See You Tonight

Chapter 103: The Rubber Set

Shortly after Aji competed in men's singles, it was now Erni's turn to compete in the women's singles badminton. Almost all of our class members have sat on the sidelines to support Erni, including Cindy who eventually watched on the field. It's just that Risal is staying who has not appeared in the midst of the festivities of this festival.

Erni looks ready to serve. Not to forget, the cheers of the audience were so boisterous when he had just served. Erni's opponent is currently from the 11th class of IPA 3. Erni's opponent currently looks formidable. I don't know if Erni will be able to defeat him or not. If he managed to defeat this opponent, then our class managed to clean up the first match in 4 branches of the race at once.

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The current score is still quite tight which is 5-4 for Erni's advantage. It seemed like the match this time was going to last a long time, as the two players who were fighting looked just as strong. Perhaps, only a matter of stamina would make a difference.

A hard smash had just rained sharply towards Erni's area. Erni was unable to return the smash just now. The score is now 5-5.

Sell and buy attacks continue to occur until the score is now 11-10 for the opponent's advantage. Now Erni looks tired. A great deal of sweat was seen soaking up his entire body at this moment. Luckily, for this badminton court is inside the Sports Building, so the hot sunlight is not too influential for these two players who are competing.

Erni who looks exhausted was also asking for time out. He drank a lot of water on the side of the field.

The crowd cheers again rumbled as the match resumed. After the time out, the tempo of the game looks slower than before. Now they are more often doing a blow bounce than doing a smash like before the time out. It seems like they are saving energy or something.

On the sidelines, we are so excited to encourage Erni who is competing. Ruben and Ahsan looked the loudest of her screams. While I just clapped my hands instead of shouting like them. I don't know why, I don't like to scream.

Then I looked up at Cindy. As I thought, he was not seen screaming either. He just smiled sweetly while clapping his hands as necessary from the sidelines.

The current score is 15-13 still for the opponent's advantage. Erni looks still trying to catch up, but the opponent also plays very good and neat. If viewed from my point of view that is not very badminton-savvy, Erni's opponent this time can control the field more than Erni. So, every punch that the opponent launches, must have its own purpose.

If a squirrel jumps, it will eventually fall too. About that's a pretty precise proverb to describe the opponent of Erni today. After getting 4 points in a row so that the point was 19, but after that he looks to make mistakes quite often until Erni now has almost equalized with a score of 18.

Erni was now seen taking a long breath before serving. Unfortunately, when he had served, the ball that flew low enough, instead hit the end of the net and instead fell into his own area. The score was 20-18. GAME POINTS. The atmosphere has now become so tense because if the opponent manages to score one more time, then the first set will end for the advantage of the opponent.

The opponent looks to have served, Erni swiftly managed to return the ball that flew quite thin over the net. The opponent then sends a long ball to the right side behind Erni. Erni is still able to chase him and return the ball. However, the change of ball from Erni was even a responsibility ball. The enemy immediately did a hard smash towards Erni. Luckily, the ball fell just outside the line, so Erni managed to add a bit of her breath in the first set this time around. The score was 20-19.

Erni again looks to take a fairly long breath before serving. The crowd cheers are getting louder. Not only from our class, but also from the 11th class IPA 3 is also no less encouraging to encourage his friend who was competing.

Now, Erni managed to get the ball of responsibility from her opponent. He also without further ado smash the ball of responsibility. However, the opponent can still accept it and again can still return the ball to the area belonging to Erni.

Erni looked so disappointed with the result in this first set. He walked to the edge of the field with his head slightly lowered.

"Wah it was almost Er, in the second set certainly can win," said Ayu with a smile of spirit on her face.

"Yes Er, that was just unlucky. Earlier if the last ball flew over the net, it must have entered it," added Aji to encourage Erni in the second set later.

"Yes thanks guys, in the second set, I will definitely try more," Erni then sat down while drinking to restore her body fluids wasted during the match.

"The spirit of Errrr," cried one of our friends.

"Hehe yes, thanks friends for the support," Erni now looked a little smiling. It seemed like thanks to the spirit of the friends earlier, he became even more excited this time around.

"Winning or losing does not matter, the most important thing is that we have tried as much as possible. Just enjoy the game, okay?" said Wita.

"Hehe sip-sip Wita, thank you," Erni again showed her smile.

The rest is only about 5 minutes. So, just a few more moments the second set will start soon. Erni returned to the field with a look full of enthusiasm and like ready to steal the victory from her opponent.

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Finally the second set ended. This time, Erni managed to win the match in this second set. He won with a narrow score of 21-19. Same score as in the first set. Only, the owner of the score is different.

With this result, the determination of the winner will be continued in the third set or commonly called the rubber set. Both players look equally tired. When they left the field, they looked like they were out of breath. Approximately, who will win in the deciding set later well?

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