Tennis: He's so obedient!

Chapter 72 Topspin Serve! (Please continue reading!)
7 Month 22 Day!
The stands of Court 1 at the Optics Valley Training Base Tennis Center.

"In this qualifying round, almost all of our Chinese players were eliminated, leaving only Jiang Hong as the sole survivor!" Yu Zhenhai, a member of the organizing committee of this challenge and vice chairman of the HB Tennis Association, frowned and sighed.

"If this were a WTA Challenger tournament, would I be feeling so frustrated? These male tennis players don't even know how to be a little more competitive." Yu Zhenhai got angrier and angrier, and slammed his hand on the stool.

"We didn't really expect them to get through this qualifying tournament!" Guo Wei, the head coach of the HB tennis team, seemed quite relaxed about it. "Besides, you're a former athlete yourself, don't you know why?"

The difficulty in developing male tennis players lies in the lack of excellent coaches and sparring partners.

For female athletes, even for Grand Slams, finding one athlete ranked in the top 1000 of the ATP would be enough.

Although women's tennis is known as the most watched women's sport, there is a huge gap between it and men's tennis in terms of both technique and popularity!

Yu Zhenhai glanced at the other person, though he still said the same thing.

But I still had some wishful thinking in my heart, but who knew that we would be completely wiped out after only two rounds of qualifying.

"Isn't there still one last one left?" Guo Wei patted his shoulder and smiled reassuringly.

Upon hearing Jiang Hong mentioned, Yu Zhenhai smacked his lips and said, "He is indeed a promising talent. If he were in our province, I would risk my reputation to get him into the Olympics next year."

Although there are many members in the national team, not all of them actually belong to the national team.

A large portion of them are recruited from various provincial teams, and the athletes' files are kept in various provincial teams or industry teams.

Even when it comes to participating in the Olympics, different provincial teams will engage in fierce competition!
After all, the Olympics is the biggest test for the sports system.

If team members can participate, win awards, or achieve rankings, that will be their achievement.

"You'd better not even think about it!" Guo Wei shook his head and reminded him, "After all, the Shanghai team and the national team have already tried to recruit you, but you were both politely declined. We probably have no chance either!"

Yu Zhenhai knew Guo Wei had a point. "I just feel it's a bit of a pity!"

After all, Jiang Hong is just too talented!
If things continue to develop as they are, it is very likely that mainland China will produce a player at the ATP top 200 level.

However, no one can guarantee anything, as the story of Zhong Yong, a prodigy who failed to live up to his potential, is all too common in the sports industry.

"Jiang Hong has entered!"

"Is the match about to start?"

"I heard that Jiang Hong made his opponent cry yesterday. In another match I watched, our country's player was really frustrated, so I came here today to watch the match!"

"He made her cry? I heard she went insane and was sent to the Hexagonal Pavilion after the match!"

"Ah? That's too brutal!"

That's right, this is how information is spread!
If this continues, Jiang Hong will probably have to serve the ball in a way that will give the Earth a full middle part.

Jiang Hong walked out of the player tunnel carrying his ball bag!

There were significantly more viewers today than before.

The room wasn't full, so it probably wasn't filled by people mobilized by the group meeting.

At most, there will be some complimentary tickets!
Jiang Hong went to the rest area and put the supplies he had taken during the match into a box.

I tied my shoes again, so they wouldn't fly off when I was moving at high speed!
Today, Jiang Hong's opponent is Gray Jones, ranked 495th in the ATP rankings, more than 100 places higher than Jiang Hong.

Born in Sydney, Australia in 1989, he is right-handed and just turned professional this year.

Similar to Donald Young, he participated in a junior Grand Slam tournament this year.

However, his results were not particularly impressive, reaching the semifinals of the Wimbledon junior tournament and the finals of the French Open junior tournament.

This was Jiang Hong's last opponent in the qualifying rounds. Defeating him would allow him to advance to the main draw of the Wuhan Challenge. After the referee spoke, Jiang Hong and his opponent stood on opposite sides of the net!

As is customary, the referee will give a pre-match briefing!

Possession of the ball is then decided by flipping a coin!

Jiang Hong's face didn't completely turn sour; at least he won possession of the ball in the first set.

Both sides first practiced serving from the baseline, and then they engaged in a rally!

This is to get both teams' players into the game!
Do you think Jiang Hong has a chance to win the game?

"What kind of talk is that? What do you mean, 'is there a chance'? Take the 'is there' off!"

"But I think Xiao Jiang's opponent is ranked higher than Xiao Jiang!"

"Just keep it up, Xiao Jiang!"

Overall, most viewers hoped that Jiang Hong would win.

In any case, Jiang Hong is playing on his home turf!
When the referee announced the start of the match through the microphone, the third round of the qualifying tournament officially began!
"Bang bang bang!"

Jiang Hong bounced the tennis ball on the ground a few times, thinking about the landing point and tactics for his serve!
Toss the ball, push off the ground, swing the racket, and hit the ball!
In one swift motion, the tennis ball instantly transformed into a cannonball and flew out!
After playing in several Grand Slam junior tournaments, Gray Jones felt he was good enough to turn professional!
So I plan to officially turn professional after participating in the US Open Junior Tournament!

He also looked into his opponent Jiang Hong's background, noting that Jiang Hong had no experience in youth competitions.

He started his professional career right from the ITF Hope Series!
They won the championship in the first two competitions!
However, Gray Jones doesn't believe his level is lower than his opponent's!

Jiang Hong's serve flew directly to the left, and Gray Jones immediately prepared to hit the ball with full confidence!

Just after the tennis ball bounced off the ground, it unexpectedly curved to the right!
When Gray Jones realized that the tennis ball bounced at a different angle than he had expected, his expression changed instantly.

Immediately change the angle of your shot and prepare to return the ball.

However, Jiang Hong applied a lot of spin to this ball, and it was also very fast!
With Qiong hastily changing his hitting tactics, he could only barely return the ball to Jiang Hong's half of the court.

"Dengdengdeng!"

Jiang Hong immediately chose to attack from the net, returning a heavy shot deep into the court to suppress the opponent's positioning.

Gray immediately changed direction and chased after the landing point of the tennis ball.

He extended his right leg and took a step to the side, using his long arms to knock the ball back.

However, counter-attacking is not an option for now because Jiang Hong's firepower is too strong.

Facing the return shot, Jiang Hong immediately moved two steps to the left.

As soon as the tennis ball crossed the net, Jiang Hong immediately chose to volley it in mid-air!
Raise your racket to block, and the tennis ball will instantly smash into the opponent's bottom corner, just along the sideline.

Gray tried his best to move, but still couldn't reach the ball.

"15:0!"

After the tennis ball flew out of bounds and landed, the referee announced that Jiang Hong had won the first point.

"Outspin serve!"

Gray looked up, his expression grave!

　People felt that my competition content was too detailed and the pace was a bit slow. I've learned my lesson, but I have a few chapters saved up and can't completely revise them. The pace will be faster later on. I'm sorry, Xiaoming knows he was wrong.

　　
　
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