Match Point

Latest website: The atmosphere at the O2 Arena was slightly relaxed. After all, the game had just begun. Both players were in the trial and discussion stage, and the confrontation had not yet become intense.

A small number of the audience left the court to adjust after the first doubles match. At this time, they arrived belatedly and walked slowly into their seats.

However, there is a different look on the court. The two players facing each other across the net are fully focused, and the air is filled with invisible swords and swords.

Score, "0:2".

Small score, "40:15".

Gawain, with his knees bent and his center of gravity flexible, took small steps and was highly focused, waiting for Wawrinka to serve—

a district.

His pupils contracted, and as soon as he caught Wawrinka's swing, his body already made a conditioned reflex and moved sideways to the right in one step.

Spread your arms, stretch your body, and extend it as far to the right as possible; almost at the same time, without feeling the time difference at all, the tennis ball flew over.

Outside corner, forehand.

Gawain, accurate prediction.

As soon as he stepped on his right leg, his whole body was completely pushed out. Although this was a shot with a speed of 203 kilometers per hour, Gawain's conditioned reflex was very fast, and he even reacted by a hair's breadth to prepare for his swing. Buy some time and space and push forward quickly.

Power, gushing!

boom!

Frontal impact.

Not only is he using his strength to fight, but he is also attacking with strength.

Gawain, choose to fight hard.

The tennis ball is almost crushed in the collision and squeeze of speed and force, compressed to the extreme, and the reaction force is released instantly and overwhelmingly.

Whoosh.

A mustard-yellow light stretched out a long tail, like Halley's comet, along a diagonal line, across the net, and fell toward the sideline.

Fight fast and hit with power.

On that side, Wawrinka's serving action had not had time to return to its original state. He reluctantly pulled his weight and rushed out, but found that he could not keep up with his footsteps.

"Inbounds!"

The linesman made a gesture, and then Wawrinka watched the tennis ball escape from his forehand position, ending the point.

Not even had time to blink.

"Wow, wonderful!"

"Gao Wen was really bold. He actually caught a first serve, launched an attack without warning, sent an ACE in return, and won it neatly."

"Now, the situation is a bit delicate."

"In this game, Wawrinka has gained a firm foothold and entered the state, leading '40:0', and got three consecutive game points, but just missed one on his forehand, a very simple and very casual mistake; then Gao Wen came With an ACE on the return serve, there were only one game point left out of the three in the blink of an eye.”

"In my opinion, this is also Gawain's strategy."

"The overall rhythm of the indoor hard court is still too fast. Gao Wen does not want to prolong the round, but follows the rhythm. It can be seen from the tactical layout of the first two rounds that Gao Wen made more in the first three shots. Try, this is different from the US Open, the game style is maturing."

"After breaking serve early in the game, Wawrinka was far ahead in this game, and Gao Wen was not ready to fight, so he hit the ball more boldly. Including the previous point and this one, Gao Wen's attitude was to fight. Look, if Bo is in, start attacking, if Bo is lost, there is no loss.”

"But here with Wawrinka, the whole touch is still a bit tight, and in the blink of an eye, two game points are gone."

"Then, in the next point, the pressure will be on Wawrinka."

incredible!

The serve with a speed of 203 kilometers per hour not only failed to establish an advantage, but was even directly counterattacked with an ACE. The speed was so fast that Wawrinka, who was the server, did not have time to react. It was so strong and so exciting that the O2 Arena was stunned for a moment. Can't react in time.

Wait, what just happened? It seemed like... something flew past?

- "40:30".

From last year to this year, although there were not many indoor hard court events, Gao Wen's overall performance was very good, and he still adapted to such a competition environment.

As a result, he won the Paris Masters twice in a row and also won a clean victory in the year-end finals.

This year I set foot on the O2 Arena again, and I am even more familiar with it.

Originally, Gawain did not plan to do anything in this game. After all, he had already broken serve first and had the advantage; but now it seems that Wawrinka is still not fully in the state, which also means that there is still something to be done, so next time points, how should Gawain score?

More conservative?

Continue the adventure?

Start an entanglement?

The so-called strategy means that adjustments need to be made at any time according to the situation.

Gawain, step forward.

Slightly advancing his receiving position by half a step, just like Federer during the North American summer hard court season, creating pressure on the physical level.

Wawrinka noticed the details immediately, but he didn't do anything special. He looked back and prepared to serve, as always, crisp and neat.

Second District.

Chasing.

Obviously, Wawrinka did notice Gao Wen's tactical intention and immediately modified the serving tactics to form restrictions. The game between the two players has already begun.

Gawain, hit the wall head-on—

He was originally preparing to move forward and continue to apply pressure, but he encountered the squeeze of the chasing serve. His footsteps and body could not move away at all, and he fell into passivity.

However, Gawain is not a reckless character. Now that he has formulated a strategy, he must have prepared a backup plan.

The body moved to the side, barely giving way half of the body, and then took a forehand shot, blocked it, and cut sideways.

—Cutting.

After polishing the grass court season, the North American summer hard court season, the Asian season, and the European indoor hard court season, Gao Wen's cutting use has become more and more mature, and now some of Federer's style can be seen, always breaking the balance at unexpected moments.

Defend instead of attack.

It was with this light side cut that Gawain, in a hasty and passive situation, pushed the tennis ball back, along a straight line, and opened the angle.

Although the power, speed, spin, placement, etc. were all uncontrollable, Gao Wen still controlled the line and pushed the tennis ball towards Wawrinka's forehand.

This ball was in the second area. Wawrinka served from the backhand position. As a result, Gawain shot a straight shot from the side and pushed it to the forehand position, mobilizing Wawrinka again.

With the front foot, he used the serve to break the game and gain some advantage for himself, but he didn't have time to start the offensive connection with the second shot.

On the back foot, Wawrinka had to move quickly laterally, crossing the court with two long strides, and sweeping the attack with a forehand shot like a roc spreading its wings.

Although there were some difficulties, the swing movement, hitting position, etc. were a bit reluctant, but Wawrinka's offensive will was very determined and he hit hard with his forehand.

"ah!"

Wawrinka, come on.

In the third game of the opening game, Wawrinka, who suffered continuous impacts, had already begun to roar with strength early. UU reading www.uukａnshu.com

Unfortunately, the effect is unsatisfactory.

When the swing movement and hitting position are not in place, it is difficult to combine the forehand sweeping attack, even with unreasonable and violent forehands like Del Potro and Gonzalez. Wawrinka is naturally no exception. He was not able to fully devote his power, but only tore away the angle.

Immediately, Wawrinka realized the crisis. He clenched the racket with both hands, tightened his calf muscles, and adjusted in small steps to prepare for Gawain's powerful hit.

Tap tap, tap tap tap.

Gawain was running wildly across the field. He raised his forehand early and made a gesture of a white crane spreading its wings. He knew at a glance that he was preparing to use his strength to attack.

but!

At the moment when he touched the ball, Gao Wen did not swing his forehand forcefully, but pushed it gently to block the shot, wrapped the tennis ball with skillful force, and pushed it forward lightly.

(End of chapter)