Entertaining Children

   Chapter 683

  In sports events, the athletes participating in the competition are well-deserved protagonists. Even if there is a big-name acting star or social celebrity in the audience, it will only add a special scenery to the game, and it is impossible to steal the limelight from the contestants. Therefore, Xiao Yao came to watch the game this time, but he acted relatively low-key. , Did not do anything to pretend.

Except for a baseball cap with a sunshade, Xiao Yao neither wears sunglasses or black-rimmed glasses nor a mask. Therefore, when he appeared on the big screen at the scene, he was immediately recognized by many audiences at the scene, which caused a lot of trouble. There was a voice from the audience. Xiao Yao originally came to the Li Ai platform as a star this time, and he didn't need to hide it. Seeing his appearance on the big screen at the scene, he had a sense of lens and he also looked at the camera very generously. The direction waved his hand, which also aroused louder cheers from the audience.

As the game began, both the audience and the commentators in the commentary booth focused their attention on the two players on the competition venue. The large screen on the scene also switched to the main camera shooting the competition venue. With the scene of the game, Xiao Yao, like the ordinary audience, paid attention to the game in the following venue.

  Li Ai is in very good condition at the beginning. Although he failed to break serve in the opponent's serve in the first game, Li Ai and his opponent drew two times to 40, which put a lot of pressure on the opponent in the opening game. In the second sentence of Li Ai's serve, Li Ai only allowed his opponent to win one goal and scored four points, which also included an ACE ball. He kept his serve very smoothly and performed quite strongly.

  Seeing Li Ai's performance so well, the audience was also very excited. Whenever Li Ai scored, the audience sent a burst of extremely loud applause and cheers.

In the cheering from the audience, Li Ai was also more and more brave in the war. While keeping all his serve, he broke serve in the fifth and ninth innings respectively, and took the 6th place with a score of 6 to 3. One plate.

  Successfully won the first set. The audience on the spot had a little more confidence in Li Ai's victory in this competition. Many people have begun to look forward to seeing Li Ai lifting the championship trophy at their door. What everyone didn't expect was that when the game progressed to the second set, the situation on the court suddenly changed.

  In non-grand slam women's matches, the coach can enter the field for guidance. This tournament is not a Grand Slam tournament, so during the break at the end of the first set, Li Ai’s opponent, Russian player Natasha Kapunova, applied for coaching guidance. Although the inter-game break is only one and a half minutes like the normal inter-game break, and Kapunova’s coach’s approach guidance is less than 90 seconds, but this time the approach guidance is very effective.

After the start of the second set, Kapunova’s tactics changed a lot, her mentality was much more positive, and she played a lot better than the first set. After changing the first set's slump, she took the lead in breaking serve in the second set. , Achieved the lead in the number of rounds.

  It doesn't matter how many games are behind, but the audience and commentators can see that Li Ai's momentum has been suppressed by his opponents. Li Ai's active turnovers began to increase, especially before halfway through the second set. The double-serving turnovers in the second set of serve were already more than the first set combined, which made the audience and China's commentator. Everyone squeezed a sweat for Li Ai, and their hearts began to become tense.

   Just when the game trend was not good for Li Ai, and all those who supported Li Ai were nervous, a very surprising scene appeared on the court.

  It was in the seventh game of the second set, Li Ai's serve. In the small points in the inning, Kapnova led 40 to 15. After getting two break opportunities, she only needed one more point to achieve the second break in this set. The score in the first six games was 4 to 2, and Li Ai was behind. If this game can break serve, Kapunova can turn the game points into 5 to 2, so once such a game point is obtained, the next game will be Kapunova’s serve, which is basically OK. The victory of the second set was laid. And if Li Ai can achieve the guarantee and turn the game score to 3 to 4, then there is hope of a reversal in this game.

  On the key ball of such a key node, Li Ai's first hit the bound.

  In a tennis match, you can serve twice for each serve. After the first serve error, the opponent does not score, and they can serve a second time. If the second serve misses again, the opponent will score directly. Therefore, the first serve of a tennis player is often a powerful and angled way. If you make a mistake on the first serve, you will probably choose a safer way on the second serve. For a player who receives a serve, it is easier and more calm to receive a second serve than a first serve, and there are more opportunities to directly counterattack while receiving a serve.

Seeing Li Ai’s first serve error, Kapunova’s face showed a hint of joy, but she soon became serious again, her hands holding the racket tightly, apparently intending to take advantage of Li Ai’s second serve. A high-quality serve made a rush and took advantage of the situation to win the round.

