Chapter 152: Men's Team Final
In the team final with the South Korean men's team, the Chinese men's table tennis team sent a regular lineup, Ye Hao as the first singles, Ma Lin as the second singles, and Chen Qi as the third singles.
The South Korean team's lineup is that they will use their strongest player Yoo Seung-min as the No. 1 main force, let Oh Sang-yun be the No. 2 main force, and the No. 3 singles will be served by Zhu Shihyuk.
That's the strategy of the South Korean team, as long as Yoo Seungmin can win back-to-back games in the second and fourth games, and then one of Oh and Zhu can fight for the next one, then they have a chance to win.
After the start of the game, the first thing to do was the No. 1 main force of the Chinese team, that is, Ye Hao's No. 2 main force against the South Korean team, Wu Shangyin. Although Wu Shangyin is the second main force of the South Korean team, there is not much difference between him and Zhu Shihyuk, that is, between the two middles.
Ye Hao has played against all three members of the Korean team, and he has not tasted defeat, which can be said to be very advantageous on the psychological level, and the other party must have been timid before he saw him, and this was exactly the case in the process of the game. 11:4, 11:5, 11:4, Ye Hao easily swept his opponent 3:0 and won the first place for Chinese men's table tennis.
If Ye Hao's victory came very easily, then in the next second game, the Chinese team did not go so smoothly. Marin and Ryu Seungmin are both fighting fighters, but Marin's skills are more delicate in comparison.
However, Marin has a shortcoming that is fatal, and that is the problem of physical strength! Born in 80, he is only 26 years old now, but his figure is slightly fat, his physical strength is not abundant, and he is in the Asian Games this time, including team, men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles, which can be described as the most "busy" one in national table tennis.
Although it is only the fourth day of the competition, more than one day of racing is still a huge test of Marin's fitness. Especially now that he has met an opponent of the same type as himself who is good at fighting, Marin can be regarded as "on the spot"!
At 11:9 in the first game, Marin won.
At 7:11 in the second game, Yoo Seungmin equalized the score.
At 8:11 in the third game, Liu Chengmin played another game and overtook the total score.
At 11:8 in the fourth game, Marin was powerful, biting the score and bringing the game to a deuce again.
At 6:11 in the fifth game, Marin's physical fitness began to have problems, and his state began to decline, and Yoo Seungmin took the opportunity to attack and win the tiebreaker.
At 3:2, Yoo Seungmin scored a point for the South Korean team, and the two sides drew 1:1 in the first two games.
In the third game, Chen Qi played against Zhu Shihe, and this game can be described as thrilling. Due to Marin's unexpected loss, the Chinese men's team now has no advantage in the score, on the contrary, the South Korean men's team has high morale.
The first four games of the two were tied 2-2, and the game once again came to a tiebreaker. At 10:9, the first to get the match point was Zhu Shihe! If South Korea can win this game, then they can take a 2-1 lead in the overall score, and as long as the last two games, Yoo Seungmin and Oh Sang-yun can fight for the next game, they will win.
However, Chen Qi can be regarded as having a big heart, at this tense moment, he did not relent, and directly grabbed the score after receiving the serve, strangling the opponent's dream in the cradle. In the last two goals, Chen Qi showed his majesty, winning two points in a row, and finally won 12:10, scoring a valuable point for the Chinese team.
So far, the Chinese team has a 2:1 lead in the overall score. In the next game, it will be the time for the No. 1 main force of the two sides to face each other, that is, Ye Hao VS Liu Chengmin.
Before Yoo Seung-min came on the field, South Korea's coach Kim Taek-so called him aside and whispered a few words. Kim Taek-so, the South Korean star who once won the men's singles championship in consecutive victories over Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang in the Asian Games, is now the coach of the South Korean team after retiring.
As for what Kim Taek-so said to Yoo Seung-min, it is also very simple, which roughly means "we can only rely on you if we want to win". In this fourth game, if the Korean team loses again, they will also lose the team championship. And if they can win, then there is still a chance next, especially when Marin's physical strength has obviously been problematic, Wu Shangyin is very likely to win the other party.
Therefore, at this moment, not only the South Korean team was nervous, but the coaches and players of the Chinese team were also holding their breath and did not dare to pant loudly. The death of the Asian Games is a shadow that can never be erased for the Chinese team, and they have too many bad memories in this field.
Especially the head coach Liu Guoliang has a personal experience, so at this time, he is the most nervous among everyone, he can't sit still at all, he has been standing and watching the game, and he applauds from time to time, shouting twice I don't know if he is cheering for Ye Hao on the field, or cheering for himself.
Ye Hao and Liu Chengmin fought very fiercely in the first game, and the two seemed to have returned to the men's singles final of the Athens Olympics in 04, competing against each other, you are dead and alive!
2:2,
5:5,
7:7,
9:9,
11:11,
The first game has been played for 20 minutes, but the winner has not been decided for a long time, and the wonderful game scene has attracted cheers from the audience. However, the teams on both sides of the game were not in such a relaxed mood to watch the show, they were trembling and watching the battle on the field.
The next ball was Ye Hao's turn to serve, and Liu Chengmin received the serve, and one was sent to the opposite backhand position for half of the billiards. Ye Hao's original intention was to force the opponent to use his backhand to receive the serve, but what he didn't expect was that Liu Chengmin had already prepared, moved in advance and turned sideways, and directly used his forehand to attack violently!
The ping pong ball rushed to Ye Hao's forehand position, but he was not prepared for anything, and could only watch the opponent's strong attack succeed.
At 12:11, Liu Chengmin got the game point of the first game, and the next one was his own serve, and the situation was very unfavorable to Ye Hao.
Yoo Seungmin served, and his serve went straight to the middle of the opposite table.
"Half-introduced!"
"It's a topspin serve?!"
Some people in the camp of the Chinese team watching the game couldn't help but exclaim. No one expected that it was just the first game, and when he was still in the lead, Yoo Seungmin would be so decisive! So ruthless!
This one serve is a **naked fight! It's overconfidence in yourself, or it's provocation!
Ye Hao was also a little stunned, he didn't expect the other party's courage to be so big, it was this tenth-second distraction that made him lose the opportunity to attack and miss the best opportunity to equalize.
Although Ye Hao's return ball successfully crossed the table, it did not pose much threat to Liu Chengmin, but gave the opponent a chance to attack. Liu Chengmin immediately rushed with a forehand, and the ping-pong ball tore the air above the table and broke through the air!
13:11。
Yoo Seung-min is deadly! After more than 20 minutes of vicious fighting, the first game was finally over, and the winning side was not Ye Hao!
It's dangerous......