tennis giant

Chapter 71 A Calm Victory

It is still very important to successfully break into the top 32, because it means that An Sheng can get at least 10 CTA ranking points from this event.

And don't underestimate these 10 points. After having these 10 points, An Sheng can directly rise to around 250 in the CTA amateur player rankings.

Although the ranking is still low, when An Sheng signs up for the CTA competition in the future, even if there is no guarantee from the club, he basically doesn't have to worry about being excluded from the competition.

And because the game took a short time, An Sheng had some time to take a break, but in fact, he only rested for about 30 minutes, and the next round of the game would start immediately.

"An Sheng, you have to be careful. Your opponent this time is Zhou Fafa, who is currently ranked 69th in CTA and is also the 18th seed in this tournament. He is very strong!"

"No problem, you can rest assured."

An Sheng responded with a smile, as if he was very confident, but in fact, he had no idea. After all, it was his first time meeting an opponent and he didn't know the opponent's level.

However, An Sheng's current mentality is indeed very good. He didn't think about winning or losing. He just wanted to play hard and play his best level, and that's all right.

In this game, Ansheng finally got the priority to serve. It seemed that after his mentality improved, even his luck came back.

"Snapped!"

An Sheng's first serve, as always, was very stable and of good quality.

And his opponent, Zhou Qifa, is really strong. Facing An Sheng's high-quality serve, he can still complete the return relatively easily.

But his return ability is obviously not at the level where he can receive a strong attack. Therefore, he can only follow the general practice and hit the ball as deep as possible to buy more time for the next shot.

Immediately, An Sheng took advantage of the victory and pursued, maneuvering left and right, and successfully scored this point.

At this moment, An Sheng breathed a sigh of relief. Of course, the important thing is not just this point, but because, through this goal, he discovered that his strength, compared with his opponent, is probably on par , and there is not much difference.

This means that An Sheng can at least fight the opponent and have a chance to win the game.

This point is actually very important, especially for a novice like An Sheng, it is particularly critical, and only after he has this hope of victory can he actively mobilize himself and work hard to fight against his opponent.

Otherwise, he, who is inexperienced, may lose his desire for victory because he thinks that his strength is not as good as that of the opponent. Once this is the case, there will naturally be no suspense about the outcome of the game.

Back in the game, An Sheng had already secured serve in the first game, and the process went quite smoothly.

Although there were two points scored by the opponent in the middle, generally speaking, An Sheng, who held the right to serve, was able to control the rhythm of the game, got the points he should get, and thus won the first game.

But when the game came to Zhou Qifa's serve, An Sheng soon discovered that it was very difficult for him to complete the break.

After losing the advantage of serving, it is difficult for him to get the opportunity to attack. More often, he can only rely on risky offense to complete the score when the opportunity is not good.

But obviously, since it was an adventure, the success rate would not be too high.

On the other hand, Zhou Qifa, with the advantage of serving, his offensive opportunities are much better, the success rate is also higher, and scoring is naturally easier.

As a result, there was no suspense, and Zhou Qifa also relatively smoothly completed the guarantee of this round.

As the game progressed, An Sheng became more and more familiar with Zhou Fafa, and then he was very surprised to find that the opponent's playing style and strength were very similar to him.

An Sheng himself knows that his style of play is actually very moderate, neither fast nor slow, neither emphasizing defense nor pursuing offense specifically.

In terms of tactics, what he uses is the most simple and clear left and right scheduling to hit the gap. There is no profound idea, and it can even be said to be a bit random.

As for Zhou Qifa, his style of play and tactics are almost the same as An Sheng's. To put it simply, it is "adaptive".

In fact, it must be said that this is the normal state of amateur players, including Luo Zhilin, Chen Haoyu and other players. Although there are some small differences in their styles of play, generally speaking, they are basically such a moderate style of play .

Players who are as distinctive as Lai Chaofan, who emphasize rushing rhythm and playing offense, are actually very rare.

What's more, in real terms, Lai Chaofan cannot be regarded as a singles player, but should be attributed to him as a doubles player. In this event, he also signed up for the doubles game.

When the golden mean meets the golden mean, An Sheng and Zhou Qifa have almost the same hard power, so this match seems to be a bit calm and dull.

In terms of the score, there was no suspense. They went up alternately. Whoever served the ball would win. It was basically impossible to break serve. Even in the whole game, there was not a single break point.

It is also conceivable that watching such a game is not a good feeling for the audience, making them a little drowsy and without passion.

But the problem is, for An Sheng and Zhou Qifa, they played very hard. Every time they wanted to get a break, they were hit repeatedly, so repeatedly, so tormented.

As for the final result of this game, An Sheng still won. In the most critical decisive game, An Sheng grabbed a break and then won the game.

In this, there may be a certain element of luck, but more importantly, it should be a psychological difference between the two players.

As a "blank board", An Sheng has neither the pressure of points nor the requirements for grades. In terms of mentality, he is relatively peaceful.

But Zhou Qifa was different. Before the competition, he thought he was very lucky. Meeting an unranked player like An Sheng would allow him to advance easily.

But when it came to the game, he was surprised to find that this game was not easy at all. Facing An Sheng, he had no advantage at all, and the two sides could only be regarded as evenly matched at best.

Zhou Qifa couldn't accept this, or in other words, in his heart, he was unwilling to accept this fact. Therefore, he wanted to win very much and would not allow himself to fail.

And when it came to the decisive game, the pressure on him was conceivable.

The more he wants to win, the greater the mental pressure, the stiffer his body will be, and the worse his performance will be.

This is like a bone card, which is pushed down layer by layer, and is constantly enlarged, until finally unable to bear it, the taut string on Zhou Qifa's body is broken, which allows An Sheng to take it. The key point to break serve, and then won the whole game.

But when An Sheng was quite happy celebrating the victory with An Ran and the others, Chen Feiyang remained expressionless and stayed alone. Of course he was very happy for An Sheng, but there was a piece of news that made him a little bit happy. stand up.

(End of this chapter)