How Could I Like Him - Chapter 119
The game continues.
After another serve, Jiang Wei added a backspin to the ball after a few back and forth shots.
Hou Mo, who volleyed in front of the net, had already hit the ball, but the ball failed to cross the net, allowing Jiang Wei to score the first point.
Jiang Wei has always been very good at backspin. In the last game, he used backspin to give Sui Hou Yu a kick. This time, they used backspin again to frustrate their vigor.
The veteran is not without temper.
Hou Mo and Sui Hou Yu adjusted their positions together, and Sui Hou Yu was still reminding Hou Mo: “He has to pick up this kind of ball.”
“Well, good, I’ll pay attention next time.”
With Hou Yu serving again, the same angle is tricky.
Jiang Wei, who was at the bottom line, had no chance to pull the shot when he received the hair, so he went straight to meet the shot.
Following Hou Yu’s preparation long ago, he violently drove the ball back and shook the racket with a low drink, which shows the weight of the force.
With such a slender body, it is absolutely rare to be able to hit the ball with this kind of rotation and strength.
In order to catch the ball, Jiang Wei rushed out of the baseline.
After turning around, he realized that there was an open space on their side.
He ran too far and it was difficult to pull back quickly. The speed of tennis is very fast, and the return of the ball can be completed in an instant.
At the same time, Hou Mo had reached the net and blocked the ball. A high-pressure ball hit the ball into the space between the two. After the ball popped out, it rushed to the audience with a domineering sense of power.
Score.
With Hou Yu holding the ball, serve again.
Before, his ball has been spinned, and the speed is relatively slow. This time it was a strong direct attack, very domineering, and went aggressively.
Lu Qinghui didn’t seem to expect that he would suddenly change the number of lanes with Hou Yu, nor did he expect that he would be able to serve faster with Hou Yu, and he lifted his pat to block it.
Hou Mo returned a short ball in front of the net, equally fast and direct. After Lu Qinghui, who could not adapt, hit back, the ball went off the net.
Following Hou Yu’s serve, he succeeded in securing the serve and successfully won the next round.
At the beginning of the game, the two sides have reached the point of inconsistency, and the play is very radical.
It seems that at the beginning of the game, Hou Yu and Hou Mo have already played an all-out posture.
They have changed a lot, their tactics have become more and more, and their own side will not appear chaotic, it can be seen that their all-round combination has gradually taken shape.
Coach Wang sat on the black sofa and watched the game with Hou Yu and Hou Mo, clenching his teeth, feeling extremely excited.
He looked at the two children, as if seeing a kind of ignited hope.
It seems that the goals he and his partner failed to accomplish back then can be accomplished for them by these two children.
The almost perfect all-round combination is in its embryonic form. Both children have high IQs, are smart, and use tactics dexterously, just right.
When used well, all moves are nirvana.
To be honest, the prospects of domestic tennis are not as good as those of other sports.
Especially in men’s tennis, there are very few men players who can make it to the main stadium of the Grand Slam due to insufficient points.
In terms of tennis, the men’s team is really not as good as the women’s team.
For many years, they have wanted to train players who can rush out of the country and enter the Grand Slam. Whether it is singles or doubles, as long as there are outstanding seedlings, they can see hope.
If these two children are brought up…
Maybe it can!
He is the person who can appreciate the growth speed of these two children best. Every time he sees them playing, he will follow them with passion, like a dream back to the past-he is also a teenager holding a racket and dreaming.
Persevere in what they love and become recognized by everyone. This is their lifelong goal.
Starting again, it was Jiang Wei’s serve.
Jiang Wei’s serve has always been of high quality. Today, it seems that he was driven by Hou Yu. The serve has a sense of explosion.
Every time I receive Jiang Wei’s ball, I can feel the tremor of the racket, as if this is not just returning the ball, but also violently hitting again and again.
Hou Mo noticed that as Hou Yu gradually came to the net, he changed his way after receiving a short ball again and made a flick in front of the net.
This kind of flick in front of the net is generally used when the opponent is in front of the net, or when all four of them are in front of the net.
In the game, when their absolute speed and strength can’t suppress the opponent, it is not smart to continue to attack hard, so that every ball seems to hit the wall and bounce back.
This slows down, tap the ball out, let the ball slow down, the opponent is also prone to mistakes.
Sure enough, the speed of the ball suddenly changed, and Lu Qinghui did not succeed in remedial action with a leap forward.
