Chapter Eighty-Four: High Ranking Qualifiers
The Besançon Challenger, which starts on March 3, is the only professional tournament in Europe at the same time, except for the Tokyo Challenger in Japan, and although there are two other tour-level tournaments being played in the United States at the same time, it will be very difficult for a low-ranked player, let alone a champion, to enter the main tournament and pass the first round.
"No, you should be lucky, the Italian schedule that starts on March 17 should be a headache for you, and you should get used to playing in Europe, where the players are different from India." Raschet did not hesitate to reject Fanju's desire to achieve results, this is a European Challenger, and having the strength to reach the quarter-finals is enough to win the Challenger in many regions.
"But the French Open?" Fan Ju frowned and hesitated, he knew that it would be difficult to win, but he also had his own goals.
Rembrandt's original goal was to get close to 2oo points, and after the three races in Italy, it was only mid-April, and if he could not get more points in the previous races, it would mean a complete failure of the original goal.
If he wins all the four Challenger tournaments arranged by Img for him, he will get 2o5 aTp points, plus his original accumulation, the total points will reach 249 points, and this point ranking should be about 15o places in the aTp rankings, so according to the previous Grand Slam 1o8 places to directly advance to the main event, 15o has a great chance.
Of course, if he can achieve such a good result and not be able to enter the main draw, IMG will definitely do his best to get a wild card for himself, although he may have to face the dilemma of meeting the seeded players in the first round, but the Grand Slam has always been a place to create a zào miracle, if Fan Ju can upset the highly-ranked seeded players, even if he can't enter the third round, Img has already gained enough publicity and bargaining chips.
Of course, he didn't tell anyone about this goal, even he thought it was a bit fantastical, but he believed that as long as he had a special ability, it was still possible for him to achieve it.
"Tennis at the highest level? So let me experience it! "Fan Ju is full of fighting spirit, like a lion on his way to the gladiatorial arena, and he is ready to tear his opponents apart with his claws, no matter how sharp their weapons are.
Three days of acclimatization, plus a day of rest, not the best but well-adjusted, this is his first match in Europe, and he is confident that he can win his opponent!
On February 24, Raschette, who held the qualifying list, looked depressed, he really didn't know if it was Fan Ju and Europe who had made a mistake, but he met such an unexpected opponent in the first round of qualifying.
"Filipino player Dinah is also one of only two Filipino tennis players, although the Filipino player has lived in New York since he was a child to receive tennis education, and is currently ranked 156th in the world, if it is not for the late registration, he is fully qualified to enter the main draw directly." While the other players are not weak, it is even more troublesome to meet an opponent like this.
Dinah? I haven't heard of it, Fan Ju also knows a rough idea of the domestic tennis world, and the world tennis world is limited to the top ones, Filipino players? Didn't care about it at all.
"Don't worry about just looking high in the rankings, you see, he has been in professional tennis for 6 years, he is 28 years old, and he has stood out in doubles, and he hasn't even won the Challenge Tournament a few times, so there's nothing to worry about."
Raschet couldn't see whether Fan Ju really didn't care or was confident, but as long as the players weren't nervous, he really didn't need to mess with himself.
Worries are inevitable, Img hopes that Raschet can lead Fan Ju to get a better result in the Challenge, of course, they don't have the luxury of expecting Fan Ju to win the Challenge Tournament immediately after entering the European professional world, but they also hope to have one to reach the semi-finals, and the other matches can enter the main tournament is already very satisfied.
Raschet didn't tell Fan Ju about Img's hopes, because he was afraid of dampening Fan Ju's desire to win, after all, he could also see that the young man in front of him was arrogant, and he only had the champion in his eyes.
It can be seen from the previous matches that he has not experienced a single defeat since the Orange Bowl, and after winning the Orange Bowl in a record, he swept all three Indian Future Tournaments in two sets, such a result even Raschet was sideways to Fan Ju's stability.
Being able to have such a table undoubtedly means that Fan Ju is absolutely capable of suppressing the strength of the players below the top 2oo at this age, as long as he does not swing often, it should not be difficult to complete the goal of entering the first competition in all the main competitions.
