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Chapter 108 The world is unpredictable
本次亚运会将于9月28日到10月13日在日本京都市举行。网球项目从10月1号开始，持续十天，到10月10号结束。前三天主要是团体赛，第四天开始才有网球其他项目的比赛。

On October 10, the gold medals for the men's team and women's team were officially determined. The women's team won the silver medal, and the men's team missed the final again and only won a bronze medal.Although it is a pity that there is no gold medal in the account, this is also the overall level of Chinese tennis.The development of tennis in Asia presents a situation where a hundred flowers are blooming, and it is not like some other sports that are monopolized by China.

After the team competition, the highlights came one after another.

Among all tennis events, China has two most promising gold medals: Ningxia and Ai Xiaomei in women's doubles, and Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao in mixed doubles.Women's singles was originally a more competitive event, but Qiao Wanwan's sudden withdrawal disrupted everything.

Now China's two players participating in the women's singles event are Lu Sheng and Luo Lingzhi.Relatively speaking, Luo Lingzhi had greater hopes than Lu Sheng.If you can play well, the gold medal is not impossible to look forward to.

Luo Lingzhi's ranking is almost the same as Lu Sheng's, but domestic public opinion generally believes that Luo Lingzhi's skills and tactics are currently higher than Lu Sheng's.Lu Sheng was able to reach his current ranking thanks to his runner-up in the Guangzhou Open. In that match, Luo Lingzhi was unlucky to be in the same half as the world famous player Manika, and was eliminated in the semi-finals.So even though it turns out that Lu Sheng made it to the final and Luo Lingzhi didn't, it doesn't prove that Lu Sheng is better than Luo Lingzhi.If Lu Sheng was in Luo Lingzhi's position, it would be absolutely impossible for him to defeat Manika.

After playing the women's team on October 10th, Lu Sheng played the first round of the mixed doubles again.She and Xu Zhiyao cooperated tacitly and easily eliminated the two young Filipino players.After beating, Xu Zhiyao asked Lu Sheng if he was tired, and Lu Sheng shook his head, "Not tired."

"Oh," Xu Zhiyao sighed, "Junior Sister, you are so miserable. From today onwards, you will play two games almost every day."

Xu Zhiyao was right.All events are carried out side by side. Except for Lu Sheng who only has one women's singles match on October 10th, there are two matches on almost every match day until the women's singles final. Women's singles in the morning and mixed doubles in the afternoon. Of course, this premise is that she can Up to the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the women's singles.If she is eliminated early, she can play mixed doubles with peace of mind.

Playing two games a day, to be honest, a little tired.

If this matter were placed in the National Games a year ago, Lu Sheng would naturally focus on the mixed doubles. He would have completed the task by keeping a gold medal first. As for the women's singles champion, whoever he loves.But it's different now.The Asian Games are different from the National Games, and beating foreigners is different from beating compatriots.Lu Sheng didn't want to give up her efforts in such an arena, she didn't want to lose to foreigners, she was not reconciled.

More importantly, now that she is full-fledged, she believes that she has the strength to play both games well.

After she told Nan Feng about her thoughts, Nan Feng didn't answer, but just squinted at her.

His eyes are a little out of order.

Lu Sheng asked strangely, "Is there a problem?"

"No," Nan Feng smiled with his head down, the corners of his lips curled slightly, then he raised his head to stare at her, and said with sparkling eyes, "Do you know how charming your confident look is?"

Lu Sheng: ~(@^_^@)~
On October 10th, Lu Sheng met her former opponent again in the women's singles quarter-finals in the morning, and that was the Indian girl who had played against in this year's US Open Challenge.Not seeing each other for two months, the Indian girl obviously feels that Lu Sheng is more positive and confident than when they met at the US Open. In contrast, the Indian girl has not changed much.Lu Sheng was able to kill her then, and he is even more capable now.

Advance to the semi-finals in the morning and play in the semi-finals of the mixed doubles in the afternoon.In order to help Lu Sheng save energy, Xu Zhiyao will not rely too much on Lu Sheng's running ability strategically when they play mixed doubles these days. Tired to death by the end of the game.However, he had some unexpected gains: Based on Xu Zhiyao's performance these days, the remote controllers are finally willing to admit that their elder sister Yao is a man...

