Tennis: He's so obedient!

Chapter 141 EastNet War Begins, First Round (4000 words, please subscribe)
"Jiang Hong, are you alright?"

After Li Gong was shaken down by Jiang Hong, he saw that there was a group of young people following behind him, all of them with solemn expressions. His heart skipped a beat!
He quickly looked Jiang Hong up and down to make sure he wasn't injured, then hurried forward and asked worriedly.

"Are you alright?"

Jiang Hong was somewhat puzzled by Li Gong's words, waved his hand, and then looked behind him.

"Where's Lao Fu? Didn't we tell you to call him down to help?"

The main problem was that Jiang Hong bought far too much; without bags, the two of them simply couldn't carry it all.

If Bertans hadn't always been out partying at night, Jiang Hong would definitely have dragged him over to help as well.

Jiang Hong is now certain that Bertans is in this predicament because of this.

On the one hand, they are limited by their talent, and on the other hand, they lack self-discipline and like to abuse their bodies.

"Oh, Lao Fu was on the phone just now, he'll be downstairs soon!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Yunlong stepped out of the elevator.

"Old Jiang, how much did you buy? You even called us all down here..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw a group of young men behind Jiang Hong.

Images of the Yamaguchi-gumi and Suzuran High School flashed through my mind.

Jiang Hong turned to Ishikawa and said, "Alright, you can put your things down now. You can go!"

Since he was willing to accept defeat, Jiang Hong wasn't embarrassed at all.

"Hi!"

Ishikawa bowed solemnly and then handed the items to Fu Yunlong.

After putting down the comics, they left in a large group.

"Old Jiang, what's going on?"

After all, Fu Yunlong couldn't understand Japanese either, so he asked with a curious expression.

Jiang Hong grinned and then recounted what had happened.

Fu Yunlong remained silent for a long time before giving a thumbs up.

"Good for you!"

"Alright, hurry up and help me move these comic books upstairs!"

After the three of them carried the comic book upstairs, Li Gong was already panting heavily.

After all, he was over thirty years old, and coupled with his dislike of exercise, his face was flushed red.

"I'll arrange an assistant for you as soon as you get back to China!"

It's incredibly shameful that a top agent at IMG's China division would do something like this.

"I think you need to get some exercise, why don't you train with me tomorrow!"

Jiang Hong turned his head, glanced at Li Gong, and said with a smile.

"I want to lose weight, but I can't possibly train with you!" Li Gong said resolutely, shaking his head so hard it was almost like a rattle drum.

After all, training with Jiang Hong can only be done at noon.

Because something bad was bound to happen sooner or later.

Jiang Hong's training is deadly.

……

For the next two days, Jiang Hong continued training.

Li Gong even found a pair of doubles players to practice with Jiang Hong.

It has to be said that this makes it considerably more difficult.

Jiang Hong had just finished training and went back to his room to take a shower.

Li Gong knocked on the door and came in.

"Jiang Hong, the main draw is out!"

"You're lucky. He's a Japanese player named Go Soeda, ranked 230th in the ATP rankings. He's currently ranked second in Japan and got his spot in the main draw directly through a wildcard!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hong raised an eyebrow; he had no recollection of this contestant.

"How old is the other person?" Jiang Hong asked casually.

Lee Gong glanced at the information he had researched earlier: "Born in 1984, officially turned professional in 2003!"

"Oh!" Jiang Hong nodded. At this age, he was no longer considered young in the professional tennis world.

Furthermore, Li Gong did not report the opponent's record, which clearly indicates that he has not even won the challenger championship yet.

Although the other party was not a super genius, Jiang Hong did not let his guard down.

After all, even the Big Three can be upset and eliminated. In the world of tennis, only your performance matters, not your ranking.

The ATP rankings only represent the honors you have already achieved.

However, Jiang Hong's goal is to improve her ranking as much as possible, at least to reach a ranking that allows her to enter the main draw before the Australian Open.

This is the goal that Jiang Hong set for himself.

"I've been training for a year and a half, and my goal is the Australian Open main draw."

Just then, Jiang Hong's phone suddenly rang.

I glanced at the caller ID and saw it was a fellow member from the Baidu Tieba forum, Li Yihang, who often came to the competition to support him!

"Hey, Xiao Jiang, you're participating in the Tokyo Open?" As soon as the call connected, I heard the loud voice from the other end of the line.

Jiang Hong was completely dumbfounded; how did the other party know?

Few people knew that Jiang Hong was going to participate in the competition this time.

Could it be that Li Hua has turned into a megaphone to promote himself?

"How did you know I was coming to the Tokyo Open?" Jiang Hong asked, puzzled.

