Chapter 141: The Battle of Revenge

"I don't know what Nadal's expression will be after losing...... Fan Ju turned off the TV, the outcome of the match may have been a little unexpected, but Fan Ju has already vaguely sensed some problems.

Fan Ju's hunch was fulfilled in the match, and Nadal's problem was finally noticed by his opponent, and it was detected from the beginning of the first set.

Nadal is indeed a good young player, but he also has something that most young players lack, and that is experience.

After being caught by Filippo on the court, Nadal hit a few consecutive balls, and Nadal panicked, in fact, from the perspective of Fan Ju, he could risk hitting the backhand attack deeper, so that he could at least draw with the opponent.

With a one-set lead, as long as he "survives", he still has a great chance of winning, but Fan Ju underestimated Nadal's stubborn temper, and the more he was attacked by the opponent, the more he used it, as if he was sure that he could make a breakthrough on the court.

Reality is always more brutal than ideal, and Filippo is not as gentlemanly as Nadal, finding an opportunity to play to his strengths, and his forehand is almost one after another.

Fan Ju, who was in front of the TV, watched Nadal lose the second set with a score of 6:2 and then lose the third set faster than 6:1.

Fan Ju will also insist on some beliefs, such as wanting to win, to win, but in terms of technology, he is flexible and changeable, perhaps because he knows his own problems too well, in order to improve his comprehensive technical strength, Fan Ju will choose more varied playing styles. Whether it's on the baseline or in front of the net, forehand or backhand, the best option for him to score and win is his best bet.

But Nadal was stubborn in his desire to prove his backhand in the match. There's nothing wrong with that, if you don't have confidence in your skills, you won't be able to make accurate and powerful returns.

But insisting on this after discovering the problem has become Nadal's biggest hole, Filippo himself is an opponent who is good at running and taking opportunities, and Nadal's approach is tantamount to hitting his strong point.

In the second and third sets, Filippo instantly reversed the advantages and disadvantages between the two. Technical stability has nothing to do with home advantage.

Nadal lost to his own youthful stubbornness, or to say that age and experience are not an exaggeration at all.

"It's a shame...... But thanks to him. "A game that was watched from the perspective of a spectator allowed Fan Ju to find his own problem.

Contrary to Nadal's stubbornness. Fan Ju is too "fickle", in front of the net, on the bottom line, on the forehand, and on the backhand, Fan Ju almost did not carry out continuous pressing attacks against a certain point of the opponent.

"Maybe he's not strong, but he just met us who were naïve." Fan Ju is doing self-examination. I also have my own plan for how to play the game the day after tomorrow.

After two days of relaxation, he gradually regained his senses. Gradually, Fan Ju regained the feeling of wanting to swing the racket and hitting the ball hard.

Especially when the physical exhaustion is gone, the mental energy gradually becomes more and more excited as the game approaches, without the interruption of the media, and there are no annoying problems.

The burnout period was as untraceable as it had been when it came, and on Sunday Fan Ju had returned to the training ground with Raschet to begin his final warm-up before the start of the next race.

"It was a good day! Tomorrow's game, it seems that the chances of winning are not small. "Raschet wasn't exaggerating. After all, the opponent is also an opponent who has just won the Challenger.

Perhaps Fan Ju will have to thank Filippo for his victory over Nadal. The doubts about Fan Ju are much smaller, and the difference between being defeated by an unknown person and being defeated by a champion is not small.

At least compared to Rafael Nadal, who was beaten in the final, Fan Ju's three sets were real hard battles, and there was no sign of collapse in the middle.

After yesterday's match, Nadal and Filippo also left for the next stop, and Fanju, who arrived earlier than the two, had plenty of time to rest and adjust.

Fan Ju is very dominant in this regard, and from some of the local predictions obtained by Katrina, Fan Ju has a very good chance of getting another good result in this race, and Cheng Dù, the favorite to win the championship, is in the top five.

As long as he passes the first hurdle of Filippo, fourth seed Albert Buritas has already been defeated by Fan Ju in the last stop.

Of course, for Albert, Fan Ju didn't dare to say that he could win steadily, that game had both a sudden attack in front of the net and the help of a windy day, and there was also a lot of luck for Fan Ju to win.

It's just a warm-up, Fan Ju didn't move much, but from the perspective of the accuracy of the bottom line, he has indeed found his previous state, maybe after the last game, there are still some slight improvements, the combination of the net and the bottom line, so that Fan Ju's tactics are more full and fulfilling.

