NOVEL WEB Chapter 65 The victorious Kanto team
After the doubles match, the next step is the singles match. Since he has lost two games in a row, Baker attaches great importance to the next three singles matches.
In the third singles match, the Kanto representative team sent out Yushi Ninzu, a third-year student from Hyotei Academy.
The US West Coast team is represented by Bob Marx, known as the ‘Beast’.
As the two walked out of the player tunnel, cheers on the field also rang out.
Renzu, who was the first to appear, looked like a 'gentle scum', which caused the screams of the girls on the field, and then Bob Marx, who appeared later, also attracted the attention of many people with his strong body and muscles.
During the pre-game etiquette, Atobe relied on his excellent eyesight to see that after Bob said something to Ninzu, Ninzu's face looked quite distorted at that moment.
When the referee announced the serve, I don't know if it was because Bob aroused the anger of Ninzu. Yushi Ninzu also changed his usual style and directly hit the "invisible serve". This serve caused the yellow ball to pass from Bob. His hand quickly rushed to the outside and there was no time to intercept it.
"15-0, endure enough to score"
As the referee finished speaking, Renzu successfully scored a small point.
Then came the use of 'S?S?A?S (side spin on the tennis ball)', 'F & D (fake short ball)' and 'F?A?S (flat net volley ball)' , Renzu successfully kept his serve.
When Bob saw the score he was lagging behind, he remembered what happened at noon, and his anger grew for a moment.
The angry Bob Marx should not be underestimated in terms of strength and endurance. He relied on his physical fitness far beyond ordinary people to keep up with the rhythm of Renzu, and was defeated by a score of 5 to 7 until the end.
Although Ninzu won, the forceful effort to catch Bob's power ball during the game also caused some damage to his arm, so as soon as the referee announced the result of the game, he was forced to go to the hospital by Atobe.
So far, the Kanto Youth Team has won the Japan-US Open.
After seeing Bob lose the game, Baker Richard's face turned ugly as expected, and almost half of the sponsors he had found left because the U.S. West Coast representative team lost three games in a row.
If it weren't for the fact that although the U.S. West Coast representative team lost in these games, the results were good, I guess the remaining people wouldn't want to stay and watch.
Baker Richard, who had some idea in his mind, no longer focused on the 'script', but solemnly asked the next contestant to win. Of course, at the same time, it is best to ensure the excitement of the game. After all, for some sponsors, the excitement of the game may be what they care about most.
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In singles two, the U.S. West Coast representative team is represented by a tennis machine that is said to have never failed in an official match - Arnold Ignisio.
The Kanto Youth Team sent Seigaku’s genius—Fuji Shusuke.
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"Ha~ Tennis machine?" Amangong Lan felt a little surprised when he heard the nickname of Arnold called out by the host.
In Amangong Lan's view, as a qualified tennis machine, one must have a strong foundation and ball control ability, and be able to make every return shot extremely accurately, regardless of what tricks the opponent uses. Make it easy to fight back.
And as a machine, his tennis also needs to have nothing superfluous except serving, hitting, and returning the ball, and then using tennis that seems rigid and inflexible to make the opponent helpless. After all, the machine just doesn’t understand. Flexible? Only if he can do this can he be called a tennis machine.
Thinking about this, he didn't think Arnold could do it. If he could do it, then with Baker's businessman characteristics and his strength, he should have started playing professionally early. How could it happen? What about this somewhat childish Japan-US Open?
Looking at Baker who was full of expectations for Arnold, Amangong Lan couldn't help but shake his head and sighed. It seemed that Baker Richard was going to be disappointed again! It’s so miserable~ (＾v＾)
After participating in the game, Amamiya Arashi stayed in the audience with everyone else except Ryuu and Nioh, and his changing expressions successfully attracted the attention of his teammates.
After hearing Kirihara's curious inquiry, Amamiya Arashi was too embarrassed to let others know that he was gloating. Seeing that the game was about to start, he tried to find a way to get them to turn their attention to the stadium.
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Of the two people standing on the field, Arnold was expressionless, while Fuji had a serious look.
Echizen in the audience felt very strange looking at Fuji like this, so he asked in confusion: "Isn't it really strange that Fuji-senpai would show that expression at the beginning of the game?"
Kikumaru: "Well~ I just saw the coach of the American team talking to Fuji about something, and then he kept looking like this, and he looks very nervous now!"
