Chapter 190: Being chased and beaten
Taking advantage of the gap between Risa Nakata's next court to change rackets, Zhou Yu retied his somewhat disheveled hair, wanting to stabilize his mood.
Zhou Yu knew that she had a big problem today. In the first game, the offense and defense made frequent mistakes, and the opponent quickly ended the game 21-9. said that at the end of the game, Zhou Yu's mentality collapsed.
The pre-match arrangement, the big guys are quite confident, Wen Jingyi, who is the first singles, and the first women's doubles, which is currently ranked in the top five in the world, are considered to be the most likely to score points. As long as they win two games in front, there will be a lot less pressure on those behind.
However, plans have not kept up with the changes. Wen Jingyi won the first match, followed by an upset defeat in women's doubles. The second singles that followed also lost.
When it was Zhou Yu's turn to play, the situation was very grim. If you win, you still have a chance, and if you lose, you can only settle for the runner-up.
Zhou Yu is facing pressure that has never been seen before. Just because, her victory or defeat is no longer one person's, but the whole team. It is also because this is recognized as the highest level of badminton women's team competition in the world.
"Zhou Yu, come on!" In the audience, the teammates were anxious, desperately cheering for Zhou Yu, who entered the second game and was still lagging behind.
The score of the two sides has reached 10:6. Through several large slashes, Risa Nakata restrained Zhou Yu's technical and tactical play, and her advantage was undiminished. And although Zhou Yu thought of countless ways to try to defend and attack, he had no choice but to be choked to death by his opponent.
At such a critical moment, Zhou Yu made another mistake, and Risa Nakata scored 11 points first and entered the intermission.
Back on the field, Zhou Yu was mentally prepared to be scolded by Coach Qian.
Today this state ...... She had no excuse to defend herself.
Before leaving for Kuala Lumpur, at the team's pre-game mobilization meeting, Zhou Yu also took the stage to speak, saying that he would cherish the opportunity to play, and work hard with his teammates to fight every point and every game to win the championship.
Zhou Yu's words came from the bottom of his heart. Although she has won a few championships before, most of them have been low-level competitions to be honest. Whether a player is really successful or not, he must prove himself at a high level, and finally he can participate in the Uber Cup, Zhou Yu is holding the belief of fighting hard.
As soon as this time came, the big guys were engaged in continuous high-intensity competitions. There must be difficulty, but fortunately, everyone twisted into a rope, and according to the arrangement of the coaching staff, they have played one game at a time until now, and finally passed the test and entered the finals.
Zhou Yu was once full of confidence, and she was already secretly looking forward to winning a heavyweight world championship on today's special day for her.
However, today's battle made Zhou Yu full of frustration, and there was a sense of powerlessness that the more he wanted to perform, the more he couldn't move.
Coach Qian sat on the on-site coach's seat with Erlang's legs crossed, watching Zhou Yu walk in front of him.
"I'm ......" After waiting for a while, seeing that Coach Qian didn't speak, Zhou Yu opened his mouth, and he didn't know what to say.
Coach Qian should be the most confident in Zhou Yu's defeat of Risa Nakata in the whole team. He insisted that Zhou Yu's current strength was already above Nakata Risa, although the two fought each other, Zhou Yu lost more and won less.
Sometimes looking at Coach Qian, Zhou Yu would have the illusion that the master who felt that she had no shortcomings from head to toe came back to life.
"Before the game, your mother called me to find out how you are doing today," Coach Qian scratched his eyebrows with his hand, "She didn't dare to call you, for fear of affecting your mood." ”
Zhou Yu pouted. Today's game is broadcast live worldwide. Qiao Fang must be sitting in front of the TV at this time. I don't know how I would feel when I saw her being chased and beaten miserably?
Suddenly, Zhou Yu straightened his back, not wanting to look so depressed in front of the camera lens that was coming over.
"Her ball speed is slow, you just follow behind grinding and chirping, I watched from the side, I was so anxious that I was sweating!" Coach Qian asked, handing her Zhou Yu's water cup.
Zhou Yu took the water cup and drank it with his head up.
Coach Qian was finally willing to get up from the chair: "From now on, you care how the opponent plays, see the opportunity, and give me a decisive shot." Don't think too much about Risa Nakata, she is no longer the Risa Nakata who can run all over the field a year ago and doesn't know how tired she was, don't underestimate yourself, the team members I taught, there is no problem at all in beating her!"
At this time, I still have to boast about it, if Zhou Yu didn't have water in his mouth, he would have burst out laughing directly.
"Take out the bit of ruthlessness you had when you quarreled with me. She plays with you and shoots more, so you play with her patiently, and then look for the opportunity to kill the ball, do you hear?" Coach Qian instructed again.
Zhou Yu hummed, put down the water glass, picked up the towel next to him and wiped his sweat, and then walked to the field.
"Little girl, hundreds of millions of viewers are watching your game, including your mother, your friends and even your enemies. Bring out your true level and let everyone know that you are capable of defeating any opponent and will soon become the world's No. 1 Chinese player Zhou Yu!" Coach Qian shouted at the back of Zhou Yu's head.
