Chapter 26: Charge Your Dark Horse and White Horse
The eighth round of men's singles, the last battle before the quarterfinals, it can be said that this game is a dragon gate, and those who can jump past it are great gods, and those who can't jump need to be sharpened again, and they have been fighting for many years, hoping to become a god in one year. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In this battle, Gu Yang met a very famous opponent, one of the two biggest dark horses in the world table tennis this year, South Korean god player Zheng Rongxiu.
Jung Young-so is a legendary figure in the Korean table tennis world.
Before the China-Japan-South Korea Tour, among the famous players in the international table tennis world, there was no No. 1 named Zheng Rongxiu.
Zheng Rongxiu's history began with the Three Kingdoms Tour.
From obscurity to rising all the way, and then defeating Kuroda Kosan Maru in just eleven minutes in the quarterfinals, and finally losing to Gu Yang. Zheng Rongxiu has experienced a lightning leap from a nobody to a god-level golfer.
It was after this battle that Zheng Rongxiu began to show his style in the international table tennis arena, repeatedly reaching the quarterfinals of a series of major events, and completely solidified his godhead.
When he heard that his opponent was this legendary dark horse, Gu Yang's heart did not fluctuate much, just imagine, except for the Holy Son of the Jealousy Department, who else could tug at his heartstrings.
Entering, changing clothes, and warming up, Gu Yang carried out what he had to do step by step.
In front of Zheng Rongxiu, his coach was enthusiastically encouraging him and trying every means to mobilize his enthusiasm.
"Coach, don't worry, I'll do my best!" Zheng Rongxiu said firmly.
The coach nodded: "Even if Gu Yang is a top player, but Rongxiu's strength is not bad, and he has received high-intensity training in the past few months, and he is already the first person in the table tennis world in China, you must have the confidence to defeat your opponent." ”
"Yes, Coach, I see!" Zheng Rongxiu replied solemnly and began to walk towards the field.
The twenty-seven-year-old Zheng Rongxiu is about to face his most important event of the year, against Gu Yang, if he can win, he will fight super god, if he loses, but he can fight a situation of glory despite defeat, Zheng Rongxiu can still go further on the road of God.
This game is very important for him.
On the court, he shook hands with Gu Yang, separated, and greeted politely, and the players on both sides began to warm up.
After playing a few crickets, Gu Yang broke through Zheng Rongxiu's defense with a surprise attack, Zheng Rongxiu straightened his arm, made a mistake in the shooting, and let the table tennis ball rush out, but failed to receive it.
Taking a few breaths at the racket, Zheng Rongxiu's face was a little unnatural, her expression was grim, and she wiped the racket with her palm, which was ready for the posture.
Gu Yang first let the table tennis ball in his hand bounce on the table a few times, then picked up the ball, made a forehand high throw serve, turned around and swung the racket, and hit the ball with a fairly normal force.
The table tennis ball was sent from the center of the net line, and after passing the net, it landed on the right bottom line of Zheng Rongxiu's table, and Zheng Rongxiu hit a backhand cricket diagonal and hit the ball back on the right side of Gu Yang's table.
Gu Yang reacted quickly, made a quick backhand dial, and hit the ball back to the left side of Zheng Rongxiu's table, Zheng Rongxiu just moved to the left side of the rough direction, and picked the ball back with a forehand.
Gu Yang immediately threw his arm to spin the ball, and the table tennis ball drew a downward curved arc on the table, which rubbed straight on the edge of Zheng Rongxiu's table, his racket was not lowered, and he missed the ball.
Bang Bang Bang!
In the audience, there was sparse applause, the game had just begun, this goal was not very exciting, it could only be said that Gu Yang had made a good start.
1:0, Gu Yang leads.
Zheng Rongxiu couldn't see anything on his face, and stood in the left corner of his table again, half-bowed, ready to receive the second ball.
Gu Yang still did the action just now, throwing the serve high with his backhand, swinging the racket with his backhand, and swept the ball out, and the landing point was basically not much different from last time.
Zheng Rongxiu got started, his big arm was opened, his forehand swung hard to hit the ball diagonally, Gu Yang moved horizontally to the left, backhanded a board, and swept the ball back, and the landing point of the return ball was still close to the bottom line of Zheng Rongxiu's table.
Zheng Rongxiu hit back with a backhand, and the second swing missed, and a look of annoyance flashed on his face, and it seemed that losing two goals in a row had some impact on him.
More importantly, he made two mistakes in the same place in a row.
Changing the hair, Zheng Rongxiu held the ball in his hand, gently swiped it a few times, his eyes were condensed in the palm of the table tennis ball, suddenly turned his waist and swung the racket, and hit a straight ball, the force was not large, and the speed was faster than the normal serve.