  Li Ai made a lot of double-serving errors in this set. Therefore, on the second serve of this key ball, Li Ai took a rather conservative approach, and made a more stable serve with a relatively normal speed and landing point.

Seeing that the quality of Li Ai's serve this time was really not high, Kapunova, who was already ready to receive the serve, also quickly made a strike action. The moment the ball came, she swiped her hand with all her strength. Racket.

  But I don’t know if Kapnova’s too much force caused the deformation of the shot. The tennis ball hit by Kapnova did not land on the opposite side of Li Ai, but flew straight to the audience.

Seeing the trajectory of the tennis ball, everyone knew that Kapunova's return ball was definitely out of bounds. Some spectators who supported Li Ai couldn't wait to cheer, but before the cheers were fully heard, they were even more greeted. The exclamation of the spectators who watched the flying tennis ball was replaced.

   Coincidentally, the tennis shot by Kapnova flew to Li Ai’s player box. The player box on the tennis court is also open-air. There is no baffle in the front. The tennis ball hit by Kapnova flew to Li Ai’s player box. If nothing else, it should be the spectators in the box. of.

This Kapunova is a strength-type female player. She was originally known for hitting the ball at a fast speed. This time she hits the ball with all her strength and the ball speed is naturally very fast, and the player boxes are generally arranged near the stadium at a relatively low speed. The position of the ball, the speed of the ball and the distance, if you hit someone directly, it's really hard to say whether it will hurt someone. So seeing the tennis flying straight to Li Ai's player box in the auditorium very quickly, many spectators on the scene also exclaimed.

The tennis ball hit by Kapnova quickly flew into Li Ai’s player box and flew towards the face of a foreign middle-aged man, but was suddenly bounced back, and in that foreign country In front of the young man, a raised fist suddenly appeared.

   "Wow~" Many audience members immediately understood what was going on, so after the exclamation, there was a burst of cheers and applause.

Due to the broadcast footage, the TV viewers basically don’t know what’s going on. They only heard cheers, exclamations, and then a burst of great applause and cheers. So the CCTV commentator Xin Tong also began to explain to the audience watching the game on TV: "Just now Kapunova received the serve and went out of bounds, and the tennis shot by her flew directly to the audience. Coincidentally, the ball flew to the audience. Li Ai’s player box. If you read it correctly, this fast ball should have been hit directly without hurting anyone. This is an unexpected situation. Let’s see if there is a live replay in a moment. "

In addition to the TV audience, there were also some audiences on the scene who did not see what was happening due to the angle of view. There were cameras on the scene that were shooting at the auditorium, and several of them were still filming the members of the player team in the player box. So the big screen at the scene immediately replayed the accident just now.

The game in the shooting venue is a high-speed camera, while the audience is only a normal camera, but the normal camera also has a slow-motion function. Although not as good as the slow-motion effect of the high-speed camera, it is enough for the audience to see what is happening. Things are up.

  In the player box, Li Ai’s coaches Rodriguez and Xiao Yao both watched the game very intently. After Capunova received the serve, both of them saw for the first time that Kapunova's return was definitely out of bounds, and smiles appeared on both faces. But before the smile fully broke out, both of them found the tennis ball hit by Kapnova flying in their direction.

   Coach Rodriguez's eyes widened in surprise, and then he was about to bend down and lower his head to dodge. But the speed of tennis is very fast. Judging from his movements, most of them will still be hit by the tennis. However, Xiao Yao beside him slapped a punch very quickly at this critical moment, accurately hitting the flying tennis ball and hitting the flying tennis ball back with his fist.

  "Oh oh~" Seeing the slow motion replay on the big screen, all the audience at the scene knew what was going on. Seeing Xiao Yao hit the fast tennis ball with his fist, all the audience on the scene gave Xiao Yao a round of applause.

"We can see clearly through the slow-motion playback." Xin Tong also watched the slow-motion playback on the broadcast screen and then explained, "Kapunova just hit the ball directly in the face of Li Ai's coach Rodriguez. Go, this is a very dangerous situation, but Xiao Yao next to him reacted very quickly. Before the tennis hit him, Xiao Yao actually hit the tennis ball with his fist, preventing Rodriguez from being hit by the tennis ball. Injured. The applause of the audience should be given to Xiao Yao, of course, he is also worth the applause of the audience."