Jiang Wei was broken by the opponent the first time he served, which is undoubtedly a situation that hits confidence.
Lu Qinghui walked over and patted Jiang Wei on the shoulder to comfort him: “It’s okay, come again.”
“Ok.”
Jiang Wei is a player who has participated in the competition since he was a child, and he will not be defeated by this blow.
The second serve was of high quality, fast and arrogant.
Following Hou Yu to his defensive position, he turned sideways and counterslashed back.
Lu Qinghui volleyed before the net, fast and accurate.
Jiang Wei and Lu Qinghui can be regarded as players with no weaknesses, no matter it is from various angles and positions, they can perfectly fight back.
The feeling of being suppressed in the opening was gradually regained. Jiang Wei and Lu Qinghui used beautiful serve and guarded strictly to ensure the success of the serve.
Draw on both sides.
It can be said that both sides of the first set were deadlocked.
Although every round was stalemate, none of the teams broke serve successfully.
The first set entered the tiebreaker.
Hou Mo serves and prepares in front of the net with Hou Yu, using an I-shaped formation.
The formation that most tests tacit understanding.
Hou Mo looked at the opposite side, then tossed the ball to serve.
Following Hou Yu got up immediately after the ball crossed the net, holding the racket in front of the net and preparing for a volley.
Obviously, Lu Qinghui didn’t want to give him the ball, but to pick it up back to the backcourt.
Before, Hou Yu’s volley before the net was their team’s weakness.
This is natural. Singles players are generally inferior to long-term training doubles players, especially in netting.
At the beginning of the transition from singles to doubles with Hou Yu, not adapting to net grabbing and volleys before the net are the most normal transitions.
During the period after entering the training, Hou Yu focused on overcoming his weaknesses, and trained hard for the ability in front of the net.
He is no longer the team’s shortcoming, and even because of his strong physical response ability, his ability in front of the net has turned out to be his strong point.
Knowing Sui Hou Yu’s ability in front of the net, the two men stopped sending the ball to Sui Hou Yu, but chose to attack Hou Mo.
Hou Mo was mobilized by Jiang Wei and Lu Qinghui in the rear, each time he had to chase far away to fight back.
They are trying to find flaws and hit the ball in the right place.
Sui Hou Yu kept guarding his position, even if the ball didn’t come towards him, he kept preparing in small steps until he saw the opportunity and suddenly swung the racket.
This time the swing caught everyone on the scene by surprise, even Hou Mo behind him was ready to swing, but the ball was intercepted by Hou Yu.
Just a seemingly random swing, accurate and fast.
The ball flew out after landing, landed in the effective area, and scored.
At the weakest point ever, he scored a crucial point.
“Brother Yu!” Hou Mo danced with excitement suddenly, “Brother Yu bravely fly, Hou Houyong is with you! Ah ah!”
Again.
“Shut up.”
“Keep working hard, I’m in a good state now.”
“Ok.”
The two stood up again, and the opposite Lu Qinghui served the ball.
Lu Qinghui suddenly felt the pressure, standing at the bottom line, breathing refreshingly, and then served.
One serve failed.
In the second serve, Lu Qinghui still didn’t choose the course he was familiar with. Instead, he took the risk and served to an absolute dead end.
The ball fell in the opposite direction of Hou Mo and followed Hou Yu’s back.
It was too late for Hou Mo to rush over, and it was too late to follow Hou Yu back to chase. The angle and location were extremely tricky.
Just when many people thought they wanted an ACE, they saw Hou Yu’s one foot as the axis, the compasses turned around, and shook out a beat on the inertia of his body. This shot depends on the frame of the frame to hit the ball back, but unfortunately it was a side ball, and the back hit was weak.
Hou Mo didn’t chase the ball anymore, but went forward to grab the net instantly.
When Hou Yu was unable to stand still, he deliberately sat back, and fell down in a posture that would not hurt him, and instantly retracted his leg to give Hou Mo a position. After Hou Mo passed by, he got up quickly, as if the speed was fast. The carp hits pretty well.
At this moment, I can’t do it without any basic knowledge of martial arts.
After Hou Yu got up, he saw that Hou Mo had returned a goal. His eyes quickly swept across Hou Mo’s heel, and he knew the route that Hou Mo was going to move.
In this chaotic scene, the two people did not have any communication, Hou Mo was already in a favorable position, and Hou Yu silently cooperated with him to fill his seat.
