tennis giant

Chapter 57 Dangerous situation
Before you know it, the race is halfway through.

After defeating Chen Haoyu, An Sheng successfully broke into the top 8 of this selection competition. As long as he makes another victory, he can reach the top 4 and win the place to represent the club in the CAT competition.

What is not too doubtful is that among the top 8, An Sheng is already the only player who is not a member of the club team. The other players are all from the team.

Moreover, in the previous two rounds of competition, An Sheng had defeated two powerful team players in a row. There was no water in the road to promotion.

Therefore, when the game came to the third round, An Sheng received the attention of many viewers.

In particular, for some unknown reason, his third match was actually arranged in the main arena, which made many students notice the sudden emergence of An Sheng.

His opponent is Lai Chaofan, who is currently ranked 118th among CTA amateur players. At the same time, he is also Feng Jingzhou's proud disciple.

"quiet?"

"Yes."

"Hehe, I didn't expect that in this trial, there are players from non-teams who can break into the top 8, which really surprised me. But, since you met me, unfortunately, your competition can only reach the top [-]." That's all."

"Really?"

An Sheng's face was calm, and he couldn't deny it.

"Heh, it seems that you are quite confident, but I am not Chen Haoyu who has obvious technical flaws, let alone Hu Tianbin who is fledgling and has an unstable mentality. You have no chance."

"Try it."

Somewhat unexpectedly, Lai Chaofan turned out to be a potential chatterbox, but An Sheng didn't want to listen to his nonsense anymore, turned around and left, and concentrated on preparing for the next game.

As for this game, An Sheng was determined to win, and he was very confident.

The key is that he knows that Lai Chaofan is Feng Jingzhou's disciple, so he probably knows that his technical style of play is fast-paced and fast-paced.

This point, Chen Feiyang had already introduced it to An Sheng before, and told him the way to deal with it, that is to control his own rhythm.

As long as he can stick to his batting rhythm and not be led by his opponent, the situation will be in his favor, because his opponent, in the process of pursuing a fast pace, will make many mistakes himself.

However, this is easy to say, but not so simple to do.

Moreover, An Sheng didn't seem to remember that when Chen Feiyang introduced Feng Jingzhou's disciples to him, besides saying that they played fast, he also said that their offensive methods were very rich and comprehensive.

After 5 minutes, the game officially started.

Perhaps it was a hidden meaning, a rule, or a coincidence, but the referee still let Lai Chaofan serve first.

"Snapped!"

Lai Chaofan's serve is not fast and the quality is relatively average, but this surprised An Sheng, because his serve is very different.

Generally speaking, after tossing the ball, the player will wait until the tennis ball has passed the high point and begins to fall before starting to swing the ball.

It is reasonable to do so, not only can the players have sufficient preparation time, but also can effectively improve the stability of serving.

But that's not the case with Lai Chaofan's serve. He was already swinging the racket to serve while the tennis ball was on the rise, before it even reached its apex.

As a result, his serving rhythm will appear to be particularly fast, which also makes An Sheng tremble unconsciously, somewhat disrupting his preparations for receiving serve.

Fortunately, An Sheng's attention was very concentrated and he responded in time.

Compared with Chen Haoyu before, Lai Chaofan's serve was not very fast. Although the change in rhythm made An Sheng feel uncomfortable, he finally completed the return.

"good."

After completing the hair extension this time, An Sheng was a little relieved, because he had confirmed that the quality of his hair extension was not bad.

But in the next moment, An Sheng suddenly became nervous again, quickly moved his feet, quickly shifted to the center line, and took the initiative to retreat beyond the bottom line, staring at Lai Chaofan on the opposite side.

Obviously, Lai Chaofan's move was once again beyond An Sheng's expectation. He actually rushed into the field after serving the ball.

But what makes people feel very strange is that he didn't serve the ball directly to the net, but just ran two or three steps forward from his baseline position, feeling a little overwhelmed.

Originally, a novice like An Sheng probably couldn't figure out the opponent's purpose, but fortunately, An Sheng had encountered a similar player before, and it was none other than Xia Yutong.

Wasn't Xia Yutong's best style of play back then "hitting the ball forward"?

Because of this, An Sheng immediately thought that the purpose of Lai Chaofan's doing this should be the same as Xia Yutong's, to speed up the batting rhythm and squeeze the opponent's return time.

What worries An Sheng even more is that compared to Xia Yutong, Lai Chaofan's ability is obviously stronger. This can also be roughly seen from his increasingly forward position.

Sure enough, the moment An Sheng completed the return, Lai Chaofan immediately judged the landing point of the ball and quickly moved. What is particularly important to note is that the hitting position he chose was almost at the landing point of the ball. .

When the ball just bounced off the ground, Lai Chaofan's racket had already hit the tennis ball.

It's the same with his serve, his hitting time is very early, and the rhythm is super fast!

And An Sheng had just reset, and Lai Chaofan's shot had already flown to the corner of his backhand. As a last resort, he could only forcefully change his center of gravity, start again, and rushed out.

Very reluctantly, An Sheng hit the ball back, but when he looked at the opposite side again, his body immediately relaxed and gave up the ball.

Because he saw that at this moment, Lai Chaofan was already waiting in front of the net, and without any suspense, he scored this point with a rather beautiful volley in front of the net.

In this ball, it fully embodies Lai Chaofan's technical characteristics. His rhythm is too fast, and it is getting faster and faster.

From the fast-paced serve at the beginning, to the head-on shot that rushed into the field, to the final volley in front of the net, this was clearly reflected.

In the subsequent second ball, Lai Chaofan's rhythm was still so fast.

However, on this ball, An Sheng's performance seemed to have improved. When Lai Chaofan volleyed the net, he also tried to hit a through ball, but it was unsuccessful.

But in fact, if An Sheng continued like this, he would almost certainly lose.

In order to deal with Lai Chaofan's fast pace, An Sheng subconsciously accelerated his batting rhythm, so that he could win a chance to fight back in this ball.

But the question is, can An Sheng do it faster than Lai Chaofan?
The answer is no. His technical characteristics are not pursuing fast pace at all, and he is not suitable for this style of play. If it continues, it will only cause more and more mistakes, and then lose the game.

At this time, An Sheng was already in a crisis situation. If he could not wake up in time, he would definitely lose.

(End of this chapter)