Chapter 83: European Tennis
Besançon is a small eastern city with a small population, and with a population of 110,000, he does not need to stuff his inhabitants into jars like sardines with too many high-rise buildings.
There have been celebrities like Hugo, there are also famous French universities here, this is a beautiful city surrounded by small rivers, the quaint environment and the cultural atmosphere make people can't help but indulge in it, if you are visiting France, this typical French town can let you see the real French life, but this qiē has nothing to do with the current paradigm.
"Mr. Raschet, don't you think it's too late to train?" After Fan Ju got off the plane, he was taken to the training ground non-stop, Fan Ju didn't even have a little time to rest, you must know that this is a journey across half the world, even if you know the location of the competition in advance, after adjusting the jet lag in China, Fan Ju feels very tired.
Raschette, an Italian-American, is a tournament coach at Nickelodeon, where he is responsible for the pre-match technical training of several professional players, and he also has an important part-time job at Img, where he serves as an interim coach for young players like Fan Ju who do not have a formal coaching team and are about to participate in the competition.
Fan Ju is one of the few students recognized by Nick Politelli, in the player information coach column, Old Nick's name is thunderous and immovable, as long as it is in the European and American tennis world, as long as you tell others that your coach is Old Nick, people will never look down on you because of your skin color and age, this name represents strength.
But Old Nick is very busy, of course it is impossible to follow Fan Ju all over the streets, maybe the US Open Grand Slam can still find time, and you don't have to think about other places.
"It's not too late, kid, welcome to the real world of professional tennis, today is the 21st, your qualifying tournament will start on the 24th, we have three days to adjust to the condition, and then you will enter the most brutal challenge in the world!" Raschet seemed to be exaggerating, but in fact he felt that he had taken it too lightly.
The Challenger is still an ITF-level tournament, but the gap between the ITF's next Grand Slam tournament and the Open era in 1968 has widened.
However, the importance of the challenge tournament has not disappeared, and in the professional tennis world, there is a concentration of players at all levels and different rankings, you may meet the top 5o players in the world who are adjusting their form, or you may meet young players who are quickly accumulating points and rising to the top of the game.
Of course, you will see more professional players ranked 3oo to 1oo, and many top 5oo players in the qualifying rounds are constantly fighting for a ranking.
They're the most important of the professional tennis players as a whole, and if you cut them in the middle of the rankings, you get two completely different tiers, they're called the pros, and the top ones are called the pros!
Although the names are different, the difference in their strength is also very subtle, in some techniques and characteristics, the master will be a level better than the good players, but in other skills, the good players and the masters may be comparable, they may win and lose each other's games, constantly chasing higher rankings and points, you can hardly define who is stronger.
"Boy, this is the ranking of players who are likely to compete, and I think it will help you feel a little bit more urgent." Raschet is not Rembrandt, he knows what the players need, and when the players don't know what to do, as a coach he has to tell the players what they should do.
List? Fan Ju didn't know who he was up to, as the game wasn't ready for the end of the game, but that didn't mean he couldn't get a roster at Raschet.
In fact, you can get this list as long as you make a phone call to the organizing committee of the event, but Fan Ju can't get too much information in China at all, and even his itinerary to participate in the competition was only a week ago, and even the EU visa was only a few days away, and the itinerary was so tight that even Fan Ju was in a bit of a hurry.
"Impossible, right? None of the players in the main race are ranked below 17o? Is this Europe? Fan Juben thought that his ranking of 47o was not bad, at least he had entered the world's Top 5oo, and it would be no problem to mix the seeded players in many low-level future tournaments.
However, this is Europe, and in this area about the same size as China, there are a large number of tennis powers, and it can even be said that the whole world has the strongest tennis atmosphere in this land, and even the United States can only admit that it is slightly inferior in this regard.
The French Open and Wimbledon are held in Europe in the four Grand Slams, and a large number of aTp tours and Masters tournaments are held in many cities every year.
"Don't worry, boy, we've already got your wild card for the qualifiers, and you'll be ready to stay in Europe for the next month or so." Raschet was pleased with the fighting spirit in Fan Ju's eyes, a look that can only be seen in the most in-form players.
