When the entire stadium is quiet, it also means that a much-anticipated women's singles final of the World Championships has officially begun.

In the live studio area of the stands, Director Yan, as a special guest commentator of the TV station, answered the commentator's questions while staring at the monitor in front of him.

"Strict guidance, can you predict the outcome of today's game for the audience?" the commentator asked another question.

"It's hard to say," Yan said matter-of-factly, "These two are currently the top players in the world badminton world. Xue Yang's style of play has always been a combination of Asian players' technical delicacy and awareness in front of the net, and the strength and speed of European and American players. As for Zhou Yu, she has a rich and changeable ball path, a clean pace, strong defensive ability, and is good at holding multiple shots. These two men have their own strengths. So when they meet today, it basically depends on who plays better. ”

"The match between Zhou Yu and Kamal, some people say that she is lucky, who would have thought that Kamal would retire due to injury, I don't know if yesterday's luck can be continued to today. The narrator said.

Director Yan disagreed: "From a professional point of view, I don't agree with this statement. Jiang Yufei retired due to injury in the semi-finals, can we say that Kamal is lucky? Keeping yourself safe from injury is also an aspect of the game. Zhou Yu's strength is on par with Kamal, and the success rate of Zhou Yu's kills, lobs and high balls yesterday is higher than that of Kamal, which shows that Zhou Yu is superior in the state of the game. ”

The commentator asked with a smile: "Zhou Yu seems to be a little restrained at the beginning, I see that she has bandages on her legs, could it be that the injury has a little impact on her mentality?"

Director Yan didn't respond in a hurry, and his eyes fell on the monitoring screen again.

At this moment, the two sides are holding each other in the middle and backcourt, Zhou Yu split the ball in the forehand area, and was blocked back by Xue Yang, and the two then began to play the game of flat ball, you come and go.

After a few beats, Xue Yang took the lead in changing the line, picking Zhou Yu's backcourt, and playing on her left hand. Zhou Yu tried to overdo his backhand, but his speed was slightly slow, and he was directly caught by Xue Yang and killed with a slap.

In the next ball, Zhou Yu wanted to seize the initiative, crossed the line to move Xue Yang in front of the net, and tried to assault in the overhead position, but the footstep strength did not keep up, and he did not hit a high-quality ball, but was found by Xue Yang. Xue Yang quickly turned passive into active, until the end, a kill in front of the net, and then the next point.

6:2, Xue Yang temporarily took the lead.

Xue Yang's momentum has come up, and after more than a year of injury recovery, Xue Yang has the style of a general who is at his peak. The narrator simply praised Xue Yang.

Director Yan's expression was a little grim, and he didn't go to the narrator's words.

After last night's acupuncture treatment, Zhou Yu's leg sprain was indeed relieved. However, looking at it today, Director Yan feels that they may be a little too optimistic. Zhou Yu played a little tightly, I can't help but say that it has something to do with injuries.

Thinking of this, Director Yan shook his head. The tactics of holding each other and pulling the hook are absolutely not feasible for Zhou Yu on the field at present. No one knows how long her injured leg can last, and with the consumption of physical energy, Zhou Yu's skills and tactics will be more difficult to work.

Director Yan was a little restless, and yesterday's pre-match meeting prepared two sets of plans, one is to continue to follow Zhou Yu's previous style of play, looking for opportunities in the stalemate, and the other is ......

"Strict guidance, Xue Yang has taken the lead in scoring 11 points, what kind of tactics should Zhou Yu adopt to have the possibility of turning defeat into victory?" The commentator's opening disrupted Strict Guidance's thinking.

Unconsciously frowning, Director Yan changed his sitting position on the chair, looked at the screen, and stood in front of the on-site coach's seat baffle during the break, and Zhou Yu was raising his head and drinking water.

In the end, Zhou Yu was picked out by himself, and Yan Gui naturally couldn't vent the anger of his teammates: "Zhou Yu is a very brainy player, especially when she is at a disadvantage, but it can stimulate her potential even more." ”

Director Yan said, his eyes moved to the face of Coach Qian who was standing opposite Zhou Yu, and thought to himself, now it depends on whether this guy can stimulate Zhou Yu's combat effectiveness.

Zhou Yu finished drinking the water and handed the kettle to Coach Xiao Xu, who was standing in the coach's seat instead of Yan.

