of the two 15-year-old girls began to turn towards each other.
She replaced the poster of Chang Hongxia in the training hall with Zhu Qi.
Every day he would go to the coach's office and take ten minutes to look up news about Zhu Qi, teach himself Chinese and buy Chinese sports newspapers.
She saw this girl of the same age as herself constantly playing competitions, constantly winning awards, and constantly raising the national flag in the world rankings.
During many team training sessions, she had imagined that the person standing opposite her was Zhu Qi.
And this day finally came true.
Ren Xinhua was also providing Zhu Qi with subsequent game tactics.
Judging from his lip movements, it seemed that he was repeating the same sentence to Zhu Qi.
——[Anti-arc rubber cannot actively create rotation...]
The reason why table tennis balls can spin.
This is because when the ball is hit, it rubs against the smooth rubber, producing different types of rotation.
However, the anti-arc rubber and the long rubber used by A Shui both have granular surfaces and cannot actively create spin for the ball.
In this way.
The anti-arc rubber can only be used to push or top the ball.
"...If she used anti-arc rubber on this shot, then if she wants to attack on the next shot, she must flip the racket and use the anti-rubber side to rub the ball. As long as she flips the racket, it will take up time for her to return the attack..."
This is the time Zhu Qi is looking for to fight back!
The sixth game begins.
Xi Ling'en's counterattack began.
She began to frequently use her backhand to hit topspin shots.
In the eyes of the Chinese team, this behavior is to give Zhu Qi a chance to hit a loop ball.
But Zhu Qi did not do so, but continued to use backhand quick tear or pick long ball or put long ball.
"Sister, why don't you just go straight to her..." Qin Xiaoba slapped his thigh, staring anxiously.
"Xi Ling'en's anti-arc rubber is just waiting for Zhu Qi to hit a loop ball. If Zhu Qi really gives it to him, Xi Ling'en will just hit it at a wide angle with his backhand, and Zhu Qi won't be able to catch it." Daxiong glanced at Qin Xiaoba with disappointment. How come this kid still can't count the balls after practicing for so long?
Qin Xiaoba scratched his head and seemed to understand: "Oh... I thought my sister was tired from fighting."
In this women's singles final, every ball was played to the extreme.
None of them touched the net or skirted the rules, all of them came on stage.
Almost every ball is of super high quality, and it looks like two strong men are playing tug-of-war.
Zhu Qi tilted his wrist slightly and hit a powerful topspin ball.
Xi Ling'en twisted his grip, switched to the black rubber, attacked, his fingers nimble, and spun the racket lightly—da! whoosh! bang!
The white ball drew a semicircle in the air, landed on the table and spread out!
Zhu Qi was slightly stunned, watching the white ball fall at his feet, still with residual spin, rolling to the distant barrier.
Everyone's eyes widened, and the most surprised were the Japanese team.
Xi Ling'en——can actually hit a loop ball?
All the Japanese present were blushing and looking at the two girls at the table in disbelief. One was Chinese and the other was Korean. They were using their own "secret weapons" that they had practiced for a long time to fight for the Holy Grail, which had nothing to do with Japan.
[Sixth game, Zhu Qi 10:10 Xi Ling'en]
Zhu Qi didn't have time to think about why Xi Ling'en could also hit a loop ball.
At the previous Tokyo World Games, after the Japanese team won three gold medals and one silver medal with loop shots, almost all table tennis players began to practice this technique.
Apart from the Japanese team, South Korea and North Korea are the best trained.
But this time point seems a little early now.
Another clash of two balls.
Xi Ling'en scored two points in a row.
[Sixth game, Zhu Qi 10:12 Xi Ling'en]
[Big score, Zhu Qi 3:3 Xi Ling'en]
The score was tied again.
Enter the deciding game.
Zhu Qi lowered his head and looked at the racket in his hand.
There were faint traces of hitting the ball, scattered all over the bumps on the racket. She reached out and smoothed out the marks, and the rubber was as new as if it had never been on the court.
I could no longer hear what Ren Xinhua said in my ear.
Zhu Qi only looked down at the racket in his hand, and had a very strange urge to let her try...
The time for a pause is approaching.
Every second counts down to 0.
It's like an hourglass, allowing people to clearly see the passage of time.
suddenly.
There was a commotion in the audience.
The noise of commotion continued.
At first, it was near the entrance, then it became the audience seats, and finally the place where the Chinese gathered was the noisiest.
The noises pulled Zhu Qi out of his thoughts.
Faintly, she heard someone calling the cat's name.
Zhu Qi raised his head and looked at the audience.
There was a young girl wearing last year's national team sports uniform standing in the middle of an empty corridor, with a half-person-high suitcase next to her and her head coach, Coach Cun, standing behind her.
Everyone put away the nervousness of watching the game. Ah Shui burst into tears and shouted, "Cat!"
Maomao, who had been away for ten months, stood in Zhu Qi's finals. He had wanted to arrive before the finals started to give everyone a surprise, but the plane was delayed and there was a traffic jam on the road, so he arrived just now.
Hope it's not too late.
She waved to Zhu Qi next to the pool table with a bright smile.
Finally, make a fist with your hands and gesture in the air.
come on.
【Author’s words】
The strongest girl group in history is assembled!
Finish it in advance or release it [roast dog] 18 o'clock no
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