At 7 o'clock in the evening, the final between Lingzhi and Chen Lizhong started as scheduled. The game adopted a 21-game 11-win system.
Last time at Xingyu Billiards, Chen Lizhong played a match with Ling Zhi in the same format. At that time, Ling Zhi lost 7:11.
However, Lingzhi was recovering from a serious illness at that time, and he had not officially started training Snooker, so it was not surprising that he lost to Chen Lizhong. Moreover, Chen Lizhong was a professional player, and it was still very difficult for Lingzhi to beat him.
However, Lexus is no longer what it used to be, and he has made sufficient preparations before the game, so he is looking forward to this game and does not know how far he can perform.
However, the process after the start of the game was not as Lingzhi imagined. After the start, the scores of the two people increased alternately. Until the end of the half, the score remained at 4:6, Lingzhi was temporarily two games behind.
In these 10 games, Ling Zhi and Chen Lizhong only hit one shot each to clear the air. The rest of the games were decided after the two played many times, which made the surrounding audience a little boring.
However, the audience only saw the surface. What surprised Ling Zhi the most was that Chen Lizhong's playing style changed so much!
In July, when Ling Zhi first met Chen Lizhong, Chen Lizhong's playing style was not as conservative as it is now. Although he was as boring as he is now, his playing style was not boring, but very sharp!
Half a year later, when he played against Chen Lizhong again, Ling Zhi found that he almost no longer played any difficult golf balls, and his choice of strokes was also very simple. He usually used a light push style and didn't use high and low strokes much anymore.
What exactly did he go through? Could it be that Haining Sai had such a great impact on him?
Although he was a little curious, Ling Zhi did not try to take the initiative to chat with Chen Lizhong or Wang Siheng. After all, they are still competing. If they want to chat, they should at least wait until the game is over.
The intermission passed quickly and the game started again.
In the 11th game, the two of them played until there were only 6 balls left on the table. In addition to the white balls and black eights, Chen Lizhong had 2 suit balls left, and Ling Zhi had 2 full-color balls left.
Although there are not many balls left, except for the black eight and the full color ball No. 2, the positional relationship of the other four balls is very interesting.
The color ball No. 13 stood on the edge of the left center pocket and went in as soon as it was touched. Unfortunately, the color ball No. 1 was almost close to No. 13, so Chen Lizhong could not directly score the ball No. 13.
However, Ling Zhi did not think that Chen Lizhong's No. 13 ball could not be scored.
At this time, Chen Lizhong's other No. 9 ball is on the right side of the upper half of the table. The white ball is further to the right than the No. 9 ball. However, the white ball is not close to the ball, but is closer to the No. 9 ball.
At such a close distance, there is definitely no way Chen Lizhong can directly attack the No. 9 ball. However, looking at the relative positions of the white ball and the No. 9 ball, if the white ball touches the No. 9 ball first, and then follows the trend to touch the No. 1 ball, then he can attack the No. 9 ball directly.
In the case of a foul, the ball No. 13 was scored indirectly.
This is an excellent opportunity! If he misses this opportunity, Chen Lizhong doesn’t know when he will have the opportunity to handle the No. 13 ball.
Although this style of play is not very conventional, Ling Zhi believes that there must be discerning people like him present, who can see how rare this opportunity is right now!
However, Chen Lizhong did not choose to deal with the No. 13 ball in the end. Instead, he let the white ball rub the thin edge of the No. 9 ball. After hitting the edge of the right side, it stuck to the No. 9 ball again, creating an obstacle for Lingzhi!
Although it was different from what Lingzhi thought, this shot still won the applause of the audience. After that, Lingzhi tried to solve the No. 1 ball and wanted to destroy the No. 13 ball to prevent it from staying in the left pocket.
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However, the distance between the No. 1 ball and the No. 13 ball is too close! Although Lingzhi successfully solved the No. 1 ball, he still accidentally knocked the No. 13 ball into the middle pocket!
Chen Lizhong seized the opportunity this time, cleared the No. 9 ball and the black eight, and won the game. The score reached 4:7, and Chen Lizhong further expanded his lead.
The surrounding audience talked about the progress of the game. Many people felt that Chen Lizhong seemed to be no longer far away from victory, but the expressions of a few people still looked very solemn, including Wang Siheng and Gong Wentao!
As for Lingzhi himself, he did not feel nervous because the score gap widened to 3 games. Instead, he looked calm.
The game that just passed convinced him of his thoughts, and he decided to change his strategy from the next game on.
In the 12th game, Lingzhi adopted a more radical style of play, constantly hitting the ball pile while scoring goals, so that there were fewer Tieku balls on the table. Of course, this also included Chen Lizhong's balls!
It was a good thing that the situation became more chaotic, and Chen Lizhong also had many more opportunities to attack, but he still had a dull face and no emotional changes could be seen.
