On Sunday afternoon, Lexus came to Yingshuo Billiards Club again.
There are expected to be three games today until the top four are decided. Each game will be a best-of-13 game.
Lexus was still not tested too much in the 32-16 and 16-8 games, winning the games with scores of 7:2 and 7:3 respectively.
8 into 4, Lexus’ opponent is a middle-aged man named Gong Wentao.
When Ling Zhi heard his name, he felt slightly familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember where he had heard it.
However, when he saw Gong Wentao walking around the golf club and chatting enthusiastically with the major players after the game, Ling Zhi could sense that this person's status in the golf club seemed to be unusual.
Moreover, there were actually many people watching the match between Lexus and Gong Wentao! This further shows that Gong Wentao received a lot of attention in the ball room.
"Who is he?"
Ling Zhi once again searched for relevant information in his memory, and after confirming that he could not think of it, he put aside his distracting thoughts and concentrated on dealing with the game.
The game progressed quite intensely. From 0:0 to 5:5, the two of them had many blows and catches, and they were both in a hot state.
But Gong Wentao was older after all, and after 10 games, his concentration on playing began to decline.
In the 11th game, Gong Wentao failed to turn over when trying a simple flip, which was not too difficult, giving Lingzhi the opportunity to take advantage. Lingzhi seized the good situation, cleared the table with one shot, and won the game.
At this time, Lingzhi had already obtained the match point. Someone on the sidelines was shouting "Come on, coach" intermittently. This made Lingzhi suddenly think of something!
He remembered that the last time he was at the Pioneer Billiards Club, Xie Yixin had warned the two players who were negative in the game. At that time, he mentioned the coach of the Yingshuo Billiards Club, who seemed to be named Gong Wentao!
That’s it! It turns out that it’s the owner of this club who is fighting against me. No wonder he is so strong!
But Ling Zhi did not feel afraid because of this. He was able to draw a 50-50 draw with him, which showed that his level was not worse than his. As long as he played steadily, he still had great hope of winning in the future.
In the 12th game, Gong Wentao seized the opportunity and cleared his 7 full-color balls, but when attacking the last black eight, he failed to score successfully. The black eight stopped at the right side bank in the upper half of the table.
Gong Wentao felt a little relieved. Black Eight's position was not very good. It would probably not be easy for this young man to clear the station.
However, Lingzhi did not worry about the position of the black eight after he came to the stage. He first cleared all his 6 suit balls in the second half of the table. At this time, there were still 2 balls left on the table, although Lingzhi's last suit ball stopped.
On the right side of the upper half of the platform, the pocket is on top, but Black Eight is in a position close to the pocket. This situation will give anyone a headache.
However, Lingzhi had no fear. He started directly and used a low shot to score the colored ball. The white ball rolled back along the right side bank, and finally kicked the black eight into the middle pocket on the right side!
The surrounding audience applauded in unison, and even Gong Wentao was applauding and congratulating Ling Zhi. He did not let Ling Zhi continue to fight, and directly chose to admit defeat.
"A very beautiful K-ball. I actually don't understand why you didn't choose the pocket position called Black Eight instead of the K-ball?"
Gong Wentao shook hands with Lexus generously and asked this question.
Lexus answered honestly:
"Actually, on the one hand, the angle is more suitable for K-ball. After all, if the K-kick is not good, there is still a chance to defend. On the other hand, turning the bag requires a bit of luck. I don't want to leave my destiny completely to luck.
"
Gong Wentao nodded appreciatively, patted Ling Zhi on the shoulder and praised:
"As expected of the students brought out by Lao Liu, they are just different! The truth is right, but there are very few people who really dare to do it. The young people also taught me a lesson! Haha..."
"Um, no, no, you have given me the prize."
"Speaking of which, thank you for what happened to Xu Dehai last time."
"This...coach, that incident is all thanks to Zai Xie, and it actually has nothing to do with me."
Lexus still doesn't dare to acknowledge this credit.
The interests involved among these players, coaches and referees are not simple, and he does not dare to inadvertently lay any pits for himself.
Gong Wentao shook his head slightly, but didn't say much. He just encouraged Ling Zhi to work hard in the next game and left the scene with the club.
Ling Zhi looked around the competition site and saw that there was still one table left in play.
The two sides fighting are Wang Siheng and Yao Guangzhi.
Ling Zhi looked at the scoreboard, 6:6, the two were playing in the deciding game!
He picked up his cell phone and took a look. Except for Zhao Shiyan who left him a message and asked him how the battle was going, no one else paid him any attention.
That's just right. It seems that no one is in a hurry about this project, so there is no need for me to be anxious.
After Ling Zhi replied to Zhao Shiyan's message, he did not leave the scene in a hurry. He wanted to take this opportunity to see how Wang Siheng played in the decisive game.
This game was much more fragmented than Ling Zhi imagined. There were countless stick balls and scattered small balls stuck together on the table. Ling Zhi didn't know what Wang Siheng and Yao Guangzhi had experienced from the kickoff to the present.
Yao Guangzhi's accuracy seemed to be slightly better than Wang Siheng's. He kept trying to attack. After several rounds of offensive and defensive battles, he pocketed most of the full-color balls on the table.
