Chapter 224: Sprinkle salt on the wound

The game was so tense that Bei Bei covered her eyes with her hands and shouted, "I dare not watch it!"

Xiao Zifeng looked at the child and patted his head amusedly.

A close-up of Zhou Yu suddenly appeared on the screen. I don't know which cameraman it is, it's just shooting Zhou Yu's face.

At this moment, Zhou Yu's head tilted slightly, staring ahead. Her eyes are incomparably bright, always smiling, but today they reveal a different composure and calmness from the past.

Xiao Zifeng looked a little fascinated, if Zhou Yu outside the arena was simple, kind, delicate and cute, and people couldn't help but protect her in the palm of their hands, then standing on the field, she was full of firmness and courage, like a fearless warrior.

Two traits that are so completely different are magically combined in the same girl.

"It's going to be started again!" Bei Bei shouted, pulling Xiao Zifeng back from his reverie.

Kamal sends a backhand ball, this kind of serve is easy for opponents to steal the bottom line of the sideline, and the requirements for the landing point are extremely high, and it is mostly used by male players. Among the women's players, so far, only Kamal is accustomed to this way of serving.

This shows how confident Kamal is in his skills.

"You have to slow down. Xiao Zifeng couldn't help but stand up.

It has reached a critical moment, and passivity will only be beaten. Xiao Zifeng couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Sure enough, taking advantage of the low quality of Zhou Yu's return ball, Kamal took the opportunity to grab the net and dragged Zhou Yu into a quick confrontation.

"What?" Bei Bei thought Xiao Zifeng was talking to himself, and turned his head to ask.

Xiao Zifeng sat back and patiently explained to Beibei: "Kamal's speed and strength are among the best among female players, but she has a big shortcoming, that is, her impatient personality. Kamal now wants to end the game as soon as possible, and for Zhou Yu, it is both pressure and opportunity. ”

Bei Bei listened attentively, holding her little face, staring at the flat screen without blinking.

After a while, Xiao Zifeng asked Beibei: "Have you noticed that Zhou Yu is different from before?"

Bei Bei looked at it seriously for a long time and said, "It seems to be ...... The ball is hit higher than the front. ”

Xiao Zifeng looked at Bei Bei and praised it: "Yes, I actually noticed it." Zhou Yu's goal is to stretch the entire route so that the tempo can slow down and she can have time to look for opportunities to counterattack. ”

Beibei, who was praised, was not too happy, although he couldn't fully understand what Xiao Zifeng meant, he discussed the game with him with great interest.

Beibei's mother came in from outside, and when she saw this scene, she was a little relieved when she had always been worried these days.

At the Birmingham Indoor Stadium, Zhou Yu was extremely patient with his opponent. On the contrary, Kamal was already impatient, and tried to beat her to death with a violent buckle several times, but he always couldn't break through Zhou Yu's airtight defense.

As Kamal became more and more agitated, the score between the two went from 19 to 19 to ...... 23 flat.

Kamal attacked again, and after a few back and forth, Zhou Yu suddenly changed speed and replayed the ball in front of the net, which caught Camar off guard, and Zhou Yu scored one point first.

The audience began to cheer, and some Chinese audiences even excitedly beat the waist drum they brought with them.

It can be seen that Kamal's mood swings are very high. When she returned to her position and waited for Zhou Yu to serve, she shook her racket coldly, which immediately attracted a warning from the referee.

Zhou Yu looked at Kamal calmly and sent the ball out.

No one would have thought that Zhou Yu would suddenly speed up at this time, and then attack continuously. Kamal was a little sluggish in his response, and after a few rounds, he seemed to come to his senses and smash the diagonal hard, only to have the ball go out of bounds.

The moment the ball landed outside the boundary, Zhou Yu let out a long breath.

In the ward, Bei Bei excitedly raised his hands and high-fived Xiao Zifeng in celebration.

"I knew that Coach Zhou wouldn't lose!" Bei Bei said loudly.

