Now that I've been reborn, I have to play tennis!

Chapter 36 A Shocking Upset (Please read on, this data is very important!)

6-1, the first set lasted less than 30 minutes.

CCTV's tennis reporter Chen Yu stared at the striking score, somewhat dazed.

"I thought this would be a one-sided match, and the result of the first set certainly was, but it seems like the outcome is reversed!" he muttered to himself.

In this first match, Meng Hao completely overwhelmed his opponent, both in terms of momentum and in every technical detail.

To be precise, this young man's playing style is perfectly suited to clay courts, almost as if it were second nature to him.

"Is this really his first time playing on clay?"

"Could this person be a once-in-a-lifetime clay-court genius in Chinese tennis history?!"

The image of Meng Hao sliding to save the ball flashed through Chen Yu's mind.

In a flash, he turned the tide with a beautiful sliding step, winning a brilliant point.

"I'm not so sure about hard courts and grass. But judging from the performance in the first set, this young man's clay court skills seem to be stronger than the national team player on the other side!" Chen Yu was quite surprised to get this conclusion, but he couldn't seem to find any fault with it.

Even if Meng Hao plays with extra energy in the first set, his clear advantage in winning the first set is enough to demonstrate his strength.

This young man really knows how to play clay!
Let's continue to observe the second game!

Meng Hao sat in the chair and glanced at the time.

It is exactly 2:30 pm.

The match starts at 2 PM.

Meng Hao felt that he had adapted to this time of year and this climate.

"Upgrading capabilities!"

He glanced at the attribute panel; his current upgrade ability was 5%.

As long as one's physical condition is good, one can always use the ability to upgrade.

Meng Hao is still in good health.

When you're playing at full power, you can have enough stamina for two games, but it will drop in the third game, so you need to manage your stamina wisely.

Let's move up the pace again in the second game!
He enjoys that feeling of domination, especially on clay courts.

The opponent is just a clay-court player with a disability, so what if he is the number two male tennis player now?
Meng Hao had no respect for elders whatsoever.

Moreover, this was his first match in his professional career.

After the start of the second set, Meng Hao remained fully focused on the game.

As for Wu Di, he hadn't yet recovered from the crushing defeat in the first set.

To be precise, he never imagined that a domestic player would have such outstanding clay court skills.

The opponent's fierce topspin shot reminded him of one name: Rafael Nadal, the Spanish clay court king.

During the China Open last year, Nadal did give the organizing committee face and practiced with them.

However, Nadal's topspin shots were too powerful and the ball was too heavy. Coupled with the high-intensity baseline rallies, I was tired after only a short time of practice.

After all, he's only at the Challenger level, not even close to the edge of the tour, while Nadal is one of the Big Three at the peak of his career.

Wu Di was momentarily dazed when he saw the young man opposite him running towards the net with lightning speed.

Because he just served a very poor quality ball, it was high and slow, and the force was too much.

Meng Hao, a few meters away from him, swung his racket and delivered a thunderous strike.

At the same time, he gracefully spread his legs and, with a nimble and elegant slide, controlled his body so that it would not touch the net.

Because once the body touches the net, it means a violation.

The tennis ball transformed into a streak of green light, flashing past Wu Di. A beautiful through ball!
Meng Hao broke serve right at the start of the game!

Wu Di spread his hands, looking towards the substitute bench with a sense of despair.

On the bench sat Coach Sun from the national team, while the other player was also covering his head, looking helpless.

Who is this person? He's so powerful, I've never even heard of him!

However, as one of the three small ball sports, tennis, table tennis, and badminton differ in that the national team coaches are well aware of the top players in the latter two sports.

They even knew which top athletes had acquired other nationalities and represented other countries in competitions.

But tennis is different, because there are just too many individual players in this sport.

Many players initially relied on family investment, rather than following the traditional path of provincial teams, national youth teams, national junior teams, and national teams.

Even national team coaches often have no idea how many talented young players they haven't heard of in the country.

The second set was also one-sided, which puzzled many viewers.

"What the hell? One of the top players in the national team was completely outplayed by a teenager!"

Do you think he fixed the match?

"Fraud? It might be possible under normal circumstances, but absolutely not today. If he loses, he won't be able to play in the French Open; he won't have enough points!"

"Tch, you guys obviously don't know much about tennis! Digo's strength is on hard courts, his results on clay have always been terrible. He hardly ever participated in clay court tournaments before!"

"You need to understand that the same player can perform very differently on different fields!"

"Even someone as good as Federer has always had a hard time beating Nadal on clay at the French Open."

At that moment, Coach Sun from the national team suddenly shouted, "Cheer up! Do you still want to play in the French Open? Do you still want your prize money?"

The prize money for the four Grand Slam tournaments, even the qualifying rounds, is quite substantial for many Challenger-level players; it's a huge sum of money.

However, no matter how strong your desire for the prize money is, it will be useless if you lack the ability to win.

In the second match, Meng Hao remained in excellent form, using powerful topspin shots to firmly control the rhythm of the entire match, while his opponent's style of play was completely suppressed, leaving them with no way to counter it.

This is the match between the clay court prodigy and the clay court wrecker!

The second set was another 6-1 victory!

Meng Hao, an unknown teenager, surprisingly gifted the second-best male tennis player in China two fried dough sticks in his first professional match.

This is an absolutely shocking upset!
To borrow the words of some netizens who enjoy making jokes, he even went so far as to personally shatter the other party's "dream of being caught in the law".

Won!

Meng Hao simply clenched his fist.

In his view, defeating his opponent was not important; what mattered was finally getting his first ATP point.

I'm a man with ATP points now.

When the two teams shook hands in front of the net at midfield, the second-best player from the Chinese men's tennis team was clearly in a very bad mood. He simply touched hands briefly and then walked away without looking back.

Meng Hao shrugged and didn't take it seriously at all.

If you choose to play tennis, you're prepared to walk a solitary path; there's no need to get entangled with those guys.

Anyway, when it comes to the Olympics, the ATP rankings will be the deciding factor, and the Tennis Association won't have any say in it.

As for the Asian Games and the National Games, he doesn't care whether they play or not.

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