Chapter Ninety-Five: The Strongest Player
The National Grand Prix will be held on the fifth day of competition, and the semi-finals of each event will be fully played. It can be said that the competition has reached the final stage, and the players who are still alive in the draw are ready to attack the final champion.
Leaving aside the women's events for the time being, the Beijing team won the three semi-finals in the men's singles and men's doubles events, and even surpassed the traditional strong teams such as Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Guangdong. The sudden rise of the Beijing team not only disrupted the originally strong and weak domestic men's tennis bureau, but also made some people realize that the men's tennis world may be about to change.
Among them, including Wu Di, who has been the first man in China in recent years and is known as the strongest player in China. If you want to talk about Wu Di, I have to say that his success is a very inspirational story. As a player with a height of only 173 and a weight of 66 kilograms, even ordinary people can only be regarded as average in this physical condition, let alone tennis, which requires super high physical strength. Since his debut, Wu Di has been disfavored by everyone because of his physical reasons, thinking that he has no way out in tennis.
However, although the congenital conditions are not as good as others, Wu Di is determined to make up for it through acquired efforts. In his usual training, Wu Di is almost harsh on himself, and he always has to complete several times the amount of training of others. If he feels dissatisfied with something after the game, he will also take the initiative to practice. In this way, Wu Di has practiced an extremely solid bottom-line basic skills, and can be regarded as the best player in China.
Wu Di and Zhang Ze debuted at almost the same time, and the two of them who are close in age can be called lifelong opponents. A few years ago, due to the fact that his body was too backward, Wu was hostile to Zhang Ze who always lost more and won less. But in recent years, Wu Di, who has become more and more skilled, has gradually overtaken Zhang Ze. In several major domestic competitions in a row, he beat Zhang Ze to win the final championship. It can be said that Wu Di has secured the top spot in Chinese men's tennis.
In this competition, as the defending champion, he entered the semi-finals with almost no challenges in the first few rounds, just like Zhang Ze. Wu Di thought that his opponent in the semifinals would be the veteran Bo Yan, but he didn't expect Bo Yan to capsize in the gutter and be overturned by a young player of the Beijing team.
"Lin Teng, only eighteen years old? It seems that the talent training of the Beijing team is still doing a good job. When I was eighteen, I was only going to make it to the quarterfinals. After listening to the coach's introduction, Wu Di sighed.
"Hey, you're the National Games, almost all players value the most important competition, which is comparable to the Grand Prix. You're in the quarterfinals for the first time at the National Games, which is pretty good. Haven't the next two National Games championships become your bag? The coach replied with a smile, and it could be seen that he was still very satisfied with his proud disciple.
"Coach, I heard that two people in the Beijing team have reached the semi-finals this time, and the other one seems to be named Pan Xiqi, who has been in the newspaper before, and there is a lot of uproar. I have to say that the Beijing team is really impressive. Wu Di said.
You must know that in the past, the Beijing team was only a midstream team, and it was good to have players in singles to enter the quarterfinals. This time, there were two top four players at once, which naturally surprised Wu Di.
"Not really. That Pan Xiqi, who won the quarterfinals, was Zhang Zhizhen. You must know that in order to prepare for this competition, Zhang Zhizhen also deliberately went to Europe for a period of training for a while, and it seems that he is holding back his strength to defeat you and Zhang Ze. Unexpectedly, he didn't even make it to the semifinals, and fell into the hands of such an unknown person. The coach was also shocked by Pansizi's performance.
In this way, Zhang Ze in the semi-finals can be regarded as encountering a hard bone. Fortunately, Zhang Ze waited for the finals after a hard battle, which can be regarded as beneficial to me. From Wu Di's words, it can be heard that he thinks that the final of this Grand Prix is very likely to be between himself and Zhang Ze.
Compared with Wu Di, Lin Tengke did not have such great confidence. Although he is young and vigorous, and he thinks that his strength is also very strong, if he really wants to beat the first person in China today, he still thinks that the possibility is not too great.
Not only himself, but Coach Zheng did not have much hope for the result of this semi-final. After all, Lin Teng is facing Wu Enemy this time, whether it is in terms of competition experience or technical maturity, the opponent is much more than Lin Teng.
"Lin Teng, the team is very satisfied with the results of the top four. In the next semi-finals, just let go of your hands and feet and don't have to think about the result. At your age, one day, these veterans will be photographed to death by you on the beach. On the bus to the venue, Coach Zheng encouraged Lin Teng before the game, hoping to relieve his nervousness.
"Coach, I know that one day I will surpass them. Isn't Wu Di known as the strongest in China? I'm going to try to see if he's strong, or if I'm Uncle Pan. Lin Teng replied with a smile.
"Hehe, your uncle is a freak, I guess no one can compare to him. But today, seeing that he answered the phone call from home, he has been worried, is there something at home? Coach Zheng glanced at Pan Xiqi, who was alone in the back row looking out the window in a daze, and asked a little strangely.
Speaking of Pan Xiqi, Lin Teng and Coach Zheng seemed to be in a much relaxed mood. I don't know why, Pansiqi has this kind of magic that fills the people around him with a kind of omnipotent confidence.
"He's in trouble. When we return to Beijing after the competition, we will have a good show. Lin Teng replied with a snicker, looking gloating.
It turned out that as soon as Pan Xiqi got up early in the morning, he received a call from his parents at home. As soon as the phone was connected, my father's volcanic expletive curses rang out. After listening to it for a long time, Pan Xiqi learned that his parents had already known about his secret resignation from his original unit.
Coincidentally, in order not to make his parents suspicious, Pan Xiqi lied to them that he was on a business trip this week and had no time to go home. Who knew that his father had grown some vegetables in his yard in the suburbs, and it was just in time to pick them recently. Looking at the vegetables in the yard, Pan's father thought about sending some vegetables to the leaders of Pan Xiqi's unit, so as to do some favors for his son.
Fortunately, when I arrived at Pansiqi's original unit, I was told that Pansiqi had voluntarily resigned a few months ago. Pansiqi's former director also sneered and expressed his disdain for Pansiqi's unprofessional tennis behavior. This made Pan's father half angry, and then there was a fatal call early in the morning.
Finally calming down the angry parents, Pan Xiqi hung up the phone depressedly.
"Damn, who has such a big mouth in the unit, but let them know at this time. It seems that when they go home after this game, they can only have an official showdown with them. Looking at the scenery outside the car window, Pansichy thought helplessly.
It didn't take long for the bus to enter the Guangzhou Tennis Center. Looking at the familiar tennis court, Pansic shook his head and shook all the distractions out of his mind. The most important thing for him now is to win the two semi-finals today.