Baby Steps

Eiichiro's time for his first match against Oobayashi has arrived. His name is called for the match. As Eiichiro goes to the court, he conditions himself to do his best on the match. Oobayashi is first to serve. When Oobayashi's fast serve comes, Eiichiro reacts without thinking and hits the ball, winning a score with a return ace. Eiichiro wins a game against a 5th seeded player. However it all goes downhill after Eiichiro's weak serve. Oobayash starts winning the games easily. On the 7th game, it sinks in into Eiichiro's mind that his match can be over in four points and wishes to play a little longer. Eiichiro recomposes him and decides that instead of focusing on his basic stroke, he should focus more on returning shots as many as he can. Due to him focusing on Oobayashi's movements, he notices Oobayashi who is about to hit a cross, thus he manages to react faster and wins a point. (Source: Baby steps Fandom Wiki)