[Net King] The Crown of Tennis

"Pfft—hehe." Yukimura poured a cup of scented tea for the visitor, "It seems that your luck hasn't changed much."

"It's just a harder fight, and victory is certain." Complaining is one aspect, and Atobe will not show weakness in momentum.

The Ice Emperor of the Metropolitan Competition won the knockout round and got the last ticket for the Kanto Competition.On the surface, Atobe was fine, but secretly called Yukimura secretly, and Yukimura could feel the sigh of relief with his knees.

Then in the draw of the Kanto Contest, Atobe was drawn to last year's Kanto semi-finals Qinggaku.Maybe...not bad?After all, Li Hai and Li Hai are in different half courts.

"The information of this investigation should be more detailed, right? Tell me." Yukimura sat by the bed and listened attentively.

"Li Hai can't touch it again, what's the point of hearing this?"

"It's boring." Sanada and Liu didn't talk much about the affairs of the ministry, and usually only reported the situation of the main election, probably because they were afraid that he would worry.But it's easier to think about things when you have nothing to worry about.Yukimura couldn't bear this kind of "leisure", "I remember that Seigaku last year, except for Tezuka-kun, was not very...excellent."

Atobe looked coaxing the child: "Okay."

"Seigaku graduated from the third grade last year, and added some new players this year. From the current point of view, Tezuka is a formidable opponent; the famous technical counter-attack player is a genius; Oishi Kikumaru's golden doubles, remember that you played against them last year, right? Easy?"

"This pair of doubles has many flaws," Yukimura blew on the petals floating on the water, "the cooperation is indeed tacit enough, but cooperation is not the only indicator that determines doubles."

"There is also a third-year student, Sadaharu, with a data tennis style. Do you know Liu?"

Yukimura stopped tilting the teacup: "Renji...seems like he hasn't mentioned it before." It seems that he knows each other, and it is impossible for the stranger Liu, who has the same style of play, not to mention it.

"There are two other sophomores, one strong hitter and one bottom line counterattacker. Also," Atobe put down his teacup, and put his left hand in front of his eyes, "Seigaku also has a first grader this year, after that samurai .”

"Samurai?" Yukimura clutched the wall of his hot teacup, "Ah, you mean Echizen Nanjiro-san?"

"Yes."

"Oh, that sounds like a pretty big name."

Atobe glanced at Yukimura's lightly smiling face, raised his eyebrows and said in a choked voice, "You didn't pay attention to this, did you?"

"I don't know when tennis can be passed on from generation to generation."

"Always start high."

"So, if it's Na Dou-sang's child, I'll pay close attention to it."

"......what ever."

At the end of July, the Kanto Competition officially opened in Green Forest Park, Tokyo.

Li Hai, who is full of fighting spirit, was unable to perform in the first round because their opponent Yinhuazhong abstained.

"This is the first time I've seen this kind of team. In our county competition, there will be no direct abstention."

"puri."

"Maybe they have their own ideas." The second round of the competition was held in the afternoon, and everyone had nothing to do. Liu suggested, "Let's go to the ice emperor's game."

The order of appearance of the ice emperor:

D2: Yushi Ninzu, Taketo Xianghi

D1: Shishido Ryo, Feng Chotaro

S3: Takahiro Kawaji

S2: Jiro Akutagawa

S1: Keigo Atobe

Substitute: Jijiruo

Qing Xue's order of appearance:

D2: Kikumaru Eiji, Oishi Shuichiro

D1: Begonia smoked, dried Sadaharu

S3: Takashi Kawamura

S2: Bu Er Zhou Zhu

S1: Tezuka Kunimitsu

Substitute: Echizen Ryoma

"It doesn't seem to be challenging?" Renzu moved his hands and feet, keeping an eye on the movement of Qingxue, "What's the situation? Only when there is a main election?"

Xiang Ri paced aside to warm up: "Is it really okay for this kind of thing to be called so loudly?"

"Ice Emperor! Ice Emperor!" The more than 200 Ice Emperor Support Group cheered in unison, and every time they shouted, a huge wave of sound was set off in the venue.

"It's disgusting, this kind of atmosphere." The last time he experienced such a grand baptism of solidarity was the match between the second year of junior high school and Lihai, and Kikumaru said that he couldn't adapt.

"Both sides step forward."

Ren Zu calmly said: "The Ice Emperor will win."

Xiang Ri answered, "Qingxue will fail."

Oishi patted Kikumaru on the shoulder to reassure him: "It's fine."

"Oishi..." So he hates away games.

Perhaps it was because of the bloody and tearful lesson from the last match against Li Hai, Ren Zu and Xiang Ri didn't intend to stay strong in the first round.The first ball ended with a side forehand from the backcourt of Ninja.

