Chapter 123: Falling short
The short break quickly passed, and the fifth game began. Marin, who returned to the court, with a strong murderous aura, stared at Yoo Seungmin on the opposite table, and he was determined to defeat his opponent.
At the beginning of the fifth game, Marin was like a bamboo, and his attack was ferocious and effective, and he took the lead. On Yoo Seungmin's two serves, he attacked without mercy, one shot rushed, the other shot was fierce, and both balls were divided in an instant.
The 2-0 lead made Marin confident in his next matches, and he seemed to be able to see the dawn of victory. The game continued, Marin served, Liu Chengmin attacked directly after receiving the serve, both of them were the same routine, and they wanted to kill their opponents as soon as they got started.
Yoo Seungmin's snatch of the hair did not score as directly as Marin, but he still had an advantage on the court. In the next multi-shot attack, Yoo Seungmin relied on the advantage of rushing to attack and gradually gained the upper hand.
Just when Yoo Seungmin wanted to win with one shot and end the battle for this ball, his must-kill slam dunk was in vain, and it became a sharp weapon to kill himself. It turned out that Marin had already seen the opponent's intentions, and was secretly ready to keep his attention at all times, and sure enough, he guessed Yoo Seungmin's killer blow.
Therefore, Marin used a very clever defensive method, that is, he used his strength to send the ball to the opponent's left hand. You must know that at this time, Liu Chengmin wanted to exert too much force because of the ball just now, so his sideways movement was quite large, and the whole person's position had deviated from the center of the table, but came to the right edge of the table.
In this way, Ma Lin's return ball in four or two thousand pounds just hit Yoo Seungmin's death hole. Although Marin didn't exert his strength, the opponent's power and speed were too strong, so his return speed was not slow, and the angle was very awkward. This made Yoo Seungmin, who was standing on the right, have no time to react at all, and the table tennis ball has already fallen on the table, and Marin's counterattack is successful, 3:0.
Although only three goals were scored in the fifth game, Marin had completely controlled the rhythm of the court, especially the long morale of the goal just now. This ball Marin has been suppressed, and when the opponent launched the final blow, he suddenly came to a good shot, counterattacked, and won too beautifully.
Liu Chengmin also seemed to have suffered a great blow to his mentality because of the loss of this goal, and in the next game, he seemed to be distracted, and it was difficult to play his sharp attack and ferocious fighting.
4:0,
5:1,
7:2,
9:3,
11:4。
In the fifth game of the battle of Tianwang Mountain, Marin easily won it, leading the opponent 3:2 in the total score, and he was only one game away from advancing to the semifinals.
At the start of the sixth game, Yoo Seungmin's performance improved slightly, and he seemed to wake up from the rout in the previous game, but he was still suppressed by Marin.
1:0,
2:1,
3:1,
5:2,
6:3,
7:5,
9:7,
Marin maintained the lead throughout the game, and although Yoo Seungmin kept in hot pursuit, he was able to keep the situation under control. Now it was Marin's turn to serve, and this time he opted for a bold backhand long ball that sneaked up on his opponent.
In the face of this unexpected topspin long ball, Liu Chengmin was a little caught off guard, he did not seize the opportunity to grab a board, but received the ball slightly behind and could only passively defend a shot.
Marin took advantage of this opportunity, took the initiative on the field, and then attacked two boards in a row, forcing Yoo Seungmin to be embarrassed. However, even though the situation was so bad, Yoo Seungmin did not sit still and took the initiative to give up, and a counterattack was brewing in his heart.
Marin saw that his attack was getting stronger and stronger, and his opponent was almost powerless to fight back, so he decided to launch the final blow as soon as possible to avoid a long nightmare, after all, the opponent is a fighter who is known for fighting.
On the next beat, it was Marin's turn to attack, he twisted his waist and abdomen, exerted his strength sideways, held the racket with his right hand, and swung violently, and the ping-pong ball was like an arrow off the string, rushing out quickly and running to the opposite side.
The moment Marin made a move, Liu Chengmin, who was standing on the opposite table, suddenly shrank his eyes, and his body shook unconsciously, he knew that the opponent's fatal blow was coming, and he had to fight hard. It was a crucial goal, and if it was lost, Marin could get match point for the game, and three in a row. This almost announced Yoo Seungmin's death sentence, so he had to fight up and choose to fight.
Then, under the watchful eye, Yoo Seungmin also exerted his force sideways, and his forehand swung out like lightning, and the contact between the racket and the ball burst out in a fierce friction at that moment. This is a contest of two people's strength, the struggle of will, and the contest of the desire to win.
As a result, Yoo Seungmin succeeded, and in the case of extreme urgency, his fight was completed! Marin was confident in his inevitable blow, but what he didn't expect was that his opponent would be able to fight back and win the game with such an advantage.
At 9:8, Yoo Seungmin recovered a point, but he got much more than that, as well as confidence and momentum. Just like the morale-boosting goal of Marin in the previous game, Yoo Seungmin hit the opponent's momentum through this Jedi counterattack and brought the game to his favor.
9:9,
9:10,
9:11。
In the end, Yoo Seungmin scored four points in a row, overtook Marin in one fell swoop, and won the sixth game, tying the total score again, and the game entered the deciding game.
It is said that Marin led many times in this game, and even almost got three match points in advance, but in the end the opponent seized the opportunity and equalized, which was a continuous blow to him. Even if Ma Lin was encouraging himself in his heart, even if Liu Guoliang said on the side, "It's okay, there is still a chance", but after all, the shadow of repetition cannot be eliminated.
It can be said that by the seventh game of the game, Marin had lost his psychological advantage. You must know that athletes from other countries are timid when they play with the players of the Chinese table tennis team, because the strength of the national table tennis is too strong.
In the same way, a national player like Marin is full of confidence in every foreign war, they are not afraid, and only care about the final victory. However, when Marin began to shake his faith, the outcome of the match spoke for itself.
In the seventh game, Marin appeared to be under a lot of pressure, and his performance was a surprise, perhaps because he wanted to win too much, or because he was too afraid of losing, and unforced mistakes kept coming one after another.
Liu Chengmin almost didn't exert any strength, and easily won the game with a score of 11:5, and at the same time completed the big reversal with a total score of 4:3 and was able to enter the semifinals of the World Cup. Marin, on the other hand, fell short, leading the whole game but still lost......