Before the seventh inning began, the entire arena was filled with chatter.

An Austrian couple.

Wife: "Schrager won in the semi-finals in a tie-break, and now in the final he has played the seventh game, he will definitely win again!" ”

Husband: "Honey, you're right. ”

The Austrian coach who was coaching Schrager on the sidelines also thought so, "You just need to play steadily in the seventh game, drag it out until the last few points, and wait for the opponent to make a mistake first, just like the last win against Kong Lingshen, understand?" ”

On the other side of the Chinese team's camp, Liu Guoliang's advice to Ye Hao was completely different, "Stay in the game, you don't have pressure, just rush, and be stable with the opponent, this is not your strength." When the brave wins on the narrow road, the next is to do it! ”

After coming on the field, Ye Hao and Schrager both decided to play according to the deployment of their respective coaches. On the first ball, Ye Hao served, and the counter-rotation serve was decent. Schrager's return was similarly flawless and unflawed. However, in the next board, Ye Hao did not continue to sit still, and the board in the stage was quickly picked up, and he started attacking first. Schrager blocked the ball back in no hurry, while Ye Hao took the initiative to turn sideways and chose to continue the attack with his forehand. You shoot one, I shoot two, the two are very happy, the audience is enthusiastic, but the coaches on both sides are nervous in a cold sweat.

In the end, Schrager pulled a backboard into the net, ending a 20-round confrontation between the two. Ye Hao temporarily led 1-0.

Ye Hao continued to repeat the routine of the previous point on the second ball, taking the lead in attacking, and letting Schrager play at his own pace. Due to the mentality of seeking stability, Schrager has always been a passive side in the situation, and the final result of this goal is that Ye Hao took the initiative to change a straight line, and the sneak attack on the opponent was successful, and he scored another point.

In the following four or five goals, Ye Hao won more and lost less, leading 5:2. Although he took the initiative to attack, Ye Hao's mistakes would increase, but more of them controlled the situation and even scored. Gradually, the experienced Schlager sensed that something was wrong and decisively called a timeout.

There is only one timeout for each table tennis match, which lasts for 1 minute, not every inning. So this timeout is precious, so when to use this timeout depends on the judgment of the athletes and coaches. With a good use of the pause, the athlete can stabilize the situation and turn the tide; If it is not used well, then it will give the opponent a chance and hurt morale even more.

A minute passed quickly, and Schrager adjusted his conservative style of play after returning from the timeout, turning to become active, serving and attacking, receiving serve, and soon the score was tied up. Five to five, the two were evenly divided. It can be seen that Schrager's suspension effect was immediate, and he successfully curbed his decline.

Next, the score of the two became stacked arhats again, and point by point was superimposed, nine to nine draws, ten to ten draws, eleven draws, and twelve draws.

"It's this score again, I just wiped the table, got distracted, and lost the game." Kong Lingshen silently muttered to himself in the audience.

Ye Hao, who was on the field, suddenly found that there were some water stains on the left side of the table on his side, and raised his hand to signal Schrager to wait for a while. After wiping off the small water stain with his hand, Ye Hao signaled to the other party that he was ready to catch the ball.

Kong Linghui, who was watching the battle in the audience, saw this, and his heart jumped, "It's over." The situation on the court seemed to confirm his conjecture, and Ye Hao received the serve and attacked and fell directly into the net. At 12:13, Schrager got the game point, match point, and championship point!

In the next ball, Ye Hao served, and Kong Linghui outside the court had already closed his eyes and didn't dare to look at it again. No one noticed his movements, and all eyes were on the two in the center of the court.

"Ahh

The sudden exclamation beside him made Kong Lingshen couldn't help but open his eyes, "Is it all over?" Kong Lingshen looked at the scoreboard fixedly, 13:13, and it was tied again. His heart suddenly jumped again, "Fortunately, my tragedy has not been repeated." ”

The stacking of the two Arhats continued, and it seemed that they couldn't stop, and the score climbed all the way to 19:19.

CCTV Sports Channel commentator: "No matter who wins or loses today's game, they have given us an epic game!" ”

In a room in a province in northeastern China, "the score is really TMD, and it makes me feel like I'm back in the 21-point era." ”

Ye Hao and Schrager on the field now don't have any distractions, they don't care whether the score looks like an 11-point system or a 21-point system, and they don't care if this game will become a classic epic, only the game, only victory, is the only pursuit of the two now.

Schrager pulled the ball vigorously with a forehand, the angle was quite large, Ye Hao took a big step to his right, and swung his forehand from bottom to top to send the ball to the opposite side. He was about to get up, but his feet slipped and he fell to the ground.

Schrager on the other side was very excited when he saw this opportunity, "Good opportunity!" I have to hurry and hit the ball, fast, fast, fast! "However, there is an old Chinese saying that you can't eat hot tofu if you are in a hurry, and the more anxious you are, the more likely you are to make mistakes in your busyness. Schrager's return ball, too much pursuit of speed, angle and strength, but made a mistake and did not come to the stage!

At 20:19, Ye Hao took the lead! Game point, match point, championship point! I don't know how many times this game has been repeated, and the moment has come again.

Ye Hao became very calm at this time, he raised his right hand and signaled to the referee, "I want to pause!" ”

Ye Hao, who returned to the field, listened to Liu Guoliang's tactics and took a sip to calm his mood.

The tentative end, and it was time to play again, Ye Hao's heart was like water at this time, his eyes were murderous, and his momentum was not triggered.

Schrager served, Ye Hao did not choose a safe board, nor did he rush to the side of the impatient, his choice was to twist a board with a backhand, the power was not large, the rotation was very sufficient, and the ball went straight to the opponent's middle chasing position.

Although Schrager judged the landing point of the ball, after seven innings, his body could no longer keep up with his brain, although he received the ball, but the spin of the ball was too strong, and his return height was slightly larger.

It was this loophole, Ye Hao accurately grasped it, he was not relentless, smashed his forehand vigorously, and the ball went straight to Schrager's backhand. After a barely push, Schrager struggled to get the ball back over the table.

Ye Hao smashed again, only this time his attack direction was Schrager's forehand. Big angles! Change the line! Schrager didn't have time to take another step, so he had to stretch out his hand and try to touch the ball. Unfortunately, he failed, and the ball was still a centimeter away from his racket, and then flew by.

At this time, there was silence in the arena, and suddenly a roar resounded throughout the space, and the source of the sound was Ye Hao!

At 21:19, Ye Hao finally won the tiebreaker, and the men's singles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships was in hand!

Liu Guoliang on the sidelines couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up excitedly and hugged the national table tennis soldiers on the side to celebrate.

The Austrian team on the other side became gloomy and lifeless at this time. Schrager stood on the edge of the table in a daze.

……

After the awards ceremony, Ye Hao was interviewed, and CCTV's sports reporter Li Wujun asked: "Ye Hao, what do you want to do most at the moment?" ”

"I want to sing."

"Uh......, what's the song?"

"Then I can sing it, right?"

"Uh......, okay."

"Run, proud boy

The young heart is full of firm faith

Burn, proud blood

I'm going to sing the song of victory again."

……

CCTV Sports Channel Paris World Table Tennis Championships special report, title: "I want to sing the song of victory again!" ”