SFS Chapter 227 Exposed
Chapter 227 Exposed
The women's singles final was scheduled for nine o'clock in the morning. As expected, Hayata Miu successfully advanced to the final. This China-Japan showdown attracted the attention of both countries and people all over the world.
The audience seats were full at this time. Many fans from country Z came from afar to cheer for Xing Linghui. This was a game to defend dignity. Before the game started, people from both countries had already started cheering.
Japan has long been hostile to Country Z. Many radical Japanese elements had already hung banners at the place where the players entered the field to demonstrate against the Country Z team.
As soon as the time arrived, players from both countries began to enter the field at the same time from both sides of the stadium. This was the first time Ying Sha saw Hayata Miu in person. Unlike her sister Hayata Hina who had a sweet and graceful appearance, Hayata Miu was more aggressive.
She seemed to notice that Ying Sha was looking at her, and looked in her direction at the same time. A gleam of light flashed in her eyes, and then a hint of ruthlessness emanated from her eyes.
She didn’t know if it was Yingsha’s illusion, but she saw the word hatred in Hayata Miu’s eyes. However, apart from being an opponent with her sister, she had never had any personal grudges outside the arena.
Mizutani Jun had already arrived at the coach's seat in advance, and in stark contrast to the excitement of the spectators outside the stadium, he looked like he had everything planned out for himself.
He nodded towards Ying Sha and then smiled at her. It was obviously a very gentlemanly move, but Ying Sha felt cold from the top of her head to the soles of her feet.
If Ying Sha had not seen his conversation with Bu Xianjing, she would have thought that this was a gentleman.
At the start of the game, the two athletes choose their side positions and then begin to choose the server.
Xing Linghui served first. This was the first official confrontation between the two, so the first game was basically a process of testing each other's bottom line. Neither of them dared to make any bold moves and chose to be conservative.
The scores were very close, and the score was 13:13 in the first game. In the end, Hayata Miu had two serve games, and she scored first with a quick attack.
The score was 13:14. The last high throw hit Xing Linghui's injured right hand. After two rounds, Hayata Miu took the lead in winning the first big score with 15:13 in the first game.
Ying Sha was holding a bottle of mineral water at this time. She handed it to Xing Linghui, looked at her somewhat depressed expression, smiled and patiently encouraged her.
"It's okay, you've done well. This is only the first game. Be confident and be more decisive in the next game."
The athlete was sweating profusely due to the intense exercise in the competition. When he saw the water handed to him by the coach, he took it without thinking and drank it.
I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but I feel that the water today is a little different.
Mizutani Jun, who was standing opposite them, was discussing techniques and tactics with Hayata Miu while watching Xing Linghui drink mineral water. Then he turned his eyes to the stands and saw that Bu Xianjing had been sitting in the audience seats since he didn't know when.
Although she was sitting far away and couldn't see his expression at the moment, she could represent that things were going perfectly. Thinking of this, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise.
"Coach, coach, is there anything else I need to pay attention to?" Hayata Miu asked Mizutani Jun. When he didn't respond to her the first time, she shouted a few more times.
"It's nothing, just follow your usual training," Mizutani Jun came back to his senses and smiled at Hayata Miu with a big smile on his face.
The Chinese team must lose this game today.
The second game started quickly. Unlike the tentative first game, the two players launched a fierce attack on each other from the beginning. Hayata Miu served accurately and fiercely, and specifically chose to attack Xing Linghui's weak points.
Xing Linghui was not to be outdone. She adjusted her strategy in a short period of time and made full use of Xu Xin's behind-the-back serve. When the audience saw the behind-the-back serve, their eyes almost popped out.
Especially some old fans, it seemed as if they saw the style of the "People's Artist" again. The ball hit from behind had an uncertain landing point. Hayata Miu had never practiced this style of play, and Xing Linghui soon got the match point.
With the last behind-the-back shot, Xing Linghui won back a game, and the score between the two was tied at 1:1.
Mizutani Jun didn't expect that after so many years, there was still someone who could practice hitting the ball behind his back so abnormally. Hitting the ball behind his back requires extremely high talent and sense of the ball, otherwise even Long Teng at his peak would not be able to cope with it.
He and Xu Xin had been rivals for many years. Among the three great powers in China back then, Zhang Ji hated Xu Xin the most, and Xu Xin the second most.
During the break, Hayata Miu quickly came to Mizutani Jun and said, "Coach, I have never seen this ball before. How should we deal with it?"
She had just used all her training methods, but in the end, none of them could counter this move of hers.
"It doesn't matter. Try to attack her from the front, and then think of a way to use the Overlord Twist." As long as the Overlord Twist is used, I'm afraid that even Zhang Ji won't be able to catch it.
"Don't be afraid of her. We are going to win this game no matter what." Mizutani Jun smiled, as if he had thought of something.
At the beginning of the third game, Hayata Miu adopted the method just discussed, trying to attack her forehand, and then used the Overlord Twist. However, when she was scoring with this move, she was surprised to find that her opponent had also learned this trick.
It was even at a larger angle than what she used. In the third game, we scored one point each and soon the score reached match point.
At this time, Hayata Miu's mentality had changed significantly. In order to protect her, the Japanese team rarely allowed her to participate in competitions, and naturally she had never competed with active athletes from Country Z.
In fact, athletes in the world are all the same, people just deify them. Today in the competition she finally understood what it means that there are always people better than you.
Although both players were similar in terms of skills, Xing Linghui's basic skills were much better than hers. In the third game, Hayata Miu made a serve error, which directly gave the Z team a point, and the score came to 2:1.
When Bu Xianjing in the stands saw this, she stood up and shouted involuntarily. The two bodyguards sitting next to her held her down and said, "Ms. Bu, please don't forget what you promised Mr. Chu just now."
Bu Xianjing saw the two big hands on her arms, and then sat back quietly. Just this morning, she was planning to replace the mineral water she had prepared with Xing Linghui's special water, but Chu Shaoqin was already waiting there.
She wanted to make excuses, but when the bodyguard showed her the conversation between herself and Mizutani Jun, her heart sank instantly: "When did you know that I had a deal with Mizutani Jun?"
Chu Shaoqin just glanced at her indifferently, and said with his handsome thin lips, "Three months ago."
Bu Xianjing, who was slumped on the ground, heard this time and smiled helplessly, "It turns out that this has been planned for such a long time, and I am the clown."
"Why do you want to ruin your own future?" Chu Shaoqin looked at Bu Xianjing's embarrassed appearance. He really couldn't understand why such a promising athlete would ruin her own future.