Gu Yang's right foot quickly stepped away, his body did not move, he directly opened his right arm, and the lead shot was just enough to reach Zheng Rongxiu's serve, and the forehand board was gently pushed over, and Zheng Rongxiu backhanded backhand.
Gu Yang immediately smashed with a forehand, the strength was decent, playing a diagonal with a small angle, and the return ball landed on the right bottom line of Zheng Rongxiu's table, Zheng Rongxiu opened his big arms while moving to the right.
The forehand led the racket to hit the ball, and the table tennis ball broke free from the control of the racket and flew high into the air on the right side of Zheng Rongxiu.
At 3:0, Zheng Rongxiu lost points for the third time.
With disappointment in his eyes, Zheng Rongxiu's body still chased in the direction where the table tennis ball flew out with inertia, but the table tennis ball had already flown out of the field, and Zheng Rongxiu stopped moving forward and stood in place.
Gu Yang didn't have much excitement, and jumped back and forth in front of the table, enjoying the congratulatory applause from the audience.
Zheng Rongxiu served for the second time, he kept blinking his eyes, looking a little anxious, standing on the left side of the table, throwing the ball and swinging the racket, hitting the net directly, and losing another point.
The table tennis ball bounced back from the net line, Zheng Rongxiu was extremely disappointed, and threw the ball to Gu Yang on the opposite side in disappointment, and when he looked at Gu Yang, he found that Gu Yang did not have a happy expression.
"Does he take it for granted that he won?" Zheng Rongxiu thought in her heart, even more regretful.
People are like this, once they are in a low period, the things that are normal in life have become things and things that mock themselves in their eyes, and a polite smile from others may be a laugh in their eyes.
The expressionless faces of others have become disdain in their eyes.
Gu Yang served, a backhand cricket was sent out, Zheng Rongxiu stood in Gu Yang's diagonal position, swept the ball back with his backhand, Gu Yang stood in the original position, and dialed the ball back with his backhand.
The two were pacing back and forth in the same area, constantly attacking each other, and after five or six boards, Zheng Rongxiu made a strong backhand and swept the ball out.
With too much force, Zheng Rongxiu's return ball went directly out of bounds and lost another point.
“5:0!” The referee looked at Zheng Rongxiu with sympathy in his eyes, this dark horse met a real god, and the one who was abused was called miserable.
Zheng Rongxiu's head coach was anxious from the sidelines, and in the first game, Zheng Rongxiu lost five goals in a row, which dealt a big blow to his morale.
"Do you want to call a timeout?" The head coach had this idea in his mind, and immediately denied himself, "Let's take a look again, after all, the other party is still the top international player, and the speed of entering the state is faster than Rongxiu." ”
"Ha......" Gu Yang put his left hand to his mouth, made a disguise gesture, and yawned, he didn't want Zheng Rongxiu to mistakenly think that he was mocking him.
Gu Yang's eyebrows were quite solemn, this was deliberately pretended, there was no way, the opponent was too vegetable, he really wanted to laugh.
Stretch your face, you have to keep your face tight, you are a big coffee now, and you have to maintain a public image in front of the camera.
In the next few balls, Gu Yang and Zheng Rongxiu used their own means, Zheng Rongxiu won a point from Gu Yang, and Gu Yang won the game point from Zheng Rongxiu.
11:1, in the first game, Gu Yang crushed Zheng Rongxiu.
"Rongxiu, it's okay, this is the first game, the opponent is a top player who has been famous for a long time, and the time to enter the state is shorter than yours, you are a slow-heating player, adjust the state in the second game and chase the score back." The coach instructed.
"Oh!" Zheng Rongxiu was absent-minded, looking in the direction where Gu Yang was, her eyes were a little heavy.
In the Republic area, Gu Yang sat on the bench with a blank face, and Rhodes's words fell on the side of his left ear, and before he went in, he went out.
"It's so boring, I really want to see the Jibu soon......" Gu Yang thought to himself.
"Hey, stinky boy, aren't you listening to me?" Seeing that Gu Yang was ignoring himself, Rhode's voice roared.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Gu Yang came back to his senses and was busy responding.
"You still promised, boy, are you deliberately angry with Lao Tzu?" Rod is angry, this stinky boy, dare to admit it?
Only then did Gu Yang realize what Rod had just said, and what he had answered.
"Hey, hey, Luojiao, I'm on the field first, and I still have to play!" Gu Yang smiled and quickly got up and walked to the field.
"This stinky boy...... Ay. Rod said to himself, he was naturally not really angry, for Gu Yang, this child, Rod liked it very much.
When Gu Yang first joined the national team, Rod noticed this child with a detached personality, training day and night, challenging Chen Jing's defeat without being discouraged, and his indomitable rise......
