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

Chapter 69 Rely on yourself, owe no favors to anyone
Who is Meng Hao?

This is a very unfamiliar name to most netizens.

Even among tennis fans, not many people would know this name.

Most tennis fans primarily focus on the "Big Three" and domestic women's tennis.

They basically disregard domestic men's tennis.

It's like those who enjoy watching the English Premier League, La Liga, and NBA, but look down on domestic leagues like the CBA and Chinese Super League.

When people clicked on this trending topic out of curiosity, they were shocked by its content!
"Who is he?! What a big mouth he has!"

"Someone who isn't even ranked in the top 300 dares to dream of the year-end finals!"

"Just because you won a low-level challenger tournament, you think you're a star player?"

"His reason for refusing the National Games was that he believed he could participate in the year-end finals three years later!"

The emotions of netizens were immediately stirred up!

"Sister Na just announced her retirement, and I was a little sad, but this guy made me laugh!"

"Back then, Emperor Li Yi said he protected the ball like Henry, and he was ridiculed by the whole internet. I think this person is even more bizarre than Emperor Li Yi!"

It's worth noting that in the entire history of Asian men's tennis, no one has ever been selected for the year-end finals.

Of course, Kei Nishikori will set this record this year.

Although fans appreciate confident athletes, this Meng Hao actually said that he would be competing in the year-end finals in three years, so he couldn't participate in the National Games.

This isn't confidence, this is downright ignorance!
"If he makes it to the year-end finals, I'll eat shit. I'm making this vow!"

"Let's take a group photo!"

If Meng Hao's somewhat disdainful expression at the awards ceremony when he won the challenge competition was a minor breakthrough, then this time it's a major breakthrough.

Meng Hao's Weibo followers also surged to over 5 thanks to this sudden influx of traffic.

There are zombie followers and real people.

My private messages were completely flooded with them!

Some micro-business owners also asked him to promote their products; so-called "black-red" is still red, right?

Is this the price of fame?
"Hey, something's wrong!"

Meng Hao suddenly realized something.

Based on his many years of experience in his previous life, he knew that he was likely being framed.

Even if Meng Hao doesn't participate in the National Games, it's not really a big deal.

Even if this reason is a bit exaggerated, there are plenty of athletes who talk big, is it necessary to keep harping on someone as insignificant as yourself?
"Am I more exaggerated than that executive vice president GOAT? Yesterday he said I would bring you 7 championships, but after failing to achieve a 3-peat this year, he went straight back to his hometown and even stood up his good brother!"

"Someone is stirring up trouble, deliberately putting me on the hot seat!"

……

A day later, with two main competitors withdrawing from the Shanghai 100K Challenge, Meng Hao, who was second in the substitute rankings, was directly promoted to the main competition.

He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, thinking to himself: Finally, I don't have to owe anyone a favor anymore.

If the organizing committee gives him a tour wildcard, he will accept it readily and remember the favor.

But if it's just a challenge wildcard, he doesn't care at all and doesn't want to owe anyone a favor.

Meng Hao's resume includes a Challenger Tournament championship, and he was ranked third among domestic players.

The organizers might be stingy with wildcards for tour events, but they can't possibly refuse a wildcard for a Challenger event.

After all, local players always receive more attention.

When the Shanghai Sports Bureau approached Meng Hao to discuss terms, they promised that the challenger wildcard would definitely be given, regardless of whether Meng Hao agreed to their terms.

Meng Hao felt he had a great chance of qualifying directly for the main tournament through his ranking, without needing a wildcard. Now, his wish has finally come true.

Let alone Challenger tournaments, even in tour events and Grand Slams, it's normal for people to withdraw close to the competition.

"From now on, I can confidently say that I achieved this entirely on my own, without ever taking a single free pass, and I don't owe anyone any favors!" Meng Hao thought contentedly.

His only wildcard was earned by winning a junior tournament on his own.

In all other competitions, I qualified based on my own ranking.

Rely solely on yourself, without relying on anyone else!

After securing his place in the main competition, he immediately went to the training ground.

Accompanying Meng Hao was his cousin, Song Yu, who also served as his translator.

Although Song Yu was a student at Shanghai Foreign Languages ​​Institute, he had never been to Qizhong Tennis Center before, as it was indeed quite a distance from downtown Shanghai.

At this moment, she looked around with great curiosity, as if she had entered a completely new world.

The Qizhong Tennis Center is now the venue for the Shanghai Masters, and the Shanghai 100K Challenge, a prelude to the "China Season," will also be held here.

Without a doubt, the "Qizhong Tennis Center" has excellent facilities and is superior to the other eight Masters tournaments, only slightly inferior to the four Grand Slams.

This is worlds apart from the competitions Meng Hao had participated in before.

While training, Meng Hao also took the opportunity to check the draw.

Apart from top players Zhang Ze and Wu Di, almost all the top domestic players have signed up for this challenge.

Li Zhe, Bai Yan, Wang Chuhan, Ouyang Bowen.

However, none of these four people were ranked as high as Meng Hao, and they all received wildcards.

If Meng Hao hadn't qualified directly through ranking at the last minute, one of these four people wouldn't have been able to participate.

"Meng Hao, so you're saying this tournament is actually just a competition between the five of you?" Song Yu, who had recently brushed up on her tennis knowledge, asked Meng Hao.

"Yes, among the five of us, whoever has the best results will get a wildcard to the main draw of the Shanghai Masters!" Meng Hao nodded in response while practicing his game.

My cousin truly lives up to her reputation as a top student from Shanghai University of Foreign Languages. She not only acts as my translator but also teaches me English.

From then on, he no longer had to worry about not understanding other people's bird language.

Meng Hao discovered that his talent for languages ​​was really quite ordinary; even if he tried hard to learn, he could only reach the level of a katak at best.

Aka speaks English with a strong Spanish accent, while he speaks English with a strong Chinese accent.

However, he is honest. If his English is not good, he is not good. Unlike Dean Chen Qingquan, who pretends to love English and studies it every day when his English is really bad.

"Meng Hao, I heard you're going to compete in the year-end finals?"

"Haha~ So that guy who was bragging online was him!"

"This is the best joke I've ever heard!"

"Listen to me, go compete in the National Games! The prize money for winning the National Games is no less than that for the Masters Tournament, and you don't have to pay taxes, so it's a better value for money."

The group of fans watching also started talking about this recent hot topic.

At this moment, even the domestic players looked at Meng Hao with strange eyes, as each of them had a background with a provincial or municipal team.

Their gazes also showed incomprehension.

I don't know why some athletes would voluntarily give up the National Games.

How can a sparrow know the ambition of a swan?

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(End of this chapter)