Who would still play tennis after being reborn?

Chapter 100 Don't move, let me do it.

"This is your first time here, so you might find it boring."

"But actually, if you can keep winning, you won't feel that way."

"If you lose right away and can't play anymore, and can only watch others play, then it's definitely not very interesting."

"Of course, it's quite difficult to keep winning."

Horn, the young man, turned to look at the two: "Don't think that just because it's street tennis, winning is an easy thing. In fact, the people who come to play street tennis are all quite strong. It's just that many of them are too old, otherwise they could play in ITF junior tournaments."

"Under normal circumstances, winning more than three games in a row is considered very impressive."

"No one has won five games in a row?" Yu Haoyang suddenly asked.

Horn chuckled and said, "It's not as simple as you make it out to be! Few of the people who come to play street tennis are beginners. Beginners are all practicing at the club. Even if there is a difference in skill, it's usually not that big. Winning three matches is already the limit."

"After three matches, your stamina is almost depleted. Your opponent will be full of energy in the fourth match. What will you use to fight?"

Yu Haoyang was taken aback. To be honest, what the other person said made a lot of sense.

When the skill gap is not significant, physical fitness is indeed a major limitation.

If this problem cannot be solved, winning more games in a row is only possible if there is a significant gap in skill level.

Even with a large skill gap, after playing several matches in a row, people get tired, and even if they can win four matches in a row, it is difficult to play a fifth match.

"You'll be participating too, right?"

"I?"

Horn pointed to himself and shook his head, saying, "I'm not participating today. My friend is too busy to come over. I just came over tonight because I had nothing else to do."

Yu Haoyang looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Horn laughed and said, "Street tennis is only played in doubles. There's only one court here, so playing singles would be too time-consuming."

"By the way, are you guys okay playing doubles?"

"If you've never played doubles before, I suggest you don't go up there later, otherwise you might lose too badly and it will affect your mood."

"We fought." Gu Cheng suddenly blurted out.

Yu Haoyang stared at him blankly. That was called... being hit?
"It's enough to have fought it."

"We'll cheer you on in a bit." Horn laughed. "It's a pity my friend isn't here. He has a loud voice and can drown out everyone else. So all you'll hear is him cheering you on."

The two burst into laughter.

For Horn to speak so highly of his friend, their relationship must be quite good.

"Horn, you're here?"

As Horn led the two onto the field, a young man of about his age waved at him: "Where's Kim?"

Horn greeted him as well: "Grandpa Kim is sick and hospitalized. He's been in the hospital for the past two days."

"them?"

The other party looked at Gu Cheng and Yu Haoyang.

Horn explained, "I met two China boys on the way. It was their first time here, so I brought them along."

"She looks so young, probably only fifteen or sixteen years old?"

"More or less, I didn't ask."

The Swedish they were speaking was very confusing to Gu Cheng and Yu Haoyang; they simply couldn't understand it. Gu Cheng wanted to learn, but there wasn't enough time, and he hadn't had the chance to study it in the last couple of days.

However, Horn didn't chat with the other party for long before looking at Yu Haoyang: "Let's take a look first. If no one else goes up, you can come in later."

Gu Cheng and Yu Haoyang naturally had no objections.

Since we're all here to experience street tennis, we should naturally follow their rules.

At this moment, the game on the field was in full swing, and the four young men were already drenched in sweat.

"It's Zorn and Wells, it's those two guys."

As Horn looked up at the field, he suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

Yu Haoyang turned his head curiously: "What's wrong with them? Are they very strong?"

"These two weren't in this area before. I don't know when they came to this stadium. They had a five-game winning streak at another stadium before." The young man who had just greeted Horn appeared behind the three of them at some point.

"They've been making headlines lately, and it seems they've even made a bold statement, saying they'll achieve a five-game winning streak at every streetball court in the area."

"I just heard that they've already achieved three five-game winning streaks. Don't you think they're strong?"

"Three five-game winning streaks?" Horn looked astonished. "That strong?"

"Yes, three times, and three times in a row. That's why they came here. After they get five consecutive wins here, they'll move on to other streetball courts."

"Which game is this?" Horn asked.

The other person held up two fingers: "The second match. Their first opponent was the Martin brothers."

"The Martin brothers lost?"

