tennis giant

Chapter 162 The real test
Time passed quickly, and it was early October in a blink of an eye.

And with the full cooperation of Xiong Tengfei, An Sheng has made rapid progress recently, almost catching up with his improvement speed before entering the 60th stage.

Of course, what improved was not his overall strength, but his forehand ability, which he specially trained specifically. Its attribute value has reached 64 points, and he had a hunch that it wouldn't be long before he would be able to improve it. It is increased to 65 points.

But at this time, Xiong Tengfei had to set off again to participate in the competition in other places, and the time required to go out this time may be longer.

On the day before Xiong Tengfei was going to leave, An Sheng specially invited him to a meal. It didn't matter where or what he ate. The most important thing was the sincerity of his gratitude.

At the beginning, if Xiong Tengfei hadn't appeared in time, An Sheng might have left the Shanghai City Team by now, and there is no mention of the progress and insights he gained later.

What's interesting is that on the second day after Xiong Tengfei left, Qin Shidong, who hadn't shown up for a while, came to the door impatiently.

Its purpose has not changed, he still wants to find An Sheng for a training match to satisfy his vanity.

For this, An Sheng naturally would not refuse, because originally, if Qin Shidong didn't take the initiative to come to him, he would try to "trick" the other party.

After all, after Xiong Tengfei left, Qin Shidong was the only one who could train him effectively.

It's just that, An Sheng knew very well that his current forehand strength had already surpassed Qin Shidong's, as well as his strength in other aspects, which was roughly the same.

Therefore, unless he releases the water, it is basically impossible for Qin Shidong to win the game.

Fortunately, An Sheng was happy to get what he needed from him, and when it was time to give in, he gave in too.

Also, there is one more thing that is worth mentioning.

As I said before, maybe it was because An Sheng was the target of catching up, or maybe it was some other reason, anyway, Zhang Zhizheng was quite convinced of An Sheng.

In the past few days, Zhang Zhizheng also took the initiative to find him and wanted to train with him.

But it must be said that in their Shanghai city team, Zhang Zhizheng's resources are definitely much better than An Sheng's. If he just wants to find a partner who is stronger than him, it is actually not difficult.

An Sheng also knew this, but he still agreed to Zhang Zhizhen's request and set aside a certain amount of time every day to train with him.

The reason, probably, is gratitude.

Of course, this is not to be grateful to Zhang Zhizheng, but to say that An Sheng has received the help of many seniors along the way.

Now, since someone is asking him for help, and the other party is Zhang Zhizheng, who he is more optimistic about and is more sympathetic to, An Sheng naturally wants to learn from his predecessors and is willing to help him.

And when the time came to mid-April, according to the plan, the dispute between An Sheng and Zhang would go to Shencheng again to participate in the ITF International Tennis Federation Youth Tennis Tournament held there.

A little different from before, after experiencing the competition in Wancheng Station, An Sheng now has the points and rankings of IFT youths, plus the name of the Shanghai City Team, so, relatively speaking, his registration is Much easier.

The bigger difference, of course, is An Sheng's attitude towards this event.

Previously, when he participated in the Wancheng competition, An Sheng was a little reluctant, but this time, after getting the exact news from him, he has always attached great importance to it.

For example, after the tournament announced the draw, he used his spare time after training to look up the information of the contestants, especially the seeded players. He tried his best to learn about each other.

For another example, he has a more detailed understanding of the venue and schedule of this event in advance.

Even, in recent days, he has begun to pay attention to the weather conditions in Shencheng.

In short, he regards this event in Shencheng as a real professional event, and he has made preparations for everything he can think of.

In addition, in terms of psychological preparation, An Sheng is extremely important. Although his goal is still to point directly to the championship, he has put down the burden and must take every game seriously and put in his best efforts.

As for, when the time comes, as the game progresses, will he lack physical strength because of this?Or is it too early to enter the game state, which affects his performance in the later stages of the game?

An Sheng has also thought about these aspects, and his attitude and opinion is that it is not terrible to have problems, but it can increase his game experience, so he will face them more actively.

With An Sheng's preparations so well and his strength already improved a lot, there was no suspense. He went all the way from the qualifiers to the top 16, very smoothly.

The key point is that his game state is indeed much better than last time. Not only can he display his actual level normally, but also his mental explosive ability has returned to him.

However, because his opponents are relatively weak, and An Sheng is already wary of the mental explosive ability, knowing that it has certain sequelae, so he will not use it as easily as before.

In general, An Sheng is very satisfied with his performance in the first half of the schedule.

However, it is also obvious that the real test of the game strategy he is currently adopting is in the second half of the game.

Furthermore, with his current strength, the players who can threaten him, that is, those players whose strength has reached the 60th stage, are naturally concentrated in the second half of the game.

And his next round of competition should be a real consideration, because his opponent is a black player from India, Tamil, whose ITF youth ranking has reached 97th.

Although compared to the ATP rankings, the reference of the ITF youth rankings is much worse, but since he can reach the top 100 rankings, it is enough to show that his strength is definitely not weak.

It is worth mentioning that this is the first time Ansheng has met a black tennis player in a match, and as far as he knows, black players are actually relatively rare in the entire professional tennis world.

Especially compared to other types of sports, such as football, basketball, or track and field, etc., the presence of black players in tennis is very low.

Don't think that in women's tennis, there are two top players, Williams and Serena, and they can change this situation. In fact, apart from the two of them, female black players are also very rare.

Of course, no one can deny that the athletic talent and physical fitness of black people are indeed very good.

In addition, before the competition, although An Sheng searched for relevant information on Tamil on the Internet, he is only a young player after all, and the information he can find is really very little.

Because of this, Ansheng can only look at this Tamil with a conventional understanding for the time being, thinking that he is a tennis player with excellent physical talent, but may have poor technical skills.

As for whether his cognition is right or wrong, it can only be understood through the game.

(End of this chapter)