That only made Yukimura more confused. Was Chiba Yun Chuan really that confident in the Ice Emperor's singles players?
Yukimura felt that something was off.
But he was even more confident in his own singles skills!
Thwack!
"Double fault! Rikkai Dai scores. The score is 1–0!
The players will switch sides!"
Ice Emperor had lost the very first game!
"Great! The strategist really is a strategist. We took the first game!" Kojiro Kuwahara was delighted to see Rikkai Dai take the first game.
"Rikkai Dai's championship team has no weaknesses." Sanada smiled to himself.
Seeing Chotaro and Shishido lose their service game, Gakuto was frantic.
"What do we do? We lost our service game!"
"Gakuto, what are you doing? Even if we lose the doubles, we'll still win! We've got those two guys, too!"
Atobe glanced at Akutsu, who was resting with his eyes closed, then at Chiba Yun Chuan, seated in the coaches' area. He wasn't worried in the slightest!
"But—"
Gakuto started to say more, but Oshitari stopped him.
"Gakuto, trust Shishido and Chotaro. And trust our captain and the others!"
After hearing Oshitari, Gakuto fell silent.
"As expected of the reigning champions, Rikkai Dai! They can win even with serves like that?"
"Wasn't that just luck? What's Ice Emperor playing at?"
"They double-faulted six times in a row? That's completely unreliable!"
Hearing the crowd's comments, Chotaro grew even more nervous!
"Shishido, I'm sorry. I've double-faulted so many times, but I don't usually play like this! That guy with glasses on the other side is annoying. I keep trying to hit the ball into his open court, but it touches the net every time."
Chotaro explained why he kept double-faulting, his voice tinged with frustration.
"Chotaro, have you forgotten what the captain said? Don't fixate on hitting the