The first week of the tournament in France was really just a matter of adjusting to his form, and the hard court matches were not the main events that Img had selected for Fan Ju at this stage, and Fan Ju would have to adapt more on clay in order to prepare for the French Open on clay in mid-May.
Three of India's future matches will be on clay, as will the three Italian Challenger tournaments over the next three weeks, and clay is a very foreign venue to Fanju in the United States and internationally, where hard courts are the mainstream.
But Fanju's technical characteristics are just right for swinging, spinning, and braking on clay, making him more suited to clay than the average hard-court player.
The most clay matches are undoubtedly in Europe, and Fan Ju also needs some opponents with strong skills to hone their skills to cope with the high-level matches at the French Open.
IMG has prepared a qiē for Fan Ju, and the only thing waiting for is whether Fan Ju can play a real victory in the arena.
"The kid ball is a little bit faster, I don't need as much spin, and don't forget that we're off the red and I need more forward power than side spin on hard courts." Fanju's technique is beautiful, but Raschet always finds something lacking, and he has adjusted a lot of professional players, and he knows what mistakes these high-level players tend to make.
What Fan Ju is making is the typical mistake of players who have strong spinning ball skills, their spinning ball is really powerful, and with Raschet's technique, even if Fan Ju does not deliberately play angles and changes, it is difficult to catch.
However, on hard courts, what is often needed is more straight high shots, perhaps with some downspin to be more powerful, and the seemingly varied side spin has become a burden to the ball.
As soon as Raschet reminded him, Fan Ju immediately changed his way of hitting the ball, but he has his own advantages, even on hard courts, there will be some sudden attacks of side spin balls, and he can now use this ball to easily make opponents make mistakes when receiving the ball, of course, this kind of mistake does not make him score directly, but it interferes with the opponent's rhythm very well, and the most important thing is that he can get the initiative to attack on the court.
Throughout the afternoon on the pitch, Raschet could be heard all the time, standing deeper, looking at his opponent's position before going to the net, and Fan Ju was looking for other better ways to change it according to Raschet's request.
"Here, drink some water." Raschet wiped the sweat from his head and handed the water beside him to Fan Ju, who was still relaxed.
Seeing Fan Ju, who didn't look tired at all, Raschet shook his head, this kid is worthy of being a monster in an online school, this kind of body is only envied by many top players, just relying on this extra body, Fan Ju's daily training volume can be one-third more than that of ordinary colleges and even professional players, and it will not affect the normal training session of the next day.
"Boy, I heard you've been sponsored by Victor? Are you planning to form a team of coaches of your own? I can't afford all your training sessions as an interim coach alone. Raschet and Fan Ju are also acquaintances, and they have not met much during the online school, especially when those professional players want to practice with Fan Ju, he usually accompanies him to observe, and he is also very clear about Fan Ju's real "strength", at least not lower than most of the players who directly participate in the main competition.
Players with strength often set up their own coaching team earlier, accompanying physical coaches, tactical coaches, technical coaches, if possible, there will be nutritionists and sports masseurs, as well as an accompanying agent team to deal with related things.
Of course, if you want to establish a coaching team of this size, you must have the world's Top 1o ranking and a generous endorsement fee to sustain it, and the initial accompanying coach will often choose one among the tactical and technical coaches, and these two coaches will also have a certain ability to play on the field, and can master the player's technique and competitive state while training with the opponent, and make targeted adjustments.
"Why is Old Nick's salary less, are you going to change jobs?" Fan Ju joked, if Raschet is really willing, Fan Ju is really willing to spend money to hire him, the number of players he has trained in the world's Top 5o or above rankings is not a lot, the problem is that good coaches in the tennis world have masters, including Raschet, as for the level of old Nick, you can't even care about spending money.
"I'm very willing, but I'm afraid you can't afford it, your performance in terms of technique and body is quite stable, the only thing missing is a tactical coach, if you want to find it, Img should help you get it." Raschet was really tempted, but he and Nickelodeon still have a 5-year work contract, and unless both parties voluntarily give up, the party who violates the contract will have to pay a lot of liquidated damages.
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