Tennis: He's so obedient!

Chapter 67 Recovery Training, Preparation for Battle (Please continue reading)

After returning to school, Jiang Hong began training!
After all, they need to make up for the time they spent resting and competing.

Jiang Hong took a few steps, bent his knees and squatted down, swung his arms back, and then suddenly exerted force.

He leaped up and landed on the 60-centimeter-high vaulting box.

Box jumps: 20/24 times

Box jumps can strengthen the quadriceps muscles on the front of the thighs, increasing the explosive power and jumping ability of the legs.

When a player is forced to run back and forth while defending at the baseline in tennis, the demands on explosive power and endurance are always very high!

Jiang Hong kept repeating the same actions he had just performed.

"21!"

"22!"

"23!"

"24!"

Jiang Hong was drenched in sweat, and his legs were slightly sore.

The body typically experiences a stimulating reaction the day after high-intensity training.

He took the towel from Su Cheng's hand, wiped his face, and then let out a long sigh of relief, "Training is finally over!"

"Jiang Hong, the competition is coming up soon, and your training intensity is still so high. Won't that affect your performance?" Su Cheng was a little worried.

"Don't worry, if I don't train, my performance might actually decline!" Jiang Hong shrugged and laughed.

Su Cheng had no way to refute Jiang Hong, even though she had read a lot of books about sports during this time.

Jiang Hong's recovery ability and training intensity are both unscientific!
However, Jiang Hong always manages to achieve good results in competitions.

If Jiang Hong knew what Su Cheng was thinking, he would definitely tell her that exercise itself is not a scientific thing.

After all, Bolt was born with scoliosis, yet he was still able to break the world record.

In the field of sports, reaching the top is never something that science can explain!
"Jiang Hong, when are you leaving this time? Tomorrow?" Su Cheng asked Jiang Hong.

Jiang Hong nodded. "That's right. We didn't make it into the main tournament this time, so we have to go there in advance to play in the qualifying rounds!"

Two days ago, Jiang Hong received a call from the organizing committee of the Wuhan ATP75K Challenger.

Although Jiang Hong registered quite early, the main draw spots were allocated based on the ATP rankings of the registrants.

Jiang Hong has not participated in any competitions in the past two weeks, and his ATP ranking has dropped one place to 588.

The person behind Jiang Hong in the rankings gained new points and surpassed him.

However, Jiang Hong's lack of a main competition spot is not significantly related to his drop in ranking by one place.

Because this ATP Challenger Tournament is a 75K tournament, many players are competing for points.

The players who qualified for the main draw of this Challenger tournament are mostly ranked between 230 and 400+ on the ATP rankings.

However, there is one exception: the opponent is ranked 601st in the ATP rankings.

However, they do not qualify for the main draw based on their ATP rankings!
They obtained their main event slots through another method: ITF points.

Jiang Hong is not a player within the system, so a wildcard is out of the question.

Therefore, Jiang Hong could only start from the qualifying rounds.

The three rounds of qualifying matches are a considerable test of physical fitness.

Fortunately, Jiang Hong has plenty of stamina. As long as it's not a match with three games in one day or a Grand Slam match with a best-of-five-sets format, Jiang Hong can handle it!

"When you leave, make sure you take everything with you and don't forget anything!" Su Cheng coughed and then reminded him.

"Hmm?" Jiang Hong turned to look at Su Cheng, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Is something the matter?"

"It's okay!"

"Since there's nothing else, isn't this all your job as the assistant?"

Hearing this, Su Cheng rolled her eyes and retorted, "You're such a shrew..."

Halfway through her sentence, she suddenly realized something was wrong, turned to look at Jiang Hong, and began to understand.

"You mean you want me to go to Wuhan with you?" Su Cheng asked, somewhat surprised.

"If you don't want to, or if you don't have time, then forget it!" Jiang Hong teased deliberately.

Su Cheng blushed slightly, coughed, and said, "How could I not have time to make money? Besides, I can travel on company pay!"

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That evening, Jiang Hong returned to his dormitory, turned on his computer, and checked information about the challenge.

In addition to players who directly qualified for the main draw based on their ATP rankings, two national team members received wildcards for the main draw.

Born in the United States in 1989, Donald Young won the Australian Open junior men's singles title in 2005, becoming the youngest Grand Slam junior men's singles champion.

Two weeks ago, he won the Wimbledon junior boys' singles title, bringing his career prize money to $469 million before retirement.

He turned professional this year, and although his ATP ranking is not high, his opponent's strength should not be underestimated.

He is definitely one of Jiang Hong's rivals in winning the championship this time.

They already possess the skill level of a tour-level player.

The main reason is that this contestant's name is the same as that of a certain American man who knows everything.

However, Jiang Hong was not worried; on the contrary, he was somewhat excited.

Finally, I can compete against top players. Before, the players I encountered were mostly ranked outside the ATP 500.

Of course, it will be much more difficult for Jiang Hong to get a wildcard!

I suppose the other side traveled all that way to participate in this not-so-high-level challenger tournament, probably for a wildcard entry to the China Open?
Afterwards, I looked at the information of some other players, m
Jiang Hong was right; Donald Young did indeed have this idea.

The tour is mostly held in Asia during September and October each year, hence the name "Asian season".

The China Open is held in early September, and the Japan Open is held at the end of September.

However, the China Open was an ATP 250 event, but it was upgraded at the end of this year and will become an ATP 500 event in 2009.

The Japan Open, already an ATP 500 tournament, offers higher ranking points and prize money, making it more attractive to top professional players.

This could lead to players throwing the game at the China Open.

You have a greater chance of stealing wins, and playing more rounds can make your ranking skyrocket!

After winning the Wimbledon junior title, Donald Young is very confident and believes he can definitely win this ATP 75K Challenger tournament held in China.

Jiang Hong had just logged out of the website when news popped up in the sports section.

Hebei China Fortune 0-3 Uzbekistan, eliminated from the competition!

[China Men's Basketball Team defeats Cavaliers in Summer League with a buzzer-beater; Yi Jianlian scores the game-winner with 0.4 seconds left!]

The Special Olympics World Games are about to be held in Shanghai!

The entire section is filled with reports on football and basketball; there's not a single mention of tennis!
After closing the news forum, Jiang Hong suddenly remembered that he hadn't informed his online coaches about participating in the Wuhan station competition.

Upon logging into Tieba, Jiang Hong immediately posted a message.

"Xiao Jiang has completed two weeks of intensive training and is preparing for the Wuhan Challenge. Facing strong opponents, what advice do the coaches have for him?"

This post was published not long ago, and dozens of comments were instantly added below it.

"Oh, you want me to give suggestions? (Benbo Ba emoji)"

"I suggest Xiao Jiang win the Wuhan Challenge! (Funny)"

"Building glory in men's tennis starts with winning a Challenger tournament!"

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(End of this chapter)