However, the movements of Chen Lizhong's hands betrayed his seemingly calm expression.
Starting from the 12th round, Chen Lizhong will give Ling Zhi at least one good opportunity in every round. Because the strategy adopted by Ling Zhi results in a relatively scattered situation in each round, this good opportunity is enough for Ling Zhi to make a splash.
Not long after, Lingzhi won 5 games in a row, and the score reached 9:7.
The ordinary fans nearby were a little confused. Why did Chen Lizhong, who played pretty well in the first half, suddenly lose his temper after winning a game in the second half?
But Ling Zhi knew that Chen Lizhong had actually fallen into a misunderstanding.
Chen Lizhong believes that a steady and conservative playing style can at least ensure that he will not make big mistakes, but in this era, making no mistakes in billiards is far from enough to support him all the way to win the championship!
The former snooker world champion Sean Murphy once fell into the same state as Chen Lizhong. He did not dare to play any difficult ball and only relied on picking up the opponent's mistakes to win. This attitude towards the game made his professional career
His career once reached a low point.
However, he later followed the trend of the times, resumed his usual offensive style of play, and returned to the top of the world rankings.
Chen Lizhong may have felt pretty good in the first few rounds of the game. Even if he failed to score, he would not have missed too many opportunities for Lingzhi.
But later on, his conservative style of play became more and more depleting of his touch!
O'Sullivan once suggested that golfers use the method of climbing on the pole to exert force. This can ensure that the player's forearms are always in an excited state and maintain the feel of the ball to the maximum extent.
Ling Zhi deeply believed in O'Sullivan's words.
But Chen Lizhong has been using the putter to hit the ball, so he has no touch at all in the back, and he keeps giving Lingzhi opportunities.
Lexus knew this, so it deliberately scattered the balls on the table.
Normally, he would never dare to play like this, but now, he knows that Chen Lizhong will most likely not clear the stage with one stroke, so he wants to create more opportunities for himself. After all, he has a good hand now and is not afraid of problems with his accuracy.
In the 17th game, Chen Lizhong failed to solve a colored ball when he tried to solve it. The referee picked up the white ball and prepared to let Ling Zhi take a free kick. However, Chen Lizhong said something unexpected to the referee:
"Can you let me take another shot?"
The referee was stunned for a moment, his eyes full of confusion, but with his professionalism, he patiently reminded Chen Lizhong:
"Chinese billiards has no rules for resetting the ball, sorry."
Chen Lizhong paused for a few seconds, perhaps a little embarrassed, but he quickly nodded and acknowledged the correctness of the referee's words.
The game continued as usual. With free kicks, Lingzhi won the game effortlessly and got the match point with a total score of 10:7.
Although the score difference is not particularly large, Chen Lizhong has lost 6 games in a row. No one can remain calm and calm under such circumstances!
In the 18th game, Chen Lizhong failed to score after kicking off. Lingzhi seized the opportunity and won the game with one shot, thus winning the game 11:7!
The audience on the sidelines applauded endlessly, and it was the first time for Lexus to enjoy this kind of treatment.
Although he was quite happy, he still tried his best to keep his expression calm to avoid letting his opponents mistakenly think that he was gloating when shaking hands with Chen Lizhong.
Ling Zhi wanted to say a few words to comfort Chen Lizhong, but he didn't expect that Chen Lizhong was one step ahead of Ling Zhi. What he said was not the congratulations Ling Zhi expected, but a meaningless sentence:
"How's your ball handling?"
Ling Zhi was a little confused for a moment. He didn't have time to think about why Chen Lizhong asked this question, and immediately answered subconsciously:
"It's... not bad."
Chen Lizhong nodded lightly, without comment, put away his golf club and stepped aside.
Ling Zhi felt baffled. Although Chen Lizhong was not good at words in the past, he had no problem communicating with him, but now... it's really hard to explain.
"Congratulations! By the way, where is your girlfriend? She didn't come to witness such an important scene with you?"
Ling Zhi smiled bitterly:
"It's my fault. I asked her to help me with some things, so she didn't come over."
"That's quite a pity."
"Okay, don't worry about me anymore. Your senior brother Chen lost. You don't feel pity, but you feel pity for me?"
"Oh, don't mention it. It's hard to explain Senior Brother's problem. Rather than pitying him, I'm more interested in congratulating you."
"Okay, thank you anyway. By the way, why did Senior Brother Chen say that he wanted to clear the ball again during the game?"
"Who knows?"
"You don't even know that you are his junior brother?"
"I am indeed his junior brother, but I am not the roundworm in his belly! My confidant is you, Brother Lingzhi!"
After that, Wang Siheng even made an exaggerated hug gesture, but was immediately disliked by Ling Zhi.
Where neither of them noticed, Chen Lizhong picked up his mobile phone. After hesitating for a moment, he dialed a phone number and asked into the phone: