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Chapter 119 The Best Life
In the semi-finals, Lu Sheng met Aguna, who is currently ranked No. [-] in the world.Aguna and Lu Sheng are fellow teachers, they are not familiar with each other, but they have a natural kindness.

When it came to the arena, Aguna was not merciful at all, and eliminated Lu Sheng in two straight sets.

"It's okay, it's okay," Lu Sheng comforted himself, "I didn't get a duck egg."

Nan Feng smiled and patted her head, "You will defeat her one day."

Muller said slowly: "When she turns 40 and you're still young, then you'll be able to beat her."

Lu Sheng felt that this coach was really good at destroying the atmosphere.

This is the end of Lu Sheng's first trip to the French Open, and the results of the quarter-finals are enough to cause shocks in the domestic tennis circle.The Chinese people's Grand Slam campaign has not been smooth, and Qiao Wanwan's best result in the Grand Slam is only the semi-finals.

What's more, it's Lu Sheng's first time playing French Open.

Throughout the clay court season, the domestic media witnessed Lu Sheng's excellent running ability and super fast reaction nerves. Gradually, the media and fans gave her a nickname: Little Antelope.

Entering the top eight grand slams, Lu Sheng's points are much higher than any championship points she has ever obtained.With this score, her ranking jumped to No. 39.

Thinking back half a year ago, she was still in awe of the top [-] contestants, but now, she herself is already on the list.For more than half a year, she has been witnessing miracles every day.

Practice, race, race, practice.Every day is hard, but every day is also very happy.

Coach Nan said, "Work hard for a certain goal and live a pure and simple life. There is no better life than this."

Lu Sheng felt that he had the best life.

After the French Open semi-finals, Lu Sheng did not return to China, because the grass court season followed.

The location of the grass season is also in Europe, most of which are in the UK, and the time is concentrated in June each year.As the oldest course, the grass court is gradually dying out, and there are only a few events every year, the most famous being Wimbledon, one of the four Grand Slams.

It is also understandable that the grassland has become a non-mainstream.After all, planting grass is not as convenient as laying soil. As for hard courts, the cost is lower and the production is faster.Therefore, hard courts gradually occupy the mainstream position in modern tennis games.

There are fewer and fewer players who are used to and are good at playing on grass.

If the clay court is a slow court, then the grass court is undoubtedly a fast court.The friction coefficient of tennis balls on grass courts is small, the rebound speed is fast, and the rebound height is only three-quarters of that on hard courts, and tennis is easy to slip on grass after landing. In addition, grass is difficult to be as regular as hard courts. It puts high demands on the players' adaptability.

Half of Lu Sheng's game is adapted to the grass court, while the other half is not.

The half of adapting is naturally her running speed and adaptability. The reason for not adapting is because the grass has always been fast-paced and fast-paced, so this is a paradise for heavy artillery players.Lu Sheng's ball speed is not outstanding in the WTA. On the grass court, the attack power is not enough.

She thought that Nanfeng and Muller would let her use her strengths to avoid weaknesses, give full play to her reaction ability, defend tightly, and attack, she can only look for opportunities.But the two coaches unanimously rejected this approach.

Nanfeng said: "The grass court is a non-mainstream course. You can play the same game with it or without it. You don't have to work too hard."

Muller said: "Relax, I don't think you can achieve anything at Wimbledon in your life, just play whatever you want."

Lu Sheng: ...

It was Luo Shuibin who helped her answer her doubts: "You have played a whole season of clay court, and you have spent a lot of energy. If you play with all your strength in the grass court match, you may become a spinning top. We are worried that it will hurt you. Physical energy takes its toll."

Lu Sheng quickly said, "I don't think there's anything wrong."

"It's too late when you feel something is wrong. Athletes are the most prone to injuries because the body wears too much, which is the same as the wear and tear of the machine. The same machine is used 24 hours a day, and it is better than twelve hours a day. The hourly depreciation is much faster."

"But others are also fighting with all their strength, why are they okay?"

"First, they have good physical fitness. Second, they don't run as crazy as you! To be honest, I doubt that there is a Nezha living in your body. It's like running on hot wheels. I use normal people's You may be better than normal people, but we don’t want to take risks. Grass courts are like that, the schedule is short and there are few games, and we agree that it is difficult for you to achieve good results in grass courts, so you Don't use your traditional style of play. The gain outweighs the loss."

Don't use the traditional style of play, so what kind of style of play should you use?

Muller wants her to work on serving and chipping on grass.Although she can't become a heavy artillery, at least it is a wonderful thing to experience the speed of the ball.The effect of chipping the ball on the grass court can be magnified. Lu Sheng's chipping ball is good. You can practice more, and it is best to practice the ultimate move.

In this way, after a month of grass court competition, Lu Sheng felt that compared with the clay court competition, she was simply resting.The effect is obvious - the ranking drops so fast! /(ㄒoㄒ)/~~
At Wimbledon, Lu Sheng lasted only one round, was eliminated in the second round, and packed up and went home.After returning home, hurry up and train, because the US Open is coming soon, and there are a series of warm-up matches in the US before the US Open.

Soon after returning to China, Lu Sheng received a mixed doubles wild card from the US Open.

To be honest, the mixed doubles pair of Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao is a bit weird.Neither of them played doubles with anyone else, so they didn't have any doubles points.The mixed doubles registration for the Grand Slam is ranked according to the sum of their doubles points in the WTA and ATP. The mixed doubles points of the two of them add up to zero, so...

Unless they get a wild card, the two of them are not qualified to play the Grand Slam mixed doubles at all.

Wild cards are rare. Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao got two wild cards this year because they won the Asian Games championship last year.As for whether he can get another wild card next year, it depends on his performance this year.

This year's performance... Well, at least their first round at the Australian Open was not good.

So Xu Zhiyao was under a lot of pressure.Song Tianran comforted him: "It's okay, there will be the Olympics next year."

Xu Zhiyao wanted to cry but had no tears: "The Olympics are harder than the Grand Slam, okay?"

(End of this chapter)