The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

Chapter 83: Counterattack in Despair

With slightly heavy breathing, Keigo Atobe picked up his racket and exchanged places with Genichirō Sanada.

Standing at the baseline, he shook his arms which were still a little numb, and a look of extreme ugliness appeared on Keigo Atobe's face.

"Is this the fiery aggression? It is indeed an incredibly powerful skill." This was also the first time that Keigo Atobe experienced it personally.

Then, it was Keigo Atobe's turn to serve.

Atobe Keigo threw the tennis ball high up, and all his tense muscles suddenly exerted force, and his body burst out with powerful energy like a fully drawn bowstring.

He swung the racket in his hand and slammed the tennis ball down hard, and the tennis ball made a loud bang when it was hit.

砰

The pale yellow beam of light instantly passed through the net and rushed towards Genichirō Sanada.

"Oh? Even though we are at a disadvantage, our competitive state has not declined but has improved a lot."

Outside the court, Maya Yuuki saw Keigo Atobe's serve and gave him a good evaluation.

A player who is still motivated even when he is at a disadvantage is a scary player.

The speed of Keigo Atobe's serve exceeded that of his first round serve, and was much faster.

Although for Genichirō Sanada, it is still within his acceptable range.

Genichirō Sanada, whose threshold had already been raised by Maya Yuuki's high-speed serve, had no feeling at all about this serve, not even a hint of surprise.

"Your speed and strength are much greater than before, but if you think you can defeat me head-on like this, you are still too naive, Atobe."

After watching the serve, Sanada immediately made a judgment. He raised the racket with his right hand, found a good hitting point, and firmly received the even more powerful serve from Keigo Atobe.

The hit tennis ball returns to the opponent's half with a sharper momentum.

砰

Atobe Keigo chased behind the tennis ball and used his backhand again to lower the angle of the racket.

He hit a topspin drop shot, forcing Genichirō Sanada to come to the front court to save the ball.

Atobe Keigo's plan was successful. Genichirō Sanada ran quickly and rushed to the front court to pick up the tennis ball.

"Hmph, I succeeded."

Seeing the tennis ball picked up by Genichirō Sanada flying high to his side, Keigo Atobe immediately jumped up and slammed the tennis ball down with his racket raised high.

"I've been on guard against this move from you for a long time."

Genichirō Sanada looked at the rapidly falling smash calmly, took a ghostly step back, and then got ready to hit the fierce return ball with his backhand.

Its speed is like forest.

The return ball that hit the racket had most of its force cut off immediately at the moment of contact, and it brushed the top of the net and flew back to the opponent's net.

"what?!"

At this time, Keigo Atobe's body had not yet completely landed on the ground. He could only watch the tennis ball fall to the ground, bounce gently on the ground a few times, and then slowly roll to the net.

"Sanada scores, 15-0."

The first ball was scored, and Keigo Atobe's temporary change of tactics did not work and he was still broken.

Afterwards, relying on his fiery aggressive power, Genichirō Sanada continued to break through Keigo Atobe's defense from the front and score points.

Although Keigo Atobe has great insight, he can often only maintain a few rounds of pulling balls with his opponent before being hit by the unreasonable aggression of Genichirō Sanada and his racket is knocked away, causing him to lose one ball after another.

boom.

The flames dispersed from Atobe's body, and another attack was as aggressive as fire, and the racket fell out of Atobe's hand again. "Game, Sanada is leading, the score is 4-0."

In just over ten minutes, the result of the fourth game was decided, and Genichirō Sanada had already firmly controlled the rhythm of the game in his own hands.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

At this time, sweat was dripping down Keigo Atobe's cheeks, and his chest rose and fell greatly with every breath.

"Atobe is in a completely disadvantageous position." Oshitari Yuushi couldn't bear to see this scene and closed his eyes for a while.

"Coach Sakaki, are we going to lose just like that?"

Although he may have guessed the final result, Mukai Taketo, who had recovered a lot of strength, still looked at Sakaki Taro for help.

Upon hearing this, Sakaki Taro nodded slightly to express his attitude.

"Damn it, there's still no way to do it..." Xiangri Yueren clenched his fists with an unwilling look on his face.

In order to defeat Rikkai University, they have been practicing hard since the second half of last year, in order to avenge the defeat in last year's Kanto Conference.

But the cruel reality lies before them. After today's fight, they have discovered that there is still a huge gap in strength between the two sides.

Looking at Mukai Taketo's expression, Sakaki Taro remained calm.

Being experienced, he was not unaware of the gap between the two teams, but he would not say anything that would shake morale. Instead, he used the pent-up energy within the team to guide them to train seriously and improve their level as quickly as possible.

As for whether he could defeat his opponent in the end, Taro Sakaki knew very well that the chances of winning were very low.

The overall strength of the current Hyotei is far inferior to that led by the previous minister, Ochi Gekko.

However, even the three years when Ochi Gekko led the team were unable to break Rikkai University's record of consecutive championships in Kanto, let alone the Rikkai University they are facing now.

Sakaki Taro can conclude that the current Rikkai University lineup is definitely the strongest lineup since Rikkai University became the champion of Kanto.

On the court, after a short break, the fifth game began at the referee's signal.

咻

Genichirō Sanada served again, and the serve was still as fast as the wind.

But Atobe Keigo was already used to this move, and he immediately adjusted his posture and swung his racket to catch it.

bang, bang, bang...

There was a fierce battle of balls at the beginning, but it was obvious that Genichirō Sanada had the upper hand.

Because if Keigo Atobe is unable to directly fight back against Genichirō Sanada's aggressive attack, he will still be scored by the opponent, further widening the score gap until he has no chance of winning in the end.

"Invasion like fire!"

Genichirō Sanada swung his racket again, and the raging fire swept in front of Keigo Atobe again.

"Don't be too complacent! Don't think I have no way to deal with such a trick!"

Keigo Atobe's face looked a little grim. He clenched the racket tightly with both hands. After jogging forward a few steps, he quickly turned his body with his right foot as a fulcrum, and used the force of inertia to swing the racket in his hand to meet the flaming tennis ball.

Boom!
There was a loud collision sound, and after a few moments of stalemate between the tennis ball and the racket face, it failed to break through the obstruction of the net cable.

A light yellow ball shadow exploded at Sanada's feet, then rushed out of the court and hit the barbed wire outside the court.

"Atobe scores, the score is 15-0."

The referee finally called out a different announcement than before.

Taking a look at the tennis ball lying motionless on the ground outside the court, Genichirō Sanada's expression froze.

(End of this chapter)