Xu Zhiyao was moved by himself, and secretly posted a Weibo: So you won't call me Sister Yao anymore, right?
Netizen A: Sister, you can play the game with peace of mind!What Internet!

Netizen B: Coach, someone here is secretly playing with the mobile phone, report it!

Netizen C: No selfie on Weibo, bad review.

Netizen D: My sister Yao is always as beautiful as a flower, and my sister Yao can play with her mobile phone whenever she wants.

Netizen E: I don’t think the term “remote control” has any special features, shall we change the name?

Netizen F: For what?
Netizen G: How about Yaotou Pill?
Netizen H: Not bad...

Confused, Xu Zhiyao turned off the phone, gave it to Li Weiguo, and told Li Weiguo not to let him see the phone again before the mixed doubles final.

In the mixed doubles match in the afternoon, they eliminated their Thai opponents in three sets and successfully advanced to the final.In the final they will face South Korea's Son Soo Young and Kim Young Joon.This pair is very similar to Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao, and they also specialize in mixed doubles.Judging from the tacit understanding of the two people's cooperation, they should have done a lot of training and preparations before the game like Lu Sheng and the others.Neither of them reported for other singles or doubles in this tennis match, obviously they came for the mixed doubles gold medal.

This is interesting...

In the Grand Slam competition, mixed doubles is always a game that parents don't love and mothers don't love. I didn't expect such fierce competition to form in the Asian Games.

On this day, both men's doubles and women's doubles had semi-finals, and Ningxia Ai Xiaomei's team advanced smoothly. What is more surprising is that China's men's doubles also advanced to the final when everyone, including myself, was not optimistic.

How did you fight?Lu Sheng was very curious, thinking that he would look through the game video after the game was over.

October 10th is the penultimate day of the tennis tournament. There are many events on this day, and it is simply a big melee.All doubles gold medals will be decided in the afternoon of this day, and there will be a singles semi-final in the morning.Since many players signed up for singles and doubles at the same time, several players played in the afternoon after the morning, and it is possible that the opponents they encountered in the morning would face again in the afternoon.

Lu Sheng was a little hesitant before the match, wondering if he should give up in the women's singles semi-final.Now that the game is at a critical moment, she can no longer play willfully. The mixed doubles opponent should not be underestimated. She must be foolproof.

Lu Sheng asked Nan Feng what to do, Nan Feng replied: "Have you ever thought that maybe your opponent will give up before you?"

"what?"

"Your opponent will also participate in the women's doubles final in the afternoon. Tell me, does she have the same concerns as you?"

Lu Sheng thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I don't think it's possible. Zhao Xinyi's women's singles is pretty good. She probably wants to give it a go, right?"

Zhao Xinyi is a player of the Taipei team. She is ranked 118 in the women's singles world, even higher than Lu Sheng.However, Zhao Xinyi has focused on doubles these years, and won the US Open women's doubles championship the year before last.This time in the Asian Games, Zhao Xinyi has great expectations for the women's doubles championship, but Lu Sheng does not believe that she will miss the opportunity to fight for the women's singles.After all, after playing the semi-finals, he is only one step away from the gold medal.There is also a gap between gold medals and gold medals. In tennis, singles gold medals always have a higher gold content than doubles gold medals.

"Lu Sheng, if you know yourself and your enemy, you can win every battle." Nan Feng said.

Lu Sheng was a little confused, "I think I already know my opponent very well."

"Really." Nanfeng called up a page on his mobile phone to show her.

It was news about a player at the beginning of the year, and it has been ten months since now. It is hard for him to dig out such outdated news.

The protagonist of the news is not Zhao Xinyi, but Yang Caihui.According to the news, Yang Caihui will reach her thirties this year, and she revealed that she intends to retire after the Asian Games.

"Yang Caihui? Isn't she Zhao Xinyi's partner?"

"Yes," Nan Feng nodded, "She is Zhao Xinyi's senior sister, and the two of them have a very good relationship. The senior sister will probably retire after finishing the Asian Games. If you were her junior sister, what would you do?"

Lu Sheng almost didn't have to think about this question before answering: "I will help her win the championship and make her retreat more fully."

