tennis giant

Chapter 125 Red Clay
Friday, April 11.

After ten days of training, An Sheng set off again to Hongdu City, the capital of Panyang Province, to participate in the upcoming CTA Platinum Series.

But it must be said that this Hongdu Open is very different from other CTA events held in the past.

In addition to being the last platinum event of the year, the most important thing is that the venue used in this Hongdu event is not the common hard court, but clay court, which is very rare in amateur tennis events. site!

Clay courts, also known as "soft courts".

In this way, there is no doubt that there is a huge difference between the hard court and the laterite, one hard and the other soft.

The characteristics of clay tennis courts are mainly two. One is that it is very elastic. After the ball hits the ground, the rebound height is higher than other similar courts. After the tennis ball bounces off the ground, the speed of the ball will be slower.

Based on these two characteristics, it can be imagined that clay courts are more suitable for tennis players who are good at baseline defense and good at using spin.

In addition, correspondingly, the most suitable grip method for clay courts is the western grip method, because its hitting point will be relatively high, and it is very conducive to hitting the spin ball.

From these two aspects, it is easy to draw a conclusion, that is, in their amateur tennis circle, there are basically no players who are very suitable for clay courts.

To be more clear, among the top [-] players in the CTA rankings, there is no player who meets these two conditions to adapt to clay courts.

Among them, basically no one is using the bottom-line defensive style of play. If you really want to count, there are probably only Ye Shuhao and An Sheng. .

As for the racket grip, needless to say, among them, no one uses a Western-style racket grip. way of grip.

In addition, clay courts are relatively rare. In many tennis clubs, there are no clay courts at all.

This makes amateur players such as them rarely have the opportunity to compete and practice on clay courts, and their adaptability to clay courts is obviously not too high.

In general, after coming to the clay court, their strength will be greatly affected, which greatly increases the uncertainty of the game.

This, of course, is not a good thing for high-ranked and capable players.

But on the other hand, for the players who are not strong enough, this is good news, because the adaptability of the clay court gives them a greater chance to fight those high-ranking players,

In fact, the words "upset" and "dark horse" have already become the labels of Hongdu clay court events.

In every previous competition, there have been upsets, and there will always be some previously unknown players who will burst out with powerful energy in the clay court, becoming even the seed players will feel The fearful "dark horse".

Therefore, it can be said that the clay court event at Hongdu Station is the most popular event among the CTA Platinum events. There are a lot of players who signed up for the competition and the competition is very fierce.

Of course, as far as registration is concerned, there is no problem for Ansheng and Chen Jialin.

But when An Sheng came to the Huachang Red Court Tennis Center, he was very surprised. He was very surprised to see someone, including Chen Jialin who was beside him. He was also very surprised.

"Hey, Brother Ming!"

"Haha, Chen Jialin, An Sheng!"

He Yiming greeted them with a hearty smile, and An Sheng and Chen Jialin also walked over with smiles.

"Brother Ming, why are you here? I remember that you didn't seem to participate in this competition much before."

"So what? I can come whenever I want, who cares?"

While the two of them were talking, An Sheng stood aside and didn't talk to him. Instead, he kept looking towards the training ground, as if he was looking for something.

"Hey, An Sheng, don't look for it. Ye Shuhao is here too, but he has already been here this morning, and he has already left now."

He Yiming guessed what An Sheng was thinking at once, and gave the answer he wanted.

In fact, when He Yiming first came to the arena, like An Sheng, he immediately started looking for Ye Shuhao.

The reason for this is obvious. Both An Sheng and He Yiming regard Ye Shuhao as their most important opponent. Naturally, they are very concerned about whether Ye Shuhao will participate in the competition.

For He Yiming, there is no doubt about this. He and Ye Shuhao are old rivals, but for An Sheng, this is actually the first time that he has such a feeling of looking forward to meeting a certain opponent.

He very much hopes to fight Ye Shuhao again, firstly because he was very unwilling to lose last time, and secondly because defeating Ye Shuhao has become the most important goal among the small goals he set for himself.

As a result, An Sheng's eyes lit up when he heard the news that Ye Shuhao was also participating in the competition, and his aura seemed to have been raised to a higher level.

"An Sheng, what you look like now is very similar to what I was back then, but if you want to fight him, you have to ask me if I agree first!"

Hearing He Yiming's words, An Sheng was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed.

"Brother Ming, we may not meet each other. Maybe, in the first few games, I will be able to fight him first."

"Hey, don't fantasize about this. I must be the No. 2 seed, and I can basically confirm that you should be the No. 4 seed in this tournament. So, if there are no accidents, we will still be the No. [-] seed first." In the semi-finals, only in the finals can we play against Ye Shuhao."

As he said that, He Yiming looked at An Sheng with a strong fighting spirit. Thinking about it, he was also very dissatisfied with the loss to An Sheng last time.

"Ok."

Feeling his fighting spirit, An Sheng smiled bitterly. From the looks of it, if he really met He Yiming, the game would definitely not be easy.

But no matter what, An Sheng at this moment has already begun to get a little excited, and he is very much looking forward to this Hongdu race.

But he didn't notice that Chen Jialin looked a little lonely at this time. After hearing the conversation between An Sheng and He Yiming, he suddenly felt a little sad.

But that's competitive sports!If you can't reach the top, then you will always be someone else's supporting role.

(End of this chapter)