south wind into my arms

Chapter 55

In the tennis preliminaries of the City Games that started on June 6, the mixed doubles of Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao successfully reached the top 26 and won tickets for the main tennis match of the City Games.The two of them had few projects, and they still had time to go out for a walk and eat the rumored mutton stewed noodles and spicy soup.Lu Sheng thought the taste was good, but Xu Zhiyao ate it very deliciously, and he was still savoring it when he returned to T City.

Nanfeng originally wanted to go to Zhengzhou to watch their game, but he was delayed by something, and it was too late to go again.When Lu Sheng was in Zhengzhou, he specially called to cheer her up, and also tactfully expressed his regret that he could not be there to watch her match in person.

Lu Sheng said, "It's okay, it's better if you don't come."

Nanfeng felt a little blocked.

After returning, it was another dayless training, during which Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao went to the ITF Youth Tournament again, got some points, and the pitiful ranking rose a few places.Compared with the average professional player, they played very few games.Li Weiguo felt that at this stage, the two of them, especially Lu Sheng, still aimed to improve their own technical level as the primary goal, and the competition experience could be gradually accumulated.

In this way, the days passed by leisurely, from the verdant June with beautiful trees to the golden autumn with abundant fruits.Nanfeng Investment's mobile game was launched during the National Day, and he also wanted to sell the previous trading company. He was so busy these days that he even had time to eat.Lu Sheng called him and asked him if he would come to Nanjing to watch her match.

The city games will be held in Nanjing.

Lu Sheng's mentality was a little strange.On the one hand, she clearly knew that once Nan Feng was watching from the sidelines, she would be easily distracted.But if he always has no time to watch her play, she will be easily jealous and feel that he doesn't have her in his heart.

Well, I feel a little hypocritical...

Nan Feng's answer was exactly as she expected: "Lu Sheng, I'm sorry, I've been very busy these days."

"Okay, then take care of yourself and don't be too tired."

She didn't say "It's better if you don't come", so Nanfeng felt a little contented.He found that his current bottom line was getting lower and lower, and he was really useless.

城运会开幕式在10月12号，陆笙的混双项目是从10月15号开始，决赛日期是10月18号。T市网球队的大部队从10月10号就出发去南京了，唯独陆笙和徐知遥没有跟着一起，因为徐知遥在赛前还有一件重要的事情要做。

October 10th is the date of the math competition.

The mathematics competition is divided into the first test and the second test, and the tests are consecutive. It takes half a day to finish the two tests.

After doing math problems for half a day, Lu Sheng felt a headache just thinking about it. She would rather do strength training for half a month.

When Xu Zhiyao was taking the exam inside, Lu Sheng was waiting for him outside the exam room.The scenery of the city in autumn is very good, the leaves of the ginkgo trees are not yet yellow, and the air is cool and comfortable.Standing under the ginkgo tree, she looked at the freezer at the entrance of the small supermarket not far away, and inexplicably remembered the day when their junior high school exams ended, she and Xu Zhiyao ate popsicles in the hot weather.She even clearly remembered that what she ate was strawberry flavored and what Xu Zhiyao ate was orange flavored.When the popsicle was opened, there was a faint white air on the surface.

Xu Zhiyao didn't come out until after the bell rang, and Lu Sheng thought it was a good omen.According to the logic of this guy, the questions that you can't do have to be handed in in advance.

"How did you do in the exam?" Lu Sheng asked Xu Zhiyao.

"Okay."

"Can you win the first prize?"

"can."

Really confident.

In the afternoon, they boarded a plane to Nanjing to prepare for the mixed doubles competition.

Although there are only [-] teams participating in the doubles competition, all of them have been selected in the preliminaries, so it can be said that there are no weak teams.For Lu Sheng and the others this time, every match was a tough one.

Their advantage lies in that among the sixteen mixed doubles teams, only the two of them are fully focused on mixed doubles, and the others have also participated in singles events.In the eyes of most players, singles is more important than doubles, and this principle will be followed in energy allocation.

And their disadvantages are also obvious.Both skills and experience need to be improved, and they cannot be compared with the top players of other teams.

City T is a municipality directly under the Central Government, and the corresponding administrative unit is a province. Therefore, City T cannot participate as a whole in this urban sports meeting, and each team member represents a different district.Naturally, it is not a good strategy to disperse troops, so we simply name two districts, one is Tianqing District and the other is Shuqing District.Among them, Tian Qing District is the main player, and the heavyweight players are all divided into Tian Qing District.After such a toss, it is no different from the entire provincial team directly participating in the city games.

In fact, other provinces will probably implement this strategy as well.

Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao were a little bit regretful that they couldn't be assigned to the Shuqing District.

On the first day of the game, their opponent was the Chengdu team.

Liu Tianyuan, the leader of the Chengdu team, can be ranked among the top three national teenagers, and his strength is very strong.His partners are all on the same level as Xu Mengmeng.

If the strength alone is added, the two young players of the Chengdu team are better than Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao.

Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao studied the formation of troops, and finally chose to stand in front of the net separately.One of them uses the left hand and the other uses the right hand. This combination is very suitable for separating the left and right positions. It can give full play to the forehand advantages of both sides and expand the defense and attack range.

Naturally, standing in front of the net is also risky. Once they encounter a strong bottom-line attack from their opponents, they will appear very passive.

Liu Tianyuan obviously knew this too, so he attacked their bottom line from the beginning.To his surprise, the opponent's female player reacted quickly and flexibly, and could defend back with every move.

He took a closer look and found that the position of the female contestant was actually at the back.She knows his strategy, she has been on guard against him.Her level is not high, so she is only taking on most of the defensive tasks, and even if she encounters an offensive opportunity, she will not rush forward.