Li Yihang chuckled, "You'll see when you log back into the forum!"

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Hong immediately turned on his computer, logged into the Baidu Tieba forum, and clicked on the tennis forum.

It's basically all about Jiang Hong.

Now, the tennis forum has basically become his personal forum.

I miss Xiao Jiang every day he doesn't have a match!

[Speaking of which, we haven't heard from Xiao Jiang lately. Is he in seclusion cultivating?]

[Xiao Jiang, who loves surfing so much, actually went scuba diving!]

At this time, some trolls also started stirring up trouble.

[Haha, I think Jiang Hong knows his skill level isn't up to par. This China Open title was just luck, so he's keeping quiet and making a fortune, afraid to compete!]

[Winning the China Open already guarantees a comfortable life, so what reason is there to strive for more!]

Indeed, training so hard every day, why not just rest on your laurels from the China Open and wait to die? Why make yourself suffer so much?

After all, when Jiang Hong won the championship some time ago, there were voices praising him everywhere.

This has left many "objective guys" feeling stifled.

Now I finally have a chance to say a few words.

Of course, the majority of the forum members support Jiang Hong.

[Who said that? Jiang's goal is a Grand Slam; this China Open is definitely not his final destination!]

[That's just bragging. Even in twenty years, China will never have a Grand Slam title. Do you even know the current performance of Asian players in the four Grand Slam tournaments?]

Just as a group of people were arguing heatedly, a post suddenly caught everyone's attention.

The entry list for the Tokyo Open is out, and I found Xiao Jiang's name!

Instantly, both white and black players checked the roster for the Tokyo Open.

Once confirmed, the forum members immediately launched a counterattack.

[Calling out? Didn't they say Xiao Jiang was too afraid to compete?]

[I knew Xiao Jiang wouldn't stop just because of the China Open.]

[It's a pity CCTV isn't broadcasting the Tokyo Open this year. I'm so sad I can't see Jiang's matches; it feels like a million bugs are crawling all over me!]

However, the forum members are spread all over the world, not just in China.

[My Diao Chan is on my waist: I'm currently studying in Tokyo, and I'll be there to cheer you on and provide text updates!]

[OP, you kept your word! I've followed you.]

[Waiting for the host to share the match details.]

Looking at the content on the forum, Jiang Hong's eyes darted around.

I felt like I should do something.

Without hesitation, Jiang Hong tapped his fingers on the keyboard and quickly posted a message.

"I'm in Tokyo, just arrived at the court, and I'm about to play my first-round match at the Tokyo Open. What should I do? It's urgent!!!"

If you can get a few suggestions, that would be a huge win.

Jiang Hong clicked the mouse and refreshed the page.

Instantly, Jiang Hongfa's post was flooded with comments.

[I get it, the China Open champion = a complete newbie!]

[I suggest Xiao Jiang sweep his opponent and score two 6-0 victories.]

[The competition is tomorrow, and you're still surfing here? Why aren't you using this time to train?!]

[Upstairs, they made us train the day before the match? Are you a spy sent by the opposing team?]

Okay, we shouldn't have any hope for this bunch of idiots.

Even the Big Three, if they can score two 6-0 victories, will find it difficult to prevent their opponents from winning even a single game.

Not only do you need to be at your peak, but your opponent also needs to be out of form.

However, Jiang Hong didn't come away empty-handed. [Ding, a suggestion has been detected: Defeat your opponent to advance to the next round. Reward unknown.]

After receiving the advice, Jiang Hong immediately took the training recovery potion.

……

The following day, at a tennis court in Tokyo.

"Ishikawa, stop training! You'll only get injured if you keep training like this!"

Inoue couldn't help but speak as he watched Ishikawa swing his racket, his face covered in sweat.

I lost to that foreigner a couple of nights ago, and after coming back I started training like crazy.

This made their teammates a little worried.

"Jiang was right the other day, if you're not strong enough, you need to train hard!"

Suddenly, Inoue's eyes darted around, and he thought of a reason.

"But Ishikawa, today is the day that Senior Go Tenda is playing at the East Net. Didn't we promise to go and cheer him on?"

Go Tenda graduated from their school and is the goal of all the members of their tennis team.

I had told my teammates before that we would go and cheer for our seniors.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally nodded and said.

"But it's too late to buy tickets!"

"I've already bought the tickets for you!"

Inoue suddenly took out the ticket for the EastNet website from his pocket.

"Let's go quickly!"

Inoue dragged Ishikawa out of the stadium.

……

The Tokyo Open tennis tournament has officially begun.

Jiang Hong arrived at the stadium at the designated time. Neither his opponent nor Jiang Hong were the focus of this match, so naturally they couldn't be in the center court.