Jiang Wei hit the ball vigorously again, Hou Mo swung his pat, but suddenly retracted it.
The ball passed through Hou Mo’s side. The others hadn’t seen it clearly yet, and the ball had already returned. The speed was so fast that people were caught off guard.
Hou Mo’s pat was just a fake move. It was their fake action. The moment Hou Yu saw Hou Mo’s position and posture, he knew that Hou Mo wanted to use a sneak attack.
Obviously this trick succeeded. The two people on the opposite side misjudged that the position was to return the ball to Hou Mo, which allowed Hou Yu and Hou Mo to score again and win the first set.
This ball deviated from Lu Qinghui’s expectations from the very beginning.
First of all, he didn’t expect that Sui Hou Yu could receive the ball in that situation, and in the chaotic situation, Sui Hou Yu and Hou Mo could also cooperate with the sneak attack tactics.
Undoubtedly, the opposing team is already a pair of mature technology, showing extraordinary strength.
An all-round combination that wins with tactics.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
To his surprise, Sang Xian also cheered: “Pretty!”
Coach Wang is even more excited to stand still: “That’s it, keep your condition!”
Jiang Wei walked to Lu Qinghui’s side and squeezed Lu Qinghui’s shoulders: “Actually, the serve you just made was very beautiful, but the opponent’s response was also unconventional.”
Lu Qinghui nodded, covered his face with a towel when sitting on the chair, raised his head and sighed: “They are making so fast…”
It’s a bit terrible fast.
This kind of rapid progress is a big blow to them, as if years of hard work have been denied, they will never win the talented type.
There was a momentary sense of frustration, and self-confidence was disintegrated.
“Don’t worry, we have practiced for so many years, after all, we have more actual combat experience than them, and our level is stable. To be a professional athlete, we still have to have this psychological quality.”
Lu Qinghui cheered up in an instant. After sitting back, he took the towel and threw it aside. He took a sip of water and said, “Yes, we are steady.”
Play steadily, with excellent strength.
After the start of the second set, Hou Yu felt that the combination of the opposite copper wall and iron wall was back.
Their opponents always seemed so calm and composed, there were no flaws in the whole process, and they couldn’t even find any breakthroughs.
The most frightening thing is that Jiang Wei and Lu Qinghui are still fighting for the chance to break their hair while stabilizing.
At the end of the second set, Jiang Wei and Lu Qinghui broke serve in one game.
The score became a tie again.
The tiebreaker is about to begin.
After a short break, I followed Hou Yu to stand on the edge of the venue and re-tie his hairband, showing Hou Mo: “Is my hair messy?”
Hou Mo wanted to stretch out his hand to help him tidy up, but was afraid that touching him would make him sleepy, so he raised his finger and said, “It’s a bit messy here.”
“Oh.” Sui Hou Yu sorted it out with his hands, and then asked, “Are you ready?”
Hou Mo could only stretch out his hand, quickly hook his hair with his fingers, and then said, “This is much better.”
This little movement was very fast, but it evoked a scream without expectation.
Following Hou Yu helplessly looked towards Ai Mengtian and the others, and found that Ai Mengtian and the others were quite cold, after all, they were all used to this scene.
This kind of small scene, the group of “unseen in the world” will be excited.
This surprised him a bit, and when he looked in other directions, he realized that other people were making the noise.
Also wronged Ai Mengtian.
Hou Mo blocked his mouth with the ball and said to Sui Hou Yu: “I guess they will restrain us in front of the net.”
In the first two games, both Hou Mo and Sui Hou Yu played very well in front of the net, one is super predictive ability and the other is super reaction ability.
Among them, Sui Hou Yu has a keen body reaction, several times before the ball arrives, the person has reached the right position, and the body is agile to a strange degree.
The opposite is destined to break their strength in front of the net.
Following Hou Yu nodded, looked at Hou Mo, and after Hou Mo looked at each other, the two people talked about the same tactic together.
Then, they looked at each other and smiled and prepared for each.
Just as Hou Mo guessed, Jiang Wei said to Lu Qinghui when he was preparing: “Hold the ball as high as possible to the backcourt, completely crack their offensive in front of the net, and let their spirit disappear.”
“it is good.”
After the start, Sui Hou Yu and Hou Mo had already responded.
