The Prince of Tennis: From Data-Driven Tennis to the Pinnacle of His Career

Chapter 95 A Regrettable Defeat

Chapter 187 A Regrettable Defeat

"The second match begins. Please bring on Yamabuki Doubles Team 2 and Shishiraku Doubles Team 2."

"Let's go, Dongfang, it's our turn."

Kentaro Minami stood up from the lounge chair, nodded to Aya Higashikata beside him, then picked up his racket and walked straight toward the referee.

"Um."

Dongfang Yamei looked confident, with a faint smile on her lips.

He habitually slung his racket casually over his shoulder and stayed close to Kentaro Minami.

This time, their opponents were the second-year doubles pair from Shishiraku Junior High School, Tachibana Kippei and Chitose Senri.

"One game to decide the winner, South/Eastern serves."

"It turns out to be the two heroes of Kyushu. This is troublesome."

Kentaro Minami gripped his racket tightly, his expression instantly becoming much more serious.

Last year at the national tournament, Tachibana Kippei and Chitose Senri's performance was already dazzling enough. If they hadn't narrowly lost to the two seniors who had mastered "Tone Synchronization," they would probably have been able to compete for the strongest doubles pair of the year, given their strength at the time.

Now, another year has passed, and both of them must have become even stronger in terms of both skill and experience. This time, he and Dongfang Yamei have really met their match.

"Appearing so early—does Shishigaku have a stronger doubles pair than these two?"

Dongfang Yamei frowned, her eyes filled with doubt and apprehension.

This time, Shiro's lineup seems to be somewhat countered by Yamabuki. They originally thought they could win the first three games and advance directly, but now it seems unlikely.

The doubles pair opposite them are strong contenders for the title of the strongest doubles pair in this national tournament.

Although he and Kentaro Minami have become much stronger, their chances of winning against this tag team are still too low.

"There shouldn't be anyone stronger than them, otherwise they would have been famous long ago."

After thinking for a moment, Kentaro Minami shook his head with absolute certainty.

Kippei Tachibana and Senri Chitose are so famous not only because they are great teammates, but also because they are extremely strong singles players even when separated.

This time, Shishigaku didn't choose to let the two of them play singles, probably because they felt that Yamabuki's singles players were too strong. Rather than gambling on an unknown outcome, it was better to secure a doubles match.

"That's good."

Dongfang Yamei breathed a slight sigh of relief, and then walked straight to the service area.

This time, it was thanks to Sengoku Kiyosumi that they withstood the pressure and won the first match; otherwise, they would have been in serious trouble.

"Bang!"

After taking a deep breath, Dongfang Yamei tossed the ball high into the air and swung her racket forcefully.

"Bang!"

With his blond hair, Tachibana Kippei ran straight to the ball's landing point and swung his racket with great force.

"lie!"

The moment the racket made contact with the tennis ball, Kentaro Minami felt a powerful impact hit him, and his racket was knocked away and crashed heavily to the ground.

"0-15!"

"Such strong force."

Kentaro Minami gasped, twisted his slightly numb wrist, then bent down to pick up his racket and walked straight to the baseline with a gloomy expression.

Kippei Tachibana is very strong individually, no less so than those power-type singles players, so he needs to be more cautious.

"Bang!"

After running to the ball's landing point, Kentaro Minami decisively met the ball with both hands holding the racket.

As a powerful impact spread through his arm, he gritted his teeth, rapidly rotated his wrist, used the spin to reduce the force of the ball, and then forcefully pushed the ball back.

"A good opportunity."

A glint of light flashed in Qian Sui Qian Li's eyes. He smiled faintly, leaped into the air, his arm muscles tensed, and swung his racket to smash the ball!

"Bang!"

The tennis ball slammed heavily onto the opposite side of the court, then bounced up and flew out of bounds.

"0-30!"

"Was a chance given?"

Kentaro Minami frowned, a hint of resentment flashing in his eyes, before walking to the bottom line once again.

The opposing doubles pair is no ordinary team; he must be more cautious and absolutely cannot make the same mistake again.

"Bang!"

After more than ten rounds, Chisui Senri accurately hit the ball to the baseline.

"0-40!"

"Dongfang, we can't go on like this. Let's use that."

Kentaro Minami turned to look at Masami Higashikata beside him and gave her a very secret signal.

The current situation is extremely unfavorable for them. The other side doesn't need to cooperate at all; they have already suppressed them and firmly grasped the initiative simply by relying on their individual strength.

"good!"

