tennis giant

Chapter 345 Ordinary, Enough

On May 5, at 14:10 am, Anson ushered in his first opponent in the Rome Masters. He was Novak Djodvic, a fellow from Trojki, Serbia.

There is no doubt that compared with Djokovic, Troicki's reputation is far worse. However, it is very surprising that An Sheng knew that he had heard of this person a long time ago.

Remember the temporary urine test that An Sheng had received before?In this regard, he is of course very confident, because he has not done any prohibited things.

But after that, he still felt a bit scrupulous in his heart, so he went to look up the relevant information and some related "accident" reports on purpose.

Among them, there is a case of Troicki.

It was also an impromptu sampling test, but Troyki did not cooperate and only provided a urine sample, but he refused to provide a blood test sample.

There was another detail at the time. It may be because Troicki felt uncomfortable after just participating in the competition, and his medical doctor told him very firmly that according to the rules of the International Tennis Federation, he can use this as an excuse. Refusing to take a blood sample, so he believed it.

But obviously, Troicki was cheated, and was banned by the International Tennis Federation for a full 18 months for violating the drug testing rules!

You know, Troicki was in his golden period at the time, and the three-year suspension was equivalent to completely killing the golden period of his career.

It is precisely because of this case that An Sheng cooperated very well with every subsequent drug test.

How should I put it, you can put forward your opinions to the International Tennis Federation or the public media afterwards, even if it is complaints or protests, but in the process of drug testing, you must fully cooperate, otherwise, you will suffer. Man, it must be you.

When he returned to the arena, An Sheng originally thought that he would have a harder time in this game, because his feeling about himself was actually not very good.

But in fact, he won this match quite easily.

"Oh!"

In the first game, Troicki served first.

Unsurprisingly, Troicki, who has a height of 1 meters, still has a strong strength in serving, and he is already a "veteran", whether it is technically or in terms of game experience. mature enough.

And An Sheng did encounter some troubles in terms of hair extensions. He gave people the feeling today that his reaction was a little slow, and he didn't have the agility before.

However, he was still able to complete the return after all, but the quality was slightly worse.

Just like this ball, in the past, An Sheng definitely had the ability to hit a high-quality quick return, but now, he only hit a soft high throw.

In this way, Troyki, who was accustomed to attacking tactics, naturally wanted to take the opportunity to launch an offensive. He first used his forehand to hit a diagonal line.

Its power is very strong, the ball is fast, and the angle and landing point are also well controlled. However, this is clay after all. Using sliding steps, An Sheng rescued him again.

Immediately afterwards, Troicki was routine, attacking Anson's backhand.

And An Sheng didn't think much about it, and directly slapped his backhand to slice in response.

It must be said that the quality of An Sheng's backhand chipping the ball is relatively mediocre compared to his previous performance, and he has not hit the upper limit of his ability.

But in the end, Troicki seemed to be a little difficult to deal with, and then in the next attack, an unforced error occurred and the ball went off the net.

"Oh!"

On the next ball, Troicki still gained a certain advantage in the serving and receiving link, and took advantage of this to play the offensive he wanted.

Moreover, it can be seen that his continuous attack still poses a certain threat to An Sheng. Every time An Sheng is unable to launch a counterattack, he also appears to be very passive.

But the problem is that with Troyki's current attack strength, An Sheng can't be completely crushed to death. Faced with his attack, An Sheng may be a little embarrassed, but he can always save him.

After being unable to attack for a long time, Troicki could not continue to attack like this. He also needed to take a breath, so he immediately hit a diagonal topspin ball as a transition.

At the same time, he probably already considered that An Sheng might take this opportunity to risk a counterattack. Therefore, he deliberately controlled his topspin. Its landing point hits particularly deep.

In fact, Troyki's topspin really made it difficult for Ansheng to make adjustments. If he chose to change his line, it would be easy to cause mistakes and he would not be able to fully exert his power.

As a result, An Sheng didn't force it, he just responded with a topspin ball, and the route didn't change in any way, just returning the same way.

But this time, it made Troyki feel very tricky, and he chose to attack by force when he didn't want to give up his current advantage.

But in the end, he made another mistake and gave An Sheng a point for nothing.

"Oh!"

Another ball, the previous process is very similar to the previous one. Troicki relied on his serving advantage to take the initiative.

But his continuous attack still failed to crush An Sheng to death, and when he had to slow down his offensive and make a transition, he was counterattacked by An Sheng again.

And An Sheng's counterattack is actually not particularly sharp, whether it is strength, ball speed, or the control of its landing point and line, it is relatively average.

However, it is this "ordinary" counterattack that makes it difficult for Troyki to deal with. He wants to continue to attack, but he has already made two mistakes before, but if he abandons the previous offensive and then switches to defense If so, he is very unwilling.

There was no time for him to hesitate, and Troicki chose to attack again.

But this time, his attack was successful. However, the quality of his attack was obviously insufficient, the strength was not enough, and the angle was not widened.

This time, it really became An Sheng's chance to fight back.

Needless to say, An Sheng hit a backhand volley and successfully completed the winning point.

40 to 0, inexplicably, An Sheng got three game points, while Troicki, in his first game, reached a point of extinction.

After that, although Troicki still relied on his offense and scored two points in a row, he still failed to withstand the pressure and An Sheng broke serve.

And when the game came to An Sheng's serve, the situation of the game became clearer.

Troicki, who lost the right to serve, seemed to have lost his backbone. He played very chaotically. He always wanted to counterattack, but he couldn't play with quality, and his turnover rate was very high.

On the other hand, An Sheng felt like he didn't do anything, he just served the ball normally, then launched an attack, and then he scored.

This seems strange, but it actually reflects An Sheng's strength.

In other words, although An Sheng's current game state is not outstanding, but facing Troicki, he only needs to perform at an average level to be able to suppress him to a certain extent.

In particular, Troicki is a tall player who tends to attack but is not good at running. On this clay court, it is even more difficult for him to match An Sheng.

In the end, in just one hour, two and 10 minutes, An Sheng played two sets in a row and successfully won the first victory of this Rome Open.

(End of this chapter)