Although Lin Teng has just turned eighteen years old this year, he has been playing for more than thirteen years. It can be said that since he first came into contact with tennis at the age of five, he was deeply attracted to the sport and determined to make tennis a lifelong career.

Due to the superior family conditions, Lin Teng was trained by the best coach in China since he was a child, coupled with his own good physical condition and excellent tennis talent, he became a leader of the same age in the domestic tennis world at the age of less than 12. However, with the growth of his skills, he gradually felt that the training conditions in China could no longer bring him a leap forward. So, at the age of thirteen, when he was supposed to start junior high school, he proposed to his family that he would go to the world's most famous American Nick. Politelli Tennis School.

At this time, Lin Teng was still a child who had not grown up, and as the only child in the family, his parents were naturally very reluctant, afraid that the child would suffer abroad alone. However, Lin Teng's love for tennis is indeed unshakable, and he can't resist him, so Lin Fei had to agree to let his young son come to the United States to study.

Come to Nick. After the Politelli Tennis School, in the face of young tennis talents from all over the world, Lin Teng fully felt how backward the level of tennis in China was. Whether in terms of training philosophy or player conditions, it is far from being comparable to the United States. Here, Lin Teng is no longer the tennis genius who is proud of his peers, but has become the backward part of the people.

This fact is completely unacceptable to Lin Teng, who is full of pride in his heart, and his dream since childhood is to become the strongest tennis player in the world. However, falling behind did not defeat him, but inspired him to train even more frantically. Gradually, the whole tennis school knew that there was a new Chinese teenager who was a tennis maniac. The hard work paid off, and under the amount of training that exceeded ordinary people, Lin Teng's tennis level suddenly improved, and he also squeezed into the top ten in the same age group in the school.

In the hard training year after year, Lin Teng gradually grew up. The coaches of the tennis school are quite optimistic about this student from China, believing that Lin Teng has the strength to compete for his place in the professional tennis world after adulthood. If things are all right, Lin Teng, like players from many other countries, will graduate from online schools and compete in the senior competition, and then enter the professional tennis world. However, after a training match, Lin Teng resolutely made the decision to return to China.

It turned out that in that match, Lin Teng defeated a player from the United States with an excellent performance. After the match, the player defiantly insisted that Lin Teng must have come from Japan, because he had the impression that there were no men's professional tennis players in China at all. The words are full of disdain for Chinese men's tennis.

Lin Teng originally thought that the coach would punish the American player for his unreasonable remarks, however, the coach was noncommittal. In the coach's opinion, the player's remarks, although a bit excessive, did not seem to deviate from the facts. At this moment, Lin Tengcai deeply felt how much Chinese men's tennis was looked down upon abroad, and even some people didn't know that there were still male tennis players in China.

After this incident, Lin Teng came up with the idea of returning to China. He wants to return to China and represent his country in competitions, so that the world will know that China also has male tennis players, and can also get a place in the world tennis world like female athletes!

Therefore, Lin Fei arranged for him to join the Beijing team before. But he didn't know the details at all, and with his haughty character, if he knew what his father had done, he would have walked away desperately. His father only told him that as long as he defeated the retired player in this Shanghai tournament and won the championship, he could directly enter the Beijing team and then get the opportunity to enter the Chinese national team.

With Lin Teng's character, he disdains to participate in this kind of competition at all. He's going to challenge the best players in the country, and he's going to beat them and become the first man in the country. Beating a retired golfer is an insult to him. However, under Lin Fei's repeated persuasion, he still agreed to participate in the competition in Shanghai.

Who knew that something went wrong, the retired player was defeated by a pure amateur player in the semi-finals. "Garbage is garbage, and when even amateurs can beat pros, that's simply not possible in the United States." This incident made Lin Teng despise men's tennis in China even more, and felt the necessity of returning to China. However, he didn't realize that due to the assimilation of foreign players, even he looked down on Chinese men's tennis from the bottom of his heart.

However, Pan Xiqi, who was standing on the opposite side of the net, had no idea the lofty ambitions in Lin Teng's heart. In his opinion, the teenager in front of him has a high level of tennis literacy, not like an amateur player at all, and can be said to be the closest to a professional athlete in this competition so far.

"What a natural tennis seedling!" Looking at Lin Teng's perfect figure, Pan Xiqi couldn't help but drool. The physical condition of the new generation of tennis players in China is much better than that of their predecessors. However, the outdated training concept can't keep up, and no matter how good the seedlings are, they can't produce good results.

