Chapter 45.3 - 1st Day # 3

"Game Ujin Han! Set won by Ujin Han, 6-4! "

When Hanwoojin struggled to win the first set, commentators who watched the game with heartache were excited as a group. It was because I knew the importance of losing one set.

The first game, the first set, was an important match for any sport. If you lose your first set, you'll have to win two sets in a row, and you'll double your pressure. The winning side is a situation that benefits greatly.

-Hugh, finishes 1 set with a score of 6-4. It seems that Hanwoojin is slowly recovering his pace from the 9th game. What do you think of Yoon's commentary?

-I had a similar feeling. At first, there was no sense of being caught up in Suzuki's iron wall defense. By the way, I'm gradually finding my way back. I don't know where Hanwoojin found the opportunity, but it seems to be quite effective.

It is.

Suzuki is one of the best defenders. It's the best one in Japan because of the long-armed iron wall defense. I don't know what number Hanwoojin wrote.

It was a good thing to win, but it was bewildering for commentators whose job was to analyze the game. The hard-looking player suddenly started to flip the board. I couldn't read it, so I didn't understand it.

Three commentators and spectators turned to Hanwoojin, who was sitting on a bench and wiping off the sweat. He was holding his neck with a casual face and tilting his neck. If he saw that casually, he could not know what he was doing.

Of course, Hanwoojin himself knew the secret. The gap in Suzuki's defense that seemed to be a seamless iron wall.

'It's not just good that Rich is long.'

He shed some of Suzuki's rest in the same place not far away. How long did the arm sit? The end of the drooping hand touched the floor. That was the essence and core of Suzuki's iron wall defense. And beauty

It was an unparalleled loophole.

"Set 2! Player Ready! "

In response to the call of the referee, two athletes got up. For a moment, thanks to my breathing, both chests were moving calmly. For the next ten minutes or so stamina will not catch the ankle.

Hanwoojin put his towel dampened by the wiped sweat and headed to his position. Suzuki, with his long arms drooping over the net, was facing him. Because of holding a racket, the status window popped up.

Suzuki Takuo

Strength 58 / Stamina 61 / Agility 59

HP 1620/2440 SP 790/790

Forehand: 11/20

Backhand: 10/20

Serve: 9/20

Volley: 13/20

Smash: 13/20

Dropshot: 13/20

Lob: 10/20

Special Skills: None

I already checked before the game, but there was a question that came up again. Skill level and lack of stats, but the special skills were not manifested. This meant something different from Ryokusuke Okuda.

'Okuda was displayed in the status window even before the style was completed.'

Suzuki was a player who established a special style, although he knew that it did not appear immediately according to conditions. There was nothing strange about special technology like Okuda. Well that didn't happen. One reason to guess

It was only.

Han Woo-jin glanced at Suzuki's arm, which is still shaking. Perhaps special technology did not appear just by relying on physical characteristics. Okuda did not settle for being two-handed, but foreshadowed the achievement

I made a de double, but Suzuki was just playing plain with his long arms.

"Game 1! Ujin Han Serving Play! "

The sub-volume came back thanks to the completion of one set in even units. Han Woo-jin threw the ball several times, he thought of a rally. Suzuki's arm length was obviously a hard variable to guess, but it wasn't hard if the weaknesses were obvious. this

Half the US analysis was finished.

phut!

The neatly-served serve popped up with a cheerful sound. It was a classic drive serve that seems to appear anywhere in the textbook. If a player is about Suzuki, he won't make a mistake even if he gets a hundred times. Of course, he didn't hesitate

I swung my arm like a whip.

Paang!

Unlike Hanwoojin, it sounded sharp. Rather than hitting the ball around the wrist, it was a way of swinging the shoulders and elbows. In any sport, the bigger the action, the more power it adds.

The ball flew with a bitter sound and bounced at a low angle with Hanwoojin's service coat. Fortunately, the return did not go beyond the expected range. Han Woo-jin returned the ball by swinging the racket tilted at an angle.

But the direction was strange. All the commentators who were watching watched the trajectory of the ball spinning and shook their heads. Hanwoo is not like the place where the ball was falling was odd.

-Hanwoojin player, somehow Suzuki return the ball to the side. Isn't it so easy to get it back like that? I don't know where my usual aggressive appearance went.

-I think there's something for me. I'm not sure. What are you thinking about connecting the rally like that? I hit the ball again for Suzuki. It's not a mistake.

-The rally of Yongke continues. No, Suzuki doesn't get the chance? It's easy to hit, but it's hardly hitting.

The commentators' analysis was half correct and half wrong. Suzuki Takuo's face could be seen. He was not at all the face of a man standing on vantage ground. Rather, he was faced with a man in front of a cliff that seemed to be at bay.

land-

The bizarre balance broke when the two players exchanged the 9th ball. Suzuki struck the ball into the racket's frame where it was dug to a good depth.