Dongfang Yamei nodded, then took a deep breath and walked straight towards the service area.

"Bang!"

After serving again, Dongfang Yamei's expression became even more focused.

"Bang!"

15-40!

After more than ten rounds, Kentaro Minami scored directly with a baseline cross-court shot.

"Bang!"

After more than twenty rounds, Dongfang Yamei hit the ball directly into the corner diagonally opposite.

"30-40!"

"Kippei, it seems we should get serious too."

Chisui Chisato flicked the racket in his hand, a smile playing on his lips, and said in an extremely relaxed manner.

Kentaro Minami and Masami Higashikata were able to withstand the pressure and win two points in a row, which shows that they are not an ordinary doubles pair and are not easy to deal with. However, they will not let go of this opportunity to break serve first.

"it is good."

Tachibana Kippei gripped his racket tightly, then walked directly to the receiving area and assumed a defensive stance.

"Bang!"

After taking a deep breath, Dongfang Yamei tossed the ball high into the air and swung her racket forcefully.

"The Rampage Lion!"

After running to the ball's landing point, Tachibana Kippei's eyes narrowed, his arm muscles bulged, and he swung his racket forcefully.

The tennis ball flew through the net in several blurs and crashed heavily onto the opposite side of the court.

"Game, South/East, O-1!"

After their serve was broken, Kentaro Minami and Masami Higashikata looked at each other in dismay.

They had just regained some momentum using coded tactics and were trying to turn the tide, but instead they were met with an even fiercer offensive.

"Disappeared!"

After reaching the service court, Chitose Chisato tossed the ball high into the air, rotated her wrist at an extremely strange angle, applied a vertical spin force perpendicular to the ground to the ball, and then struck it hard.

"what?"

Kentaro Minami was stunned when the tennis ball suddenly disappeared in mid-air, staring at Chitose Senri across from him in disbelief.

"15-0!"

"That's incredibly strong."

Kentaro Minami slowly lowered his head, revealing an extremely bitter smile, and said in a low voice with great frustration.

The situation is now crystal clear: he has clearly been made the weak point by the opponent and can only passively keep losing points.

"Nan, if you really can't keep up, just give up this round and we'll look for another opportunity in the next round."

Dongfang Yamei quickly stepped forward, patted Minami Kentaro on the shoulder, and comforted him in a deep voice.

Their opponents were stronger than they had anticipated, and they were certainly no match for the opposing duo on their own.

All they can do now is use their service games as much as possible to drag the score out and turn the match into the kind of long, drawn-out battle they excel at.

"Um."

Kentaro Minami took a deep breath and nodded heavily.

Now he has no other choice but to try his best to adapt to the opponent's serve.

"Disappeared!"

"30-0!"

"40-0!"

"Game, South/East, 0-2!"

After successfully holding their serve, Kippei Tachibana and Chitose Senri exchanged a glance, both revealing extremely confident smiles.

Although Kentaro Minami and Masami Higashikata have excellent teamwork, their individual skills are too weak, so they pose little threat to the other two.

"Bang!"

After reaching the service court, Kentaro Minami took a deep breath, tossed the ball high into the air, and swung his racket forcefully.

"Disappeared!"

After running to the ball's landing point, Chitose Chisato casually flipped her wrist and decisively swung her racket.

"0-15!"

"It was indeed difficult to answer."

Dongfang Yamei frowned as her racket missed its mark, staring intently at the landing point of the tennis ball.

After observing for so long, he has figured out a bit of the trick, but even so, catching the ball is still quite difficult.

"Bang!"

"Disappeared!"

"Bang!"

After running to the ball's landing point, Dongfang Yamei did not rush to swing her racket, but instead focused intently on the court.

With a loud "thud," his eyes lit up, and he quickly swung his racket the instant the ball bounced up.

"Did you catch it? But what's the point of returning such a low-quality ball?"

Juju Ping shook his head, his arm muscles bulging, and he forcefully slammed the ball back.

"The Rampage Lion!"

The tennis ball instantly transformed into several afterimages, rushing directly towards the opposite court.

"0-30!"

"This is really troublesome."

Kentaro Minami gripped his racket tightly and walked back to the service court.

"Bang!"

"Disappeared!"

"Bang!"

"The Rampage Lion!"

"Bang!"

Kentaro Minami, holding his racket with both hands, hit the bouncing tennis ball back directly.

"Disappeared!"

"Bang!"

"The Rampage Lion!"

"0-40!"

"Nan, we can't win like this. Let's use the goose formation instead."

