Echizen and Inui’s match continues, but Inui is able to predict Echizen’s every move with his Data Tennis.

It's the first day of the Metropolitans and Echizen has overslept! Horio pretends to be Echizen but is challenged to a match. Their first match goes smoothly, but their second match gives them more trouble than expected...

The April ranking matches continue, and Echizen’s slotted to play Inui, a third year regular. Inui is an even stronger opponent than Kaido. Can Echizen beat him to land a spot as a regular?

It's the first day of the Metropolitans and Echizen has overslept! Horio pretends to be Echizen but is challenged to a match. Their first match goes smoothly, but their second match gives them more trouble than expected...

Inoue and Shiba are headed to visit Ryoma’s father, Nanjiro Echizen, a legendary tennis player. It proves difficult to get answers from him about his past and Ryoma.

Echizen mistakenly takes his cat's foxtail toy to school, causing the cat to follow him. Echizen briefly glimpses the cat at school, but is unsure if it is his. Nevertheless, he begins to worry and decides to search to be sure.

The match between Echizen and Kaido continues. Kaido uses his special technique, the Snake, to keep Echizen off balance.

Echizen mistakenly takes his cat's foxtail toy to school, causing the cat to follow him. Echizen briefly glimpses the cat at school, but is unsure if it is his. Nevertheless, he begins to worry and decides to search to be sure.

Echizen is in D Block of the school ranking tournament where he’ll be competing for a regular’s spot on the team. He’ll be up against upperclassmen, including the serpentine Kaoru Kaido, aka, the Viper.

Echizen and Tezuka's match concludes. Tezuka has challenged Echizen to determine why he plays tennis. Pondering this, Echizen goes home and sees his father, Nanjiro.

Word about Echizen, the amazing newcomer to the Seigaku club, has spread. Meanwhile, the Seigaku regulars return to awe the first year students with their skill.

Echizen and Tezuka's match concludes. Tezuka has challenged Echizen to determine why he plays tennis. Pondering this, Echizen goes home and sees his father, Nanjiro.

Echizen checks out the Seigaku tennis club and runs into some troublesome upperclassmen.

Tezuka decides to challenge Echizen to a tennis match despite having recently recovered from an injury. The doctor cautions Tezuka not to use his Drop Shot but he is intent on showing Echizen what he can do.

After standing up to a group of obnoxious older boys on a train, 12-year-old Ryoma Echizen ends up playing tennis against a high school star. Ryoma seems confident, but does he stand a chance against his opponent's physical advantages?

Seigaku is holding intramural ranking matches to decide who will compete at the Kanto Tournament. The regulars start off with easy wins, but they can't all go. But Momoshiro is overwhelmed by Inui, showing that the outcome is far from certain.