tennis giant

Chapter 246

Some are happy and some are sad.

The first round of the main competition has all ended, but among the four Chinese players, only two have successfully advanced, and that is An Sheng and Zhang Ze.

Wu Bingyi was in another round, and Wu Di was also in poor condition, failing to show his due strength, thus losing to his opponent, and also stopping in the first round.

For such a result, many netizens and fans did not have any violent reactions. After all, they have experienced such blows many times in previous games, and sometimes, they will be defeated in the first round. completely annihilated.

So, this is nothing to get excited about.

The same goes for An Sheng's promotion. After all, he has entered the second round of the Challenger League in Zhuhai before. With such a precedent, it is not surprising that he advanced this time.

But for the second round of the race, whether it was the live broadcast platform, the audience, or the fans, they all focused their attention on Zhang Ze, and An Sheng was subconsciously avoiding it.

The reason is that An Sheng's opponents are so strong that they have no hope of An Sheng's victory at all.

He is Aris from France. His current ATP ranking is ranked 99th and he is also the No. 4 seed player in this tournament.

And this game is also the first time An Sheng has officially encountered the top 100 players in the world.

However, An Sheng himself did not give up on this. The key point is that although Aris ranked in the top 100, in fact, his strength is basically at the challenge level.

In particular, after inquiries before the game, An Sheng knew that most of Aris' points were obtained from the challenge.

Of course, Aris also participated in a lot of tournaments, but he didn't have many gains. Most of them could only stop at the qualifying rounds. Even if he occasionally entered the main game, he rarely passed the first round.

All in all, Aris is a challenger-level player, so An Sheng believes that he still has a chance to beat the opponent.

And when the match really started, An Sheng felt tremendous pressure as soon as the two sides played against each other.

Aris' strength is indeed very strong, and his overall comprehensive strength is at least above 75 points, which is half a grade stronger than An Sheng.

"Oh!"

Anson's serve is of good quality.

But then, Aris still played a high-quality return, using a rebound ball to hit Ansheng's backhand.

At this time, An Sheng still had a bit of an advantage in serving the ball. After reaching the position in time, he used his backhand to hit a diagonal attack.

Facing his attack, Aris was very decisive, and immediately launched a counterattack, hitting a powerful topspin ball.

At this time, Ansheng had to give up the idea of ​​continuing to attack and instead used cutting to make the transition.

That is to say, after this shot, the offense and defense of the two sides were exchanged, and the initiative also changed, and it was transferred to Aris.

What makes An Sheng even more pressured is that Aris' offense is very sharp. Although An Sheng can still rely on the convenience of the clay court to barely defend, since Aris has taken control of the situation, he can hardly get it. Any chance to fight back.

But as the saying goes, if you keep it for a long time, you will lose it!
A defender, and a defender who can't fight back, is almost a fish on the cutting board, which may be slaughtered at any time.

An Sheng also understood this truth, but the gap in strength made him unable to respond effectively, so that he couldn't even fight because he didn't have many opportunities to attack.

And even if it is a fighting attack, it may not pose a fatal threat to Aris, but don't forget that this is a clay court, which has a weakening effect on the attack, and An Sheng is no exception.

Under such circumstances, An Sheng had no choice but he still didn't want to lose!

In this way, the only thing he can do is to persevere, use his tenacious will, strengthen his defense, and look forward to a miracle.

It also has to be said that An Sheng's current state and fighting spirit are at their peak, and after he began to focus on defense, his strength has indeed improved to a certain extent.

As a result, it became not so easy for Aris to kill An Sheng.

After this continued for a period of time, Aris became impatient.

For him, he is very unwilling to waste too much energy on An Sheng. His goal is to be the champion, and he doesn't like a small role like An Sheng at all.

Therefore, in the game, Aris made some unreasonable choices, which increased his mistakes.

However, it has been emphasized before that the key to determining the outcome of the game is the strength comparison between the two sides, not to mention the fact that the strength gap between Ansheng and Aris is not small.

As a result, even if Aris made some more active mistakes, he couldn't really change the result of the game. It just allowed An Sheng to score a few more points, thus prolonging the game time.

As expected, An Sheng lost the first game.but!An Sheng, who devoted himself to the game and desperately wanted to make a comeback, gained some insights from it.

In fact, An Sheng's understanding of tactics, whether offensive or defensive, was very rudimentary, and basically remained on the surface.

But in the match between him and Aris, in the process of trying his best to resist the opponent's attack, he gained a new understanding of his defensive tactics.

Before that, An Sheng believed that the so-called defense was just to block the opponent's attack one by one, but this was obviously because he thought too simply, or in other words, he didn't think deeply.

But now, An Sheng suddenly realized this, and had a new concept of "defense".

Defense is not only about blocking the opponent's attack, but more importantly, it is about disrupting the opponent's offensive rhythm and interfering with the opponent's offensive choices, thereby weakening the strength of its attack.

To put it more simply and clearly, that is, your defense and your return of the ball must make the opponent uncomfortable and make him play uncomfortable.

But it is also obvious that this is a knowledge. Even if Ansheng understands it, it is impossible to fully understand it in a short time.

However, if it is only aimed at his opponent Aris in this game, there is a possibility.

And the most important thing is that, at this moment in the competition, An Sheng has no other way. In this way, he can only be a dead horse as a living horse doctor, and he has to try no matter what.

(End of this chapter)