The Kanto Tournament
The weather has already turned hot since the beginning of July. 🎄🍓 ☮💢
However, this kind of weather did not dampen the enthusiasm of audiences around the world for watching tennis matches.
The first Saturday of July.
The first round of the Kanto Tournament took place at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo Metropolis.
"Wow, is this the Kanto Tournament? It's so exciting, Inoue-senpai."
Inside the park, Shiba Saori, participating in the Kanto Tournament for the first time, looked at the crowds coming and going and the growing number of spectators, and couldn't help but sigh.
The crowd coming and going included not only athletes and cheerleaders in various school uniforms, but also media personnel and tennis enthusiasts like her who cover professional tennis.
"Azhi, this is the Kanto Tournament! The strongest fighters from the entire Kanto region will be gathered here. We're going to be busy for a while, so don't forget to film some footage."
Inoue Mamoru smiled, reflecting on the decline of Kansai Makino Fuji and the rise of various schools in the Kanto region.
In recent years, the Kanto Tournament has far surpassed tournaments in other regions in terms of both influence and excitement.
This popularity will naturally attract some people who come specifically to see it.
"Don't worry, Inoue-senpai, leave this filming to me! But, Inoue-senpai, which school do you think will win this year's championship?"
Shiba Saori patted her chest and assured everyone that after several months of exposure to the junior high school tennis scene, she had already seen too many formidable players.
I've also learned about the various schools. Whether it's Seigaku, Fudomine, or Rikkai Dai in Kanagawa, they all showed the potential to become champions.
Therefore, Shiba Saori was very eager to hear Inoue Mamoru's predictions and experiences regarding the final champion school.
In her opinion, it's still too difficult to choose between Fudomine, Seigaku, Rikkai Dai to defeat Rikkai Dai.
In fact, if a school can win the Kanto Tournament, then winning the National Tournament is just a matter of course for her.
"It'll probably still Fudomine... Of course, Rikkai Dai and Seigaku also have a chance."
On this point, Inoue Mamoru had great faith in Fudomine, especially Saeki Muneyoshi's strength. Even though Seigaku and Rikkai Dai were already so strong, he still believed that Fudomine had a better chance of winning.
Of course, Seigaku's strength should not be underestimated.
Tezuka, Fuji, Akutsu alone are enough to overwhelm most schools.
However, the reason he is now focusing a lot of attention on Seigaku is because of the little guy he cares about most, the son of his only idol.
The Samurai Second Generation - Echizen Ryoma.
At 9:00 AM, the organizers gathered all the participating teams and gave a presentation before the Kanto Tournament officially began.
There's not much to say about Fudomine's opponents; since Fudomine emerged victorious last year, their luck has improved considerably this year.
They encountered mostly second-seeded teams from various regions, and easily defeated Fudomine in the first round Fudomine.
With all seven players on the field, and no team losing a single point, they easily advanced with a 5-0 victory.
Compared to Fudomine's relaxed situation, the opponents Seigaku faced this year were almost identical to those they had faced in the past.
In the first round, Seigaku will face their old acquaintances Fudomine Jōsei Shōnan.
Although Hanamura Aoi is no longer with us, the foundation she laid is still there. As long as we continue to stick to the training she set before she left, it will be easy for us to take second place in Kanagawa.
This year, Jōsei Shōnan also qualified for the Kanto Tournament.
However, their Fate was still unfortunate. Last year, when they entered the Kanto region, they faced Fudomine in the first round, and this year they encountered Seigaku in the first round of the Kanto Tournament.
What a cruel twist of fate!
After arranging the lineup and personnel on the day of the competition, Hanamura Aoi handed the team over to Tachibana Kippei and then began watching the matches at various venues with Muneyoshi and Tachibana An.
The match between Seigaku and Jōsei Shōnan not only attracted Muneyoshi and Hanamura Aoi, but also made Shiba Saori and Inoue Mamoru rush over here after only briefly filming other matches.
