tennis giant

Chapter 18 The First Contest

Xia Yutong was greatly surprised by An Sheng's sudden change the next day. She really couldn't figure out why he was able to "turn over" after only one night.

And An Sheng's explanation to her was very simple, because she got used to the new racket.

For this, Xia Yutong has doubts. She feels that if it is because of the problem of adapting to the racket, then he should be able to adapt to it yesterday, and, before and after this, he has changed too much. It's like changing a person.

Such a situation obviously surpassed her previous accumulated common sense and experience, making it impossible for her to make an accurate judgment, and it also made her really interested in An Sheng for the first time.

After they completed the day's training program according to the plan, Xia Yutong originally planned to leave, but at this moment, An Sheng suddenly proposed that he wanted to have a game with her.

In fact, it wasn't sudden, because during the training this morning, An Sheng expressed such thoughts to her, but she refused at that time, on the grounds that the training content they formulated could not be disrupted.

"Wow! An Sheng, you are going to challenge your master so soon? Can you do it?"

"Tongtong, you are the main women's singles player in our tennis club, and now you are his master. You must not lose, otherwise it will be too embarrassing!"

Xia Yutong hadn't responded yet, but An Ran, who was on the side, had already rushed over excitedly to join in the fun, and she didn't think it was a big deal. The two sides "provoked", obviously wanting to see a duel between them.

"Sister, don't make trouble, okay? I just want to see what strength I have now, it's not a challenge!"

An Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and was afraid that Xia Yutong might misunderstand, so she explained.

"Isn't that the same? Besides, don't you want to see Tongtong's strength?"

An Ran's rhetorical question made An Sheng a little speechless. In fact, he invited Xia Yutong to the competition because he really wanted to see her strength.

And more importantly, in An Sheng's mind, he really wanted to defeat Xia Yutong, because he now regarded her as a small goal on his way forward.

Not for anything else, he just wanted to prove it to himself.

He is going to become a professional player, and Xia Yutong is just an amateur player in the campus tennis club. Of course, he needs to defeat her, and he must do this in a short time, otherwise, what is the talk? Pros?

"Ha~ Look, you are right, are you right?"

Seeing that An Sheng was silent, An Ran was quite proud.

Of course, Xia Yutong also saw An Sheng's reaction, thought for a while, and asked, "An Sheng, do you want to beat me?"

"of course."

An Sheng nodded, since they saw through him, he didn't need to deny it.

"Okay, I agreed, and I think we can have a competition every day in the future, so that we can better record your true level and changes."

"it is good."

For her proposal, An Sheng naturally wished for it, and of course he would not object.

However, because the time was approaching the meal time, and An Sheng must have been a little tired after an afternoon of training, they proposed to set the game time at 6:[-] every night, and they all agreed.

What surprised them was that when they came to the tennis court, they found that the court had already been occupied by someone, and there were quite a lot of people queuing up to play, so naturally the match could not proceed.

What's more, Xia Yutong's agreement to stay for an extra game is already quite embarrassing. After all, this is her free time. If she is allowed to wait here again, it will be unreasonable.

"An Sheng, why don't we forget about it today."

"Sister Tong, don't worry, I'll go and talk about it."

An Sheng said something, and ran out. He finally got a game. He didn't want to miss it. The most important thing was that he had already seen a few "old acquaintances", including the two people who were playing on the court. Isn't it just those middle-aged uncles who practiced with him before?

And they already knew An Sheng well, and they recognized his skills quite well. Now when they heard that he was going to compete with a master, they immediately agreed to give up the field.

"Hey~ An Sheng, I didn't expect that you are now a famous person in the tennis circle in our community. If you just say it casually, they can give up the court."

Seeing that An Ran was "molesting" him, An Sheng simply ignored him, greeted Xia Yutong, and walked towards the venue together.

But at this time, a little episode happened outside the court.

"An Sheng, the master you're talking about, isn't it the little girl?"

"An Sheng, don't lie to me, she will be a master?"

Hearing their doubts, An Sheng naturally nodded to confirm, and their voices were not low, Xia Yutong obviously heard it, and his face became serious.

An Sheng noticed her change, but he had hoped that Xia Yutong could show her full strength, so he didn't say anything and let it go.

In such an atmosphere, the two came to one side of the court, and the game was about to start.

