Chapter 9: Fighting for the Serve
0-0, Eze's serve.
He started with a short shot, and then quickly transitioned to the backcourt, and after a few beats of pulling, he saw Aize swing the racket, and his wrist suddenly exerted force, and he split the slash with a shot, and then stepped forward to seal the net!
Liu Hainan: "What?!" ”
This split came very suddenly, Liu Hainan didn't expect Aize to do this trick at all, he hurriedly rushed forward to save the ball, wanted to pick a shot at the backcourt but the quality was not high, and was intercepted by the midfielder of Aize who was successfully judged, and hit the ball close to the sideline with a shot.
"Damn..."Liu Hainan was suddenly blindsided, is this still the Ai Ze he knows?
1-0, Eze's serve.
Within three rounds of teeing, Liu Hainan didn't have a good grasp of the strength of the diagonal baseline in a straight line, and accidentally hit the ball on the doubles line, causing it out of bounds, even he felt very strange, and then rubbed the ground with his shoes.
2-0, Eze's serve.
Liu Hainan didn't want to be entangled with Ai Ze on the bottom line, so he played a slash and wanted to quickly transition to the front of the net, but the ball was a bit of a problem, the angle was not tricky enough, and the flight time of the badminton in the air was slightly longer.
"Holy!?" Liu Hainan was half a step late, and the badminton was pressed on the inside of the sideline at the same time as the shooting, and the score was valid.
There was an uproar outside the court, and some of the registered players were already watching the game on the sidelines, but they didn't expect that just at the beginning, Ai Ze scored 3 points in a row and actually suppressed Liu Hainan.
After wiping the sweat, the two returned to the court, and Eze took a new ball and walked to the service position.
3-0, Eze's serve.
Although Ai Ze's return skills have improved significantly, but the serve is still his weakness, which gives Liu Hainan a lot of room to play, after serving, I saw Liu Hainan play a lot of half-court transition balls, he seems to be deliberately avoiding the competition with Ai Ze on the bottom line, and at the same time do not give the opponent a chance to seal the net, when Ai Ze tried to control the bottom line again, he once again chose to hang a straight line.
Tired of this repetitive and monotonous transition ball, Eze opted to put the ball in the net with a backhand.
At this time, Liu Hainan had already come to the half, he crossed over to the net and raised his head.
Han Cang: "It's not good..."
Han Cang, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the game, already felt a little strange, but Ai Ze on the field was still waiting in the middle of the road, intending to brake quietly.
Liu Hainan wrapped his fingers around the moment when the paddle was about to touch the badminton - the forehand grip became the backhand grip - the wrist shook rapidly, and the unexpected beat pushed the straight line, hitting Aize a chasing ball, the ball was very fast, Aize was suddenly blinded, and instinctively made a swing action, although he did hit the badminton, but he directly hit the ball out of bounds with this random shot.
"Feints?" Ai Ze was stunned in place, recalling the shot just now, Liu Hainan's unexpected move pushed a straight line, and easily deceived his eyes.
0-3, Liu Hainan's serve.
Seeing that the score on the scoreboard had not changed, but the right to serve had been handed over to Liu Hainan's side, Han Cang was suddenly slightly stunned and asked casually: "Didn't you use the new rules?" ”
Since last year, the International Badminton Federation has canceled the service right scoring system, and changed the winning points of each game to 21 points, in the past, the men's singles match was 15 points, and the women's singles was 11 points, and the so-called service right scoring system refers to the score of the side that has the right to serve, which is counted in the score, and the side that breaks the serve is not counted, but the right to serve. In other words, under the previous rules, the fight for the ball was the focus of the game, and all tactics revolved around ball control and breaking, but under the new rules, as long as the ball is "killed" in the opponent's effective area, even if the score is scored, the pace of the game is greatly accelerated.
Listening to Han Cang's question, Wen Xiaoya could only sigh and said: "I know that in the international competition, now the new rules have been popularized, and there have been discussions within our club, and the final conclusion is that this event is still in accordance with the rules of the serve, because there are many students in the school who love badminton participate, and I hope that through this competition, everyone can have a more comprehensive understanding of this sport." To put it bluntly, we just want to introduce and promote our badminton to the outside world, and old members like us still have some nostalgia and reluctance for the atmosphere of the previous competition. ”
Listening to Wen Xiaoya's words, Han Cang seemed a little silent, in fact, he could understand Wen Xiaoya's feelings very well, as a former professional player, his feelings were deeper than the other party, under the impact of the old and new competition system, the big waves washed the sand, how many people failed to advance because they did not adapt to the new rules, and finally fell into the sand, including themselves...
The game on the court continued, Liu Hainan had already served, and Ai Ze picked the ball to the backhand baseline, but Liu Hainan immediately hit a quick hanging slash. Ai Ze put the net again, this ball is very close to the net, but the racket in Liu Hainan's hand is like a seesaw, and the second before touching the ball changes from pressing down to raising the head, and the badminton is let go of the net with an extreme arc - another feint!
Aize misjudged and the shuttlecock had fallen very low when he saved, and finally had to hit it on the net.
1-3, Liu Hainan's serve.
Sensing the threat at the net, Eze picked up the ball from the back court, but a mistake lifted the ball out of the line.
