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

Chapter 91 Who Will Break the Golden Body First? (8 Updates!)

The following situations often occur in ATP 1000 level Masters tournaments.

The first and second rounds are often two days apart, while the second and third rounds are only one day apart.

The reason is simple: there are too many participants in the first round, and the schedule will be too long.

After one round, the number of players was almost halved, so as long as it didn't rain, the schedule could be arranged with ease.

As Meng Hao advanced to the top 16 of the Masters Tournament, his popularity continued to rise.

After all, winning two consecutive matches in a 1000-level tournament is a rare feat, not only among domestic male players but also among female players, except for Li Na.

Meng Hao VS Kei Nishikori!
One of them defeated Dimitrov to secure the 10th seed, and the other is the 7th seed.

They've met in the quarterfinals!

The organizing committee of the Shanghai Masters understood the situation perfectly and scheduled the match as the first game of the night session.

The prime time is 18:30 PM.

Tickets were sold out long ago, not just by Chinese audiences, but also because Shanghai still has many small events happening.

On this day, Meng Hao also received calls from some businesses hoping that he could endorse their products.

However, apart from a handful of companies, most of them seemed to be off-brands that he had never heard of.

Without a second thought, Meng Hao politely declined them all.

At this point, he had to buy another phone specifically for business use.

Whether it's endorsements or management companies, let's wait until after the Shanghai Masters!
It'll only take a few days anyway.

"Kei Nishikori has been in good form this year, but not right now. I have a great chance."

The China Open is an ATP 500 tournament, and the Tokyo Open is also an ATP 500 tournament; the two events are held simultaneously.

Kei Nishikori, as the top star of the day, will definitely participate in the Tokyo tournament.

This guy continued his excellent form from the US Open and successfully won the Tokyo 500 tournament.

From US Open runner-up to Tokyo Open champion.

Kei Nishikori's body had long since burned out, not to mention that his physical condition was not particularly outstanding to begin with.

Meng Hao watched the recording of Kei Nishikori's last match, and his performance was abysmal. He fought a close match against an unknown player who had broken through from the qualifiers.

“By the way, my current ATP rating is 354, so does that mean I can unlock a new ‘legendary image’?” He suddenly realized this.

Meng Hao unlocked the third image when he reached 100 ATP points, but the system did not explain the conditions required to unlock the fourth image at the beginning.

With doubts in his heart, Meng Hao quietly opened the system.

[500 ATP points will unlock the fourth image!]

When Meng Hao's ATP score exceeded 300, the system gave him a condition.

With 500 ATP points, the difficulty increases exponentially.

If he wants to accomplish this task in a short period of time, he must at least reach the semi-finals in this Shanghai Masters tournament.

The chances of making it to the semi-finals are very high!
Because Meng Hao didn't expend much energy in the first two rounds.

Seeing that it was almost time, he packed his bags and headed to the competition venue.

……

"Did you know? There will be a guest to throw the opening pitch for today's game."

"Who's coming? Is it a celebrity?"

Many fans are very curious.

Both the China Open and the Shanghai Masters do have a tradition of inviting well-known entertainment stars to serve the opening ball.

"He's a local celebrity from Shanghai, quite famous. You can guess."

"Hu Ge, Yao Ming?"

"None of them! Keep guessing!" "Guess my ass!"

"Alright, I won't keep you in suspense any longer! That's the famous General Fan Zhiyi!"

"Oh, it's the men's soccer team? Ugh~ What bad luck!"

Many fans looked disgusted.

"You don't understand. The organizing committee invited General Fan here to help Meng Hao! After all, General Fan has extensive experience in the War of Resistance against Japan!"

"What? Did I hear that right? Although the men's football team has a lot of experience in resisting the Japanese, most of the time they end up getting beaten instead!"

"So tell me, what kind of experience is this!"

……

At this moment, Meng Hao stood in the center court, hands on his hips, looking around.

All three matches will be played in the center court.

The organizing committee of the Shanghai Masters really gave them a lot of face.

The Big Three are also in the center court, but the prime-time 6:30 pm night session was still scheduled for Meng Hao.

As for Murray, who's almost a superstar? Forget about him, he's been placed on Court 2.

"Wow, there are so many fans here!" Meng Hao thought to himself. "That's fine, it'll make sure they come with high hopes but leave disappointed!"

At this moment, a middle-aged man, about the same height as Meng Hao, with broad shoulders but a slightly hunched back, walked onto the field amidst cheers.

"This person looks familiar! Could he be the guest of honor for the opening pitch?"

Meng Hao frowned, then suddenly remembered something. "I remember now, isn't this General Fan?"

I remember last year when the Chinese national football team lost 1-5 to Thailand, a quote from General Fan during a post-match interview went viral online, and its influence has continued even ten years later.

Then, the host on site spoke up: "The reason we invited General Fan here today is mainly because he has a wealth of experience in dealing with petty people, and we hope that this will bring good luck to Meng Hao!"

"???" Meng Hao was also stunned.

That's really abstract!

Lao Tzu has a 100% win rate against players who play casually!
"Hello!" He still shook hands with General Fan politely.

Immediately afterwards, the three of them stood up and took a group photo.

"Young man, keep it up! We're playing on our home turf in Shanghai, we can't afford to lose to those little devils!" General Fan added as he left, "Take them down, take them down, we absolutely have to take them down!"

Whether Fan Dajiang could have made a living playing football is unknown, but when it comes to fighting, he certainly seems to have taught many ordinary people a lesson.

At this moment, Meng Hao was in a good mood, so he smiled wryly.

Given Nishikori's exhausted appearance, the chances of me defeating him today are indeed very high.

"Good evening, everyone! Welcome to CCTV5 Sports Channel! I'm your host, Tong Kexin!" The host for today's key match has changed.

Tong Kexin, another veteran tennis commentator, replaced Zhang Sheng this time.

Sure enough, Aunt Tong is the one who will provide the commentary for this crucial match.

"I took a close look at Meng Hao's previous head-to-head record against Xiao Rizi players! You know what? He's undefeated! I believe Meng Hao has a great chance in today's game too!"

"I think he's a player who's very good at playing the ordinary game, even though this Kei Nishikori is a US Open champion!"

"Runner-up!" A netizen immediately corrected, "He was the runner-up, he didn't win!"

Aunt Tong's voice continued, "I've discovered a pattern! Kei Nishikori has a perfect record against our players, and Meng Hao also has a perfect record against our players!"

"Today, one person will break their golden body!"

Many viewers are going crazy again; Aunt Tong is starting to talk nonsense again.

I simply can't stand these CCTV hosts anymore. She and Zhang Sheng are like a perfect pair of geniuses.

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(End of this chapter)