"?!" Echizen Ryoma looked at Kikumaru in surprise, "So what did they talk about?"
"I don't know." Kikumaru crossed his arms, his tone slightly helpless, "I just passed by and they separated. And the game was about to start at that time, so I couldn't ask Fuji..."
"Hey~" Kikumaru's tone suddenly became excited, "Little one, look over there."
Echizen looked in the direction of Kikumaru's finger and saw the American team at the entrance of the players' tunnel. The blond boy Kevin standing among them was particularly conspicuous.
On the other side, Oishi Kazumi was discussing Fuji's opponent, Arnold.
"This game should be exciting." Qian opened the small notebook he carried with him.
"Huh?" Dashi turned his head and asked doubtfully: "Why do you say that?"
"I heard that Arnold has never lost in an official match so far, and he also has the nickname of Tennis Machine."
"Haven't you ever lost a game? It seems that Rikkai University's minister has never lost a formal game!"
"Tennis machine? So he plays the ball very accurately?" Momojo, who heard Arnold's nickname, also turned to look at Qian with interest.
"That's right, but there is a saying that he is originally a machine..."
"He's not a robot, is he?"
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In the second singles match, Arnold of the US West Coast team served first.
"boom--"
"15-0"
Arnold found the right batting position and scored directly. On the other hand, Fuji on the other side was shocked by the powerful power contained in this ball.
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"The movements are indeed standard enough, and that ball..." Amamiya Lan rubbed his chin, looking a little nervous~
In addition to Amamiya Arashi, in the audience, the sharp-eyed Atobe and the mentally strong Yukimura also noticed the change in Arnold's eyes when serving, and became curious about the game.
"boom……"
"30-0"
For the second ball, when Anold served, Fuji judged it to be the right side, but he didn't expect that the ball hit the left line. Arnold scored again.
For the third ball, Fuji found the right direction, but was still a little short of catching the ball. On the fourth ball, Fuji received the ball and hit back, but maybe due to the angle, the ball touched the net, Anold scored, and the score came to 1-0, and the American team temporarily took the lead.
Next, Fuji found an opportunity to use the 'Brown Bear's Trap' to score a small point. Unfortunately, this trick was blocked by Arnold after being used once.
However, in addition to 'Brown Bear', Fuji had other moves. After that, he used 'Flying Swallow Return' to bring the score to one to one. This move was also seen through and blocked by Arnold.
After that, Fuji seized the opportunity to score with the 'White Whale'. After winning the first ball, Fuji's triple counterattack was completely blocked by his opponent simply using basic tennis balls of different heights and angles.
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"Did you use basic tennis balls of different heights and angles to block Fuji's triple counterattack?" Amamiya Lan glanced at Arnold on the court, "It seems that basic tennis is an introduction, but that's it. Compared with the real The tennis machine is far behind!"
"Huh?" Hearing Amamiya Arashi's low voice, Yukimura turned his head and looked at Amamiya Arashi, "A real tennis machine?"
"Anyway, this Arnold definitely doesn't count, and with what he has done now, you should be able to do it, Jingshi." Although it is a question, the tone is quite affirmative.
"This is quite simple. As long as you have a good foundation, you can do it." Yukimura still had a gentle smile on his face, "Don't change the topic, what you said before..."
"Generally speaking, players called tennis machines are those who play basic tennis, and isn't Germany the best at cultivating basic tennis players~"
"I heard that they trained QP, a basic tennis player who is said to be the best in the profession..."
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Suddenly, the sky was covered with dark clouds and it began to rain continuously. The organizer quickly started the machine to close the separated roofs.
As the roof headlights are turned on, light is also transmitted into the venue.
In the next game, Fuji, whose triple counterattack was broken, no longer used these moves.
The two of them gradually moved towards the net in the center of the field as the tennis ball came back and forth. At a certain moment, Arnold's ball without spin hit the net and turned into a scratch ball with a hint of spin. Fuji seized the opportunity to hold the racket vertically, adding more options to the tennis ball, and thus took another shot. A ball was dropped.
Arnold, who didn't understand the reason, hit another tennis ball according to Fuji's plan, but this time when Fuji was about to swing the racket, he saw clearly why there was extra spin on the tennis ball. Although Fuji still won the ball, after Fuji's plan was seen through, the next move was useless against Arnold.
