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

Chapter 67 Translation and Two Competitions in One Day

Times have changed!

Meng Hao also carefully analyzed the reasons.

Firstly, women's tennis has basically dominated the domestic tennis market, while men's tennis, with its meager achievements, receives very little exposure.

Secondly, Nike and Adidas have previously invested a lot of money in many promising young male tennis players in China, but as we all know, it all went down the drain.

Therefore, they become very cautious when they see new generation players like Meng Hao.

"Fine! One day, you'll all regret your arrogance today! And that day won't be far off!" Meng Hao put aside his thoughts and focused on the training arrangements to come.

In professional tennis, no matter how exquisite your technique or how outstanding your awareness, without sufficient physical strength, everything is like water without a source, making it impossible to move forward.

Currently, Meng Hao's physical fitness score is 85.

This time, he played two tiebreaks with Coric and felt that he had almost reached his physical limit. If he played a third set, his physical condition would definitely decline.

Of course, the same goes for Coric.

The upcoming Shanghai Masters will be filled with top players, making fierce battles inevitable.

Physical fitness cannot be directly improved through the system.

He needs to develop a training plan.

Summer is the perfect time to train your physical fitness.

……

"Warmest congratulations to our student Meng Hao for making history in Chinese men's tennis!"

Principal Tang of Donghai No. 2 Middle School is so enthusiastic and proactive that even though it is still summer vacation, he has already put up a banner at the school gate.

Meng Hao wanted to keep a low profile, but Principal Tang of the school wouldn't allow it.

As a result, many residents in the vicinity knew that there was a high school student named Meng Hao who made history in Chinese men's tennis.

He also became a minor celebrity.

Meng Hao found it strange that he was somewhat embarrassed to ask others what kind of champion this so-called "historic champion" was.

Women's tennis made history with the French Open and Australian Open, while other sports made history by winning World Championships or Olympic Games. Even the Chinese men's basketball team, which has recently started to decline, had the highlight of reaching the quarterfinals of the Olympics.

You're a challenger champion, what's so special about this?

Get lost, go sit at the same table as the Chinese national football team!

During this period, the parents, who felt they had finally achieved some success, even treated their relatives from both sides to a meal.

Those relatives had always heard Meng's parents say that their son was only playing in a small competition, but only now did they realize the truth of the matter.

Is this what you call a "small competition"?
Even a small match made history for Chinese men's tennis.

Meng Hao has an older brother, an older sister, a younger brother, and a younger sister, who are relatives on both sides of his parents' sides.

He was right in the middle.

That cousin is my uncle's son, and he's currently studying abroad.

My uncle is a minor leader in a government agency. He gritted his teeth and gave everything he had to send his son to study abroad. Apparently, that's the norm in their circle.

When my parents hosted the dinner this time, relatives from both sides came, except for my cousin who is studying abroad.

Meng Hao's cousin is named Song Yu. She is a university student in Shanghai and will be a senior soon.

"I think my cousin is at the Shanghai Foreign Languages ​​University? And she's majoring in English!" Meng Hao thought of his English teacher, who also graduated from that university.

There are simply too many English-speaking talents in China today, which makes it difficult for many top university graduates majoring in English to find satisfactory jobs. Take Meng Hao, an English teacher and homeroom teacher, for example. Her first choice was to stay and teach at a high school in Shanghai, but she wasn't accepted. As a second choice, she applied for a high school in Ningzhou, but she was still not accepted.

In the end, disappointed, she had no choice but to return to her hometown and enter Donghai No. 2 Middle School.

Although Donghai No. 2 High School is a key high school, it is located in Donghai City, a small city at the bottom of the third tier.

Even so, you still need to graduate from a top university like Shanghai International Studies University to be admitted, which shows how competitive it is.

This was the market situation five or six years ago!
Meng Hao's cousin, who is about to be a senior in college, is very anxious. She is worried about her future. She wants to stay in the big city but is afraid that she will not be able to. If she returns to the small city, she will not be able to find a job she likes.

As for his younger siblings, the question they care about most is, "When can you play a Grand Slam?"

For young people who don't usually pay much attention to tennis, their knowledge of tennis almost entirely comes from the "Big Four Grand Slam tournaments".

"Next year, I believe I should be able to play next year. Tennis competitions have a very complex hierarchy." Meng Hao was too lazy to explain further and could only respond in this way.

But at this moment, looking at his cousin Song Yu, he thought of his rather pathetic "Chinglish".

"It's fortunate that this competition is held domestically. If it were held overseas, it would be extremely difficult." Meng Hao had also considered this point.

After all, other young tennis players frequently travel abroad for competitions, and English is an essential skill for them; they speak it much more fluently than Meng Hao.

So what if my English isn't good? As long as we can win the game!

At this moment, her cousin Song Yu was brewing a cup of tea, gently blowing on it as she sat there, looking dazed, as if she hadn't woken up yet.

Meng Hao sat down next to Song Yu and said, "Sister, I'm going to Shanghai for a competition in September. Can you be my translator? There's payment..."

"And... I want to learn English from you!"

……

After much hesitation, Meng Hao resolutely chose to participate in the Jinan Station Challenge in July over the Hope Tournament in August to rack up points.

Because he wanted to accumulate more points, he did not apply for a wildcard for the main tournament, but instead participated in the qualifying rounds.

Meng Hao easily advanced through the two qualifying rounds, earning 4 points, and his ATP points reached 122.

He also completed the task of hitting 100 aces.

However, as an outdoor sport, tennis is easily affected by the weather.

After Meng Hao won the first match of the main competition, he encountered rainy days during the round of 16 and the quarterfinals.

That's how tennis is; once it rains, the tour schedule gets completely messed up, let alone the Challenger tournament schedule, which is a complete disaster.

Meng Hao was surprisingly scheduled to compete twice in one day, if he could advance.

He originally wanted to withdraw from the tournament, since withdrawing is very common in professional tennis. There are just too many tennis tournaments; there's no need to overexert oneself for just one.

However, Meng Hao then wanted to test his physical limits, so he gritted his teeth and competed in two matches in one day.

He won the first match 2-0, but lost the second match due to fatigue. He narrowly won 2-1 and advanced to the semifinals.

At this moment, Meng Hao also knew that his body had reached its limit, and if he continued to compete headfirst, he would likely get injured.

He decisively withdrew from the semi-finals and packed his bags.

However, Meng Hao basically achieved his goal at the Jinan station this time.

He earned a total of 26 ATP points, $3500 in prize money, and also defeated a Serbian player.

At this moment, he has 144 ATP points and is ranked 306th in the world.

A month of intensive training, then the destination: Shanghai!
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(End of this chapter)