The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

Chapter 50: Turn defeat into victory, the first round ends.

"Now the second singles match begins."

Fuji Shusuke was already standing in front of the net. On the opposite side, a player from Yamabuki Junior High School was playing.

After both sides finished guessing the sides, Fuji Shusuke got the advantage of serving first.

Not long after, the sound of hitting the ball was heard on the tennis court.

In just a few minutes, Fuji Shusuke had already successfully won two games, bringing the score to 2-0.
It can be seen that Yamabuki Junior High School has already played its best players in the first three games, and the strength of the second singles player is not even as good as the doubles players in the first two games.

Although the Yamabuki player tried very hard, there was no miracle in the face of the gap in strength.

In this game, Yamabuki Junior High School was defeated even faster than in the previous game.

In less than twenty minutes, the game was almost over.

砰

Fuji Shusuke swung the tennis ball, adjusted the angle, and hit it with his forehand. The returning spinning tennis ball quickly passed over the net and fell heavily to the ground.

Then, the tennis ball strangely did not bounce up, but slid out of bounds in a curve as if sticking to the ground.

"Game, Fuji Shusuke wins, the score is 6 to 1."

The last ball ended with a Yan Huidan, one of the three counterattacks, and Fuji Shusuke easily defeated his opponent, tying the total score of both sides to 2-2.

After putting away his racket and shaking hands with his opponent in a friendly manner, Fuji Shusuke returned to the preparation area of ​​Qingxue with a smile on his face.

"Well done, Fuji." Ryuzaki Sumire praised with a smile.

"It's nothing. My opponent isn't that strong, so it's not difficult for me to win." Fuji Shusuke responded modestly.

"That's awesome, Fuji. Now we've finally caught up." Kikumaru Eiji jumped over with a smile on his face.

At this time, Kikumaru Eiji's physical strength had already recovered after three games, and he was back to his lively state.

"That last attack you made just now, Yan Hui Dodge, must have shocked the people of Yamabuki."

As soon as Kikumaru Eiji finished speaking, Fuji Shusuke, who was originally smiling, suddenly froze his smile.

If it were the old Fuji Shusuke, he would probably be very happy to hear others praising his skills.

However, ever since that tragic defeat to Maya Yuuki, he realized that his so-called skills were too immature in the eyes of true strong men.

He looked in the direction of Rikkai University without leaving a trace, and his eyes were looking in the direction of Yuuki Maya.

"Ok?"

The perceptive Yuuki Maya noticed a gaze coming from Seigaku's direction, turned around, and her eyes happened to meet Fuji Shusuke's.

Fuji Shusuke's face was serious, and his blue eyes were staring at him, as if he was receiving some kind of signal.

"Interesting, it seems he was very unwilling to lose the last match." Yuuki Maya saw some emotions from the other party's eyes.

He raised his left hand and waved in the direction of Fuji Shusuke. This action surprised Fuji Shusuke in the audience. He never expected that he would be noticed after just a brief glance.

"There is only one game left. If we win the next one, we will be able to advance."

Oishi Shuichiro's tone was nervous. Qing had learned this point. If he failed, all his previous efforts would be wasted.

"Don't worry, Oishi, I'm fully prepared." Inui Sadaharu said calmly.

Inui Sadaharu is the first singles player that Seigaku will play.

Originally, Inui Sadaharu was not a starter, and most of the time he acted as a team assistant with the regular players of Seigaku.

However, ever since the Metropolitan University Seigaku lost to Hyotei, Ryuuzaki Sumire is well aware that Seigaku's lineup has major flaws, and there is a lot of room for improvement in both doubles and singles.

Therefore, in an internal practice match, Inui Sadaharu, who defeated many junior high school seniors, was promoted to the main selection as an exception to prepare for the Kanto Conference.

Of course, the reason for making an exception was that Inui Sadaharu was a second-year player, equivalent to immediate combat capability, so the junior high school seniors of the tennis club did not reject him. He slowly put down his notebook, took off his coat, put on his wrist guard, adjusted his glasses and said confidently: "In this match, the probability of Seigaku winning is undoubtedly 99%."

