Chapter 50: The Jedi Strikes Back 1
Although the big score recovered a point, the situation was still very anxious.
"Remember to return to the position in time after pulling the ball, and don't give her the opportunity to hit you at a big angle." Wang Liang thought about the opponent's tactics in the first three games, and reminded Su Nian in time.
Matsumoto continued the previous tactics, but Su Nian cracked her sidespin serve in time, and gently returned a straight line, allowing Matsumoto to eat the spin of his own serve, and seeing that he finally received this serve, Su Nian excitedly clenched his fist and shouted, "Hi! ”
But the Japanese audience in the audience will not cheer for Su Nian's good ball, every time Su Nian scores a point, the whole audience is a long "Eh... This is a unique pronunciation in Japanese.
The teammates of the national table tennis listened to the boos of the Japanese audience, and they couldn't wait to cover their ears for Su Nian, they really didn't want this kind of boos to affect Su Nian.
But what they don't know is that from the Asian Games to the Youth Olympic Games, Su Nian has already experienced this kind of boos, and she may have felt uncomfortable before, but now she has a stronger psychology - if you can't kill me, you will make me stronger.
Su Nian didn't care about the voices outside the court, for her, there was only the ball, only the opponent.
Continuous backhand spins, confrontation and holding, Su Nian scored another point.
A nice forehand to wear in a straight line.
It's a backhand position again, after the first three boards, Su Nian suddenly changed the line, backhand straight line, Su Nian has never used a trick, and the landing point of this straight line is very tricky, the opportunity is to rub the edge of the table, which is equivalent to a side ball from Matsumoto at the beginning of this game.
"I'll go! When did Su Nian learn this trick? Zhao Yuan looked at Jing Xing next to him incredulously, everyone knew that Su Nian's backhand line change has never worked, and even some fans would start betting on whether Su Nian would change the line every time Su Nian played a game, and finally found that Su Nian had really never used the trick of backhand line change.
And the best way to change the line of the national table tennis backhand is Jing Xing, his backhand line change is not only very sudden, but also very tricky, almost everyone in the men's team was eaten to death by his move, and Su Nian's move just now is obviously Jing Xing's style of play.
"You can't teach it again, do you?" Zhao Yuan felt that it was incredible, this trick was not something that anyone could learn, and without tens of thousands of contacts, it would not be possible to play it on the field at all.
Jing Xing has been watching this trick replayed on the big screen, Su Nian did ask him this question, and he also practiced with Su Nian, but not every skill and tactic practiced can be played on the competition field, let alone such an important game.
"It seems that this tough match didn't knock you down, but it brought out your potential." He thought silently.
This ball came out, making Su Nian clench her fists and turn around to the coaching staff excitedly, she had already played with momentum, her head became clearer and clearer, the next board, Matsumoto serve, slowly rubbed one board, two boards, just didn't give Matsumoto space to exert his strength, so that Matsumoto himself couldn't help but attack, causing mistakes.
Generally speaking, players who are behind will be more anxious to exert their strength, but Su Nian is just the opposite, she is the kind of person who is more and more calm the more she is behind, the clearer her brain, she is not in a hurry, and she begins to play with Matsumoto to control the table.
This kind of thinking was not expected by the coaching staff, but Su Nian's bold strategy was successful, and the control of the first three boards made Matsumoto feel the pressure, and she played more and more "irritable", Su Nian successfully won the fourth game, and the big score was tied to 2:2, dragging the game to the decisive game.
The two 18-year-old players are almost foreseeable to be the main force of their national team in the future, and the third meeting on the field will bring the game to such a point, which no one expected before.
The final game is different from all the previous games, which means that there is no chance of tolerating mistakes, whether it is Su Nian or Matsumoto Miki, they can only fight against the water, especially Su Nian, who has less experience in the competition, and has to overcome the huge pressure of fighting away.
When the game reached the final game, both sides, from the coach, to the spectators on the sidelines, to the players, began to be extremely nervous, and both sides were calculating what strategy the opponent would adopt.
But the tiebreaker made everyone feel like they were on a roller coaster.
The first ball, Su Nian's serve, and it was a long ball, Su Nian calculated that Matsumoto still couldn't catch this serve, and sure enough, he won the first share of the tiebreaker, and from the first game, this long ball made Matsumoto eat until he wanted to vomit.
The second ball, Matsumoto used his backhand to bounce, two large angles in a row, Su Nian had desperately saved a board, but had lost the initiative of the ball, the next board, Matsumoto's angle was greater, Su Nian desperately returned to defense, but still didn't have time, the ball flew by the edge of the racket.
Matsumoto serves, and it is the sidespin serve, Su Nian also has no good way to deal with this ball, so he can only passively push a board slowly, but this makes the ball high, of course Matsumoto will not let go of this opportunity, and directly pick and win a point, the score is 1:3, Su Nian is behind.
Su Nian serves, and Matsumoto pulls back to touch the net.
Su Nian's second serve, the same serve, Matsumoto immediately changed the way of receiving, cut a board sideways, and changed the rotation of the ball while returning the ball, resulting in Su Nian's return error, and the score was 4:2 ahead of the Japanese team.
The coaches and teammates of the Japanese team on the sidelines all stood up excitedly, and the Japanese audience shouted "Neon!" Rainbow! The shouts of more than 10,000 people were enveloped in the stadium, causing the sound to ripple, hitting the hearts of the Chinese team wave after wave, and everyone began to feel difficult to breathe.
The start of the tiebreaker made the Japanese team seem to see the hope of victory.
Su Nian made another mistake in receiving the serve, the score was 2:5 behind, Matsumoto had already shown a victorious smile, Su Nian's whole body was cold and unconscious, she felt that the whole person was numb by the cheers of the venue, her head was blank, and she could only rely on her instinct to play.
The pressure of the tiebreaker led to unnecessary mistakes on both sides.
Another service error, this is Su Nian's third service mistake in this game, there has never been a problem, the athletes on both sides are too nervous, the deciding game is frequently mistaken, Ma Qiang on the sidelines saw this ball and twisted his head to the side, he was afraid that he would not be able to control his expression, and even Coach Wang Liang, who had been stable, saw this service error, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Su Nian was not affected by the service error of the previous ball, a crisp forehand through the straight line, chasing the score to 7:8, and the coaching staff saw the hope again, and instantly bounced up from the seat and shouted loudly.
The next ball, backhand hold, Matsumoto changed the line, continuous large angle, Su Nian returned to defend a board, and then saved a board, but still did not save this point, the score was 7:9, and the Japanese team was ahead.
Accepting the point, Matsumoto excitedly raised her fist and signaled to the fans, she saw hope of victory in the match.
The cameras broadcast on Nippon TV have begun to surround the audience, and for them, the victory at their home stadium, next year's Olympic venues, and the fact that they are the first to defeat the echelon of the Chinese team, is definitely an epic victory that can be written into the textbook, and they have begun to celebrate in advance.
Su Nian's backhand wiped the net out of bounds, the score came to 7:10, the Japanese team got the match point, and held three match points, the Japanese team was only one step away from victory, Matsumoto raised his fist around and signaled to the audience, the balance of victory seemed to have fallen to the Japanese team, this is the first time they have seen the hope of winning the team championship, and even have thought of next year's Olympic Games.