"Ah… ! "

Mistakes come first before anyone else. The poor hand felt before the ball bounced proved it. The green-green ball rolled the floor, not to cross the net, as if to prove that it was leaking out of Suzuki's mouth.

"Fifteen Love (15: 0)!"

Point passed. Han Woo-jin corrected his posture by loosening his wrist lightly. It was as if I had foreseen this situation, as if I knew it. It was the opposite of Suzuki, who started sweating how long the two sets had begun. Hanwoojin says

Stealing a terrible nose and grasping the ball for the next serve.

Those who have seen so far did not feel discomfort. Suzuki made a mistake once and wanted to. The rally was quite long, so it was over.

But the mistake is only once, at most twice.

Paang!

"Thirty Love (30: 0)!"

It was as if I had rewinded the last rally. The endless exchange of batters ended with Suzuki's mistake. He didn't hit the ball with the racket's frame, so he even ran to the swing.

At that point, commentators who watched with doubt caught something. They realized that Han Woo-jin's bizarre play was based on solid evidence. Suzuki, who defended like an iron wall in the first set, could not repeat this mistake.

What? Suzuki, I'm clearly missing the ball that came in range. I doubt the perfect defensive ability you showed in the first set.

-I just did that too. It came in a little bit but it was enough to catch it. But I swinged my racket in the air.

-Maybe it's the magic of Han Woo-jin. Otherwise, Suzuki can't collapse so suddenly. I wonder how the inverted flow is.

The screen doesn't answer. Hanwoojin repeated the same rally again and again. Forehand and backhand replacement deep into the opponent's body. It's just a change of direction and it's close enough, but Suzuki can't see it properly.

He had to keep going.

The long arm became poison. The ball digging into the body continued to enter, aiming only at the elbow cabinet, the angle that was hard to bend. Once or twice I could take it without a problem. But five times, ten times, the story was different. Forced

How to bend and receive the body would not be perfect. Suzuki was walking down the ridge smoothly, as the trees on the ax continued to fall.

"Game Ujin Han!"

The tighter the rubber band, the harder it bounces off the moment it breaks. Suzuki lost one game without making up for just one point. He suddenly fell into balance and stared at the Korean player across the street.

'The little guy is creepy once.'

In the expressionless face, two non-moveable eyeballs rolled spookyly.

Looking at Hanwoojin's frosty eyes, Suzuki threw the ball over him. I felt like the addition of a tilted scale.

* * *

"Thanks for your work. Where are you hurt? "

Han Woo-jin, who received the towel that Shin Se-yeon was handing over, swiped the nape of his neck, which was moistened with sweat. The dark color of the towel reminded me how sweaty it was.

In the first round, the match against Suzuki had to be long. Discovering the weakness was not that great. The rally has erupted as the gap opens. That was why he returned to sweat.

"I'm a little tired. It's because the stage is different, but I can't afford it at all. "

It was quite weak for Hanwoo Jin. He did not reveal his planting was unusual. Shin Se-yeon asked with a puzzled look. Obviously one set was a struggle, but from two sets he was consistently dominant.

"A bit hard at first, but wasn't it okay later? The second set ended in 6-2? "

"Content is more a problem than scores. I've hit an average eight times in one point. Winning like this is too expensive. "

Someone could say it wasn't a win. We could have been satisfied with our victory on the undeserved stage of the ATP500. Hanwoojin did not do that. I looked back on my lack to win the next round.

Perhaps this extraordinary sincerity led him to this point. Shin Se-yeon looked at Hanwoojin with her young eyes. Even after winning, it would be a good example of a professional to keep an eye on him.

When the strange atmosphere was flowing, Hanwoojin looked back at her with the sound of ah. It seemed to recall something that was forgotten.

Seyeon, what happened to the others?

"You mean Choi Yeon-hyuk and Kim Hyung-soo?"

Shin Se-yeon did not immediately answer and smiled. It was a mischievous smile that seemed to tease the other person. It wasn't until Hanwoojin's unbearable urges her several times that she opened her mouth.

"I don't know if there have ever been three Korean players in the ATP500's round of 16."

"That means… "

"Power wins! Because of that, I couldn't wear it. Maybe you'll be a porridge in front of Woojin. "

Hanwoojin sighed with relief. Because of his interruption, he was planted in many ways. It was a competition that Kim Hyung prepared for the whole year. Had I dropped out from the first round, my mind might have been a little heavy.

"The rest will go back and talk."

You can go to the hostel for more details. Han Woo-jin removed the sole that felt a bit heavy.

This fatigue was evidence of his victory. ATP500, a sign of a step forward from a previously unimaginable contest.

Han Woo-jin wins 6-4 and 6-2 in the first round.

Choi Yeon-hyuk wins first round 6-3 and 6-2.

Kim won the first round with 7-5, 4-6, and 6-4.