The venue for the competition was finally chosen in their school. The main reason was that their school had a professional venue. If we went to the other school, there was only a cement floor available.
On Saturday morning, Shen Jie also got up early and followed Li Ruiyan to the school gymnasium.
The match was set at ten o'clock in the morning and was divided into two categories, singles and doubles, each of which was divided into several matches. The match played by Shen Jie and Li Ruiyan was one of the doubles matches.
The rules of the competition are very simple, no different from the traditional rules. As for how to calculate the victory or defeat, because considering that the number of teams in the two schools is not the same, in order to allow everyone to participate, only the victory or defeat of a single game is calculated.
.This is also one of the regrets.
Because what is happening now can only be said to be a practice match. After all, it is the first time for students from both schools to participate in such a competition. The main purpose is to let everyone experience it. As for the real competition, I can only say that we will talk about it when we have the opportunity in the future.
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The game started at ten o'clock, but the people from both sides had basically arrived at around nine o'clock. Shen Jie also saw the person who organized the game.
This organizer is the parent of a student in their club, and seems to have a good relationship with the principals of both schools, so organizing such a competition is effortless.
But it may be because of this reason that there are only small matches to win or lose. After all, the face of both parties has to be taken care of.
At this time, he was having a conversation with the coaches of both sides. Shen Jie looked at it with no interest in it, so he decided to take a nap for a while.
Although he was sitting on a bench made of hard wood, Shen Jie fell asleep as soon as his head touched the wall.
When he woke up again, it was Li Ruiyan who woke him up.
"Wake up, wake up, don't sleep, it's time to play the game!"
"Ah good!"
Shen Jie didn't expect that it would be his turn so soon, so he quickly took out the racket from his bag.
"Don't be confused, hurry up and warm up."
Seeing Shen Jie staring at his racket in a daze, Li Ruiyan shook Shen Jie hard to wake him up.
"Ah good."
After being shaken by Li Ruiyan, Shen Jie woke up a lot. Then he started to warm up.
Fortunately, Li Ruiyan woke him up in advance, otherwise the game would have been delayed.
When Shen Jie just finished warming up, he came directly to the competition field.
Their opponents are in the same grade as them, but they should look pretty good. After all, the soft tennis club in the other school was established much earlier than theirs, and they have studied for longer, so they should be stronger.
As for them, the most powerful person is Li Ruiyan himself. He is extremely serious in every training. Although he starts from the same level, he has become the number one in the entire club without knowing it. On the contrary, he keeps paddling.
Shen Jie of Yu can only say that he has made progress, but he is definitely no longer able to keep up with monsters like Li Ruiyan.
In the first game, the opponent served first. Shen Jie stood in the backcourt and could naturally see clearly.
There was nothing special about the opponent's serve, on the contrary, it was very ordinary. This also gave Shen Jie a clear understanding of the opponent's strength.
Then he ran directly to the place where the ball was about to hit the ground, preparing to swing the racket to counterattack.
"Snapped!"
Shen Jie pulled the ball back beautifully. Both the action and the strength can be said to be very standard.
Li Ruiyan, who was standing in the frontcourt, also gave Shen Jie a thumbs up.
However, because the position was not very tricky and the speed was not very fast, the ball was quickly hit back.
Shen Jie swung his racket again to meet the attack.
The opponent fought back again.
Shen Jie just ran back and forth in the backcourt for a long time and finally realized something was wrong.
"They're consuming me!"
After a few balls, Shen Jie directly saw the opponent's intention. The ball landed in the area he was responsible for. It was clear that he wanted to drain himself of his energy and then drain Li Ruiyan.
Li Ruiyan also understood this. After the two exchanged glances, when the next ball was played, the two directly swapped positions. Li Ruiyan, who was physically stronger, guarded the backcourt, and Shen Jie defended in the frontcourt.
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Unexpectedly, this kind of exchange seemed to be exactly what the other side wanted, but not long after they changed positions, the other side's style of play suddenly changed.
What was originally a pulling style turned into a fierce attack, and the target of the attack was the set that Shen Jie was defending.
"Shh!"
As the whistle blew, the opponent took the lead and scored a point.
Only then did Shen Jie realize that the opponent's strength seemed not to be as mediocre as he had imagined, but rather very terrifying. I really don't know where he learned the routine.
However, Li Ruiyan did not complain about the defensive failure. Instead, he said to Shen Jie, "Come on, come on," and then started preparing to serve.
Shen Jie can only say that he is still too far behind Li Ruiyan. Although he is training here, because he still has to paint, he is fishing in many cases, just for entertainment. On the contrary, Li Ruiyan has been working hard.
study.
In fact, Shen Jie can't be blamed for this. After all, there is only one Li Ruiyan in the club from top to bottom, and the others basically come here just for fun.
At this time, a picture suddenly appeared in his mind, that is, Li Ruiyan decided to debut and become an idol in order to save the abandoned soft tennis club.
This look of Li Ruiyan reminded Shen Jie of a character in a certain animation.
In the beginning, it was also a story about a god leading a group of gangsters in a sports show, and then slowly becoming stronger. Moreover, the sport in this animation is also soft tennis, which is a bit too coincidental.
Of course, Shen Jie does not intend to reproduce this animation, because although his theme is sports, the main content is also driven by soft tennis. But the core of the story is indeed growth. Every episode talks about soft tennis but with the help of soft tennis.
Use tennis to describe the psychology of the characters.
Therefore, it is not very appropriate to summarize this animation as a sports series. In Shen Jie's words, it should be called a youth growth series.
However, animation belongs to animation, and the current competition still has to be played live. Although Shen Jie and Li Ruiyan have tried their best to fight, the final score did tell them that they did not win.
There was no way, the opponent was too strong. From Shen Jie's point of view, the opponent had no weaknesses and could fight back no matter where he hit.
In fact, their opponents are the strongest from the opposite school and have been learning soft tennis for more than three years. Shen Jie and Li Ruiyan are already very good at playing like this.
Li Ruiyan also shed tears in front of Shen Jie again. I remember that the last time it was because he was homesick outside, but this time it was because he lost.
"Next time, I will definitely win it back!"
However, before Shen Jie could go to comfort Li Ruiyan, Li Ruiyan was already holding back tears and speaking harshly to him.
It should be said that he is worthy of being the hero of a hot-blooded comic, and he is able to recover from failure immediately.