The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University.

Chapter 302: On the eve of the semi-finals (man!!)

The next day.

The match between the United States and Switzerland was held as scheduled at the R.G.L Stadium, the venue where Japan and Spain played yesterday.

The match between Germany and Mexico also started on the same day.

However, as the Japanese team had just won the game yesterday, not all of them chose to scout the other group's game in the same half during their rest time today.

However, members of the Seigaku department who were not selected for the representative team, such as Takeshi Momoshiro, as well as some members who had a good relationship with Seigaku, arrived at the venue early and waited for the game to begin.

On the one hand, they came to scout the strength of their next opponent, but more importantly, they came to watch Ryoma Echizen's game.

At the same time, several people from Rikkai University were gathering in a restaurant, leisurely drinking breakfast tea and enjoying the rare quiet time.

“This morning tea tastes really good.”

Yukimura Seiichi took a sip of tea and smiled with satisfaction.

"Is it really okay not to go to the game? To be honest, our next opponent, whether it is the American team or the Swiss team, will be a very tough opponent."

Compared to Yukimura's serious tea tasting, Marui felt a little uncomfortable even though he was eating delicious snacks.

"If you really care, it won't be too late for us to go after breakfast."

Yuuki Maya took a sip of hot milk, took a bite of the sandwich, and spoke slowly.

"Yuuki, in your opinion, who among them will be our next opponent?"

Genichirō Sanada asked in a serious tone while eating breakfast.

"Although the Swiss team is ranked higher than the American team in the world, in my opinion, the overall strength of the American team this year is slightly higher than that of the Swiss team. Similarly, it is also stronger than our opponent Spain yesterday." Yuki said bluntly without leaving any suspense.

With the changes in the world line, the American team's lineup is stronger than he remembered, while the Swiss team's lineup is exactly the same as he remembered, so the winner and loser is obvious.

"So in two days, we will be fighting against Echizen's team..."

Sanada has great faith in Yuki's judgment, and at the same time he begins to think about what kind of sparks will be produced by the match with the American team.

"Since Yuki believes that the American team is very strong, then if we go there too late, won't we miss the exciting game?"

Renji Yanagi raised a question on the side. He always felt that although Maya Yuuki kept saying how powerful the American team was, she didn't seem to care much.

"Don't worry, the key to winning for these two teams is in singles. If we go a little late, at most we will just miss the first doubles match." Yuuki Maya explained.

Upon hearing this, Yanagi Renji nodded silently.

Since Yuki said so, any remaining concerns he had were immediately dispelled.

Half an hour later, Yuuki Maya and the others finished their breakfast in a relaxed mood and walked towards the venue together.

……

On the other side, Takeshi Momoshiro and his group, who had already taken their seats in the venue, now widened their eyes in surprise.

"This...is this the Swiss team that lost to us in the qualifiers? How come they are so powerful?" Momoshiro Takeshi shouted in surprise.

Right now, the doubles match between the United States and Switzerland has just ended.

The muscular combination of Albert and Randy from the Swiss team completely dominated the game with two 6-0 scores.

The American team's doubles combination had no ability to fight at all and played passive defense throughout the game.

"Momoshiro, you probably didn't watch our game against the Swiss team."

Inui Sadaharu said calmly, "In our qualifiers against the Swiss team, we also lost to this powerful doubles team from the Swiss team. In my opinion, they are undoubtedly the strongest doubles team in this World Cup."

"So that's how it is?" After hearing this, Momoshiro Takeshi suppressed the shock in his heart.

"There is no doubt that the Swiss team is strong. Even though we beat them in the group stage, it was a hard-fought victory with a score of 3 to 2," added Fuji Shusuke.

"Look at the expressions of the American team right now. It seems that they don't take this defeat seriously..."

Oshitari Yuushi, who came with Fuji, carefully observed the expressions of the members of the American team and made a guess.

"It seems that the American team has already considered that they will lose their first doubles match. In other words, the junior high school doubles team they sent out is a sacrifice..."

Inui Sadaharu, who also noticed this, pushed his glasses and pondered. Just as several people were guessing what the American team was up to, a loud broadcast sounded.

"Now we are starting the doubles match. The players sent by the American team are Alan Hopkins and Chico Balentin, and the players sent by the Swiss team are..."

As the referee shouted loudly, the players from both sides entered the tennis court one after another, and the second game was about to begin.

Then, when Maya Yuuki and others came to the venue and looked at the situation on the tennis court, the score recorded on the large-screen electronic scoreboard was.

In the first set, the United States team defeated the Swiss team 6-4.

In the second set, the United States team led Switzerland 5-4.

On the field, both sides seemed to be playing extremely tensely and the score was very close.

But with Chico's "accidental" touch on the net, the Swiss team's receiving rhythm was disrupted, ending the game.

"Game, 6 to 4, winners are Alan and Chico of the American team."

He defeated his opponent with a score of 6-4 in two sets. In the first two games, the two sides tied -.

Then, it was a singles match between three people.

The Swiss team sent the talented nobleman Henry Nobel III, while the American team sent Ryoma Echizen.

"Echizen, he finally came on stage..."

When they saw Ryoma Echizen appear on the field wearing the American team uniform, Fuji Shusuke and other alumni of Seigaku all had complicated expressions.

The teammates who were once familiar to them are now in different camps.

"As you said, Yuki, now is the moment to decide the winner." Yukimura Seiichi said after observing the situation on the court.

"Well, if the previous doubles match was a tactical contest, then the following singles match will be a competition of hard power between the two sides."

While Yuuki Maya nodded in response, there was something else in her mind that she didn't say.

That is, now is indeed the moment to decide the winner, but at the same time, when the third singles match started, the Swiss team's defeat was already doomed.

Forty minutes later, when the seamless light disappeared from Ryoma Echizen, the singles match ended in the incredulous eyes of many supporters of the Swiss team.

First set 6-4
Second set 6-3
Henry, the talented nobleman who they had high hopes for, lost to Ryoma Echizen, a lesser-known junior high school student.

"WHY! How could Henry lose?!"

"Hasn't the American team's weakness always been junior high school students? How come they still have such a talented junior high school student?"

"Looking at his Asian appearance and the format of his name, could he be a Japanese player?"

"Why are all the junior high school students in Japan so good? Where do all these talented players come from?"

"Humph, it seems that the American team must have secretly used a large sum of money to poach him from this year's Japanese team. It's just money tennis!"

"What a sinister and cunning American!"

"..."

The defeat in singles three cast a shadow over the Swiss team's supporters, especially Ryoma Echizen's appearance and the strong performance of the Japanese national team this year, which made many people doubt.

This suspicion was further confirmed when the second singles players of both teams appeared.

Because, in the next singles match, the Swiss team sent out the treasure of Swiss tennis - Peter Lambiel.

The second singles player sent by the American team is Ryuga Echizen.

And when the result of the second singles match came out after more than 30 minutes, everyone was shocked.

First set 7-5
The second set 6-1
The supporters who had great confidence in Pitt's strength once again suffered an unprecedented blow.

The game couldn't even drag on until the fifth game to decide the winner. The US team defeated the Swiss team with a total score of 3 to 1 and advanced to the semi-finals.

Similarly, they will be the next opponents of Yuki and others.

(End of this chapter)