tennis giant

Chapter 437 That trace of blood

In fact, the reaction of the media and the direction of public opinion were much more moderate than An Sheng had imagined.

When the news came out the next day, there were not so many media targeting him. To be precise, there was no media that would criticize An Sheng for no reason.

As for the "Daily Sports News", that is, Aiden, "lived up to everyone's expectations", and in the report, he severely belittled An Sheng, saying that he was arrogant and arrogant.

In this regard, An Sheng just laughed it off and vented his anger, which was really a waste of his worth.

Speaking of competitions, the Monte Carlo Masters, compared to the Indian Wells Masters and Miami Masters that Ansheng participated in before, has a lower scale of events.

In the men's singles event, there are a total of 64 draws, divided into the upper half and the lower half, each with 32 draws.

As for An Sheng, he naturally secured the number one seed seat and was assigned to the upper half of the division.

However, due to the reduction in the number of draws, players from all walks of life are naturally relatively concentrated. Therefore, there are many players in the top half with Ansheng, such as Djokovic, Dimitrov, Thiem, Goffin, waiting for the top ten players in the world.

As for the second half, there is no need for An Sheng to pay too much attention to it, because there is basically no one else who can stand out from the crowd. He can only be the king of clay, Nadal.

Even in the lower half, there are actually a lot of masters, such as Cilic, Kei Nishikori, and Zverev, but on clay, can they beat Nadal?
Maybe it can win, but it must be something wrong with Nadal himself, not other factors.

On the 4th and 15th, the Monte Carlo Masters officially started. However, it was on the 16th that An Sheng ushered in his first opponent.

Because this round of his is another bye, this can be regarded as a benefit of the number one seed.

And his opponent in the second round of the main match is a player from the United Kingdom, Bedene, whose current world ranking is 67th.

Judging from this, his strength is relatively average, and he is not considered a player at the Masters level.

The facts quickly verified this point. It took only one hour and five minutes, and An Sheng crushed this Bedene strongly with two 5-6s, which seemed a bit "bloody".

For this result, at this time, people didn't care, and they didn't appreciate the "bloody smell" that had begun to emerge.

After all, Beidene's strength is not strong, and it is normal to lose to An Sheng. Even if he was blocked by two zero eggs, although it is a bit exaggerated, it is not surprising.

Soon, on the 17th, An Sheng ushered in his second opponent. He was a rising star from Russia, Karen Khachanov.

Previously, Anson and Khachanov had played against each other, and they still had a deep impression on this Russian rising star.

His style of play, in general, is very "polar bear" demeanor, strong and sturdy, in the confrontation, he is often very tough, and never admits cowardice.

Such a hard steel style of play cannot be said to be bad, but it must have the strength to match it, otherwise, it will be easy to be targeted.

As a result, Khachanov has suffered a lot on his growth path, and it was not until the last two years, after his strength gradually improved, that he finally made it through and began to realize his talent.

His current ATP world ranking has climbed to No. 17, and he can be regarded as one of the representatives of the young generation of post-95 players.

Even so, it is also conceivable that everyone is still full of expectations for Khachanov.

Among them, a small group of people expected him to defeat Ansheng, while the vast majority of people were not so optimistic, but they also expected that Khachanov could cause some trouble for Ansheng.

This is not too much, and with Khachanov's strength, it seems that he can indeed do it.

As a result, at three o'clock in the afternoon on the 17th, the center court of the Monte Carlo Country Club was full of seats, and even the temporarily added three-story auditorium was empty.

But soon, people were shocked to find that the tickets they all bought seemed a little worthless.

Because, in this game, there was a completely one-sided situation. In front of An Sheng, Khachanov, who had high hopes, couldn't be tough at all.

In other words, his toughness has instead become his flaw, causing him to make frequent mistakes and making the game completely lose its suspense.

It only took one hour and 15 minutes, and Anson was crushing. With an astonishing score of 6-1, 6-0, he swept Khachanov out in straight sets.

Why is this happening?

You know, this is a clay court, and its average game duration is much longer than other types of venues.

Even with a three-set winning streak, two-hour or three-hour matches are common, but such a clean and neat match is very rare.

And the reason is mainly two points.

One point is what I just said, Khachanov's style of play.He is too tough. If the strength of the two sides is similar, it is okay to say, but if the strength of the two sides is different, then his toughness is his Achilles heel, which is very easy to target.

The second point is because, on this clay court, An Sheng performed somewhat exceptionally.

That being said, it's also fun.

At the beginning, when An Sheng was still relatively immature, he thought that clay courts should be the most suitable court type for him, but when he grew up, he felt that hard courts were what he was best at.

But when he grew up to this day, he found that on the clay court, he became more and more handy, and he was quite comfortable playing games.

The key is that he has the ability to predict which is difficult for ordinary people, and the characteristic of the clay court is to slow down the ball speed.

In other words, on the clay court, An Sheng's ability to predict has been maximized. After he made an accurate prediction, the relatively slow speed of the ball gave him more time to prepare. , and then produce the tactics or offensive effects he wants.

In this way, the two factors were superimposed. In front of An Sheng, Khachanov, who was originally not bad, was really helpless and was completely crushed by him.

And at this time, people finally smelled the trace of the "bloody smell" that was constantly emanating from An Sheng's body and was growing.

On April 4th, in the fourth round of the Monte Carlo Masters, that is, the quarter-finals, An Sheng encountered his old opponent, who is currently ranked 18th in the world and comes from the famous player from Austria, Tim.

As for Tim's strength, until now, no one has doubted it. He has been able to firmly occupy the top ten positions in the world for several consecutive seasons. This proves that he is one of the most powerful professional tennis players on the planet. one.

And how will Tim behave when he meets An Sheng?Many people unconsciously looked forward to it again.

But I have to say that at this moment, An Sheng has already ground his "Slaying Dragon Saber" until his body is cold. No matter who he meets, he will mercilessly kill him!

(End of this chapter)