Due to Kong Linggray's unexpected exit, the internal shock of national table tennis was not small. Head coach Cai Ping Pong personally went out and worked with Liu Guoliang to do his pre-game homework for Ye Hao.

Liu Guoliang first introduced the opponent's information: "Zhu Shihe, 23 years old this year, holds the racket horizontally with his right hand, and slashes the ball and counterattacks. Judging from the World Table Tennis Championships, especially the game where he won Marin, his defensive ability is very strong, and it is difficult to beat him to death in one or two shots. ”

Cai Ping Pong took over: "The most important thing to deal with chippers is to be patient!" Only by holding down can you persevere to the end and detain your opponent to death. ”

Ye Hao is relatively unfamiliar with chippers, and it can be said that he has never played against a professional chipper. Before the rebirth, there were few business enthusiasts in China who practiced chipping, and at most occasionally cut a board as a transition. After being reborn, Ye Hao also participated in many competitions, but he never met a chipper. In fact, don't talk about him, the other main forces of national table tennis rarely play against chippers, unlike the women's table tennis at this time, there is also a world's No. 1 chipper Jin Jing'e as an opponent, and the chipping as a way of playing in men's table tennis is indeed a bit outdated.

However, the strength of the top chippers should not be underestimated, China's Ding Song and Lu Yuansheng, and Japan's "Dongying Shuangsha" Matsushita Koji and Se Gu Hao are all good chippers. It was at this World Table Tennis Championships that in addition to Ma Lin losing to Zhu Shihe, Wang Hao also lost to the chipper. Therefore, later the national table tennis emphasized that a hundred flowers bloomed, not to give up any kind of play, and there was no plan to take precautions, who knows when an ancient style of play will be born to produce a super master.

Ye Hao kept the coaches' warnings and suggestions in mind, and he had to experience it himself in the game.

The semi-finals between Zhu Shihe and Ye Hao were called "dark horse civil war" by foreign media. Before the World Table Tennis Championships, the two were little-known figures, but they actually passed all the way to the semifinals. Whoever wins the two is the biggest dark horse in this World Table Tennis Championships, and then has a chance to win the championship.

Pre-game.

South Korean media shouted: "As soon as the Taiji Tiger comes out, China's dark horse will lose!" ”

A South Korean player said: "Zhu Shihyuk wants to be like Schrager, complete two consecutive slashes against Chinese players and enter the finals." ”

The local Chinese audience in France: "the Korean sticks, I'm not happy to see them Koreans!" ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is SBS TV in the Republic of Korea, and now we are broadcasting live for you the semi-finals of the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris. It was up to our table tennis player Zhu Shihe to play against China's Ye Hao. I hope Zhu Shihe will show the strength of the Taiji Tiger, defeat his opponent, and advance to the finals! ”

At the beginning of the first game, Zhu Shihyuk's serve spin was very strong, and Ye Hao took the initiative to pull the ball up. Zhu Shihe raised the racket, swung the racket from top to bottom, and made a downward chopping wood-like gesture, and the ping-pong ball crossed an exaggerated arc and fell to Ye Hao's table. Ye Hao did not hesitate and continued to buckle the ball to the opposite table. The two went back and forth like this, and after seven or eight rounds, they still didn't decide the winner. This is the characteristic of the chipping style of play, like Xiaoqiang who can't be killed. In the end, Ye Hao forced Zhu Shihe to the side of the table through step by step, and then suddenly changed the line and smashed the ball towards the table on the opposite side, which made it difficult to score the first point.

In the later games, Ye Hao took the initiative to pull the ball up, the opponent cut the ball to defend, and Ye Hao continued to pull the ball in the arc circle until he forced Zhu Shihe into a disadvantage, and then killed the game in one go. At 11:6, Ye Hao won the first game, but it took a full 15 minutes, and each ball was not less than 5 rounds, which greatly consumed his physical strength.

