Chapter XXXVII: Semi-Final 2
At the beginning of the third game, Jiang Yungu and Su Nian played more actively, constantly attacking, taking the lead in pulling the ball, and the score was 3:1 ahead.
Immediately afterwards, Li Shan changed the serve, Su Nian twisted and pulled the serve, Li Shan took the lead in pulling the ball, and Jiang Yungu made a mistake in passive defense.
Su Nian shook her head, she knew that this ball was not handled well by the twist and pull of her own serve, and the ball was a little out of the way, so Li Shan's counterattack was very good and the quality was very good, giving Jiang Yungu a lot of pressure.
Changing Su Nian's serve, Jiang Yungu made a swing mistake and was grabbed by Zhu Yuhong, and he also made a mistake on his backhand and was tied with the score.
Jiang Yungu chopped his foot angrily, and looked at Su Nian in annoyance, Su Nian smiled, "It's okay, come again."
Li Shan served, Jiang Yungu received the serve and returned directly to the opponent's left half of the large-angle bottom line, and Su Nian also pulled the ball to this position on the second board, and repeated the landing point for two consecutive times, squeezing Li Shan and Zhu Yuhong's position again.
In the second ball, Li Shan and the others tried to use the tactics of Su Nian and Jiang Yungu just now, and they also connected the two crickets to fall at the same landing point, and the landing point was already at the white line next to the table, but they didn't expect Jiang Yungu to give way and Su Nian to run very fast, Su Nian saved the ball back, and added spin when returning the ball, so that Li Shan's return ball made a mistake.
Li Shan grabbed another point back, and Jiang Yungu immediately changed the point of serve, allowing Zhu Yuhong to make a mistake in receiving the serve to score another point.
"At present, Zhu Yuhong's return has a big problem, and she uses a long serve to receive the serve, which is actually a lower policy." This commentary is the former doubles world champion, and he made a very accurate analysis of the situation on the court.
Zhu Yuhong was angry at his mistake in receiving the serve, and immediately sent a downspin ball back to color, and Su Nian twisted and pulled the extension to make two consecutive mistakes.
Su Nian served, Li Shan and Zhu Yuhong finally mobilized, took the lead in pulling the ball, and the two of them were more active in running, scoring one more point, and overtaking the score for the first time after the start of the game.
"Yay!" The victory of this ball made Li Shan and Zhu Yuhong seem to wake up, and the ordeal of Su Nian and Jiang Yungu began.
For two balls in a row, Li Shan and Zhu Yuhong both used their control of the ball in the table to swing short continuously, giving Su Nian and Jiang Yungu a chance to pull the ball, and they made Su Nian and Jiang Yungu make mistakes through transfer.
"It seems that Li Shan and Zhu Yuhong have finally mobilized."
Su Nian and Jiang Yungu also saw the changes in each other, but they didn't have a good solution for a while, so they could only rely on some previous skills and tactics to bite the score.
Jiang Yungu served, Li Shan and Zhu Yuhong controlled the ball in the table again, Su Nian wanted to pull the ball sideways, but unfortunately the ball fell too deeply, causing her to pull the ball out of bounds.
The score continued to rise alternately, and the competition between the two sides was very fierce, 8:8 came to 9:9, and the key points were contested.
Zhu Yuhong served, Su Nian twisted and pulled the hair again, Li Shan calculated Su Nian's twist, directly attacked, quickly counterattacked, and Jiang Yungu was caught off guard.
The last ball, Zhu Yuhong added side spin when she served, they knew Su Nian too well, and knew that this ball must still be twisted and pulled, sure enough, Su Nian wanted to twist a slash, but did not see the change in the ball, the ball rolled down the net, Zhu Yuhong and Li Shan finally pulled back a game, and the big score came to 2:1.
In the fourth game, Li Shan and Zhu Yuhong continued to continue the tactics of the second half of the third game, continuously swinging short, and then suddenly attacking, making Su Nian and Jiang Yungu unable to defend themselves.
Although the ornamental nature of the ball in the table is not as strong as that of the counter-pull, it is a great test of the kung fu in hand, and it is the part that Su Nian and Jiang Yungu are still lacking at present.
Su Nian looked at Li Shan's serve, quickly calculated Li Shan's serve in his head, his round eyes turned around, and he grabbed the serve directly to score, and the score was tied 3:3.
"Wow!" The wonderful pulling, back defense, the large-scale running of the four people, and even all retreating from the stage to attack the middle and far platforms, made the audience can't help but applaud this.
Jiang Yungu served, Li Zhu continued to swing short, Su Nian and Jiang Yungu were beaten by the previous table ball and did not dare to get started easily, Zhu Yuhong grabbed and pulled, Jiang Yungu judged that the ball would not be on the stage, but he didn't expect the ball to be sidelined.
The referee didn't see the ball clearly, thinking that he didn't come to the stage, and awarded the score to Su Nian's side, Zhu Yuhong saw the scoreboard, stepped forward to explain to the referee, the referee looked at Jiang Yungu, she should see the ball most clearly, Jiang Yungu signaled that it was indeed a rubbing, and the referee changed the score, 4:6.
Every ball on the pitch is carefully calculated, and 4:6 and 5:5 are completely different concepts, especially in an 11-point system, where every point has the potential to determine the direction of the game.
