tennis giant

Chapter 218
In the case of poor form, he was able to defeat his opponent and advance to the final. This still made An Sheng very happy, and his mood also recovered.

And he also had some insights during the game, but there is one thing, he hasn't recovered yet.

In fact, with his current strength, coupled with his stable performance, in the ITF Hope Tournament, he is definitely already a dominant figure.

In other words, in this level of competition, as long as he plays steadily, he will have a strong competitiveness to win the championship, and only when the opponent is in a very hot state can he be threatened.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything. Sometimes, some players who do not belong to this level will choose to be relegated to participate in the hope match due to some special reasons.

For example, the number one seed in this event is the British player Claremont. His current ATP ranking is as high as 241.

Although this ranking is not too high, it is basically relatively stable to sign up for the general ATP challenge and get a place in the qualifying round.

Therefore, Clement can be regarded as a challenger level player.

That being the case, in the hope match, his strength and competitiveness are naturally higher than other players, and there may even be a gap in strength between levels.

As for such a high-ranked player, An Sheng naturally noticed him very early and paid close attention to him. Therefore, he roughly knew the opponent's performance in this competition.

But to Anzheng's expectation, in this tournament, although Clermont defeated his opponents all the way and finally reached the finals, the process did not seem to go so smoothly.

This can be roughly seen from the scores of his previous games.

He often needs to play three full sets with his opponents to decide the outcome. Even if he won 2-0 in one game, but in terms of small points, both sets entered the tie-break.

That said, it wasn't easy for Claremont to win.

"Perhaps, it's because his condition is not very good." An Sheng speculated.

But when the finals officially started, An Sheng felt bad when the two sides played against each other.

"Oh!"

Clement served first, and the ball was extremely fast. Fortunately, the angle was not very sharp, which allowed An Sheng to accurately find the hitting position, but at the moment when his racket touched the tennis ball, his hitting action was There has been some deformation.

The reason is that An Sheng underestimated Clermont's strength, and the impact of his serve was stronger than any opponent he had encountered before.

From this, An Sheng can deduce that Clement's strength has probably reached the 70th stage!

Thinking about it this way, An Sheng's heart was at least half cold, because he knew very well that the gap in rank was too huge, and it was difficult for him to resist.

Of course, correspondingly, An Sheng believes that this is also a very rare opportunity to exercise, and it will definitely help him to be able to fight against players at the 70th stage in the official competition.

Especially now that he is facing a "bottleneck" period, perhaps he can gain more from this game.

And since he has this expectation, he will naturally not give up the game easily, but will instead devote himself even more.

It's a pity that although his game state has improved, overall, it is still relatively sluggish, and he can only play at a normal level.

But back to the game, due to a wrong estimate of the opponent's strength, the quality of An Sheng's return was very average.

There was no suspense. Clement immediately used his forehand to launch a strong attack. Leaving aside other factors, with his strength, the speed of the ball was already beyond An Sheng's ability to handle.

The next ball, the situation improved slightly.

An Sheng completed the return relatively normally, but facing Clermont's first attack, he still had a lot of difficulty. He barely caught up with him, but the preparation time was too hasty and he couldn't use his strength, which caused his shot There was a mistake and flew directly out of bounds.

And just when An Sheng thought that there was almost no suspense in this game, when he made the next goal, something unexpected happened.

First, Clement made a mistake in his first serve, but the strength of his second serve was rather ordinary.

In this way, An Sheng seized the opportunity and played an aggressive return, taking the initiative on the scene.

And Clement obviously didn't want to see such a situation. Therefore, in the face of An Sheng's return, he did not choose to make a transition, but directly attacked.

It must also be said that such a strong attack is difficult to a certain extent, but according to An Sheng's judgment, if Claremont really has a strength above 70, then it should not be difficult for him to complete.

But in fact, Clement made a mistake in hitting the ball and hit the ball directly into the net.

"It might just be an accident."

An Sheng thought so, but he had already started to re-examine Clement on the opposite side, and when he thought of his performance in the previous few games, he even doubted his strength.

As the competition progressed, An Sheng gradually discovered some of Claremont's characteristics.

Judging from some of his shots, he did show strength beyond the 60 level, but in some aspects, such as his second serve, he was very ordinary.

More importantly, Clement's performance was very unstable.

Whether it's his first shot or his current forehand attack, as long as An Sheng can put some pressure on him, then his performance will be substandard, and sometimes he will make inexplicable mistakes.

From this, An Sheng came to a rough judgment. This Clermont should have a strength of 70, but his performance is very unstable. Moreover, his game state is also problematic, and his emotions are easily agitated. .

In the first set alone, An Sheng had already seen that Clement swung his racket several times. He obviously had the urge to throw the racket, but he resisted it in the end.

This point is probably the key reason why he still chooses to participate in the ITF Hope Tournament despite having such strength and such a high ATP ranking.

In this way, An Sheng, who played more stably, would have a slight advantage in the situation.

In the first set, Clermont was the first to complete a game break against An Sheng, but then, An Sheng took advantage of his mistakes and pulled back a game.

Then the two sides entered the tie-break, and Clement lost the chain at a critical moment because of his own mistakes, giving An Sheng the victory he had already obtained.

In the second set, Clement's performance was even more ups and downs.

When he played well, he could completely control the game, leaving An Sheng helpless, but when he played abnormally, he made frequent mistakes.

Fortunately, this time, he was able to hold on to his advantage in the crucial game and won the match.

But when the game came to the third set, Clement's performance became even more sluggish, and because of his poor performance, he finally couldn't bear it and broke one of his rackets.

As for the result, it is self-evident that An Sheng, who seemed to be mediocre, won the final victory.

Only one month later, An Sheng won the hope match again!
Regarding this, An Sheng himself was quite calm, but the media reporters who came here for him were a little excited.

Including those fans and netizens who followed him, they were really surprised that he was able to win the championship again so quickly, which also made his Weibo become popular again.

(End of this chapter)