[Net King] The Crown of Tennis

"Yukimura, what are your plans for the upcoming school trip?"

"It's been decided." Yukimura raised the form in his hand towards Sanada, "Go to France. What about you?"

"Kyoto. Then, don't relax on the road."

"Hi hi."

School trips are held in every primary and secondary school, usually during holidays.As a well-known private school in Kanagawa, the High School Attached to Lihai University takes the combination of "intellectual education" and "sports" as its teaching philosophy.It has cooperative projects with many overseas schools, and actively accepts international students and foreign students, so it is familiar with overseas seminars and study tour arrangements.

This trip has a total of 11 days.Skimming the two-day back and forth preparation work, the team leader teacher will take the students to visit the representative buildings in Paris and carry out regular activities with the partner schools.The rest of the time will be left to the students to arrange freely.

There is a little more rain and dew in Paris in October, but it is also a cool season.This city in the center of the Paris Basin has witnessed too many historical moments and is also home to many world-famous buildings.

And what fascinates Yukimura the most is not the Louvre, the Palace of Versailles, the Paris Opera House, or the Notre Dame Cathedral in the city; "Anthology of French Poetry" or the Impressionist painting collection are not his main goals.

On the Mont Heights in the west of Paris, the Roland Garros Tennis Park, which is surrounded by elegant classical buildings and verdant chestnut trees, is the biggest reason why Yukimura chose France instead of Germany.

The Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open are collectively known as the Four Grand Slams, which are the highest honors pursued by all professional tennis players. There are very few in the history of professional tennis.

And this is one of the places that every professional tennis player dreams of, the venue for the French Open.

This red land is full of uncertainties. There are still immature teenagers who have emerged suddenly, and many top masters have fallen here.The fighters who have been in the limelight in the other three Grand Slams may not be able to win the "Popular Cup" from the beginning to the end, and the young people who have made their debut at the French Open may also miss the championship of the other three Grand Slams throughout their careers.

On the afternoon of the fifth day, after the team disbanded, Yukimura didn't bother to go to the bookstore to look for art collections. He went directly to Roland Garros Tennis Park according to the route.

[A little bit nervous. ]

When he actually set foot on this land, Yukimura felt a little unreal.The French Open has long ended, and the clay court venue has been closed for maintenance, while the surrounding tennis supplies stores, museums, and ordinary clay courts are still open.The whispers of tourists who visited here came from my ears, as well as the crisp sound of hitting the ball that pierced the eardrums from a distance.

Yukimura went straight to the source of the sound, and sure enough, he found a clay field.

"He, tuveuxunmatch?" JM, a young man beside the court, couldn't help asking when he saw this charming dark blue-haired boy carrying a tennis bag.

[Competition? ]

Yukimura nodded and smiled back, walked to the sidelines, put on a green sweatband, picked up his racket and stepped onto the red ground.

The breeze picked up, and the chestnut forest beside the road whispered, and the red soil under the feet flew up, like an invisible aura lingering around people.

"Tuasbesoindechaleur?" (Warm up.)

"Non, merci."

The blond young man on the opposite side shrugged and came to the net to take another shot.

"Face."

front.

Yukimura goes first.

[The feel of hitting the ball is obviously different. ]

Yukimura tried out his touch on the ball, tossed the ball and swung his racket.

The high-speed side spin ball barely presses inside the sideline and bounces out of bounds at a very low angle.So despite the obvious slowdown when the ball bounces, JM still doesn't catch the ball.

"Wow." JM was obviously shocked by the ball, and he looked at Yukimura on the other side of the court with surprised eyes.

Yukimura still smiled gently at him, but there was a wave of turmoil in his heart.

[Is this the clay court? It's so interesting! ]

The real clay court is very different from the soaked sand on the coast of Kanagawa.

In the next few balls, Yukimura did not show off his skills. He was like a child who broke new ground, constantly experimenting with the performance of various ball shapes on the clay court.

JM is not a novice in tennis either, he corrected his attitude and began to fight with Yukimura in the backcourt.

As a tennis player who has been running on the clay court since he was a child, his forehand skills are quite solid, and his displacement speed on both sides of the front and back courts and the baseline is also very fast.

Yukimura, on the other hand, is not used to it. In China, most people regard the high-pressure ball as a nirvana. The volley in front of the net cannot play its due effect on the red soil. The soft ground is like a quagmire, absorbing the players' tennis. The arrogance is also greedily absorbing their physical strength and energy.

Correspondingly, the baseline straight ball and sliced ​​ball appear to be more treacherous. Its speed has indeed slowed down, but the change in rotation makes the receiver more unpredictable, and it becomes possible to hit a sliced ​​ball that is almost impossible to bounce.

Yukimura couldn't help thinking of Sanada. [Here, "fire" will be completely useless, the power of "wind" will be greatly reduced, and the effect of "Lin Yin" will also be reduced; it is "thunder", but "thunder" consumes too much on the body. The mountain is fatal; it is the "mountain" that can exert the greatest effect.But Genichiro rarely takes defensive measures, especially against opponents who are weaker than him. ]

[Tsk, if they really fight on the clay court, Genichiro's winning rate will drop a lot. ]

[Even if it is the same player, the ability to play on different courts is not the same. ]

[So this is tennis, there is never an end, there is never a limit.Competitive opponents are endless, and the combination of opponents and venues extends infinite possibilities. ]

"Excellent match!" The young man who lost the game was not at all disappointed, and he could see a kind of inexplicable excitement from those shining eyes.

Yukimura went to the net and was about to shake his hand, but JM ran towards the tennis bag on the sidelines.

