Chapter 751 This is the 'Killing Ball'

On the tennis court, Ross held his racket upside down, bouncing the ball with the bottom of the racket. The ball went up and down, but it couldn't escape the range of the racket. As he bobbled the ball, he said to Xiao Peng, "Mr. Xiao, haven't you tried serving?"

Xiao Peng, standing at the opposite baseline, shook his head. "I've only ever played against a tennis ball machine. It was all about receiving serves."

After hearing this, Ross said, "Mr. Xiao, with all due respect, the ball serving machine is inoperable. You need to be able to receive the ball served by a human!"

"Is there any difference?" Xiao Peng asked puzzledly.

Ross stopped bouncing the ball, caught it with his left hand, and said, "Of course it's different. Inspin, outspin, topspin, backspin... Don't all you Chinese people play table tennis? Tennis is just like table tennis. Players use all sorts of spins to make the return more difficult! Do you want to experience it?"

Xiao Peng nodded after hearing this: "I'll try it!"

Ross pointed to a spot on the court near Xiao Peng and said, "My serve will land there. It'll be a topspin forehand. A ball like this has a large arc and descends quickly. The rebound angle is small and the forward momentum is large, so it's very threatening and stable."

Branson frowned and said, "Ross, what are you doing? Isn't it good to just hit a normal draw shot? Xiao is a beginner!"

Ross said, "I want Mr. Xiao to receive the best training. I have told him the location of the hitting point. I think with his ability, he should be able to adapt to this kind of ball. If he can receive the forehand topspin well, then other balls will not be a problem."

Xiao Peng smiled and said, "That's right, Ross. Thank you for your hard work! If I were not allowed to serve and only receive, I should still be confident that I can do it. Especially since Ross told me where the ball would land, I should be fine. Branson, don't let me refuse Ross's kindness."

After hearing what Xiao Peng said, Branson stopped talking.

"Mr. Xiao, are you ready?" Ross asked.

Xiao Peng nodded: "The ball landed in this direction, right?"

"There's definitely a slight error, but it's about right," Ross replied.

Xiao Peng stood at the baseline holding a tennis racket and said, "Okay, I'm ready!"

Ross tossed the ball high and sent it directly to Xiao Peng's side of the court. This time the serve was not very fast, and it landed exactly where he had pointed.

But as soon as the ball hit the ground, Xiao Peng realized something was wrong: it was not a simple topspin ball, but also had a strong sidespin. The direction of the ball changed obviously after it hit the ground. Xiao Peng originally planned to return the ball with a forehand, but the ball deviated towards him.

No wonder the ball speed is so slow and it is nothing like the serve speed of a professional player. He has tampered with the spin of the serve!

If it were someone else, they might be flustered by the ball or even be hit by it, but Xiao Peng's reaction speed and agility were beyond imagination. He just quickly moved his body to the left and the tennis ball passed by him.

Branson had his head down, sipping his drink, and didn't see what was happening. He just happened to see Xiao Peng dodging and missing the ball, so he laughed and said, "Rose, serve slower! Your ball is too fast for an amateur!" Afraid Xiao Peng wouldn't understand, he explained, "The gap between pros and amateurs is huge. Amateurs can hit a ball at 150 kilometers per hour, which is incredibly fast. Generally, it's around 100 kilometers per hour. Professionals, especially men, typically serve at over 220 kilometers per hour. 'Ace Machine' Andy Roddick once hit a ball at 249 kilometers per hour, and Croatian tennis player Karlovic later broke that record with a speed of 251 kilometers per hour. Even pros struggle to react to that speed, let alone amateurs."

Xiao Peng smiled after hearing this: "I can't play tennis, but I can play badminton."

Branson was stunned: "What does this mean?"

Ross explained the problem: "Mr. Xiao is saying that badminton is much faster than tennis. Badminton is actually the fastest ball of all ball sports, with a maximum speed of over 332 kilometers per hour. Mr. Xiao, with all due respect, the speed of badminton and tennis is not the same thing. Badminton's fast flight distance is very short, otherwise no one could catch it. Tennis, on the other hand, has a sustained high speed."

Watching Ross calmly explaining the speed of the ball to himself and Branson, Xiao Peng became even more certain that the serve just now was intentional: He is a professional player, and it's not that he didn't see that the serve just now was completely different from the line he said, but now he just doesn't mention it, and it's ridiculous to say that he has no problem!

Xiao Peng was completely confused. This was his first time meeting Ross. When had he ever offended him? Why was he doing this to him?

In fact, people are like this. They often irritate others unintentionally. Xiao Peng's conversation with Branson just now has made Ross feel uncomfortable, so now he wants to make a fool of himself.

Xiao Peng also over-complicated the situation. After all, Ross was Branson's employee, so he felt Branson was deliberately trying to trick him. Why? For the past few days, Branson had been deliberately and unintentionally asking about his whereabouts, but Xiao Peng had been evading them. Could it be that he saw that he was trying to deal with him, so he asked Ross to give him a warning?

Xiao Peng was very unhappy when he thought of this, but he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he waved to Rose and said, "Rose, that shot was really good. One more! Let me feel that shot again."

Rose was stunned after hearing this. Xiao Peng deliberately mentioned "the ball just now". Did he know that he was deliberately making things difficult for him?

But after thinking about it, he felt relieved. Xiao Peng was a tennis novice. How could he tell that he had deliberately hit the ball? There was no way he could know how difficult the ball was. Amateur players couldn't hit a ball like that. He might never have seen such a ball in his life!

Xiao Peng took the racket and spun it around twice: "Rose, don't just stand there, play another one to open my eyes!"

But Branson said, "Ross, slow down the ball and let Xiao catch it."

Branson meant well, but Xiao Peng felt it was full of irony: "Rose, wasn't that shot just because you were lucky? If I let you hit it again now, would it be released?"

Ross frowned slightly after hearing this: "Mr. Xiao, get ready to catch the ball!"

After saying that, he immediately served another ball. This time, the ball was faster and spun even more intensely than before! After landing, it spun violently towards Xiao Peng!

"Ross, what are you doing?" Branson stood up from his chair after seeing Ross's shot.

He can play tennis, and this ball is a standard 'killer shot'!