After Ye Hao won the third game with difficulty, the game in the fourth game soon started again.

In this game, it was Huang Xiang's turn to serve first, and the table tennis ball went straight to Ye Hao's backhand. Obviously, Huang Xiang did not give up the tactic of staring at the opponent's backhand because of the loss in the previous game, and the backhand is still his main direction of attack.

At this time, Ye Hao's hand was under the table, and no one could see it. Suddenly, his right hand was quickly swung out from left to right, and the ping-pong ball, which had just bounced off the table, was hit to the opposite side with a thunderous clang. The ball flashed in front of Huang Xiang's eyes and landed on the ground not far away.

1:0, Ye Hao leads.

Huang Xiang was stunned.

Wang Xiaoyu outside the court was stunned.

Coach Hu Daodao of the Municipal Sports School, who was watching the game, was stunned.

The thin, glassed middle-aged man who was watching the game was also stunned.

The reason why the first two were stunned was that the ball was so fast that it slashed through the air like lightning and couldn't catch it at all.

The reason why the latter two were stunned was that what they seemed to see just now was holding the racket horizontally, wasn't he a straight shot player?

Huang Xiang on the opposite side quickly came back to his senses and continued to serve, with a forehand that was on the left side of the table and a downspin serve.

"Brush!"

It was another rapidly passing shadow, and Huang Xiang only had time to subconsciously stretch out his racket, and the ball bounced and flew away. The eyes that looked at Ye Hao were full of doubts and uncertainties.

2：0。

On the third ball, Ye Hao served and cut a side-spinning short ball with his backhand.

At this time, many people discovered the abnormality, and Huang Xiang on the opposite side finally realized that something was wrong.

"How did he become a horizontal shot, wasn't he still a straight shot in the first few rounds?"

"Am I mistaken, he's been shooting horizontally?"

Even Mr. Xu was surprised on the side, "I don't know when this kid changed the beat." ”

"Oh, that's not right. His beats are indeed straight, you see, the handles are still short. ”

"Really!"

The mystery was solved, and it turned out that Ye Hao changed the way of holding the racket from a straight shot to a horizontal shot.

What are you?

This is the complaint of everyone in the audience, this is even okay, I have never heard of anyone who plays with two grips in a game!

As a result, Huang Xiang was successfully disrupted by his vision, and Ye Hao scored directly on his serve.

3：0。

The game was advancing rapidly, and although Huang Xiang gradually recovered from the surprise of his opponent changing the grip method, he had no choice but to lose momentum.

In the end, in the fourth game, Ye Hao won with a score of 11:3. At the same time, he also earned a ticket to the finals.

The result of this game did not cause a stir, but the twists and turns of the course were unexpected.

A straight-shot player who played six matches suddenly became a sideways shooter in the semi-finals, and he played even better than a straight-shot player.

As a result, Ye Hao became the most eye-catching player in this competition, and there was no one.

In this regard, Ye Hao's opinion is: killing two birds with one stone, not only winning the game, but also attracting attention, the effect is really good.

After the game, Ye Hao was surrounded!

Teacher Xu, Ye's father, Ye's mother, and Wang Xiaoyu surrounded him. Many spectators also leaned up curiously.

"When did you learn horizontal shooting, how come I don't know?" This is the voice of Father Ye.

"Why do you care so much, it's good if our Xiaohao can win!" This is the voice of Ye Mu.

"Xiaohao performed very well, and he must make persistent efforts in the finals!" This is Mr. Xu's voice.

"Did you deliberately use straight shots to confuse others at the beginning, it's too cunning!" This is Xiaoyu Lori's voice.

To this, Ye Hao's answer was: "Guess? ”

There was a sound of spitting and vomiting blood......

Ye Hao and his entourage returned to the hotel, and for everyone's questions, he attributed his horizontal shooting strength to his outstanding talent, which attracted everyone's eyes.

In fact, Ye Hao did start his table tennis road with a straight board. It's just that when he was in junior high school, he began to switch to horizontal boarding, and since then he has been out of control, and he has the strength of the top amateur table tennis player later.

You must know that one of the main reasons for the decline of straight shooting and the dominance of horizontal shooting is that straight shooting is easy to get started and difficult to penetrate, while horizontal shooting is relatively simple and easier to produce results.

For most parents, the coach will let the child choose the horizontal slapping method, which also causes the direct shooting players to become rare in the national team in the future.

In fact, among the Chinese men's table tennis singles world champions, except for Wang Liqin, Zhang Jike, Ma Long and Fan Xiaopang, the rest are all straight shots. However, after the Beijing Olympics, the straight board has begun to decline, and a large number of outstanding horizontal board players have blown out.

Just when Ye Hao returned to the hotel to rest and wait for tomorrow's game, in an office of Ningcheng Sports School, there was a person discussing him on the phone.

This person is Hu Daodao, the table tennis coach who has been paying attention to Ye Hao in the game, and the person who spoke to him was Zhang Bing, the coach of the Su Provincial Table Tennis Team.

Hu Daodao was a table tennis player in the provincial team of Suzhou Province in his early years, and his coach at that time was Zhang Bing, so the two also formed a deep friendship between master and apprentice.

"Coach Zhang, there is a good seedling in our city's primary and secondary school student competition, with considerable potential, and he will definitely be the seed of the national team in the future. Are you interested? ”

"Big country, don't fool me, you kid. Your table tennis reserve talents in Ningcheng have always been of average level. ”

"Then if you don't believe me, I can't help it, but if this good seedling is preempted by others, don't blame me for not reporting to you in advance!" Hu Daodao was a little anxious when he heard the other party's questioning.

Coach Zhang Bing on the other end of the phone heard the other party's tone, which didn't seem to mean a joke, and finally began to pay attention. "Big country, then I'll take what you say seriously. Is this game over, I want to come and see it for myself? ”

"I know that you will definitely ask to see it with your own eyes, tomorrow is the final, and that kid named Ye Hao will also participate." Hu Daodao replied happily.

"Okay, then we'll see you tomorrow."

As Ye Hao envisioned, with his excellent performance, he has successfully attracted the attention of professional coaches. Although he doesn't know anything about it yet, he understands that the eventual winner will be his most beautiful calling card.

On the seventh and final day of the competition, the final of the Upper Boys' Primary Division will begin at 9 a.m.

Ye Hao, as usual, got up on time, and after moving his body in the room, he began to wash and eat.

At today's dinner table, in addition to Mr. Xu, Ye's father and Ye's mother are also there. The son entered the finals, and the husband and wife didn't go back at all last night, but stayed to accompany Ye Hao and cheer for today's finals.

The table tennis hall of Ningcheng Sports School had a particularly warm atmosphere on this day, and the number of spectators also hit a new high since the start of the competition.

In this strong and lively atmosphere, the first final in Ye Hao's life began!