Horn was starting to get restless. The Martin brothers were old acquaintances, a doubles pair that often managed to win two consecutive matches on this court. They were very strong, definitely stronger than him and King.

Although his doubles partnership with Kim was able to achieve two consecutive wins, their performance was inconsistent.

Unlike the Martin brothers, whose two consecutive wins were very consistent.

There are very few accidents.

Last week, they even achieved a three-game winning streak, and one of their opponents was him and Kim.

This doubles team actually lost.

"Have the Martin brothers played against each other before?"

"No."

Horn gasped. He had thought the two players on the field had gotten a good deal, but he hadn't expected to be playing against the Martin brothers at their peak. This made the match much more impressive.

"What's the score?"

"6-3."

The young man's face was serious: "Actually, it should have been 6-2, but Zorn made a small mistake in the 8th frame, which allowed the Martin brothers to turn the tables."

"So strong!"

"These two are too strong!"

Horn looked surprised: "I had only heard about it before, I didn't expect it to be this strong."

He looked towards the court as he spoke: "Reed and Brick are being completely dominated on the court! Judging from this, Zorn and his team are going to win the game by a large margin."

The young man said, "In fact, the score is already 5-1, this is the last game."

Horn looked shocked: "They're amazing. I wonder how many points Jin and I can get from them. It's a pity Jin didn't come, otherwise I would have definitely gone up and fought them."

"You get excited whenever you see a master, huh!"

"I couldn't help it, my hands were itching!"

Horn rubbed his hands together: "If I hadn't never teamed up with you before, I would have liked to team up with you."

"Let's just forget about the two of us. We've never worked together before. Going up there would just be like delivering food to them."

"By the way, why didn't you play today?"

"I fought a long time ago, but after winning one match, I was picked off." The young man was extremely frustrated when he said this.

He arrived very early, but unexpectedly ended up as a spectator and hasn't even had a turn for the second round yet.

With more and more people joining, it was almost midnight by the time the second round of challenges started.

Horn smiled awkwardly, and seeing that the match was almost over, he looked at Gu Cheng and Yu Haoyang: "CHENG, YU, why don't you wait for another one or two more matches?"

"Zorn and Wells are too strong a doubles pair. It's best not to play them in the third match. The fourth or fifth match would be better."

"Of course, the best option is actually to wait until they lose before going up."

"They've taken down four or five teams, so there are fewer skilled players left. If you go up there, you might be able to get two consecutive wins."

“If we go up now and get knocked down, we won’t have another chance to play.” Yu Haoyang didn’t speak, but turned to look at Gu Cheng: “What do you mean?”

Gu Cheng thought for a moment and said, "If no one else goes up, we'll go up; if someone does, let them go first."

"When you first arrive, follow the rules."

Yu Haoyang understood Gu Cheng's meaning: first come, first served.

If someone is going up, they definitely can't cut in line, but if no one is going up, then they can go up without any problem.

Yu Haoyang responded to Horn with a smile.

When Horn heard this, he wanted to say a few more words of advice, but seeing that the two were determined, he didn't say anything more.

The young man standing beside him frowned: "Aren't these two guys afraid of being eliminated after just one match? They won't get any street tennis experience at all."

"I'm still frustrated. I had absolutely no gaming experience."

Horn shrugged: "Let them be. It's normal for them not to know anything since it's their first time here. Besides, they don't have much street tennis there. Trying it once is like learning a lesson, and they'll know better later."

"also."

"These two don't look weak. Even if they go up there, they shouldn't lose too badly, since Zorn and the other two have already fought twice."

"So... there's really no need to think so much. Street tennis is all about having fun, isn't it?"

"I'm happy when I lose, and even happier when I win. If I could get a few wins in a row, that would be awesome."

While the two were chatting and laughing, the game on the field had already ended.

Reed and Brick walked off the court with long faces.

Horn called out to them.

"Horn, you've arrived."

"Where's the gold?"

"He went to take care of his maternal grandfather."

"Just how strong are Zorn and Wells? You two have fought them and know best. Tell me, what should we be careful of?"

Reed and Brick exchanged a glance, and finally Reed sighed and said, "Both of them are very well-rounded, you should be able to see that from the sidelines."

"Zorn is very tall, and his shot in the frontcourt is just as powerful as his spike, so the chances of him returning it are very low."

