Chapter 13: Final 3
In the third game, Li Shan served.
Li Shan's ball changed her serving tactics in the previous two games, first sent Su Nian's forehand short ball, and then chose to pull with Su Nian's forehand, and the ball went out of bounds after two boards.
The second ball changed back to the backhand position, Su Nian slowed down and gently rubbed the board, so that the ball returned to Li Shan's forehand position again, Li Shan imitated Su Nian's method before, handled the ball with a pick, and scored another point.
These two balls made Su Nian see that her tactics in the second game were cracked by Li Shan, she was nervous, and committed suicide with a serve, Su Nian jumped anxiously.
The fans outside the stadium saw Su Nian's anxiety and shouted in unison: "Su Nian come on", they were all attracted by Su Nian's unique style of play in this game.
Another service point was not won, Su Nian kept telling herself not to worry, don't worry, it was only the third game, she remembered the final that Jing Xing had watched before, and thought of Jing Xing's practice when he was behind, playing board by board, observing the opponent's technical movements little by little, and didn't believe that she couldn't find a solution.
In the next two balls, she first chose to use a twist to catch Li Shan's backhand short ball, and then relied on her forehand to win a point and chase the score to 2:4.
Then changed to Su Nian's serve, she deliberately played the backhand position with Li Shan, wanting to find a loophole in Li Shan's backhand position, she didn't care about the gains and losses of a game, and it was the key to find a way to break the game as soon as possible.
In the next game, Su Nian kept observing Li Shan's technical movements little by little through the changes in the backhand position and forehand position, she knew that her strength at this time must not be comparable to the main force, she could only do not lose a single point of the points she should get, even if she played very hard, she had to make the opponent unable to score easily.
The last ball landed in the third game, Su Nian put down the racket, exhaled lightly, relieved her tense mood, and walked off the court with a towel, she still didn't find a way, but it didn't matter, there were still three games, and she still had a chance.
In the third game, the commentary analyzed the situation in the previous games: "Su Nian should now find a way to hit the ball on his forehand, instead of blindly fighting with Li Shan for the backhand, maybe Su Nian still has a chance."
It's a pity that after the start of the fourth game, Su Nian did not play as predicted by the commentary, but directly fought with Li Shan for the backhand position, and then kept pressing the ball back to Li Shan's middle position.
Su Nian exhaled angrily, a little upset, this is the technique and tactics she summed up through the previous game, she wanted to verify whether it was feasible, but unfortunately she didn't resist.
In the second ball, Su Nian repeated his old skills, and he pressed Li Shan in the middle, and Li Shan finally made a mistake.
Su Nian saw the hope that his tactics of pressing the ball in the middle might succeed.
Changed Li Shan's serve, backhand short ball, and then she chose to put Su Nian's forehand triangle, the downspin ball that had just been introduced, this tricky landing point and spin made Su Nian unexpected, and the return ball was wrong, and the score fell behind 1:2.
It was another backhand confrontation, Su Nian made another mistake, and she scolded herself angrily.
After all, she is 6 years older than Su Nian, and her strength and foundation are stronger than Su Nian, so she decided to play simpler, directly open the long ball and fight the backhand.
Su Nian also began to go up, fighting the backhand and fighting the backhand, if you don't believe that you can't wear it, if you don't believe that you don't make a mistake, sure enough, Li Shan made a mistake, the score was 2:3, and he recovered one point.
Another Su Nian's serve, Su Nian wanted to switch back to the forehand position, but Li Shan saw through the idea and directly hit Su Nian back, with a score of 2:4.
The commentator saw the situation on the field and analyzed, "At present, although Su Nian has some points, her entire technical and tactical system is not there, relying on some inspiration balls to score, and there is no particularly clear scoring point"
Li Shan calculated Su Nian's ball path, deliberately sent to Su Nian's forehand position, Su Nian saw the opportunity to pick, but was looked back by Li Shan again, Li Shan's idea was very clear, she didn't want Su Nian to dare to pick on the key points again, she was using this ball to tell Su Nian that she had calculated her ball path, so that Su Nian began to play shrink in the forehand position.
Su Nian responded to Li Shan with a straight forehand, young man, just dare.
But the beginning of the fourth game was the same as the third game, Su Nian still didn't find a way to break the game, although she scored, but basically it was some inspiration balls and relying on the opponent's mistakes.
She bent down to prepare to receive the serve, and quickly calculated Li Shan's ball path in her mind, there was, short ball, Su Nian rubbed back, Li Shan gave a backhand position, Su Nian backhand top a straight line, Li Shan turned back again, but Su Nian was also prepared, ran in advance, a cross step, saved a forehand straight ball, and overtook the score.
"Oh yes~ this ball is so beautiful, the players on both sides have counted their last cricket", and the audience on the sidelines also cheered for this ball.
This ball seemed to give Su Nian a little confidence, and in the next ball, she still stared at Li Shan's middle, forcing Li Shan to make a mistake, and the score was 7:5.
But then Li Shan used two backhands to tell Su Nian what strength was, and the score came to a 7:7 draw.
Su Nian didn't find a way, the next ball, she directly pulled a backhand, this cricket turned fast, basically the other party will be difficult to parry, Su Nian has not played this cricket in this game, sure enough, Li Shan did not expect Su Nian's backhand, the ball was out of bounds, and Su Nian overtook the score again.
"Oh ~ beautiful", the commentator couldn't help but exclaim, "Su Nian has not used this ball in the previous games, it seems that the atmosphere of the final has put pressure on Su Nian, and it has also made her play at an extraordinary level", she concluded about this decisive and direct ball.
It's a pity that Su Nian's extraordinary performance didn't let Su Nian win this game, and in the end, Li Shan still used her backhand to go to the next city.
[Li Shan is going to win the game, I feel that Su Nian has no power to parry in the next two games. 】
[After all, it is the main force, the difference in strength is too big, and it is already very unexpected that Su Nian can win a game. 】
[Let's refuel the dumplings, although it's true that there is not much hope.] 】
[Alas, I thought it would be our youngster who won the championship this time.] 】
The fans on the Internet, including those on the spot, felt that Su Nian had no hope, the score was already 1:3, Li Shan was still one game away from winning, and Su Nian didn't seem to have found effective techniques and tactics in the first few games.
But Su Nian didn't give up, the ball didn't land, and she never gave up from what the coach told her when she started learning table tennis, table tennis strength is very important, but the spirit is also very important, and how many reversals are played by this spirit.
Su Nian summed up the tactics of winning the previous games, remembering the temptation of the fourth game, she did not have the means to score, but did not give full play to it, and when the time for halftime came, Su Nian firmly walked on the court and decided to give it a go.