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

Chapter 59: Eastern European geniuses were all forged through criticism (Please continue reading)

P.S.: Don't worry, everyone, the main character won't be participating in the National Games, and there's a perfectly good reason for it. Also, tomorrow is Sunday, and I'll be updating three times a day. I hope you'll all support me!

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In Guangzhou, Meng Hao finally unlocked his first challenger final.

He also achieved his goal of "beating a Top 200 player," earning him a second chance to experience the "Alcalás 2024 Indian Wells Masters."

He also accumulated a "Federer's 2014 Shanghai Masters" experience card.

In addition, he is 68 short of 100 aces to unlock the seventh trial card for the "Federer 2014 Shanghai Masters".

Meng Hao stood next to a bench, one hand on his hip, drinking water. He also checked the tasks required to unlock the third trial card for "Aka 2024 Indian Wells".

[Enter the final round of the challenge tournament, any level!]

[Host has completed the process, as detected!]

That's it!
Meng Hao immediately accumulated another experience card.

"Continue with the mission to unlock the next trial card!"

Win a challenge tournament, regardless of level!

Meng Hao's eyes flickered slightly; wasn't it right in front of him?
ATP score: 93 points

Meng Hao won three Hope Tournaments, earning 65 points. He also earned 3 points from winning two qualifying matches. Now, having reached the Challenger final, he has earned another 25 points, bringing his total to 93 points.

The ATP points in the system are updated in real time, and unlike the ATP points leaderboard, they are not deducted at the end of the year.

These points accumulate continuously!

If he wins the final, his points will exceed 100, which means he can unlock the third "legendary scene".

"The runner-up only got 25 points, while the champion got 50 points!"

The difference between the champion and the runner-up may seem small, but it is a world of difference!

No wonder Kobe Bryant famously said: "The runner-up is the biggest loser."

Of course, he also has another famous quote: Have you ever seen Los Angeles at 4 a.m.?

"If I participate in the US Open in the future and am assigned to the night session, I should have a chance to see New York at 3 a.m., right?" Meng Hao couldn't help but think.

Although Meng Hao defeated China's top player in this derby match, his reaction was really very calm.

As a newcomer and junior, he didn't seem to have any awareness.

After the match, he simply shook hands and nodded slightly, without saying a word more, as if he had defeated a complete stranger, a foreign player.

Not far away, Zhang Ze, carrying a tennis bag, glanced at Meng Hao and then shook his head.

It seems my first challenge championship will be postponed indefinitely once again.

Originally, in this Guangzhou Challenge, only he and his neighbor Xiao Rizi were among the top 200 contestants, so his chances were very high.

"Why am I going online so often? Sigh, I lose my mind when I get into a match!" Zhang Ze silently warned himself. "I can't be this impulsive during the US Open."

This year, he will unlock a new achievement: playing in all the qualifying rounds of the four Grand Slams within a year!

This is an unprecedented achievement for Chinese men's tennis!
At the Australian Open, he won three qualifying matches to advance to the main draw; at the French Open, he was eliminated in the first round of qualifying; at Wimbledon, he also won one qualifying match.

He is confident that he can make another run for the main draw at this year's US Open!

"You cunning kid, you got lucky, but what good is winning once?"

"I'm about to participate in the US Open qualifiers, while you're still a long way from Grand Slam qualifiers!"

"I am the man who brought Chinese tennis to a whole new level!" After this tournament, Zhang Ze will fly to North America.

Although his ranking isn't high enough to qualify for the tour, he can participate in a series of North American Challenger tournaments and then prepare to make a big splash in the US Open qualifiers.

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As a young player under 18, Meng Hao only generated a little buzz in the tennis community on Weibo after defeating the top domestic player to reach the ATP Challenger final.

Then, the guys from Baidu Tennis Bar also briefly mentioned it.

The sports sections of major portal websites didn't even mention it.

It was like a breeze, coming and going quietly, leaving almost no trace.

The World Cup has captured the attention of all football fans, and the remaining little attention has been stolen by the ongoing Wimbledon Championship.

At this moment, Wimbledon has reached the final championship match.

The rematch between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, two generations of grass-court kings, in the final is highly anticipated.

This has led to domestic tennis fans being divided into two camps, with each side confronting the other.

As for Nadal's fans, they were arrogant for a while during the clay court season, but now that it's grass court season, they have wisely kept a low profile.

"So this is just the final of a challenge tournament, and it's right that I don't have high expectations."

Meng Hao packed his backpack but did not leave the scene immediately.

He wanted to observe the other semi-final match closely, between Daniel Taro and Coric.

Taro Daniel, a young player, is already 21 years old, and his world ranking has just broken into the top 200.

In the world of men's professional tennis, where geniuses abound, this age and these achievements are naturally unremarkable, especially with Kei Nishikori shining brightly ahead of him.

"However, this person is quite unique!" Meng Hao carefully recalled the information about Daniel Taro.

Generally speaking, Asian players almost inevitably decline after the age of 30. But this guy was different; at the age of 31, his career reached a new peak, and his world ranking once approached the top 50.

"Will my opponent be this little guy, or the younger Coric?"

Meng Hao turned his head and looked at Coric, the white player from Eastern Europe.

Eastern Europe is home to some of the most intense and competitive tennis in the world, both for men and women.

Especially in the Czech Republic, a small country in Eastern Europe, beautiful girls who want to make money, want to make a lot of money, should go play tennis, if they don't want to end up on the "streets of the Czech Republic".

Borna Coric was later known as the "Big Three Killer," but he was actually quite introverted and shy. His popularity among European and American fans stemmed not only from this nickname but also from his somewhat submissive personality, which was very appealing to the "abnormal" European and American men.

Meng Hao quietly observed the semi-final match.

This was indeed a very high-level match, almost reaching tour-level standards.

Taro Daniel, playing on a small day, won the first set 6-2.

During the break, Coric's coach gave him a severe dressing-down, while Coric held back his tears, seemingly on the verge of bursting into tears at any moment.

Meng Hao even vaguely heard someone say, "If you don't play tennis properly, you can go and make adult films." That's a really harsh insult.

In the second set, Coric came onto the court somewhat dejected, but instead played some very exciting tennis.

6 to 4 and 7 to 5!

Coric came from behind to win 2-1 and advance to the final.

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(End of this chapter)