Libitis was slightly stunned. He immediately started towards his forehand position and tried to complete the return. However, the speed and power of the ball were beyond imagination. Even though he had already reacted, he still failed. Wasn't able to touch the ball.
ACE starts!
A bit unexpected.
It's not that ACE is surprising, it's the way ACE is.
With the end of the entire spring season, the information and status of each team have been displayed in front of the world. The Bruins' Gao Wen has risen like a comet, which naturally attracted countless attention. Coaches and players have conducted in-depth research on him. Research and find appropriate coping strategies.
Gao Wen's serve is not strong, but it is flexible and changeable, and his combination of placement and spin is dazzling. Especially his performance in key scores can also create a huge threat, often making it difficult for his opponents to judge.
However, powerful flat serve is not Gawain's strength. In other words, his shortcomings in speed and strength are not a secret. Just like Gawain's forehand is not stable, this is a situation that everyone can see. .
In other words, when people mention Gawain's serve, "powerful" and "super fast" are definitely not the first impressions that come to mind.
However, the ACE just hit was a standard flat serve, reaching a speed of 182 kilometers per hour.
Libitis had already made the correct judgment, but was unable to catch up. Speed is one thing, but the angle of the outside corner is completely torn apart is another matter. It can be said that this is an almost perfect serve from the outside corner. .
So...it’s not that Gao Wen doesn’t know how to serve flatly, but he just chooses a variety of serves? Or is it that the serve is especially brave because the energy and stamina are at their peak in the opening stage?
With questions in mind, Libitis walked towards the other side of the court, preparing to receive the serve for the second point.
Bending and bending his back, Libitis swayed his body, keeping his center of gravity flexible, and fixed his eyes firmly on Gawain's serving movement to make predictions.
Inside corner!
Still on the forehand position!
Libitis's knees stretched out like springs, throwing his body out, and his accurate prediction allowed him to successfully touch the tennis ball.
but!
Still a flat serve?
The serve was fast and heavy, once again breaking Libitis's expectations. It hit the racket quickly. Because there was no rotation, it bounced back without even stopping on the racket. This also meant that Libitis's swing The movement was incomplete, and he only had time to make a blocking movement and barely managed to push the tennis ball back.
Obviously, such a return has no spin, no power, no angle, and absolutely no control.
The tennis ball drew a high parabola, and then you can see that Gao Wen's footsteps were very smart and timely, and he immediately entered the baseline and stepped forward.
Without waiting for the tennis ball to hit the ground, Gao Wen adjusted his position in small steps. His whole body was completely stretched and opened. With a forehand volley, he hit the tennis ball diagonally diagonally with all his strength. The aiming point was still Libi. Tice's forehand.
boom!
Like a hurricane, the tennis ball blasted past.
Although Libitis started immediately and his steps were already fast, he was still too far behind when facing Gawain's volley. As soon as he started his steps, the tennis ball had already hit the ground and bounced out, making him unable to catch up.
Forehand winner!
"30:0".
Libitis looked at his forehand position, trying to find an answer in his mind——
Because I really lost points too quickly, and I wasn’t nervous at all, so what was the reason?
The content of such a game is completely different from the coaching staff's preparation. What's going on?
Could it be...a serve?
Libitis is not a player with particularly outstanding tennis intelligence. It is difficult to see the overall situation. The only idea in his mind is to touch the ball with the most direct and simple first shot.
Judging from the current situation, Gao Wen's serving state was particularly good today. He scored twice with one serve and two flat hits, all of which were easily scored. This is different from Gao Wen's usual games. So, how long can this state last? Will it subside after a short period of time? Or can it last for the entire audience?
Perhaps the best way is to actively seek changes and break the opponent's state, rather than passively waiting for the opponent to feel cold.
What should he do?
Libitis also slightly adjusted his tactics. When he is ready to catch the ball, you can notice that his position is obviously advanced and closer to the baseline.
What does this mean?
To put it simply, it means grabbing hair extensions.
In tennis, serving does have a huge advantage, but the serving action is also the most cumbersome and complex. After completing the serve, it often requires a return action and time to adjust the center of gravity. This is true for all tennis players. in this way.
If you want to buy yourself enough time to return, you must improve the quality of your serve and suppress your opponent's return as much as possible; otherwise, you may encounter backlash from your opponent.
The receiving side should press the return ball as deep as possible, which is a way to compress the serving side's return space. Maybe the serving side's feet have just landed and before they have time to stand firm, the returning ball has already come to their feet, so they Having to return the ball in an off-balance state is indeed very passive.
In addition, the receiving side deliberately steps closer to the baseline, trying to grab the rising point of the tennis ball after it hits the ground and quickly hit the tennis ball back to any position on the opponent's court to shorten the return time of the serving side. This is also the case It can reverse the situation of comparing the advantages and disadvantages of both sides.
This scene can often be seen in women’s competitions:
The receiving side steps directly into the baseline to prepare to catch the ball. In fact, it is to seize the shortcomings of the generally weak women's serve. The receiving side can easily and quickly complete the rebound shot, and even attack on the first shot, and then directly overturn the situation.
This trend, to be precise, should be led by Serena Williams, the representative of power play, and has gradually become a skill among the new generation of female players.
However, there are relatively few men's competitions.
Because the power and speed of men's serves are very fierce, if the receiving side enters the court, they may miss the ball or be squeezed into the swing space due to insufficient reaction. Therefore, the receiving position of male players is often very close. back.
Not everyone can grab a hair extension, and it requires taking big risks.
At this time, Libitis was also experimenting.
After all, this was the first game, far from the crisis moment. He deliberately used this method to put pressure on Gawain, showing that he was not afraid of Gawain's serve, and then used the space pressure of his position to pressure Gawain's serve. Psychological pressure, destroying the stability of Gawain's serve——
Anyway, serving is really not Gawain's strong point.
Even if this one-point experiment fails and points are still lost, the psychological impact has been completed. No matter what, Gawain needs to challenge the tactics.
Gawain was preparing to serve. When he raised his eyes slightly, he noticed the change in Libitis' position and immediately interpreted his opponent's tactical intention.
So, how should Gawain adjust this serve?