When he returned to the hotel, Fan Ju saw an acquaintance, and Nadal, who lost the game, did not see dullness and dissatisfaction on his face, but looked eager to try after seeing Fan Ju.

"I was negligent yesterday, and I will definitely be able to win against him next time!" The Spanish stubborn cow who refuses to admit defeat, but only this temper can make him rush forward on the court.

Nadal is much richer than he is in the professional game and the experience of losing, although it is a pity to lose in the final, Nadal is still young, and he still has the time and capital to gain experience with losing.

There is always a time to win when he loses too much, and when he makes this win-loss ratio smaller and smaller, he gradually goes to the peak, and he can't find an opponent who can match him.

"Don't brag, you know that if you can't meet him in this race, I will take revenge first, does it mean that I am better than you when the time comes?" Fan Ju likes to be funny with Nadal, this little guy will always be fooled.

Sure enough, as soon as Fan Ju said this, Nadal was immediately unconvinced, and moved out his own method of suppressing the opponent, in a word, give him another chance, he will not lose, so he almost rolled up his sleeves and went directly to Filippo to play again.

Fan Ju watched Haha Zhile, Nadal was not stupid or stunned, but he was too young to see that the old fox pretending to be tender was teasing him.

"Okay this time, see you in the finals!"

Fan Ju looked at the time, and just as he was about to go back to his room, Nadal suddenly grabbed him by the shoulder.

The strength coming from his shoulders was not great, but it was solid, and Fan Ju could feel the emotion coming from Nadal's hands, like friendship but higher than friendship, a blessing and promise conveyed to him by a sympathetic friend and rival.

"Yes, see you in the final!"

In a simple sentence, Nadal also felt Fan Ju's belief, full of fighting spirit and desire to win.

A few days ago, he was very worried when he saw the situation of Fan Ju's match in the last two days, because he found that there was a big gap between Fan Ju's performance and his practice match, not in terms of technique and strength, but a gap in belief, which came from his tennis player's intuition, and Fan Juqiu lacked a spirit.

He was very worried about whether it was caused by his request for Fan Ju to play beach volleyball, although there was contact, but Fan Ju did not reveal too much.

Nadal then watched the video of the match between Fan Ju and Filippo, and Fan Ju was still very sluggish in the first set, but improved slightly in the second set, and it was not until the third set that he regained some of his original form.

However, when it came to the tie-break, Nadal felt something in the final out-of-bounds shot, but he was too young to feel the meaning.

However, at this time, he felt that Fan Ju's form had recovered, and he also put his mind at ease, and tomorrow was about to start another week of competition, and both of them wanted to reach the top in this competition.

If this opportunity is overcome, Fan Ju and Nadal don't know when they will have the opportunity to play each other on the court, maybe a few months, maybe even longer.

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"Fan Ju, are you ready?" Raschet stood outside the entrance area, which was already the last area where he could accompany him.

Lifting the bag on his shoulder, Fan Ju smiled and nodded, he was in good spirits and in excellent condition, and today he wanted to give his opponent a good look.

Walking into the players' lounge, he opened his bag and began to do a final check, but when he saw a printed note, he couldn't help but laugh.

"A $100 penalty notice, this is my first ATP fine, right?" Fan Ju opened it and looked at it, and after falling well, he stuffed it back into the mezzanine of the ball bag.

Fan Ju's racket at the end of the last match was of course not in line with the spirit of a tennis gentleman, but at that time, Fan Ju didn't care what the referee recorded, but it was really a bit abnormal that he didn't remember it.

A professional racket costs $500 and a ticket costs $100, for which Fan Ju has to pay $600 to "atone for his sins".

Don't expect the sponsor to pay for the racket if the player drops the racket himself, as a broken racket is not a good thing and may give consumers the potential impression that the racket is of poor quality.

It's very expensive, almost half of Fan Ju's prize money was lost in one beat, but Fan Ju didn't regret it, he fell out of his resentment, and he also fell out of faith.

Without this fall, he may have some worries and fears when he meets today's opponent, but now Fan Ju is not worried that he will lose at all, because he firmly believes that he has enough strength to defeat his opponent and win the game!

Walking out of the players' tunnel, it was the opponent's home stadium, although it was not the main stadium, there were still two or three hundred local spectators cheering for his opponent.

However, at this time, Fan Ju did not have the irritability of a few days ago, maybe the pressure of the home field was still there, but his heart was a lot calmer.

"Let me have a good time today!" Shaking hands with the opponent, regardless of whether the other party can understand it or not, may be stupid and naïve, but Fan Ju smiled happily, as if he had been reborn in the semi-finals 4 days ago! (To be continued......)