At the same time, Wang Siheng didn't seem to be panicked by the decrease in all-color balls. He just kept trying to open his own color balls, and then defended the white ball to a safe position, without rushing to attack.
As there were fewer and fewer full-color balls on the table, Yao Guangzhi's difficulty in moving was also increasing. Finally, his last full-color ball did not reach the right position. Yao Guangzhi was unwilling to break the shot and chose to attack forcefully, but
Couldn't get in successfully.
At this time, Wang Siheng's color balls had all been opened. He no longer chose to be conservative, but started his own counterattack.
Yao Guangzhi sat back in his seat dejectedly, feeling that his competition would probably end here.
I still feel a little regretful when I think back to last year when I was close to winning the championship, but fell short in the end.
But after all, is this year not as good as last year?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little irritable.
But the next moment, Wang Siheng accidentally hit a shot! After the white ball jumped up, it deviated from the path Wang Siheng originally intended, and in the end it did not touch the target ball!
Yao Guangzhi once again ignited hope. He seized this opportunity. After setting up the free ball, he cleared the remaining balls one by one and won the game, thus advancing to the semifinals with a score of 7:6!
Ling Zhi shook his head slightly. At the beginning of the game, Wang Siheng was still playing steadily, but after he started to counterattack, Ling Zhi could notice that his rhythm was slightly disordered.
Perhaps the large number of onlookers put some pressure on him, or perhaps the prospect of victory caused a slight fluctuation in his mentality, but no matter what, at the last moment, Wang Siheng played a little faster and even forgot to apply some powder.
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He really wanted to win! He really wanted to win this game as soon as possible! That’s why he made a stupid mistake. What a pity.
However, Ling Zhi is only a bystander. If he were to play the last game for Wang Siheng, he might not be able to do as well as Wang Siheng.
So he could only analyze it objectively on the side, but there was no need to look down on Wang Siheng's performance in his heart.
"Hey, I made you laugh!"
Wang Siheng patted Ling Zhi on the shoulder, bringing Ling Zhi out of his thinking state:
"No, I think it's a pity. It was just a little bit close."
Wang Siheng shook his head gently:
"Alas, it seems that I am still not suitable for playing professionally. I play too carelessly!"
"That's not to say that. In fact, to put it bluntly, it's just a missed shot. If you learn the lesson this time, won't you be able to play more rigorously next time? Besides, even if you lose, you can't deny that you are ahead.
What a hard work to win 6 rounds.”
"Oh, that's what you said, then I'd better pursue a career."
"You guy! You haven't even thought about quitting playing professionally! Do you just want to have sex with me to relieve your depressed mood?"
"As expected of you, you saw through me right away. It seems that we are destined to be close friends in this life!"
"Go away! If I had known, I wouldn't have advised you!"
"Ahem! To be serious, Yao Guangzhi has a very strong offensive ability and is very accurate in the long game. You have to be careful in the match against him tomorrow."
"I know, I know! Okay, I'm leaving."
Ling Zhi quickly left this arrogant guy. He must have taken the wrong medicine to think he was depressed.
After arriving at the curling hall and meeting Zhao Shiyan, Zhao Shiyan asked Ling Zhi while cleaning up the venue:
"Lingzhi, how about I go to the competition with you tomorrow like last time?"
"Um, Shi Yan, I want to discuss this matter with you."
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The next afternoon, Ling Zhi came to the Yingshuo Billiards Club again, and today, he did not bring his computer.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the semi-finals between Ling Zhi and Yao Guangzhi officially began.
Yao Guangzhi showed strong offensive firepower at the beginning, hitting two bombs and one catch in succession, gaining a 3:0 lead.
Lingzhi then retaliated, hitting one blow after another and evening the score to 3:2.
Just when the surrounding spectators thought that the game would progress quickly, in the 6th game, Lingzhi suddenly slowed down the pace.
On the one hand, it’s because I really didn’t have good luck after teeing off in the 6th game. Whether it was a colored ball or a full-colored ball, there were balls that were difficult to hit.
On the other hand, Yao Guangzhi is a typical fast shooter, and it is obviously not a wise move to confront him head-on. A better way is to consume his touch!
After determining his game strategy, Ling Zhi calmed down. In this game, he no longer forced himself to connect more shots, but tried to attack his own ball while trying to leave Yao Guangzhi easy to play.
The ball was kicked to the edge of the library.
In this way, in the process of piecemeal fighting, Lexus finally won the game.
For him, winning means making money, and losing does not matter. His opponent was the runner-up in the Citizen Cup last year, so losing to him is not unfair.
Contrary to Ling Zhi's mentality, Yao Guangzhi has some sense of superiority in his heart. He can also realize that Ling Zhi's accuracy is not as good as his. In this case, if he cannot win the game quickly, he will inevitably be dragged into it.
In the rhythm of Lexus.
So even though the two are evenly matched now at 3:3, the mentality of both sides is completely different.
However, just when Yao Guangzhi decided to gain an advantage quickly at the beginning of the seventh game, Ling Zhi's phone rang:
"Hey, Ling Zhi, um, the secretary of the Finance Department told me that material costs cannot be included in the budget. What should I do?"