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Chapter 322 A Special Opponent

The U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship, this is a very special competition.

The reason why it is special lies in his venue, "American Clay Clay"!
Different from European clay courts, what it uses here is a very special kind of laterite, which is made by mixing red stone and red brick powder in a certain proportion.

The color itself is different from the traditional European red clay, which has a beautiful orange-red color, but instead shows a darker red.

Moreover, so far, in the world tennis world, only the ATP Houston event will use this special dark red clay.

And its characteristics are also different from traditional red clay.

In fact, European traditional clay is currently the slowest type of soil in the tennis world, while dark clay has a relatively faster ball speed, but it is lower than hard courts, and it is in a position between the two.

By the way, in fact, there are many types of tennis courts. In addition to the common clay, hard, and grass, there are many other types, such as blue clay, green clay, sand, and so on.

They all have their own characteristics, but they also have various shortcomings. So far, they have not been recognized by most professional tennis players, so they cannot be promoted and only exist in a small area.

There is no doubt that many professional players are reluctant to participate in this kind of competition that uses an unconventional venue.

This involves many aspects and is very complicated, including the interests of professional players themselves, so I won't go into details here.

In short, in the face of the traditional and fully mature competition system, it is extremely difficult to promote new things, not to mention, it is still a key thing related to the characteristics of the venue, which is even more difficult Disaster.

But An Sheng still chose to participate in this event. The reason is that there are only two ATP Tour stops in the recent period, and the other stop is in Africa.

Didn't it mean that An Sheng had some prejudice against Africa? It's just that, this time, he had to go to the United States on the way to have a review of his previous injuries, so naturally he wouldn't go to Africa again.

In addition, for this special venue, An Sheng also has a certain degree of curiosity and wants to try it. Regardless of success or failure, it is also good to experience it and increase knowledge.

In fact, to put it another way, An Sheng's goal in participating in this competition, although he is still the champion, may be more important to him to resume the game.

On March 3, at around 10 pm, An Sheng, the No. 3 seed player in this tournament, ushered in his first round of the main match.

His opponent is a young American player, Opelka.

I don't know what happened, but An Sheng met an unconventional professional tennis player in this special venue.

What makes it special lies in the opponent's figure. This Opelka is actually 2 meters tall and weighs 11 kilograms.

There is no doubt that this is not a common body shape on the tennis court.

When seeing each other, especially when shaking hands, An Sheng really felt very weird, because he has not met such an opponent that he needs to look up to for a long time. He is 1 meters tall, but he is not short .

Without further ado, the game officially begins.

"Oh!"

Opelka served first, and his serve, how should I put it, was absolutely super violent.

In fact, after learning about the opponent's figure, An Sheng was very sure of this point. It is also conceivable that with his figure, if he wants to gain a foothold in the professional tennis world, then his serve must be his deadly weapon.

The most important thing about his serving, besides the speed of the ball, is its rebound curve which is different from ordinary people.

To put it simply, because of his height, the bounce height of his serve after landing is much higher than that of ordinary people.

Fortunately, An Sheng had already anticipated this, so when he chose the receiving position, he had already stepped back about one meter from the baseline.

This not only allows him to have a more suitable hitting height, but also gives him more reaction time, even when he reaches the hitting position.

However, when An Sheng's racket really ended with the ball, he knew that he still underestimated the strength of the opponent's serve.

Even though his current strength attribute value has reached 84 points, he still feels that it is difficult for him to control the racket.

Sure enough, this time, An Sheng made a mistake and hit the ball off the net.

"Oh!"

On the next ball, Opelka's serve was still powerful.

But this time, An Sheng was more prepared and finally completed the hair extension.

Next, without any surprise, Opelka launched his most threatening attack besides serving.

And An Sheng, who had been staring at the opponent, could easily detect from the opponent's swing that Opelka's shot was really fierce and unreserved!
This time, it was a little unexpected for An Sheng, because he didn't expect Opelka to play so fiercely.

In addition, Opelka's offensive shot was indeed of very high quality, the ball was extremely fast, and the line was flat and short, leaving little time for Anson to react.

Therefore, Opelka successfully scored the winning point.

In the next two goals, Opelka relied on his serve and his strong first shot to score directly without delay.

I have to say that from this point of view, Opelka's strength is still quite strong.

Moreover, when the game came to An Sheng's serve, Opelka also had a pretty good ability. With this ability, he would not be unable to fight back in the opponent's serve.

"Oh!"

An Sheng's serve is of good quality, and the speed of this serve has reached 182 kilometers per hour.

But compared to Opelka on the opposite side, in terms of ball speed, it must be nothing to watch. The only thing that looks a little better is the control of the landing point.

However, An Sheng's serve this time was placed in a relatively conventional position, that is, a common outside corner serve.

Under such circumstances, Opelka did not hesitate, and used a strong attack, and was beaten by him.

The ball was so fast that An Sheng couldn't react in time, so he lost another point.

This is another winning secret of Opelka. He has a good ability to return and attack.

But, then again, Opelka, if you just want to rely on these "three axes" to defeat An Sheng, it would be a bit naive.

"Oh!"

An Sheng served again, and after learning the lesson from before, he suddenly sent a sneak attack from the inside corner.

Sure enough, Opelka's reaction was not as fast as before. The key thing is that with such a tall body, his movements are inevitably slower than ordinary people.

Therefore, his hair extension this time is not as high-quality as before.

Immediately afterwards, Ansheng suddenly stepped forward, accelerated his batting rhythm, and hit the ball towards Opelka's backhand.

It was a little surprising, but when I thought about it again, I took it for granted that An Sheng scored this point so easily.

In fact, Anson's goal was not very threatening, but facing Opelka, who was tall and lacked running ability, it was enough to complete a winning point.

That is to say, from this goal, Opelka's weakness was completely exposed.

To win him is very simple. In his serving game, you just need to block the serve and the first attack, and in your own serving game, you just need to ensure that you don't let him finish the attack.

In terms of these two abilities, An Sheng is capable of doing it, and after he gradually warms up, it can be said that it is relatively easy to complete.

In fact, this can roughly explain that Opelka's hard power is actually relatively weak. Except for his "three axes", relying on physical advantages, he can reach a level above 80, other abilities are probably only In the middle of the 70 stage, or even lower.

Such a side subject, to be honest, he can't go far.

In the end, An Sheng also won the first game relatively easily with a score of 2-0.

(End of this chapter)