Lu Qinghui tried to lift the curve ball, but it failed to achieve the desired effect. Instead, it was suppressed by the opponent.
After a few reciprocating goals in this way, he discovered that Hou Mo and the spin that followed Hou Yu’s return belt restrained them from picking the ball.
Hou Mo had seen their plan long ago.
Lu Qinghui’s high ball this time was also not beautiful, the landing was too shallow, and Hou Mo chipped it in the backcourt and made a spin to make the ball fly back.
The ball didn’t bounce again after landing, but rolled away against the ground.
Jiang Wei is familiar with this kind of ball, and with the falling leaf ball, it can be regarded as his own way, and he can be cured. He picked the ball with his racket and put it in the hands of the caddy before repositioning it.
The rhythm of tennis men’s doubles is the fastest in tennis.
The pace is fast and the speed of the ball is relatively fast. Once the speed of the ball is slow, the ball will not pose any threat.
Moreover, in many cases in doubles, it is impossible to predict whether the ball will go out of bounds. It is too late and can only rely on the feeling of actual combat experience.
The anticipation in this situation can only be done by Hou Mo with a mind-defying and experienced player, at least, Sui Hou Yu at this time has not been able to do it.
This time, there were a lot of shots in the ball exchange, and there were many exclamations in the stands. It seemed that this round of the matchup was exceptionally exciting.
With Hou Yu in front of the net like a sensitive cat, wherever the laser pointer points, he instantly jumps there.
The liquid cat play appeared again.
At the same time, he could also cooperate with Hou Mo in small steps and move back to the bottom line silently.
However, his agility will also have other problems. The body relies on instinct to chase the ball, and when Hou Mo reminds him to be “outside”, his body can no longer hold it.
Swinging back, and looking ahead, Hou Mo had already squatted down to make way for him, allowing his ball to pass through the net no matter which angle it returned to.
Hou Mo had predicted that he could not stop.
It’s a pity that he returned the ball very unsightly and still lost points.
In fact, the opposite party made a mistake first, and as a result, Hou Yu couldn’t stop with his body, and it became their mistake instead.
Hou Mo encouraged Sui Hou Yu: “Don’t think too much, keep on working hard.”
“Yeah.” Sui Hou Yu tried hard to calm himself down.
He was able to hold on till now, and he had already broken through the limit of his willpower. If it was him earlier, he would definitely slip away suddenly, and a sudden cheer from someone would attract his attention.
Such an effort to concentrate on the ball made him suddenly dizzy, and he adjusted after taking a deep breath.
For the ball just now, his mental power is highly concentrated, which is really difficult for him. He has to pay several times the effort of ordinary people.
Jiang Wei served the game and he held the racket to serve steadily.
Jiang Wei’s serve is generally very low, and when it is lower, he wipes the net or gets off the net. This kind of very low ball will give the opponent a sense of pressure, and it needs to be delivered by a person with a high quality of service. A little bit of a lower level will cause mistakes.
However, Jiang Wei will not.
The quality of his serve is already very high.
It was another impeccable serve game. After Hou Yu and Hou Mo changed two tactics successively, they still failed to break serve.
When the two adjusted their positions, Hou Mo saw Sui Hou Yu’s face with a sullen face, and couldn’t help but smile: “What does this expression do? Remember the last time we played against them? That’s really helpless. There is no next move. But this time is different. We have prepared for such a long time and we are fully prepared for tactics and tacit understanding. They are not perfect, and they will also make mistakes. Use your smart little head to count their Mistakes.”
Following Hou Yu pinched his waist and nodded, he touched the toe of Hou Mo’s shoe with the toe of his shoe.
They can’t have physical contact during the game, this kind of contact is already the limit of two people. In Hou Mo’s opinion, this kind of little behavior is simply his boyfriend acting like a baby to himself.
Sui Hou Yu said: “Actually, I understand it, but after I really meet them, I still feel… that kind of solid technical foundation is still quite terrifying.”
“I’m not afraid of Brother Yu, I’m afraid too?”
“No, I’m not afraid.” Sui Hou Yu said quickly, “This is actually interesting. I won’t give up until the last second.”
“Me too, I will stay with you to the last minute.”
“Yeah.” It was Hou Mo’s serve again.
Hou Mo’s serve has always been tricky because he changes a lot, and every serve is different.
He has no fixed type, he can hit the ball hard, he can control the position, and he can quickly grab the net.
The most frightening thing is that Hou Mo is still a tactical stream.
