Cagliari in southern Sardinia has been ravaged by war, and it's hard to see the "monuments" that are common in Italy, but it's not without its benefits to being in this remote location, with the comfortable sun shining on the long coastline in the middle of the Mediterranean.

"In another month, it'll be full of half-naked French and Italians basking in the sun." Fan Ju walked leisurely on the beach, and the newly appointed media assistant Honori was gushing about the beautiful scenery of this beach a month later.

Fan Ju shook his head, why didn't he expect that the French, Italians, and the people around him were all from the two romantic countries in Europe, and as soon as Raschet and Honore met, it was like a wolf meeting them, and the two of similar ages immediately became "bosom" friends.

In the two days of the competition, I saw these two people go out to drink at least twice, and according to Katrina's report last night, they came back drunk in the middle of the night, obviously the two didn't know what good things they did behind Fan Ju's back.

Regardless of Honoré, who was already intoxicated by his own world, Fan Ju had already seen his friend waving to him again, and Nadal had a silly expression, you would not have thought that this guy would often discuss with Fan Ju what the girl next door to his hometown looked like.

"Hey, it seems that you feel good, and you are looking for yourself to come out and play volleyball at this time." Fan Ju and Nadal greeted each other and laughed, and there was no strangeness.

Nadal wasn't embarrassed, or he took it for granted, and he liked the comfort of playing beach volleyball with his friends after a heated match. Playing football is more relaxing, which seems to him to be the perfect thing.

Fan Ju seemed to send the No. 7 seed out of the tournament with ease. Nadal was no slouch in the morning, with the second set of the match being a bit of a twist and turn. However, he still won 6:2 in the third set, and the third seed of the game lost its direction.

Compared with Fan Ju's match, Nadal's opponent was more difficult to deal with, especially the counterattack of the opponent in the second set, but it was much stronger than Andaria, who was already "old and weak".

Nadal is a young man, but he also has his own weaknesses, his body is not yet fully developed, and it is difficult to keep up with the rhythm in the face of opponents' counterattacks. In the first set, he just gave his opponent a 6:2, and in the second set, he was moved back to a set by his opponent with 2:6, of course, in the last set, Nadal's strength to admit defeat also came up, especially after the opponent's state broke out in the second set, it seemed a little sluggish, and finally won the game with a 6:2.

If you just look at the score, you may not imagine the twists and turns of this match, every set seems to be completely suppressed on one side, but in the actual game. This process is not short, especially if Nadal wants to win the score, he has to play a few more rounds with his opponent.

Fan Ju met Nadal after the match. So there was an invitation to play beach volleyball after the afternoon game, and Fan Ju originally wanted to bring Raschet, but this one was yesterday because of the nightlife. So I didn't have time to prepare tomorrow's materials, and now I can only endure a hangover. I was in the hotel preparing for an evening of technical analysis, but I didn't have time to do it.

As for Honoret. You have to admire that people grow up drinking red wine, Germans drink dark beer since childhood, then French wine is drinking red wine since childhood, of course, the British who drink the most in Europe can not forget jì, watching football and drinking beer is a traditional British entertainment.

Raschet had a hangover, but Honore looked like he was fine, Fan Ju was a little troublesome to go out alone, and it was a little unsuitable to bring Katrina.

It just so happens that Honore is fine, the job of this new press assistant is to deal with and arrange those media, and the current limelight of Fan Ju has been stolen by the lawsuit of IMG and French Sport, he only needs to deal with scattered media interviews, and there is also a group of fans from India who come to "worship" Fan Ju.

If there is a media raid to interview Fan Ju, Honore can also appear on the scene immediately, of course, the main reason is that beach volleyball is a two-person sport, and Fan Ju can't find a second person in Italy who can cooperate with him.

"It's not fair! Both of them are athletes, only one on our side! As soon as Honoret came up, he showed the spirit of the French resistance to "power", of course, this was purely self-inflicted, the two Nadals opposite him were full of muscles, and he had been decadent for two years, in addition to having no muscles, he also had to carry a small beer belly, which did not look like an athlete.

"Okay Honoret, I think I'm here, they're already blowing a loss." Fan Ju said very unashamedly, I don't know, I thought he was a master of beach volleyball, but in fact, he was just a rookie who had only played volleyball twice.