"Yang Caihui has participated in the Asian Games three times before, and has never won a gold medal. So this time—"

"This time, Zhao Xinyi will choose to keep the women's doubles no matter what, so she can sacrifice the women's singles without hesitation." Lu Sheng took the words.

Nanfeng smiled slightly.

At 10 o'clock in the morning on October 9th, the four singles semi-finals (two women's singles and two men's singles) started at the same time.Lu Sheng kept Nanfeng's advice in mind: even if you want to give up the women's singles selectively, you must not let your opponents notice your intention to quit.Because, it is very likely that the opponent will not be able to hold on first.

So Lu Sheng played with full fighting spirit from the beginning, and after only one set, Zhao Xinyi chose not to persist. In the second set, she played normally and gave Lu Sheng the ticket to the final.

She really is determined to win the women's doubles.

Thinking this way, Lu Sheng was thankful that Nanfeng was able to make a sound analysis, but at the same time, he was a little worried about the game in Ningxia in the afternoon.

In the four semi-finals, Lu Sheng's side ended the earliest.She was a little bored, so she went to the stadium next door to watch Luo Lingzhi's game.

Luo Lingzhi also made it to the semi-finals. She is in very good form. Lu Sheng thinks that Luo Lingzhi is likely to enter the finals.Then she and Luo Lingzhi will meet in the final?
No matter how you play, the Chinese team is the champion?
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha……

The world is unpredictable.When Qiao Wanwan retired, everyone in the national team felt that it was difficult to preserve the women's singles event. Who would have thought that this would be the result, hee hee hee hee... Lu Sheng's mood suddenly became very bright.

"You're too optimistic. Luo Lingzhi's opponent is Hoshino Yumi." Nan Feng pulled her out of YY's paradise with one word.

Lu Sheng was serious.

Yumi Hoshino, a Japanese player, became a professional player at the age of 16. He is 36 years old this year and ranks 78th in the world.There are very few people at this age who are still active in the tennis world, let alone her ranking is not bad.

At his peak, he was ranked No. 8 in the world and had reached the Grand Slam finals.Hoshino Yumi was very active when Lu Sheng first learned tennis.Later, as he grew older, his strength declined, and his ranking fell out of the top [-].The former Japanese national player is now a third-rate player in the WTA.

Considering that she is already 36 years old, Lu Sheng still thinks that Luo Lingzhi has a better chance of winning. She said to Nanfeng, "I have also played more than 70 players! I think Luo Lingzhi should be able to win. She just has no chance to play in the big game , otherwise the ranking would definitely be higher. As you said yourself, the ranking is only based on points, not strength."

"Hoshino Yumi spent about as long as Luo Lingzhi's age in professional tennis." Nan Feng poured another ladle of cold water down.

The two talked while walking, and went to the stadium to check the score.The first set is over, Luo Lingzhi narrowly won 7-5 and is now playing the second set.

The situation in the second set was very stalemate, one game was biting the other, the two sides refused to give in to each other, not long after Lu Sheng sat down, Hoshino Youmi broke Luo Lingzhi's serve.

Lu Sheng's face became serious.

I have to admit that Yoshino Hoshino can maintain such a state at this age is really rare.Compared with Luo Lingzhi, her physical strength, strength, and running speed are not superior, but she can walk freely under Luo Lingzhi's strong offensive, as if she has opened an airtight net to block all the opponent's attacks. off-net.Lu Sheng could almost feel Luo Lingzhi's helplessness.

Is this the gap caused by experience?

The game lasted for two hours, and the third set was a tie-break, and Yumi Hoshino came back to win in the end.

It was so aggrieved that Luo Lingzhi was so angry that he broke his racket.

Lu Sheng was very sad.She ran to find Luo Lingzhi, but she didn't know how to comfort her.Luo Lingzhi's mood was so bad that when she saw Lu Sheng, she cried.

Lu Sheng: "No, don't cry..." This was the first time Lu Sheng saw Luo Lingzhi cry. In Lu Sheng's impression, she has always been a very strong person.Probably, Luo Lingzhi placed too much expectation on this competition...

Luo Lingzhi wiped away his tears and said, "Lu Sheng, you must beat her!"

Lu Sheng thought to himself, if you can't even win, don't count on me...QAQ
(End of this chapter)