Chapter 127: A Little Trouble
If the first round of the game did not bring Ye Hao a little trouble, then he can enjoy the fierce confrontation in the next schedule.
Since there have been no official competition results for more than a year, Ye Hao's world ranking has to start from scratch. This meant that for quite some time he was unseeded in all tournaments. That means there's a good chance he'll face a tough opponent in the early stages of the game.
In this China Table Tennis Open, Ye Hao's opponent in the second round was his teammate Chen Qi, who was also one of the sixteen seeds in the men's singles of the event. The two met in this game, and I don't know whether to say Ye Hao's bad luck or Chen Qi's bad luck. Anyway, at least Ye Hao decided to take it seriously, because Chen Qi's singles strength, in terms of current national table tennis, is only ranked behind the two kings and one horse (Wang Liqin, Wang Hao and Ma Lin), which can be regarded as a world-class tail.
What is even more coincidental and frustrating to Ye Hao is that the first two opponents after his comeback turned out to be left-handed grippers, and they both held the racket horizontally like himself.
"Can you give me the advantage of holding the racket with my left hand?" Ye Hao couldn't help laughing at himself, obviously the number of right-handed grippers was far greater than the left-handed gripper in the table tennis world, but he strangely encountered two minorities one after another. can only sigh that creation makes people, and it is a coincidence.
Chen Qi belongs to the "convulsive" athlete, once he finds his feelings, let him play smoothly, and play well, then this game will be difficult. Ye Hao is no stranger to this big brother from his hometown of Suzhou Province, and he has fought with him for a long time, so he knows his characteristics very well.
So at the beginning of the game, Ye Hao changed his calmness and calmness when he faced Mizutani Falcon in the last round, took the initiative to attack, and strived to solve the battle in the first three boards, leaving no time and no chance, so that the opponent could not find the state of the game.
Ye Hao's tactics can be said to be effective, at the beginning of the first game, when Chen started to serve, he boldly received the serve and attacked directly. Various means such as violent picking, violent rushing, and grabbing came out one after another, and Chen Qi was stunned all of a sudden.
Some of the coaches and players of the Chinese table tennis team who were fighting outside the court couldn't help but start talking about the situation on the court.
"How does this look like Ye Hao is using Chen Qi's style of play to beat Chen Qi?"
"Although it sounds awkward, it is true, Chen Qi's style is to dare to fight and dare to rush, such as Ye Hao's current style of play."
"But before he had time to make a move today, he was preempted by Ye Hao!"
1:0,
2:0,
3:1,
5:3,
7:5,
9:6,
11:8。
The situation in the first game was firmly controlled by Ye Hao, and Chen Qi did not have the slightest chance in the whole game. This made Chen Qi, who has always been sharp in attack and wide open and close, feel like he was wearing a pair of shackles and was very uncomfortable.
In the second game between the two sides, Chen Qi began to strengthen his offensive firepower and opened the state of desperate Saburo. But at the same time, Ye Hao did not relax his vigilance, he knew that now was the most critical moment, as long as he could suppress Chen Qi's breath, then he would not be able to jump up in the later games.
You Chen Qi is a desperate San Lang, then I, Ye Hao, will be incarnated as Wu Song, and I will beat the tiger when I am drunk!
From the advantage of only one point at the beginning of 2:1 to 10:9 at the end of the game, Ye Hao was able to press the opponent and maintain the advantage of this point from beginning to end.
A ball on the game point, it was Ye Hao's turn to serve, and the most he used in the previous game was to send a downspin short ball to the opponent's backhand. This is mainly aimed at Chen Qi's backhand, and there is still a big gap compared to himself.
But in this ball, Ye Hao chose to change his tactics, and the ball was still sent to Chen Qi's right-hand position, but it was no longer a downspin, but a highly confusing topspin and a half-billiard!
Ye Hao is gambling, betting that the opponent can't judge the rotation of the ball; Even if your opponent knows the spin, you don't dare to attack in the backhand position; And even if you attack with a backhand, how threatening is it?
Chen Qi is worthy of being called the "God of Killing", he chose to attack! The backhand rushed violently and slammed the ball back to Ye Hao's side. However, in terms of the offensive power of the backhand, Chen Qi really can't see enough!
Ye Hao didn't take Chen Qi's backhand attack seriously, he tore the backhand quickly, pulled the angle even more, and forced the opponent to fight with him for a backhand. The speed of this ball was very fast, and Chen Qi had no time to make a backhand and pull back, so he had to reluctantly push to catch the ball, but fortunately he still caught it.
However, what awaits Chen Qi is a faster cricket ball, more power, and more spinning backhand pull! This time, Chen Qi was weak and didn't touch the ball.
At 11:9, Ye Hao bit the second game, leading 2-0 in total. Faced with the situation of losing two games first, the "God Killer" was also messed up, and his murderous spirit suddenly decreased.
In the third game, 11:7, Chen Qi was still making the final resistance, but after all, his backhand was limited, and his forehand was not played, so he was still unable to return to the sky and lost this game.
In the fourth game, Chen Qi seemed to know that his defeat was decided, and he no longer struggled uselessly, and happily lost the last game with 4:11 and cleanly.
In the second round of the China Table Tennis Open, Ye Hao swept his teammates 4:0 to advance and continued to sing the song of victory.
In the next third round, Ye Hao's opponent was still his teammate, but Chen Qi was replaced by Hao Shuai. Speaking of Hao Shuai, I have to talk about his style of play - the double-sided arc style of holding the racket horizontally with the left hand. That's right, it's a left-handed grip again!
It's such a coincidence, the world is so magical, Ye Hao's third opponent after his comeback is still playing with his left hand! Except for this one interesting point, Ye Hao's third game was lackluster, and there was nothing to say.
Ye Hao still solved the battle in only four rounds, and the scores were 11:7, 11:8, 11:7, and 11:6. It can be seen from the score that Ye Hao's victory was not difficult.
The eye-catching performance of sweeping all the first three rounds made Ye Hao the focus again. The media has already had to admit that Ye Hao's comeback has been perfect so far. However, some people still question that because among all the opponents Ye Hao won in the comeback battle, there are no top powerhouses in the world table tennis world, so the convincing power is still insufficient.
After three rounds of matches, Ye Hao has advanced to the quarterfinals of the men's singles at the China Table Tennis Open. The next game is to compete for a place in the top four, Ye Hao met his teammates again, but this time his teammates and opponents are extremely strong, and they can be regarded as the world's top level, he is Wang Liqin.
The most difficult battle after Ye Hao's comeback is about to kick off......