A week has passed.
The first-year students have already dropped out of the tennis club because they can't stand the high-intensity training.
Minister Mizuo and Deputy Minister Ito discussed the ranking match order before Sunday.
Not every club member wants to sign up for the qualifying competition.
Members will choose to sign up only if they feel that they are strong enough to hit the main selection position.
There are also some tennis novices who do not want to occupy the quota and increase the workload of qualifying due to technical reasons.
In the end, only 21 of the 45 members of the tennis club signed up to participate in the qualifying round.
These 21 people will be divided into three groups to take turns playing each other, which means that each person will play a total of 7 games within a week.
In the end, the 8 people with the highest total points will be selected as the main selection.
Group A: Mori Jusaburo, Nozaki Wu, Jackal Kuwahara,...
Group B: Daisuke Ito, Genichiro Sanada, Renji Yanagi,...
Group C: Naoto Mizuo, Seiichi Yukimura, Bunta Marui,...
After checking the match order on the tennis club bulletin board in the morning, Bunta Marui has been worried about Ye Wu.
[Kansai Shuangjie] Nozaki Wu, challenges the second-year ace Jusaburo Mori in a tennis match.
Thanks to his big mouth, the rumor spread from Class B of Marui Bunta at lightning speed, and by the afternoon, the entire first grade, both tennis players and non-tennis players, knew about it.
At 3:30 in the afternoon, after the two classes ended, Ye Wu and Seiichi Yukimura were preparing to leave for the tennis club.
Ichiro Morita at the front desk turned around to encourage him, and everyone in the classroom heard his informal voice.
"Nozaki-kun, I will go over and cheer you on!"
After hearing this, other students who had free time also expressed that they would go together to cheer for Ye Wu.
"Nozaki-kun, surprisingly popular with everyone."
The two of them finally rejected their enthusiastic classmates, and Yukimura Seiichi turned his head to Ye Wu and smiled teasingly.
"Yukimura-kun is the one who is deeply loved by his classmates."
They had only been his deskmate for a week, and Ye Wu was already deeply aware of the other person's popularity.
Some people may be naturally loved by others, making people unconsciously willing to surrender and support them.
When we arrived at the tennis club, there were a large number of onlookers surrounding us.
When Marui Bunta saw Ye Wu and Yukimura, he happily ran over with Jackal Kuwabara.
"Nozaki-kun, many people are here to cheer you on."
Yes, thanks to you, everyone knows about it throughout the year.
"I promoted it to you." Marui asked for credit in his tone.
Yes, thank you for your publicity, I am lucky to have you!
Ye Wu looked at him expressionlessly.
Yukimura couldn't help but cover his mouth and smile, "Then I will end the game as soon as possible to cheer for you."
He was also very interested in Ye Wu's game and wanted to finish the game as soon as possible and come over to watch the game.
"Yukimura-kun, let's go together."
Marui Bunta is happy that he is in a group with Yukimura Seiichi.
He simply ignored the tearful gaze of the young tame jackal Kuwabara and excitedly followed Yukimura Seiichi to the Group C venue.
"Yukimura-kun, do you want some gum?"
"But I have to compete. After the competition, Marui-kun please invite me again."
…
Ye Wu has two games today.
In the first game, Ye Wu competed against another second-year member, Senior Muhara.
It was obvious that this second-year senior named Muyuan was an unknown character before and had a relatively shy personality.
Perhaps because too many people outside the court were paying attention this time, the opponent made two consecutive service errors.
After twenty minutes, the game ended with Ye Wu winning.
Muhara was a little shocked and kept his head lowered during the post-game ceremony.
"The forehand is good and stable. It will become your weapon with more practice. The serve needs to be improved."
Ye Wu suddenly suggested to him.
The other party was not angry because he was being mentored by a junior. Instead, he shyly thanked him.
The venue was given to other team members to compete, and Ye Wu's second game was half an hour later.
Instead of hanging out and watching games at other venues, Ye Wu sat on the bench and closed his eyes to maintain his condition.
The tennis court gradually appeared in my mind, and I made plans and tactics in my mind.
Feeling a strange aura, Ye Wu suddenly opened his eyes.
A tall boy with reddish-brown curly hair stopped in front of him, "Two heroes from Kansai?"
Please feel ashamed, "Senior, my name is Nozaki Wu."
"Sorry, sorry, I just forgot my name."
Mao Li turned the racket awkwardly, and the voice of the boy who was in the voice-changing stage was a little deep.
"It doesn't matter what you call it, little brother, let's start the game quickly."
After the pre-match ceremony,
The senior who acted as the referee asked, "Heads or tails?"
"Tails." Ye Wu has always been very careful about luck and has never failed.
The referee tosses the coin upwards.
"One set match (one set match), Nozaki Gou serves."
I learned from my new friend Ryu Renji that I met last week that the opponent is an all-court player.
At the end of the first semester of the first grade, Jusaburo Mori transferred from Osaka to Kanagawa due to his father's transfer.
Maybe it’s because I transferred to another school midway and I’m not very familiar with my classmates.
His personality is somewhat withdrawn, and the only people who are slightly familiar with the tennis club are the chief and deputy directors.
He once defeated the current Minister Mizuo and was supposed to be a strong candidate for the position of minister, but was rejected by the other party.
I often skip training, thinking that training is something like [if you are in the mood to train, you will naturally want to train].
Ye Wu guessed that Jusaburo Mouri's character is relatively lazy and freewheeling, and his tennis style should be defensive throughout the court.
