Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 26 Winning three games in a row
Next, Chen Ran and Gao Qi each secured serve twice, and the total score became 3-3.

However, their facial expressions are different.

Chen Ran still looked calm and calm, but Gao Qi's breathing obviously began to quicken, as if his whole body was under tremendous pressure.

In the next two service games of each side, Chen Ran completed the love game very easily, without allowing the other side to score a single point.

However, in Gao Qi's serving game, Chen Ran reached 30 points once and 40 points once, which obviously put a lot of pressure on the opponent.

This situation means that Chen Ran may break serve at any time, while Gao Qi on the opposite side has almost no hope of breaking serve.

To take a step back, even if Gauci won all the serve games, he did not see any hope of winning after entering the tie-break.

da~
Another direct score with a serve!
Although Gao Qi responded, it was only the edge of the racket that touched the ball hit by Chen Ran.

Another clean love game with no resistance.

4: 3!

"It's the eighth set. The opponent's mood is starting to be unstable and his condition is starting to decline. It's time to start to shift gears!"

Holding the tennis racket and standing on the baseline, Chen Ran thought silently in his heart.

Raising gears is a way for players to adjust their status.

Whenever there is a critical game or a critical score, the players will fully mobilize their physical energy and attention, and devote themselves wholeheartedly to the game, just like sprinting when running, raising their competitive status and level to a new level.

The opponent made a mistake!
On the second serve, Gao Qi served a ball with a relatively stable speed for the sake of being conservative.

Chen Ran saw exactly where the ball would land and quickly swung the ball with his forehand. The ball flew out along a diagonal line like a bolt of lightning at a very tricky angle and landed quickly.

Gao Qi watched helplessly as the ball flashed by without any reaction from his body.

"Is it going to be broken?" He gasped, and this thought couldn't help but arise in his mind.

In Chen Ran's serve game, the opponent had a crushing advantage. He knew that once his serve was broken, he would have no chance of winning.

The funds of the Provincial Sports Bureau are really limited. If you can't get good results in the Hope Games held in China, don't expect to do anything in foreign competitions.

Gao Qi continued to serve.

Error on the first serve, error on the second serve!

Double fault, score 0:30.

"It's over!"

Gao Qi only felt huge pressure coming.

On the third ball, he finally succeeded with his first serve.

Chen Ran decisively started his steps and swung the racket to return a high throw ball that landed very deep, showing his unparalleled baseline ball skills.

"The quality of the return of serve!"

Gao Qi cursed in his mind. The ball not only landed close to the baseline, but also bounced very high. He chose to hit it flat with his forehand, but the ball did not pass the net.

0: 40!

Gao Qi looked at the scoreboard, and his emotions were almost on the verge of collapse.

In his own service game, he didn't score a single point, but the opponent had already reached the break point.

Immediately after the ball, Chen Ran showed his solid defensive ability. The return ball added a lot of top spin. After the two people were in a stalemate back and forth for a few shots, the opponent smashed the ball out of bounds. Chen Ran did not lose a point and completed the break. .

The game score is 3:5.

Then Chen Ran came to serve again. Without any suspense, he easily secured serve, with a total score of 6:3.

In the second set, the opponent's mentality completely collapsed. He only secured serve once and lost the game 1:6.When the two shook hands after the game, Gao Qi felt unwilling and asked curiously: "Friend, you don't seem to be in a professional team. Did you pay for a private coach like abroad?"

Chen Ran nodded and said vaguely: "I do have a personal trainer."

"You're not Chinese, right? I think your playing style is quite European."

As a professional player, Gao Qi is quite discerning and can see that Chen Ran's playing style is much more advanced than his own.

"Foreign Chinese!" Chen Ran replied. This answer obviously left a lot of room for imagination.

"That's great!" Gao Qi showed envy, "You spend your own money to hire a personal trainer. Being a self-employed person is so free."

He was eliminated in the first round of qualifying, and he must have had to face the anger and black faces of the leaders when he returned.

Chen Ran smiled and didn't reply.

Everything that happened here finally attracted the attention of the organizing committee.

"what's the situation?"

“高奇资格赛第一轮被一个16岁的小孩子打了一个6比3，6比1？”

"Lao Wang, is your No. 2 in Northern Jiangsu Province this good?"

"We deliberately arranged an easy pick for Gao Qi, just to send him into the main game."

The speaker was a man in his 50s who was one of the leaders of the 10K Hope Race. He looked in disbelief at the coach of the Jiangsu Province Tennis Team in front of him.

"This kid's mentality is not good, he is under too much pressure!" Coach Wang had to excuse his beloved disciple, and then picked some nice words to say, "The two sides were very close in the first set. You came back and forth, but it was a pity that one of the games was careless. It was a break. By the second set, this kid was mentally shattered."

"China only has a few hope competitions a year, and there are many foreign players coming to score points. If we don't seize such a good opportunity, the pressure will be greater in the second half of the year." The man said helplessly.

"Yes, if you go abroad with this level of skills, you will lose your life."

"By the way, who is the other party's background?"

"A junior high school student with no professional team background."

"Now that the country is getting richer, life has gotten better, and more people are learning tennis at their own expense. These people are not bad at it."

"Hey, I can only blame my team members for their bad luck."

The original goal was to reach the semi-finals of the main draw and guarantee the top eight, but they were eliminated in the first round of qualifying.

……

As the competition continued, Chen Ran's opponents in the next two qualifying rounds were very weak, with levels between amateurs and professionals. He barely broke a sweat and won the competition, earning a seat in the main draw.

"The first round was a bit challenging, but the second and third rounds became much easier."

He vaguely guessed something.

When arranging the lottery, the organizing committee deliberately arranged a seemingly weak lottery for the player from Sudong Province, hoping to send him into the main draw, but unexpectedly encountered the variable Chen Ran.

Competitions held in China are an excellent opportunity for local players to score points. This is normal.

Because Chinese players go to compete abroad, foreign organizing committees will probably arrange more difficult draws, making it extremely difficult to earn points.

"So since Gao Qi is a local player within the system, does that mean..."

Chen Ran analyzed it in his mind, and then found the match list for the main match, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

……

(End of this chapter)