Xiao Zifeng's eyes still fell on the field. Zhou Yu walked back to the on-site coach's seat, took the water handed by Director Yan, and raised his head to drink it. Coach Qian arranged for the team doctor to take advantage of a short break to check Zhou Yu's knee injury.

Xiao Zifeng's heart couldn't help but pinch up.

"Uncle Xiao, Coach Zhou has always said that you are so good," Bei Bei looked at Xiao Zifeng at this time, his face full of admiration, "I learned a lot today!"

"Coach Zhou said that Mr. Xiao is also her coach. Beibei's mother said to her son.

Xiao Zifeng had already gotten up and was about to rush back to the gymnasium immediately, but he noticed the excitement on the child's little face, thought for a moment, sat down again, and decided to accompany him to watch the whole game.

Objectively speaking, Kamal's overall strength is higher than Zhou Yu, but her skills in front of the net are not as delicate as Zhou Yu's, and her pace is far from reaching the level of fluency, which is basically a straight ball and a fast attack. And Zhou Yu's strengths are her defensive and quick assault ability. The last game should be very watchable. Xiao Zifeng continued to chat with Bei Bei about the game, "As long as Zhou Yu is not in a hurry, there is still a great hope of winning." ”

"I think so, too!" Babe agreed.

As Xiao Zifeng spoke, he noticed that Zhou Yu had already put on knee pads, and it seemed that the situation was still a bit serious.

"Mr. Xiao, do you want to go back?" Beibei's mother said a little embarrassedly: "I'm too much trouble for you today." ”

Bei Bei immediately turned his head and looked at Xiao Zifeng with a blank look.

"Let's finish reading it with the child!" Xiao Zifeng smiled at Beibei.

Beibei's mother looked at Xiao Zifeng for a while, and said sincerely: "Mr. Xiao, no wonder you and Zhou Yu can come together, you two are really similar personalities, you like to think about others, and you are very soft-hearted." ”

didn't expect to get such an evaluation from Beibei's mother, Xiao Zifeng was stunned for a moment, and then concluded that people were praising him for being a good match with Zhou Yu, his face was indifferent, but he couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart.

The tiebreaker has finally begun.

Both sides played a little tight at the beginning, after all, today's victory or defeat will determine who has a chance to compete for the championship of this World Championships.

Zhou Yu's style of play coincided with Xiao Zifeng's thinking, and he continued to stretch the route and slow down the pace of the whole game.

Kamal suddenly stopped being impatient, and seemed to form a multi-shot hold with Zhou Yu calmly.

Laymen look at the excitement, Xiao Zifeng is an insider, and he has already seen that Zhou Yu's plan is to control the opponent first and wait for the opportunity to counterattack. Kamal is by no means a man who is tied down, and must be looking for an opportunity to win.

The scores of the two sides were rising alternately, and when it reached 13:12, Zhou Yu, who was one point behind, suddenly launched an attack and made a save to tie the score.

Kamal was still very patient, and he and Zhou Yu fought in front of the net.

However, this process did not last long, and a fierce battle ensued.

Before Camar rubbed the net on the net, Zhou Yu returned the ball to the bottom line, and Camar directly hit the net, trying to put pressure on Zhou Yu, and took advantage of Zhou Yu's small mistake, first pounced on her diagonally, and then attacked continuously in the middle.

At this moment, a ball went straight to Zhou Yu's backhand, and Zhou Yu reflexively returned the ball, but the ball returned too high and was deducted by Kamal.

Whether it was the Chinese audience at the scene, or Xiao Zifeng and Bei Bei who were watching the game in the ward at the moment, their hearts were hanging.

Fortunately, Zhou Yu quickly adjusted, hung his head diagonally in a row, and scored 4 points. Kamal failed to challenge Hawkeye, obviously because the drunkard didn't mean to drink, and wanted to contain the offensive that Zhou Yu had already come up. However, this trick did not work, and then Zhou Yu won another point with a rolling net balloon.

