A week of successful training made Kirihara Akaya stand out among all the freshmen. Everyone in the tennis club knew that they had welcomed a new little genius, but they didn't know how strong this new star was.
But it didn't matter, they found out soon because the main selection trials began.
As before, all members of the tennis club are divided into four groups and compete in a double-elimination system. The top two in each group advance and become the main selection.
Kirihara was assigned to Group A. Also in Group A with him were Sanada and Yagyu.
On the first day of the competition, the 18 people in Group A were divided into 9 groups for the first round of competition. These three people did not face each other, and there was no doubt that they all entered the winner group.
On the fourth day, the selection competition came to the final stage.
At this time, only Yukimura and Yanagi, Niou and Mori, Marui and Kuangen were left in Groups B, C and D. They only need to play against each other one more time to determine the first and second place in each group.
As for Group A, because there are two more people than other groups, the schedule is a little different. There are three games scheduled on the last day, namely Sanada VS Yagyu, Yagyu VS Kirihara, and Kirihara VS. Sanada, the right to serve is not divided according to the traditional circle shot, but is directly arranged so that everyone has exactly one right to serve.
After three games, the two people with the most wins will become the main players, and the remaining one will be the quasi-main players and train together with the main players.
In fact, once these three games are lined up, everyone has an idea of the results, but this does not prevent them from appreciating the high-quality duel.
Near six o'clock in the evening, the entire tennis club only had the last game left, Kirihara VS Sanada, so when Sanada and Kirihara stood in front of the court, the court was filled with people from the tennis club.
"Sanada-senpai, I will defeat you and win the main selection position!" Kirihara, who had watched Sanada's game, already knew how strong Sanada was, but this did not affect Kirihara's motivation at all.
"Then give it a try, don't relax!"
"Of course not."
The two sides stood still, a whistle sounded, and Kirihara used a standard Use the side spin serve to launch an offensive attack.
It is unrealistic to score points from Sanada with an ordinary side spin serve, but Kirihara himself just wants to understand Sanada’s true power.
Although Kirihara has already fought against everyone in Nioh’s Phantom Cross Tatekai before, in order to stimulate Kirihara’s potential, Nioh will always use the evolved tricks of his teammates, so Kirihara wants to know more accurately To understand the strength of everyone in Likai, you still have to experience it through battle.
"40-0, Sanada scores."
"Is this your level?" Sanada pointed at Kirihara with his racket, "Show me a higher level of strength. Come! ”
"You are really serious, Deputy Minister." Kirihara was bouncing the ball one after another. After hearing Sanada's words, he tilted the racket slightly and bounced the ball directly in front of his sight. He raised his left hand and held it backwards. Lived for tennis. "Actually, I have been looking forward to today's game for a long time, and I have specially developed a new trick for this purpose."
"Huh?" Hearing Kirihara's words, Yagyu looked at Nioh in surprise and asked, " "What's going on?"
"I don't know." Niou waved his hands, "I didn't hear him mention the development of skills."
"That's interesting." Hearing the conversation between the two, he smiled and said, "I've never even met Masaharu, so I'm really looking forward to it."
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On the court, Sanada was also very serious: "Then let me see your moves and come over!"
"The deputy minister must be careful! " Kirihara said while clenching the tennis ball tightly.
Seeing his little movement, Yagyu spoke again: "It looks similar to a knuckle serve."
"Knuckle serve?" Marui asked doubtfully.
"Well, it's a trick of Akaya's. Before serving, he presses his knuckles to apply force in different directions to the tennis ball, and then uses the initial rotation of the ball to hit a ball that is extremely lethal and completely unsafe. Destructive tennis according to the rules. However, since Chiya controls the landing point of the tennis ball in front of the opponent, after the tennis ball bounces, it will shoot towards the opponent's body, so to be precise, it is a knuckle serve. It's not sure which part of the opponent's body can be hit, but it can definitely hit the opponent's violent tennis ball. However, we can't experience this tennis ball now, because his strength is not stable enough now, and it will evolve all the time, and those are destructive. The destructive power brought by tennis is somewhat uncontrollable, so Masaharu prohibited him from using this move before the second year of junior high school."
After Yagyu finished explaining, Kirihara's ball on the court was also released, and a golden light was seen. Afterwards, a crescent moon seemed to appear over the entire tennis court, and Kirihara had already scored.
"40-15, Kirihara scores."
"How's it going, Deputy Minister?" Kirihara's tone became more assertive, "Did you see my ball path clearly?" < /p>
"Too lax! Come again!"
With the crescent tennis balls from two different directions, the score came to 40-40.
"So that's it." Yukimura explained to everyone, "Pay attention to his fingers and wrists. When he applies force to the tennis ball before each serve, the movements of his fingers and wrists are different.
In other words, he exerts two kinds of forces on the tennis ball before and after serving. One is the spin force exerted by his excellent finger flexibility and good knuckle strength, and the other It is the counter-rotating force played by the wrist.
The two forces cooperate with the rotation to control the trajectory of the tennis ball, making the tennis ball first follow the initial direction.Movement, and at the moment when the whirling force exceeds the directional force, it spins back like a boomerang.
Moreover, since both rotations benefit from his wrists and fingers, as long as he is flexible enough, he can hit the crescent moon in various directions and arcs. ”
“But no matter how strong the fingers are, there is an upper limit.” Sangyuan, who is most familiar with this kind of basic advanced tennis based on physical fitness, immediately realized the disadvantages of crescent tennis. , “If he hits several of these tennis balls in a row, his fingers will start to become numb and lose strength. "
"That's right. "Nioh also agreed with Kuang Yuan's point of view, "But if you can get 4 aces to win the serve game directly, and then take the initiative to extend the front line in the second game and give your fingers enough recovery time, you can use them all. . Of course, this possibility is based on strength, and Chi Ye currently does not have the strength to suppress the deputy minister. ”
“Game 1-0, Kirihara won the first game. "
"It's enough to see," Sanada pressed his hat, "But I can already see your ball path clearly. "
Four balls were enough for him to judge the curve of the crescent moon based on Kirihara's hand movements before serving.
Soon, Sanada passed four fires, Winning the second game, and in the third game, he accurately positioned the crescent moon and broke Kirihara's serve.
Twenty minutes later: "Game 5-2, the two sides exchanged venues. , Sanada serves next. ”
“In this round, end the game. "Sanada said after exchanging positions with Kirihara.