Chapter 2 Must Win
In the table tennis hall of Jincheng Sports and Cultural Center, the audience seats were almost full, and all eyes were focused on the rectangular arena in the center of the venue.
The two pairs of women's doubles players took their respective positions and prepared to fight for the first point of the tiebreaker after two rounds of hard-fought battles.
With a "snap", a small shuttlecock almost flew over the net. Insiders know that this is an inside corner ball in front of the net, with a short line and a very awkward angle.
The receiver was a female player with a small tugging on her head, and quickly hooked her backhand to pick the ball back in front of the opponent's net.
The opponent stepped up to save the ball, but the action was a little slower for a few tenths of a second, and the ball failed to cross the net.
The referee gestured for the merchant team to score.
In the audience, someone immediately began to beat the drums, accompanied by a uniform slogan: "Shanggang team, champion team! Hui Yingning, you must win!"
As soon as the slogan stopped, in the reporter area, a girl coldly took out a megaphone and shouted: "Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu, extremely brave! Come on, you are the best!"
At this moment, the entire stadium looked towards the press area, and then there was a burst of laughter.
Zhou Yu also "poofed" out of joy, touched his little twitch, and wiped the sweat on his face.
"Focus!" came a reminder from his partner Hui Yingning behind him.
Zhou Yu nodded, raised his racket, and waited for this round of Hui Yingning's serve.
With a shout of "ah", Hui Yingning sent a ball in front of the net in the outer corner and hit the opponent's backcourt.
The opponent caught the ball and hit back to Zhou Yu's backhand, this position was twisted, but fortunately, Zhou Yu reacted very quickly and quickly pulled back.
The opponent seized the opportunity and launched a series of smashes, and the two sides began to scramble, and the initiative was basically on Zhou Yu and Hui Yingning's side at this time.
However, the opponent quickly changed course and trickily hoisted a ball in front of the court.
The ball landed a little far away from Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu flew up to save.
The ball passed the net, but Zhou Yu slid forward more than a meter because of inertia.
I thought that the opponent would put the net, but I didn't expect people to rub it back directly, Hui Yingning couldn't react and didn't catch it, and at this time, Zhou Yu didn't even have time to get up from the plastic board, and saw the ball in front of her, falling lightly.
The referee raises his hand and the opponent scores.
"Get up!" Hui Yingning walked over, raised his arms, and yelled at Zhou Yu on the ground.
Zhou Yuyi got up and nodded to Hui Yingning, she could feel that she was playing a little tight today, and her emotions were not well controlled.
The position where Zhou Yu fell to the ground, leaving a lot of sweat, the referee signaled a timeout, and immediately a staff member came up to clean up.
Hui Yingning walked to the rest area, took out a towel from the ball bag, and wiped the sweat from her face.
Zhou Yu also followed, still thinking about the mistake just now, the opponent's tactics have been changing, and it is really not to be underestimated.
Fan Lin, the leader of the Shanggang Club, who personally served as the on-site coach today, handed water to Hui Yingning and instructed her to play, but he didn't care about Zhou Yu.
In the audience, the fan group beat gongs and drums again, shouting slogans: "Shanggang team, champion team!" Hui Yingning, you must win!"
Fan Lin finished talking at this time, and reached out to pat Hui Yingning's shoulder. Hui Yingning threw away the towel in her hand and waved to the audience on all sides. Almost immediately, cheers erupted from the audience.
"How did you fight!" Fan Lin seemed to notice Zhou Yu, nodded at her with his hand, and then pointed to the big screen scoreboard in the stadium, and reprimanded loudly: "See clearly, this is the women's doubles final of the Chinese badminton A-level club, based on your performance just now, you still want to win the championship and enter the national team, I feel ashamed!"
Zhou Yu, who was wiping his sweat with a towel, stopped and muttered, "I've been fighting hard!"
"I'll give you a chance, do you want to cooperate with Hui Yingning, or steal her limelight?" Fan Lin asked: "When did you become the main controller on the field?"
Zhou Yu: "......"
Zhou Yu is not stupid, Fan Linsheng is so angry, it is nothing more than that she thinks that she has compared Hui Yingning, who is obviously weak in attack today. But if both of them don't fight, won't this game be lost?
"Give me a good fight without distractions, and I'll settle accounts with you when I get back!" Fan Lin said again, and walked back to his seat.
Zhou Yu looked at Fan Lin again, and felt that this person was contradictory in his words, he didn't let people fight, and he had to fight hard, how to handle this measure?
picked up the racket again, and Zhou Yu made up his mind. Anyway, at the last minute, the score is the most important thing, as for the rest...... As long as Hui Yingning doesn't want to lose, everyone has to fight together!
"Come on!" Zhou Yu raised his right hand and encouraged himself.
On the coach's seat, Fan Lin roared directly: "What kind of oil, what about the momentum, I want to see your momentum, you are soft all day long, and you have a moral ...... with your master."
"We will definitely win!" Zhou Yu shouted hard, blocking the disdain and mockery that Fan Lin was about to blurt out.
Hui Yingning walked past Zhou Yu's eyes, glanced at her, and returned to the field first. Zhou Yu took out the water from his bag, quickly took a sip, and ran back.