2-3, Liu Hainan's serve.
Liu Hainan continued to put pressure on Ai Ze's front of the net, splitting and hanging combined with releasing the net, constantly mobilizing the opponent to run. Whether it was in the half court or on the bottom line, Aize could only passively return the ball, and after multiple shots and hanging, he made another mistake and hung his head straight down the net.
3-3, Liu Hainan tied the score.
Ai Ze chose to continue to pick the backcourt, while Liu Hainan copied the play of the first few balls, using the transition ball in the half court to try to control the tempo of the game. But this time Eze picked up his pace, stepped back and made a small jump, and hit the ball down the middle with a slap of his head.
Liu Hainan took the ball to the diagonal backcourt with a backhand, but Ai Ze had already locked the return route, and he took the shot when the badminton was just starting to fall, and picked the ball high again.
The shuttlecock leaped over most of the court and finally pressed against the diagonal baseline. The linesman extends his right hand to signal that the ball is valid.
"Both of them played very cautiously, but..."Han Cang, who was sitting in the rest area, thought calmly, and the image of Liu Hainan processing the ball in front of the net repeatedly appeared in his brain.
Wen Xiaoya next to her didn't look easy, and kept rubbing the cap of the mineral water bottle with her thumb.
At 3-3, Eze regained serve.
After seeing Liu Hainan put a slash on his forehand, Ai Ze followed up with a small ball in front of the net. The two sides fought from the middle to the sideline, and finally Liu Hainan picked the bottom line with a forehand and gave up the competition for the ball in front of the net. Ai Ze seized this opportunity to control the opponent's bottom line, but when his high ball flew above the bottom line, Liu Hainan actually chose to jump with both feet.
"Damn?!" Ai Ze was taken aback, he didn't expect Liu Hainan to use the killing ball so soon.
Wen Xiaoya held her breath and squeezed the mineral water bottle in her hand hard.
I saw that Liu Hainan relied on the advantage of height and his own bounce power, raised his racket, aiming at a high point of hit, this killing ball will be a huge threat to Ai Ze - he is very passive in the middle, defenseless.
"Bang!" With a bang, the paddle hit the shuttlecock like a powerful crossbow arrow, and I saw the shuttlecock fly through the court and stab the enemy's heart.
However, in the next second, I saw that the net in the center of the court suddenly swung, and it turned out that the shuttlecock hit the upper edge of the net, and it almost failed to cross the net and fell along the net.
"It's so dangerous..."Wen Xiaoya let go of her hand, covered her chest and sighed.
The momentum of the smash just now was amazing, causing a commotion among the people watching the game on the sidelines.
Liu Hainan signaled that he needed to replace the badminton, and took this time to wipe his sweat on the sidelines.
4-3, Ezé's serve.
After taking the new ball, he paused for a few seconds: "If the baseline return is a little worse...", he didn't dare to think about it anymore, rubbed the ground with his shoes, and set up a service position.
At the same time as the badminton shot, Liu Hainan suddenly started and grabbed a shot to push the backcourt, the ball hit unexpectedly, Ai Ze could only turn his head helplessly, the shuttlecock flashed in front of his eyes and fell in the backcourt, he didn't even have a chance to swing the racket.
3-4, Liu Hainan's serve.
Ai Ze consciously strengthened the attack on Liu Hainan's backhand area, and Liu Hainan also tried to pick the ball towards Ai Ze's backhand backcourt. The two of them gradually took the initiative in the process of diagonal hanging, and when he saw Liu Hainan's position deviating from the backhand area, he decisively slapped the forehand hanging straight line, and then immediately stepped forward to seal the net.
Liu Hainan rushed to the front court at a very embarrassing time, whether he backshot whether it was to release the net or hook the diagonal, the next shot would definitely be killed by Ai Ze, who blocked the net.
The paddle surface has been aimed at the incoming ball, but Liu Hainan has shifted the center of gravity back at this time and the hand bowl is looped, allowing the paddle surface to slide a little more distance, the hitting point is lower, and the position is closer to the paddle head - the backhand skateboard pushes the backcourt, which is actually a skateboard!
Not only Ai Ze on the field, but even the players watching the game on the sidelines were stunned, Liu Hainan's almost perfect front-court feint deceived almost everyone's eyes, except for Han Cang and Wen Xiaoya.
At 4-4, the score was tied again.
The skatecricket just now became a watershed, the game has completely entered the rhythm of Liu Hainan, light steps and flowing movements, he seems to be a skilled magician in front of the net, the racket has become a magic wand wielded at will in his hand, and the ever-changing feints are dazzling and breathtaking.
The score came all the way to 8-4, and Liu Hainan scored 5 points in a row with a serve.
The atmosphere on the court gradually became tense, at this time, Ai Ze was facing the pressure in front of the net brought to him by Liu Hainan, and at the same time there was a threat in the backcourt, and he seemed to be helpless, but he was unwilling to give up like this, and suddenly recalled in his mind what Han Cang said during training:
"Today is the first and most important lesson in your technical training. What I am about to teach you, no matter how far you can go on the road of badminton in the future, always put it at the top of the list, because it is a prerequisite for you to be able to use almost all your badminton skills proficiently. ”