Serve from the right baseline.
Ye Wu threw the ball up and hit a hard topspin serve to the left half of the opposite side.
The Maori racket face is slightly tilted forward, and the backhand is pushed to block the return, and the ball is quickly adjusted to the baseline position after hitting the ball.
Ye Wu hit the diagonal ball and pulled against the opponent, testing the depth of the opponent's level.
"Love-fifth, 15:0, Gou Nozaki scored."
A few regular diagonal balls were tested, and the opponent turned out to be more defensive.
Ye Wu's offensive gradually became more aggressive.
Against full-court defensive players, attacking with all your strength and controlling the tempo of the game is an excellent strategy.
…
As soon as Yukimura Seiichi finished the game, he took Bunta Marui, who had been waiting for him after the game, to the Group A venue.
The place was crowded with people.
"Yukimura-kun, aren't you going to watch the match between Sanada-kun and Yanagi-kun in Area B?"
Marui asked in confusion when he saw Yukimura skipping Group B and blowing bubble gum.
"Well, I'd rather see Nozaki-kun's strength."
Yukimura's smile faded slightly, and the coat he was wearing lifted up slightly as he walked.
Most of the members who didn't have a game or had just finished the game went to group A.
Everyone is paying close attention to this game.
When people around saw that they were relatives and friends of player Gou Nozaki, they all thoughtfully made room for Seiichi Yukimura and Bunta Marui.
"The score on the court is 5:2, Nozaki-kun is temporarily in the lead."
Jackal Kuwahara, who had been in Group A, came over and explained the current situation to the two.
Yukimura Seiichi nodded without saying anything, folding his arms habitually and looking towards the field.
"boom!"
Facing a high-throw serve from his opponent, Ye Wu moved the ball in the direction of the ball's turn in advance, and passed the ball with his backhand at a wide angle.
Maoli had no time to make amends, and Ye Wu scored the point.
"Love-fifth, 15:0, Gou Nozaki scored."
Uncomfortable.
Jusaburo Mori only found it difficult.
This junior is very aggressive and hits the ball at very tricky angles. It has been particularly uncomfortable to hit the ball back in these rounds.
"Crack!" Maoli removed the shoulder joint on the spot.
hiss! The onlookers gasped, it was too cruel.
Ye Wu, who was on the other side of the net, was also stunned.
"Senior Maoli, are you okay?" Ye Wu stepped forward and asked, "The arm can still..."
"It's okay." Maori waved the racket nonchalantly, "It's just that my shoulder feels uncomfortable."
After saying that, there was another "click" and the shoulder was put back.
I didn’t understand but I was shocked! Ye Wu could only return to the court.
After the painful dislocation just now, Maori stabilized his emotions, adjusted his breathing, and began to use topspin balls frequently.
The flight trajectory of the forehand topspin ball is like a rainbow, and when it flies to the other side of the court, it falls rapidly.
[Using the physical advantage, frequent major returns will force Nozaki to make mistakes. ]
Yukimura guessed Maori's tactics and watched Ye Wu's movements closely, "What will you do, Nozaki-kun." ]
When the ball hits the ground, it rebounds with great momentum.
Ye Wu adjusted his body and switched to using both hands to shoot. He shot a high moon ball as a buffer. He immediately adjusted his tactics.
The other party should be very good at stalemate and confrontation.
But with his current body shape, it is easy for his strength to weaken and fall into passivity after 7 goals.
Moreover, the opponent's strength and stamina data are also higher than his own as he becomes more courageous with every setback.
Let’s fight quickly!
Ye Wu hit the ball hard, disrupting the opponent's rhythm and coming to the net.
Aim for the blind spot.
"The game ends, 6:2, Nozaki Wu wins."
When shaking hands after the game, Mori Juzaburo was absent-minded and said, "Oh, I lost the game and I am not in the mood to train tomorrow..."
Minister Mizuo Naoto, who originally wanted to step forward to comfort the other party, paused.
"My compassion should be fed to the dogs."
"He could obviously skip training, but he still thoughtfully found a reason."
Deputy Minister Ito patted Mizuo's shoulder and comforted him thickly.
"It seems you're late." Liu Lian'er's gentle and soothing voice sounded from behind.
"Sanada-kun, Yanagi-kun, your game is over." Marui invited happily,
"It's over here, Nozaki-kun. Do you want to go eat ramen together?"
"Sorry next time, I have to go to the library to return books later." Liu Rener declined politely.
Several people finally agreed to go together next time.
"Do you want to go together when we get home?" Yukimura asked, looking at Ye Wu who had packed his things and walked over.
Because the direction home is the same as Yukimura's, Ye Wu has been going back with Yukimura and Sanada recently.
"Sorry I wanted to go to the sporting goods store, I'm running out of hand gel."
"So I'm almost running out of string. Do you want Sanada to come with me?"
Sanada nodded in agreement.
When the three of them selected the products they needed in the sports store and were about to check out, Ye Wu accidentally saw a pair of aqua blue wristbands and inexplicably felt that they fit Yukimura very well.
Somehow, I reached out and picked up two pairs and put them in the shopping basket.
When checking out, Sanada wondered, "Should I get an extra pair?"
"Ah no, I prefer collecting wristbands."
When they reached the fork in the road, Genichiro Sanada said goodbye to the two of them.
"Goodbye."
Yukimura and Ye Wu still have some distance to go, "See you tomorrow."
