I am in Prince of Tennis, others are training me while I am lying down

Chapter 184 The exhibition match begins

Kintaro broke the silence and said, "Uncle Phoenix, how did our R team rank before?"

"Please introduce us to the opponents we might encounter next!"

Byodoin pondered and did not answer immediately.

Fuji's face was a little serious, and he said: "I remember that our R team ranked only 23rd last year!"

"The first place goes to Country D!"

Shiraishi asked, "Is it the D-country team that Tezuka Kunimitsu went to?"

Fuji nodded.

Oishi seemed to suddenly react and said, "Tezuka went to Country D. Will he become our opponent next?"

Fuji nodded solemnly and continued, "And Echizen, he went to the U.S. team. I remember the U.S. team ranked fifth."

Kintaro felt incredible.

"What? Japan only has 23rd place? The United States, which went ahead, actually has a fifth place!"

Listening to the chattering in the car, Byodoin shouted, "Quiet!"

"As Fuji said, our R team is not ranked well internationally, so the responsibility on us is even greater!"

“This year, our goal is to dominate the world!”

……

In a hotel in Australia.

When Fuji was about to go back to his room with a glass of water, he saw Takahashi Hikoichi playing games in the restaurant.

"Minister Takahashi, aren't you supposed to go draw lots with Byodoin-senpai today?"

Hearing this, Takahashi raised his head and replied, "Drawing lots is so boring! Byodoin finally took Oishi to draw lots."

Fuji was stunned for a moment, and an ominous premonition came to his mind.

Sure enough, Byodoin and Oishi brought back news in the evening.

"Tomorrow's pre-match exhibition match for the World Championship will be a doubles team consisting of three middle school students and a mixed high school student."

"In today's draw, our opponent is Team D!"

Oishi reported the results to everyone.

A sharp light reflected from Mu Shou's glasses, "We're facing the world's number one team, Country D, right from the start?"

"Daishi, look at the good lot you drew!"

Shiraishi tried to smooth things over by saying, "The exhibition match will not be counted in the results. To think of it another way, it also allows us to feel the strength of the world's strongest."

……

the next day.

U17 World Championship venue.

A voice came over the radio.

"The next match that will begin is the U17 World Championship exhibition match, with Country D versus Country R!"

“Welcome the delegations from both countries.”

"The first team to enter the venue is the D team, the champion of the World Cup for nine consecutive times!"

As the players from Country D in black uniforms slowly approached, cheers broke out in the venue.

"The King! Team D!"

Many spectators in the audience waved the flag of Country D and cheered for them.

"Kakaka!"

The camera lens was also aimed at the members of Team D.

"The next team to enter is Team R!"

The noise that had just swept the entire venue disappeared instantly the moment the R team members in red and white uniforms entered the venue, and the entire venue fell silent.

“What a strong contrast!”

"It seems that no one is optimistic about our R team!"

Dashi scratched his head.

"Isn't that Borg, the professional tennis player?"

"Why is he in the D country team?"

Kirihara exclaimed when he saw a conspicuous bald man in the D country team.

Takahashi replied: "As long as you are under 17 years old, even if you are a professional player, you can participate in this competition."

Marui blew up the bubble gum in his mouth and said, "Is Borg's face really less than 17 years old? He looks like he's in his twenties!"

Gao Qiao said: "Young but mature! We have people like this in our team too!"

Marui instantly turned his gaze towards Sanada.

At this moment, Sanada stared at one of the members of Team D and said seriously, "I didn't expect that Tezuka would participate in the competition as a member of Team D."

Fuji also opened his eyes and said: "Although I have prepared myself mentally, I didn't expect Tezuka to actually become our enemy!"

After the players from both teams took their seats, the broadcast continued.

"The first match will now begin. M. Bismarck and Kunimitsu Tezuka from Team D will face Duke Watanabe and Fuji Shusuke from Team R."

……

"I didn't expect that our first match opponent would be Tezuka!"

Oishi was surprised.

"There's nothing to be surprised about! Since Tezuka has become the representative of Country D, we will always meet each other on the field."

"It's a pity that I didn't play in this match and missed the chance to fight Tezuka."

Atobe said.

Fuji opened his eyes and stared at Tezuka who was wearing the D country team uniform opposite him.

Takahashi said, "The aura Tezuka exudes now is even stronger than during the national competition!"

"Fuji, Tezuka is even harder to deal with now!"

Fuji nodded and walked onto the field without hesitation.

"The match will be decided in one set. The first game is Bismarck's serve from Country D."

The referee loudly announced.

……

Takahashi stretched in the spectator seats, found a seat and sat down leisurely.

"Minister Takahashi, you don't seem to be particularly curious about this game!"

Shiraishi was puzzled to see that everyone else was standing aside watching the game with great enthusiasm, but only Takahashi was lazily finding a seat to sit down.

"I don't want to dampen the team's morale, but Fuji has no chance of winning against Tezuka."

Takahashi said slowly.

"what?"

Atobe was surprised.

"Takahashi has fought with both Tezuka and Fuji, so he should have the most say!"

Yukimura said.

"Fuji's fifth and sixth returns are both based on rotation."

"But when it comes to spinning, Tezuka goes further than him."

Takahashi said as he took out a Coke from his backpack.

"Go further in terms of rotation?"

"You mean the realm and the phantom?"

Oishi asked.

"clever!"

"As far as the control of spin on a tennis ball is concerned, with Tezuka around, Fuji simply has no way of applying his own spin to the ball."

"Even if Fuji is lucky enough to use his last two counterattacks - the Guard of the Hundred Arms Giant and the Star Fireworks, Phantom can make the ball bounce out of bounds!"

"Besides, this Tezuka should have perfected his supreme domain by now."

Takahashi answered while drinking Coke.

"The highest realm?"

Sanada repeated.

"Hmm! This trick is really troublesome."

“Two completely opposite spins on one tennis ball!”

"If you can catch the ball, pull it to your side. If you can't catch the ball, let it bounce out of bounds!"

Takahashi explained.

"So, for the junior high school students, Country D has a better chance of winning."

"What about high school students?"

Shiraishi asked.

"Do you see Bismarck's ball now?"