A calm and restrained style of play.

The usual strategy in mixed doubles matches is to pick the soft persimmons.For example, in this match, if Lu Sheng's level is slightly lower, Liu Tianyuan will specifically attack Lu Sheng.The Chengdu team's female players are inferior to Xu Zhiyao's. On Xu Zhiyao's side, the most reasonable choice is naturally to attack the weak female players.

But Xu Zhiyao didn't.Xu Zhiyao has been doing only two things: first, to protect Lu Sheng when Liu Tianyuan is attacking Lu Sheng with high pressure.Second, attack Liu Tianyuan.

Liu Tianyuan firmly believed that such a strategy was futile, but he lost the first set just like that.

Where is the problem?Liu Tianyuan looked at his partner suspiciously, and he suddenly understood.

His partner was deliberately ignored by his opponent.

The partner is responsive and has good stamina. Liu Tianyuan chose her as his partner to fill his gap in the arena. He has strong attack ability, so he doesn't need her attack power.Her biggest role is to cooperate with him in defense.

But this was exploited by the opponent.Use it thoroughly.

Xu Zhiyao and Lu Sheng no longer devoted their energy to dealing with her, but treated her as if she didn't exist.All the attacks she can launch are within the defensive range of Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao, so there is no need to worry about this, and there must be a gap in her defense, and that gap is Liu Tianyuan.

The more the ball hits Liu Tianyuan, the more she can't defend effectively.

In particular, Liu Tianyuan's cooperation with her is very unfamiliar, so this shortcoming is magnified.

This entry point seems to be common and common, but in reality, it was found firmly and relentlessly, and it was a life-threatening situation. Liu Tianyuan had no strategy to adjust at all.So when he lost the second set, his mentality was actually very peaceful.

Already know you will lose.

In this game, Liu Tianyuan's biggest experience is: the opponent is a bit scary.It's not that the technology is terrible, but the brain is terrible.And... that girl is pretty, but the guy doesn't explain it.

After winning the first stop, Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao clapped their hands together to celebrate.A reporter outside conducted a simple interview.When the reporter asked them how they felt about winning the game, Xu Zhiyao said in a special voice: "As expected."

The reporter asked again: "The next opponent is the Nanjing team. Do you think you can beat the opponent?"

"can."

"So sure?"

"Of course, the weakness of the Nanjing team is our strength."

It's not bragging for Xu Zhiyao to say that.He and Lu Sheng briefly analyzed the mixed doubles teams before, and they both agreed that the best match is the Nanjing team.

The two players of the Nanjing team are right-handed, with a sharp forehand and a not-so-protrusive backhand. One baseline and one front of the net. With such a layout, the players have a lot of defensive pressure and there is a gap in defense.

However, Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao's left and right hand positions, tight defense and wide attack range, Xu Zhiyao's various chops and spins are very capable of overcoming the opponent's aggressive style of play.

So on the second day, despite having the home court advantage, the two young players of the Nanjing team lost the game.

Winning two games in a row to enter the semi-finals, the two have greatly increased their confidence.

They met the Wuhan team in the semifinals.Hubei is also an old and strong tennis team, but it has been a bit out of date in recent years. The first-line players have reached the age of retirement, and the young players have not yet grown up.They don't have first-class players like Liu Tianyuan and Luo Lingzhi Nange.

But, second-rate players are enough to beat Lu Sheng and the others...

The reason why the two second-rate young players of the Wuhan team made it to the semi-finals was by no means luck.The two cooperated very tacitly, and both Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao were a little helpless.After fighting hard for three sets, Xu Zhiyao lost his opponent's patience by constantly chopping the ball. Lu Sheng gritted his teeth and defended without showing fatigue. He finally defeated his opponent's psychological defense and won.

Finally reached the final.

Lu Sheng couldn't believe that they really made it to the finals of such a national competition.It is said that this game will be broadcast live by CCTV Sports Station... Live broadcast, CCTV!
She felt that she was really up to date, but then another question came to her mind—would Nan Feng watch the live broadcast?

Lu Sheng asked Nan Feng about this on the phone, and Nan Feng replied: "I may not have time to watch the live broadcast."

Um... relieved and sad...

Because she was too melancholy, she didn't hear the suppressed smile in Nan Feng's words.

Before the finals of the mixed doubles competition, the women's singles, men's singles, women's doubles, and men's doubles were all over.For these four events, City T lost all of them, and did not win a single gold medal.Simply, unimaginable!
Where is the dignity of a veteran team? !

Lu Sheng felt sorry for his teammates.But, knowing that Nan Ge was abused by Luo Lingzhi, she didn't regret it at all.

Well, in the next final, she and Xu Zhiyao will also face Luo Lingzhi...

Luo Lingzhi is very strong, and her partner is also better than Xu Zhiyao.And judging from the previous game data, their cooperation is also very good.Well, how is this game going to be played...

When he was one step away from the gold medal in the national competition, Lu Sheng suddenly lost his mind.

At 10:18 pm on October 01th, the mixed doubles finals were held at the central tennis court.Lu Sheng's teammates and coaches all came to watch the game. The scene was full of people, with many heads, like little ants.

Xu Zhiyao asked: "Are you afraid? There are so many people."

Lu Sheng: "I'm not afraid." I'm just afraid of being alone...

But she didn't know that the man was sitting among the group of little ants at the moment, wearing a big sun visor and a big single-lens reflex camera hanging on his chest in a burning bag.

Well, in order to watch this game, Nanfeng specially booked a high-speed train that would not be delayed.He turned down all the things in his hands, just to go to Nanjing to watch a not-so-famous game, and the employees thought their boss was going crazy.

(End of this chapter)