[0: 15]

Although Qingxue served in the first game, but the tempo remained on the ice emperor's side. Xiangri hadn't hit the heat yet, and Ninzuzu took the lead in the backcourt to put on an offensive posture.

[gameHyotei1-0]

"Yuji Ninazu, a talented player who claims to have mastered a thousand return skills; Higashito, a net volleyer with great jumping ability." Drying on the sidelines explained to the team members who lacked experience in watching games, "These two are from China. They are the main players of Ice Emperor together, and they have a lot of experience in the competition, and their cooperation is really hard to crack."

The first-year Horio was a little dissatisfied: "However, Oishi-senpai and Kikumaru-senpai are also the golden doubles of our Seigaku. How could they be defeated so easily?"

Gan was about to explain further when he was attracted by the khaki team uniform walking towards the ice emperor area. [professor......]

Inoue, a reporter standing in front of the competition area of ​​Qingxueguan, sighed: "The relationship between Lihai and Bingdi is still so good."

"Is the King Lihai also on the side of the Ice Emperor..." The members of Qingxue felt a sense of gap in their hearts.

"It's always been like this." Inoue pressed the shutter towards Ice Emperor, "There is also the head of the tennis club who led the entire tennis department in the first grade. Li Hai and Ice Emperor have become indestructible allies since the year before last."

"Let's go." Li Haizhengxuan had been watching from outside the block for a while, and when the round was over, the group of them habitually walked to the Bingdi viewing area to take their seats.Atobe turned around in surprise: "Yo, so fast?"

Sanada didn't respond, he didn't really want to answer this kind of "decent and glorious" way of winning, Liu explained to Atobe: "The opponent abstained."

"Not bad, you can recharge your batteries." Atobe commented, turning his attention back to the arena.

In the second game, Ice Emperor Ninja served the serve. He obviously wanted to further expand his advantage, so he spent some effort on serving.

"Net."

[15: 0]

"Sorry, Eiji."

"Oishi, you need to concentrate more." Kikumaru's excellent dynamic vision allowed him to understand the clue of the ball just now.

The mistakes did not continue, and Qingxue doubles won the second game by virtue of the full tacit understanding that they had begun to show.

[gameSeigaku1-1]

"After the game last year, Dashi worked hard on his dynamic observation of the ball." Fuji expressed his satisfaction at the performance of his teammates on the field, "The little tricks on the rotation of the serve are no longer enough to fool him."

Freshman Katsuo asked: "Well, the seniors have been talking about last year's game, which game was it?"

"Last year we played against Rikai University in the Kanto semi-finals." Gan took the commentary stick, "Oishi and Kikumaru played against Rikai University's second-year ace Kirihara Akaya, and the minister Yukimura Seichi."

"Hey!" The three freshmen, as well as Echizen, who was not present last year, were a little curious, "What happened?"

"Not a single point."

"No way?" Horio called out, and was forced back by Tezuka's glance, "That's the golden doubles of our Seigaku..."

"In addition, Yukimura, Lihai's minister, was wearing a coat and was always assisting in the backcourt. Yukimura once made a mistake in Oishi's return with four underhand serves, which led to Lihai's easy victory in the second game."

"So that's why Senior Dashi is immune to this kind of ball, right?"

"Should be right."

[gameSeigaku2-1]

"What's going on?" Shishido on the sidelines was a little impatient, "Hey, Yueren, are you too slow?"

"I will adjust myself!" Xiang Hi said back to Shido, and continued to follow the instructions of Supervisor Sakaki.

"Let's go all out next."

"Obey." Shinobu and Xiangri entered the stage with high fives.The rhythm of the first two games was taken away by Qingxue, and now it's time to regain it.

Marui straightened his back slightly, not disturbing Akutagawa who was resting on his right side.He turned his head and discussed in a low voice with King Ren on the left: "Which side do you think is more confident?"

"It's hard to say, Qingxue's pair has improved a lot." Niwang thought for a while and made a prediction first, "The next two rounds of Bingdi's side will be smoother."

"Qingxue is making progress, and our Ice Emperor is not standing still." Atobe heard Nio's comment, "Leaving aside Renzu, Yue Ren is not what you saw last year."

Kikumaru on the field aimed at the opposite gap to fight back, while Yue Ren jumped sideways with one foot and immediately turned back to receive the short ball in the frontcourt.

[15: 30]

"It finally appeared, Senior Xiang Ri's 'Yuehui'." Feng stood up excitedly and stepped forward to help, "Come on! Senior Xiang Ri."

"Hey." Xiang Ri gestured his thumbs to the sidelines.

"So fast!" Taocheng was quite surprised, "How did you do it?"

"Strong jumping ability." While doing the commentary, Liu was also explaining to his teammates.Ah, to be precise, he was explaining to Kirihara and Kuwahara, "Based on this, they developed a very distinctive style of returning the ball...Is it called 'Moon Return'? Because Xianghi's legs are very explosive, This gives him a lot of advantages in his ability to move left and right, as well as his ability to chase the ball instantly, which can be seen as a special increase in speed."

