Ben Gesen called Kong Zhendong to sit down next to him and asked, "You should have competed with many straight board masters when you were in China, have you ever seen Yang Min's style of play?" "Obviously, Yang Min's strength has exceeded Bengesen's expectations.

Although Ben Gesen knows that Yang Min is the No. 1 player in the provincial team in China, he thinks about it, how strong can the guy who was rejected by the national team and went to Europe be?

Can he be better than Zhang Lei of the Swedish Skiers?

Although Zhang Lei and Yang Min have a horizontal board and a straight board, there is no comparison in terms of playing style, results, domestic status, and life trajectory, but in terms of impact and threat at this stage, Yang Min is actually bigger than Zhang Lei.

Kong Zhendong carefully observed Yang Min's straight-board fast attack style for a while, and said: "Our Chinese straight-board Zhengjiao fast attack seems to be just a big school, in fact, almost every outstanding player has its own school, Xi Muen, Jiang Jialiang, Cheng Longcan, Lu Ning, everyone is in the straight board fast attack system, Yang Min and their style is different. ”

Kong Zhendong from last year's Table Tennis Association Cup to the National Championships more than half a year ago, among the more than 20 opponents who have played against each straight boarder, he tried to recall the characteristics and playing style of each straight board player, and then said: "If you want to compare, his style of play is closest to the Chinese national player He Zhiwen, he used to be in the national team, and he was also the main player, and later retired and also played in Europe, and returned to China at the beginning of this year to play on behalf of the Zhejiang provincial team." ”

Ben Gesen nodded and said: "He Zhiwen, I know, is the main force of the Chinese team when I retired, he is indeed very similar to Yang Min, the bottom plate and rubber are very casual, even simple, and do not rely on Cheng Longcan or Xi Muen's vigorous pushing, purely rely on aggressiveness and trickery to win." ”

At this time, Yang Min just showed the power of the super basic skills of the traditional Chinese straight board fast attack.

Sith Pan's tactical application was originally very perfect, and his horizontal board active offensive play, playing a one-sided straight board player like Yang Min, the best choice was naturally to attack the backhand.

But Yang Min's years of basic training in Chinese table tennis have taught him a good lesson.

Yang Min moved slightly sideways in his position, and directly used a quick push in the backhand position to shake Sith Pan.

Bengersen's European fast arc play, the application of the backhand plucking exceeds the backhand force to pull the arc ball.

Therefore, Sith Pan used his backhand to continuously play fast at this time, and vigorously pushed Yang Min fiercely.

In the end, the result of the hard fight was actually Yang Min, who played one-sided fast attack, and scored dominantly in the backhand hold.

Ben Gesen nodded admiringly: "In the basic skills training of players, there is still a significant difference between Europe and China, I didn't expect that just ordinary provincial team straight board players, backhand can actually win European horizontal board?" This time Sith Pan may not have a chance. ”

Kong Zhendong nodded and said: "But we still have to deal with tactics during the break, try to let him fight for three games, and we also have more opportunities to familiarize ourselves with Yang Min's style of play." ”

In the first game, Sith Pan 15, who couldn't take the backhand and was quickly punctured on the forehand; 21 lost the first game.

During the break, Kong Zhendong handed water and towels to Sith Pan, and Ben Gesen explained the tactics: "Sith, China's Yang Min, you can't play like we used to teach ordinary straight board players, the next game is scheduled, Yang Min's basic skills on the front and back hands are very strong, I believe that his moving pace is also tempered in China, but after all, he is older, the area of the straight board guard is not as good as the horizontal board, which is a structural weakness, which cannot be avoided, super running and reaction speed can reduce or even make up for this loophole, However, Yang Min's golden age as a straight board athlete has passed, and he is determined to fight mobile warfare. ”

Bengersen's tactics have two purposes, the first is to hope that Sith 1 Pan will rely on mobile warfare and ball control to find Yang Min's weaknesses and strive to win the game.

Secondly, even if Sispan can't win the game, this style of play is a huge consumption for Yang Min, who has passed his golden age, which lays a good foundation for Kong Zhendong's later showdown with Yang Min.

After the start of the second game, Yang Min clearly felt the challenge brought by the change in the playing style of Sith 1 Pan. Sith Pan is one level taller than Yang Min in height and arm length, and the protective area of the horizontal board is inherently better than that of the straight board, Sith Pan uses the wide open and closed ball path to attack Yang Min's Chinese fast attack.

Yang Min used more energy and physical energy to run, so naturally after chasing the ball, the speed and power of the lead attack were significantly weaker than in the first game, and the power decreased a lot.

The more he played, the more confident he became, taking a 12-8 lead in the first half of the second game.

When Kong Zhendong and Bengersen both thought that the targeted play would work, and Sith Pan would inevitably drag the game into the third game, Yang Min took the lead in changing.

Chinese players have a slow start in international competitions, and it is not uncommon for them to fall behind by large scores, and there are many classic games in which they finally bite the score and regain victory.

Why did the Chinese players win?

Because of the large number of basic training of the Chinese team on weekdays, including the simulation training of the big score behind at the beginning, this is the regular training of all players.

Starting a simulated actual combat training with a score of 0:4 and 2:8 is a standing training item for national table tennis.

This kind of training is a test of the psychological tenacity of the athlete to chase points, and more of a test is the ability of the headwind ball to take the initiative to change.

Yang Min's first change measure is to be the first!

Fighting for the initiative is the best way to avoid the exhaustion of being mobilized by Sith Pan.

Yang Min took the lead in entering the near-stage attack mode, and Sith Pan's big ball path and wide-angle ball path mobilization could not be used.

Kong Zhendong shook his head regretfully and said: "Yang Min's tactical adaptability is very strong, and this game is very exciting. I have observed European players playing in the league, and every game pays a lot of attention to fluency to maintain the sense of the ball, so after a game is behind, they rarely take the initiative to change the big style of play, and often adjust between games. ”

Ben Gesen said solemnly: "Yang Min's excitement is really high, I also thought that even if he realized the counterattack method, he would make a comeback in the third game, I didn't expect his tactics to change so quickly, and you should be careful when you fight him later." ”

In the second half of the game, Yang Min began to take advantage of the near platform of the straight board, and after frequently grabbing the initiative, the score of 8:12 chased all the way to 20:20, and after entering the deuce, one side scored two points in a row to win.

After entering the tie after the game point, every goal is really a life and death ball.

In this kind of championship point race, Yang Min's years of experience in training in China are once again ahead of Sith Pan, who has only been converted from a substitute to a regular player this year.

A return ball suddenly changed line, and a downspin ball raid prompted Sith Pan to return the ball to the net, and Yang Min won the second game 22:20.

comforted the frustrated Sith Pan, and with a score of 0:1, Kong Zhendong stepped onto the Milan field.