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

Chapter 50 Sweeping the Hope Tournament

What is a professional tennis player?

This problem can be big or small.

Someone like Meng Hao, who has earned prize money and won a Hope Tournament championship, should be considered a professional tennis player.

However, in the public's perception, a true professional tennis player can at least consistently participate in the main draw of the four Grand Slam tournaments and frequently appear on various levels of tour events.

This should be the "real professional tennis player" that Shen Dongguo was talking about.

Meng Hao originally didn't plan to find sponsors for himself in the short term, because the amount of sponsorship he could get at the moment was really meager.

He wears whichever jersey and shorts he feels comfortable in; for shoes, he wears ASICS, which are soft and comfortable.

But if it's a racket, he'd be very happy to accept it if the conditions are right.

Currently, the four major tennis racket brands are Babolat, Head, Wilson, and Yonex, and these four brands have basically monopolized the professional tennis world's male and female star players.

The collaborations between star players and these racket brands are generally long-term and stable.

Let's grow together and witness beautiful stories sprout and bear fruit.

Unless there is a conflict, they rarely change jobs.

For example, Safin's racket sponsor was Head, and their attitude was that if you want to smash rackets, then smash them as much as you want. No matter how many rackets you smash, they will replace them for you.

Hyde even thought that by smashing rackets like this, you were actually increasing our exposure, so why not? Smash them more!
"Meng Hao, how about I be your sparring partner for the next few days? It's free!" Shen Dongguo walked over carrying a racket. "Practicing with you more might help me break through my current bottleneck!"

"That suits me perfectly!" Meng Hao held up his brand-new Babolat racket. "You take the serve; I'm practicing my second serve right now!"

"You'd be a good practice partner for my second serve, because you definitely can't reach my first serve!"

These words were somewhat malicious, but Shen Dongguo seemed unable to refute them.

However, after practicing for a while, Shen Dongguo found that Meng Hao's second serve was also very difficult to receive, and even Meng Hao hit an ace on the second serve, which was really unbelievable.

"By the way, I've noticed my cousin has recently become very interested in tennis... Before, no matter how much I tried to persuade her, it was no use. Do you think this is because of you...?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Meng Hao's return shot bounced off the ground and hit Shen Dongguo's hand, causing the guy to cry out in pain.

But whenever Meng Hao recalls Shen Rongyu's serious little expression when she urged him "not to copy homework, but to do it yourself," he always smiles knowingly.

"what are you laughing at?"

"I remember the scene of your sister hitting you on the head with a mineral water bottle!"

"..."

On the second day, Meng Hao completed the system-assigned task of "300 second-generation launches each in Zone 1 and Zone 2".

This time, he didn't rush to experience it, but prepared to continue the mission.

[Win a 15K Hope Tournament championship! System detection: The host has already won a 25K Hope Tournament championship, exceeding the target!]

"That's two times already?" Meng Hao was overjoyed.

He prepared to continue his mission.

[Win a 25K Hope Series championship! System detection: Host has completed the task!]

"This...is awesome!" Meng Hao exclaimed.

He accumulated three "experiences from the legendary perspective" in one go.

That evening, after returning home, he took some time to calm down, hold that magical green tennis ball, and carefully experience "Federer's 2014 Shanghai Masters journey" three more times.

Hard court gliding +15, reaching 50
Serve +4, reaching 75
Forehand +2, reaching 75
Tactics +5, reaching 65
+2 at the net, reaching 55
Steps +3, reaching 65
One experience can only improve three technical aspects, but Meng Hao experienced it three times in a row, which improved many more technical aspects.

Now, a second experience at the "Al-Indian Wells Masters" requires defeating a top 200 player, while a sixth experience at the "Federer Shanghai Masters" requires winning a Challenger main draw match of any level.

Throughout May, Meng Hao traveled between Qiandao Lake and Huzhou in Zhejiang Province, participating in a 15K race and a 25K race respectively.

This time, he truly experienced what it means to "destroy a weak opponent" and "stomp the weakest."

In the first half of May, Meng Hao first participated in the Qiandao Lake 15K competition, winning five consecutive matches without losing a single game, easily taking the championship and earning 15 points.

His ATP points reached 40, and his world ranking entered the top 700.

The 15K race at Qiandao Lake is held once a week for three consecutive weeks, but Meng Hao only participated in the first week's race.

He actually registered for the last two tournaments, but after winning the first week, he withdrew from the latter two. This is a common tactic in professional tennis tournaments.

Most professional tennis players will register for several tournaments in a row, because no one knows how far you can go in a particular tournament.

Especially in a tournament like this one, the players are ranked between 500 and 1000, and their strengths are very close.

Despite the huge difference in rankings between a player ranked 1000 and a player ranked 500, in a match between these two, either one could win or lose.

Therefore, when a tennis player reaches the final or even wins the championship in a tournament and accumulates enough points, he will often withdraw from the tournament the following week.

Week after week, even the strongest body can't take it.

Meng Hao rested for a week, and then went to the neighboring city of Huzhou to participate in the 25K competition.

As before, he registered for the competition for two consecutive weeks, just in case.

The competition in the 25K race is slightly more intense.

However, with Meng Hao's current strength, he can still sweep through the waters with overwhelming force.

In the four matches from the first round to the final, he swept his opponents 2-0 in all of them.

However, in the final, he unexpectedly encountered another famous player from his previous life, 17-year-old Bublik.

This person is nicknamed "Crazy Bu" because he plays basketball in a crazy and erratic way, often causing all sorts of trouble, and is easily emotional, but his talent is truly outstanding.

It's obvious without even thinking that this type of player is another Russian.

Bublik currently holds Russian citizenship, but he will switch to Kazakhstan citizenship in two years, as will the talented young Rybakina.

In short, Goose (the company) is training talent for Kazakhstan, and Kazakhstan has become Asia's leading tennis power by taking advantage of Goose's resources.

Meng Hao encountered some trouble in this final match.

Not only because Bublik's serve was powerful and his skills were excellent, but also because this guy kept causing trouble, using underhand serves time and time again to provoke Meng Hao's emotions.

What is an underhand serve?

When you serve, you place the tennis racket at knee level, lightly touch the ball, and serve a low, short ball to score unexpectedly.

This tactic is often looked down upon by professional players, who consider it cheating and not a fair fight.

Normally, a player who scores with an underhand serve will be very low-key and unwilling to boast about it.

But Bublik was quite the opposite; every time he successfully launched a surprise attack with his "underhand serve," he would celebrate wildly and excitedly.

Meng Hao was also angered!
You think you're the only one who knows how to "serve with your hand"? I can too, I just don't use it first.

Since you used it first, then I won't be polite!
In fact, given Meng Hao's ball control, his underhand serve is even better than Bublik's.

Use their body to repay their kindness!
Meng Hao's underhand serve left Bublik feeling helpless and desperate.

The other party experienced firsthand what it means to be trapped in one's own web!
With two 7-5 victories, Meng Hao defeated Bublik in just over two hours to win the first week's championship at the Huzhou station.

His ATP rating reached 65.

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