Chapter 198: The Battle of the New Horse King
Wang Hao and Ma Long's men's singles final match in the Chinese Table Tennis Championships indicates that the replacement of the old and the new in Chinese men's table tennis has arrived. Because it was a civil war, Liu Guoliang did not have the task of off-the-field guidance. He looked at Lao Wang (Wang Liqin) and Lao Ma (Ma Lin) sitting next to him, and then looked at Xiao Wang (Wang Hao) and Xiao Ma (Ma Long) who were eager to try on the court, and couldn't help but feel moved in his heart, maybe the list of participants in next year's Olympic Games will have to be carefully considered.
The men's singles final officially kicked off on the evening of September 4. In the first game, Ma Long served first, and his ball was sent to Wang Hao's forehand small triangle, which was a side-spin serve.
In the face of this serve, Wang Hao's body was slightly sideways, and his forehand was lightly pulled, although the strength was not large, but the action was stretched, and the table tennis ball crossed a perfect arc and fell to the opponent's table.
Seeing this scene, Ma Long did not hesitate at all, and directly started to pull the ball with his forehand, and the landing point of the ball was very particular, neither falling on the opponent's forehand position, so that Wang Hao could receive the ball comfortably and calmly, nor did he choose the landing point of the backhand position, so that the opponent had the opportunity to use a straight shot to hit horizontally.
Wang Hao did feel a little awkward about Ma Long's arc ball hitting the middle of his own table to chase the position, but he still tried to adjust his body shape and forced a sideways shot to successfully pull the table tennis ball back.
After this round, Ma Long immediately took the initiative on the court and launched a continuous forehand attack, forcing Wang Hao to the brink of conceding the ball. After another three rounds of offense and defense, Malone turned his forehand straight and won the first goal, 1:0.
On the second ball, Ma Long continued to serve, this time it was still a side-spin short ball in the table, Wang Hao received the ball, and then the two began to pull each other. Three rounds later, Ma Long once again relied on the initiative to change the line, occupied the initiative on the court, and finally succeeded in scoring, 2:0.
As the first game progressed, Malone took the lead and took the lead, from 2:0 in the opening game, to 7:5 in the middle of the game, and then to 11:7 at the end of the game, he successfully suppressed the opponent for all the time of the game.
At the beginning of the second game, Wang Hao began to strengthen his attack, and through the adaptation of the first game, his feeling has been found, and the state of the game has been adjusted to the best, so this game is a game of chasing points.
After the first two balls were tied 1-1, the third ball, Ma Long served, the same forehand small triangle area side downspin serve, but Wang Hao chose to attack violently this time, he first rushed to seize the opportunity, and then pulled the ball sideways on three boards in a row to press the opponent, and finally backshot a straight shot to lay the victory, and the score came to 2:1.
The fourth ball, it was still Ma Long's serve, Wang Hao did not choose to attack again, but after the situation became a stalemate attack stage, he relied on a strong backhand attack, gradually brought the game into his control, and finally suddenly transformed into a forehand sideways attack, and successfully scored, 3:1.
The second game is like a copy of the first game, but this time the hero of the story has become Wang Hao, he is strong in the overall situation, Ma Long is completely restricted, and the game has become his own performance.
4:1,
5:2,
7:4,
8:4,
10:5,
11:6。
The second game was finally won by Wang Hao, and in the first two games, the two sides were tied and returned to the same running line.
At the beginning of the third game, Wang Hao's strong performance did not weaken at all, and Ma Long was still in an unfavorable situation. In the first two balls, in Ma Long's serve, Wang Hao showed a menacing performance, showing his teeth and claws, and he looked like he would become a benevolent person without points.
Under Wang Hao's ferocious pressing, Ma Long was inevitably defeated, and there was a mistake, allowing the other party to seize the opportunity, and even succeeded in scoring points in the end. The situation of falling behind 0:2 seems to indicate that Ma Long's game is not going well.
As the game progressed gradually, Wang Hao's lead gradually expanded, and Ma Long failed to withstand the opponent's offensive and coaxed.
1:3,
4:7,
5:9,
5:10,
5:11。
At the end of this game, Ma Long actually conceded three goals in a row, allowing the opponent to win the game with a wave of three consecutive wins, which shows how much his morale has been suppressed. Wang Hao won consecutive victories, and successfully overtook his opponent in the total score, leading 2:1.
After the start of the fourth game, Ma Long's situation did not improve, and his hand seemed to have become cold because of the loss of the first two games. Wang Hao took this opportunity, of course, to beat the water dogs, and he would not show mercy.
The first two balls were Malone's serve, and as soon as his ball was released, the game was out of his control. Because Wang Hao continued to grab the attack, or rushed sideways with his forehand, or hit him with a backhand, he took turns with his forehand and backhand, and beat Ma Long to the ground, and he had no power to fight back.
Ma Long's two serves were all broken, and then Wang Hao played steadily on his two serves, not being broken by the opponent's fight, and successfully scored two points in a row again. As a result, in this game, Ma Long has not scored a point so far, the score has become 0:4, and his situation is very dangerous.
Liu Guoliang, Wang Hao's coach Wu Jinping, and Ma Long's own coach Qin Zhijian, who were watching the game from the sidelines, all thought that this game seemed to be in suspense, and Wang Hao was likely to win this game and even the whole game in one go.
However, then Malone used his strength and performance to tell everyone that it was not so easy to defeat him. After losing four goals in a row, Ma Long seemed to be hurt all of a sudden, opened up, and woke up.
On his own serve next, Malone made the first effort, and the high-quality serve made the opponent have no way to start, and could only transition one ball. Subsequently, he caught the ball and attacked, and rushed to the board without a fatality, looking like a desperate Saburo who died together. As a result, Ma Long's forehand attack successfully broke Wang Hao's straight shot and horizontal shot, and he got his first point in the game. 1:4 behind, but the first point has come, will the second and third points be far away?
Ma Long then made persistent efforts, and in his next serve, he first dragged the game into a stalemate stage, and then used his hot hand to attack and fight wildly, destroying Wang Hao's defense in one fell swoop, just as the opponent did before.
2:4,
3:4,
4:4,
The score was tied, but Ma Long's offensive did not end, his madness continued, and this kind of desperate play made Wang Hao feel a headache. Although fighting is not Ma Long's regular style of play, when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, no matter what kind of move, as long as you can win, it is a high move!
4:5,
5:5,
5:6
7:8,
8:10,
9:11。
The game in the fourth game belonged to Ma Long, who lost first and then won, became more and more courageous, and finally succeeded in turning defeat into victory, chasing the total score to a 2:2 draw.