Match point

Chapter 12 School Team Teammates
It's a pity that the batting practice between Gao Wen and Macdonald could not go on after all, and the arrival of the assistant coach Grant-Chen also announced the end of the "two-person world". At this time, I remembered——

They came to the stadium early today to prepare for winter training.

"Hey, buddy, don't be too hardworking, you will cause us to be sent a warning letter by the association." Grant looked at the two young men who were sweating profusely, and joked with a smile, and then quickly slapped his hands, " The training equipment has not been moved out yet, so we need to speed up. On the way I just came, I saw the coach buying coffee at Starbucks."

The practice had to come to a certain stage for a while, Gao Wen and MacDonald only remembered the business at this time, and quickly got busy with their hands and feet.

Seeing this, Grant didn't stand by and didn't ask what happened this morning, but just got busy together.

UCLA has always been one of the famous traditional sports schools of the NCAA, with glorious historical traditions in rugby, basketball, swimming and other fields, and the same is true for tennis.

Jimmy-Connors (Jimmy-Connors) and John-McEnroe (John-McEnroe) who entered the World Tennis Hall of Fame early are both legendary superstar players who came from the Bruins. They once created an entire era and made professional tennis Climb to an important new peak, and leave your own brilliance in the long river of history.

In the NCAA arena, the Bruins have always been strong in men and weak in women. In the honor list of the National Championships, the women's team only won the team championship once in 2008; It ranks third behind the University of Southern California and Stanford University.

The current head coach of the UCLA men's tennis team is Billy-Martin. He joined the Bruins as an assistant coach in 1984 and became the head coach of the team in 1994. The No. 20 year of the head coach's career.

In 2005, Billy Martin became the third head coach in Bruins history to be inducted into the school Hall of Fame, and then he led the team to the best record in the same year.

In the NCAA championship game that year, the Bruins competed with Baylor University (Baylor-University) in the team championship for the second consecutive year——

In the previous year's game, Baylor University swept the Bruins with a score of "4:0" to reach the top, and after that created the second longest winning streak of 57 team games in NCAA history; in 2005, Ranked the top seed in the league with an undefeated record, and entered the defending battle unstoppably.

Facing such a powerful opponent, and an opponent who had just lost the championship the previous year, the Bruins completed an incredible revenge battle, and finally narrowly defeated the opponent with a total score of "4:3" and became the national champion!
This is also another All-American team championship trophy for the Bruins since 1984, after a lapse of 20 years.

Last year, under the leadership of Billy Martin, the Bruins made great strides all the way, returning to the NCAA National Championship finals for the first time since 2005; standing on the opposite side of the net was the University of Virginia, which has entered the championship game for three consecutive years , the two sides launched a fierce bayonet duel.

In the end, the University of Virginia defeated the Bruins with a score of "4:3" to reach the championship.

Although last season regrettably missed the No.17 national team championship trophy in team history, this Bruins team is still a well-deserved strong team. It not only has two players who are at their peak, but also There are many young players with unlimited potential and strong strength.

The Bruins are also among the title contenders in the spring season, which is about to kick off in two months.

It is worth mentioning that in Los Angeles, an immigrant city, it is common for the Asian faces of the tennis team to practice.

Assistant coach Grant Chen and team manager Evan Lee (Evan-Lee) are both Chinese, and another team manager David-Yu (David-Vu) is Vietnamese.

Among the players, in addition to McDonald and Gao Wen, there are also one Indian, one Chinese and two Japanese players. In addition, there are many players from different countries in Latin America. The whole team is very diverse and very Rich, daily practice can feel a comfortable atmosphere.

With the help of Grant, the training preparations came to an end soon, and then the players arrived at the scene one after another, greeting each other intimately and familiarly.

"Hey, Marcos, why are you late today? Be careful, a lot of people are watching your position. This morning Mike and Gawain are secretly practicing."

Marcos-Giron (Marcos-Giron) has just entered the stadium, you can hear a group of big boys laughing and booing, it is very lively.

Jiron slightly raised the brim of the royal blue tennis hat, and he could see the pair of shining bright eyes in the shadows, then slightly raised the corners of his mouth, raised his chin, and said lightly, "Come on, I Waiting."

Without too many words, I can already feel the confidence coming to my face.

"Hoohoho! Hohohoho!"

A group of big boys stamped their feet and applauded, and whistles could be heard passing through, all of them were no-nonsense guys who watched the excitement—in fact, Marcos was not late at all, just like Macdonald and Gawain were not late at all. Nothing against Marcos the same.

There was also a hint of helplessness in Jilong's eyes, and he didn't say much, as if he knew that these friends liked to joke.

Geelong just nodded slightly to MacDonald and Gao Wen respectively, paying respects politely, and then carried his tennis bag on his back, and prepared to start today's training step by step.

(End of this chapter)