tennis giant

Chapter 255 The Dark Horse
In the field of sports, the so-called "dark horses" generally refer to those young players who have made a big splash in the competition and were originally not favored, but now they have defeated their strong opponents.

Therefore, although An Sheng also defeated Boll, who was ranked much higher than him, but because everyone was optimistic about him before, he cannot be called a dark horse.

But in this An Ning Challenge, there really was a very dark "dark horse". He is the young player from Japan, Bin Tian Yuichi.

Its ATP ranking is currently at No. 173, which can be regarded as relatively low among the main contestants in Anning Station.

But in the first and second rounds of the race, he defeated Jerry from Austria and Rodford from Germany.

The two of them are the sixth seed and the fourth seed respectively in this tournament, and their ATP rankings are both around 100.

As a result, Bintian Yuichi was called a dark horse, and there was a good reason for that.

And this Bintian Yuichi was the opponent An Sheng encountered in the third round of the main match.

There is no doubt that after knowing that his opponent is Yuichi Bintian, An Sheng thought about the "dark horse".

In summary, there may be several reasons for wanting to become a dark horse. One is that the player has this ability, but has not shown it before. The other is that the player was not that strong before. strength, but now, he has become very strong for some reason.

Of course, there is a third reason, which is what An Sheng wants to see the most, that is, this player's strength has not changed much, but his luck is very good, and the opponents he meets have accidents The situation, or poor state, or being affected by injuries, etc., in short, let him win by chance.

However, the third reason is not very likely. After all, Bintian Yuichi has already defeated two very capable players in a row. If it is really just luck, then his luck is too good .

In this way, it can be roughly determined that this Bintian Yuichi still has strength, at least in the current period of time, his strength is very strong.

Therefore, An Sheng is ready to face difficulties.

What's worth mentioning is that due to historical reasons, no matter what the sport is, as long as Hua Guo and Japanese players match up, it will definitely attract the attention of many people.

Huaguo's audience, of course, unconditionally chose to support Huaguo's players, and, once they win, it will definitely be very helpful to their reputation.

But correspondingly, once he loses, he probably cannot escape the fate of being criticized, and his reputation will also be greatly affected.

This situation, to a certain extent, increased the spectacle of the game, and at the same time, it also put a lot of pressure on the players.

However, as far as the players themselves were concerned, they probably didn't have other ideas. At least An Sheng didn't think too much, and only regarded Bintian Yuichi as an ordinary opponent, and he did what he should do.

And when the game officially started, An Sheng immediately felt the pressure from the opponent as soon as he played against the opponent.

The fact turned out to be as he expected, Bintian Yuichi had real strength, and his competitive state was very good.

but!

After feeling this, Ansheng breathed a sigh of relief, because he had discovered that Bintian Yuichi's strength, or rather his specialty, was not the kind of ability that he could not resist.

Generally speaking, if you want to describe a tennis player's ability, you will say that his forehand is strong, or his backhand is strong.

And this kind of "strong", to a large extent, refers to strength, that is, strength, which means hard power.

It is also true that if the hard power is strong, the effect will be very direct. If you can't bear it, you can't do anything.

As for Bintian Yuichi, his strength lies in his "soft power".

To put it another way, his batting strength is actually not that great, and his strength attribute is definitely not too high, but his touch for hitting the ball is really overwhelming!The control of the line and landing point of the ball is very precise.

Of course, this is also very powerful, especially on the clay court, it has a weakening effect on the speed of the ball, but it does not weaken the line and the landing point at all.

However, this kind of strength is "soft" after all, so An Sheng believes that he can still resist and have a chance to win.

And the subsequent facts also proved this point.

"Oh!"

Bintian Yuichi's serve has a very average speed, but the landing point is very good. Therefore, An Sheng's serve is still a bit reluctant, almost stretching his body to the limit before blocking the ball.

At the same time, An Sheng thought very clearly that the next time he was afraid, the opponent would definitely hit a big angle, so after he finished receiving the serve, he ran desperately and returned to the center line in time.

More importantly, An Sheng didn't subconsciously think that the opponent would definitely hit him with a backhand, but kept his center of gravity and was ready to start at any time.

Fortunately, An Sheng was calm enough. Yuichi Bintian's next shot really didn't hit his backhand, but a backhand shot suddenly.

In this way, Ansheng, with a stable center of gravity, still had enough time to catch up, and once again used his sliding step to save the ball.

And when the next shot, when Bintian Yuichi slowed down the attack a little and the angle was not so wide, An Sheng decisively chose to counterattack.

A small slash backhand ended the ball.

Of course, An Sheng also took a lot of risks in this small diagonal attack, but he still did it because he felt that with Bin Tian Yuichi's running ability, if he only hit the diagonal , the other party will definitely be able to rescue him.

In addition, don't forget that An Sheng's current competitive state is also at its peak. His touch may not be as explosive as the opponent's, but at least it is very hot. Has a strong grasp.

And this ball roughly illustrates the strengths and weaknesses of both sides.

Bintian Yuichi, his "soft power" is very strong, and he feels better than Ansheng, but he does not have the ability to make a fatal shot. As long as Ansheng is mentally prepared, then, most of the time, he can still resist. opponent's attack.

As for An Sheng, his touch is also very hot, but it is slightly worse than his opponent, but at the same time, he has the ability to fatally counterattack.

It can be seen from this that the two sides are actually evenly matched. Perhaps in the scene, Bin Tian Yuichi wants to take the initiative a little bit, but An Sheng, who has the ability to counterattack fatally, has the ability to turn the situation around at any time.

In this way, in addition to the willpower, fighting spirit and other mental factors of both sides, what determines the outcome of this game really requires a little bit of luck.

Especially on key balls, a single point gain or loss may change the outcome of the entire game.

At the last moment, that is, in the tie-break of the third set, An Sheng relied on his sharp counterattack to successfully break serve and win the game.

Among them, there is indeed some luck, because his counterattacks are very risky, and if he is not careful, he will make mistakes.

It can only be said that An Sheng's luck is slightly better.

(End of this chapter)