"There are too many shots to hold each other, and it is too physically demanding. Coach Xiao Xu took the kettle and couldn't help but open his mouth.

Without waiting for Zhou Yu to answer, Coach Qian asked, "How do your legs feel?"

"No problem. Zhou Yu said, touching his right leg, "It feels okay." ”

Until now, Zhou Yu only felt that his legs were a little tired, but they were not as swollen and painful as when he was just injured yesterday.

Zhou Yu admitted that she didn't play well at the beginning, or she thought a little more, and she always doubted that she would be injured again.

Coach Qian looked at Zhou Yu: "You can't fight a war of attrition with Xue Yang, you can't afford it at all, you should make a move, just make a move!"

After staring at Coach Qian for a moment, Zhou Yu knew that her tactics had to change.

Zhou Yu was about to play, and Coach Qian patted her on the shoulder from behind: "According to yesterday's second plan, improve your offensive efficiency, although the risk will be a little greater, but it is better than you and her." ”

"Got it. Zhou Yu glanced back at Coach Qian.

The match restarted, and Zhou Yu let out a long breath, waiting for Xue Yang's serve.

After Xue Yang's comeback, Zhou Yu and her did not have many chances, and Zhou Yu found time to watch Xue Yang's several games in the World Championships in the past few days. may be due to the injury, Xue Yang's advantage in speed and strength has been significantly weakened, but she has returned to the technical flow before going to Denmark, and what has not changed is her sharpness and decisiveness in attack.

Xue Yang's performance just now has proved this. So Zhou Yu knew that if she insisted on the way she played just now, she would only be beaten.

Xue Yang's ball flew over the net, and Zhou Yu took a small step forward, with a slight pause in his hand, and unexpectedly put the net down. Xue Yang seemed to be unprepared, and was busy saving the ball, but the strength was not grasped well, and the ball hung up in the net.

"Just fight like this!" Yan Gui in the live broadcast room clapped his hands excitedly.

The commentator seemed to see the roll call: "Zhou Yu, this is a change of tactics?"

"We can move on and see. "Director Yan has sold a pass here.

This goal is equivalent to allowing Zhou Yu to find self-confidence.

Zhou Yu's coping strategy has changed greatly, many balls are assaulted as soon as they start, there is no previous transition, no longer to test the opponent, and refuse to fight with Xue Yang. This style of play seems to be a bit aggressive, but it reduces Zhou Yu's physical exertion in the previous standoff, and also greatly improves her offensive efficiency.

Xue Yang was not accustomed to Zhou Yu's path for a while, and the score was quickly overtaken by Zhou Yu, and to everyone's surprise, he lost the first game.

At the end of the first game, the commentator couldn't help but sigh: "First-class players are just different, and when they find that this road is not working, they immediately turn around, and never go all the way to the black." ”

Director Yan was amused and smiled: "This statement is quite appropriate. ”

"Zhou Yu's progress over the years can be called fast, to be honest, I really sweated for her just now. The narrator sighed.

Yan Gui didn't breathe a sigh of relief, after all, the game is not over yet, no one can say who will kill the deer, not to mention that Zhou Yu is facing a high-level player like Xue Yang.

In the second game, Zhou Yu still implemented the previous style of play, striving for a quick victory and not entangled with the opponent. Of course, Xue Yang would not give in easily, and accelerated the speed of his attack, while trying to drag Zhou Yu into a stalemate battle.

In this ball, Xue Yang took advantage of the advantage in front of the net and used feints three times to shake off the opponent, but Zhou Yu was not fooled, but in the end he fell into a multi-shot with Xue Yang. Xue Yang seized the opportunity to hook the diagonal, and after a few back and forth, Zhou Yu lost a point.

When it was time for Xue Yang to serve and Zhou Yu to receive the serve, his hand paused again. Xue Yang obviously noticed this and moved forward.

However, this time Zhou Yu did not put the net, but bounced directly to the backcourt.

Xue Yang immediately retreated and pushed the ball back. Zhou Yu suddenly changed his speed at this time, and ended the battle with a crane.

The cheers in the stands came, and some spectators spontaneously organized themselves and shouted slogans for Zhou Yu: "Come on Zhou Yu, the Chinese team will win!"

Zhou Yu wiped the sweat on his head with the back of his hand and stared at Xue Yang opposite. In other words, at this time, Zhou Yu can't do it physically, so he has to rely on his head.

