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Chapter 264 A Lesson

An Sheng completely defeated Wu Enemy!

This caused quite a stir in the Chinese tennis world.

However, while they were surprised, they probably still had doubts. Maybe this was just an accident?After all, Wu Di's previous competitive state had not been very good.

Therefore, many media used more cautious words when reporting this game, or bluntly said that this was an accident, and An Sheng was just lucky enough to defeat Wu Di, who was in poor condition.

After the third round of the competition, among the four Huaguo contestants, there were only two left, namely An Sheng and Zhang Ze.

Among them, Wu Di was naturally eliminated by An Sheng, but Zhang Zhizheng, he was a bit regretful to lose. When he won the first set first, he was defeated by his opponent in two consecutive sets, completing the reversal .

But generally speaking, in this Chengdu Challenge, the performance of Hua Guo's players is indeed very good. Among the top eight players, four are Hua Guo players, and there are also two in the top four. surviving.

This is still very rare in previous competitions, and it is indeed worthy of everyone's praise.

Of course, An Sheng doesn't have time to care about these things now, including Zhang Ze, he must be the same, and he puts all his energy on the game.

The championship is close at hand, and they must strive for it with all their strength.

Ansheng's opponent in the next round, the semi-finals, is the player who defeated Zhang Zhizheng before. He is Lu Yanxun from Taiwan, China.

Its current ATP ranking is as high as 78th, and it is also the number one seed player in this Chengdu Challenge.

For Lu Yanxun, tennis fans in China are no strangers. After all, he is also a Chinese, and he became famous very early. He can be regarded as a representative figure among Chinese tennis players.

What I have to mention is that Lu Yanxun is really old. At the age of 33, his physical functions have begun to degenerate in all aspects. This is also one of the biggest problems he is currently facing.

In addition, years of high-intensity exercise have also left him with many injuries. Perhaps these injuries are not serious, but they still have an impact on him, and as time goes by, the impact will become more and more serious. more serious.

But then again, since Lu Yanxun has these two problems, why is he still able to reach such a high ATP ranking?

In fact, most of his points come from the ATP Challenger League.

In other words, he probably has self-knowledge, knowing that with his current situation, he can no longer maintain competitiveness in higher levels, so he put his main energy into the slightly lower challenges.

What is very worthy of recognition is that in recent years, Lu Yanxun has been able to win the championship every year in the challenge competition, without falling behind in a year.

This achievement, which most people cannot achieve, is enough to show how powerful he is.

In this way, for Lu Yanxun, a veteran, An Sheng will naturally not neglect, but will pay more attention to it.

And when the game started, An Sheng immediately realized how difficult this veteran was.

"Oh!"

An Sheng took the lead in serving, and its quality was not bad, but it could not pose too much threat to Lu Yanxun, and he completed the return relatively safely.

Afterwards, An Sheng used his forehand to attack the diagonal line first, and after being hit back by Lu Yanxun, he used his backhand to complete a line change.

This blow, An Sheng wanted to complete the end directly, and he hit it fiercely.

But Lu Yanxun was extremely tenacious, and he saved the ball. The key to his ability to do this was his game experience and mentality, apart from his strong running ability.

His game experience allowed him to choose the correct position, and his good attitude allowed him to maintain patience. When it was time to defend, he would admit to defending, without impulsiveness, and without rushing to reverse the situation.

Under such circumstances, as a last resort, An Sheng slowed down his offensive and began to compete with the opponent for more shots.

During this process, Lu Yanxun taught An Sheng a vivid lesson, allowing him to understand what it means to be "experienced".

Whenever Ansheng wanted to attack, Lu Yanxun seemed to be able to predict it in advance, and then improved the quality of his return, forcing Ansheng to suspend the offensive. But whenever Ansheng wanted to slow down the pace, Lu Yanxun could take the opportunity to adjust him. The rhythm of batting is unhurried and unhurried, struggling with Ansheng.

This actually made An Sheng very uncomfortable. He wanted to be fast but couldn't get up fast, and he wanted to be slow but was afraid of falling into the opponent's rhythm. He always felt that no matter how he played, it was not smooth.

In the end, it was Ansheng who acted impulsively because of a seemingly good counterattack opportunity, causing him to miss the ball.

Of course, An Sheng's mentality was actually maintained quite well. He didn't feel ashamed because of this, but it aroused more fighting spirit in him.

Also from the multiple shots this time, he can roughly judge that in terms of hard power and competition status, he and Lu Yanxun are actually on par, and there is not much difference between them in all aspects of technology.

Even the backhand, which An Sheng is best at, can't take much advantage of him, because Lu Yanxun's experience and running ability are enough to make up for this little gap.