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"Although Arnold's ball itself does not have spin, it will have a slight spin after touching the net, and then the contact between the racket string and the tennis ball will increase the spin, thereby invalidating the opponent's blockade..." No. Erzhousuke is indeed very smart, and this seems to be the method he used to deal with Ashu in the Hexagon. Then Amangong Lan put his hand on Marui again, "Bunta, look at the genius of Qingxue, shouldn't you work harder? When you go back, Seiichi and I will help you with special training?..."
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In the next game, Fuji and Annold each had their own victory or defeat, and the scores of both sides continued to rise. Although Fuji's method of resolving Arnold's suppression of "Flying Swallow Returns to the Nest" was seen through, he was still able to think of other ways to resolve Arnold's suppression one by one.
In the end, Fuji won the game 6-4.
-----lounge------
"Kevin, although the game has been lost, but... you must win next!" Baker Richard no longer wants to reprimand the people who lost the game. He can only put his last hope on Kevin Smith. .
The other members of the U.S. West Coast Youth Team also looked solemn. This was the first time they had suffered such a tragic defeat. They had lost four games in a row after five games! This is the first time their teams have met since their establishment.
At this moment, they all unanimously put their last hope on Kevin. After all, in their opinion, Kevin was the only person who could save some face for them.
"..." The blond boy adjusted the strings on the racket with his hands, opened his mouth and pulled down the sunglasses on his head, and then whispered: "I will try my best."
When I heard the referee announce that the singles match was about to begin, I walked out of the lounge and came to the field.
At this time, Nioh Masaharu, a contestant sent by the Kanto representative team, also happened to come to the venue.
Although the opponent he faced was not the Echizen Ryoma he wanted to defeat, at this moment Kevin no longer wanted to investigate the reason. All he could do now was to find a way to win the game.
The game started with Kevin from the US team serving.
When they lost four games in a row, Kevin put away his contempt for the members of the Kanto representative team. He also planned to use his full strength to serve this time.
"boom--"
"15-0, Kanto representative team Nioh scores"
Unfortunately, even though Kevin tried his best, his serve was still broken by Nioh. After all, Nioh, who has mastered the forced synchronization and perfected the phantom, has already stepped into the national level with one foot. As long as he waits for the rest to stabilize for a while after returning to Rikkai University after the game is over, he will be Rikkai Daixin's national level. Level master.
In fact, Nioh was still very curious at first about how strong the foreign boy who had conquered many schools in Tokyo could be despite being defeated by Hoshino. However, after fighting all the way, Nioh was a little disappointed with Kevin's strength.
In order to prevent himself from feeling too bored during the competition, Nioh had the idea of playing a prank in his mind.
He once 'accidentally' saw Yanagi's notes recording information, and the page he saw happened to be about Echizen Ryoma, so Nioh, who had the relevant information, directly phantomed himself into Echizen Ryoma.
Then, an off-spin serve appeared in front of Kevin. Kevin looked up at the person in front of him in surprise, and he was still a little confused: He was clearly a white-haired guy before, so how did he become Echizen Ryoma now? !
However, although his mind was still a little confused, Kevin's strength was stimulated by the sight of 'Echizen Ryoma', and it was much stronger than before when Nioh didn't perform the phantom.
Although Kevin's strength improved after being stimulated, and he used all his strength to defeat this fake 'dark green haired boy', the score was still getting further and further apart.
"You're still far away!" On the last ball, Niou still maintained his 'Echizen Ryoma' look and completely crushed Kevin to the ground.
"6-0, Kanto representative team Nioh Masaharu wins." As the referee announced the result of the game, Nioh slowly lifted the phantom and returned to his own form.
Kevin rubbed his eyes and looked at the "dark green-haired boy wearing a hat" who instantly turned into a white-haired boy with pigtails. His expression was a little dazed: Was it just a hallucination? Aren't I competing with Echizen?
"Hey, hey, hey~" Niou stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Kevin's eyes, "Are you okay?" He always felt that this kid was stupid.
"Now we have to shake hands~" Nioh reminded the other party kindly.
"Humph~" Kevin Smith frowned and said coldly: "Of course I know."
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After the Open ended, the American team, which lost 0-5, was too embarrassed to stay in Kanto. Baker left in a hurry with the members early the next morning.
But before leaving, Kevin specifically asked Echizen to arrange a match, and Echizen Ryoma also agreed to compete with him if there was a chance.