This kind of all-around player, coupled with an equally terrifying partner, is destined to make waves in the field of tennis doubles.
Jiang Wei and Lu Qinghui were fortunate to be opponents who witnessed their growth.
Hou Mo’s serve can be said to be at the textbook level, and his serve video can be used as an example of serve when he got it to various schools.
His line handling is extremely tricky, and every return of the ball is directed at the most uncomfortable place of the opponent.
He especially likes to walk his opponents.
As long as it is Hou Mo’s serve, Jiang Wei and Lu Qinghui will be in a state of running around to save the ball. They are really embarrassed.
The two sides are still in a stalemate, until the tiebreaker, neither side successfully broke.
Hard to deal with opponents-both sides have the same idea.
Deng Yiheng couldn’t help but mumble as he watched the game: “Last time by this time, the big brother was already at a point where he could do nothing and was helpless. This time it was easy to do.”
Coach Wang expressed his approval: “In fact, in all major competitions, men’s doubles have reached the stage of the finals, and they have to compete to the point of tie-break. After all, they are all excellent players. They were unlucky this time, and they touched the second draw. Go on, otherwise they are all combinations that can make it to the finals.”
Lu Yanxin finished the comparison there. He didn’t change his sportswear. He came here with his bag and racket, and he leaned on the railing and asked Deng Yiheng, “How do you compare with Brother Yu?”
“You are over?” Deng Yiheng asked.
“It’s over, it’s just over, my old lady won and it’s cool.”
Lu Yanxin and Sui Hou Yu played at the same time. Deng Yiheng chose to stay here to watch the game between Sui Hou Yu and Hou Mo. After all, this side is more critical and the opponent is too strong.
Lu Yanxin’s opponents over there are relatively easy to deal with, and don’t even need to worry too much.
After all, Lu Yanxin has a tennis level recognized by Hou Mo.
In this game, Lu Yanxin was also very upbeat, winning two sets in a row.
“The third set tiebreaker.” Deng Yiheng replied.
“I came at the right time.” Lu Yanxin looked left and right to see that there was no suitable place, so he put the bag on the ground and squatted in front of the fence, holding the handrail with both hands to watch the game.
The tiebreaker was undoubtedly the most stressful.
If you make a mistake once, it will become a fatal point and the game will be lost.
The two sides are not giving way to each other, as if this game will continue indefinitely.
Hou Mo kept staring at the opposite side and saw Lu Qinghui serve. He first glanced at Lu Qinghui’s eyes and Jiang Wei’s physical movements before going to the stadium.
The moment Lu Qinghui came over to serve, Hou Mo moved and drove the ball towards the dead corner of the two men.
The tennis ball was like a flash of golden lightning, cutting through the gap between Lu Qinghui and Jiang Wei, and then flew out.
He predicted the route of Lu Qinghui’s serve, and also predicted where Lu Qinghui would move after serving and where Jiang Wei would move.
After the prediction was passed, he immediately hit the ball to the gap between them. The two opposing people had not reacted yet, and Hou Mo had already scored.
Successful break!
When he came to serve with Hou Yu, he held the ball and saw Hou Mo gestured behind him, patted the tennis ball in his hand, took a deep breath, and then served the ball.
Lu Qinghui intercepted in front of the net and competed with Hou Mo with a short ball.
Sui Hou Yu stayed at the bottom line and saw a high ball coming towards him.
Opposite Jiang Wei and Lu Qinghui were both guarding his backhand position, and they moved longitudinally with Hou Yu’s body, followed by a super forehand return.
The ball almost wiped Jiang Wei’s sleeve, pressed near the sideline, and flew out.
Everyone looked at the referee and wanted to know whether the ball was in-bounds or out-of-bounds. It wasn’t until the referee announced that they were in the bounds, that Hou Mo and Sui Hou Yu had the first real physical contact today.
Sui Hou Yu jumped into Hou Mo’s arms almost instantly and gave Hou Mo a bear hug.
Hou Mo took advantage of the situation and hugged Hou Yu and turned around.
This is the way of celebration that Hou Yu is accustomed to. He tore off his headband and waved to Coach Wang and his teammates, with a bright smile on his face.
The once suppressed emotions and the image that I tried to maintain were all removed, and the appearance of a teenager was restored.
It seems that he should have laughed wildly like this.
Tennis allowed him to regain what he should have been.