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Chapter 126 Expected Gap

Matches played on clay courts are often more difficult than other venues, and the time consumed will be longer.

This was particularly evident on the first day of the Hongdu race.

The group round robin match, which was originally scheduled to end in the morning, did not end until around one o'clock in the afternoon, and it was delayed for several hours.

Probably for this reason, although there were quite a lot of registrations for this event, the event only used 64 lottery slots.

Not surprisingly, An Sheng really became the No. 4 seed in this competition, and the seeds ahead of him included Ye Shuhao and He Yiming, and Sun Qixin, who had played against him in Hangzhou.

In this way, this event gathered the top three CTA players. This is a relatively rare situation, and it has undoubtedly become a gimmick for the event party to publicize, attracting the attention of many people.

This is good news for An Sheng, because after everyone else has focused their attention on Ye Shuhao and the others, he will not be disturbed by anyone, and he will be happy and quiet.

And in the afternoon of that day, An Sheng waited from [-]:[-] noon until [-]:[-] pm, his first match, and finally started.

Of course, he wasn't the only one. The other seed players all encountered the same situation, and the games in the afternoon were all held at the same time, which was fair, so he had nothing to complain about.

And his opponent is a local player, Wang Ning.

An Sheng didn't know much about Wang Ning. He had never fought against him before and had never heard of his name, but this was normal. With his strength, except for a few specific opponents, he did not need to go there. Specifically for other players.

In fact, after knowing that Ye Shuhao had come to participate in the competition, An Sheng's attention was mainly focused on him, and he didn't particularly care about other people.

It was precisely because of his mentality that in this first game, he seemed a little anxious.

"Oh!"

This was An Sheng's first serve, and the landing point was controlled very accurately.

In the past, this might be an ACE, but on the clay court, his serving power has obviously been weakened to a certain extent.

Sure enough, facing An Sheng's high-quality serve, Wang Ning successfully completed the return.

However, for such a situation, An Sheng had expected it long ago, and his mentality at this time was still very stable. Facing the opponent's return, he chose a strong blow and attacked the opponent's backhand.

This time, the quality of the shot is still quite good, especially the landing point of the ball, which is well controlled and almost pressed on the sideline, fully opening up the angle.

It stands to reason that An Sheng should be able to score this point by relying on the advantage of his serve and this high-quality hard kick, but the fact is that he didn't.

On the opposite side, Wang Ning, when his running position was clearly out of reach, he suddenly made a big stride, stretched his left leg forward as much as possible, and left his right leg on the ground for support , to maintain balance, while his entire upper body leaned forward along the forward legs.

When his left foot landed, because of the inertia and the inclination of the body's center of gravity, his whole body actually started to slide on the ground.

"Brush" sound.

Wang Ning slid forward for a certain distance very quickly, and at the same time, his upper body, which was leaning forward, re-aligned according to the trend.

But by this time, he had reached the hitting point that he was originally unable to reach.

"Ok!"

As the racket hit the tennis ball, Wang Ning let out a muffled snort. It could be seen that he was exerting all his strength in this blow. He hit it very hard!
The key point is that this was very sudden for An Sheng, because in his previous judgment, his shot was already enough to complete the winning point, but unexpectedly, his opponent could save it and hit a counterattack.

This time, An Sheng was caught off guard by the opponent, and his reaction was half a beat too slow.

However, he did not give up the ball, but rushed over instinctively.

But at this moment, judging from the distance, it seems that An Sheng is unlikely to complete the running position, but then, he also used "sliding step" and slid forward for a certain distance, which turned out to be a dangerous and dangerous move The ball was saved.

But after that, An Sheng, who was supposed to have an absolute advantage in strength, fell into a passive position and was restrained back and forth by Wang Ning.

Moreover, it was at this time that An Sheng suddenly discovered that the grip method used by Wang Ning was very suitable for clay courts, and he was good at spinning the Western-style grip.

Therefore, Wang Ning's forehand, every hit, is almost a high-spin topspin.

In addition, as I said before, the elasticity of clay courts is higher than other types of courts.

In this way, the two factors superimposed each other, which made Wang Ning's return ball bounce back to a particularly high height after landing, and even its highest point was already at An Sheng's shoulder position.

The grip An Sheng is using now is an oriental grip, and the normal hitting point is at his waist.

Therefore, facing Wang Ning's ball path, it can be said that An Sheng's return action is extremely awkward. When hitting the ball, he had to raise his arm and twist his wrist intensively.

This, to a certain extent, also weakened An Sheng's batting ability, and he could not hit his high quality in the past.

Taking these factors together, it was somewhat unexpected that the match between An Sheng and Wang Ning was extremely touching and inseparable, as if the two men were almost the same in strength.

The most important thing is that the first goal was actually won by Wang Ning in the end, which can be regarded as a big blow to An Sheng.

You know, according to An Sheng's original expectation, this game should only belong to his "warm-up match".

Even, he has already thought about it in advance, to control the game time to about half an hour, so that he can have a warm-up effect without consuming too much energy.

But judging from the current situation, it seems that it is not easy for him to win this game!

It was precisely because of this that in the subsequent games, An Sheng seemed a little anxious, and wanted to score winning points more and more, so as to shorten the time of the game.

However, the effect was extremely poor, and it even had a counterproductive effect, which put him at a disadvantage.

And this situation lasted until the fifth game of the game.

Seeing that he was unable to achieve the set goal, and his desire to end the game as soon as possible could not be realized. Moreover, Wang Ning on the opposite side had regained his momentum after winning consecutive games. At this moment, An Sheng finally came back to his senses.

"Huh! It seems that the clay court game is indeed very difficult. I'd better calm down and fight him one by one."

What must be said is that An Sheng, who is serious, still has an absolute advantage in terms of strength, and as long as he has enough patience, there is actually not much suspense about the outcome of the game.

In the end, Ansheng broke serve once in the 9th game and won the game 6-4.

But after the whole game, he spent more than an hour, which was more than double what he expected.

Such a situation is not good news for An Sheng who wants to enter the final and face off against Ye Shuhao.

(End of this chapter)