His opponent Sniff is an Icelandic player, now 18 years old. Like Zheng Xi, he has just entered the adult arena, but his playing style is super hot and his form is on the rise. He has risen in the rankings and is only 3 points higher than Zheng Xi.

position, it can be said that the strength is comparable.

Cheng Xinqing cheered for her cousin with all her heart, hoping that the practice match she played with Xiao Yichuan and An Yuexi yesterday would be helpful to Zheng Xi. Because her opponent Sniff had been defeated by An Yuexi...

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It's not that enemies don't get together! Seeing the Chinese players in the stadium, Sniffer's mind immediately flashed back to the disastrous defeat a month ago, which was not only a technical defeat, but also a psychological defeat. He couldn't help but feel heavy.

She is a state-based player, and inspiration that cannot be explained by theory is her main style of play. Before meeting An Yuexi, Sniff maintained very high self-confidence, but after her self-confidence was bruised, she met an Asian-faced player.

The players felt nervous and their movements became stiff unconsciously.

Zheng Xi served in the first game.

Zheng Xi, who is 1.7cm tall, is not very good at serving. He mainly competes with his opponent's baseline. He is a very patient young player.

Zheng Xi, who has always had great patience, won the first set 6:4, but before the start of the second set, Sniffer asked for coaching.

Then in the second set, although he faced a break in the first game and the situation was very urgent, Sniffer's state improved because of this. His keen sense of danger that "win or lose depends on one goal" actually used this to ignite the situation.

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All kinds of routes that exceeded expectations and made people sigh when watching the ball. In the wild intuition, they were all backhand winning shots. The state was so good that the score was quickly equalized and the serve was guaranteed.

All kinds of unexpected balls made Zheng Xi exhausted and confused. He could only try his best to save the ball. Not to mention the opportunity, Zheng Xi could not even perform basic defense and was severely suppressed.

The second set ended quickly and the score was ugly.

In the third decisive set, the expressions of the players on both sides became solemn. Whether or not to enter the main draw of a Grand Slam was decided here.

During the intermission, Zheng Xi forgot to wipe off his sweat. He took the time to take out a small piece of paper. When he saw that it was exactly the same as the word "forehand" that he had observed, he couldn't help but laugh and regained his confidence.

Eyes full.

Through the game just now, she discovered that Sniff's weakness was exactly as what An Yuexi wrote on the note. The forehand was the biggest and easiest to attack!

"Body me!"

Since her guess was exactly the same as hers, she had nothing to worry about.

Cheng Xinqing looked anxious outside the court, but did not want the third set to start. Zheng Xi actually played more patiently than in the first set, which made people think that she was going to develop into a "grinding king".

No matter how hard he ran, he didn't seem to get tired. His amazing physical strength and endurance surprised Sniffer. After the coach's on-court guidance, he recovered well and won the second set easily. However, what happened to the third set?

He couldn't take it off, but his physical fitness was greatly challenged.

She knew Sniff's physical ability well, and she knew that if she continued to drag it out, she would be the one who was eventually brought down. So, in the next two games, she focused her attack power on the backhand winner, and no longer mobilized Zheng Xi's entire court.

Save the ball.

However, she did not expect that the decline in physical fitness would lead to such a rapid decline in competitive status. Those attacks with fierce and concentrated firepower gradually increased the number of out-of-bounds balls, and Sniffer could not help but drop one racket after another.

Emotion-driven improvement of state was originally her trump card, but now she was burdened by emotions. Her patience turned into anxiety, grabbing Sniff's heart bit by bit, her movements became more and more tense, and more and more out-of-bounds balls were thrown with random force.

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On the smoke-filled stadium, the smoke dispersed and the situation became clear.

Zheng Xi already knew that his opponent was in a confused state of mind. He no longer just defended passively, but launched a fierce attack on his unbalanced opponent. In the most critical ninth game, he finally broke serve and took the lead.

In the last game, Zheng Xi served to win the game. Zheng Xi held on desperately, but Sniffer had no chance to recover.

The game, which lasted more than two hours, ended with China Golden Flower advancing.

Since then, all US Open qualifying matches have ended.

China's four qualifying golden flowers: Zhang Ruqi, Chen Wensheng, Zheng Xi, and An Yuexi all advanced and passed.

Including the famous golden flowers who did not have to start from the qualifying rounds, there are 7 golden flowers in this year's US Open women's singles.

Compared with the prosperous Golden Flower female players, the domestic men's tennis is far behind. Neither of the two male players can withstand the pressure of qualifying. They are almost 30 years old, but they still miss the first Grand Slam main draw.

Therefore, the men's side can hold up the field, which proves that the domestic men's tennis is not weaker than the national football team. The only one who has entered the Grand Slam for the first time is the older veteran Xiao Yichuan.

Talking back to women's tennis, the 16 players who entered the Grand Slam main draw from the qualifying round just took a breather. The US Open main draw draw was announced at noon the next day. Some people were happy and some were worried.

The Grand Slam tournament draw is divided into the upper half and the lower half, led by the world's No. 1 and No. 2 respectively, and the upper and lower halves are divided into different smaller halves.

For example, the upper half is divided into quarters and three-quarters, and the lower half is divided into two-quarters and four-quarters. (Each quarter is guarded by one of the top five players in the world.

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Such common rules in tennis allow players and their teams to quickly find potential opponents in their area, thereby analyzing possible opponents in advance and improving the winning rate of the game.

In the top half, led by the world's No. 1 Putintseva, the quarters include the country's No. 1 Golden Flower Tangruo, the No. 2 Golden Flower Shen Qingqing, and Zhang Ruqi, who was also placed in the quarter after the draw.

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There are three Chinese players in this area. It is impossible to say which round will lead to the Golden Flower Derby. They have to fight internally before starting the external battle. This makes domestic fans sigh. It is not easy for all participating Golden Flowers to be shortlisted for the Grand Slam.

In the main race, the fortune was not good.

After all, domestic players are more scattered in various regions, so the chances of reaching the deep rounds are greater.

In addition to the quarter district where the "internal fighting" is fierce, the three-quarter district contains Hannah and Jin Huayanjie.

Speaking of the second half led by the world's No. 2, the two-quarters include An Yuexi, Larry, and Justin Shah, and the four-quarters include Chen Wensheng and Zheng Xi.

After the draw is completed, judging from the world rankings alone, the strength and competition intensity of the four regions are about the same. As long as the top five players in the world do not lose unexpectedly in advance or retire injured, this year's US Open champion will belong to them.

It won't be too surprising.

As a competition between the most powerful people in the tennis world and one of the four Grand Slams, the highest honor pursued by tennis players, a total of 116 players participated in the main draw of the US Open. Except for the two players ranked first and second in the world, they got a bye in the first round.

In addition, everyone else will have to risk their lives to play the first round.
Chapter completed!