"Wells has excellent baseline technique, his long shots are both fast and accurate, and he is also very skilled at volleying at the net."

"Zorn is the same; neither of them has any weaknesses."

"By the way, Zorn's high-volley serve is very fast and heavy. We suffered at the beginning and were hit with aces by them one after another, which led to our collapse. We only managed to get a point from them."

"If we play well from the start, we should be able to score two or three points."

"By the way, are you planning to go ahead with this?"

Horn shook his head with a serious expression: "It wasn't me. Jin isn't here, and I can't find anyone to team up with. It was these two boys from China."

Reed glanced at Gu Cheng and Yu Haoyang, but since they weren't familiar with each other, he didn't say anything. He just told Horn a couple of things to keep in mind when fighting Zorn and Wells.

Horn nodded, then enthusiastically translated these into English for Gu Cheng and Yu Haoyang.

On the field, Zorn and Wells returned to the field after resting for less than five minutes, their eyes sweeping over the crowd: "Master, if we win, we'll continue; if we lose, we'll come back tomorrow night."

Zorn and Wells won two games in a row, and the Martin brothers were also among them, so many people were hesitant at this moment.

I want to participate, but I'm worried that if I lose the game, I won't get any experience.

After all, besides playing against others, the main reason for playing street tennis is to achieve a winning streak.

Zorn and Wells are so powerful that many people are somewhat apprehensive.

"no one there?"

"There must be many people who haven't had a chance to play yet, right?"

"If not, players who haven't played against us before but have been eliminated can also play. As long as the others have no objections, Wells and I will have no objections."

Zorn called out for a while longer, and although the crowd was noisy, no one went up.

The two girls who had been sitting on the bench seemed eager to try, but were stopped by their companions.

Why are you stopping me?

"We're no match for them, why would we go up there?"

"Isn't it because no one's going to do it?"

"We can't let anyone else play! Otherwise, they'll easily get five or even six consecutive wins in our area, and we'll be laughed at to death if word gets out!"

The girl who was eager to try immediately gave up the idea.

Everyone else is worried about this too.

Zorn and Wells fight everywhere, so there's not much to worry about.

But they can't; they are the ones who will protect the honor of this stadium.

We lost too much; it would be really embarrassing if word got out.

"No one?"

"I heard before I came that there are many skilled players on this court, but it seems that the rumors are not necessarily true."

Zorn became less polite at this point, mainly because if no one dared to step up, they didn't know how long it would take to achieve their goal of a five-game winning streak.

Unless you jump over this field.

But the two were still somewhat unwilling to give up. They had already played two games, and if they won three more, they could move on to the next court.

It would be such a pity to give up now.

But they just wouldn't go, so all they could do was say some provocative things.

"That's too arrogant!"

"You really think we have no one to rely on?"

Many people were provoked, clenching their fists as if they were about to hit someone.

Seeing that the effect was quite good, Zorn increased his output again: "Want to fight? Sure, but that's too childish. If you're so capable, try using tennis to your advantage."

“If you win, I will apologize to Wells without any further words. But if you lose, don’t blame me for being harsh.”

"After all, it's the truth."

Horn couldn't take it anymore and muttered, "King's not here. Otherwise, they'd know we're not easy to bully. So what if we've won five straight?"

He then turned to Yu Haoyang and asked, "How strong are you guys?"

Yu Haoyang glanced at Gu Cheng, then said modestly, "It's alright!"

"No one is playing right now. If you're confident you can score three points, you can go on. Of course, if you're not, then don't."

"Is it because no one wants to go?" Yu Haoyang understood.

The language spoken on the field was Swedish, which he couldn't understand at all.

But after Horn said that, he understood.

Those two guys on the field are so strong that no one wants to play now.

Thinking of this, Yu Haoyang looked at Gu Cheng: "Give it a try?"

"I've almost mastered the one-legged shuffling technique recently, but I haven't tried it out yet."

"I do not mind."

"Then try it."

Yu Haoyang laughed and said, "Don't move for a while. Let me handle this alone. You can step in when I can't take it anymore."

Gu Cheng naturally had no objections.

As they talked, the two took off their coats, picked up their rackets, and walked onto the court amidst the surprised gazes of the crowd.

(End of this chapter)