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Chapter 233 The first stop of the new season

In a blink of an eye, the time has come to 2016.

Just recently, An Sheng and his manager Sandy had another quarrel, and the reason was still the schedule.

Sandy strongly recommends An Sheng to go abroad to participate in the competition, but An Sheng insists that he is not ready to go abroad and does not want to do such a thankless thing.

The two sides insisted on their opinions, and this time, they did not make any further concessions, which eventually led to their quarrel, and it was so intense that Sandy returned to the United States in anger.

And An Sheng started a new journey in the new season according to his own ideas.

His first event was the Anning Station ITF Hope Tournament, which he has participated in for two consecutive seasons.

The reason for choosing this match is firstly because his level is not high, and the level of the players is correspondingly average; secondly, because this is a clay court event, the rhythm of the game will be relatively slow.

In this way, it is more suitable for him to find the game state and test new tactics.

It is worth mentioning that although An Sheng now has a new coach, he still trusts and attaches great importance to his physical trainer, Feng Enhao. Even though his funds are tight now, his salary has been improved.

In addition, for Feng Enhao, the arrival of Fortes is actually a very good opportunity to learn and improve.

In particular, they are currently making all-round technical improvements to Ansheng, and Feng Enhao's complete participation in this process must be very beneficial to him.

Back to the race schedule, on January 1, An Sheng, together with Fortes and Feng Enhao, arrived in Anning.

There is no suspense that he, who is still ranked around 200, has won the number one seed in this event.

But this point, somehow, became a reason for the media to criticize him verbally.

Their point of view, roughly speaking, is that An Sheng should not participate in the An Ning competition. They think it is his cowardice, and he still chooses to participate in low-level competitions despite his ranking.

An Sheng didn't want to pay attention to this. He was very aware of his situation and was determined that he was really doing the right thing and was on the right path.

What makes An Sheng happy is that this tournament, like last season, met his "little brother", Zhang Zhizheng.

Of course, today's dispute between Zhang and Zhang has changed a lot.

Among them, the biggest change should be his identity. Now, he has become a member of the national tennis team.

It was also in the second half of last year that Zhang Zhizheng ushered in his explosive period, and his strength improved by leaps and bounds. Although he has not won the first professional championship so far, he has also scored several ITF Hope matches in a row The top 4, which made his ATP ranking rise to more than 500, and he won several championships in some domestic non-professional events.

In addition, behind him, there is the full support of the Shanghai City team, so it is a logical thing for him to join the national team.

After joining the national team, the resources that Zhang Zhizheng can obtain have naturally increased. For example, this time in the Anning station, he was able to get the wild card for the main match.

As for his strength, An Sheng guessed that he should have reached the peak of the 60 stage.

In the first round of the main race, there was a bit of a surprise. His opponent retired due to injury, which gave An Sheng a bye for one round. Not only did this not make him feel happy, but he had some ominous premonition.

In the second round of the race, An Sheng finally made his official debut, and his opponent was Jeremy from Australia.

As far as the ATP ranking is concerned, the difference between the two sides is more than 100 places, but during the competition, this gap was not reflected.

At the beginning of the game, An Sheng's performance was still good.

Perhaps it was because of the long absence from the arena that he was a little nervous and played more cautiously, but it was because of this nervousness and caution that he played more stably.

Of course, this also limits Ansheng's upper limit of strength to a certain extent, but when the opponent's strength is not very strong, as long as he can play stably, there is no big problem in winning the game.

But this is not what An Sheng wants. A large part of his coming to the competition is to test his skills and tactics. If he keeps playing like this in the game, how can he reflect his skills and tactics?

Therefore, An Sheng began to make changes very quickly. One was to let himself get rid of tension and let go of his hands and feet, and the other was to consciously use his tactics.

Just like this ball.

Jeremy served the serve, and Anson immediately completed the return, and the quality of the return was quite good.

Because of this, Jeremy had to give up the offense and hit a deep baseline ball for defense.

Under such circumstances, if it was before, An Sheng would definitely choose to attack sideways, but now, he is playing more conservatively, just using a one-handed backhand slice to make a transition.

Subsequently, the two sides entered a bottom line stalemate.

As a result, it was An Sheng's own mistakes that caused him to lose points.

Among them, there is actually a relatively big confusion point, that is, when he clearly has the opportunity to attack, his defensive tactics require him to play more securely, or directly give up the opportunity to attack, or give up the opportunity to attack. Or the offensiveness of the play is not enough.

This must be particularly awkward for An Sheng, who has been using an offensive style of play before.

What's more, it was because he didn't seize the offensive opportunity and played too conservatively, which led to the two sides entering into a stalemate, and then made mistakes and lost points.

And if Ansheng really had such thoughts, then it would inevitably affect his mood and undermine his tactical execution.

Fortunately, his coach, Fortes, is very experienced, and he has already expected it before the game, and he is likely to encounter this situation in the game.

Therefore, Fortes took precautions in advance, communicated with An Sheng early, and warned him not to think so much, and must insist on implementing the tactical arrangement.

It is because of this that, no matter in the face of his own mistakes or the current unfavorable situation, An Sheng is unswervingly implementing his tactics.

Back to the game, relying on his stable performance in the first few rounds, An Sheng still won the first set, but in the second set, he lost the game because of too many mistakes.

In the third set, An Sheng also encountered the same problem. Although in terms of strength, it was obvious that he had a great advantage, but he still made too many unforced errors.

This is what made this game without any suspense, until the final tie-break, the winner was not decided.

In the end, An Sheng was quite lucky and won the game.

(End of this chapter)