binnovel Chapter 449 Open Tournament!
Chapter 449 Open Tournament!
The week passed quickly.
During this period, Lin Nan met Amadeus and others.
Borg did not appear.
After a phone call, I found out that the other party was filming a commercial and had to rest during the little time he had, so he was too busy to have dinner with us.
In fact, there is not much to eat at the dinner party.
Due to the need for urine tests, they cannot eat many things, so the food is rather bland.
In addition, Borg was selected to participate in the exhibition match and entered the preparation state in advance. His opponent was a player from Serbia.
After the opening ceremony.
The exhibition match officially begins.
At this time, Borg's combat power has been increased to 18 stars, and he is becoming more and more invincible like in the original work. Lin Nan also feels itchy to try his hand at it when he sees him.
Since it was an exhibition match, Borg did not produce a particularly thrilling score, and the game ended with three 6:3s.
With the end of the exhibition match.
The US Open has officially begun, with a total of 32 groups competing simultaneously.
Lin Nan was assigned to Group 26 and QP was in Group 28. The two were not very far apart.
"The US Open has finally begun~"
Ralph said with admiration.
Tickets for the Open are not cheap. Ralph couldn’t bear to spend money on them before, but now that he can earn money, he doesn’t have the time.
I just happen to have time this time.
In addition to Lin Nan's status as a player, they can sit directly at the back of the preparation area to watch the game without spending any money.
Ralph can finally watch the Open Championship at his doorstep.
Then, he turned to look at Lin Nan and said, "You two must not lose. Although this possibility is not great, nothing is absolute~"
Without waiting for Lin Nan and the others to reply.
Long Yabian beside him rolled his eyes and said unhappily: "You're already saying you've lost before the game even starts. Can you hope for something good?"
"I am worried. After all, this is one of the highest-level professional competitions in the world."
This is the first time for Lin Nan and QP to participate in an open tournament in their lives, which is of great significance.
If they were eliminated in the group stage, it would have a huge impact on the impression of subsequent investors. Moreover, the management teams of both sides were waiting for them to get good results in the competition and use this as a bargaining chip to negotiate with various investors.
In order to maximize profits and fame, the management teams of both parties postponed the endorsement listings of the two until after the open tournament.
"Big brother!"
A childish voice came.
Lin Nan and others turned their heads and immediately showed surprised expressions.
Hopkins, Balentin and Obondu were seen walking into the preparation area with the little dragon horse.
Seeing this, Lin Nan showed a look of surprise: "Little one, you should start school now."
"Brother, today is the weekend."
Longma was unhappy about being called a little one, so he stood on tiptoe.
It turned out that everyone except Balentin was much taller than him, even the former was only slightly taller than him.
Lin Nan rubbed Longma's head lovingly, then looked at Ralph: "You asked me to report a few more people just to let them in."
Hearing this, Balentin couldn't help but complain: "You called us a few days ago and said you'd like to invite us to watch the US Open. I thought you made a fortune, but it turns out you just got some help from Nan."
Ralph laughed cheekily: "Well, it's a rare opportunity to take advantage, so why not do it!"
Hopkins looked around and asked in confusion, "Where's QP?"
"He's in Group 28. If the game ends early, we can go find him."
Ou Bangdu handed over a document and said, "Xiao Nan, this is most of the information about the players participating in this US Open. I got it especially for you. Take a look."
"Thanks, but it's of no use to me."
Lin Nan smiled confidently: "The main reason is that I don't like reading materials either. Give it to QP, he prefers research."
"QP has a copy too. I'll give it to him first."
Everyone chatted for a while.
The game off the court is over.
The next players to take the stage were Lin Nan and an Argentinian player.
Ken Cavell.
Both sides walked off the field.
Lin Nan took a special look at the other party's panel.
He has a 16-star combat power, his playing style is technical, and his talent lies in the control of rotation. He is a pretty good player.
After looking at all the data.
Lin Nan couldn't help but sigh, an open tournament is an open tournament, and all the opponents in the group stage have 16 stars.
Both sides conduct a warm-up phase.
Lin Nan still wore his coat in a showy manner and walked to the center of the stadium to wait.
This gesture made Ken Cavill pay more attention, but his expression was not very good.
People who are not familiar with Lin Nan.
Everyone would think that this is underestimating the opponent and not taking the game seriously.
Ken Cavill didn't say much, he is a 30-year-old veteran who has faced all kinds of players.
People who don't warm up and still go on stage with their coats on are considered relatively normal.
"The game has begun. Please go to the center net to shake hands!"
After a period of warm-up, the referee blew the whistle to start the game.
Lin Nan was already waiting at the center net with his racket in hand.
Ken Cavill, on the other hand, walked slowly to the front of the net without even looking at Lin Nan, as if he was busy with his own business.
He rubbed his fingers here, wiped the racket there, and even squatted down to tie his shoelaces.
It was clearly a distance of two or three seconds, but it took half a minute to reach the center net, which seemed to have some special meaning.
"Playing psychological warfare?"
Lin Nan narrowed his eyes slightly.
Before leaving Sakura, Nanjiro passed on some experience in professional competitions to him, including this kind of "dawdling" mentality interference.
This type of player will always make the appropriate move at the last second.
Even when serving, you have to stick to the serve time limit, tormenting the opponent's mentality bit by bit, thereby suppressing their actual performance.
To the Open.
Every player will try every possible way to improve his or her winning rate within the scope permitted by the rules.
Every game implies fame, status, and even money.
Tell the truth.
The other party's procrastinating nature really annoyed Lin Nan.
Unfortunately, there is an unspoken rule in the open tournament, and it is a necessary unspoken rule, which is that each game must last more than 10 minutes.
To give the audience value for their money.
Unless there are force majeure factors, the game is allowed to be played within ten minutes.
Although there are no explicit regulations, if someone violates them, the International Tennis Federation will use every possible means to punish you.
After all, the audience is the guarantee of traffic.
"You seem very confident. I know you are known as the best player in the World Cup, right?"
"Unfortunately the World Cup is the World Cup, there won't be any advantage here."
"Welcome to the world of 'adults'."
Ken Cavell tried to influence Lin Nan's mentality with words.
pity.
Knowing that there is a huge gap in strength between the two sides.
The other party's behavior only made Lin Nan feel...very funny.
Lin Nan said: "You are quite old now, save your energy to go back and spend time with your family."
He doesn't like this kind of 'dawdling' player.
In order to avoid encountering him again in the future, it is better to send him away from the tennis world.