Nadal's English is not good, but his uncle Tony's English is good, and he laughed when he heard Fan Ju's words, and then translated it to Nadal in Spanish, and after a while Nadal also showed a "subtle" smile.

Depend on! was underestimated, Fan Ju suddenly felt that the smile represented a very "friendly" meaning, but to be honest, he didn't have much confidence, this thing was the first time he had come into contact with it, at most he had played that kind of inflatable beach ball in the pool or by the sea before, and he had never played beach volleyball before.

But it's nothing, don't forget that Fan Ju also has a big killer, and the double speed ability is definitely a model of this kind of high-speed reaction sports omnipotence, like beach volleyball, there is basically a concept of rules, and you can't play it at all.

A few people just came out to relax, and it was no good for the game to be tense all the time, especially Fan Ju, who had been caught in the media turmoil some time ago, although there was nothing abnormal about eating, drinking, and Lazar, but mentally he never really relaxed.

After entering the competition, he also played with trepidation, winning the first two rounds happily, but in fact, he did not really play his strength.

It's not a low tide, but it certainly can't escape the influence of some time ago, compared to Nadal, who rested at home for a week and then came back, Fan Ju's home is so far away that if you want to return to China, you have to endure the jet lag adjustment of up to 9 hours again, which is much stricter than the impact of those media.

Even if he sets aside a week of adjustment time, Fan Ju doesn't dare to say that the time difference has no effect on him, and when encountering those important competitions, many players will choose to participate in an event in advance to adjust the competition, and these events have also become the highlight of the tournament warm-up.

However, at present, these events have nothing to do with Fan Ju, even if his ranking rises quickly, he will not reach the level of directly participating in the tour, especially when the top players are participating in the competition to find their form, and they will not be bored.

Fan Ju is well aware of his limitations, and now that he is competing for the semi-finals and the championship and runner-up in the Challenger, Fan Ju is still confident, but he really said that he will immediately achieve some dazzling results in the tour.

This not only requires enough strength, but also with some luck elements, some time ago Fan Ju's table is good, IMG has begun to prepare for the French Open after the preparation of some tour-level matches, of course, there will not be many in this year, in addition to the French Open and the US Open, Wimbledon is determined by the ranking of Fan Ju.

After all, Fan Ju has not been exposed to grass court events in the past, and if he does not reach the ranking but rashly participates, it is nothing to lose the game, and if obvious weaknesses are exposed, then the real gains outweigh the losses.

With the strength of Fan Ju's current performance, today's schedule will also be fixed in the mode of major tournament + challenge + tour, try to accumulate ATP points as much as possible, and strive to get a good result in the year-end rankings, even if you can't enter the TOP50, you must ensure that you get a top position in the TOP100, which is what Fan Ju should really focus on.

Of course, judging from the current strong performance, such a result is not difficult, the only thing to worry about is not to cause injuries due to excessive playing.

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"It's incredible, are you really playing beach volleyball for the first time? I don't think it's a problem if you change your sidekicks to a professional and train to compete in a professional game. Toni Nadal looked at Fan Ju in front of the net with a look of surprise, he had played beach volleyball for so many years, and it was the first time he had seen such a strong rookie novice.

Fan Ju smiled hehe, did not respond to Tony's exclamation, he knew his own family affairs, if it weren't for the more economical use of double speed today, it is estimated that he would be abused by the "two" semi-professional Nadal on the court.

Several people did not exercise too much, and Fan Ju and Nadal avoided receiving those dangerous balls, after all, the two still have a game, and even a slight contusion may affect the power of the game.

After playing for more than half an hour, there was a benevolent brother who ran out, needless to say that it must be the embroidered pillow of Honori, don't look at the appearance of Svenwen, but the muscles up and down the body add up to less than an arm.

Fortunately, several people did not plan to be exhausted, and after calming down, they changed places to eat, and Tony Nadal was relatively familiar with Cagliari, and he had been to the game a few times when he was young.

I heard that Fan Ju has not eaten the roast suckling pig on the island, so he took the initiative to take Fan Ju to a restaurant, the owner's wife is from the island, and after getting married, he opened a unique restaurant in Cagliari, unlike other Cagliari seafood, they are mainly engaged in the food of the mountains on the island, roast suckling pig, roast mutton, crispy and delicious, especially after the event, swallow the full and tender meat, which can be enjoyed more than eating seafood. (To be continued......)