"Well, not only is the reaction quick, the young man's movements are also very quick, and his shots are quite accurate." Ding Sheng also said, "You must know that the area of ​​the fist is much smaller than that of a tennis racket. Kapunova is a power player. The speed of the ball is very fast. It is very difficult to accurately hit the tennis ball in such a short time."

   "I heard that he learned martial arts when he was a child. It seems that his skill is really good!" Xin Tong continued.

  Since the tennis flew to his box, Li Ai did not start the next ball, but looked up at the big screen of the scene like the audience. The referee knew that Li Ai's team members were involved, and she would inevitably be more concerned, so she didn't urge Li Ai, but also followed to look at the big screen at the scene. As for Kapnova, the instigator of the whole incident, she knew how much force she had used for the ball she had just hit, and she could feel how fast the ball was. If she hit the audience directly, it would really cause injury. Yes, he looked nervously at the big screen at the scene.

  When she saw the tennis flying towards Li Ai’s coach, Kapunova opened her eyes wide in surprise, and at the same time she subconsciously covered her mouth. It was not until later that she saw someone hit the tennis ball with a punch, and it seemed that no one in Li Ai’s player box was injured, she was greatly relieved, and waved directly in the direction of Li Ai’s box, and made an apologetic gesture. Then, she gestured to the opposite Li Ai again, indicating that she didn't mean it.

  After the playback, the on-site director discovered Kapunova’s actions, so he switched the big screen directly to a camera lens facing Kapunova.

"We saw Kapunova making an apologetic gesture to Li Ai's box." Ding Sheng helped interpret, "We all know that she was definitely not intentional, because even the top male players, I am afraid that is not the case. An accurate head, you can deliberately use tennis to attack the coach in the opponent's box by receiving the serve. This must be just an accident, but she still apologizes to those who might be hurt by her. This is still very important. It is worthy of recognition and also reflects the quality of this top international tennis player."

"Yes," Xin Tong continued, "we saw Kapunova signal to Li Ai, and Li Ai also smiled generously and waved to indicate that it was okay. Although the competition was fierce, the demeanor of the two players was still Very good. Of course, this was originally an accident, and you don’t need to care too much. Now the game resumes and the score is 30-40. Li Ai saved a break point, and then Li Ai served. Wait, it seems There are still conditions, Li Ai suddenly stopped again..."

 It turned out that after Li Ai and Kapunova signaled, they were ready to move on to the next goal. Li Ai, who bowed his head and walked towards the sideline, found a tennis ball lying on the court. This should be the tennis ball played by Xiao Yao. After rebounding, it fell into the court. It may be that everyone was watching the big screen just now, and the caddies on the scene did not pay attention, so they didn’t rush in to pick it up. . Seeing that the tennis ball was closer to him, Li Ai didn't signal the caddie in the court, and picked it up from the ground.

But after picking up the tennis ball, Li Ai stopped walking strangely, looked down at the tennis ball in her hand, and then her face changed. She stood in the center of the court and raised the tennis ball with her left hand. The right hand holding the racket stretched out the index finger, and pointed to the tennis ball held in the left hand.

  The live broadcaster knew, and immediately ordered a camera that was shooting the venue to zoom in on the lens, and gave Li Ai a close-up of the tennis ball in his hand, and cut it to the big screen on the scene to put it out.

  On the big screen, Li Ai squeezed the tennis ball's left hand vigorously, and then everyone could see from the close-up picture that a big seam had cracked in the middle of the tennis ball, and the rubber inner wall could be seen.

  "Wow~" Seeing this scene, the audience exclaimed.

"Li Ai picked up a tennis ball from the center of the court," Xin Tong introduced to the TV audience. "There shouldn't be a tennis ball in that position. It should have been played by Kapunova just now and used by Xiao Yao. The fist that flew away seems to have fallen back to the playing field again. Li Ai seems to be beckoning the cameraman on the scene to close-up the tennis ball? Let’s see what happened."

"Wow!" Xin Tong also exclaimed after the close-up of Li Ai's tennis ball appeared on the screen showing the broadcast screen in front of him like the big screen at the scene. "The tennis ball in Li Ai's hand has cracked a big hole. Just now, Xiao Yao's punch actually blasted a tennis ball. What a lot of power it must be!"

"It's not just that his punch is powerful," Ding Sheng also said with an incredible expression, "If there is no external force, it is impossible for a person to blow a tennis ball with his fist if there is no external force! This is also from the side. It shows how fast Kapunova's ball was just now, and I hope his wrist and fingers are not injured."

  (End of this chapter)