MTL - Match Point-Chapter 13 The proud son of heaven

The current No. 1 singles player of the Bruins is the senior Klay Thompson (-Thompson), 198 cm, 88 kg, and his physical condition is very good.

In the past three years, his performance was still not stable, but after entering the senior year, on the one hand, his physical condition has been completely formed, on the other hand, his psychological quality has become increasingly stable, and his overall performance has ushered in a reborn.

Since August of this year, he first won a challenge championship, and then entered the autumn season after losing the opener and started a wave of nineteen consecutive victories. He once reached the No. 1 seed in the United States and performed exceptionally well. Ranked No. 2 seed, still one of the top players in the country.

Well deserved, Thompson is the team's No. 1 singles.

But in terms of physical condition and tennis talent, Marcos Giron is the future hope of the Bruins.

Jilong is already a junior this year, and his technical style is taking shape. He is not thick at 180 centimeters and 77 kilograms, but he is very good at using strength to hit the ball. The layout and allocation are significantly higher than those of their peers, and the prediction, feel, etc. are also invisible advantages.

During the youth and college years, due to youthfulness, immaturity and lack of experience, playing is often more dependent on the body, court intelligence is ignored, the game is relatively simple, and the advantages of the physical level are often more obvious.

If Thompson and Geelong face off, maybe in the end Thompson can still rely on his physical advantage to win, but the process will be very difficult and may take a lot of effort.

At present, Jilong is firmly seated in the team's second singles position.

Billy Martin attaches great importance to Geelong. Everyone knows that once Thompson is not in good condition, it is not uncommon for Geelong to be the first singles.

It is precisely because of this that players often ridicule Geelong as "the proud son of heaven" and often joke, even Thompson is no exception.

As for Jilong himself, he grew up bathed in praise since he was a child, and he is full of confidence in himself. Although he has not shown his sharpness, he is more or less proud and has higher expectations for himself. The future goal of becoming a professional player has been determined, so compared to anyone, he is the one who has the strictest requirements on himself.

In fact, Geelong's later career development trajectory also proves this point-

Just this season, Geelong won the singles championship in the NCAA National Championship. Achieved a good record.

Geelong achieved results earlier than Macdonald. Shortly after turning professional, he was able to enter the main draw of the Masters through the qualifying round, showing good competitiveness.

But unfortunately, injuries became a stumbling block, and he had only turned into a professional for more than a year. He was in a state of rapid growth and improvement. Geelong suffered a severe blow from a hip injury and underwent surgery at the end of 2015. His career was almost over. To be scrapped directly.

Jilong himself had thought about giving up many times, but after careful consideration and repeated struggles, he decided to persevere and slowly came out of the postoperative recovery. Finally, he ushered in a new student in 2019 and won two championships in the Challenger League. And a runner-up, and for the first time passed the qualifying test to enter the Grand Slam draw.

At the beginning of 2021, Geelong created a new personal ranking high, reached the top 100, and ranked 70th. Only relying on rankings, he can directly enter the highest level events such as Grand Slam and Masters. He played tricks and even defeated many top 20 players one after another.

In terms of talent and ability, Geelong is indeed very good, even better than McDonald.

Ever since he was a child, Jilong has always attracted the attention of thousands of people. Even if he did not enter a professional tennis school, he has always been a "star of tomorrow" in the NCAA.

Giron didn't care about the kind jokes from his teammates, and went straight to the edge of the court and put down his tennis bag.

For Jilong, he is already a junior this year. If he wants to turn professional, it means that there is not much time left for him to continue to improve himself, so he needs to firmly seize every opportunity and devote himself to training , into the game, there are no other shortcuts.

Gently, Ji Long jumped a few times on the spot, adjusted his body a little, and was about to enter the warm-up exercise, but he noticed a scorching gaze on his shoulder from the corner of his vision, and the hairs on his back immediately stood on end, like an electric shock.

Um?

Ji Long reflexively turned his head and looked over, without any effort at all, he could see Gao Wen walking towards him with a smile on his face.

"Hey! Marcos, good morning."

Sensing Ji Long's sight, Gao Wen took the initiative to wave hello, his smile bloomed like a flower, and his bright eyes shone under the sun, like a puppy seeing "Mi Tian Gong", no, no, bah! It should be like the big bad wolf seeing the little lamb.

Wait, why am I a little lamb? Shouldn't he be a big bad wolf?

Giron didn't understand what was going on in his mind.

But before Geelong could come up with a reason, Gao Wen had already said on his own initiative, "Marcos, can I play against you in the practice match later?"

In Gawain's eyes, Jilong is indeed a little lamb, the kind that can pluck its wool well—

He wants to prove his theory, whether there is any change in the growth rate of growth potential in a strong confrontation with opponents of different levels.

For now, Geelong's strength is indeed superior to McDonald's; and unlike Thompson's power tennis, Geelong's style of play is more dexterous and lighter. He was able to mount a more intense confrontation with Geelong.

Geelong is a more appropriate "guinea pig" than Thompson.

Jiron was a little surprised, "I thought you were used to sparring with Mike."

Gao Wen didn't answer, but said with a smile, "Recently, I have been ravaged by the final exam so much that my brain has been hollowed out, so I want to abuse my body and challenge the limit, so that I can empty my brain. It's about being able to relax. How do you feel?"

Gillon:? ? ?

The way he looked at Gao Wen changed, why didn't he know that Gao Wen still had such a hobby in private?

But when he noticed Gao Wen's gaze, Ji Long coughed twice in embarrassment, fearing that Gao Wen would see the clues to the picture he had made up in his brain, he quickly averted his gaze, and pretended to be relaxed and said, "Of course it's no problem, anyway, it's a practice match . " Trying my best to stay calm, but I couldn't help but look at Gao Wen quietly from the corner of my eyes.

"Oh yeah!" Gawain cheered, turned around and trotted towards Macdonald, like a samoyed Samoyed.

Ji Long seemed to have thought of something again, and couldn't help but shuddered, quickly looked away, turned around, and concealed his slightly hot cheeks.