tennis giant

Chapter 288 Still Victorious
He won again, and the process went so smoothly, even An Sheng felt a little surprised, and even wondered if his current strength had reached the level of the tour competition?

Of course, this is just a joke, but it can roughly show that for the previous few games, he really won very smoothly.

And when the news came back to the country, it added fire to him, making him, who was still in the hot spot, even more popular.

This also changed the attitude of many fans who were not particularly optimistic about him, and were even waiting for him to make a fool of themselves. At the same time, it also made the fans who supported him feel at ease.

They have such a mentality, but they are actually not to blame, because there is a kind of "foreign phobia" in Huaguo tennis, and even in the entire sports industry.

It always seems that once the sports players of their Hua country meet foreign players, they are very unsafe. Even if they are ranked higher and stronger, they are prone to accidents and lose the game.

This kind of situation happens often, which makes the fans unavoidably a little worried.

But now it's all right. An Sheng successfully passed the second qualifying round and the first round of the main competition. Based on his ranking, he has basically completed the task.

In the following games, it would be best if he could continue to move forward, but if he lost, he wouldn't need to be so depressed.

But, this is just what the fans think, but Ansheng is not.

His goal was already very clear at the end of last season, he just wanted to gain a firm foothold in the tour, and his current results were far from enough.

What's more, the improvement of his "mental attributes" can only be achieved through competition and cannot be improved in his usual training. Therefore, he naturally hopes that he can go further.

Looking back, Ansheng really encountered a strong enemy in the second round of the main competition. He was Youzhny from the fighting nation.

He is a famous player. At his peak, he was ranked among the top 30 players in the world. He also performed well in Grand Slam tournaments and was often able to defeat the top ten players in the world.

This also earned him a nickname, known as the "Russian soldier".

Now, although Youzhny is 34 years old and has become a veteran, his competitive state is still very good, and his current ATP ranking has reached 37th.

From these materials, Anson can get some important information, for example, Youzhny's hard power has reached 100% above the level of 80, and it is still maintaining such a high level.

As a result, Ansheng is naturally more dangerous in this game.

And when An Sheng really saw this famous Russian general, he immediately understood the origin of his nickname.

Because Youzhny's appearance and physique are indeed very tough, especially he still has a straight haircut, which highlights his toughness.

More importantly, Youzhny is not an embroidered pillow. His toughness is also revealed in the game, and he plays extremely strong.

"Oh!"

Youzhny took the lead in serving, and his serving action was very violent. You can tell at a glance that he is a violent server.

Moreover, as a veteran, his serving skills have already been perfected. Not only is he powerful, but his success rate is not low.

What is not suspenseful is that Youzhny's serve has already broken through An Sheng's limit, making it difficult for him to deal with it calmly. Every return is a severe test.

For example, this shot was too extreme. When Ansheng was receiving the serve, he had already lost his body's center of gravity and almost fell to the ground.

However, Ansheng's touch was still very good. Although his body had lost its center of gravity, he still completed the return and hit the ball deep.

But in the next shot, An Sheng couldn't do anything, because even though his return was close to the bottom line, Youzhny's strong attack was more violent, and even, the speed of the ball he hit with his forehand, Not much worse than his serve.

What's more, An Sheng had just reached the center line at this time, and he hadn't even stood still, so he had no time to catch up.

On the next ball, An Sheng's return was a little better, but he still couldn't block Youzhny's first attack.

Because the force of his hitting is so great that Ansheng has a hard time overcoming this force when trying to return the ball, which greatly increases the possibility of his hitting the ball wrong.

At this time, An Sheng understood that in the face of Youzhny's powerful attack, he could only resist it if he was fully prepared, otherwise, the difference in strength alone would make it difficult for him to deal with it.

Faced with such a situation, An Sheng did not panic.

In fact, before the game, he had already predicted that he would inevitably encounter a player like Youzhny who was stronger than him in hard power, and he had already thought of a set of countermeasures.

To put it simply, facing such a strong enemy, all he can do is persevere, because the initiative to decide the outcome of the game is not on him. He can only persevere and see if the opponent will make a mistake, and only the opponent If he makes a mistake, he has a chance to come back.