In the second game, Ye Hao continued to take the method of the previous game, attacked patiently, and kept mobilizing Zhu Shihe, so as to get the chance to win. At 11:8, winning this game was more difficult than the previous one. Ye Hao, who returned to the sidelines, was already sweating profusely, and the mineral water in Liu Guoliang's hand was poured violently. Seeing Ye Hao's performance like this, Liu Guoliang frowned, realizing the strategy of the Korean team, "This is to fight a protracted battle, bullying Ye Hao is young and his physical strength is not good." ”

However, Liu Guoliang does not have a very good way to deal with this for the time being, and he can only deal with the chipper step by step, and fight patiently, the more urgent it is, the more it will cause problems, and the physical consumption is also a matter of no choice. He had to tell Ye Hao that if he found that he couldn't do anything in the game and couldn't get the game back, he wouldn't waste his physical strength to fight hard with the other party, save his strength, and leave it for the next game. Ye Hao listened to Liu Guoliang's words, and also realized the opponent's strategy, and nodded in agreement.

Sure enough, in the third game, Zhu Shihe changed the passive situation in the first two games and started to counterattack more. In addition, Ye Hao's physical strength has decreased a lot, and the quality of his shots is also decreasing, which gives Zhu Shihe a chance. 3:6,5:9,6:11, in this game, Ye Hao was in a backward state from beginning to end, and he began to consciously save his physical strength in accordance with Liu Guoliang's strategy early, giving up this game and waiting for the next game to come again.

Ye Hao, who had "rested" enough in the third game, relaunched the attack in the fourth game. At this time, Zhu Shihe did not back down, he no longer blindly guarded strictly, but like in the previous game, he increased the counterattack, not only the backhand, but also the forehand. The two played in this game in the dark, blending together, and the number of rounds was jaw-dropping. The enthusiasm of the audience was completely aroused, and many people couldn't help but get up to watch the game.

The score unconsciously came to a 9:9 draw, and the victory or defeat was in the next two goals. If Ye Hao can win this game smoothly, he will naturally have a better chance of winning with three games in hand. On the contrary, if Zhu Shihe wins this game, over time, Ye Hao's physical strength is exhausted, and then the advantage will be in the hands of the other party. So the outcome of this game is crucial.

Ye Hao served, and Zhu Shihe boldly received the serve at this time and attacked directly, instead of choosing to continue to cut the ball. This was indeed a bit unexpected by Ye Hao, and he hurriedly pushed the ball back. Zhu Shihe took the lead and began to attack vigorously, and began to smash one board after another.

Seeing the scene on the field, everyone in the Korean team stood up excitedly, looking at the look of the Korean coach, his face was flushed, and the green tendons on his hands were exposed, looking like he couldn't wait to play in person. On the Chinese team's side, the atmosphere was tense, and Liu Guoliang clenched his hands into fists and stared at the field.

Zhu Shihe on the field was another strong smash from the far platform, and at this time, Ye Hao made a return ball that surprised everyone in the audience, including Zhu Shihe, only to see his right hand slash down heavily.

Chopping! It's a chipping ball!

I saw that the table tennis ball followed the curve trajectory, fell to the table, passed the net and fell very shallowly, which was not only a chipping ball, but also a small ball with a chipping ball. Ye Hao boldly used the opponent's best style of play at this time, and when Zhu Shihe attacked, he put a small ball.

Zhu Shihe didn't expect Ye Hao to dare to put a small ball at this time, you must know that putting a small ball is a technical job, and it is even more difficult in the case of the opponent's force, if the strength is not well mastered, it will be a direct mistake, not to mention that Ye Hao is using the chipping ball that Zhu Shihe is good at to do this, which is even more unexpected to him.

The result is self-evident, relying on bold changes, Ye Hao won this key score, 10:9, and got the game point of this game.

Compared with the thrilling of this goal, the next goal is much more flat. Zhu Shihe restarted his chipping counterattack tactics, and Ye Hao continued to attack patiently board by board. In the end, the opponent's cutting defense made a mistake, and Ye Hao scored another point, 11:9, and won a key game, leading the total score 3:1.

Maybe it was the loss in the fourth game that crushed Zhu Shihe's fighting spirit all of a sudden, and in the fifth game, Ye Hao took advantage of the momentum of the previous game, 11:5, won a game, and won this dark horse civil war.

After the game, the Chinese media finally raised their eyebrows, "China's dark horse stepped on the Taiji Tiger and continued to move forward, can it be black in the final?" ”