Who would still play tennis after being reborn?

Chapter 104 I'm Determined to Be This Tool

Payne ran all the way to the top of the stairs and shouted frantically down below.

"Carlo, do you know who I saw up there?"

Do you know who I saw?

Payne excitedly yelled in his hoarse voice.

"What do you say?"

Carlo put his phone back in his pocket and looked up. Because of the distance, he couldn't hear very clearly: "Too far away, I can't hear you."

"you come up."

"Don't go."

"Either you come down, or I'm going back."

Carlo looked at the dozens of steps, thought for a moment, and decided to give up. Running up them would be tiring, especially since he had run for more than half an hour before coming out and now he didn't want to move at all.

Left with no other choice, Payne hurriedly ran down, and halfway down, he suddenly shouted, "I saw CHENG up there!"

"Who?"

Carlo didn't pay much attention to it.

“CHENG”.

Payne was extremely anxious: "It's about shutting out CHENG in the first round of the Junior Zagreb Cup."

"Who?"

Carol jumped in surprise, her voice suddenly becoming shrill: "Who did you say?"

"CHENG!"

Hearing that familiar name, Carlo felt as if he had returned to the game where he was penalized. He couldn't sit still any longer and ran wildly up to Payne in one breath: "Paine, you lied to me, didn't you?"

"You must be lying to me, right?"

Payne hadn't expected Caro to be so excited, but he still patiently explained, "Why would I lie to you? Cheng is up there. It looks like he's practicing with his doubles teammate. You can go up and see for yourself if you don't believe me."

Although Carlo didn't believe it, he continued running upwards.

Payne followed behind, watching Carlo run up more than a dozen steps in the blink of an eye, and muttered, "This guy can still be this good after running for more than half an hour?"

Payne quickly followed.

As Carlo climbed the steps, he saw the golf course in the distance. The sound of the ball being struck filled his ears, pounding like a hammer against his heart.

He continued running towards the court and finally saw the two people playing basketball clearly when he was less than 30 meters away.

"CHENG!"

Seeing that familiar, harmless face, Carlo turned pale and helpless: "It's all over! Why did he come to Sweden? Shouldn't he be back home? It would be so much better if he were back home, playing a game on his own turf! Why did he come to Sweden?!"

Payne came running up, panting, just in time to hear Carol muttering to himself, "What are you muttering about over there?"

"What? Want to go up and say hello?"

"We've known each other for a long time."

Carol snapped out of her daze and looked at Payne: "Do you want to win the doubles championship?"

Payne rolled his eyes: "Of course I want to! But what does that have to do with CHENG?"

Carlo chuckled: "Are you out of your mind? Can't you figure out what it means for CHENG to be in Sweden?"

Payne was taken aback, and his face began to turn slightly pale.

Carlo continued, "If he had come to Sweden, it wouldn't have been a big deal, but he showed up in Stockholm. He was participating in the Junior Zagreb Cup just a few days ago, and now he's suddenly in Stockholm. Isn't it obvious why?"

"You mean the SALK OPEN junior tournament a week from now?" Pine swallowed hard.

"Not too stupid."

Payne was dumbfounded: "Holy crap, he's here to participate in the SALK OPEN junior tournament? What are we going to do? Does that mean you've lost your singles championship?"

Carlo looked at him: "You talk as if we can just get the doubles championship."

Payne looked at the voice on the court, his face full of bitterness: "Is it too late to go to China to participate in the Jindi Youth Cup?"

"What do you think?"

"There are only 32 seats available, and they're already full. You still want to go to China? I think you should go back to sleep and have a dream. That's more realistic than this."

"What do we do now?" Payne asked anxiously. He hadn't thought about this before; he was just happy to run into someone he knew and wanted to go up and say hello.

But after listening to Carlo's analysis, he started to panic.

His goal at the SALK OPEN junior tournament is to win the doubles title, while Caro's goal is to win both singles and doubles.

But Gu Cheng's appearance disrupted their plans.

If Gu Chengzhen is really here to participate in the SALK OPEN Junior Tournament, then the singles championship will have nothing to do with Carlo.

As for doubles, the thought of being dominated in the junior Zagreb Cup doubles made Payne's smile look worse than a cry.

Carlo looked at Payne, who looked dejected: "Weren't you just going to go up and say hello? Go ahead, it's good. Go up and say hello to CHENG. If you really become friends, maybe he'll go easy on you in the match. At least you won't be unable to even touch the ball in the return game."

"do not talk."

No, I want to say it.

Carlo was really provoked.

"Can't you just tell me what to do?"

Carlo said irritably, "What else can we think? We've already registered and paid the fees. Are we just going to withdraw and not play? Even if we don't play, we won't be able to register for other events this month."

"The only way now is to wait for the draw results in a couple of days. Whether it's singles or doubles, we should avoid meeting CHENG in the early rounds. Even if we don't win the championship, we can still get more points."

"But what about the Bellevue Junior ITF tournament early next month?"

“CHENG has come to Sweden, and he must have registered for the Bellevue Junior ITF tournament in early January. In that case, we won’t get anything from either of these events.”

"What should we do? What should we do? I want to know what to do too!"

Carlo was furious: "Hurry back and check if there are any vacant spots in other tournaments next month. We'll fly over after we finish the SALK OPEN Junior Tournament."

Losing one game is one thing, losing two games is another, but if we encounter Gu Cheng in three consecutive games, forget about making it to the finals, even the semifinals are in doubt.