On Tuesday, February 25, the qualifying round for the Besançon Challenge quietly kicked off in the small town, with no noise or cheers, only a battle from those who did not qualify for the main event.
Dai Na's skin is very dark, and it can be seen that he is a person who loves outdoor sports, although Fan Ju also plays tennis outdoors, but his skin is easy to turn white, and his skin tone is as obvious as the color difference between black and white compared to his opponent.
Fan Ju could see at a glance something different from the Chinese in the appearance of his opponent, perhaps in the eyes of those Europeans, he and Dinah were both Asian, but even in the south and north of China and further south, they had their own characteristics, which was very evident in Dinah.
At 175 cm tall, like most Asian players, Dinah is not a tennis player who relies on his height and arm length, with a weight of 75 kilograms and solid and powerful muscles, strong explosive calves, flexible and fast running, and the power to hit the ball is also very solid.
"The level should be about the same as yourself!" Fan Ju has initially determined the strength of his opponent during the warm-up and sparring, and it will be a very difficult player to play on his own ability, so it is no wonder that Raschet has expressed his concern about the match.
Dinah also looked at the young opponent in front of him at this time, although he is a Filipino, he was actually born and raised in the United States, and it is not unheard of the new orange bowl champion.
On the contrary, the emergence of Fan Ju has caused many American fans to refocus on Chinese and Asian players, and even he has benefited from it, receiving some additional sponsorship fees.
Fan Ju is very strong in the orange bowl table, although the previous experience of professional competition is equal to zero, but as long as you have watched Fan Ju's game, you know that this kid's future must be limitless, tour? Or a Grand Slam? No one can say for sure, but one thing is certain, this kid is strong, and he will become even stronger in the future.
While Dinah cautiously looked at the opponent preparing the ball, Fan Ju thought that he should start with that kind of ball, on the hard court, the high ball is good, and the power of the bomb ball is not small, in fact, Raschet prefers that Fan Ju will focus on one ball technique, so as to improve the success rate of a goal.
From the current point of view, the high ball that has reached the level of a professional master is definitely better than the bomb ball that can barely reach 19o kilometers, of course, the goal rate of both balls is not high, this is the big problem, Fan Ju is also trying to improve in the process of training.
A high ball in the outer corner, Fan Ju made a decision after seeing Dinah's short but thick and powerful arms, and his bomb ball was not lethal enough to kill an opponent with excellent arm strength.
On the other hand, if you can hit a ball that is 2oo away from the outside corner, you can make the opponent lose the position at the first time of receiving the ball.
Dinah pounced hard to the right, Fan Juyi's degree was very fast, and the angle was also very much to the outside, lacking the outward spin of the side spin bounce, although the threat of the ball was not so great, but this degree alone was enough to make the receiver feel the heavy pressure brought by the degree.
Short hands are Dinah's weakness, of course, under normal circumstances, this weakness is not obvious, but the smaller range of receiving the ball also requires him to use more runs to make up for the position, and the moment he catches the ball, Dinah quickly moves and settles to complete.
When he looked up at Fan Ju, he saw that his degree was fast enough, but his opponent was not bad, a standard forehand hitting posture, Fan Ju had already stood in the middle early, waiting for the ball to be hit back into his own strike range!
"Bang!" The sound was not loud, but it was deadly, and although Dinah was back in the middle, Fan Ju was too well prepared, and when he volleyed diagonally from a small angle, the ball flew to the baseline and was already out of bounds on the doubles border.
A quick volley at such an angle, unless the first time to predict the position when returning the ball, can you have a chance to receive it, but if Dinah Zhenxun stands in the corner, won't Fan Ju's return ball change direction?
"What a perfect lethal forehand!" There were no official seats in the preliminaries, but there were rows of benches for spectators, and Raschet sat in the seats, with a large crowd waiting for him to begin.
Fan Ju's beautiful ball made the audience burst into applause, this is Europe, but also the mecca of tennis, a challenge qualifying tournament can also attract a lot of spectators to watch, this is only a small city of 110,000 people, but the audience never hesitated to applaud for a beautiful catch counterattack!
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