All the excellent qualities are reflected in this child, and it is not the wind that has come to this point that he can get to where he is today.
"Stinky boy, go surpass Wu Lao and let the national ball reach the top of the world!"
Gu Yang, who walked to the court, took a quick towel, wiped the table, and then walked off the court, threw the towel on the bench, and the second game officially began.
Zheng Rongxiu looked serious, standing on the left side of the table, a cricket ball was issued, and the serve came to Gu Yang's table after wiping the net.
Gu Yang straightened up, caught the bounced table tennis ball, and threw it back to Zheng Rongxiu.
Zheng Rongxiu bowed up again, led the paddle to hit the ball, and sent the ball out.
Gu Yang immediately swung his racket and plucked the ball and hit the ball back.
The return ball fell in Zheng Rongxiu's near net area, Zheng Rongxiu immediately smashed a board, Gu Yang quickly moved to the right, Zheng Rongxiu's board smash was too unexpected, and he didn't predict it in advance.
Stretching his big arm to the maximum extent, the arm was fully extended, and the racket reached forward as best he could, but it was still a little short, and the ping ball flew out.
"1:0, Zheng Rongxiu scores."
Gu Yang was a little surprised, glanced at Zheng Rongxiu, but he didn't expect this guy to score first in the second game.
"Whew-"
Zheng Rongxiu breathed a long sigh of relief, swept away the previous slump, and finally scored a point, a good beginning is half the success, cheering himself up in his heart, Zheng Rongxiu is ready to send the second goal.
At the moment when he saw Zheng Rongxiu smash the score, Zheng Rongxiu's head coach stood up directly and clenched his fists excitedly, Nima, it's not easy, it's not easy to get the first move from Gu Yang's hands, it's not easy for Zhen Nima.
Perhaps sensing that he was a little out of shape, the head coach coughed dryly, and immediately sat down, spread his hands on his bent thighs, and forced himself to calm down.
On the field, the match between Gu Yang and Zheng Rongxiu continued.
Zheng Rongxiu forced himself to calm down and sent out the second ball, or hit the straight position first, he was used to it.
After all, it was the first board, and Gu Yang's reaction was not too intense, so he just pushed the board lightly and pushed the ball back.
Zheng Rongxiu quickly got started, made a fast forehand attack, and hit the ball back.
Gu Yang stepped forward quickly, hit a cricket ball, and hit the ball back.
Zheng Rongxiu took a step back, smashed with a forehand, and hit the ball to the bottom line of Gu Yang's table.
Gu Yang also took a step back, and when the ball bounced from the second drop point and reached the height under the table, Gu Yang hit a forehand topspin and "fished" the ball back.
The rhythm of the two sides accelerated, without the careful temptation just now, the speed of swinging each other's rackets accelerated, and the strength in their hands also increased, and the brave won in hand-to-hand combat.
"Roar!"
Gu Yang shouted loudly and scored another point to tie the score.
1:1!
Sample, you still want to win me, you are still a little tender.
In the next game, Gu Yang and Zheng Rongxiu both entered the state, the pace of the game was significantly accelerated, and the two sides continued to fight each other, and each other gained something.
At 9:2, Gu Yang's second game point is coming again.
"Damn, why is the strength so poor?" Zheng Rongxiu is a little lost now, she has worked so hard, but she still can't get a few points from Gu Yang's hands.
Table tennis!
With a crisp hitting sound, Zheng Rongxiu stood in place with a wooden expression, letting the table tennis ball rush into the air behind him.
At 10:2, Gu Yang's second game point came.
And then...... There was no suspense, Gu Yang worked hard, scored another point, and won the second game.
2:0, Gu Yang is ahead by a big score, and it seems that he is not far from the match point.
In the third game after that, Zheng Rongxiu couldn't bear the pressure and finally called a timeout, and his head coach also knew that the general trend was gone, so he didn't say anything more, just blindly encouraged him.
"Has the trend gone?" Zheng Rongxiu looked at the field blankly, and his heart was filled with bitterness.
I'm sorry, but the general trend didn't come to you at all.
When the match point of the game came, Gu Yang smiled, looked at Zheng Rongxiu, enjoyed the applause of the audience, and moved his lips.
"Regardless of your black horse and white horse, the master will be caught."
Ping Pong!
Although Zheng Rongxiu struggled hard, in the face of Gu Yang's absolute strength suppression, it was completely senseless resistance.
"Win!" Gu Yang whistled easily and walked off the field.
On the field, the referee flipped the scoreboard for the last time, and the score was fixed at 11:1.
"I lost......" Zheng Rongxiu smiled bitterly, her eyes moistened, and she cried like a child.