Tennis: one step ahead

In the afternoon, Hiiragi stayed overnight at the hotel.

The last two days have been a gap between the group stage and the knockout stage of the U-17 World Cup.

There were no games to watch, and I needed to find something else to do to pass the time in the afternoon.

So, returning to the hotel, Hiiragi decided to go outside and enjoy the scenery of Paris after lunch.

People can't always be immersed in the world of tennis

While it is important

to improve your strength, it is equally important to enjoy life.

Knock knock knock

.

Not long after Bo Li took a shower at night, there was a knock on the door of his room.

The man who came was a waiter at the hotel, and a letter was forwarded to him.

Hakuri Hiiragi politely thanked him at night, sent the waiter away, and then opened the letter to check.

There are two things in this letter.

A letter, an invitation.

The letter was written in the name of Camus, and there were not many words, but the words revealed the meaning of invitation.

The invitation letter is the standard style of the French U-17 training camp.

"Invitation to the French U-17 team?".

After reading the contents of the invitation and letter, Hiiragi's expression was a little strange.

The two teams, the neon U-17

team and the French U-17 team, actually extended an olive branch to him on the same day.

Their eagerness can be felt by anyone.

For a short moment, Hiiragi really had the idea of joining a team from another country and playing against the neon U-17 team.

After all, the lineup of the next Neon U-17 team is really unbelievably strong.

Three different line-ups, respectively against the French U-17 team, the German U-17 team, and

the Spanish U-17 team, and they all won.

This is still when Kunimitsu Tezuka, a top national junior high school student, joined the German U-17 team and realized that Akutsu Hitoshi returned to China.

If he joins the Neon U-17

team, will there be any suspense that the Neon U-17 team will win the next two U-17 World Cup championships in a row?

However, this flash of thought only existed in Hakurei Hiiragi's mind for a moment, and he threw it out of his mind.

The plot of the middle school period of the Prince of Tennis is the focus of the focus.

It's impossible for Hiiragi to miss this plot for her own momentary interest.

"If you're disappointed. "

Knocking the letter and invitation back into the envelope, Hiiragi Hakura casually put it on the table next to her, and turned to go out.

When the time comes, write a reply to the French U-17 team.

It is impossible to join them.

......

The length and length of time have always been relative.

For some people, two days is a long time and passes quite slowly.

But for the players of the teams participating in the U-17 World Cup, it is very short, and it passes in the blink of an eye.

The quarterfinals of the competition are relatively uninteresting.

In the U-17 World Cup, there will be basically no collision between the top teams in the 16-8 stage

After this round of screening, the teams that are close to the top eight are the elite.

The real battle will also begin.

In the

first round of the knockout round, Hiiragi Hakuri went to watch it at night.

The eight teams that advanced are Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain, United States, Italy, Great Britain, and Neon.

Except for the Neon U-17

team, the remaining seven teams are all perennially ranked in the top 10 teams in the U-17 World Cup.

Individual strength,

team strength, heritage, all are strong.

However, the Neon U-17 team is not bad either.

In terms of rankings, they beat the Portuguese U-17 team and advanced to the quarterfinals.

But no one who has watched the Neon U-17 team throughout the whole process thinks so.

This year's Neon U-17 team is not the same as in previous years, and the strength is extremely strong.

Judging by the performances of both teams in the quarter-finals, it is unlikely that the Portuguese Under-17s will win against them once, no matter how many replays they make.

The sixteen-in-eight stage is over, and the competition has once again entered the intense preparation stage.

The day after the game, the public stadium.

Bang.

Bang.

Bang.

"Congratulations on making it to the top eight, for the first time in the history of the Neon U-17 team. "

"When you go back to camp, you're going to be very popular. "

Hakurei Hiiragi hit back at the tennis ball at the same time, and said to Irie Kanta.

Since that day, every morning when he comes to this public court to train, he will meet Irie Sota.

One or two came and went, and the relationship between the two was much more familiar than when they first met.

Bang.

"Thank you. "

Irie Sota and Hakuri Hiiragi chatted at night, but their movements were not slow.

After a blow, the tennis ball flew backwards.

"Which team is the Neon U-17 team in the quarterfinals?"

Hiiragi Hakuri hurriedly ran to the landing point of the tennis ball and asked curiously.

"Ugh. "

Hearing this, Irie's voice suddenly froze, and a smile froze on his face.

After a moment's hesitation, he finally didn't intend to hide it.

"Our opponent in the next round is the German Under-17 team. "

"Team Germany?".

Syllable.

The speeding tennis ball slammed into the belt, bounced upwards for a short distance, and then landed in the half of Irie Sota.

This is not a tennis ball that Hakuri Hiiragi deliberately played, but he, who made a mistake in returning the ball.