south wind into my arms

Chapter 24 Women's Singles Final
On the eighth day of the city games tennis competition, the champions of all women's singles events will be determined.

The day before the final, Nanfeng reduced the amount of training and asked Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao to watch the game video together at night.

The game video is about Lu Sheng's opponent tomorrow.

The opponent's name is Wang Ruixue, 17 years old, and a student of the elite online school.Coincidentally, her coach is Coach Li.

Yes, it was Coach Li who once coached at Shuqing Sports School and was later poached by the Elite Tennis School.

Wang Ruixue's promotion match was smoother than Lu Sheng's, sweeping his opponent 2-0 in every game, which shows his strength.Lu Sheng carefully watched the video clips of Wang Ruixue's match, and found that there were many changes in this opponent's style of play.This "change" is not the "change" of Xu Zhiyao, but that Wang Ruixue can respond differently to players of different styles on the court, and her adjustment ability is very good.

Nanfeng pressed the pause button, and the screen was frozen on Wang Ruixue clenching her fists and shouting after winning the semi-finals.The picture quality of the video recorder was sloppy, and Lu Sheng could still feel the unstoppable rush through the rough-edged picture.

Nan Feng asked Lu Sheng, "How do you feel?"

Lu Sheng's clear eyes stayed on the blurred picture, "It's more powerful than I expected."

Xu Zhiyao's expression also became serious, he shook his head and sighed, "This man is not easy to beat, Junior Sister, don't feel pressured."

Nanfeng looked at Lu Sheng, and asked, "What's so great?"

She thought for a while, pursed her lips, and said in a low voice, "This person can fight any opponent. She... has comprehensive skills."

"Comprehensive means mediocre."

Lu Sheng's heart moved, and he rolled his eyes to look at him.His eyes are always so gentle and peaceful, as if they have the power to comfort people's hearts.She hesitated and asked, "Then how should I fight?"

"Hit whatever you want."

"Play casually? Isn't your pre-match guidance too casual?"

Ding Xiaoxiao didn't participate in the discussion of tactics yesterday. When he heard the pre-match guidance today, he couldn't understand it.Based on Nanfeng being her "young idol" and "memories of youth", she trusted him at first, but after these days of contact, she felt more and more unreliable...

Nanfeng didn't want to talk to Ding Xiaoxiao, in fact he was trying to restrain his conditioned reflex not to let her "shut up".

Xu Zhiyao couldn't hold back the spirit of showing off, and interjected to explain, "Wang Ruixue has no obvious characteristics in the style of play, so there is no way to make targeted tactical arrangements. It's useless to say it in advance, it's better to let the younger sister play casually... ...Is that so, Coach?"

Nan Feng followed Lu Sheng's figure on the field, and suddenly said, "She is too obedient."

If he is too obedient, his words will become her burden.

Because it's the final, there are a lot more spectators today.Principal Wei and Director Ding also came, five people sat in a row, Nanfeng was in the middle, Ding Xiaoxiao and Director Ding were on his left, Xu Zhiyao and Principal Wei were on the right, they also ordered a red A flag with the words "Shuqing! Come on!"

Lu Sheng in the field could see this bright flag as soon as he looked up.

Wang Ruixue is 1.7 meters tall, stronger than Lu Sheng, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looks like a straightforward person.When she came over to shake hands with Lu Sheng, she patted her shoulder, "Come on."

The stranger's friendliness warmed Lu Sheng's heart, and she smiled, "Well, you too."

The referee decided the server by tossing a coin, and Wang Ruixue won the first serve.

When the first ball floated over from the opposite side, Lu Sheng instinctively felt that something was wrong, and before he had time to think about it, he immediately backhanded it with both hands. .

She mainly uses her left hand, and her backhand is equivalent to Wang Ruixue's forehand, so this return has no attack power. Wang Ruixue hit back the same way and continued to attack her backhand.

At this time, Lu Sheng also realized what the problem was - Wang Ruixue's ball speed increased!Compared with the video of the previous promotion match, she has improved a lot. It is impossible for her to become stronger overnight. The only explanation can only be that she retained her strength in the previous competition.

Lu Sheng's heart shrank suddenly, and his spirit tensed up, not daring to relax at all.

Obviously, Wang Ruixue has done enough homework, knowing that Lu Sheng uses her left hand, so she has been looking for breakthroughs in her weak backhand.Lu Sheng saw through her intention. When a diagonal return hit again, Lu Sheng suddenly took a step to the right and turned to the right side of the tennis ball, so the backhand position became a forehand position.

Swing, hit the ball.The trajectory of the tennis ball is almost parallel to the sideline, like a delicate blade, vertically crossing the white net belt.

Straight ball!
In tennis, straight shots are less forgiving, harder to hit, and easier to attack than diagonal shots, especially when the opponent is in another area.

Lu Sheng's beautiful turn from defense to offense made Wang Ruixue passive, and immediately swung his troops to rescue him.In fact, Wang Ruixue had already sensed Lu Sheng's motives when she was striding, but running from one end of the field to the other had to cover too much distance, even if she noticed it, it would be useless.

The tennis ball smoothly fell into bounds and scored.

