Chapter 308: A Slow-Starter? (2/2)

Serve right switched into Harimoto Hisashi's hand.

I must play it more actively! Thinking about this, Harimoto Hisashi served a top spinning ball.

Crack! Pengfei Cui stepped forward with a rush. A white shadow flashed across Harimoto Hisashi. It was Pengfei Cui's lightning return, which was followed up by the judge's shout: ”0-3!”

I lost another ball! Harimoto Hisashi's face turned cloudy at once.

Harimoto Hisashi knew that Pengfei Cui had a fierce playing style, so he chose to take evasive action, making a shorter ball instead. Normally, when receiving such a kind of ball, players tried to pick a short play, then form a stalemate situation, hoping for a chance in such a situation.

The previous opponents Harimoto Hisashi met all chose to pick a short play when dealing with such a kind of serve. Therefore, Harimoto Hisashi took it for granted that Pengfei Cui would do the same thing.

However, what was out of Harimoto Hisashi's expectation was that, Pengfei Cui didn't make a short play, but offered a direct backhand forward instead. Backhand punching ball was a vital training program technique in the National Ping-Pong Team. This method was quite challenging, and was even more difficult to complete with a high quality.

Pengfei Cui's backhand punching also existed in the textbook. Especially when Pengfei Cui was in a good situation, his backhand punching was a nightmare to his opponent.

After losing three balls, Harimoto Hisashi was anxious. He chose fierce playing method again on the fourth ball, but lost another point due to return ball error. Then it was Pengfei Cui's turn. Since there was a huge gap between the two's abilities, Pengfei Cui caught the right of serve and won another two points. The score changed into 6:0.

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”This score of 6:0 is not of our expectations. Harimoto Hisashi is only 15 years old, so on competence, he is surely several levels lower than Pengfei Cui.”

”Right. Moreover, Pengfei Cui seems to be in quite a nice condition today. No matter whether in his serve or return, they all have high finishing qualities.”

”Yeah, according to my past experience, Pengfei Cui usually starts slow. But today, apparently, he has corrected this defect.”

The two commentators spouted eloquent speeches. In their eyes, there was no need to explain this contest anymore, as the result was transparent: Pengfei Cui was whacking a kid.

Even commentators could see that Pengfei Cui was in a very good status, so how could Kimura Juichi turn a blind eye to this as Harimoto Hisashi's coach?

What's going on here? Isn't Pengfei Cui a forever slow-starter? How is he in such a good condition so soon after the game starts?! If he keeps this up, Harimoto San will be smashed!

Kimura Juichi stared at the two players blankly. Reality was totally different from the plan. Digressing on the opposite side, Kimura Juichi had already predicted the final result.

Does this mean that Pengfei Cui has corrected his defect? Right, this sounds possible. After all, the Chinese team's chief coach is Zhizhong Gu!

Kimura Juichi looked around the coach seats, and happened to see that Zhizhong Gu was calmly clapping his hands for Pengfei Cui with a smile. Zhizhong Gu had gained much weight in recent years, so his smile looked simple and honest.

However, in Kimura Juichi's eyes, was the devil's smile.