Chapter 160 The birth of the top four in the country
After Hyokui and others left, the duel between Tezuka and Bupo Iron Man ended soon after.
With the mirror reflection, Tezuka's domain was cracked, and Tezuka's domain and zero slice could not be cracked without breaking the Ironman
After some struggle and resistance, although they won another game later, Fuwa Ironman finally lost to Tezuka 3:6, and Kuroshio Academy also lost with a big score of 1:3, thus watching Yamabuki.
Entered the top four in the country.
At the same time that the competition between these two schools ended, the other two quarter-finals also ended one after another.
Among them, Li Haida defeated Jiuzhou's Shishi Le with a total score of 3:1.
On Shiraku's side, relying only on the doubles of Tachibana and Chitose, they defeated the combination of Niou and Yagyu 6:4, saving a bit of face for the Kyushu giants.
The other match was between Shitenhoji Temple and Nagoya Seitoku. In this match, Nagoya relied on a group of foreign students to fight extremely anxiously against Shitenhoji Temple.
Nowadays, the doubles at Tentenhoji Temple are all composed of first-year players. They are all extremely immature now. Facing the senior international students in Nagoya, they do not have any advantage. They lost the two doubles matches.
Fortunately, their singles strength was good. Tetsuya Hara and Zenyuki Taira won the singles one after another. After each team won two games, Kuranosuke Shiraishi, a first-year student at Tentenhoji Temple, exerted his strength at the end and defeated them with a score of 6:3.
Director of International Students at Nagoya Seitoku.
Because of this, Tiantianbao Temple finally won the last four spots in this year’s national competition with a score of 3:2.
The semi-final matchup of the national competition has also been revealed, with Hyotei facing off against Yamabuki, who is also from Tokyo, and Tatekai Dainori facing off against Shitenhoji.
Seeing that among the top four, there are three teams from Kanto, this also makes everyone understand how fierce the competition is in the Kanto region this year.
Because the high-density competition in the early stage made most of the players feel tired, so after the semi-finals were determined, the teams that entered the semi-finals all had a day of rest, and the two semi-finals will be played the day after tomorrow.
At the same time.
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One day later.
Fukuoka, Yamabuki Station.
At a tennis court next to the hotel, two figures were running on the court.
Bang...
Bang...
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The sound of hitting the ball kept ringing, and several teenagers nearby watched the game on the field with their eyes fixed. This was a game between the two strongest Yamabuki, which is rarely seen in normal times.
"The fourth counterattack, shrouded in mayflies..."
Bang...
"Game, score 4:4, both sides draw."
As the referee, Inui Sadaharu had just announced the score when he saw an old man walking over with a smile. Seeing the old man, even Tezuka and Fuji who were playing on the field stopped fighting, turned around and said to He bowed slightly to the old man.
"Be with me!"
The visitor was none other than Yamabuki's tennis club consultant and coach Hatada Mikiya.
Looking at the group of young people full of sunshine and vitality in front of him, the smile on Banlao's face became even stronger. He was very satisfied with these children, especially Tezuka and Fuji. Now these two have led Yamabuki to the top four in the country.
And all of this is thanks to the old woman Ryuzaki. Without her, there would be no Yamabuki today.
In his heart, after Banlao thanked Sumire Ryuzaki, he smiled and said to Tsukasa and Fuji: "Tomorrow we will compete with Hyōtei, so you two can take a break today to save your energy. Let’s play tomorrow’s game.”
"I understand, let me accompany you."
Tezuka was full of gratitude and respect for this old man. If he hadn't accompanied him to Germany to treat his arm, his hand injury would not have healed so quickly.
Therefore, he wants to win the national championship to repay his elder brother's kindness to him.
The same is true for Fuji. It was this old man who gave him the opportunity to stand on the national stage and showcase himself, and at the same time, it also allowed him to see clearly the path he wanted to take in tennis.
Therefore, he and Tezuka have the same goal, to make Yamabuki stand at the top of the country.
Looking at the two teenagers in front of him, Banlao nodded with satisfaction. Then he looked around, smiled and continued: "Just try your best in tomorrow's game. I just hope you don't have any regrets in your hearts."
"Yes, I will accompany you." Shanbuki's main candidates responded in unison.
In response, Banlao nodded with a smile. He knew that these little guys were under a lot of pressure in the competition with the Ice Emperor. He came here just to relieve them.
At this time, he looked at Qian and asked in a soft voice: "Qian, can you calculate the lineup of Ice Emperor tomorrow?"
After hearing Ban Lao's inquiry, Qian shook his head: "The only thing that can be confirmed is that only Shishido Ryo and Akutagawa Jirou will appear in doubles one. I can't confirm the appearance of other main players of Hyokui. OK."
