tennis giant

Chapter 116 Schadenfreude
November 11th, Hangzhou, Huanglong Sports Center, Tennis Hall.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Meng Hong, Chen Jialin, Mao Liang, Pan Junqi and others who had already made an appointment went to the arena together to complete the sign-in and conduct field adaptation training.

And they gathered here, of course, to participate in the CTA Amateur Tennis Platinum Series, the Hangzhou station.

"Hey, everyone, the competition in Hangzhou this time is very competitive, look over there."

"It's Sun Qixin who is ranked third!"

"Also, look, Qin Zhimin, who is ranked seventh, is also here."

"Hey! So, including you guys, there will be four of the top ten players coming to participate in this event, right? Plus Brother Mao, who is ranked 11th."

"Wocao, how can I play with this?"

Chen Jialin made a miserable expression. Although it was exaggerated, it could roughly reflect his current despair and grievance!
Originally, Chen Jialin's competitive state was quite good some time ago, but in a few rounds, he was surviving. He met An Sheng consecutively, but ended up in the top 16.

And this time, it seems that it will not be easy for him to achieve better results.

"Oh, you should have expected this situation."

"This Hangzhou competition, He Yiming has already announced that he will not come to participate. Although Ye Shuhao did not announce, he has never participated in this competition. In this way, there will naturally be dissatisfaction. Few people want to compete for this championship!"

"Besides, it's almost the end of the year now. In order to secure a place in the year-end finals, many top [-] players and players who are expected to enter the top [-] will naturally not give up this opportunity to grab points. Come and fight for a better ranking."

"Even if it's you, Chen Jialin, you probably think so, right?"

"Hehe, brother Meng Hong, you really hit the spot. I think I can give it a try in this competition, at least I have to enter the semi-finals. If that's the case, I'll be safe for the year-end finals." .”

Now that he was seen through, Chen Jialin didn't hide it, and admitted his thoughts openly.

In fact, among the players who came to compete this time, there were many players who had similar ideas to Chen Jialin. They all hoped to consolidate or win a qualification to participate in the year-end finals through this event.

As for Meng Hong, Pan Junqi, and people like Sun Qixin, Qin Zhimin, etc., their goal, obviously, is to take advantage of Ye Shuhao and He Yiming's absence to compete for the championship of this tournament!
In addition, in order to attract more outstanding players to participate in this event, the tournament has increased its prize money from the original 18 to [-].

This has made the event in Hangzhou this time one of the events with the highest total prize money in the CTA Platinum Series, and it has even almost caught up with the Diamond Series.

From this, it is clear that this Hangzhou event has attracted the participation of many experts, and accordingly, its competition has been unprecedentedly fierce.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Meng Hong and the others had almost finished practicing, so they got together again to rest, chat and relax.

This is just about adapting to the venue, and they also need to maintain their physical strength. Of course, the practice will not be too long, nor will it be too intense.

And Sun Qixin and Qin Zhimin, the two of them, as well as a few players they didn't know well, had already finished today's training and were sitting on the sidelines chatting.

In this way, the two groups of them were close together.

However, what is a little surprising is that the two of them did not get involved. Except for Mao Liang, the others did not even say hello to each other.

This, speaking of it, can be regarded as a tradition of their Chinese country.

Due to the vast territory of China, and the great difference in the living habits of the north and the south, this leads to differences in the personalities of southerners and northerners, and it is not easy to get along with each other.

Naturally, amateur tennis players are also divided into southern and northern factions, and because the two sides often meet in competitions, there is a competitive relationship.

As a result, although the northern faction led by Meng Hong and the southern faction led by Sun Qixin and Qin Zhimin knew each other, they were somewhat estranged and ignored each other.

But just as they sat down, Meng Hong suddenly stood up and looked towards the entrance of the stadium with surprise on his face.

The people next to him were all taken aback by his actions, and then followed his direction and looked over.

"Fuck! Why is he here!"

"Oh, it's over, it's over, this time the champion, I'm afraid you have no hope~"

It has to be said that at this moment, Chen Jialin was a little gloating.

But Meng Hong, who was very surprised at first, came to his senses after hearing Chen Jialin's words, regained his smile, and got up to meet him.

"Hey! An Sheng, this way!"

What surprised him was none other than An Sheng, who was from Lucheng, who was currently down one place and ranked tenth in CTA.

"Brother Hong, are you here to compete this time?"

An Sheng felt quite friendly when he saw Meng Hong. He walked over with a smile and started chatting with him.

While they were chatting, Sun Qixin and Qin Zhimin, who were not far away from them, were also quite curious about him.

In fact, those of them who are in the amateur tennis circle have of course heard of An Sheng's name, especially the deeds about him beating He Yiming and almost beating Ye Shuhao have already been circulated in the circle.

But Sun Qixin and Qin Zhimin didn't quite believe this, because they had fought against Ye Shuhao and He Yiming, but they knew their strength very well.

They didn't see it with their own eyes. They didn't think that a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy could pose a threat to Ye Shuhao and the others. Maybe it was just that He Yiming was in a bad state and he took advantage of it.

"Hey, Brother Mao, is he the recently rumored An Sheng?" Out of curiosity, Sun Qixin moved to Mao Liang's side and asked.

It is worth mentioning that Mao Liang's playing style is extremely stable, which is basically the same as his way of life. Therefore, he does not regard himself as a northern or southern faction. Sun Qixin and others still get along with him Not bad.

"Yes, he is An Sheng."

"Really? Very young."

"Hehe, Qixin, don't underestimate him. In the Kyoto Open, I personally played against him. He is very powerful and has great potential. Maybe in the future he can become a figure like Ye Shuhao .”

"..."

But hearing what Mao Liang said, Sun Qixin frowned instead, feeling uncomfortable, because he is only 23 years old, but he is often praised by others. In the future, he will be able to surpass Ye Shuhao and become the No. 1 amateur tennis player.

But now, this title seems to be taken away by An Sheng.

And when he looked at An Sheng again, his eyes were not as peaceful as before, but with obvious hostility.

However, Sun Qixin didn't say anything in the end, instead he got up and left. His thoughts were exactly the same as An Sheng's.

(End of this chapter)