It's respect for table tennis, but also for the opponent.
The fans on the stage saw the situation on the field and didn't want the ball to affect the state of the players, so they cheered for them loudly.
But this ball still affected Su Nian and Jiang Yungu a little, and soon, the score came to 6:10, the opponent's game point.
Zhu Yuhong served, continuous pulling, Su Nian's key points were pumped with a backhand again, but unfortunately he did not come to the stage this time.
This ball is an obvious Su Nian style, for Su Nian, there is never anything that she doesn't dare to shoot, especially the more she dares to shoot at the key points, and she has to die in her own hands, although it is her teammates who ridicule her, but it is indeed the reason why Su Nian dares to shoot at the key points.
The big score is 2:2.
In the last game, the opponent obviously attacked more actively, Li Shan's attack, and Zhu Yuhong's twisting and pulling were all tactics that the opponent had not used in the first and second games, and they had to be more active in mobilization.
"Why don't we get started ourselves? Even if the opponent plays the ball, let's pull the ball around first, and make the first effort ourselves, it's better than letting the other party exert force, let's defend passively", Su Nian looked at Jiang Yungu and discussed with her, Jiang Yungu thought for a while and agreed with Su Nian's method.
In the fifth game, Su Nian served first, and after two consecutive boards were shortened, Su Nian took the lead and split long, causing Li Shan's return to make a mistake.
In the second ball, Su Nian and Jiang Yungu pulled the ball up again, the two of them were stronger than Li Shan and Zhu Yuhong, and the opponent's strength could not keep up after retreating, causing Li Shan to return the ball to the net and score another point.
Changing Li Shan's serve, Jiang Yungu twisted a straight line, but Zhu Yuhong predicted it, quickly brought a straight line, Jiang Yungu's position did not get out of the way, and after squeezing Su Nian, Su Nian pulled the ball out of bounds.
At a continuous large angle, both sides desperately tried to use the landing point to move each other away, and Li Shan's vacancy for Zhu Yuhong had been conceded, but it was a pity that Su Nian pulled the ball and did not cross the net.
Jiang Yungu made a downward gesture at Su Nian, signaling Su Nian not to be in a hurry and to be steady.
Su Nian knew that she was in a hurry just now, she bent down, took a deep breath, raised her eyes and stared at the opponent's serve, the whole person was like a little leopard ready to catch its prey at any time.
Jiang Yungu served, and after a continuous short swing, Li Shan once again grabbed the attack to score a point.
Li Shan's rush attack has frequently scored points since the third game, especially after a continuous swing, her rush attack is very sudden, and Su Nian and Jiang Yungu have not yet found a good way.
Zhu Yuhong split long, Su Nian took the lead and pulled the ball up, Li Shan returned to defense, Jiang Yungu followed the board, Zhu Yuhong returned the ball to the right half of the table, Su Nian crossed and ran, quickly saved the ball, and returned to the opponent's right half of the diagonal line, causing the opponent's return to the ball to make a mistake.
"Hey!" The ball landed, and Su Nian and Jiang Yungu turned around at the same time, shouting at each other and encouraging each other.
Another rush attack, Li Shan scored another point.
Zhu Yuhong served, Su Nian gently blocked his face with a racket, and said to Jiang Yungu: "You follow the board in the middle, I'll attack!" ”
Swing short, Jiang Yungu resisted the opponent's middle position, Zhu Yuhong was forced to pull the ball up, Su Nian counted this cricket, and immediately backhanded to get back a point.
Li Shan served, Jiang Yungu directly twisted and pulled to score, Su Nian saw the decisive and tricky twisting and pulling of this ball, and couldn't wait to give Jiang Yungu a thumbs up, the quality of this twisting and pulling was too high.
On the second serve, Su Nian rushed to pull the ball up, causing Li Shan to return the ball out of bounds.
Both of these goals were scored by Su Nian and Jiang Yungu first, so the situation on the field has entered the stage of rushing to attack, and it depends on who dares to attack more actively.
An accidental wipe of the tennis ball, Su Nian and Jiang Yungu immediately signaled to each other, this kind of chasing the tennis ball in stages, made Li Shan and Zhu Yuhong couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly.
Jiang Yungu serves, swings short, Su Nian splits the slash line, Li Shan passively returns the ball, Jiang Yungu follows the board, Zhu Yuhong pulls the ball, the ball has fallen to the bottom line of Su Nian's right half of the platform, Su Nian runs quickly, and returns the ball to a large angle of the diagonal line during the run, from the left half of the table to the right half of the table, and can also return the ball and add quality in a wide range of runs, Su Nian's flexibility in running makes her a golden partner in doubles and even mixed doubles, especially in the women's line, almost no one's running position can be compared with Su Nian, even if it is a combination of one left and one right, There may not be such a wide-angle pull ball either.
This is why Su Nian and Jiang Yungu are both right-handed, but the coaching staff still let the two of them match the World Table Tennis Championships.
Su Nian and Jiang Yungu turned around at the same time, raised their fists at each other and shouted "Hi"! At this stage, every time you save a ball of this difficulty, it's very morale-boosting.
Su Nian and Jiang Yungu won the fifth game.