Chapter 498 The counterattack starts now
"The tenth game of the second set begins now. For Ma Dongmei, this is still a game she must win with all her strength!"
Listening to the commentator's voice on the TV, the cheering sounds of the uncles and aunts suddenly sounded in the living room.
"Come on, Dongmei!"
"Don't be afraid, Dongmei, you can win. You can even beat my Charlotte, are you afraid of this opponent?"
"Dongmei, my grandson has sacrificed so much and is embarrassed in front of the people of the whole country. Don't let him down!"
"Grandma Zhang, what you said is wrong. Don't live up to Zhang Yang. He took off his clothes himself. What does this have to do with our Dongmei family? Don't pull the red string randomly, okay?"
Seeing that the topic was about to change, Uncle Li quickly interrupted their discussion: "Watch the game, watch the game!"
At the Athens Olympics, in the tenth game between Ma Dongmei and Ai Sugiyama, the two sides had already played back and forth for more than a dozen times. Tennis balls were flying around in the court, refusing to give in. No one could do anything to the other.
However, the more Ma Dongmei plays, the more relaxed she becomes, her mentality is relaxed, and her movements and tactics become more flexible. In the past six months, she has begun to transform from a baseline player to a comprehensive player. Her comprehensive style of play is both a shortcoming and an advantage. She no longer has a particularly prominent scoring method.
But it also means that the scoring methods are more diverse, so that the opponent must concentrate on every ball when defending.
The reason why Sugiyama Ai's doubles results are better than her singles results is because in doubles, she can have a partner to complement her. Both parties can take advantage of their respective playing styles and exploit their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.
The online style of play she is good at puts more emphasis on skills and running in the midfield and frontcourt, so she will be relatively weak at the baseline level. Once she is suppressed running back and forth on the baseline for a long time, it will not only be a test of her skills, but also a test of her skills.
A test of physical fitness.
After all, he is a player who was born in 1975 and was not good at baseline play before. Naturally, his physical fitness cannot be compared with Ma Dongmei, who is young and is good at baseline play.
After stabilizing her mentality, Ma Dongmei also began to exert her due strength. Even if she gave up some half-goal scoring opportunities, she still had to suppress the front line at the bottom line and mobilize the opponent's movement through wide-range oblique kicks.
She knew that she had only one way to win at the moment, and that was to drag out the game and waste energy with her opponent. Waiting until the opponent's energy was almost exhausted, or when the opponent couldn't hold his breath, was her chance.
"Zhang Jin, do you think Ma Dongmei can win?" Qiu Ya was so nervous that her palms were sweating.
Before Zhang Jin could speak, Xia Luo turned around and spoke first: "Then we must win. If Ma Dongmei doesn't win, wouldn't the words I wrote on Zhang Yang's back be in vain?"
"By the way, Charlotte, just write when you are writing. What is the special meaning of the big turtle you drew?" Qiu Ya asked.
"It doesn't mean anything special. I just feel that just writing is too monotonous. Drawing a big turtle will attract more attention. Don't you know, Ma Dongmei likes turtles the most!" said Charlotte.
"Dongmei actually likes turtles?" Qiu Ya looked surprised and turned to look at Zhang Jin inquiringly.
Zhang Jin shook his head and said that he didn't know either. He had never heard Ma Dongmei say that she liked turtles.
Charlotte laughed and explained: "You definitely can't guess why Ma Dongmei likes turtles. Let me tell you, because when she was a child, she confused turtles and turtles and thought turtle soup was turtle soup. So she thought raising turtles would be a good idea.
If it is raised well, it has auspicious meanings; if it is not raised well, you can still make soup and drink it!"
Zhang Jin couldn't help but said: "This is the same reason why she likes sunflowers. The key point is that they can be eaten."
"That's right!" Charlotte was a little surprised, "I didn't expect you to know the reason why Dongmei likes sunflowers. This is something that most people would not tell."
He couldn't help but murmur in his heart that he only found out about this news after he and Ma Dongmei got married.
Zhang Jin quickly realized what he said. Looking at Xia Luo's expression, he knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he made an excuse and said with a smile: "I also heard what Dongmei's mother said. But you, Xia Luo, actually know this."
It seems that your relationship with Ma Dongmei is unusual!"
"I am Ma Dongmei's victim. This relationship is certainly not ordinary!" Charlotte snorted, turned her head and continued to watch the game.
On the field, Sugiyama Ai was already a little anxious because of Ma Dongmei's style of play. She was already actively seeking offensive opportunities. After being unable to attack for a long time, she became more and more impatient, and she did not hesitate to take risks and attack frequently!
Ma Dongmei did not let down the opportunity created by her opponent, steadily converted the opportunity into points, and won this crucial game without any danger!
The score came to 5-5, and the two sides were tied.
When two people win five games each, one side must win two games to win the set.
"Ma Dongmei seized the opportunity beautifully and gave you a breather and buffer time in the round!" Ning Xin praised loudly.
"We have also seen that Ma Dongmei's condition is recovering rapidly, and we look forward to her better performance in the future." Director He said.
"Director He, do you think there is any connection between Ma Dongmei's recovery and the previous scene in the stands?"
"It's hard to say, but I think there should be some connection. Didn't you see Ma Dongmei smiling so happily just now?"
"It is true that loud noises are not allowed during the competition. Our country's audience also used their ingenuity and used special methods to relieve the pressure on the players."
"It's just that this method is too special and I don't recommend it." Director He couldn't help but interjected.
"Yes, that's right. Sometimes too special a method can be counterproductive, so viewers in front of the TV must not imitate. Okay, let's continue to return to the game. Both sides are ready to start the eleventh game.
It’s game.”
In the eleventh game, it was back to Ai Sugiyama's serving game. This time, she chose a more radical way of serving. After the ball was sent out, her feet kept running towards the net.
However, Ma Dongmei swung the racket and hit a through ball. The speed and arc of the tennis ball were beyond Ai Sugiyama's prediction. The shot was half a beat late, and the tennis ball flew directly over the racket to the back and landed near the baseline.
"Beautiful through ball! Player Ma Dongmei's start is perfect, enough to give the opponent a big psychological blow!"
Just as Director He said, the first ball was scored by the opponent. Sugiyama Ai suddenly had some emotional ups and downs, which made her more and more impatient. She made consecutive mistakes on the second serve, giving Ma Dongmei a point in vain.
Ma Dongmei saw the state of her opponent, and secretly thought in her mind that she was so far behind because she was out of state. Now it's your turn to be out of state, and it's her turn to start counterattacking.
Although the total score and situation were still behind, she felt more at ease and calm than before.
Win this game first, then win this set, and then sound the clarion call for counterattack in the last set!
How could I fall down here! Who do you think I am?
I am Captain Ma Dongmei of the righteous guerrillas behind enemy lines!
Chapter completed!