"Eh? Why is it 99%? Shouldn't it be 100%?" Kikumaru Eiji expressed his doubts.

"Because someone lost a doubles match, my 100% probability dropped to 99%," Inui Sadaharu hinted meaningfully.

"Fuck! You bastard—"

Kikumaru Eiji was a little excited and wanted to argue, but was held down by a big rock beside him.

"Okay, Eiji, we were just joking when we talked about him." Oishi Shuichiro hurriedly comforted him.

After teasing Kikumaru Eiji, Inui Sadaharu walked into the stadium without saying a word.

"Now we will start the first singles match. Please take your positions, both players."

Finally, today's match between Yamabuki and Seigaku has come to the deciding game. The result of this game will be decided by the first singles of both sides.

Outside the field, in the Rikkai University team, Yanagi Renji looked at Inui Sadaharu off the field and sighed slightly: "Inui, I didn't expect you to choose to join there."

"Liu, is this a friend you know?" Marui Bunta asked curiously after hearing Yanagi Renji's tone.

"Yes, he was my good friend before I transferred to Kanagawa, and he was my doubles partner."

Yanagi Renji narrowed his eyes, as if he was lost in his memories.

At the time, he was still a student at Midorikawa Third Elementary School. The doubles team he formed with Inui Sadaharu was invincible among their peers and had no rivals at all.

But now, one of them has become famous throughout the country at Rikkai University, while the other has remained unknown at Seigaku until now.

"If he is a good friend of Liu, his strength should be quite good. I want to take a good look." Marui Bunta looked towards the court with some anticipation.

Inside the stadium, the game had already started for some time.

It was thought that the two schools would put on an exciting game in this final match, but the situation on the court surprised most of the spectators.

It was still a one-sided situation. After the two doubles matches, Yamabuki Junior High School was beaten up by Seigaku during the singles match.

"For this ball, the opponent's forehand swing angle is 56 degrees. The probability of hitting a diagonal straight shot is 72%, the probability of hitting a diagonal shot is 15%, and the probability of hitting a lob is..."

On the court, every time Sadaharu Inui hit the tennis ball back, he would mutter some statistics.

Often, his opponent's actions are just as he said, and he basically predicts them successfully.

"This ball, according to his habit..."

Like a puppet, the top singles player of Yamabuki Junior High School did not escape Inui Sadaharu's data network throughout the entire game, and his underwear was completely seen.

After a while, the competition came to an end.

"The game is over. Inui Sadaharu wins. The score is 6 to 1."

"The total score of the game is Yamabuki Junior High School 2 to Seishun College 3. Seishun College won this game and they will advance to next week's game."

The referee announced the result, which also meant that Qingxue had the last laugh in this duel.
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In the past few days, I saw many people leaving comments saying they didn't quite believe that Seigaku could beat Yamabuki. It seemed like everyone underestimated Seigaku's strength because they were poisoned by the anime version.

In the comics, Seigaku's results in the second year were runner-up in the Tokyo Metropolitan Tournament and top four in the Kanto Tournament. Although it did not mention whether they went to the national tournament, many details in the comics implicitly pointed to the possibility that Seigaku went to the national tournament in their second year, but it was kept secret and not made clear whether they went or what their results were in the national tournament that year.

Because according to the settings mentioned in the official book, the Kanto region has five basic places plus an extra place given by Rikkai University as one of the top four, which makes a total of 6 places. As one of the top four in Kanto, Seigaku is definitely eligible to participate in the national conference, unless they don't want to go.

There is another detail in the comics. Shiraishi knew Tezuka last year. How could a person who goes to a school in the Kansai region know Tezuka in Kanto for no reason?

In the main story, Inui Sadaharu said very clearly that the reason they won against Yamabuki the following year was that they lost the first two doubles matches, then Tezuka III turned the tide in the singles match, and then they also won the next two singles matches.

Yamabuki's singles were even weaker than Seigaku's at that time. It can be basically confirmed that, except for two doubles teams and Sengoku, the singles strength of the remaining players of Yamabuki was not as good as that of Seigaku's unknown third-year junior high school players.

(End of this chapter)