Chapter Ninety-Eight: Lifting a Rock and Shooting Yourself in the Foot

3-2, Wang Liqin completed the score overtake, and there was only one game left before winning the semifinals and entering the Olympic men's singles final.

At the beginning of the sixth game, Ye Hao tried to calm down his mentality, this game is very important, if he loses again, it will really be all over, and his first Olympic journey will come to an end.

As in the fifth game, the two were stubbornly bitten at the beginning, neither gave the other a chance, and the score was entangled and not pulled away.

2:2,

4:4,

7:7,

9:9,

Key Ball in a Crucial Round! If Ye Hao wins the next goal, he can get the game point, have a chance to equalize the total score, and drag the final into the deciding game; If Wang Liqin wins, the game point is also the match point, and the ticket to the final is in front of him.

Ye Hao served, Wang Liqin pulled the ball up with his forehand, and the two carefully entered the pull mode. After a round, Wang Liqin took the lead, and his forearm and wrist acted at the same time, and the ball was added with strong spin and power. Ye Hao was not conservative in the face of this dangerous ball, and also tried to pull the ball back, and he aimed at the dead corner of the table.

However, because of the excessive pursuit of angles, Ye Hao's pull ball went directly out of bounds, and he was not able to fly to the table, but deviated a little.

At 10:9, Wang Liqin got the match point!

"I want to take a timeout", Wang Liqin signaled to the referee, at this critical moment, he decided to use the pause for a minute to think about tactics, vowing to win the game in one fell swoop.

Ye Hao, who also returned to the sidelines, wiped his sweat and had thousands of thoughts in his mind.

"If I knew that the game would be the scene now, you shouldn't have provoked Wang Liqin, and now you will shoot yourself in the foot, right?"

"It's not over yet, you still have a chance to turn the tables! Only by winning the game through your own strength is a fair victory. Otherwise, even if you enter the finals, do you guarantee that you will be able to win your opponent and not lose the championship like Wang Hao? ”

At this time, Ye Hao's mind seemed to be like two villains quarreling, each with their own reasoning.

"What should I do?" This is Ye Hao's problem.

For the leaders of the Chinese table tennis team outside the court, they are now facing the same problem, the game has become like this, what should they do?

"Maybe I can only let Wang Liqin go to the finals!"

"When the men's singles final is over, you must give Wang Liqin some color!"

"If Wang Liqin can win the gold medal in the end, it's fine, if not, hum!"

Liu Guoliang, the coach of the men's team, looked at the situation on the field and was very entangled in his heart. Although he is the head coach and an insider of the "handicap plan", he really has no say in this matter. He is not worried about who can win Ye Hao and Wang Liqin and enter the finals, because judging from the performance of the two on the field now, whoever enters the finals has a good chance of winning the championship. But as Ye Hao's former head coach, Liu Guoliang hopes that the other party can win the game and even win the championship to complete the grand slam, on the other hand, he is happy and worried for Wang Liqin, happy that Wang Liqin can withstand the pressure and be loyal to his heart, and worried that he violated the leader's orders and will have endless troubles.

The minute was running out quickly, and the athletes from both sides needed to get back on the field and continue playing.

"I'm going to make it to the finals!" Wang Liqin's heart was shouting, he knew that he had offended the leader, and there was only one way left to win.

"Fight! Put together! Put together! Ye Hao left all distracting thoughts behind, and only the desire to win was left in his heart.

Ye Hao served, this time it was a short ball in the table, but he didn't add spin, this is a forehand ball in the table that doesn't turn! This is a rather bold choice, Ye Hao is gambling, betting that the other party will not dare to launch an attack easily. Of course, even if Wang Liqin receives the serve and attacks, Ye Hao will fight desperately, all in all, life or death is in this ball! Fight!

Wang Liqin really chose to be cautious, and the tactic he prepared was to pull the ball up, enter the stalemate stage, and then use his forehand to kill the game, which was his most sure means of scoring. So he was ready to pull a board after receiving the ball, but since the table tennis ball did not spin, his pull did not borrow any power, and the ball appeared to be light and fluttery.

"Hit the mark! Sure enough, the quality of the return ball is average! Ye Hao's heart was very calm, but the speed in his hand was very fast, and after judging that Wang Liqin's return ball had a chance, he decisively and directly began to attack.

"I'm attacking!"

"I'll attack again!"

"Let's see how long you can prevent it!"

Ye Hao attacked three boards in a row, and the power of one beat was greater than the other, but he was defended by Wang Liqin one by one. Gradually, the offensive and defensive momentum was flipped little by little, Wang Liqin began to become the active side, and Ye Hao fell into a passive defensive state.

"It's over, it seems that Wang Liqin is really going to win, and the plan has failed!"

"Wang Liqin damn it!"

"This Ye Hao is too unlucky!"

Some leaders of the Chinese table tennis team were scolding in their hearts at this time, not only Wang Liqin, who messed with their plan, was scolded for being bloody, but even Ye Hao was lying down.

This ball has been played for as many as 20 rounds, but the winner has not yet been decided. However, Ye Hao's situation has become precarious, and it seems that he will be killed in the next ball.

"I'm defending!"

"Be sure to resist!"

"I can't lose!"

Ye Hao gritted his teeth and persisted, he had been forced to retreat to the far platform by Wang Liqin's attack.

Wang Liqin is another firepower forehand sideways attack, the ball speed is not fast, but the power and spin are full. Ye Hao looked at the incoming ball on the opposite side from the far platform, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, the quality of this ball was too high!

The same forehand, the same side, Ye Hao was ready to pull the ball back again, the racket touched the table tennis ball, and then there was friction, only enough friction could offset the power and spin of the opponent loaded on the ball. Finally, the table tennis ball flew to the opposite table in Ye Hao's eyes.

But at this time, Ye Hao suddenly felt bad, because the arc of the table tennis ball flight seemed to be too big and too high, and there was a tendency to fly directly out of the table.

"Is it over? I'm going to lose the game? Ye Hao's heart was filled with a slight sense of sourness. However, his eyes kept fixed on the ball, showing that there was still the last trace of luck in his heart.

At this time, Liu Guoliang off the field saw Ye Hao's return ball and pulled back, and his brows first frowned, and then relaxed.

"It doesn't look like the ball is going to be on the table. It doesn't matter if Wang Liqin wins, as long as he can win the championship in the final and make up for the "pass", maybe the leaders will not punish him too much. As for Ye Hao, alas, he is still young, so continue with the next Olympics. ”

on the field.

Wang Liqin looked at the table tennis balls flying from the opposite side, and also made his own judgment, "The arc is too big, and I will definitely not be able to go on stage!" I'm going to win! Olympic men's singles final, I'm coming! ”