"It makes him more flexible at the net and, of course, more aggressive," Marui added. "Not bad. I really want to play alone with him."

"Wen Taijun?!"

"Uh...Okay, okay...I'll just say it casually."

[gameHyotei2-2]

Kikumaru took a small sip of water and wiped off his sweat: "The advantage has been recovered again, Oishi."

"Let's use that for the next serve." Ryuzaki nodded to Oishi Kikumaru.

"it is good!"

In the sixth inning, Bingdi served. Qingxue and Qingxue both stood on the center line after playing, one in front and one behind.

"Australian formation?" Liu paused to ponder, "Confidence."

"Serve in the middle?" Kirihara is not very familiar with doubles, he has never seen this kind of position.

Liu made a sound to explain the confusion: "The partner in front of the net leans forward, and the server serves in the middle of the baseline. The purpose is to intercept the return of the receiver and destroy the opponent's control of the ball. Of course, there are other changes. If the baseline Players are more aggressive, so the two of them tend to the center line, and deliberately leave an empty field in the two halves, which can induce the opponent to play through the ball. At this time, the backcourt players have the opportunity to counterattack, and the other half is defended by the partner in front of the net. .and vice versa."

"It's better to be in place earlier than the slanted position, and it's not easy to lose the ball." Marui put his hand on Kuwahara's shoulder on the left. "But it requires a lot of tacit understanding. I don't know how far they can play."

The rhythm on the field is indeed a bit biased towards Qingxue. Relying on the Australian formation, Qingxue's defense range can easily cover the entire court, while Bingdi's side is temporarily able to defend due to the predictive ability of the backcourt.

[gameHyotei3-3]

"Yueren is exhausted right now." Shishido turned to Atobe, "Atobe, what do you think?"

"We still have the advantage on the court now, the premise is that Yue Ren can persevere..." Qingxue's front net position also consumes a lot of energy.

[gameHyotei4-4]

"Yuki..." Xiang Ri missed Kikumaru's short stunt, his legs were numb and stiff, "Sorry."

"It's okay." Renzu pushed his glasses in the backcourt, "Let me do it."

[gameSeigaku5-4]

"It seems that Xiangri's physical weakness has not been overcome." Liu now feels that it is a good thing that Yinhuazhong abstained, otherwise he might not be able to collect such intuitive data in the first place.

"Ninzu-kun is a little weak for the two opponents." Yagyu stopped short and did not announce the ending he predicted.

[gamesetandmatch,wonbySeigaku6-4]

"Ha." Xiang Ri was a little unwilling to lose, but still shook hands with Kikumaru kindly, "You are very strong."

"each other~"

"Yue Ren, go back and practice your endurance for my uncle."

"Understood." Without the expected reprimand, Xiang Ri felt a little better.

The combination of Shishido and Feng won the next game. Feng's high-speed serve gave Hyodi the psychological initiative at the beginning, and the in-depth mutual understanding of the two made the situation tilt sharply towards Hyodi. The result of the game was [6-3 ].

In singles, Sanhuadi and Qingxue Kawamura are both powerful players. In the first game, Kawamura used his unique trick: the swing ball.

"This kind of action..." Everyone in Lihai frowned subconsciously. [What a waste. ]

A powerful flat shot sent Kawachi's racket flying.

"Comeon! Baby!" Kawamura, holding the racket, seemed to be a different person.

"It seems that this round is a duel of power." As the temperature gradually rose, Liu Sheng took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his palms.

"How about this kind of ball, partner?"

"Judging from the speed, it is still within the acceptable range."

Kawamura won the first game with a wave ball trick.In the second game, Huadi also used the wave ball.

[15: 0]

"Isn't it a lie? The opponent can also swing the ball?" Qingxue couldn't believe it.Gan explained: "Judging from Huadi-kun's previous playing process, he is very likely to have the ability to copy."

"copy?"

"That's right, you can learn the movements of your opponent's unique moves in a very short period of time, and then turn them into your own unique moves."

The game has entered a stalemate, and the power contest between the two parties seems inextricably linked.

[gameHyotei2-2]

"Actually, for such a flat shot, the best solution is to use a pump. Of course, a beautiful pump is required."

"Okay, I know you're thinking about Yukimura's actions."

"Why don't you think I'm thinking of Kirihara-kun?"

"He's still too tender."

"Senior Nioh!" What do you mean he is too young!

[The opponent is still so powerful even now, and has good stamina.If it goes on like this...] Kawamura decided to break the deadlock, and he used a more powerful one-handed swing ball.

"Long!" Buer was a little anxious, this kind of trick would do a lot of damage to the arm.