In addition, there is a more important point, that is, he should try his best to find a way to complete his own guarantee.

This is also the key to whether he can delay the game and find a comeback opportunity.

By the way, this plan is An Sheng's own idea, and it is also some of the competition experience he summed up after participating in the Huaguo Open.

What I have to say is that Youzhny is old. When he has the upper hand and launches an attack, he is very energetic, but when he is in a passive situation, he does not have so much energy to fight tenaciously. defense.

To be more specific, in Ansheng's serve, Youzhny played more "hot", often within one or two beats, and the battle was resolved, obviously because he did not want to waste his time and seemed impatient.

In addition, it is also very important, that is, An Sheng's serve is very stable, and the quality is not low.

As a result, Youzhny has to take the risk of a lot of mistakes no matter whether it is a strong attack after serving or receiving.

What's more, Anson's tenacious defense also reduced his chances of being broken by Youzhny to a large extent.

As a result, in the first set, although An Sheng was at a disadvantage for a while, he kept clinging to the score until the final tie-break before they decided the winner.

An Sheng lost, but he was more motivated to fight.

But in the second set, the situation changed a lot, and Ansheng was given a huge surprise.

"Oh!"

Youzhny's serve in the second game of the second set.

At the moment Youzhny swung the racket, Ansheng was so blessed that he suddenly discovered the opponent's serving line in such a short period of time, and reacted extremely quickly, and his body immediately started to activate.

It was precisely by virtue of the accurate prediction in advance that An Sheng hit a rebound ball this time, which landed deep and the ball was fast.

At this time, Youzhny had already habitually collapsed into the field, and was about to launch the next strong attack, but facing An Sheng's high-quality return, he had to retreat, As a result, his first attack shot was completely useless.

There was no doubt that Ansheng had a rare opportunity to counterattack, and even he was a little surprised that he once again predicted Youzhny's next move and realized that the opponent was preparing to attack him at the bottom line. Fight back.

This idea suddenly appeared in his mind.

Immediately afterwards, An Sheng naturally couldn't make Youzhny what he wanted. His current style of play was to destroy the opponent's intention, so he suddenly pulled back and put a small ball in front of the net.

This time, it was completely beyond Youzhny's expectation. After finding out that it was a small ball, he didn't go forward to chase it, and gave up directly.

On the next ball, An Sheng's reaction was still extremely sensitive. Not only did he complete another good-quality serve return, but also in the subsequent confrontation, he discovered Youzhny's intention again, shot a cold arrow, and got a serve winning point.

In such a situation, not to mention Youzhny, even Ansheng himself felt a little incredible.

The key thing is that this feeling has not disappeared since it appeared and lasted until the end of the game.

Under such circumstances, An Sheng was not only able to barely resist the opponent's pressure, but in turn, caused a strong pressure on Youzhny.

Although in the second game, An Sheng still failed to break serve, but in the fourth game after that, he relied on Youzhny's two first-serve mistakes to break serve first.

And he maintained this advantage until the end, thus winning the second set.

When the game came to the third set, the situation of the game took a big turn. An Sheng, who was originally at a disadvantage, had completely gained the upper hand and firmly controlled the situation of the game.

In the end, he even won the third set with a big disparity, thereby defeating the mighty Russian soldiers and advancing to the quarterfinals of the Chennai Open.

At the moment when he won the game, An Sheng was very happy, but in his heart, he was also a little confused. It wasn't until he opened his system again and checked the system properties that he realized it.

It turned out that his spiritual attribute was actually improved again during the game. It was originally only a temporary increase of +5, but now it has become +8.

That is to say, at this moment, An Sheng's comprehensive spiritual attribute value is already as high as 87 points!
This must be a very high value, and it can even be completely determined that it is higher than Youzhny, so he will have a huge advantage in anticipation and timing.

Because of this, he was able to take the initiative in the game even though his physical strength was not as good as the opponent's. He targeted Youzhny's intentions at every turn, making the opponent extremely uncomfortable, and thus won the final victory of the game.

At this time, An Sheng couldn't help but think, since his mental attributes can be "level two up", is it possible for him to "level three up"?
(End of this chapter)