The Prince of Tennis (2019)

A show with friendship, family, fighting, enemies, and a whole lot of tennis

I really enjoyed this drama I felt you had the friendship, the family, the relationships, the enemies, and tennis. As a person who plays tennis and also really enjoys watching tennis I definitely wouldn’t miss out on this show. I loved every character because they each had their own story to tell whether it was sad or happy. My favorite characters are Jia Le and Zhou Zhi. Hear me out, but I felt we didn’t need Qi Ying and Ping Xiang only because they didn’t really do anything in the show like yeah they were the cheerleaders, but every time Yu Qing made a point they’d be like oh they are that good and they would basically only cheer for Lu Xia since Qi Ying had a crush on him. I also felt that whenever they’d have team dinners Qi Ying didn’t need to be their because all she’d do is try to distract Lu Xia and he would barley pay any attention back. Im gonna warn you that there may be spoilers coming up, but it also could not be any since all they did was play tennis.
I loved the whole storyline it was basically what you see in a high school tennis team, but it’s just more extreme and way better than normal tennis in high school. The whole story started off with Yu Qing trying to add more members to there team and see who want or who is qualified enough to be on their team. We see that the captain is Si Yang and the members are Qiao Chen, Zhou Zhi, Da Young, Jia Le, Bai Yang, Zhi Ming and Xing Long, but their team isn’t like any normal team each of them had their own special techniques whenever they play tennis for example Si Yang is know for being a highly advanced player and his most used move is a zero chip which means that the ball goes in the air to the opponent, but it lands on the ground before anyone can get it, but it does lead to an injury that effects him in the end of the series. Qiao Chen in my opinion isn’t too advanced, but he’s a really funny character who has a good relationship with Lu Xia and his dad that he even calls himself Lu Xia’s uncle, but his signature move is a vertical smash which is just jumping in the air and aiming the ball straight down at the opponent. Zhou Zhi is known to be a genius player and he has never lost a match, but he doesn’t put a lot of effort because he wants to make it a fair game because he thinks he is too hard on others if he plays normal, but overtime he starts to let lose until his last game where he literally plays like himself which is playing with his eyes closed. Da Young is part of the golden partners with Jia Le and they are both known for being an unbeatable doubles team, but even though at one point they start to lose each other but they will always come back to each other and play like it’s their last game from learning from each other and being best friends. Bai Yang is known for being a very strong player for example he has the muscles and probably the most strength and stamina out of all the players, but his signature move is the snake ball where each game it gets stronger and stronger, but the snake ball is a very different move because it can curve all the way outside of the court and land in the court in the end. Zhi Ming is known for playing data tennis which means that you play tennis, but instead of playing normally you play it based on calculations so basically you can predict the opponents moves based on your calculations. Xing Long is a very genuine and sweet person as you can see in the drama even though once he’s on the court and holds his racket all he knows how to do is hit it while screaming “burning” and uses as much strength as he can use he ended up leaving the team for a little because his father was having back troubles and needed help running their restaurant in the end he does come back because his father noticed how much he loves tennis. Lastly is Lu Xia, he is a freshman and is basically the youngest on the team and he is most known for his serve which is an earthquake smash. Overtime everyone gets used to Lu Xia’s serve so it didn’t seem special anymore and all of his moves were predictable so he was put on a hiatus to find out what he can learn about himself and once he’s ready to come back he can, but it would be replaced by Huang Jin. Even though Lu Xia’s father was a pro tennis player, but quit because he wanted to start a family and Lu Xia’s only goal was to beat his father and make himself have his own legacy he started to forget that and play like the professional he is by being able to master everyone on his team and opponents moves which makes him able to beat his opponent. I was really stunned when he had his eye cut on his racket because it broke, but still played because it shows his determination. My favorite matches were the Hai Guang aka the last match they played because so much happened Zhi Ming’s glasses broke, but he became such an amazing player and lost his data tennis, Si Yang couldn’t play with them and it was their first game without them, Jia Le got hit in the head by a tennis ball and was almost taken to the hospital until he did a flip and started playing again, Zhou Zhi losing his vision and played with his eyes closed and won, Qiao Chen and Bai Yang both learning more about each other and even though their “enemies” they seemed like best friends and Lu Xia literally ATE that match with Hai Guang and I’m so proud of him for never giving up. Xing Yao is a team where both teams were very strong and how Yu Qing was losing at first, but slowly started to catch up and won, and how even though Jing Wu and Si Yang were opponents once Si Yang got hurt badly he was going to try to help Yu Qing and Si Yang get better and win the tournament. And in the end they did!! I really loved how even though they were enemies with Yu Feng and Lu Xia got injured in that game they became best friends immediately after the game. I also loved that scene where they ate barbecue with so many teams they beat, but ended up becoming friends with them. Overall, I really enjoyed this series and I’m so sad that it’s leaving Netflix, but it was such a good series where each character was tolerable (except for the girls) and each game was so good that I was screaming and cheering as if I was watching it in real life. I also really recommend this drama and it’s a must watch for sports lovers.

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