On the opposite side, Huadi also learned to swing the ball with one hand, using the same movement.

"I just said, the action was not right."

"Is this really good?" Kirihara was a little puzzled by the situation on the court, "Since it's harmful, why does that stupid head learn it?"

"Chi Ye, it's Lord Huadi, so be polite."

"I see." Kirihara was accustomed to Liu's preaching.

"If things go on like this, both of their arms will be useless." Marui spit out a mouthful of bubble gum and shook his head helplessly, "If tennis matches are all about hitting hard bars like this, it's really boring. Violence, violence."

"Don't be so blunt, Mrs. Wen, at least I agree with the strong willpower of the two, or something. Puri."

Atobe's complexion was not very good. The field was once again at a stalemate with the use of one-handed swing balls. He had already observed the veins on Huadi's arms.Huadi was his partner since childhood, and he couldn't help worrying.

Qingxue was also worried about Kawamura's arm.Ryuzaki looked at Sakaki on the other side, hesitating in his heart.This is actually the same kind of mentality, and both sides are thinking: If you persist, maybe the opponent will give up because they are worried about the players.

The last two players who persisted were not negotiated by the coaches of both sides until the ninth inning, and both abstained.They were immediately sent to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment.

King Ren leaned closer to Liu Sheng: "It's too bad."

Akutagawa was woken up by Marui, put on his cherished "Gift of Bunta-kun" and went to the stage.King Ni leaned over to Marui's face and whispered, "Something is wrong with Ice Emperor."

"...How sure do you think Jiro is about Kami Fuji-kun?" Marui also asked in a low voice.

"Maximum [-]%, if your game can give him some inspiration."

"Then Tezuka-kun and Atobe..."

"[-]-[-], but you think about substitutes."

"Ha, are you talking about that first-year student from Aigaku?" Marui read some newspapers, "After the samurai? He and Hiyoshi should... be [-]/[-], right?"

"Puri, not necessarily." He personally went to collect information. The West Coast Junior Team of the United States has won the championship for four consecutive years. It is not that simple.

Fuji's first serve completely dispelled Akutagawa's drowsiness: "It's amazing! What a novel way of the ball."

"It's still the same." Renzu felt a little hot, and took off the towel around his neck and put it aside. Singles two is very important. Fortunately, they were worried that Akutagawa would be worried about it, and it turned out that they were too worried.

"But for the ball just now, Akutagawa-senpai swung an empty racket."

"Because of the backspin," Atobe leaned on his left arm, "due to the double influence of the ball's speed and spin, the tennis ball floated up after passing the net, and Jiro swung the racket at the normal position as expected, so he swung the racket in the air."

"It really has a trick." Kirihara smacked his lips, "Jiro-san should have realized it, right?"

"Of course." Ren Zu was a little strange, when did Li Hai's group favorite and Ci Lang get so familiar?

Because Kelp-kun, who is strictly controlled by his seniors, can occasionally get some generous sweets from this lovely senior who visits Marui, that's all.

Akutagawa's volley in front of the net opened the eyes of many members of Qinggaku, and as the score became anxious, Fuji also showed his triple counterattack.

"Yan flashes back!" The members of the Youth Academy were very excited when they saw Budu's unique move.

"It's backspin again." Liu Sheng turned his head and asked without beginning or end, "What do you think?"

"It's full of bells and whistles." Nioh pouted, "Of course, according to Yukimura - it's a bit redundant." There is obviously a dead corner on the left backside, so why bother with a straight line?

"But Cilang-sang seems to be suppressed very badly, obviously the level of interception is so high."

"The ability to predict can't keep up." Niwang patted his braid to organize his words, "His reliance on experience and intuition is far greater than the judgment after thinking in his brain."

"That's right." Liu glanced at the eye mark department, [but there is no solution to this feeling. ]

[gamesetandmatch,wonbySeigaku6-2]

Marui was already waiting on the sidelines with Xiang Hi and the others, and following the referee's announcement, the scene began to boil.

"Ice Emperor! Ice Emperor! The winner is the Ice Emperor!"

"The winner is Bingdi! The loser is Qingxue!"

The author has something to say:

About the wave ball: The performance of the wave ball in the animation gives me the feeling that it is probably similar to shooting a flying basketball with the palm of the straight arm.As for basketball, concretely speaking, the dirtiest place after a game is the fingers, and the cleanest place is the palm.When the ball is passed out in the future, the fingers will be the first to touch. According to the direction of the basketball, from the fingers to the wrist to the entire arm to the entire upper body, there will be a tendency to retract to absorb the potential energy of the basketball, and then in turn from the body to the fingers. Transfer potential energy to the ball.The movement is elastic, if you face the flying ball straight up and make it change the direction of speed, you will definitely get injured, and it will waste your strength.

Tennis should be similar.