As for the rules of the game, they are much more formal than before. According to Xia Yutong's proposal, they will conduct this contest according to the rules of the official game, but they will only play one set.

"An Sheng, serve first!"

An Sheng nodded, did not refuse, and then raised his hand to signal, seeing that she was ready, he threw the tennis ball steadily without hesitation, and when it fell, his "bowstring" that had already been fully charged was suddenly launched. .

"Snapped!"

With a crisp sound, the tennis ball flew towards the opponent's field like a cannonball.

It can be clearly seen that An Sheng's current serving speed is faster than before. Apart from his increased strength, the key is the role of the racket.

After the side length of the racket, his power has been better played.

And An Sheng was also very satisfied with his goal. He even thought that if his current opponent was still Song Jinhui, he would probably be able to score this point directly.

However, in the face of this serve, Xia Yutong was not afraid at all. Under the gaze of everyone, she even walked two steps forward in the direction of the tennis ball and directly entered the court.

You know, the closer your catch point is to the ball's landing point, the shorter your reaction time will be, and the greater the force you need to counteract when you return the ball.

Therefore, generally when facing the opponent's high-quality serve, the receiver will often stand outside the court, so that he can have enough reaction time and better control his hitting.

But what Xia Yutong is doing now is exactly the opposite of common sense. Instead of retreating, he is moving forward, getting closer and closer to the landing point of the ball.

An Sheng also noticed her move, but he didn't think about it, and he didn't have time to think about it. In an instant, he saw that Xia Yutong had already made a swing.

Immediately, the tennis ball returned to An Sheng's half at a faster speed, and hit the bottom corner of his backhand.

It was so sudden that An Sheng didn't react, or Xia Yutong's return was beyond An Sheng's imagination, and he was not mentally prepared at all.

Under such circumstances, An Sheng could only stand there blankly, watching the tennis ball bounce off the ground and fly out of the court.

"How could this be?"

An Sheng was a little dazed for a moment.

At this time, Lao Wang and others who were watching from the sidelines felt almost exactly the same as An Sheng, that is, stunned and dazed!
For a moment, the originally noisy tennis court suddenly became silent, eerily quiet.

"An Sheng, come on!"

When it came to his sister An Ran, she didn't seem to be surprised and was cheering him on.

"Whoo~"

An Sheng breathed out a breath of foul air and collected himself, then picked up the tennis ball again and stood on the serving point.

But what I have to say is that at this time, he was full of pressure. He was shocked by Xia Yutong's serve return this time, and then he was very worried that his next serve would encounter the same sharp counterattack?

"Snapped!"

With worry, An Sheng used all his strength and sent another ball.

At the same time, his eyes were staring at Xia Yutong without blinking, and what made his heart tremble was that Xia Yutong was still the same as before, after judging the ball's landing point, he went forward to meet it.

Seeing this, An Sheng was anxious, and unconsciously took two steps back.

At this time, Xia Yutong had already made a counterattack, and the tennis ball flew towards the corner of his backhand again.

Ansheng made a quick judgment and ran desperately to the bottom corner. But this time, the ball's flight direction was more tricky than before. Even though he was running at full speed and had given up the standard return action, he reached out directly to scoop the ball. But still no success, not even touching the ball.

"Wow~"

Perhaps Lao Wang and the others had not reacted when they first saw such a sharp return of serve, but this time, they let out the appropriate exclamations.

And when An Sheng stood on the serving point again, he was a little at a loss, not knowing what to do.

"Ansheng! You need to change the placement of your serve. The two serves you just made were too straight. This way it is easy for Tongtong to seize the opportunity and use the rebound ball to quickly counterattack."

Hearing this sentence, An Sheng suddenly realized that it was his sister An Ran who was reminding him when he looked up.

But when he regained his senses, An Sheng smiled wryly, because with his current ability and a comprehensive serve attribute of only 2 points, apart from normal serving, he still can't control the landing point.

"Well, since I'm forced to do this, I can only give it a try."

An Sheng thought so, and then tried. It was obvious that he failed, and he failed completely. He made two "double faults" in a row, giving the opponent two points for nothing.

In this way, he also lost the first serve game of this game with a shameful score of a duck egg.

It has to be said that before the start of the game, An Sheng never thought that he would lose so badly. In his serve game, he was beaten helplessly.

(End of this chapter)