"Attends."

He ran back to the frontcourt and handed Yukimura a small ball—a tennis ball with the Roland Garros logo on it.

"Merci." Yukimura accepted the small gift and smiled gently at JM, but he froze in place the next moment.

The blond young man put his left hand on his shoulder, turned his face to approach Yukimura, and lightly touched his right cheek with his right cheek.

Without waiting for Yukimura's reaction, JM backed away, and then ran away happily by himself.

"Adieu~"

"..." Yukimura, who was still holding the ball in his left hand, stood upright in the clay court, a blush appeared on his fair face.

[Unexpected situation...] He probably couldn't forget this enthusiastic French brother.

Yukimura calmed down for a long time before packing up his tennis bags and walking in the tennis park again. From the six competition courts on one side, to the two main stadiums in the center, and then to the well-arranged sub-court areas, he slowly summed up the The characteristics of the red earth.

Compared with the grass courts of Wimbledon and the hard courts of the Australian Open and the US Open, the red courts of the French Open have the characteristics of slow speed, low rebound and strong spin, which makes it extremely unwise to serve to the net.In this field, more attention is paid to the stalemate of the bottom line, the confrontation of cutting and the exquisite footwork of the players.

The five-set, three-win competition system also greatly tests the endurance and mental strength of the players.

This prompted a lot of "unpopular" broke out in Roland Garros.

The youngest champion of the Four Grand Slams came from the French Open at the age of 17.

Yukimura looked at the clay court shining in the sun from the edge of the terraced stands, the redness in his eyes seemed to resonate with his blood.In the silence, he could clearly hear his own heartbeat.

thump.

thump.

Like a tennis ball bouncing on the court.

Yukimura understands that since the JR competition, he has been standing still.Not referring to technique, but state of mind.He felt that the distance between him and it was getting infinitely closer, and he also knew that he was going to compete and start fighting with his tennis ball.After that?Where is his opponent?Is there a border in Japan?There was no rival to make him shudder, no rival to wrest control from him.He is like a chess player, waiting for another person - when he judges and plans the next round, or even a few rounds at that moment, he is overthrown by that person, and he can instantly break the opponent's prediction Every ball can be like this, and the result of every game, every set, the subtle changes in mentality between the two, the psychological confrontation between the two, and the competition for the rhythm of the game …

He is longing for such a person to appear and let him take another step forward.He is eager to compete with the world's top players and let them tell him: How far are you from tennis, how well do you fit your tennis on the tennis court, and which direction you should go in the future.

Yukimura took a deep breath.

[Wait, wait, wait——]

Can't go yet.

After graduating from junior high school, when he secures the Kanto winning streak and wins the national three-game winning streak, he can start his own journey.

Keep going in the many tennis tournaments and tennis tournaments that follow, and let everyone tell him how far you are from tennis.

Sooner or later, he will be able to stand on the side of this red land as a player, and together with his opponents, he will bring an excellent tennis competition to all audiences.

Prove to the world that Seiichi Yukimura and his tennis.

Let Grand Slam sing their praises!

The author has something to say:

I am very grateful to XF for creating "The Prince of Tennis", and I also respect the friendship and passion of each team.But I don't quite understand Wang Wang's happy tennis, but I agree with a sentence in "Soul of Chess"-the hand of God cannot be achieved by one person, and only two people can realize that state by playing chess.

As the same big boss, Echizen Nanjiro and Zuo Wei of "Soul of Chess" are quite different.

The big boss Echizen (not to mention that he was one step away from winning the grand slam on the hard court) was in the peak state of his body and in the heyday of his sports career, he gave up the opportunity to compete with the masters in the world - because his son Echizen Ryoma, yes, it makes sense.Then can I speculate that tennis is actually just a career in his eyes, just like those professional men who become company bosses and achieve a career, tennis is not as important as his family.He became famous because of his amazing skills and beat the number one in the world. He thought: Oh, it’s almost there. I’m already invincible. At this time, I should train my son.Then he exited amidst accolades and became a "legend".Playing tennis is fun—he plays tennis, he's happy.Does the Echizen boss love tennis?I'm not saying it's bad, it's wrong.The realm of selflessness is also a path.I am expressing: I do not agree that Echizen Nanjiro can represent the highest level of the World Vocational Network.What's more, he is already in his forties.

No matter how sharp the "sword" in your hand is, if you never use it, will you take advantage of it in a duel?

When Federer was on hard courts and grass courts in those years, did he retire?No.Did Nadal leave the court when he won the ten clay court championships?No.They have been active on the tennis court to this day and are still breaking records - Federer's 24 Grand Slams, 99 singles titles; Nadal's 11 Grand Slams on French Open clay.Even if there will be latecomers gradually stepping on them, even if they will retire sadly.

If you are interested, I strongly recommend watching the tennis documentary "Strike of Genius". For an hour and a half, there is a transfer on station B, so it is a long-term experience.It tells the story of Federer and Nadal's Wimbledon grass final in 2008, interspersed with classic duels in tennis history.About tennis, about sports, this is indeed a very good documentary.The last paragraph really touched my heart.

Net King is indeed fantasy, many people like to watch it, because it is about people, not tennis.As for why I want to write Wang Wang with a documentary orientation, one is that I am easy to write, and the most important thing is related to my final setting and the reason why I wrote this article.Ah~~ Once upon a time, I was also a person who read and chased articles without any worries.

French little brother's inner OS - a romantic encounter.He is probably the only person who is so close to Yukimura except Yumi, it is etiquette to stick to the side, and of course it does take some advantage hhhhh.