tennis giant

Chapter 127
A good start is half the battle, but An Sheng seems to have made a very bad start.

In the first match, he entangled with the opponent for more than an hour, which consumed a lot of physical energy, which was obviously not good for him in the following matches.

Moreover, judging from the situation of the first game, I am afraid that the subsequent games will not be easy to deal with.

It's no wonder that the group round robin match held in the morning was delayed for several hours. This clay court event is indeed more difficult than other venues.

Because of this, An Sheng was still a little worried.

However, his worries disappeared afterward, because he understood that this was not his special case. In this round of competition, none of the seeded players could easily complete the competition.

Among them, Ye Shuhao and He Yiming were also included. Their matches lasted for almost an hour before they won with great difficulty.

In fact, the competition has just entered the first round of knockout rounds, and several seeded players have already been eliminated.

Sure enough, the labels of "upset" and "dark horse" in Hongdu's clay race are still very reasonable.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that after the game, An Sheng did not stay in the venue as usual, but returned to the hotel immediately.

During this period, He Yiming called him and asked him to attend a party. Of course, this party was a small one, not a celebration, but just a few familiar people having dinner together.

But even so, An Sheng still didn't agree, he just wanted to stay quietly in the hotel and rest.

The reason, of course, was for the future competition, but more importantly, it was because An Sheng really didn't want to go.

Originally, there was really no problem for everyone to have a simple meal together, but after coming to Hongdu and knowing that Ye Shuhao was also participating, An Sheng suddenly didn't want to pay attention to other people, and wanted to be alone. Be quiet.

This point is actually a bit abnormal, but An Sheng himself didn't realize it, and others didn't pay special attention to it.

At 9 o'clock the next day, the game started normally.

An Sheng's opponent is Zhang Bingqin from Lu Province, a player who seems to be difficult to deal with.

Zhang Bingqin, 28 years old, is currently ranked 28th in CTA. Just by looking at his appearance, it is easy to see that his physical condition is very good. His body is tall and strong. Not too bad either.

The fact is also the same. Judging from his performance in the game, in terms of physical fitness, he may not be much different from An Sheng.

But the problem is that Zhang Bingqin's technique is not very good.

To be more specific, Zhang Bingqin is a player who relies on his body to play.

There is nothing wrong with this point. Tennis is a sport, and it is natural to rely on the body. However, tennis is also a sport that requires skill. Just having the body is not enough.

What's more, compared with An Sheng, Zhang Bingqin's physical fitness does not have any advantages. If you really want to compare it carefully, he is probably still a little worse than An Sheng.

And the most important thing is that Zhang Bingqin, a player, has obvious defects in mental attributes. He can play downwind, but once he encounters obstacles, his emotions will easily fluctuate, which will greatly affect him. play.

In this way, there was no suspense in this game. It was won by Ansheng in about five and 10 minutes. It was considered one of the shortest games in this round.

In the next quarter-finals, An Sheng really encountered a strong opponent, Xu Lunxuan from Fuchuan Province.

This is a young player, 23 years old this year, with a slim build and a height of about 1 meters. From this point, it can be roughly judged that he should be better at moving with pace.

His CTA ranking is currently 12th, which indicates that his strength is definitely not weak.

Moreover, he is also one of the few players in the top [-] CTA players who uses a semi-Western grip.

On the whole, he is a player who is good at running and spinning the ball, and is more suitable for playing his characteristics on clay courts.

As for this Xu Lunxuan, because of his higher ranking, although An Sheng had never played against him before, he had a general understanding of his situation and knew that he was a quite capable player.

But his attitude towards this game was somewhat unexpected, because An Sheng didn't pay much attention to it.

However, having said that, of course he did not despise it, but treated it with a relatively peaceful attitude.

Very importantly, this peaceful state of mind was not intentional on Ansheng's part, but as the game progressed, he naturally formed such a strange state, as if he was saving up something.

At the same time, this peaceful but serious attitude is very helpful to his performance on the court.

He is very calm, and does not care so much about the success or failure of each ball, or even has an expressionless face. What he pays more attention to, and what is always thinking about in his mind, is the process and details of each ball.

There is no doubt that this will make his thinking clearer and his skills more refined.

The process of this game was just like An Sheng's mental state, a little calm, but as time went by, the situation slowly fell into his control.

At the beginning of the game, Xu Lunxuan still showed his characteristics. He has a higher adaptability to the clay court, and he has some advantages on the scene.

But under An Sheng's calm handling, Xu Lunxuan wanted to break serve, but he had no chance.

This made Xu Lunxuan a little anxious. The advantage of the scene could not be converted into an advantage in the score. He was not reconciled and tried to strengthen his offense. However, the characteristics of the clay and An Sheng's stable performance made his strong attack strategy, Did not achieve any good results, but wasted a lot of energy.

Therefore, although Xu Lunxuan was a little dissatisfied, he could only accept the reality helplessly. The game quickly returned to the previous rhythm, and the two sides continued to fight.

What must be said is that at this time, the helplessness and unwillingness in Xu Lunxuan's heart is actually a bit of complacency, perhaps it is an attitude of the strong towards the weak.

After all, he currently has an advantage on the scene, but the advantage is too small to allow him to easily turn it into a victory.

But after only one round, the situation changed, and he found that the little advantage he had just now was gone.

After that, Xu Lunxuan completely lost control of the situation of the entire game, and no matter how hard he tried or struggled, it had no effect.

This made him helpless, really helpless.

And An Sheng once again won the game smoothly with a score of 6 to 4, and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.

If there is no accident, the next semi-final will be his meeting with He Yiming.

(End of this chapter)