Chapter 188: The decisive battle begins
One of the most eye-catching matches of the World Table Tennis Championships in Zagreb is about to begin, and Ye Hao stumbled all the way and finally came to the men's singles final. has the same experience as him, as well as Ye Hao's opponent Wang Liqin in the final.
On May 27, 2005, at ten o'clock in the evening of capital time, the men's singles championship match of the World Table Tennis Championships opened, Ye Hao VS Wang Liqin, this is the first time that the two have played against each other in the finals of the three major table tennis competitions.
Because Ye Hao's semi-finals ended late, it was equivalent to a warm-up, so he entered the game very quickly. After the start, Wang Liqin served first, and Ye Hao directly grabbed the attack after the end, 1:0.
On the second serve, Ye Hao still maintained a coercive posture, taking the lead in receiving the serve, and after the opponent resisted two beats, he tore apart Wang Liqin's defense with a backhand, and then scored with a forehand quick draw.
In this game, Wang Liqin maintained his slow heating habits, while Ye Hao changed the problems of the previous games, found a hot touch at the speed of light, and opened the invincible attack mode.
After losing a full 5 points in a row, Wang Liqin's slow heat problem has improved, but the huge 0:5 behind, even if he catches up with all his might, has little effect. What's more, how could Ye Hao let this hard-won achievement be handed over, he continued to put pressure on Wang Liqin, fully mobilized the forehand and backhand to attack in turn, and soon the score became 9:4, and the five-point gap did not narrow.
Immediately afterwards, it was Wang Liqin's turn to serve, and Ye Hao grabbed the ball as usual after receiving the ball, but this time his return touched the net. Fortunately, Ye Hao's luck was good, it was a wiping tennis, and the table tennis ball still stubbornly reached the opponent's table.
As a result, Ye Hao relied on this balloon to get 6 game points in one fell swoop, and the score of 10:4 almost killed Wang Liqin's hope of reversal. Subsequently, Ye Hao rushed with a serve and easily won the first game 11:4.
In the second game, Ye Hao's advantage continued to be maintained, Wang Liqin made a service mistake as soon as he came up, and then a half-high ball, which was seized by Ye Hao and rushed with a shot. The 0:2 start made Wang Liqin fall behind again.
In this game, Wang Liqin still played a little restrained, and when the score went all the way to 1:5, he finally woke up like a dream. Ye Hao pulled the ball out of bounds and Wang Liqin's counter-pull was successful, so that the score was narrowed to 3:5, and Wang Liqin's spring seemed to be coming.
However, at this time, when Wang Liqin was pressing Ye Hao's backhand, he went out of bounds when he wanted to change his forehand, which can be described as stealing chickens, and eating rice - ugly! When the score reached 3:7, Wang Liqin scored consecutive points again and pressed the score closer.
Wang Liqin took the initiative to change Ye Hao's forehand this time, and used his strong forehand firepower to fight hard with the opponent, but for a while he chased the score to only one point, 7:8.
However, Ye Hao is not the master of being slaughtered, he picked the ball in the table on Wang Liqin's serve, causing the opponent's mistake and once again pulling the difference apart. With Wang Liqin out of bounds in the matchup, Ye Hao won another game with 11:8, leading the opponent with a total score of 2:0.
After two rounds, Wang Liqin's slow heat was finally over, and his feel and state had been adjusted to the best. It can be seen from his frequent chasing of points in the second game that Ye Hao wants to make a final decision, and it has become impossible to win the game quickly.
In the third game, after a short stalemate between the two sides, when the score came to 3:3, Wang Liqin took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the court. Through his trump card - super holding ability and forehand smash, he quickly took the initiative on the court, opened the difference, and the score soon became 8:3.
Now it's Ye Hao's turn to start chasing points, his strategy is mainly to press Wang Liqin's backhand, send the ball to this position frequently, and not give the opponent a comfortable forehand attack opportunity. However, although Ye Hao played hard and the tactics did work, but there were too many behind, and he was unable to return to the sky, Wang Liqin pulled back a game with 11:8, and the total score became 1:2.
In the fourth game, Ye Hao learned from the pain, used the serve and serve to attack, frequently attacked the opponent's backhand position, and relied on his strong backhand attack to score continuously. Wang Liqin didn't score a point when he had the right to serve, and Ye Hao's start was excellent.
Although Wang Liqin quickly stabilized his emotions and continued to chase points, making the score slightly closer, the poor start of 1:6 made him weak. Next, Wang Liqin forced Ye Hao away from the far platform and forced Ye Hao to put the high ball, but he went out of bounds by himself after deducting more than ten boards in a row, which seriously affected his mood and performance. Ye Hao immediately seized this opportunity, scored again and again, and finally won the fourth game 11:5, and the total score became 3:1, and he was only one win away from his second World Table Tennis Championships men's singles championship.
Ye Hao wants to win the second championship of his career in the World Table Tennis Championships, but why doesn't Wang Liqin want to? Therefore, in the fifth game, Wang Liqin launched the final counterattack, either winning or losing, everything was fought here.
At the beginning of the fifth game, Wang Liqin served first, and Ye Hao wanted to receive the serve and attack to score directly, but he failed to kill the opponent immediately. Wang Liqin had a chance to breathe, he used his excellent forehand ability, and after resisting with a beat, he turned the defense into an offensive, and overturned Ye Hao in the last move and got a point. 1:0, Wang Liqin made a rare start in this game.
In the second ball, Wang Liqin continued to serve, and Ye Hao did not attack, but made a short transition. However, Wang Liqin did not follow his rhythm, but took the initiative to pick up the ball and try to bring the game into a stalemate.
As a result, Ye Hao really attacked the board first, wanting to take the lead. But Wang Liqin's defensive intensity has been greatly strengthened at this time, and it has become impossible to kill him with a single shot. Ye Hao's attack didn't work, and the game began to develop in the direction Wang Liqin hoped for. In the end, the result of this goal was similar to the previous one, and Wang Liqin turned the situation around and scored.
At 2:0, Wang Liqin saved his two serves, and then he made waves on the opponent's serve and scored again and again. The game in the fifth game did not go as Ye Hao expected, but Wang Liqin once again sounded the horn of counterattack.
3:0,
4:1,
6:2,
8:3,
9:5,
11:7。
Although Ye Hao was crazy about chasing points in the second half of the fifth game, the pit dug in front of him was too big and deep, and he really didn't have the energy to fill it, so he could only end in failure. So far, in this men's singles final, Ye Hao still led Wang Liqin by one game 3:2 and maintained his advantage.