Although the opponent is difficult, however, the balance of victory has tilted in favor of Zhou Yu.

Beibei's mother brought a towel, wiped the sweat from Beibei's palms, and teased her son: "You are more nervous than Coach Zhou." ”

Bei Bei stared at the screen, not thinking to reply at all.

At this time, on the court, Zhou Yu returned a rolling tennis ball, and Kamal finally caught it. As a result, Zhou Yu hooked his backhand diagonally and hit the ball directly on the opponent's court.

The two began to hold each other again, but Zhou Yu still took the initiative slightly, using long and short line changes to constantly mobilize opponents.

Kamal caught a jump kill, jumped on one foot, and hit a chase ball towards Zhou Yu.

The ball just touched Zhou Yu's racket and landed on the ground.

Almost at the same time, Kamal, who was on the other side of the net, also suddenly fell to the ground.

Zhou Yu saw this scene, hesitated slightly, and then got through the net.

Kamal lay on his back on his back, his face looking pained, as if he was about to sit up.

Zhou Yu arrived in front of him, and was about to take a tokamal from behind, when a doctor came up with a first-aid kit, Zhou Yu saw this, and hurriedly retreated to the side, so as not to disturb other people's treatment.

Kamal was so painful that he couldn't help but cry out, covering his eyes with his hands.

The despair shown by Kamal at this moment was engraved in Zhou Yu's mind.

Kamal finally retired due to injury, and at this moment in the athlete interview area, after Kamal's coach finished the interview, Zhou Yu walked in slowly.

"Congratulations, Zhou Yu, the first time you played in the World Championships, you rushed to the final. A Chinese reporter said with a smile.

Zhou Yu nodded at the others, and there was not much post-victory excitement on his face.

Although it is not uncommon for athletes to retire due to injury on the field, even Zhou Yu himself has withdrawn, but when he saw the opponent being carried out of the arena, Zhou Yu still felt a little uncomfortable. She was confident of winning the race, but not in this way.

"Zhou Yu, if you win tomorrow's final, you will surpass Kamal in points and rank first in the world. A reporter reminded.

Zhou Yu blinked, slightly surprised. She hadn't really counted the points. Although the number one in the world is the expectation of everyone who is engaged in badminton.

A foreign journalist asked: "I remember that Kamal said yesterday that Jiang Yufei's injury was a strategy of the Chinese team to disrupt her rhythm of the game, and that it was due to the inferiority of the Chinese." Your response yesterday was wonderful, and I would like to know, has your thoughts changed today?"

"As an athlete, injuries are inevitable, but it's sad that Kamal left the World Championships in this way at a critical moment. Hopefully she'll be healthy and back on the field as soon as possible. That's what I'm talking about today. Zhou Yu looked calm and authentic.

"Don't you think Kamal is the World Daily?" said a Chinese reporter indignantly: "This kind of unsportsmanlike athlete should make her suffer a little." ”

Zhou Yu shook his head: "Regarding yesterday's incident, I do feel very unpleasant. Our team also lodged a protest with the International Badminton Federation. But on a case-by-case basis, it's a blow to any player that happens. I've had the same dilemma. The kind of regret that is powerless is beyond words. So, at this time, I don't want to say anything but blessings. ”

After saying this, Zhou Yu looked at Coach Qian who was standing next to him, and when he nodded, Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief. She wasn't talking about the scene, she just felt that there was no need to sprinkle salt on people's wounds, let alone a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye at this time.

"Can the interview be over, Zhou Yu needs to deal with the wound. Coach Qian glanced at the reporter.

I don't know if Coach Qian has a strong aura and no reporter squeaks.

Until Coach Qian helped Zhou Yu to leave, a reporter yelled and asked: "Zhou Yu, what is your winning rate in the final with Xue Yang tomorrow?"

Zhou Yu turned back and said, "I can only say that I will definitely go all out!"