Instead, it was in an outer stadium, where the stands looked like they could only hold a few hundred people.

Jiang Hong's match against his opponent was scheduled for the second game, so he had to wait in the rest area for their match to finish.

However, since the previous matches seemed to be quite intense and had not yet ended, Jiang Hong's match was inevitably postponed.

Just when Jiang Hong was feeling bored, the staff finally informed him that they could enter.

After Jiang Hong entered the court, he saw his opponent.

He was about 1.8 meters tall, not particularly tall or burly.

At least from their appearance, it's impossible to discern their style.

"Go, Xiao Jiang!"

Just as Jiang Hong was preparing to warm up with a serve and rally, he suddenly heard two or three abrupt cheers.

I turned my head in confusion and saw five or six people holding up a banner.

"Jiang Hong Internet Cafe Support Group - Tokyo Branch"

Jiang Hong was a little dumbfounded when she saw this banner. As expected, it was the netizens!
Jiang Hong waved to his support group.

Even more dumbfounded than Jiang Hong was Tenda Go, who found that his opponent's cheers were louder than his own in his own home arena.

"Go, Go, senpai!"

"Senior Go Soeda, that was just right!"

Although Jiang Hong's support group was very united, it was ultimately too small and was quickly overwhelmed.

After both sides finished warming up, they were called to the net by the referee to emphasize the important points.

Jiang Hong was half a head taller than his opponent, looking down at Tenda Gou who was staring at him.

When faced with Jiang Hong's gaze, Tenda Go instinctively wanted to look away.

It suddenly occurred to me.

"If you get scared, you definitely won't win this game!"

So they started keeping an eye on it again.

A sentence flashed through Jiang Hong's mind.

"Not only did they refuse to surrender, they even dared to resist!"

Go Soeda won the right to serve by flipping a coin.

Go Tenda knew his opponent well; although he had only participated in a few matches, he had won the China Open.

"However, I won't give up so easily."

With this in mind, Go Tenda's gaze hardened.

He tossed the tennis ball into the air.

boom!
With a thud, the tennis ball shot out instantly.

As the tennis ball flew through the air, Go Soeda was also moving.

He rushed quickly towards the net.

"Serve and volley!"

"That's the offensive technique that Senior Go Soeda is most skilled at!"

The spectators immediately became excited as Go Tenda served.

That's right. When facing a player like Jiang Hong, you have to use your strongest moves directly.

Jiang Hong saw the opponent's serve.

He frowned.

A thought popped into his mind.

"He dares to go to the net with a serve like that?"

A difficult serve can be used to launch an attack from the net and put pressure on the opponent.

However, the serve-and-volley was of low quality.

This makes it easy for the opponent to find an opening.

Anticipating the tennis ball's landing point, Jiang Hong moved quickly and positioned herself.

Lower your center of gravity and turn to the side to prepare for the shot.

"boom!"

With the sound of the ball being struck.

Go Tenda saw the tennis ball being hoisted high into the air.

It flew over his head as a yellow-green streak.

"Wow...high!"

The tennis ball flew straight towards Go Soeda's baseline in the backcourt!

Go Soeda had no time to intercept.

The only option was to quickly turn around and run back towards the baseline to chase after them.

However, the ball was moving too fast.

Snapped!
The tennis ball hit Go Soeda in front of him, flew high off the court, and crashed into the side net.

"0:15!"

The referee's voice sounded.

"It's a high-altitude time travel!"

"He predicted the landing point of Senior Go Tenda's serve."

"Senior Go Soeda's serve-and-volley strategy has actually been broken."

Go Tenda gripped his racket tightly, feeling utterly outmatched by his opponent in both tactics and skill.

"The competition has only just begun!"

Toss the ball again and serve.

A flat serve changes the course of the serve.

My serve-and-volley game has been clearly countered by my opponent, and continuing to use it will only put me in a more passive position.

Jiang Hong moved his feet, swung his racket quickly, and hit the ball directly into Tenda Go's backhand opening.

The speed was very fast, which made Tenda Gou very uncomfortable.

In a rush, he returned the ball.

Ding Ding Deng!
In the blink of an eye, Jiang Hong had appeared in front of the net.

boom!
An aerial interception sent the ball flying directly in the opposite direction from Go Soeda.

"what?"

Go Tenda looked up at the landing point of the return shot, his pupils suddenly contracting.

Too far.

Go Tenda moved his feet rapidly, rushing towards the right sideline, before even releasing his racket.

boom.

The tennis ball hit the bottom corner and flew out of bounds.

"30:0!"

The referee's voice rang out.

After a brief silence, the audience erupted like a pot of splattered oil...

(End of this chapter)