Xue Yang's skills and tactics have always been impeccable, this round, she picked a big corner in front of the net, using her height advantage, and wanted to use the overhead ball to press Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu turned around and took a step back, then jumped up, and pressed down with a slap to kill Xue Yang. The movements are extremely smooth, and it is impossible to see that she was just injured yesterday.

At this point, Zhou Yu has already let go of his injury, and his desire to win has become erect.

Outside the terminal building of Birmingham Airport, a Chinese plane took off.

Xiao Zifeng, who was waiting in line for a taxi, glanced up. Bei Bei finally got on the medical charter flight back to China, and his mission today was successfully completed.

At this time, Xiao Zifeng's gaze returned to the mobile phone held in the palm of his hand.

Busy now, Xiao Zifeng can finally watch Zhou Yu's game with peace of mind, although at this time, it has reached the last moment of the second game, although he can only watch the live broadcast of pictures and texts.

For Zhou Yu to participate in today's game, Xiao Zifeng was apprehensive.

When whether to withdraw from this final became a difficult problem around Zhou Yu, Xiao Zifeng was resolutely on her side, knowing that he might make Qiao Fang unhappy again.

Intellectually, Xiao Zifeng didn't want Zhou Yu to play with an injury. But he knew what Zhou Yu wanted in his heart. Xiao Zifeng couldn't bear it, seeing Zhou Yu so close to the goal, but he had to give up.

A real-time message jumped out, and Xiao Zifeng subconsciously grabbed his mobile phone.

Zhou Yu got the match point, 20:18.

was so nervous that he scratched his head, and the only thing Xiao Zifeng could do was to keep scrolling the page.

In the Birmingham Indoor Stadium, Zhou Yu waited for the moment of the opponent's serve, and looked at the air with a resolute gaze, which appeared on Xiao Zifeng's mobile phone.

Looking at Zhou Yu on the mobile phone screen, Xiao Zifeng suddenly remembered the first time he watched Zhou Yu's game. He still remembers that Zhou Yu was thrown by Hui Yingning with a racket, and the team doctor bandaged it, and then continued to play.

Now that I think about it, this simple-looking girl has a stubbornness in her personality that refuses to admit defeat.

At that time, Xiao Zifeng didn't know Zhou Yu, and he didn't even see her appearance clearly, let alone imagined that this girl, who had been beaten down countless times by life and stood up with gritted teeth, would one day use her strength to soothe the unknown fragility in her heart.

At this time, on the silent field, Xue Yang seemed to want to give it a go, wanting to chase the score with a ball in front of the net, Zhou Yu made a thrilling save in front of the net, and hit the ball back to Xue Yang's second half. Xue Yang tried to fight back, but he didn't know if he was too nervous, and the ball went directly out of bounds.

Amid the cheers of the Chinese, Zhou Yu walked to the net, first shook hands with Xue Yang, and then Xue Yang drilled over the net, and the two hugged tightly.

The Women's Singles Award Ceremony of the World Championships is currently being held, and the third place has already taken the stage to receive the bronze medal and flowers.

"Are you excited?" Xue Yang asked Zhou Yu, who was standing next to him.

“...... OK. Zhou Yu replied, his eyes falling on the five-star red flag that was about to rise in front of him.

Zhou Yu has imagined countless times how excited it would be to stand on the podium of the World Championships and even the Olympic Games. But at this time, she felt quite calm.

"I stood up last year and couldn't control my tears. Xue Yang approached Zhou Yudao, and when he heard his name called, he patted her on the shoulder and walked up.

Zhou Yu grinned and said to Xue Yang, who had already walked over: "What is there to cry about!"

More than ten minutes later, Zhou Yu sat on the steps of the gymnasium, holding the towel handed over by Xue Yang in his hand, crying so much that he couldn't stop crying.

Xue Yang stayed by his side, holding his cheeks, looking at the sky that had darkened and the stars that appeared and disappeared above.

"I'm much better!" Zhou Yu said in a buzzing voice.

Xue Yang looked over and said, "You are the one I have ever seen, the one who cried the most on the podium, didn't you say that it was okay?"

"That...... I can't control it. Zhou Yu sniffled and laughed embarrassedly.

Zhou Yu knew that she had lost her temper today, but the moment the five-star red flag was raised, and then the national anthem sounded in her ears, she felt ...... The heart is turned upside down.