tennis giant

Chapter 193 Boosting Confidence
Successfully broke his previous best record and broke into the top 8 of this ITF Hope Tournament. An Sheng is actually very aware of this, but for him, this is not enough!
His goal has always been to be a champion, this is not just what he said.

And he had thought before that since he wanted to win the championship, he had to defeat the seeded players who were stronger than him.

As for the Takagi Toshiyuki he met before, it is not really a test, because in terms of hard power, the two of them are similar, and the other party has obvious weaknesses.

And the opponent he will face next is the real test.

Bright, from Canada, 22 years old, is currently ranked 317th in the ATP and is also the No. 4 seed in this event.

As soon as the game started, Bright gave An Sheng a big blow.

Its ferocious serve and strong forehand topspin attack strongly suppressed An Sheng, without giving him any chance to counterattack.

Because of this, Bright scored four goals in a row and won the first game very easily.

What needs a little explanation is that compared to the powerful flat hitting, although the ball speed of the topspin ball is slightly slower, the controllability is much better.

From this, it is obvious that topspin is more suitable on clay courts that have a significant weakening effect on ball speed. Relying on its more tricky ball path and landing point, it can play a more threatening offensive effect.

And through the first game, An Sheng can clearly judge that in terms of hard power, Bright is really stronger than him, and both in terms of physical fitness and tennis skills, they are basically the same. in this way.

However, Ansheng did not panic because of this. In fact, he had already anticipated the current situation and still maintained confidence.

The key is that An Sheng believes that his current overall strength may still be far away from the peak of the 60-stage stage, but several of his commonly used techniques and his physical fitness are already relatively close to this level. level.

In other words, An Sheng felt that there was not much difference in strength between him and Brett, and it could not be used to determine the outcome of the match.

And when the game came to Ansheng's serve, Bright's strength still continued. In other words, his strength, coupled with his game state, put him in a relatively strong position in the confrontation with Ansheng. status.

An Sheng's serve was no longer able to give him enough advantages like in previous games, including his strong forehand attack, and it was also unable to pose too much threat to Bright.

Even his two strongest abilities are difficult for him to gain the upper hand on the field. From this, it can be seen that it is more difficult for him to complete the guarantee.

However, in this serve, An Sheng barely kept it.

Obviously, judging from his situation in this serve, the situation is not optimistic, and the possibility of being broken by Bright is very high.

Sure enough, in the fourth game after that, although An Sheng was very tenacious to regain some of the break points, in the end, he was still broken by Bright.

Now that the game has progressed, An Sheng is still very calm, and his mind is also very calm, because the previous game has actually verified his judgment. Facing a seed player like Bright, he has the ability to resist. At least he was not easily crushed by the opponent.

So, he does have a chance to win this game, but the probability of winning is relatively low.

What's more, An Sheng believes that as long as he maintains his concentration on the game, then as the game progresses, his slow-heating attributes will slowly come into play, and his competitive state will definitely get better and better, and his chances of winning will , will become larger and larger.

Of course, the premise is that he can't collapse, and he must try to hold on to the score as much as possible, so that he has the possibility of coming back.

With this thought in his mind, Ansheng became more determined. He tried his best for every ball and every point.

In addition, it is very worth mentioning that after experiencing the lessons of the previous game and the guidance of coach Sun Binghua, in this game, An Sheng has always adhered to his offensive tactics and did not try indiscriminately.

It can be easily imagined that if in this game, An Sheng started to adjust his tactics indiscriminately like before, then he would probably be seized by Bright soon to open the score and lose the game. Negative suspense.

In the next few games, both sides kept their serve.

Among them, of course, it was more difficult for An Sheng to keep his serve, and there was even a danger of being broken again, but with his hard work, he still managed to keep it with difficulty.

Until the very crucial 9th ​​inning of the game, when Bright served to win the set, the situation changed a little.

At this point, if An Sheng loses one more game, he will lose the entire game, but if he uses the conventional game method, the probability of him being able to break serve is too small.

In this way, there is no doubt that the time for An Sheng to desperately has arrived.

It must also be said that An Sheng's previous tenacious struggle and clinging to the score was actually in order to get such a chance that he could work hard.

It's just that, it's a pity for him to lose a serve first. Therefore, this has caused his current situation. Even if he chooses to fight for his life, the chance of winning is not too great.

But if Ansheng had not lost that serve, causing the two sides to enter a tie-break to determine the outcome, then if he had chosen to risk his life, the probability of winning would have been much higher.

And when An Sheng suddenly changed the game style and launched a series of desperate attacks, Bright was obviously caught off guard. Although it didn't make him panic, it was difficult to adapt to it for a while.

Because of this, An Sheng really hit a break point.

But in the end, Bright still saved the break point, and then won two consecutive points to complete the critical game.

After all, using the attacking method of fighting has a very high risk of mistakes. It is not easy for An Sheng to make a break point based on this.

What's more, this was Bright's serve, and it was even more difficult for An Sheng to win.

Although An Sheng lost this game, it boosted his confidence to a great extent, because the facts once again proved that he had a chance to win.

(End of this chapter)