Chapter Ninety-Four: A Difficult Start
Christopher Verlegan stood on the side of the court, tall and looking at Fan Ju who walked into the court behind him, what did he look like? Height? None of this seems to be anything special, but today's waves of media interviews with him want to lead the topic to this Asian?
"I'm seeded and I think my opponent should be in the final." Christopher did not budge to the media's lure, articulating the reality that he is higher in the rankings and that it would be unfair to put the second seed on the same level as a qualifier.
His opponent should be in the final, and the 21-year-old is full of confidence, and his results on tour give him full confidence that he will move up the rankings, and neither Soderling, nor Gasquet, nor the example in front of him will be an obstacle to him.
Confident, Christopher straightens up his equipment, while Fan Ju uses his limited time to observe his opponent of the day.
Tall, skinny, well-defined muscles, no excess fat, slightly tanned skin means he hasn't stopped training in the offseason, a self-disciplined young fighter on the rise, with obvious advantages, but not invincible.
Fan Ju knows very well what the difference between himself and his opponent is, he is stronger than his opponent, and his height is slightly shorter than his opponent, which is not a problem, since the opponent is taller than himself, then send some low balls to make it more difficult for the opponent to play.
While they were calculating, the crowd on the sidelines had already completed their final entrance for 6 consecutive years, and Besançon's tennis atmosphere was very strong, and a match between the second seed and the new young player received a lot of attention, almost 3ooo people on the court were filled with more than 6o%, and there were 2,000 people in the stadium to watch the second round of the challenge.
Tickets for the European Challenge are not expensive, and this kind of ordinary game is only about 1o euros depending on the difference in location, and the audience tickets alone can almost earn 20,000 euros, and for an event with a total investment of only 375oo US dollars, the tickets for this game alone are enough to recover more than half of the input costs.
"The events in Europe are crazy!" There were also a lot of spectators in the first game of Fan Ju, but because it was a small venue with a limited number of spectators, a maximum of 5oo people could enter the stadium to watch the game.
However, in the match with the second seed, the venue arranged must be the best main venue, and Fan Ju originally thought that in the second round, it would be good to have 1ooo people in the audience of 3ooo people.
However, he miscalculated the popularity of tennis in Europe, and when it came to the final, when the two strong players met in the final, there would definitely be people waiting for high-priced tickets outside the court with their signs, just to enter the court to watch a "peak" wonderful showdown.
The referee was in the middle, Fan Ju and Christopher Verlegan stood on either side, and as the falling coins were tossed high, a subtle smile leaked from the corner of Christopher's mouth.
"Christopher's first game, then please enter the two to warm up." The referee reconfirmed the result to both sides and decided on the final order of the balls.
What is the opponent's game? Fan Ju felt a little bad in his heart, not because he was worried that he would lose confidence after losing the first game, but he learned from Raschet that this player's ball was very European, and he did not like to pursue a cannon type of high ball as much as the American player, but rather the combination and landing point and the advantage of spin.
If you come across a European player who is good at fighting on clay, watch out for his high-cut balls, which may seem unpleasant, but the curvature in the air can easily cause the receiver to misjudge the landing point, and on the clay bounce there will be a larger outside angle, which can be difficult to guard.
Fan Ju's new moon is this category, of course, Fan Ju likes to add some of his own things, such as the spin he is good at, so that the arc of the ball is larger, but the essence is still the same, but European players like to reduce the cut of this kind of slicing ball, and improve the degree advantage.
Fan Ju did the opposite, he pursued a larger rotational arc, as long as the degree was maintained at more than 15o kilometers, which is also the basis for him to call his cut the crescent moon, he hoped that one day his ball could go to the crescent moon in the sky, drawing a charming arc in the air.
The sun in the sky is not hot, playing in March is still a little cold, the warm-up activities let Fan Ju find some warmth, he felt that it was a mistake to come to Europe in March, at this time Europe did not have that kind of spring atmosphere at all, the temperature of about 1o degrees If there is no sun, the wind blows and can't help but make people shiver.
