Now that I've been reborn, I have to play tennis!

Chapter 19 Using Daily Life as a Test

Winning against the No. 8 seed means that Meng Hao has secured the No. 8 seed draw.

At this moment, although he is not the 8th seed, he is better than the 8th seed.

"The top players among the teenagers, while they have the ability, are still too green!"

Meng Hao took a deep breath, having successfully won the first round of the competition.

He knew that Ruud lacked experience, while he himself completely intimidated his opponent with his excellent serve.

Rude is too young; he's only 16.

When he was helpless against Meng Hao's serve, that sense of disappointment deeply affected his own serve.

If Ruud really focuses solely on his own serve and manages to hold it, and if he has enough patience, then Meng Hao will eventually lose his form in his serve.

Tennis requires a lot of patience.

The young players still lack experience.

Meng Hao looked around at the cheers of the crowd and felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Rude's mother's face was filled with disappointment. She had spent so much money to travel all the way from Norway to China, hoping to accumulate some youth points, but she was eliminated in the first round!

"I guess I've become a little bit famous now? I wonder if the local media will report on it!"

He also noticed several people taking photos and notes.

Soon, the first day of the competition came to an end.

In the round of 64 to 32, a total of 42 contestants from China registered, but only 16 advanced to the second round.

However, it was a youth competition held locally and at a relatively low level, yet Chinese players made up half of the top 32.

"After this second round, I wonder how many will be left!" one of the staff members said casually.

"At least that guy will definitely stay!" another staff member said, pointing at Meng Hao's figure in the distance. "He's amazing, he actually gave the seeded player two fried dough sticks."

Meng Hao's opponent in the second round was a domestic player who had emerged from the domestic competition. His strength was... mediocre!
The next day, just as Meng Hao was gearing up for a big fight, he unexpectedly received news that his opponent had withdrawn from the competition.

It turns out that yesterday's internal battle lasted for more than two hours, and the winner was finally decided in the third "tie-tie" battle.

Meng Hao's opponent in this round was so tired that he had cramps and could barely walk!

There's no time to recover in just one day!

So... they've made it to the round of 16!

Well then, Meng Hao leisurely strolled through the various tennis courts, observing his opponents' matches.

Medvedev is a key person he is observing.

Although this guy had a tough time in the first few years after turning professional, only able to compete in low-level tournaments and unable to make a name for himself, his junior world ranking was consistently good, remaining in the top 20.

"This guy is really good at wearing down the opponents! The other players are going crazy from his weariness!" Meng Hao muttered to himself as he stood on the sidelines, stroking his chin.

Standing at 1.98 meters tall, with agile steps and rapid movement, he possesses extraordinary talent that others can only envy.

Medvedev's height also makes his serve extremely threatening, even his second serve is incredibly powerful.

Breaking this person's serve is difficult, but holding your own serve against them is equally challenging.

First, Medvedev's positioning when receiving serves was too far from the baseline, which reduced the threat of his opponent's serves.

This guy's return shot is deep and low, and with his long arms and legs, his defensive coverage is just too large.

At this moment, the domestic player standing opposite Mei should be a player from the Zhejiang provincial team, who tends to play an aggressive style of play.

But it is precisely this kind of player who is completely countered by Messi, who makes him utterly helpless.

Often, after a few rallies around the baseline, this player will make a shot error. If his return is of lower quality, Mei will switch from defense to offense and finish the shot with a single shot.

6-0 and 6-1! Although they are all young talents, the score is surprisingly one-sided.

Meng Hao shook his head secretly and walked away.

He needs to think carefully about how to deal with this Russian.

If things go smoothly for Meng Hao, he will most likely encounter this person in the semifinals.

Another day passed quickly, and after the second round, only four Chinese players remained in the round of 16.

After the dust settles, apart from Meng Hao, who is self-employed, the others all have provincial team backgrounds.

This is not to say that individual businesses in family workshops cannot succeed, but rather that it is extremely difficult for them to succeed; they are practically rare.

Meng Hao's opponent in the round of 16 to 8 was surprisingly a nobody named Yusuke Takahashi, born in 1997.

Generally, the age of participants in youth competitions is between 16 and 18 years old.

Of course, some of the best performers choose to leave youth competitions and go directly to adult competitions.

At this moment, Meng Hao was already hailed as "the hope of the whole village".

After all, this guy gave the top Norwegian teenager two fried dough sticks!
"We have to win this battle!"

"It's said that the first two rounds of this contestant's victory were both against domestic players!"

"Meng Hao, you can't let this guy win three games in a row, otherwise he'll be too arrogant!"

However, some disagreed: "Don't you know that the men's tennis team is the strongest in Asia?"

"Let alone Kei Nishikori, even Ryoma Ito, the second oldest player in the country, is a top 100 ATP player and can absolutely crush all domestic players!"

"Ito Ryoma? What's his relationship with Echizen Ryoma?"

At this moment, Meng Hao observed his opponent, Takahashi Yusuke, who was only 1.70 meters tall.

It's truly admirable that someone of that height would choose to play tennis.

But surprisingly, the village has produced several tennis prodigies who are around 170 meters tall, including Yoshihito Nishioka, who is hailed as the second strongest player on earth at 1.70 meters.

The reason it is called the "second strongest 170" is because Argentina once produced Schwartzman, who was ranked among the top ten strongest 170 in the world.

As soon as the match started, the area was filled with onlookers.

Anyway, these youth competitions are all free to watch, so everyone is incredibly enthusiastic.

After a brief period of probing, the two sides engaged in a fierce and intense battle.

Although Meng Hao had no impression of Yusuke Takahashi, he probably wouldn't be a tournament-level player in the future.

But he also knew that Xiao Rizi's tennis training level was really good. There was a group of players who could stand out in the ATP Challenger Series, with rankings concentrated between 100 and 300. Takahashi Yusuke must be one of them.

This serve is really good!

Although it's not the kind of serve that's powerful and incredibly fast, the first serve has a high success rate, and the placement control is also quite good.

These are all basic skills!
After all, with a height of only 1.70 meters, how could one dare to participate in a professional competition of this level if their basic skills were not good?

Excellent baseline technique, which Meng Hao used to test his attacking abilities.

You're good at defense, huh?

Meng Hao then relentlessly attacked Takahashi Yusuke's hands, as if he were feeding him the ball.

This little guy has short legs and short arms, but moves very fast, and is like a piece of chewing gum, very good at defending, just like a "mini version" of President Mei.

Okay, I'll use you as a test subject!
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(End of this chapter)