Chapter 264 The beginning is suppression
In the German team's box, Polk still decided to let Tezuka play in the second singles match. Even if the German team has lost two games in a row, he cannot change this decision.
Polk trusted Tezuka very much, so he was willing to entrust Tezuka with him in the most critical third game after losing two games in a row.
However, others in the German team did not trust Tezuka as much as Polk. The most obvious one was Seyfried who lost to Fuji in the preliminaries.
However, due to Polk's strength and status, Seyfried only dared to show anger on his face, but did not dare to actually go against Polk's decision.
With Polk's strong support, Tezuka finally stood up with the racket showing determination.
At the same time, Yukimura, who was sitting in the player seat of Country R, also put on the coat of the representative team neatly and stepped onto the field.
Nioh, who looked a little dazed because of Yukimura's actions, clearly regained his composure after seeing the players from the German team on the opposite side.
Although Yukimura and Tezuka didn't really fight against each other many times, or rather very rarely... However, Yukimura was not unfamiliar with Tezuka's improvement in all aspects. After all, he has a young boy who was "seduced" by Tezuka, and a military advisor who is good at extracting information about Qingxue from Gan Sadaharu.
Dragging the two...especially Sanada's blessing, Yukimura has a good understanding of Tezuka's speed and growth in strength.
Moreover, after it was decided that he would fight against Tezuka... Aogaku's Miki sent a lot of data about Tezuka, Atobe also told him how to break into Tezuka's domain, and that guy from Sanada even reminded himself to pay attention to Tezuka. With a strong heart that is not shaken by anything, even the wooden hand has integrated some "little tricks" for fighting Tezuka...
If it weren't for Amamiya Lan interrupting them, I might have been nagging for a long time by these guys who seemed to be suffering from 'Tezuka PTSD'...
Thinking of this, Yukimura couldn't help but sigh while standing on the field. Obviously he didn't have much competition with Tezuka, and the only few times he had the advantage...why did these guys give him the feeling that they were more optimistic about Tezuka?
"Tezuka's charm... is so great!" Looking at Tezuka who came to the net, Yukimura muttered something unknown while shaking hands.
Tezuka raised his head in surprise and glanced at the young man standing opposite. The voice of those words was very soft. Looking at the perfect smile on Yukimura's face, Tezuka seemed to think that he was hallucinating. Otherwise, how could he hear Yukimura's words? A hint of jealousy?
He led Rikkai University to successfully win three consecutive championships... and now most of the members of Rikkai University have been selected for the R country's representative team... Why should such a high-spirited young man on the road to tennis be jealous of himself? Tezuka pursed his lips, confused, and his thoughts were a little troubled.
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After both sides of the game completed the pre-match etiquette, the referee quickly announced the start of the game.
As the referee's words fell, a tense atmosphere gradually developed on the field. It was obviously a match between two junior high school students, but the atmosphere was obviously more tense and serious than the previous match between two professional players from the German team.
"That 'Son of God' guy is so powerful! And..." Kintaro Toyama, who was not sitting in the contestants' seats, was standing in the audience with Echizen and some Seigaku members who came specially to watch the game. He said while looking at the arena.
Yukimura has been given the right to start in every singles event he has participated in since he was a child, and this time, it is obviously no exception.
Yukimura, who got the right to start, had no intention of testing. He launched a fierce attack in the opposite direction of Tezuka from the beginning.
After all, Atobe also said that Tezuka's 'Tezuka Domain' could be easily sealed by using a spin in the opposite direction without Tezuka noticing. Although I have other ways to solve the 'Tezuka Domain' move, but... it is good to save a little effort.
With this in mind, after getting the starting right, Yukimura kept hitting the ball in the opposite direction of Tezuka.
But Atobe might be right, after all... Faced with Yukimura's violent hitting in the opposite direction, Tezuka was reluctant to fight back.
'As expected of rivals who love and kill each other~' Yukimura sighed in his heart, and then continued the offensive.
Afterwards, whether to add interest or something else, Yukimura directly began to attack Tezuka with his left and right hands alternately.
Under Yukimura's strong attacks and counterattacks, Tezuka, who had not noticed anything amiss, fell directly into a weak position.
All the players off the field who regarded Tezuka as "White Moonlight" were very incredible. Although they knew that Yukimura was very strong, they didn't know that Yukimura could beat Tezuka without opening the other dimension!
Atobe and Fuji sitting in the contestants' seats had dazed expressions on their faces, and Echizen Ryoma in the audience even bit his lower lip. Sanada was dumbfounded as he looked at the little tame some whose strength had become so strong without knowing when.
"boom--"
"boom--"
"boom--"
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Under Yukimura's strength, the R national team quickly scored a point.
Polk, who was sitting on the German team's bench, looked at Yukimura with admiration, "This R national team player grasped the rhythm of the game from the beginning... and made an effective plan to target Tezuka's weaknesses. ."
"But it's the members of our team who are lagging behind now! You're not still thinking about recruiting that iris-haired boy after the game, are you!?" Berti glared at Polk angrily, and then asked hesitantly made a sound.
"Public is public, private is private." Polk crossed his hands on his knees, "This boy has great potential... he will definitely be an excellent professional player."
The rest of the German team looked at each other. They all knew Polk's character of caring for talented juniors, and they also knew that they actually had no right to speak, so they all gritted their teeth and did not dare to say anything.
"Compared to this! You might as well think about what you would do if Tezuka Kunimitsu loses! Is the German team, the tennis hegemon, going to stop in the semi-finals? This is too ridiculous..."
Berti was a little tired. Although he knew that if the German team lost, he would definitely bear part of the responsibility, but looking at the scene on the field now... he really couldn't comfort himself by saying that Tezuka Kunimitsu could win the one named Yukimura. guy.
Polk heard the worry and confusion hidden under Berti's words, but he didn't say anything and just patted his brother's hand comfortingly.
Perhaps it was Polk's touch that gave him strength. Berti no longer expressed dissatisfaction, but quietly watched the game.
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