From that day on, Xiao Chen, Yukimura, Tezuka, Sanada, and Yanagi came to Xiao Chen's private training ground to continue their training after school. Other than half an hour of rest, they spent the rest of the time training until nine o'clock in the evening. The driver hired by Xiao Chen sent them home.
Initially, Xiao Chen's family didn't agree with them doing this. After all, they were still young. As parents, they would naturally be worried if they went home so late. However, seeing that they had made up their minds and that there was a car to pick them up every day, they let them go.
Although the high-intensity training could improve Xiao Chen and the others 'strength, it also made them very tired. Every day, they would go home, wash up, and then lie down in bed to sleep. Even on Sunday, they did not relax at all.
Time passed day by day as Xiao Chen and the others continued their training. In the blink of an eye, the district competition was about to begin. The district competition was the largest competition in the entire Kanagawa Prefecture. Only the first and second place of the regional qualifiers were eligible to participate, and only the champion and runner-up of the district competition were eligible to participate in the Kanto competition.
Before the county competition began, the Lihai University tennis club held another ranking competition to determine the candidates for the county competition.
This year's internal ranking competition was also unusually intense. This was because the Lihai University's tennis club emphasized on strength. Those with strength could become the main candidate and represent the school to participate in the competition.
The tennis club members were all looking forward to this day. They had trained hard for a month just to show their strength today and win the first place. The original members naturally had to protect their positions and not let others take them away.
After a day of intense competition, the results of the ranking competition were finally out. However, the most eye-catching ones were Xiao Chen, Yukura, Tezuka, Sanada, and Yanagi, the five first-year students. They had won all their matches, and each match ended with a score of 6:0. The time taken for each match to end was also the shortest.
Among the eight main candidates, except for Kimura Tatsuya, who was replaced by another third-year member named Toshio Inoue due to his decline in strength, the other main candidates remained unchanged.
"The district competition will be held tomorrow. Next, I will announce the candidates for this competition. The second doubles player will be Hayami Senpai and Sanada, the first doubles player will be Inoue Senpai and Tezuka, the third doubles player will be Yukimura, the second doubles player will be Maori Senpai, and the first solo player will be me.”Xiao Chen announced the name list for this match.
"Although the list is like this, the County Competition still requires one to win the first three matches to advance. Thus, it is uncertain whether the second player, Maori Senpai, and the first player, me, will have a chance to play.”
"Of course, I hope I can play, but I don't want you to lose the game. This is really a difficult choice.”Xiao Chen joked.
"Don't. I still hope that you can win the first three games. Otherwise, I'll have to play.”Maori Shousaburo immediately said. As the laziest person in the tennis club, his wish was to not play as much as possible. He still wanted to have a good rest!
"Senior Mao Li, you're too relaxed!”Sanada said with a dark face. In the entire tennis club, Maori-senpai was the most independent. When the other players were training, he often skipped the training, but he couldn't do anything to him.
There was a rule in Lihai University's tennis club that as long as you were strong, you would have special privileges. Sanada and Tezuka were the disciplinary committee and the disciplinary committee respectively. If anyone in the tennis club broke the rules, they would be the ones to deal with them. However, if you didn't want to be punished, there was a way. As long as your strength was comparable to Sanada and Tezuka, they wouldn't have the right to punish you.
Sanada and Tezuka's strength in the entire tennis club, other than Xiao Chen who could suppress them, even Yukimura was a little bit off. Although they were slightly stronger, they were not much different. However, Maori Shousaburo was one of them. He might not be able to defeat Sanada and Tezuka, but he could still tie with them.
It was also for this reason that Sanada and Tezuka could do nothing to Maori Shousaburo despite him repeatedly violating the rules of the tennis club. Even Xiao Chen turned a blind eye to it. As long as his strength did not decline, they would let him be.
"Mhm, it's decided then. Everyone, prepare well and disperse.”Xiao Chen said. Tomorrow was the county competition, and he didn't want Yukimura and the others to train today. The most important thing was to prepare for tomorrow's competition with the best attitude.
The county tournament was held at the Kanagawa tennis park. At the entrance of the tennis park, all the people from Lihai University gathered there. Today, not only were the main candidates here, but the other members of the tennis club had also come. They were here to watch the competition and cheer for their main candidates.
Lihai University's tennis club had always been known for its strictness. Naturally, it would not happen that the main players were late. When all the main players had arrived, Xiao Chen handed the name list to the staff and led all the main players into the tennis park.
The standards of the county competition were naturally different from the regional qualifiers. The schools participating in the county competition were the first and second place in each region. However, even so, there was nothing worth paying attention to in the eyes of Lihai University.
As the long-time overlord of the Kanagawa region, there was no school in the entire Kanagawa region that could match up to Rikai University High School. It could be said that the outcome of today's district competition was very clear.
"Look, it's a contestant from Lihai University!”
"As expected of the school that won the 13th Kanto Tournament. Their players are really too strong.”
"I heard that most of the main candidates of Lihai University are first year students, but their strength has not weakened, but has instead become stronger.”
As Xiao Chen and the others walked over, the surrounding discussions never stopped. Everyone was talking about their Li Hai University. However, Xiao Chen and the others didn't care at all. They didn't care what they were saying. Their mission today was to win the competition.
Mr. Inoue from the professional tennis monthly was also here today. He was very interested in Rikai University. While the first year tennis club of other schools was still picking up balls, the first year tennis club of Rikai University had already become the main candidate for the tennis club. Even the head of the tennis club was a first year.
When Inoue-san thought of Rikai University, he thought of Tokyo's Youth Academy. The Youth Academy was getting worse and worse year by year. At least, there was a professional player like Yukishiro Yukishiro in the past, and it was also a famous tennis school in Tokyo. However, in recent years, it had been getting worse and worse. It had been lingering in the National Assembly and could not even enter the Kanto Grand Tournament.
Thinking about how the first year students of Qing Xue were still picking up the ball, while the first year students of Li Hai University had already become the main candidates and participated in the competition, the difference was too great.
"Sigh!" Mr. Inoue could not help but sigh. The tennis school that used to be famous was now in the sunset, and it seemed that it would never rise again.
The district competition soon began. The first match between Rikai University and Seongnam High School was against Seongnam High School. Seongnam High School didn't have any strong players. Perhaps all the strong players in Kanagawa were at Rikai University.
The first match was Doubles No. 2. Rikai University sent Sanada and Hayami Daisuke as a pair. It could be said that Rikai University did not have a fixed pair of doubles. Instead, they put two single players together to form a pair of doubles.
In fact, this was very disadvantageous. Doubles were not like single. Doubles were more important in cooperation and tacit understanding. Perhaps they could defeat ordinary players with their own strength, but if they encountered a strong double combination, for example, a double combination that had mastered the same tune, then no matter how strong the individual strength was, they would be defeated.
Xiao Chen knew that Lihai University's current weakness was the double team, but he didn't have a good solution now. After all, the Ren King, Yagyu combination, Marui and Hu Lang combination that he knew hadn't grown up yet.
Although there was no good solution now, it was a good thing that Lihai University's individual players were very strong. If two people who were strong in the individual team formed a pair, as long as they did not meet a top pair, it would not be a problem to win the game.
"Senior Hayami, Sanada, you should know what this means.”Xiao Chen smiled and took out the hourglass.
"Yes, we will definitely finish the game in fifteen minutes.”Daisuke Hayami said.
"That will depend on your performance." Xiao Chen smiled faintly. However, he was still very assured about Hayami Daisuke and Sanada Kenichiro.
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