tennis giant

Chapter 171 Registration
On the way back to Lucheng, An Sheng somewhat felt this way.

When he left, he thought that he would probably be away for a long time, and when he came back, he would definitely have become a real tennis professional, maybe even a famous player.

But now, he has only been away for less than half a year, and his identity is still the same as before, except for an extra ITF youth ranking, there is no other change.

With such thoughts, An Sheng only told Coach Sun Binghua the news of his return, not even his family members.

But when Ansheng got off the high-speed train and came to the exit, he was shocked to find that his parents, sister, Chen Feiyang, Xia Yutong, and of course Sun Binghua had all come.

"An Sheng, in just half a year, you were able to win the championship in the ITF youth competition. This is amazing, and you have surpassed most young players. You should be more confident."

An Sheng smiled wryly and nodded towards coach Sun Binghua, but he still felt a little ashamed.

However, since he came back, this matter can't be kept secret for long, and it has to be faced anyway, so it's better to take this opportunity to tell them the whole story.

After that, there was no suspense, everyone had dinner together, and An Sheng also roughly told everyone about his time in the Shanghai City Team and his participation in the ITF youth competition.

"An Sheng, what are your plans in the future, is to continue to participate in youth competitions?"

As soon as Chen Feiyang asked this question, everyone present immediately looked at An Sheng. It was obvious that this was a question that was very relevant to them.

As for this, An Sheng had already made up his mind.

"No, next, I will participate in real professional events."

Hearing this, everyone fell silent, but it was easy to see from their expressions that they were all very excited.

"An Sheng, you don't have any ATP points yet, so the only way to sign up for a professional tournament is the ITF Hope Tournament."

"Coach, I know, and I am also very clear that with my current strength, I am afraid that I still cannot fully gain a foothold in the Hope Games. It will take a lot of time to achieve results."

"And I have also carefully read the competition plan for this year promulgated by the Huaguo Tennis Association. Except for December, basically every month, we will hold at least one ITF Hope match in Huaguo."

"So, my general plan is to participate in hope competitions in China as much as possible, so that I can basically guarantee one competition every month to maintain my competitive state, but the frequency of participation will not be too high, so that I can ensure that I have a relatively high level of competition." Lots of training time."

"Very good, An Sheng, I agree with your idea. You are still in the growth stage, too many competitions is not a good thing, the most important thing is to ensure that you have enough training time and continue to improve your strength. "

Sun Binghua agrees with An Sheng's ideas and plans very much, and is also quite relieved. From this, he can see that An Sheng has grown a lot now, and his mind is much more mature than before.

"Coach Sun, I have a request."

"Oh~ you say."

"I want to hire you as my head coach full-time, and I will pay you."

"I am very honored, An Sheng, to be able to become the coach of a professional player. This should be the ideal of all tennis coaches, and I am no exception. But, you have to ask Mr. Chen."

As soon as Chen Feiyang heard it, he immediately expressed his attitude.

"Haha, An Sheng, you don't know that Lao Sun is now the head coach of our Guanhao Club. He is usually very busy, but as long as Lao Sun agrees, I have no problem. Besides, even if Lao Sun becomes your The full-time coaches and the salary of the club will also be paid accordingly."

In this way, the matter was settled.

After the dinner, Ansheng did not go home immediately. Instead, he went back to Guanhao Club with Chen Feiyang and the others, because after confirming that Sun Binghua would be his coach, he had a lot of things to do with him. discuss.

Among them, the most critical thing is "registration".

As a tennis player who does not have any ATP points or is famous, and is still very young, it is not that simple and easy for An Sheng to sign up for the ITF Hope Tournament.

In fact, with his current situation, there is only one way to participate in the competition, and that is to apply for a wild card to participate in the qualifying competition from the organizing committee of the competition.

But in Huaguo, there are many players who want to get this spot.

That is to say, An Sheng needs to pass the competition, and the selection is based on various conditions on paper, and may need some luck to get this spot.

The only conditions that are more favorable to him and can give him extra points are probably his ITF junior ranking and the championship of the ITF Junior Tennis Tournament that he just won in Jinan.

In addition, although the ITF Hope Tournament is the lowest-level event among professional events, its registration method is still very formal. You must start registering more than a month in advance so that the event party can determine the number of participants.

And once you decide to participate, then you can't withdraw at will, otherwise, you will be punished, for example, in the next year, you may lose your qualification for this event.

Therefore, it is very important for professional players to choose and formulate a competition plan that suits their own conditions.

As far as An Sheng is concerned, since he is participating for the first time, the start time of the ITF Hope Tournament he can sign up for is at least one month later. If he is unlucky and fails to qualify, he will wait time will be longer.

After inquiries, An Sheng and Sun Binghua also quickly confirmed that the event they want to sign up for is the 7K Hope Race held in Anning City, Yunnan Province in July.

It is worth mentioning that Anning City is relatively famous in terms of tennis.

Because in addition to the ITF Men’s Tennis Hope Tournament, there are many tennis events held here every year, not only hard court events, but also clay court events, among which there is the 125K high-level WTA Challenge.

In addition, the geographical location of Anning is also relatively special, which is easy to impress the contestants because it is located in a plateau area with an average altitude of more than 1800 meters.

But no matter what, as the only ITF men's hope match held in Huaguo in July, An Sheng can only choose to sign up, and he very much hopes to get his participation quota.

However, after he submitted the application for a wild card for the qualifying competition to the competition party, he didn't need to follow up other matters in person, and he could just leave it to coach Sun Binghua to handle.

And his attention must naturally be turned back to training, especially, his current strength is already very different from before, and it is no longer a comprehensive and balanced development.

Because of this, An Sheng's current tactical play is obviously no longer suitable for him. In addition, he will soon enter professional competitions. He needs to find better tactics to adapt to his changes.

This is what he needs to do in the future, the most important thing.

(End of this chapter)