In this way, An Sheng immediately thought of another method, which was the method he used to deal with Yanke before. After all, Lu Yanxun was also a veteran and a little older. Therefore, his physical strength should be one of his weaknesses.

Therefore, An Sheng needs more patience, and slowly fights with the opponent.

In his serve game, he still has some advantages. Even if he fails to finish in the first few shots, after entering the multi-shot session, as long as he maintains enough patience, he will not suffer a loss.

Therefore, although there were some twists and turns in this round, Ansheng still secured his serve.

And when the right to serve came to Lu Yanxun's hands, the situation of the game changed accordingly.

"Oh!"

Lu Yanxun's serving ability is actually not too strong, at least in terms of strength, it is about the same as An Sheng's, maybe even worse.

As a result, Ansheng successfully completed the hair extension without any problems.

The problem lies in Lu Yanxun's offensive routine. His offensive style is actually somewhat similar to Wu Di's style of play. It is through taking multiple shots to accumulate advantages that the final finish can be achieved.

But in comparison, Lu Yanxun's offensive routines, as well as his offensive quality and purpose, are stronger.

Just like this ball just now.

After serving and receiving, Lu Yanxun first hit a forehand with a wide angle, which also showed that he had the idea of ​​winning with one blow.

However, An Sheng, who was very focused, still saved the ball.

At this time, Lu Yanxun was not in a hurry, which was quite surprising. He suddenly slowed down and hit a ball with a relatively shallow landing point.

Such a ball obviously cannot directly destroy Ansheng's defense, but such a change in rhythm really makes Ansheng very uncomfortable.

But after he rushed into the field and saved the ball, Lu Yanxun suddenly accelerated again on the next shot, and hit a return ball very schemingly.

This time, it disrupted An Sheng's batting rhythm again. Although he was still very disciplined, he kept his center of gravity and didn't make moves in advance, but this slow-fast change made him react. It was a little slow, but in the end it still didn't catch up.

In Lu Yanxun's offense, in addition to the changes in rhythm that made Ansheng very uncomfortable, his changes in batting intensity were also very annoying.

In other words, Lu Yanxun's batting strength is not static. Sometimes he will suddenly withdraw his strength, making it difficult for Ansheng to borrow his strength, but sometimes he will suddenly increase his strength, thus destroying Ansheng's touch. .

In addition, Lu Yanxun is quite proficient in spinning, and there are many changes.

In short, when he took the initiative on the court, there were ways to make An Sheng play hard, and because of this, An Sheng made a lot of mistakes.

Moreover, An Sheng obviously couldn't adapt to so many changes in a short period of time.

It can be seen from this that, compared to An Sheng, Lu Yanxun's serve is much more secure, basically giving An Sheng no chance to break serve.

On the contrary, An Sheng, in his serve, always makes people feel unsteady.

In fact, Anson did lose a serve in the first set, causing him to lose the first set.

However, up to now, An Sheng still maintains a high level of confidence, because he believes that as the game progresses, his condition will get better and better, while Lu Yanxun's physical strength will get worse and worse.

Eventually, this rise and fall will break the balance on the court, allowing him to control the situation of the game and win the final victory of the game.

And An Sheng's idea was actually correct, but he made a mistake, that is, he underestimated Lu Yanxun's physical reserves.

When the game reached the second half of the second set, An Sheng finally realized this problem, because at this moment, he had discovered that Lu Yanxun was not exhausted by physical strength at all.

At this moment, An Sheng was a little flustered, but soon, he thought of a way to solve it, thus stabilizing his mind.

As the saying goes, one force can reduce ten meetings!

Although Lu Yanxun's strength has not been affected by physical strength, or his physical strength can allow him to last longer, but on the other hand, An Sheng's strength has already been improved to a certain extent.

This is the role of its "spiritual attributes".

It is also fortunate that An Sheng had raised his spiritual attributes before, so his strength has been greatly improved. Generally speaking, it has been increased by at least [-]%.

As a result, An Sheng now has the ability to try and use a more "violent" style of play.

To be more clear, that is, he can fight back more fiercely, and he must ensure a sufficient success rate in order to reverse the situation.

Fortunately, An Sheng did it, and after he strengthened his counterattack intensity, he also achieved good results, which allowed him to break Lu Yanxun's serve in the second half of the second set and regain the set. .

When the game reached the third set, the physical problem finally manifested itself in Lu Yanxun, making his performance less stable than before.

It was because of this that An Sheng gradually took control of the game. In the end, he won two consecutive breaks and successfully defeated the powerful and experienced Lu Yanxun.

What surprised An Sheng was that Zhang Ze actually defeated his opponent in another venue and successfully entered the final.

As a result, the two sides in the final were actually the two of them.

(End of this chapter)