Chapter 175: The first battle of the French Open
The match had just begun, and the sky was overcast, and the match between Li Cai and Ito Ryoma had to be postponed because it rained heavily shortly after the start of the race.
Because it was the last match in the men's singles event, it was already late.
After a three-hour delay, the match between Lee and Ito Ryoma could only be announced to be cancelled and will be played tomorrow.
And Sister Na, who won the championship with herself at the US Open, the first sister of Huaguo's tennis world, played the match ahead of Li Cai, so she was not affected by the rain, the match was not delayed, and she naturally easily won her opponent 6:2, 6:1 and entered the next round of the French Open.
Under the guidance of Li Cai's coach Carlos, Sister Na is much stronger than in her previous life, except for her age and declining physical strength, unlike after winning the first Grand Slam in her previous life, she lost the game in the first round of the US Open Grand Slam tournament and lost to an unseeded player, which was surprising, and she didn't expect Sister Na to lose the game at all.
This time, with Li Cai's turmoil in tennis, everything is different.
Sister Na was not targeted by the domestic media as before and was smeared, and most of the media paid attention to Li Caiwen.
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After a rainy night, the skies finally cleared on the third day of the French Open. And the match between Li Cai and Ito Ryoma has officially begun.
Today, Li Cai wore a red sleeveless T-shirt and a pair of white shorts, which was very conspicuous even on the clay court.
This tennis uniform is custom-made by the sponsor, especially for Li Cai.
In Grand Slam competitions, large sponsors often choose a more uniform color tone, which is also to establish brand benefits. For example, in this year's French Open, in addition to the traditional white, the colors of clothing sponsored by Nike for its athletes are mainly blue, dark blue, blue and black, so you can see that Federer and Nadal tops are sky blue as the main colors. However, when it came to Li Cai, considering that Chinese people prefer red as a festive color, the sponsor specially provided Li Cai with a set of red jerseys.
Of course, it is more in consideration of the market of Chinese tennis fans, and in order to make money, a set of red jerseys is specially ordered.
This is a contest between two Asian players, which seems to be not very attractive to many French viewers, and they are all aimed at Li Cai, an offensive tennis player.
Before the start of the game, from time to time you can see some European and American faces yawning and feeling very bored, but the audience from Asia, especially the Chinese and Japanese, are very excited, of course, there are more Chinese in Paris than Japanese, plus Li Cai's fame is far greater than Ito Ryoma, throwing him dozens of streets. Therefore, when Li Cai appeared, there were bursts of fierce applause at the scene, and it was like overturning the French Open court. And when Ito Ryoma appeared, the applause at the scene was much sparser, and he couldn't hear it at all.
The first round of the French Open men's singles will be played by No.4 seed Li Cai against unseeded Ryoma Ito. Both of them are from Asia, and I think the Asian audience will be looking forward to this match. Of course, most of them came for Li Cai, after all, he is the defending champion, the talking point of the tennis world this year, and the sloth player of the tennis world. The commentator introduced endlessly, and did not forget to make fun of Li Cai, and the two people on the field also completed the warm-up.
"At the beginning of the game, first of all, Li Cai's service game! Li Cai showed a strong serving ability in the Australian Open, his serve is very threatening, and he is also the player who has sent the most aces in this year's Australian Open! I don't know if Li Cai, who has been absent from the game for several months, can continue his good hand to today's French Open!"
Obviously, the commentator on the scene is a fan of Li Cai, and he knows Li Cai's performance at the Australian Open well, and the commentary style is completely biased towards Li Cai, and after a brief introduction to Ito Ryoma, he didn't mention Ito Ryoma at all.
At this time, Ito Ryoma stared at Li Cai intently.
"The French Open is not the Australian Open, it's a clay court, and your fast serve is not so good here! And I haven't played for a few months, so my strength must be very poor, so I must seize the opportunity and win the game before Li Cai finds his form. Ito Ryoma was babbling in pieces, as if he wanted to hypnotize himself, Li Cai is not terrible, and he is not an invincible tennis player.
At this time, Li Cai had already thrown the ball and swung the racket.
The next moment, the tennis ball flew straight over and smashed on the sideline.
The speed of the ball at the French Open is relatively slow, so even some fast balls, as long as they are hit correctly, they will be caught by the opponent, and if you want to send an ace, you need not only the speed of the ball, but also a limit of landing and flight angle.
Ito Ryoma's reaction was relatively fast, he immediately reached out and made a movement to catch the ball, but it was still slow, and the ball had already flown out.
Although Li Cai still uses a charged serve, it is not an out-spin serve suitable for clay courts. The speed of the ball, despite the limitations of the field, is still around 200 kilometers per hour.
Ito Ryu Mar is not a top tennis player like Federer and Nadal, even if he has heard of Li Cai's fast serve, but this is the first time he has played against Li Cai.
Therefore, seeing Li Cai's serve so quickly, Ito Ryoma did not receive the tennis ball even though he was prepared.
It can be seen that the strength of the two people is too different, and they are not at the same level at all.
In this way, the game entered Li Cai's performance time, Li Cai completely pressed Ito Ryoma to fight, all kinds of commotion was used everywhere, how gorgeous and how to fight, just like beating elementary school students.
It's not a high-level tournament like the French Open at all, it's like playing an exhibition match.
Only half an hour later, Li Cai won the first round of the French Open 6-0 in all three games and entered the next round.
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Nadal finished his match and walked out of Centre Court at the French Open.
Nadal's first round was supposed to take place yesterday, but due to heavy rain, the second set of that match was aborted halfway through, so he had to make up for the rest of the match today.
Of course, Nadal also easily won with an overall score of 3-0 and advanced to the next round.
"The last game today is Federer's match, aren't you going to watch it?" said Tony Nadal, the coach and uncle who has been accompanying Nadal.
"No, Federer's game is too late, let's go back and watch it live! Nadal lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said, "Let's go to Susan Lenglen Stadium No. 2." ”
"Court two?" Nadal's uncle Toni thought for a moment, before remembering that Li Cai was at Susan Lenglen Court No. 2, the young player who defeated his nephew at the French Open last time, and the biggest figure in tennis this year.
"Li Cai's game is on Court 2, I forget who his opponent is, well, it doesn't matter who it is. With his quality, he will definitely win the game. Nadal continued: "But Li hasn't played in any tournaments in the past three months, not even the three Masters before the French Open, and I don't know what his competitive form is like now, after all, he beat me last year and won the French Open. So I'm going to see what killer features he has and see how he is doing at the French Open. After Nadal finished speaking, a hint of eagerness flashed in his eyes, and he was obviously angry that he and Li Cai could beat him at the French Open last time.