December 25, 2001, Christmas, but this era is not like ten years later, there is not too strong festive atmosphere, there is no street plastered with a portrait of a white-bearded old man with a red hat.

Xiamen, located in the south, has been like a day for decades, and has never seen snow, and in this warm and comfortable afternoon, Ye Hao's first national finals have arrived.

In the stadium, the two players facing each other in the final were warming up, and the conversations and cheers off the court did not dilute the tense atmosphere on the court. Zhang Jike still has that frosty expression, and Ye Hao also has a rare serious appearance.

This is not only a game, a final, but also a ticket to the Chinese table tennis team. According to the athlete selection rules of the national table tennis team, the singles champion of the National Junior Championship can be directly selected for the national second team.

Of course, with their outstanding performance in the finals, even if the two cannot directly enter the national second team, the training camp of the national youth team will definitely have a place, but the gold content of the national youth team is definitely not as high as that of the national team, even if it is just the national second team, many people can not reach it in a lifetime.

On the side of the court, in Zhang Jike's support group, Zhang's father asked the coach of the Shandong team next to him, "Coach Wang, what do you think of Jike's winning in this game?" ”

"It's hard to say, if you look at their performance in the finals of the Northern Division, I'm afraid Jike is not superior. However, during this time, the practice of the forehand has been strengthened, and the effect is remarkable. If the opponent wants to copy the strategy of the previous time, I am afraid it will not be easy......"

On the other side, Ye Hao's coach Lu Wei, and the leaders of the capital team, Yao Bin and Ma Long, also sat on the sidelines, chatting about the same topic.

"Team Leader Yao, Director Lu, do you think Ye Hao has a good chance of winning this time?"

"It's hard to say."

"I think I can win."

The two different answers made Ma Long stunned, with a confused and puzzled expression.

"Lao Lu, when did you have such a high confidence in your apprentice? Although he was able to win last time, this time it's hard to say, don't be blindly confident. Team Leader Yao raised an eyebrow.

"If you don't have confidence in your own players, do you still support your opponents?" Coach Lu retorted.

"You, you're becoming more and more like Ye Hao, you can speak well." Team Leader Yao shook his head speechlessly.

Ma Long next to him hurriedly nodded in agreement, but then he received a blow from Coach Lu on the head. Lie down the gun, poor Long team!

The game on the court officially began, and Zhang Jike served, or his usual horizontal and reverse rotation serve. The counterspin serve originated in Poland's Brzewski at the beginning of this century, and has now been widely used and has achieved good practical results, especially for two-sided attacking styles, such as Zhang Jike.

Ye Hao did not hesitate to choose to take the lead in attacking and took the initiative to pull the ball up.

Zhang Jike on the opposite side was unceremonious, pulling a backhand diagonal line, and the rotation of the return ball was full.

Ye Hao was not panicked by this, the strength of the big rotation is the characteristic of Jike, and he has already experienced it in the last competition. Continue to pull the table tennis ball back, but send it to Zhang Jike's forehand position.

"Again? Well done! I've been working on my forehand lately. Zhang Jike was not afraid in his heart.

Next, the two sides went back and forth for more than a dozen boards, and the audience cheered continuously.

"I didn't expect the first goal to be so exciting."

"I heard that they played each other in the finals of the Northern Division."

"I've watched this game, who do you think will win?"

……

The game went on and to Zhang's surprise, he didn't seem to be afraid of his backhand, even if he sent the ball to his forehand from time to time.

Indeed, Ye Hao is not afraid of the opponent's backhand attack, he thinks that his backhand strength is not weaker than Zhang Jike, and the reason why he stared at the opponent's forehand and did not give a backhand in the last game was just because he wanted to win an easy point.

Since Zhang Jike's forehand play is good today, Ye Hao is not ready to rely on any shortcuts to win. "I want to use my strength to win the game with dignity, and I want to decide this championship!"

As Ye Hao once again pulled the ball steadily to the opposite table, Zhang Jike finally couldn't help it, he wanted to forcibly change a straight line and hit the ball into the opponent's vacancy, a fatal move.

However, the fight was unsuccessful and the ball deflected off the table. The first point, which had been stalemate for a long time, finally ended with Zhang Jike's mistake.