The outcome of this match was largely unsurprising.
In a very short time, Seigaku won with a score of 5-0.
Soon, the competition moved to its second day, the second round.
"Fudomine truly lives up to his Fudomine, securing victory in the first match so quickly!"
Looking at the almost one-sided singles match, Shiba Saori said with some emotion.
"Yes, Osawa Industrial in Ibaraki Prefecture is the number one seed in Ibaraki Prefecture, but I didn't expect their players to be completely helpless against Fudomine."
Inoue Mamoru was somewhat surprised; Fudomine's first match ended remarkably quickly.
It's important to know that they didn't send out Tachibana Kippei or Saeki Muneyoshi, but Ibu Shinji. Facing the minister of Osawa Industrial, the minister didn't last long either.
The second match featured Osawa Industrial's strongest doubles pair, whose opponents were naturally Fudomine's Mori Tatsunori and Ryosuke.
"I'm going to go, Ryosuke!"
Even the usually taciturn Mori Tatsunori seemed somewhat excited to be able to participate in the Kanto Tournament.
"Yes, we can't let the minister and the others down!"
Ryosuke, who was paired with him, was in a similar situation; they both cherished their current opportunity to play.
Although they knew that after Muneyoshi and the others left, they would definitely become Regular, the significance of being able to play now was completely different.
Bang!
Mori Tatsunori tossed the ball high into the air and raised his arm to deliver a powerful topspin serve.
"So fast!"
The Osawa Industrial's doubles players were taken aback. They had thought that since the players were not Fudomine's main members, they could win easily, but they did not expect that the reserve players would be so strong.
"Watch out, they've started moving!"
His teammates looked up and saw Uchimura and Mori Tatsumi taking steps to break formation, and immediately called out to remind them.
Bang!
Before the Osawa team members, who were barely managing to retaliate, could react, they were obscured by a shadow.
"What!"
Bang!
The ball was swiftly sliced past them and landed mercilessly on the sideline. To the astonishment of the two players, the tennis ball flew rapidly off the sideline.
"Fudomine scores, 15-0."
"Mori and Uchimura are starting to become reliable; they'll be trustworthy teammates in the future."
On the sidelines, coach Hanamura Aoi adjusted his glasses with his right hand, feeling very satisfied with their progress.
The training plan she set was quite effective in developing their talents, and with the Regular players, their current strength is much higher than before.
At least in doubles, their skill level is definitely at the level of the Kanto Tournament.
Bang!
Bang!
"Game, this round is scored by the team of Mori Tatsunori Ryosuke from Fudomine Junior High, the score is 1:0."
The first game ended exceptionally quickly, with Mori Tatsunori and Uchimura Ryosuke's fast-paced attack leaving Osawa Industrial's doubles team completely defenseless.
"Damn it! They're just reserve players, how come they're this strong?!"
In the rest area of Osawa Industrial, their players looked gloomy.
I originally thought that even if my team's doubles was not the best, we could at least compete with the other team, but I never expected the gap to be so big.
"Let's finish this quickly and decisively, Uchimura!"
"Leave the backcourt to me with confidence!"
After understanding their opponent's strength, the Fudomine duo began to use the opportunity of the match to try out the Hyper-Offensive formation they had practiced in training.
Bang!
Bang!
"Game, this round is scored by the team of Mori Tatsunori Ryosuke from Fudomine Junior High, the score is 2:0."
"Game, this round is scored by the team of Mori Tatsunori Ryosuke from Fudomine Junior High, the score is 4:0."
"Game, this round is scored by the team of Mori Tatsunori Ryosuke from Fudomine Junior High, the score is 6:0."
The match went very smoothly, and Mori Tatsunori and Uchimura Ryosuke's doubles pairing practiced became even more proficient.
The second round of the match was no different; Osawa Industrial did not pose any problem for Fudomine and easily won 3-0.
Fudomine, in such a crushing state, was the first to advance to the quarterfinals.
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