Fan Ju is very envious of those long-haired Europeans, as if he wears an extra layer of **, anyway, he can't wear a thin shirt to go out in this weather, but for these local French, let alone thin shirts, Fan Ju saw people hanging out in short sleeves on the road.
Belgium is further north in France, and Christopher is used to the weather, where the temperature is slightly warmer than in his hometown, and the slight warm-up has made him sweat a little, which is a good feeling, and the open shoulders make it easier for him to exert strength.
"Sure enough!" Fan Ju looked at Laiqiu and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.
At the end of the warm-up, Christopher opened with a 21o kilometer high.
For opponents who need to win, Fan Ju is not polite, he doesn't plan to talk to the opponent about any humility, and he has already turned on the ability to adapt to the opponent's rhythm during the warm-up, but when this ball arrives in front of him, Fan Ju's multiple has been automatically upgraded to 2 times, but when it is reduced by half, this is still a beautiful ball worthy of applause.
The ball was reduced to 1oo kilometers after subtracting, but the ball that was originally facing the right side of the ball area made a small arc in the air, which was just pressed on the very small corner, making the ball bounce deeper and more difficult to handle.
"I hate tall guys!" Fan Ju didn't care about what his other friend Isner, who was 2.8 meters O8, would think, but he hated the opponent in front of him who was 1o centimeters taller than him.
With a height of 193 cm, Christopher's ball has a better landing point and boost, which also allows him to maintain a very high ball degree and a goal rate relative to a stable dìng after having a stable cutting action.
At the beginning, Fan Ju didn't say how much effort it took to make his ball steady with cutting and spinning, but until now, his one-goal rate can only hover below 5o%, although such a goal rate is enough in the game, but to talk about the threat of the ball, Fan Ju still has a lot of room for improvement.
It's not an empty phrase that tall people have the advantage of balls, although Isner at 2o8 cm has not yet entered the profession, but his ball is stable and has already mentioned more than 22o kilometers, which is definitely a big killer on the court, as long as other techniques are perfected, it is no problem to break into the Top5o with this handball kung fu alone.
And in the ball statistics when the average ball can be maintained at more than 2oo kilometers, Isner's ball success rate can be as high as 6o%, which is the most ghostly (animal) place for Fan Ju, which means that their opponents must always be on guard against the ace ball of 22o kilometers, and at the same time, they have to withstand the big advantage from these giants' second beat to suppress the attack!
Fan Ju doesn't have this height, even if he can hit faster balls, he won't do it, it's not a matter of ballness, but Fan Ju knows very well that high balls are a very shoulder-intensive technique, and Fan Ju doesn't have a height advantage to help him provide extra points, so if you want to rely on your height of 184 to play world-class high balls, it means that your career will be shortened.
He is a "smart man", so he is willing to choose what he is good at to avoid this disadvantage, but I have to admit that the ball is very advantageous, even in the face of his double ability, he can often take the advantage.
Christopher relied on the advantage of one to suppress Fan Ju, even if he was surprised by the high quality of the opponent's catch, but in the end, his ball advantage still existed.
Staring at the high-quality return ball that Fan Ju accurately hit to the other side of the court, Christopher was no longer surprised, since the first ball allowed Fan Ju to take advantage of the opportunity to get a point, he has also become faster and more careful.
After running and standing, a strong forehand superspin, swinging in the opposite direction of Fan Ju's run, Fan Ju, who hurriedly adjusted the direction, was once again successfully "played" by the opponent after receiving it, the opponent was obviously deliberate, in fact, hitting the other side's backhand can produce better suppression, but he chose these dangerous balls to tease Fan Ju's reaction nerves.
"That's why I hate being tall, and I'm a tall handsome one!" Fan Ju was misplaced by his opponent after reluctantly receiving the ball again, and he couldn't wait to smash the opponent's head on the ground with the latest racket sponsored by Werson, the opponent's strength was indeed admirable, and he made good use of his advantages to suppress Fan Ju's counterattack intention in the game.
But how could Fan Ju give up so much, what he wants is victory, he doesn't like and don't need to lose, it's not the first time he has encountered an opponent with a perfect swing, and it's not the first time he's been suppressed on the court, but he believes that he will find an opportunity to throw all this humiliation back on the opponent's face!
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