tennis giant

Chapter 88
Kyoto International Tennis Center, Players Lounge.

He Yiming, who had finished the game early and rested here, got another piece of news that surprised him.

"Brother Ming, Mao Liang has also been eliminated. His opponent is still that boy from other places. I also found out that this person is a very young player. He is only 16 years old this year and is from Lucheng, Zhejiang Province. "

"Before he came to participate in this Open, he only participated in one CTA event, that is, a gold series held in Lucheng a few months ago. At that time, he only entered the top 8, but obviously , he has improved now."

After listening, He Yiming nodded with great interest.

In fact, before this, he had already guessed that the player who defeated Chen Jialin should be An Sheng.

At the time, although he was also a little surprised, he thought that the reason why Chen Jialin was favored by others was that he was in a very hot state recently. In terms of real strength, he was worse than the top 10 players like them. Therefore, even if he is defeated by An Sheng, it is still acceptable.

After all, if he could get a recommendation from his friend, and it was a very serious recommendation, then it is not surprising that An Sheng has some strength.

But now, An Sheng is actually able to defeat Mao Liang, who has always been very stable, which means that An Sheng already has the strength to compete for the top 10 CTA rankings.

This really surprised him and made him really interested in An Sheng.

"Brother Ming, you have to be careful. This guy An Sheng is very bad at playing basketball."

"Oh? Why, you're not worried that I won't be able to beat him, are you? Also, what kind of evil method does he play? Play or tactics?"

He Yiming was taken aback for a moment, then asked with great interest.

"No, Brother Ming, I'm really worried. This An Sheng's style of play and tactics are nothing special, but his performance on the court is very strange."

"I personally watched the match between him and Mao Liang. At the beginning, he was clearly overwhelmed by Mao Liang, but in the second half of the match, he seemed to suddenly wake up. , seemed to have changed as a person, and his strength also increased greatly. On the contrary, he suppressed Mao Liang tightly, and in the subsequent games, he did not give Mao Liang any chance at all. "

"Is he the slow-heating type?"

"Yes, it may be a slow start, but the strength he showed in the second half of the game is really strong. I don't think it is worse than other top ten players."

"Ha! It seems that he is really capable of reaching the finals. That's just right, so I can get to know An Sheng well and see how strong he is!"

He Yiming didn't care at all. This was due to his confidence, but also because he really didn't care much about this championship.

He even thought that if An Sheng really had the strength to take the championship away from him, not only would he not be angry, but he would be very happy, because from now on, in their CTA competition, He can have one more competitor.

Thinking of this, He Yiming also became a little excited. He was a bit impatient, and wished he could fight An Sheng now.

As for the semi-finals, He Yiming was not worried at all, because the opponent was his old acquaintance, and also his old opponent, Meng Hong, currently ranked fifth in CTA.

Meng Hong's strength is very strong, otherwise he would not occupy such a high ranking, and in the past, he would indeed have a chance to defeat He Yiming, but now, He Yiming already has the will to enter the final Reason, he who is really serious will not give Meng Hong any chance.

The fact is also the same. In the later semi-finals, He Yiming won the game with a disparity of 6 to 2 and successfully advanced to the finals.

On the other hand, An Sheng's game did not go so smoothly.

His opponent is Zhao Xinsong from Heilongjiang Province, 29 years old, currently ranked No. 4 in CTA, is the No. 2 seed of this Open and one of the favorites to win the championship.

As the No. 2 seed, Zhao Xinsong's strength is naturally not bad, but this is not the most important thing. For An Sheng, his biggest problem is that he can't keep up with the opponent's rhythm.

Originally, seeing that he was from Heilongjiang in his information, An Sheng took it for granted that Zhao Xinsong should be a tall and strong man, but in fact, his height was only about 1 meters.

Such a height is naturally normal for an ordinary person, but as a tennis player, his physical condition is somewhat insufficient.

But having said that, everything has advantages and disadvantages, and we can often see that in international competitions, there are always some players whose physical conditions are not in line with everyone's imagination, but their strength is very strong .

Obviously, in the case of insufficient physical conditions, they can still gain a foothold in a certain sport, so they must all have their own advantages.

Just like this Zhao Xinsong, he is not tall enough, but it is also because of this that his steps are extremely agile and fast, which is a level higher than the average player.

As far as An Sheng feels about this point, it is probably the key to Zhao Xinsong being able to stand out from the crowd and reach the 60 stage with half his body.

But if it was just like this, An Sheng would not be so uncomfortable. After all, he met Chen Jialin and Mao Liang before, and his strength was not far behind Zhao Xinsong.

However, it is precisely because Zhao Xinsong's characteristic is his fast movement, which makes his style of play and rhythm appear particularly fast.

In this way, An Sheng and his rhythm will not match.

The result of such a situation is that Ansheng has no chance to play multiple shots with Zhao Xinsong. The showdown between them usually determines the winner in two or three shots.

Either An Sheng couldn't keep up with his batting rhythm and was forced to give up, or Zhao Xinsong was oppressed by An Sheng's batting quality and made a hitting error.

But in general, An Sheng, who has not fully activated his "explosive state", is naturally at a disadvantage, basically being suppressed and beaten by Zhao Xinsong.

This point was also evident in the score. An Sheng even fell behind 0-5 at one point, which was even more tragic than his previous match with Chen Jialin.

Fortunately, at the last moment, Ansheng gritted his teeth and held on, holding serve once, and then waited until he reached his explosive state, which allowed him to complete the final comeback.

Of course, this process was still very difficult. An Sheng once got a few match points by Zhao Xinsong, but he resolved them one by one by virtue of his explosive strength.

"An Sheng! You have entered the final!"

Immediately after the game, coach Sun Binghua rushed in, he was very excited.

This is also relatively easy to understand. Before An Sheng, he had not brought out such an outstanding student for a long time, and the pressure on him must have been considerable.

And An Sheng was naturally very happy, but more, he was probably lucky.

(End of this chapter)