"This kid, like me, is a first-time competitor and has made it to the final. It seems that the folk are really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and they are not the only ones who are hidden masters. Although I watched his training before and admired this kid very much, but since Da Wei is so strongly requested, I still can't be soft, and I can only fall into the notoriety of bullying the small. ”

Pan Xiqi was still thinking that he couldn't show mercy to his subordinates, but Lin Teng didn't take him seriously at all. For him, even if the opponent beats a retired player, it will not attract his attention at all, after all, the targets he wants to challenge are the strongest people in the country now, and other tennis players are not in his consideration at all.

In this way, the two finalists started the men's singles final in Shanghai with the belief that they would win.

"The final of this competition was actually between two newcomers who participated for the first time, which should be the biggest upset after so many competitions this year, right?" An audience member asked his companion excitedly.

"Hehe, judging from the list, none of the seeded players appeared in the finals, which is definitely a big upset. But if you know how these two players have performed in the previous games, I'm afraid you won't think so. The companion replied.

"What do you mean? I really didn't pay attention to their previous performances. ”

"These two players, although they are both complete newcomers, have swept their respective opponents all the way from the first round. Many seeded players have lost badly at their hands. Pan Xiqi also encountered a little challenge in the semi-finals, and Lin Teng was even more terrible, almost giving eggs every time, and some people jokingly called him an egg delivery maniac. ”

"No, it's amazing. So these two are the two dark horses in this competition? Listening to the words of his companion, this audience member was a little incredulous.

"Not really. With their strong performances, some people speculate that they can compete with the pros. This has never happened before in a game, and there are two at a time. Now everyone is looking forward to seeing who is the biggest dark horse in this competition. ”

"Well, I'm really in the right place for the final."

In the audience recently, seeing Lin Fei rubbing his hands constantly, Director Xiao smiled and said, "I said old classmate, what's wrong with you?" It's the first time I've seen you so nervous. In the semi-finals of Lin Teng in the morning, you can still talk and laugh with me. ”

"Where am I nervous, isn't it just an amateur, how can it be our Lin Teng's opponent." It seemed that being seen through his heart made Lin Fei a little embarrassed.

"I don't think Pansizy is just an amateur. Judging from his match with Jia Feifei, his tactical literacy and adaptability can completely compete with professional players. I wondered, how come I haven't heard of his name after all these years in the industry? Director Xiao said.

"You're too much of a jack-up, as far as I know, he hasn't competed in any competitions before, so how can he be at a professional level." Lin Fei said disdainfully.

"Well, since you are so confident, then I look forward to Lin Teng's excellent performance." Director Xiao said with a smile. Although he said so, Director Xiao always felt that Lin Teng might not be so easy to cross the hurdle of Pan Xiqi this time.

On the court, the two sides finished picking the sides and practiced the ball. After just a few minutes of practice, both of them seemed to be intent on hiding their strength, and they just dealt with a few shots casually, and then they were hasty.

Pancich served first, but with injuries still struggling, he was still able to serve with a minimum of one-sixth. After a few slaps on the tennis ball on the ground, it was then tossed and Panci made a very ordinary top-hand serve. At the moment of serving, he glanced at the opponent's position and found that Lin Teng had stood within the baseline early when he was ready to serve, which belonged to a very aggressive position.

"Sure enough, it's an active attacking style of play, and the opening position is so aggressive. It's a pity that I can't serve a fast ball now, otherwise with the opening speed of more than 190 kilometers in the semi-finals, he would never be able to resist my serve in that position. Pansy thought to herself.

Although Pansiqi's judgment on the court had always been accurate before, this time he guessed wrong. For Lin Teng, this kind of receiving position is a habit he has formed for a long time, no matter how strong the opponent's serve is, he also insists on never retreating. Therefore, not to mention the 190-kilometer serve, it is the cannon-type serve of European and American players who often exceed 200 kilometers, and he is also correct, and the success rate is not low.

The reason for choosing such an aggressive receiving position is closely related to Lin Teng's tactical system. In the American tennis school, he has seen more of the perverted physical conditions of European and American players, and Lin Teng is deeply aware of the power gap between Asians and European and American players. In order to make up for this innate gap, he decided to use his flexible pace, adopt a fast play, and use rhythm to suppress his opponent so that his opponent could not play to the advantage of strength.

Lin Teng's style of play is perfectly combined with his physical condition. In the following return, the power of that fast pace is vividly displayed. Pansiqi had just finished serving, and before the ball could bounce back to the highest point, Lin Teng had already returned the ball with a forehand. This rhythm of return is simply incomprehensible to ordinary tennis players, because Lin Teng hits the ball just after it has rebounded. This amount of advance in return makes the return time at least one-third shorter than that of the average player.

In the eyes of the audience, Pan Xiqi had just finished serving, and it seemed that his body had not yet returned to his position, but Lin Teng had already completed the serve. The return ball flew into the open field on the other side of Pansic, not giving Pansiqi a chance to react at all. It seems that the first point of the final, Pansiqi is about to lose.