Chapter 172: Smooth Promotion
At the beginning of the fourth game, Xu Xiaoyuan followed Ye Hao's suggestion to give the opponent less opportunities to attack directly, and she ensured that her chipping ball would not come out as much as possible, so that even if Lei Zhenhua and Ding Ling could pull the ball up first, it was difficult to attack.
With the adjustment of Xu Xiaoyuan's tactics, the situation was gradually reversed, and the favorable side of the multinational combination began to develop. Ye Hao/Xu Xiaoyuan attacked and defended, cooperated tacitly, did not leave a chance for the Chinese combination, and slowly pulled the score away.
2:1,
4:2,
7:3,
9:5,
11:6。
The fourth game was won, and Ye Hao/Xu Xiaoyuan only had one game left to eliminate their opponents. At this time, the two Chinese pairs who were forced to the edge of the cliff began to fight back.
The first ball of the fifth game, Xu Xiaoyuan served, the quality of her serve was average, and the ball was suspected of being introduced. It was this small mistake that was seized by Ding Ling on the opposite side, and immediately drew a forehand quickly and quickly returned the ball to the net.
Before Xu Xiaoyuan could give up his position to Ye Hao, the ping pong ball had already seen the table in front of them, and quickly rebounded and hit Xu Xiaoyuan's body. Xu Xiaoyuan snorted lightly when he landed, obviously this ball is not only fast enough, but also has a lot of power.
After Ye Hao heard his partner's call, he immediately stepped forward with concern and asked, "Are you okay?" Does it hurt? ”
Xu Xiaoyuan waved his hand, indicating that he was fine, and then the game continued. She started to serve again, I don't know if it was because the last ball was successfully attacked by the opponent, this serve, Xu Xiaoyuan didn't dare to use too much strength, in case the ball would come out, leaving a chance for the opponent. However, the consequence of the trembling serve is that the quality of the ball is also not complimentary, although the ball is not introduced, but because it does not use power, the spin of the ball is not strong, which once again gives the opponent a chance to attack.
Although it was a short ball in the table, due to insufficient spin, Ding Ling still chose to attack a board. Even Ye Hao, who was about to catch the ball, saw this, his heart jumped, and his vigilance rose.
Generally speaking, when a male table tennis player of the same level plays against a female table tennis player, of course, the former has the upper hand, because his strength is greater, and the speed and spin of the serve are stronger, so the lethality caused is greater. Therefore, it stands to reason that with Ye Hao's level several levels higher than Ding Ling, the opponent's attack should not be much of a threat to him.
However, in the mixed doubles game, this law does not work, although Ye Hao resisted Ding Ling's attack and pulled the ball back, but Lei Zhenhua, who started next, rushed straight to Xu Xiaoyuan.
Xu Xiaoyuan slashed the ball with a board and reluctantly sent the ball to the middle of the opposite table, but this also happened to give Ding Ling a chance to dunk violently, and with the opponent's heavy dunk, the problem was placed in front of Ye Hao again.
In the face of this lethal smash, Ye Hao could only reluctantly pull a board again, but he didn't dare to exert his strength, he was afraid that once he made the ball, he would get out of control and fly high in all directions.
Although Ye Hao's pull ball was a temporary success, it also gave Lei Zhenhua the opportunity to continue to follow up the strong attack. I saw Lei Zhenhua's right hand swing out vigorously, and then the table tennis ball was like a wild horse that had escaped, galloping out and rushing towards Xu Xiaoyuan. This time, the good luck of the multinational combination was exhausted, and no miracle occurred, and Xu Xiaoyuan's return ball deviated from the course.
2:0, at the beginning of the fifth game, the Chinese combination Lei Zhenhua/Ding Ling gave the multinational combination Ye Hao/Xu Xiaoyuan a ruthless dismount, breaking the opponent's two serves in a row, and determined the lead in one fell swoop.
4:1,
6:2,
8:4,
10:5,
11:7。
In the end, Ye Hao/Xu Xiaoyuan failed to seize the opportunity and won the game in one fell swoop, giving the opponent a chance to breathe, and the total score was 3:2, and they still had a game of lead in hand.
Xu Xiaoyuan, who returned to the sidelines to rest, had a bitter little face and a sullen look. Ye Hao knew that the other party was blaming himself, and was about to comfort the other party again, but before he could speak, the other party spoke first.
"Ye Hao, I will definitely work hard to defend in the next game, and I won't drag you back!" Xu Xiaoyuan swore a ruthless oath.
Ye Hao saw that the other party's fighting spirit was not crushed by the defeat in the previous game, and his heart was also relieved, although this little sister-in-law Liang looked quite weak, but now it seems that he is also a person who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside.
At the beginning of the sixth game, the two pairs returned to the game. This time it was the turn of the Lei Zhenhua/Ding Ling combination to serve first, and when Ding Ling used her own trick, squatting and chopping serve. This serve has a lot of variety and strong spin, and can produce a right (down) spin and left (down) spin, which is very threatening. However, the squat and chop serve is also controversial, especially Ding Ling's squat and chop serve has been repeatedly judged to be illegal at the London Olympics.
However, Ye Hao can be regarded as an offensive kaleidoscope now, he dares to attack directly on any kind of serve, and he is extremely stable, and there are not many mistakes. For this ball, he took the initiative to attack after receiving the serve, and walked decisively with a forehand sideways arc ball.
Ye Hao's return well limited Lei Zhenhua's play on the next board, which greatly reduced the pressure on Xu Xiaoyuan. Xu Xiaoyuan faced Lei Zhenhua's return ball, which was not too threatening, and smoothly cut a board and completed his task.
Subsequently, Ding Ling followed up and wanted to start attacking, but her opponent was Ye Hao! Ye Hao reacted very quickly in the face of Ding Ling's fast pull, and the afterburner arced the ball, changing the offensive and defensive trend in one fell swoop.
Under Ye Hao's strong counterattack, even Xu Xiaoyuan gave up chipping the ball and made a quick forehand to continue Ye Hao's offensive. After that, Ye Hao rushed to settle the situation again, 1:0, and got the first point of the sixth game.
Both sides started to give their all in the first goal, and it was clear that everyone wanted to take the lead. In the end, however, it was the multinational portfolio that succeeded in doing so.
1:0,
2:1,
4:3,
6:4,
8:6,
10:7,
11:9。
In the end, Ye Hao and Xu Xiaoyuan won the sixth game with a difference of two points, leaving no chance for the opposite Chinese pair to turn the tables around, eliminating their opponents with a total score of 4:2 and successfully advancing to the third round of mixed doubles.
This thrilling game has brought the tacit understanding and strength of the multinational combination to a higher level, especially Xu Xiaoyuan's ability to resist pressure has been greatly improved after being targeted and bombarded, which will help them encounter more difficult tough battles in the next World Table Tennis Championships.