The Prince of Tennis: My tennis skills come from Naruto

Chapter 146 Yamabuki's Tactical Analysis

Seeing this, Atobe Keigo raised an eyebrow. "It's actually quite simple to see which of these two pairs is more suitable for the finals. Just have Oishi and Kikumaru and Saito and Oshitari compete in one match. The winner goes to the finals, and the loser trains some more."

"That works too." Fujii Yuko nodded. It was indeed a very efficient method. Taro also thought it was a good approach, perfectly in line with the current rule of Hyotei where the strong are respected. So he said, "Then the doubles is settled. As for the singles, we still need to be wary of their 'Tian Ji' strategy. Although we should at least win one game in the doubles, it's better to play it safe."

Hmm, Atobe Keigo said that he doesn't actually think any of his three-man singles team would be defeated by the opponent's "Tian Ji horse racing" strategy, but he's doing it out of respect for the coach, and also because he hasn't played in such a formal setting yet.

So, Atobe Keigo said, "How about this, I'll play singles match three this time, and then Mori-senpai will play singles match two?"

"Okay." Taro nodded. Atobe's Ice World was still superb. Although that Fuji Syusuke from Yamabuki might have some powerful moves that weren't in the information, if Atobe directly blocked him with a blind spot, then Fuji wouldn't even have a chance to make a move and could only stand there and take the beating.

Very stable!

Upon seeing this, Fujii Yuko said, "Then I will arrange the matches between Oshitari and Saito against Sengoku and Akutsu. I will submit the final list to the department head after the matches are over."

Meanwhile, in the meeting room of the Yamabuki Junior High School tennis club—

At this moment, all the regular Yamabuki players were gathered behind a rectangular table, and sitting at the head of the table was Yamabuki's coach: Mikiya Banta.

Banta Mikiya had his short, light gray hair neatly combed back, and a few obvious wrinkles on his face. He looked at everyone with a smile.

"Please feel free to share your thoughts on our Yamabuki team's lineup for the match against Hyotei in three days."

"In short, don't hold back, because your ideas might be the key to our Yamabuki victory."

Sadaharu Inui pushed up his white-rimmed glasses and was the first to speak. "First of all, I think everyone should understand one thing: Hyotei Academy is the strongest opponent we have ever faced. So if we want to win, we must bring out our strongest lineup and the best formation."

"Not everyone here has a comprehensive understanding of the strength of our final opponent, Hyotei Academy."

"So I'll give a brief explanation."

"First of all, their strongest point is singles, because their captain, Kamiya You, is a sure-fire national-level player and has mastered the five senses. He once defeated the captain of Rikkai University."

"Their vice-captain is also very strong. I asked St. Rudolf's captain, Kanatsuki, after the match, and he judged Hyotei to be number 3."

Mori Jusaburo's skill level is national-level.

"And Hyotei's vice-captain, Atobe Keigo, is ranked No. 2, so he must also be a national-level player."

"Therefore," Inui Sadaharu said with an extremely solemn expression, stating this very serious fact, "that is to say, Hyotei has three national-level regulars this year!"

"hiss--"

A collective gasp filled the conference room.

Over there, Inui Sadaharu pushed up his glasses and continued, "And these three people have a 90% chance of playing singles match 3 to singles match 1 in the finals. But right now, apart from Fuji, our singles players have a 0% chance of winning against any of these three from Hyotei."

"Even Fuji's chances of winning against Hyotei's captain are 0. As for his chances of winning against the vice-captain—due to a lack of information, but if we add a little more to their No.3 strength, Mori Jusaburo, it would be around 8%."

"And if Fuji were to face Hyotei's Mori Jusaburo," Inui Sadaharu said, looking into Fuji Syusuke's eyes, "Fuji, your chances of winning would only be—at most 15%."

(At this time, Mori did not demonstrate his ability to shed his white coat in front of outsiders.)

Upon hearing this, a glint flashed in Fuji Syusuke's eyes. The probability of winning was less than ten percent, compared to fifteen percent...

Fuji Syusuke was very convinced of the data collected by Inui Sadaharu. Although the data was provided by Kanzuki Hajime of St. Rudolf, Fuji Syusuke said that since Inui approved of it and used it in the conference room, the deviations would not be too great.

Agan knew about his several signature moves, but even so, he still said that he would most likely lose to Atobe Keigo and Mori Jusaburo of Hyotei.

Fuji Syusuke narrowed his eyes, not feeling defeated, but rather experiencing a thrilling excitement. A faint smile appeared on his lips, and he felt his fighting spirit being ignited!

The other members of Yamabuki weren't as "calm" as him. When Inui Sadaharu paused to drink water to moisten his throat, they all exclaimed in amazement, "My God, Hyotei is that strong?! I knew they were strong before, but I didn't have such a concrete concept of it."

"Three national-level —"

Hey, there are way too many national-level players this year! You know, in the past, it was usually third-year students who had a chance to reach the national level. In the end, before each generation of players, only the "retired" (graduated) captain of a tennis club could truly reach the national level. Even worse, some former captains (the strongest players in the tennis club) retired and didn't even reach the national level in high school.

And if he remembered correctly, both the captain and vice-captain of Hyotei were first-year students.

How are these senior colleagues supposed to live?!

Over there, Kentaro Minami with the afro pointed out the key point: "So, according to your data and your judgment, if Yamabuki wants to win against Hyotei in the finals, we first need to win both of our doubles matches, then Fuji needs to be able to accurately match up against Hyotei's Mori, and finally, Fuji has to win, right?"

"That's right," Inui Sadaharu nodded. "Based on the combined data from Mizuki and me, if we consider Hyotei's semifinal lineup, Higashikata and Minami have a 60% chance of winning against Oishi and Kikumaru, and a 10% chance against Sengoku and Akutsu."

"My win rate against Oishi and Kikumaru is about 50%, while my win rate against Sengoku and Akutsu is less than 4%."

"But in singles, where we can only win one match, in doubles we need to win two matches to win."

Dongfang Yamei pondered for a moment. A four percent chance of winning felt no different from having almost no hope of winning. Although a ten percent probability was also small, at least there was still a glimmer of hope.

"So we can only fight Sengoku and Akutsu to try and get a glimmer of hope, and then you have to fight Oishi and Kikumaru and win."

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