Dongfang Yamei turned to look at Nan Jiantaro and said with a solemn expression.

If they were to compete with the opponent in individual strength, they would never win. Now, they can only try their luck with the goose formation.

"it is good."

Kentaro Minami nodded, then took a deep breath and walked back to the service area.

"Bang!"

"Disappeared!"

"Bang!"

"The Rampage Lion!"

"Bang!"

15-40!

After more than ten rounds, Kentaro Minami scored directly with a baseline cross-court shot.

"Bang!"

"Disappeared!"

"Bang!"

"The Rampage Lion!"

"Bang!"

"30-40!"

"Game, South/East, 0-3!"

"Game, South/East, 1-3!"

"Game, South/East, 2-3!"

"Game, South/East, 2-4!"

"Game, South/East, 3-4!"

"Game, South/East, 3-5!"

"Game, South/East, 4-5!"

"Kagura, Minami and Touhou should have a chance to win, right?"

Watching from the sidelines, Sengoku Kiyosumi clenched her hands tightly and asked with a worried expression.

Although Kentaro Minami and Masami Higashikata gradually caught up in the score using the goose formation, the situation was not optimistic—

观。

The opponent has gradually adapted to the goose formation, and time is running out for Minami Kentaro and Higashikata Masami. If they don't end the match quickly, the longer it drags on, the lower their chances of winning will be.

"There is absolutely no chance."

After a moment of silence, Kagura Ichijin slowly spoke.

It's clear that Tachibana Kippei and Chitose Senri weren't using their full strength, but even so, they weren't at a disadvantage.

The gap in strength between the two sides was too great; it couldn't be bridged by coded tactics or the goose formation.

If Kentaro Minami and Masami Higashikata can "synchronize," then they still have a fighting chance. Otherwise, once the opponent uses their full strength, Kentaro Minami and Masami Higashikata will only lose.

Sengoku Kiyosumi frowned and looked back at the arena without saying a word.

He could see that Kentaro Minami and Masami Higashikata had given it their all, but reality was too cruel; only the strongest would remain in the national tournament.

"Ugh!"

With a deep sigh, Kagura Ichijin silently recited the system's commands to check the five dimensions of Tachibana Kyohei and Chitose Senri.

Jujutsu Hirai (Second Year of Junior High)

Speed: 2.5

Power: 4.5

Stamina: 3

Spirit: 4.5

Technology: 3

Total: 17.5

A Thousand Years and a Thousand Miles (Second Year of Junior High)

Speed: 2.5

Power: 3.5

Stamina: 3

Spirit: 3.5

Technology: 4.5

Total: 17

"Disappeared!"

After reaching the service court, Chitose Senri took a deep breath, tossed the ball again, and swung her racket.

"Bang!"

"The Rampage Lion!"

"Bang!"

"0-15!"

After more than twenty rounds, Kentaro Minami hit the ball directly into the corner diagonally opposite.

"Disappeared!"

"Bang!"

"The Rampage Lion!"

"15-15!"

After more than ten rounds, taking advantage of the opponent's slow recovery, Tachibana Kippei hit the ball back hard.

"Disappeared!"

"Bang!"

"The Rampage Lion!"

"Bang!"

After more than twenty rounds, Dongfang Yamei scored directly with a baseline cross-court shot.

"15-30!"

"They're really tenacious."

Chitose Senri wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a face full of emotion.

Kentaro Minami and Masami Higashikata are indeed quite skilled, much better than their previous doubles pair.

"So what? They're still no match for us."

Jujuhei gripped his racket tightly and said with a contented expression.

He could tell that the opponent had run out of cards to play and was only fighting with sheer willpower, a state that wouldn't last long.

"That's true, but let's finish the match quickly, it's too hot today."

Chisui Senri smiled slightly, then walked straight to the service area.

"Disappeared!"

"Bang!"

"The Rampage Lion!"

"Bang!"

"Violent ball dance!"

After a few rounds, Tachibana Kippei jumped high forward and hit the tennis ball directly with the hoop, instantly sending countless afterimages of tennis balls flying towards the other side.

"30-30!"

"They still have some left over."

Kentaro Minami and Masami Higashikata exchanged a glance, both seeing a hint of despair in each other's eyes.

The situation is crystal clear: they have no chance of winning this game.

"Disappeared!"

"Bang!"

"The Rampage Lion!"

"Bang!"

"Violent ball dance!"

"40-30!"

"Game, South/East, 4-6!"

"The second match is over, 6-4, Tachibana/Chitose wins!"