It’s really not the fault of Qian’s statistics, it’s just that Ice Emperor is too wealthy and his lineup is too luxurious.
This caused Sakaki Taro to change his lineup every two days, which also caused many schools to be unable to determine the appearance pattern of Hyotei's main selection.
"But their three trump cards will definitely appear in singles."
At this time, Qian added that Qian could not be sure how the Ice Emperor's three trump cards would appear.
"Yeah." Banlao responded when he heard the words, and then looked at Tezuka: "We still try our best to win two games in doubles, and then you, Fuji, will be the third singles player, and Tezuka will be the second singles player..."
Having said this, Lao Ban looked at Qian: "Qian, you will be the single player..."
Since the Kanto Tournament, Fuji has been improving visibly to the naked eye. His skills have reached the national level. In the competition with Hyotei, as long as he does not meet Kami Nobuichi, Fuji and Hyotei's other two national level , but there are still fights.
So I made this arrangement in the hope that I could catch the Ice Emperor by surprise.
As for placing Tezuka in the second singles position, Bano didn't believe it, and Hyotei would let Kamimushin play the second singles position for two consecutive games, so Tezuka was Banlao's back-up player.
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On the other side, Hyokui is also actively preparing for the battle. Most of the main candidates are still doing daily training. There are only two people, Akutsu and Shishido Ryo. They can't be seen at all during the day.
It wasn't until the sun was about to set that the two of them rushed back, covered in dust, to the hotel lobby.
Looking at the two people's tired appearance, Mao Li smiled and said: "What's wrong with you two? Did you get into a fight?"
Facing Maori's smiling question, neither of them answered. At this time, Kami Wuxin came over and shouted to everyone: "The consultant asked everyone to go to the hotel conference room to discuss tomorrow's battle plan."
After everyone heard the words, they did not dare to delay at all. After a while, the Hyōtei chief candidates rushed to the conference room and saw that advisor Sakaki Taro was already sitting in the main seat.
"Everyone, please sit down." Seeing Hyokui and everyone gathered, Sakaki Taro said calmly.
After hearing this, everyone found a place to sit down. Among them, Kanna and Atobe sat on the left and right sides of Sakaki Taro respectively.
"Nowadays, Yamabuki's strength is no longer comparable to that of all competitions. In addition to their doubles strength, Tezuka Kunimitsu and Fuji Shusuke's singles abilities are equally good, especially Tezuka Kunimitsu. We can beat him steadily. Of course, there is probably only one person named Shenwu."
Although Sakaki Taro didn't watch Tezuka's game yesterday, he could easily get the post-game video.
So after watching yesterday's video, Sakaki Taro discovered how powerful Tezuka is, and this semi-final match against Yamabuki was not as easy as imagined.
"How about we do what we did in the Tokyo Tournament and let Akutsu and Ninzu serve as a doubles team to see if we can defeat Yamabuki again."
At this time, Atobe spoke from the side. He felt that with the personal strength of Akutsu and Ninzu, they might not have a chance to compete with Yamabuki's doubles team.
"I also think it's feasible." Kami Noshinichi echoed Atobe's suggestion.
Seeing that both the chief and deputy ministers had made this decision, Sakaki Taro nodded: "Then Akutsu and Ninzu will be the second doubles team."
After Sakaki Taro finished speaking, Akutsu and Shinobu nodded in agreement: "I understand."
"Yes." Then Sakaki Taro looked at Akutagawa and Shido: "Shishido, Akutagawa, you will be the first doubles player."
"Yes."
The doubles are arranged, and now the most difficult thing is to arrange the singles. Looking around at the three trump cards in his hand, Sakaki Taro pondered for a while and then said with a serious expression: "Kanna, you will be the third singles player."
"Okay." Kami Noshin did not refuse, nodded, and waited for Sakaki Taro to continue making arrangements.
Seeing that Kami Wuxin responded, Sakaki Taro looked at Atobe again: "Atobe, you will be the single player."
"I understand." Atobe sat on his seat and moved to the second singles position.
Then everyone's eyes fell on Mori Jusaburo.
"Maoli, I'll leave it to you in one single."
"Got it."
Facing the serious expression of Sakaki Taro, Mori put away his usual cynicism. He didn't know why. In the past, he was not afraid of the trainer of Shitenhoji Temple, but he was a little afraid of Sakaki Taro.
Seeing that the lineup was arranged, Sakaki Taro nodded: "You should all go to bed early after returning to your room and keep your energy up. There will be no mistakes in tomorrow's game."
"Yes."
??There is one more chapter, it will be a little later