tennis giant

Chapter 67
The Lucheng Tennis Center has undergone some renovations and has become the venue for the Lucheng Station of the CTA Gold Series.

And since it was the first time participating in the competition and representing the club, An Sheng followed the team honestly and did not go alone rashly.

It is worth mentioning that after the incident of the last selection match, the club has already carried out serious rectification of the team.

It is precisely because of this rectification that the club has relaxed the scope and conditions for team members to participate, and it is no longer limited to only four or two teams.

Especially for this event, which is held in Lucheng itself, the participation fee is already a lot less compared to participating in other places. Therefore, the club encourages the players to sign up.

But a little bit beyond their expectations, the number of applicants for this competition in Lucheng far exceeded the previous ones. In the end, there were only 4 people including An Sheng and Chen Haoyu, who were strongly guaranteed by the club, and Luo Zhilin and Lai Chaofan, who were seeded players. 6 people participated.

As for Hu Tianbin and others, although they also signed up, because they have no CTA points and no club guarantee, it is a pity that they were excluded by the competition.

I have to say that although Lucheng is a small city with a small population, people's enthusiasm for tennis is very high.

It is said that the total number of applicants for this competition has exceeded 300. Compared with the situation in other cities, it is much higher. It can be seen that the atmosphere of tennis in Lucheng is indeed very good. good.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, An Sheng took the club bus to the tennis center, and together with everyone, completed the sign-in early.

And it wasn't until 08:30, less than half an hour before the start of the game, that An Sheng saw the draw of this event and the grouping of the first stage of the group.

But before he could take a closer look, he had already been called by the staff, and then he went to the competition venue.

Afterwards, there was no time for him to catch his breath. He only listened to the referee's brief introduction. There are 128 draws in this event, of which the top 32 players are seeded by the tournament and can directly participate in the second stage of the knockout round .

The other 96 contestants were divided into 16 groups, with 6 people in each group, and played a single round-robin match to determine the rankings. Among them, the top two can get the promotion places for the second stage.

Subsequently, a referee and two scoring referees "selected" two of the six of them and took them to their respective competition courts.

"The warm-up time is 5 minutes, please hurry up."

"Only five minutes?"

An Sheng was very surprised, but the referee ignored him, so he had no choice but to hurry up and start preparing.

But by the time he put away his tennis bag, took out his tennis racket, and stood on the court, almost two minutes had passed. What made him even more annoyed was that his opponent was still dawdling, or that the opponent didn't move at all. I didn't mean to warm up with him, but just sat on the sidelines to rest.

At this time, An Sheng was actually a little distracted, and he was relieved until he saw An Ran and Xia Yutong appearing in the auditorium on the sidelines.

Most importantly, he saw his mother, who was sitting next to An Ran.

But, his mother Shen Mengxia's expression is not very good at the moment, there is no smile on her face, but rather serious.

The reason is actually very simple. She doesn't quite agree with An Sheng's decision. She doesn't want her son to be a tennis player. She doesn't understand why An Sheng suddenly wants to play tennis.
With these doubts, Shen Mengxia looked at An Sheng, but it was not as kind as usual, and she even seemed to be watching with cold eyes.

And seeing his mother come to watch his game, An Sheng was a little excited. This is an opportunity to prove himself, and he must seize this opportunity and perform well.

But he only had time to wave and say hello to his mother, An Ran, and the others, but the referee had already announced that the match had officially started.

An Sheng quickly stopped his other thoughts and ran to the referee. After guessing, the opponent took the lead in serving.

"Oh!"

The two sides had just returned to their respective positions. An Sheng wanted to check on this strange opponent, but the opponent seemed to be very anxious. He didn't even check whether An Sheng was ready to receive the serve, and he had already served.

There is no doubt that under such circumstances, An Sheng was caught off guard, and he was indeed unprepared.

Therefore, this ball turned out to be an ACE for the opponent!

"Referee, I wasn't ready just now! This ball can't be counted."

An Sheng was very annoyed, and immediately appealed to the referee, and he felt that it was very obvious that he was not prepared just now, and the referee would definitely notice and agree to his request.

But much to his surprise, facing his appeal, the referee didn't even bother to look at him, and under his questioning, the referee even unreasonably gave him a very stern warning.

"Please stop trying to delay the game time, otherwise, I will directly judge you as a loser."

Facing the warning, An Sheng had a dark face, but he was helpless, and he didn't dare to continue to appeal, otherwise, he would definitely be the one who suffered.

But back to the game, this time, An Sheng didn't dare to be careless, but facing the opponent's second serve, he still didn't make a good return, and was chased by the opponent to win the point.

What made An Sheng even more displeased and annoyed was that the opponent's serve was obviously of average speed and placement, but for some reason, he just couldn't catch it well.

For the next third and fourth goals, An Sheng's state not only did not improve, but his performance became worse and worse. Bureau.

"What's wrong with me?"

An Sheng became irritable, but the more irritable he was, the worse his state became. In the second game, that is, in his serve game, he was easily broken by his opponent!

"Wood grass!"

At this moment, An Sheng even had the urge to throw the racket.

And as long as he thinks that his poor performance will be seen by his mother, this makes him feel extremely irritable, and the pressure on his body is infinitely magnified, and he is already a little unable to support it.

At this time, Shen Mengxia, who was sitting in the stands, was indeed a little disappointed with An Sheng's performance, but more worried and worried.

After all, An Sheng is her darling son. Although she still doesn't quite understand An Sheng's thoughts, as a mother, she certainly hopes that her son can perform well instead of being abused by his opponent.

(End of this chapter)