Most importantly, if he's unlucky, he might run into his opponent in the first few rounds. Given his luck this year, that's highly likely.

We have to guard against it!
Thinking of this, Carlo couldn't stay any longer and pulled Payne around to head back.

Let's go, we don't need to stay in Sweden anymore!
What a great place to stand on the podium.

Even dogs wouldn't stay in this place.

……

The two players, still engrossed in their game on the court, were completely unaware that their acquaintances, Caro and Payne, had arrived. At that moment, Gu Cheng and Yu Haoyang were playing with great focus, making the game increasingly exciting.

Horn and the others watched without blinking.

"These two guys are really the ones you just met? They're too strong, they're on a completely different level from us."

"It's much stronger than just a little bit."

Reed clenched his fist excitedly: "Especially that guy in the baseball cap, even without those amazing shots, and even with weighted lead weights on his feet, he still dominated the opponent, not giving him the slightest chance."

"He's too strong. No wonder Zorn and Wells were no match for him."

"With this strength, one person could easily make Zorn and the others suffer a near-death experience."

Horn didn't say anything, but just kept staring at the two players on the court, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

Professional player!

He must be a professional player!

He thought of the SALK OPEN Junior Tournament, which was about to start in a few days, and the fact that these two people happened to be here meant they were most likely participants in the SALK OPEN Junior Tournament.

Even among professional players, the skill gap between these two is truly significant.

too big.

Without considering physical fitness, Yu Haoyang could easily overpower Zorn and Wells, while Gu Cheng could easily suppress Yu Haoyang. These two are definitely genius-level professional players among their peers.

On the field, the score has reached 4-0, with Gu Cheng completely dominating Yu Haoyang.

The fifth game was Yu Haoyang's serve.

Even though he was down 4-0 and hadn't managed to score a single point against Gu Cheng, it didn't affect Yu Haoyang's performance at all.

We already knew the outcome, so there's nothing to be discouraged about.

In fact, he was already very happy to have been able to play against Gu Cheng for so long.

Two months ago, if he had faced Gu Cheng, even without using any ball skills, he would have been utterly crushed and even forced to stand in the corner.

But now it's different; at least he can hold his own against Gu Cheng for a few rounds.

Standing near the service line, Yu Haoyang took a breath, looked up at Gu Cheng, and originally planned to serve a topspin serve, but at this moment his mind was filled with the scene when Gu Cheng explained the outside spin serve to him a while ago.

"Try?"

Adding a little more angle and spin to the side inside spin serve creates the outside spin serve.

Yu Haoyang muttered something to himself, then recalled it for a moment, before tossing the ball into the air, jumping up, and swinging his racket upwards to hit the ball to the upper right.

--Snapped! !
The extremely crisp sound of the ball hitting the shuttlecock rang out, immediately catching Gu Cheng's attention: "This serve... is it an outside spin serve?"

Although Yu Haoyang's serving posture was exactly the same as an outside spin serve, Gu Cheng was still not quite sure. However, the crisp sound of the ball hitting the ground made Gu Cheng more cautious. He looked at the tennis ball spinning rapidly as it landed and moved his body back half a step.

Just then, the tennis ball leaped into the air with intense spin.

Gu Cheng held his racket very low, and just as the tennis ball bounced towards his face, he swung the racket slightly, sending the ball flying towards Yu Haoyang's court.

"Didn't it work?"

Yu Haoyang was slightly disappointed as he watched the tennis ball fly out of bounds.

"Senior, try calling it again."

Yu Haoyang looked up and found Gu Cheng looking at him with an encouraging expression.

Encouraged, Yu Haoyang tried again.

This time, Gu Cheng didn't try to catch it. Instead, he watched the tennis ball bounce towards his face and quickly took a step back.

"Spin serve?"

"Ah."

"I succeeded?"

"Yes, actually I succeeded on the first try, but I hit back with a super half-hit, so it wasn't very obvious to you, senior."

"Fuck!"

"Can I hit a topspin serve now?"

Yu Haoyang was so excited he almost threw his racket away, his face filled with disbelief. He could actually hit an outside spin serve!

what does this mean?
Does this mean that even with other ball skills, as long as he masters the techniques and practices more, he might one day have an epiphany and be able to play them well too?
A serve that disappears?

And a clear sky slam?

Or perhaps, it's the world of ice that Gu Cheng showcased in the Junior Zagreb Cup Doubles Tournament.

"Haha~ I can hit topspin serves now!" Yu Haoyang laughed maniacally, clenching his fists wildly. After a while, he looked at Gu Cheng and said excitedly, "Cheng, no one can take away my role as a support player."

Yes, it can't be taken away.

He can now serve with topspin, hit half-volleys, and take small steps on one foot. His skills are improving at an extremely rapid pace.

Perhaps I can't catch up with Gu Cheng yet, but keeping up with his pace is no problem.

At least, no one can take away Gu Cheng's position as his personal tool.

"Oh, right, and Senior Zhang Ming too."

Yu Haoyang had overheard Gu Cheng and Zhang Ming's conversation. Zhang Ming had asked about the techniques of those ball skills on the phone, saying that he wanted to go back and try them out.

There's no reason why he wouldn't know something that Gu Cheng knows.

If Gu Cheng plays in ATP tournaments, Zhang Ming, who is already ranked in the top 100 in the world, will definitely be his biggest competitor as a tool player, and this is something we can't ignore.

"Senior Zhang Ming, please don't blame me, the role of the tool... is mine!"

(End of this chapter)