tennis giant

Chapter 340 Strong
Unknowingly, it has been 6 years since An Sheng came into contact with tennis. There is no doubt that in these years, he has grown a lot, not only in tennis skills, but also in his character.

But this time, after feeling the contempt of others, An Sheng was still a little brooding and unhappy.

In fact, this actually shows that for his previous match with Nadal, he was not really so willing to lose.

The most important reason is that in that game, he hadn't really tried his best.

Remember the last time An Sheng was injured?In the final of the Sao Paulo Open, Anson defeated Tim, who is ranked seventh in the world. What he relied on, besides his firm will, was the temporary bonus of his physical attributes.

As I mentioned before, this "temporary attribute bonus" is like an unopened canned fruit. The cap is very tightly screwed and it is difficult to open. , It will be much easier to unscrew it later.

Therefore, for the temporary bonus of physical attributes, An Sheng wanted to open it again, but it was actually not as difficult as before.

For example, in his previous match with Nadal, he could do this, but he didn't do it because he was afraid of being injured again.

Regarding this matter, objectively speaking, An Sheng's decision at that time must have been correct.

For one thing, even if he chose to turn on the temporary bonus of physical attributes and push his physical attributes to the upper reaches of the 80th stage, he may not be able to defeat Nadal, and his chances of losing are still very high.

Secondly, there is no doubt that for a professional athlete, physical health is the most important thing, and there is no need to take such a large risk of injury for the sake of quickness.

What's more, with An Sheng's current progress rate, I believe it won't be long before he can truly reach the peak of the 80th stage, and he will be able to truly confront Nadal.

That being the case, why be so impatient?
But from a subjective point of view, recalling that game, An Sheng was indeed unwilling and somewhat regretful.

As he himself said, the game can be lost, but he has to work hard!
It is precisely because of the divergence between his subjective and objective views, or the inability to reach a unity between rationality and sensibility, that An Sheng is somewhat entangled and does not know how to make a choice.

And this entanglement lasted until May 5, which is the time for the start of the Madrid Masters.

Like the previous Barcelona Open, An Sheng, who is currently ranked 24th in the ATP, has not qualified for the seed player and can only participate in the Madrid event as an ordinary player.

Therefore, Anson has no "privilege" in the lottery, and it just so happens that he was assigned to the upper half guarded by Nadal and Djokovic.

And, if nothing else, he and Nadal will meet again in the third round of the main match.

And at 10 o'clock in the morning of the same day, An Sheng ushered in his first round match, and his opponent was Harrison from the United States, currently ranked 43rd in the ATP.

It must be said that in the field of tennis, sometimes there are some regularities. For example, in certain countries, it is easy to have similar types of players.

Among them, the United States is a very regular area, because it is rich in "American cannons", such as Johansen, whom An Sheng met at the Huaguo Open, and Roddick, the former world No. [-] who has retired before. It also includes the Harrison An Sheng met now.

Of course, compared to Roddick and Johansen just mentioned, Harrison's overall strength is much worse. If it is based on attributes, he is probably in the middle and lower reaches of the 80th stage.

With An Sheng's stability, facing opponents who are weaker than him, unless there is a major problem with himself, he will almost never lose.

"Oh!"

Harrison took the lead in serving, and he is worthy of being the "American Cannon". The speed of the first serve exceeded 195 kilometers per hour.

From this, it can be roughly seen that his competitive state is still good.

However, An Sheng's current return attribute has reached 85 points, coupled with his super predictive ability, he can still handle Harrison's serve.

What's more, this is still a clay court, which has an obvious inhibitory effect on its ball speed.

Sure enough, An Sheng completed the return relatively safely, and then, with his ultra-fast reaction, he resolved Harrison's first attack, forcing the two sides into a stalemate.

After entering the bottom line stalemate, An Sheng clearly had the upper hand, and then used a backhand to complete the first winning point of the game.

Afterwards, there were no disturbances in the match. They were under Ansheng's control and moved forward steadily. Even in the second game, Harrison started to fight after realizing that the situation was wrong, but he still couldn't break away from Ansheng. Five Fingers Mountain.

In the end, Ansheng was 2-0 and easily won the first game.

In the second round of the main match, An Sheng met a "genius", a 21-year-old post-95 Australian player who is currently ranked 16th in the ATP, Kyrgios.

Mentioning him, I have to talk about two abnormal phenomena in today's tennis world.

One is the "aging" of top players. At present, there are only a few players who can dominate the world tennis world, and their age is already over 30 years old.

The other is the "rejuvenation" of top players. This point has also been mentioned before. Among the top 90 players in the world, post-95s account for most of them, and post-[-]s like Kyrgios , has also begun to emerge.

This actually shows that in today's professional tennis world, youth training is already very complete, and the talents of more young players can be developed more quickly and quickly rise to the top.

However, tennis is also a sport that tests the comprehensive strength of players. Talent alone cannot make you reach the top position.

As for An Sheng, he is actually not a typical player of the new generation, let alone a "genius". Instead, he followed a very traditional growth path, advancing steadily and slowly.

It's just that, the "tennis giant system" on him has helped him accelerate his growth process, making him look like a young talented player.

The match between Anson and Kyrgios was quite a spectacle. It was called a collision between two talented tennis players. Therefore, it attracted a lot of spectators, making the crowd on the court The atmosphere of the competition is quite intense.

But in fact, the process of this game was not as intense as everyone imagined, and there was even a one-sided situation.

Moreover, it was not Kyrgios they thought in their hearts that had the advantage, but An Sheng, a supernova from Huaguo.

In the first set, at the beginning, the two sides did play back and forth, but in the fifth game, An Sheng was the first to break Kyrgios.

Subsequently, Kyrgios launched a wave of extremely violent counterattacks, but An Sheng withstood it.

And this point in time was the turning point of the whole game. After that, An Sheng firmly controlled the situation and successfully won the first set.

In the second set after that, An Sheng won even more smoothly. He continued the momentum of the first set, gaining the upper hand from the beginning to the end.

Of course, during this process, Kyrgios didn't say that he didn't resist, but whenever he wanted to raise his head, An Sheng would immediately hit him head-on and push him down again.

After going back and forth a few times, Kyrgios' heart was broken, he lost his previous fighting spirit, and he even lost control of his emotions.

In this way, An Sheng once again defeated the talented player Kyrgios ranked 2th in the world with a score of 0-16, and entered the third round of the Madrid Masters.

And next, he will face Nadal again!

(End of this chapter)