Grand Slam

First Loss # 1

The weekend is here again.

Monthly half-aged 14-17 (?), so today is going to be full of unparalleled opponents.

The marble greeted the dawn, gasping for breath. Then I sat at my desk and began to fill out a questionnaire that became a habit. Even though the writing with my left hand is in English, it feels pretty neat.

– Did you sleep well today?

8.

I had a good night’s sleep, but I had to pee once around 3 a.m.

– How are you feeling today?

8.

Yesterday’s training was a little excessive, so there was some fatigue left.

– How’s your mental state today?

10.

I’m looking forward to playing today.

– How motivated are you today?

10.

Best. Most anticipated since Florida.

After completing a simple survey, the marble went down for breakfast.

Jinhee, who I met at the restaurant, seemed to have gone into ‘combat mode’ already because her face was so stiff.

“Jinhee, don’t be nervous already. Do you want to eat and take a walk? ”

“Ugh, yeah? Yes.”

Jinhee met her opponent in the last week’s finals from round one. When I am a professional, I continue to meet unfamiliar faces in many competitions. If you are short, you will meet a year and a decade. Yesterday’s final opponent is a two- or three-round opponent. After thinking that Jinhee’s emotional burden would be great, she chatted a lot to raise Jinhee’s mood.

* * *

The sunlight flashes down on the red side of the coat and splits the light into little pieces.

Today’s tournament takes place in the Clay Court. Hosting tournaments in different courts each week is a unique event for the Academy.

There are 12 men between the ages of 14 and 17 who play four games and three. Quartz was part of the group that played four games, just like the last week.

‘The more you compete, the better. ’

The marble shines its eyes as it looks around.

Obviously, they were older children, so they were about a hundred feet taller than marble. Probably weighs more than 10 kg. Except for a handful of Asians, they were almost as tall as adults.

‘I’m excited.’

The boys are all warming up in their own style.

He jumps lightly, sits on his coat and tears his legs apart. Basically, everyone is focusing on proper tension of muscles throughout the body. She was also warming up in pairs with Jinhee.

“How is it? Does it hurt? A little more pressure? ”

The quartz pressed on Jinhee’s back and opened her mouth.

After entering the Academy, two adjoining stones and Jinhee are already dating among the children.). I’ve often seen him whisper as he flinched when he passed by. He didn’t care about such things because he was old enough to live with it, and Jinhee didn’t care about it because he lived half his life with it.

“It’s okay.”

Jinhee’s face is stiff.

‘It’s bad…’

Jinhee’s whole body is a little frozen. Looks like you failed to relax.

“Korea Mask……. ”

The marble is unlucky.

“Huh?”

“Let’s both go buy tennis shoes. ”

“It’s still okay… …. Have you run out of yours? ”

I answered with the sound of marble crawling in.

“Let’s match one of the same model, same color, together. ”

“ ……. ”

Jinhee didn’t say anything to the marble.

I felt Jinhee’s warm body temperature in her hand, pressing her back. In a good sense, the burden seems to have abated a little.

“If you win a lot and get a full medal, your parents will give you lots of allowance. ”

“Yes… ”

“Let’s go. Win. Jinhee is no big deal to you now. ”

“Huh?”

“Look, you’re taller, you’ve got more muscles than you need. ”

“The ball is too strong… …. ”

Jinhee answered bluntly, and the quartz tiled.

“The last time I saw it, it was just tennis. Stabbing courses can lead to mistakes and Bali. You don’t have to beat Jinhee to fight the opponent well. Jinhee, you’re fast on your feet and Balinese are good at it. Less than 100 women in the world can do that. ”

“Overacting……. ”

Jinhee sighed and gave me a pinja.

However, it was clear that his face was slightly red and his body was softened.

The marble exclaimed vigorously.

“Let’s win together! ”

“Yes!”

* * *

One round.

The opponent is a very tall, skinny-looking Western boy.