1:0, Ye Hao took the lead.

Maybe it was affected by the fact that the first goal could not be attacked for a long time and the mistake of fighting; Perhaps it was the usual habit of slow heating, and Zhang Jike's successive mistakes quickly reduced the suspense of the first game.

2:0，3:0，4:1，7:3……

Until 11:6, except for the wonderful first goal, Ye Hao did not encounter a challenge and completely controlled the score behind.

Although he lost the first game, Zhang Jike was not cautious in the second game. Instead, he stepped up his gambling offense, which skyrocketed in threat at the expense of consistency.

At 11:8, Zhang Jike immediately returned the color and pulled back a game.

In the next two games, the two sides showed their own style, Zhang Jike's fierce fight, and Ye Hao's calm control, all of which opened the eyes of the audience.

"It's not like two teenagers playing."

"Could it be that both of them are already on the national youth team, right?"

"I'm afraid that many adult golfers are only like that, right?"

"Fortunately, I came to watch the game, and I went back to blow it."

……

Surprise, surprise, doubt, excitement, all kinds of emotions floated in the hearts of the audience.

After four rounds, the two sides fought to a 2:2 draw.

In the crucial fifth game, Tianwang Mountain in this game, whoever can win, the balance of victory will be tilted to that side.

From 0:0, 2:2, 5:5, the two sides fought until 10:10, you and I took the lead alternately with one goal, and no one dared to deflate at the critical moment.

On the next ball, Ye Hao received the serve. Looking at the table tennis ball coming from the opposite side, I didn't think it was a backhand chasing ball.

Zhang Jike seemed to have expected it, and prepared sideways in advance, and as soon as the ball landed on the table, he didn't wait for it to bounce back to the highest point, and swung his racket fiercely during the rise of the ball, pumping the ball to the opposite table.

This ball really caught Ye Hao off guard, and he reluctantly blocked it with his racket, and the ball flew high, and then landed on the opposite table.

Next, Zhang Jike violently deducted!

Ye Hao took a step back and put a high ball again.

Zhang Jike's violent second buckle!

Ye Hao put another high ball on the opposite table. However, he was also forced to the left of the table.

Zhang Jike faced this high ball, his right leg was raised, his left leg was independent, and his right hand was violent again!

The ball went straight to the lower right corner of the table, Ye Hao saw this and hurriedly took a step, moved to the right, stretched out his right hand, ready to catch the ball at any time.

Almost, almost touching the ball, what should I do?

Ye Hao flew and threw his body completely to the lower right, while the racket swung hard towards the ball.

"Bang!"

Ye Hao fell heavily to the ground.

At this time, on the field, Zhang Jike, who was opposite, had already put his left hand into a fist on his chest, ready to celebrate.

At this time, off the field, the Shandong team and the capital team all exclaimed, but on one side there was surprise, and on the other side there was regret.

However, at this time, a ping-pong ball flew strangely to the opposite side and went straight to the lower left corner of the table. It turned out that Ye Hao actually hit the ball back the moment before he fell to the ground, and the landing point was very tricky.

Zhang Jike was only halfway through the gesture to celebrate, when he was shocked to find that his nirvana ball had been blocked, and he never had a chance to return the ball to the opponent's table.

"Eleven to ten." With the referee's score broadcast, the dust finally settled, and Ye Hao survived, turned the tide, and won the ball in a thrilling way.

Applause, cheers, shouts, for a while, the stadium was like lit firecrackers, and the atmosphere was warm to the extreme.

Ye Hao stood up and walked calmly towards the table. There was no roar, no celebration, and the calm was terrifying.

In the last ball of the Tianwang Mountain game, Ye Hao scored directly on the serve, and Zhang Jike's movements on the opposite side suddenly became sluggish.

With a total score of 3:2, Ye Hao took the lead again.

In the next game, Zhang Jike felt that his life was like a year, and Ye Hao was playing more and more smoothly. 11:3, the last game won easily, the total score was 4:2, Ye Hao defeated Zhang Jike again.

"Ahh Yes! Yes! ”

Ye Hao can finally be completely released.