The match continued to start, the opponent's serve, this time Zhou Yu stood in the right frontcourt.
A few rounds later, the opponent's high ball crossed the net, Zhou Yu gently picked it back, and then moved his pace to create a smash opportunity for Hui Yingning.
However, the unexpected happened.
Hui Yingning was smashed, but ...... buckled on Zhou Yu's head.
Zhou Yu only paused at first, and when he saw the stunned eyes cast by his opponent, he thought of touching his head, and then felt that his palm was stained with some sticky and hot liquid.
The pain hit instantly, and Zhou Yu sat down on the ground.
The team doctor hurriedly came over and did emergency treatment for Zhou Yu, but he probably felt that the situation was serious, and asked people to send him on a stretcher.
Hui Yingning stepped forward, patted Zhou Yu on the back, and walked to the side without saying anything.
Zhou Yu also knew that waving her hand, any accident would happen on the field, and she didn't blame Hui Yingning, but she had to slow down for a while.
"Get up for me!" Fan Lin rushed over, he was so angry, "If you can't hold on, just get out of here forever!"
Fan Lin was really anxious, although it was a little perfunctory to pair Hui Yingning with Zhou Yu at the beginning, but no one expected that the two went all the way to the finals. Today, it is rare for the big boss to come to watch the game in person, and people are sitting in the VIP seats. At this time, Zhou Yu was about to get injured and went off the field, and the gold medal in his hand was flying, how could he explain in front of the big boss?
"Keep fighting!" Fan Lin burst into flames: "Don't play dead for me!"
"If you really can't insist, just abstain!" Hui Yingning disagreed with Fan Lin.
Fan Lin looked at Hui Yingning, and then continued to glare at Zhou Yu: "Get up!"
Zhou Yu was not only stunned at this time, but his ears were also "buzzing", and he basically didn't hear the ghost roar of the people next to him, but after his eyes drifted for a long time, he fell on the scoreboard in front of him.
In the tiebreaker, 20-18, two points ahead of the opponent...
A few minutes later, Zhou Yu stood up holding the team doctor's hand.
Not frightened by Fan Lin's chattering and scolding, Zhou Yu had only one idea at this time...... She had to win.
Closing his eyes, Zhou Yu raised his hand to the referee, signaling that the game could continue.
After a moment of silence, there was a sudden burst of applause from the audience, starting with the VIP seats, and then the applause grew, until the sound resounded throughout the audience.
Zhou Yu didn't realize that he had become the focus of everyone's attention, but just raised the racket in his hand and posed to face the battle......
The press conference for the champion of the women's doubles final of the "Tianshi Cup" China Badminton A-level League was held after the award ceremony as usual.
"Team Fan, this time Shanggang won the women's doubles championship again, what do you want to say?"
"For the results of this league, how many championships is the Fan team looking forward to?"
"I heard that Hui Yingning will participate in the national team selection again, what blessings does the Fan team have?"
In the press conference area outside the table tennis hall, the reporters crowded into a bunch couldn't wait to ask questions one by one to Fan Lin, who was sitting in the middle of the interview seat and smiling at the moment.
Fan Lin cleared his throat and opened his mouth: "Huihui has always been the trump card of our business port and the spiritual leader of the team, this champion will boost the morale of the whole team, I believe that it will definitely make great progress in the future!"
Speaking of excitement here, Fan Lin reached out and patted Hui Yingning, who was sitting next to him, on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Everyone has also seen through the game that Hui Hui is becoming more and more general, as for the national team selection, of course I am optimistic about it!"
"Zhou Yu in the doubles today showed excellent willpower, what does the Fan team say about this player?" a reporter asked.
"Young players, you still need to work hard. Fan Lin replied very simply.
"Women's doubles championship press conference, how can you be lonely," an old reporter who is familiar with Fan Lin said with a smile: "Old Fan, call Zhou Yu over, you have to let us take a few photos, so that we can go back to the errand!"
Fan Lin seemed to have realized that there was no one missing, and said to Coach Feng, who had been standing behind: "What about Zhou Yuren, just won the championship, and played a big name with reporter friends?"
"Didn't she get hurt just now, so I have to let her take a break. Coach Feng replied with a smile, and when he turned around, he couldn't help but glance at Fan Lin before walking outside.
Not far from the press release area, is the table tennis hall of the women's doubles match just now, and another badminton men's singles semi-final is underway.
Zhou Yu, who had just changed the bandage on his head and was still wearing the Commercial Port award uniform, was standing at the exit at the moment, tiptoeing, looking at the game inside.
When Coach Feng came over, Zhou Yugang was cheering for Li Fan's wonderful save with everyone.
"I heard you calling from afar, hurry up and follow me, Lao Fan told you to go to the press conference!" Coach Feng grabbed Zhou Yu's arm and took his head outside.
Zhou Yu looked puzzled: "Didn't he say it just now, let me be cool, where to stay?"
Coach Feng was amused by Zhou Yu's words: "Ignore him, Lao Fan speaks, when did he have a good time!"
"What am I going to do?" Although Zhou Yu was not happy, he was still taken out by Coach Feng.