The seeding rule for doubles is that the doubles world rankings of both players are added up, and the higher the seed, the greater the seed.

Shen Qingqing and Xia Li's doubles ranking was not high, which could not help them get a seed seat. Therefore, due to poor luck in the lottery, they got the seed combination-Tang Ruo and Zhang Ruqi in the first round.

Zhang Ruqi is a good doubles player, and Tang Ruo is on the road to becoming a good doubles player.

Shen Qingqing and this pair are old friends and teammates, old opponents in the singles field, so they naturally understand that they are difficult to deal with.

The pure white jersey, braided black hair, and the eye-catching fiery red phoenix logo on the jersey, shoes and cap make the Zhang Ruqi and Tangruo team look particularly confident and calm, and they do have that confidence.

Two Golden Flower veterans, ranked ninth and 48th in the doubles world, have often appeared together in the doubles arena in recent months and won a 250 event doubles championship.

After a few minutes of simple warm-up, the game began.

Using their bodies and balls to cover up their lip-talk, both sides begin to concentrate, but doubles is a collaboration between two people, and attention cannot be as concentrated as in singles. Doubles players must always pay attention to their partners and two opponents, while managing themselves. , which places higher demands on players.

It can be said that from a collaborative perspective, doubles is more interesting and difficult than singles.

Charlie Kent starts.

In doubles, serving may not be the most important thing, but it is a link that can help your teammates help you reverse the direction of the entire game.

The big outside corner with a cut pulled Zhang Ruqi, who was receiving the serve in the first area, far outside the doubles line.

As a good doubles player, Zhang Ruqi has a lot of experience in doubles. She quickly realized the intention of the opponent's combination. With a flick of her wrist, she drew a small slash against the net, directly disrupting the opponent's position.

Tang Ruo, who was standing in front of the net, saw the right moment, raised his racket and moved lightly, intercepting the ball directly to Charlie Kent, who was rushing to the net to save the ball.

Facing the fast-moving ball, the Frenchman subconsciously turned his head to avoid it. His racket failed to stop the grass-green ball from flying towards the baseline, but it passed through smoothly.

Shen Qingqing saw that it was not good and quickly walked out of her defensive area to help Charlie Kent.

After a few sprints, she saved the ball, but her biggest defensive weakness was exposed - she was caught in a trap for helping her teammates.

At this time, Zhang Ruqi, who came to half-time, calmly hit the ball and scored the first point.

"0:15!"

Zhang Ruqi and Tang Ruo walked towards the bottom line, touching each other with elbows and smiling slightly.

Shen Qingqing and Xia Li also exchanged palms and talked while walking.

The veteran Xia Li has rich experience, but that is all in the singles arena. She doesn’t know much about doubles, but she knew that they had fallen into the trap just now, so she said, "We have to find a way to guard against that little slash just now." , our positions cannot be messy."

"According to the gestures agreed upon before the game, the person in front of the net will direct, and the people behind him will stay on the baseline, looking at the whole court, and make timely replacements and exchanges." Shen Qingqing said. There is no problem with this tactical arrangement. The problem lies in She and her partner haven't developed much tacit understanding yet, and they would be stunned for half a second to a second when changing positions.

Xia Li also understood that this was a big problem, but the game had already begun, and they couldn't help but look forward and backward, "Come on!"

"Come on!" It's just the first point and the game has just begun.

The first round of singles was almost over, and the doubles was gradually arranged. The men's doubles and the women's doubles fought fiercely. One pair of pairs was eliminated one after another, and one pair of pairs successfully advanced to the second round. Wimbledon's doubles was better than the other three majors. A Grand Slam is even more exciting and interesting, and more people will watch it.

An Yuexi and Zhou Chen did not practice any more. They went to the sidelines of the men's and women's doubles together and recorded the moves of those doubles masters to enrich their tacit understanding of cooperation.

Now, they are sitting on the sidelines of the game with Zhang Ruqi and others, carefully observing the performance of the four players on the court.

"The combination of Shen Qingqing is too far behind. No matter in terms of tacit understanding or the most important volley at the net, they are not as good as Zhang Ruqi and Tang Ruo. They will most likely lose." Zhou Chen looked at it for a while and recorded it. After many rounds of ball play, I made a careful analysis before chatting with An Yuexi.

An Yuexi nodded in agreement.

Zhou Chen wrote in his notebook for a while, and suddenly raised his head, staring at the girl who was wearing sunglasses and a big hat, sucking smoothie in her mouth, looking particularly lazy, and asked his doubts, "Why play mixed doubles? There are more experts in women's doubles, right?"

"Ambition, right..." An Yuexi said vaguely, holding a straw in her mouth.

Zhou Chen didn't understand and just stared at her with his black eyes.

An Yuexi did not explain. She raised her head slightly and looked at the blue sky. Brown sunglasses covered her delicate and green face, and a smile appeared on her lips, which looked profound and philosophical.

Looking down at the people still playing enthusiastically in the stadium, she stood up and walked out of her seat, walked through the pedestrian passage outside the stadium, took aim, flicked her wrist, and accurately threw the empty cup into the trash can two meters away, attracting passersby. Cheers.

The girl put her hands in her pockets and showed a proud smile befitting her age. She also made a scissor hand gesture to the camera that she had disliked in the past. At this time, she was just a 14-year-old ordinary girl who was childish and liked to show off. .

She plucked a red agate bead on her wrist, then casually put the thread of the bead on the watch strap. She raised her hand and glanced at her wrist. She felt very satisfied and then said, "Go and see Adelaide and Hollis." Let's play doubles, the two of them actually cooperated in doubles, I didn't expect it."

Zhou Chen moved his eyes away from An Yuexi's tinkering with his wrist. He recognized that gold watch with green in it. It was the most popular Rolex in recent times, known as the Golden Green. He felt a touch of envy in his heart. He thought Just one word and you will become famous!

He took out his notebook again, wrote a few words, and calmed down.

I really didn’t expect that two talented teenagers, the biggest competitors, and extremely excellent singles players, would actually cooperate in doubles. Is it a new trend in tennis for young players to use doubles as a stepping stone to improve their technical skills?

However, one of them is ranked sixth and the other ninth in the world. Wouldn't it be better to focus on singles?

An Yuexi said, "Probably, there is a lot of pressure."

These days, Zhou Chen has been eating and training with An Yuexi. After thinking about his experiences these days, he finally understood that the 'special' pressure did not come from the top ATP players.

The top players are getting older and will not be far away from retirement. However, Adelaide and Hollis have just turned eighteen and still have a long future. Sooner or later, they will beat the veterans and seize their time.

So...he kind of gets it.

After the practice match that night, they met Aledele and Hollis, who had been watching on the sidelines for an unknown amount of time. The seriousness on the faces of the two talented teenagers and the strange light in their eyes were very unsettling, even scary. That is the will to become stronger.
Chapter completed!