tennis giant

Chapter 310
On February 2, Anson flew to Sao Paulo, Brazil, to participate in the ATP27 event held there, the Sao Paulo Open.

On the plane, An Sheng felt a little tired. Apart from the fact that he had just finished participating in the Rio Open and hadn't gotten enough rest, the most important thing was that his team was in crisis.

In these short two days, he first terminated the contract with Fortes quickly, and then, his agent Sandy, unexpectedly, also asked him to terminate the contract.

At that time, An Sheng was very excited to deny Sandy's proposal, and even after he calmed down, he still could not agree to the request.

He can accept other people to intervene to form a brokerage team and share part of the work for Sandy, but in any case, he hopes that Sandy will be in charge of his entire economic team.

But the problem is that Sandy herself is very insistent and hopes to get out.

The crisis of the team is also the source of An Sheng feeling so irritable and exhausted. This has obviously affected his mentality, and I am afraid it will also have a considerable impact on his next game.

In fact, this is one of the negative effects of An Sheng's rapid promotion. His outburst is indeed a bit violent, and many people are not ready to accept it.

Including himself, he was probably a little underprepared, otherwise, when he won the Rio Open championship, he would not be so dazed.

And when he arrived in Sao Paulo, An Sheng had to clean up his mood and focus as much as possible on the upcoming game.

As mentioned just now, the Sao Paulo Open is an ATP World Tour 250 event, and its venue type is still clay clay, which Anson is good at.

However, when An Sheng signed up for the competition, his ATP ranking had not yet reached the current level, so although he could directly enter the main match, he was not a seeded player, which also led to his position on the draw. , not too good.

After only two days of rest in Sao Paulo, at 3 am on March 1, Anson ushered in his opponent in the first round of the race, Souza from Portugal.

Unlike the previous Rio Open, An Sheng's luck this time was not so good. When he came up, he met a very capable opponent.

Its current ATP ranking has reached No. 55, and it is also the No. 8 seed in this tournament.

By the way, as far as the world tennis world is concerned, Sousa is not yet a top tennis star player, but in his home country Portugal, his reputation is in full swing, and he is definitely a top star.

The key is that he has created many records for Portugal, for example, he is the first Portuguese player to enter the top 16 of a Grand Slam tournament, and for example, he is the first Portuguese player to win a tour championship .

In addition, he is also a language genius, can speak Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, English, French and Italian.

What's more important is that Anson doesn't know anything about this information, including Sosa's usual tactical style of play and its technical characteristics.

It must be said that for this game, An Sheng's pre-match preparations were not sufficient.

Correspondingly, Sousa did not dare to underestimate An Sheng, who is in the limelight, and carefully watched the videos of his games at the Rio Open, so he was much more prepared.

And when the game started, the preparations of the players on both sides were quickly reflected in the game.

"Oh!"

Sousa took the lead in serving, and its quality was unexpectedly high. He also caught Anson by surprise and could only barely block it back.

In the next shot, Sosa hit a super high-quality forehand slam, and scored a winning point very strongly.

"Oh!"

The next ball was another high-quality serve. Fortunately, An Sheng regained his composure, which improved the quality of his return.

But that is, on the first attack after serving and receiving, Sosa played a super high-quality shot again, directly attacking An Sheng's forehand corner, the ball was so fast that An Sheng couldn't catch up.

And for the next two goals, Suo Ran used this routine to score seemingly easily, thus easily completing the serve in this round.

At this time, An Sheng was naturally alert, but his idea was that Sosa had this strength, but he hadn't realized that Sosa actually adopted a radical approach to deal with this game .

In other words, Sosa's original strength was not that strong, and his current performance is somewhat extraordinary.

But An Sheng didn't realize this, because he didn't know what Sosa's strength was before, so he couldn't make a comparison and draw an accurate judgment.

And when the game came to Ansheng's serve, Sosa still adopted an aggressive style of play, playing very aggressively, and judging from his performance, he played very well.

This time, An Sheng was a little panicked, because he really didn't expect that the first opponent he met would be so strong, and he never thought that he would lose in the first round.

This kind of mentality and this kind of pressure have affected Ansheng's game state to a certain extent.

Another very important point is that at the beginning of the game, An Sheng felt that his physical condition was not that good. Not only was he not excited enough, but he seemed to be still fatigued. So full before.

But no matter what, An Sheng didn't want to lose, and he tried his best to get rid of all distracting thoughts so that he could fully focus on the game.

But this requires a process of adjustment, and the state of the game is not something he can mobilize if he wants to.

Therefore, in the second game of the game, An Sheng was powerless and was directly broken by Sosa.

In this first set, Sosa relied on his full preparation before the game and his decisive fighting tactics, which gave him a huge advantage in the early stage, and he maintained this advantage until the end.

But then again, in terms of hard power, Sousa is almost the same as An Sheng, and they are both in the middle and lower levels of the 80th stage. If they really want to fight together, he does not have the advantage.

Furthermore, although An Sheng was in a bad mood before the game, and he might even be in a trance, his attitude towards the game was still very serious, and his desire to win was still very strong.

And even though his game state and his physical state were not at their best, after the adjustments in the first game, his state was gradually recovering.

In this way, when the game came to the second set, An Sheng began to slowly regain the situation, and by the second half, he had regained the initiative.

What's more, Sosa has always adopted fighting tactics. This kind of tactics can indeed help him to play at a higher level, but its shortcomings are also very obvious, that is, the lack of stability.

He may be able to hit consecutive good shots, but he is more likely to make consecutive mistakes, especially when he is in a passive situation.

Therefore, as long as An Sheng maintains his current level, the opportunity to break serve will naturally appear in front of him.

Sure enough, in the fourth game of the second set, Sosa made several mistakes in a row, but An Sheng seized the opportunity and broke serve.

And in the eighth game after that, Suo Ran's state fluctuated again, allowing An Sheng to break serve again, thus winning the second set with a score of 6-2.

And when the game came to the third set, the situation changed a bit, because, after confirming that the situation was not good, Sosa started to really fight for his life.

The most important thing is that he really hit a lot of good shots, and even got An Sheng's break in the fourth game.

Fortunately, An Sheng finally withstood the pressure. In the seventh and ninth innings in a row, he seized the opportunity and pulled back two breaks. After that, he held serve in the tenth inning and won the whole game. The victory of the game.

But I have to say that it was difficult for An Sheng to win this game, and even at the end of the game, he still didn't feel very good about himself.

(End of this chapter)