The quartz who didn’t bring the sub-ticket prepared a return.

Wheelik-boom!

“Huh?! ”

The quartz felt a strange camouflage as the opponent wielded the racket.

Choi Young-tae feels like plugging in a sub without compassion. Without preparing the return, the ball passes through the marble in vain.

“15: 0! ”

The judge cried out.

A sub-ace. The opponent is preparing for the next one without much joy.

You’ve got to be kidding me. Is that what a teenager serves? ’

It looked like more than 170 mm/h. After the Clay Coat bounced, time was given to the marble a little more finely, but it could not be received immediately.

‘First, let’s get some information. ’

Wheelik-

Boom!

How can the joint move like that? What elbow……. ’

It’s not usually flexible. The operating range of the elbows seems to be twice that of the average person.

The ball seems to have been torn long like a snake since it was beaten like a whip with its elasticity.

‘If you just bring it…. ’

However, the talent of marble is not pleasant enough to be beaten twice by this ball. The posture collapses and you reach out your arms without worrying and hold the racket to the ball.

Thung!

A ball hit by a marble racket came to mind.

The opponent looks at the ball calmly and steps on it.

Boom!

I plugged it in.

“30: 0! ”

‘Drive Valyria……. You can’t be serious.’

He clearly recognized that quartz was a ‘clearly superior opponent’.

When you realize this, your qualities are evaluated according to the psychological actions that you respond to. Even though marble was naturally born, the mind itself was already a professional.

‘Throw away one set. Hang in there as long as you can and get all the information you need. ’

After that, one set lasted a very long time.

Opponents cannot have 100% First Sub Success Rate unless they are the genius of the century. Fortunately, the powerful serve, which is hard to receive, came at a 50% chance. I was breathing up to the end of my chin and my legs were slightly shaken, but I focused on constantly retrieving the marble. The backhand, which is an advantage of marble, plays a big role in slowing the game down.

“Deuce!”

1 set score of 5: 3.

Quartz is chasing two games.

‘Luckily, I figured it out before the set was over. ’

The stone’s eyes, smiling coldly, burn fiercely like a furnace.

Like testing the limits of concentration, marble consciousness is disassembling its opponent without end.

As the level of consciousness increased, the marble brain did things that ordinary people could never do.

‘Center.’

The opposing team’s torch and arm are the only angles to predict the course.

By the end of the set, everything in the opponent’s mind is already embedded in the marble’s brain.

Whitrick!

Boom!

The serve continues vigorously, but the quartz grins. I entered the centre as expected. I entered the quartz’s forehand and could not aim for the return ace (scoring with the return), but I sensed the spots while drawing the course of inside out (for the quartz’s forehand, at 11 o’clock) in my head. The goal is to relax at the feet of the opponent coming out to Bali.

Boom!

The opposing team watches the return of the marble flicker for a moment.

‘Out… or seal…? ’

I saw the ball draw the parabola high, but the top spin makes a squeaking sound.

“Hehe!”

The ball that did not wait for hesitation dropped precisely on the line and eventually hit the unintended rising ball. And then…

“Hehe.”

You hear a faint laugh.

A marble hurls a blaze from the snow and rushes into the net. Suddenly, you think that little body is creepy enough to stab an empty place with marble’s Bali.

“Ad Receiver! ”

Got it!

The quartz shouted in secret.

I don’t know if it was a normal rally for others, but everyone who watched the quartz game from the beginning took notice. The complete prediction and planned rally followed, and they all realized that the rally was over according to the intent of the rock. Given the age of marble, it was a point where I felt incomplete.

Of course, I also noticed the other side of the rock. I caught it more sensitive than anyone else. I was confused for a moment, but soon I ate my heart strongly.

‘Yes, you can expect it. I can’t believe I found it so quickly…. ’

Tennis is a fight about who creates more ‘knowledgeable but inevitable flow’.

It’s so common sense for people who are pro oriented.

‘Then… how about this! ’