"Wow! That's great!" In the auditorium, Ding Xiaoxiao and Xu Zhiyao cheered, shaking the flags.

Lu Sheng glanced over there.Behind the brightly colored flag, Nanfeng sat quietly, a little far away, she couldn't see his eyes clearly.But...you should be happy, right?

She clenched her fist lightly and thought to herself: Lu Sheng, come on.

Then Lu Sheng was in full swing, Wang Ruixue seemed to be upset, she broke her two consecutive serves, and on the last serve, she even made a double fault and sent a point directly to Lu Sheng.

Ding Xiaoxiao: "Love game! Love game!"

Xu Zhiyao: "The strongest suppression! The strongest suppression!"

Ding Xiaoxiao+Xu Zhiyao: "Lu Sheng! The best! Lu Sheng! Definitely win!"

In the English scoring of tennis games, "0 points" is not "zero", but read as "love". Therefore, a score in which the opponent does not get a single ball in a game is a "love game".

Now Lu Sheng played the "love game" in Wang Ruixue's serve, which is really a strong blow.Even Principal Wei and Director Ding were so excited that they waved their flags. Thief Ding looked at Nanfeng and found that although this guy didn't speak, his eyes couldn't help but curl up.

"Cut, Mensao!"

The rest area is on both sides of the referee's seat, and Lu Sheng and Wang Ruixue are very close together.During the break, Lu Sheng was holding the water bottle, and couldn't help but look towards Nan Feng. She didn't notice at all that Wang Ruixue was staring at her in thought.

Wang Ruixue was indeed disturbed.She knew that she had saved her strength in the promotion competition, but she didn't know that Lu Sheng had also stayed.Coach Li said before that Lu Sheng has only studied tennis for a short time, and his aptitude is average. From the video of the game, it can be seen that this person is not very good. Most of the time he made it to the finals was because he was lucky and did not meet any strong players. opponent.

But now it seems that this is not the case at all...

This guy is too good at pretending, even more like her!
Lu Sheng had no idea that she was already defined by Wang Ruixue as "a player with excellent acting and ball skills".After a short break, the two entered the battle again with their rackets.

This time in Lu Sheng's serve, Wang Ruixue strengthened her defense and became vigilant and sharp. Regarding Lu Sheng's offense, she predicted correctly several times and moved in time. She even seized the opportunity to launch a few strong attacks. Relying on the advantages of height and strength, they tied the score twice in a row.

Fortunately, Lu Sheng still had the advantage of serving and won the round with difficulty.

Then the game entered a stalemate. The two kept their serve in turn, keeping their serve and bringing the situation to 6:4. Lu Sheng took the first set.

Although it was a victory, the relatives and friends in the audience were worried.Ding Xiaoxiao sighed, "Wang Ruixue has suddenly become stronger."

It's rare for Nanfeng to pay attention to her: "She is at such a level, she just didn't use it in the first game."

"What about Shengsheng? I always feel that Shengsheng is getting more and more difficult to fight, and she is a different person from the first round."

Nan Feng's eyes fell on Lu Sheng's figure, and he frowned subtly, "He started to lose his mind again."

After observing for several days, Nanfeng finally decided that the word "wandering mind" was more suitable for Lu Sheng than "unstable state".She was not as focused as she was during her usual training. Her attention seemed to be being held by something, and her mental activities were frequent, which slowed down her reaction speed.

He couldn't figure out what was worth her distraction on the field.

When Nanfeng said this, Xu Zhiyao also suddenly realized, "Hey, no wonder, I also feel that Junior Sister is not concentrating." He stroked his chin, thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Could it be that Junior Sister is secretly in love with you?" Do I care too much about how I look in my eyes?"

Ding Xiaoxiao covered his stomach, and gave him a sideways glance, "Stop talking, I ate a steamed bun filled with beef today, and I couldn't bear to spit it out."

Xu Zhiyao shook his head disdainfully, "You don't understand, you must have never been in a relationship."

Without waiting for Ding Xiaoxiao to reply, Director Ding on the side expressed dissatisfaction: "My daughter is jealous of a whole provincial team of men!"

"Dad..." Bragging is too much.

The topic became more and more off topic, during which Ding Xiaoxiao and Xu Zhiyao had an argument. When the two were arguing fiercely, the intermission time came, and Lu Sheng re-entered the arena.

They immediately ceased fighting, shaking their flags and shouting in unison: "Lu Sheng! Come on! Lu Sheng! Come on!" Like a pair of close comrades-in-arms.

This time, the situation has changed again.Wang Ruixue changed her defensive strategy just now, and this time she actively attacked, while Lu Sheng was forced to switch from offense to defense.

Lu Sheng's awareness and running are good, but he is not in the state, and he directly hit the ball out of bounds a few times.Unforced errors skyrocketed.

3:6, she lost the set.

Lu Sheng knew where his problem was - the problem was not on the court, but off the court.

Nanfeng is watching.

This consciousness is like an invisible thread, pulling her spirit to him far away.The feeling was unreal and indescribable, as if what she left on the field was just a shell, and her real consciousness had already drifted there, to his side.

She finally discovered that it turned out that what she cared most about was not winning or losing, but winning or losing in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)