Zhou Yu immediately stopped his feet and glanced back. Coach Qian usually likes to brag about herself, but she doesn't look at the occasion, and saying big things in front of so many people simply blocked her back road to losing.
After a whistle, the game resumed.
Zhou Yu seems to have found his form, scoring 4 points in a row on the court, and the gap with Risa Nakata is slowly narrowing. And Risa Nakata, who has a wealth of experience in the competition, immediately adjusted her tactics, significantly accelerated her speed, and used the downward pressure many times to put pressure on Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu, who was pinned down by the opponent again, was no longer in a hurry to attack, but calmly slapped with Risa Nakata, fought until 18 draws, and then grabbed the game point and won the second game 21:18.
Finally arrived at the critical game, the game had not yet started, and the whole court was silent.
This time, Zhou Yu didn't plan to hand over the rhythm to Risa Nakata, and played a square ball at the beginning, and the landing point was extremely open, just in order to mobilize Risa Nakata to run all over the field, as soon as the opponent's return was not in place, he pressed down to attack.
This tactic obviously worked, and Zhou Yu's score went all the way.
Risa Nakata then strengthened the straight line attack, which once caused Zhou Yu to make a mistake, and the score of the two rose alternately again, and then it was time to break the game.
At this moment, in the living room of the Zhou family, the second dormitory of Jincheng Sports School, Xu Hui, who was sitting on the sofa, muttered: "I was shocked to see it." ”
"Don't talk about you, do you see it, my palms are full of sweat!" Coach Feng, who was sitting on a chair, spread out his hand and flipped his palms at the rest of the room, "Where have I ever been so nervous when I watched the game." ”
Qiao Fang smiled, picked up the thermos kettle, and refilled the cups in front of several guests.
"Stop talking, watch the game!" said Xu Hui's husband Lao Qiao, who also came over to watch the game, on the other side of the sofa.
After a short break, Zhou Yu came back and scored three points in a row, not giving the opponent any chance to return the favor at all.
From the close-up, it can be seen that there is a hint of irritation in Nakata's expression. In contrast, Zhou Yu can be called calm and calm, and between frequent attacks, he pursues the accuracy of each ball.
The situation on the court was in Zhou Yu's hands, and the final victory came without surprise, Zhou Yu made a surprise attack in front of the net and ended the game.
With a long sigh, Zhou Yu shook hands with his opponent and the referee, and then only raised his arms for himself, without showing any excitement. After all, at this moment, the Chinese team and the Japanese team are tied, and no one knows who will die in the end.
At this time, in the living room of the Zhou family, everyone was applauding Zhou Yu.
Qiao Fang entered the kitchen and said that she wanted to cook some rice balls for everyone.
"Don't be busy!" Xu Hui on the sofa shouted at Qiao Fang.
"It's fine. Qiao Fang answered, and Gu Zi got busy.
Lao Qiao reminded Xu Hui: "You went over to do a favor, what are you just talking about here?"
Xu Hui smiled, got up and walked to the kitchen.
"Lao Guo is not blessed, I can't see this scene anymore," Lao Qiao looked at the TV, couldn't help but sigh, and suddenly remembered and asked: "When he left, it seems to be this season!"
"I also forgot which day," Coach Feng thought for a moment and said, "Time flies so fast, the children have grown up and come out, we are all old, and Lao Guo will also leave first." In this life, it is not long to say that it is long, and it is too short to say that it is too short. ”
At this point, Coach Feng turned his head to the kitchen and asked, "Qiao Fang, after this competition, can Zhou Yu come back and rest for a few days?"
"He said he was on a week's vacation, and he told me that he would fly back from Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. Qiao Fang replied in the kitchen.
"Don't say it, it's not easy to see the little girl now! It's not like at the beginning, when I was in the Commercial Port Club, I played with the children every day. I still remember that Zhou Yu has a small electric car, Lao Guo doesn't know how much he has, every day with a briefcase on his arm, sitting in Zhou Yu's car back to work, quite dissatisfied, always blowing with me, and when he has money, he wants to buy a car for the little girl. Coach Feng recalled the past, laughed involuntarily, and then shook his head.
"At the mention of commercial port, I get angry that a group of big men are bullying little girls. Xu Hui took the conversation from the kitchen.
"By the way, is Fan Lin still staying inside?" Old Qiao asked Coach Feng curiously.
"If you cheap him, you will be sentenced to nine months, and it should come out at this time," Coach Feng said disdainfully: "Fan Lin's thing, it's really better to let him stay inside, and it will be a scourge outside." ”
"Don't say it, among the people I know, the worst one is Fan Lin, who talks about people when he sees people, and talks nonsense when he sees ghosts. Old Joe said funny.
"After Fan Lin came out, he also said everywhere, saying that his prison disaster was deliberately framed by someone, so that the people who harmed him waited, and one day, he would have to take revenge!"
"Isn't he referring to Xiao ......" Old Qiao blurted out, but because of a look from Coach Feng, he swallowed back the words behind.