Forehand. Forehand.
Forehand. Backhand.
Backhand. Forehand.
The round ball was once again in a stalemate. Both players continued to restrict their opponents, with rotation, line, and placement. They failed to find any good opportunities in the back and forth.
Gao Wen tried to hit a straight backhand shot, but was staggered back by Borrelli, and the excellent defensive quality contained Gao Wen's offensive continuity.
Borelli also hit the dead corner of the bottom line triangle, and the strong external spin pushed Gao Wen into a desperate situation, but Gao Wen counterattacked with a super big diagonal hook.
Between the back and forth, the two players' transitions between offense and defense were excellent. Although it was not a violent hit, they made full use of all the lines on the court. The thrilling returns caused the audience to tremble one after another. He gasped, his heart almost bursting.
In the previous game, the two sides fought for fourteen minutes, and it ended with Gao Wen holding serve. It can be clearly felt that the physical strength of both players fluctuated significantly. After all, this was already the deciding set, and the two players had already played for nearly a year under the scorching sun. four hours.
In this game, both Borrelli and Gao Wen made significantly more mistakes, but Gao Wen was still young after all. He gritted his teeth and immediately seized the opportunity to put pressure. Then the score came to "30:40", and Gao Wen once again got a break point. .
At the break point, neither player adjusted their breathing, and the offensive quality inevitably declined, and then entered the entanglement stage.
Five beats. Ten beats.
Fifteen beats.
Then, Borrelli finally chose to break through first, seizing the opportunity of Gao Wen's return ball not spinning enough, quickly tearing it with his iconic one-handed backhand, and pulling out a light and thin super slash——
He made full use of his one-handed backhand advantage. The entire diagonal line was stretched very thin, almost equivalent to the level of a small ball, and it still had strong external spin after landing.
rub.
The tennis ball landed in the service area and jumped out to the doubles line.
Kick, kick, kick.
Kick, kick, kick.
Gao Wen's steps happened to be on the backhand position, and the nerves in his brain were always tense, firmly remembering Sampras's instructions-never forget Borrelli's small ball and the net.
With lightning speed.
Gawain had already rushed forward at full speed, but he had already arrived in just three strides. However, the time difference was still a bit big. The tennis ball had already passed the highest point and began to fall back. The pull of gravity made the tennis ball fall faster and faster. The hitting point becomes increasingly difficult to grasp.
Kick the ground!
Plant your feet firmly.
Swing the racket!
The two-handed backhand swing speed is significantly faster.
Speed up!
Just when the ball is about to be touched, the speed of the racket head increases further.
Focus!
Watch the tennis ball intently and intently.
Hit the ball!
Bang, with a crisp sound of hitting the ball, Gao Wen's whole body followed the swing action and straightened his knees to stand up. At the same time, his body also rushed forward due to inertia, and the entire force trajectory could be clearly seen.
Whoosh.
The tennis ball goes directly towards the big triangle at the far end of the straight line!
Crash! Bounce! Hit again!
With the sound of the tennis ball hitting the billboard behind again, Borrelli, who was moving sideways at full speed, looked helplessly at the sky and gradually slowed down, with a trace of confusion and helplessness in his eyes.
The whole place is boiling!
Amid cheers and roars, Gao Wen broke Borrelli's serve for the second time in the final set. At this time, the score was already far ahead at "5:2". Next, Gao Wen will usher in his own serve. Win the game.
"Looking at the whole game, in the first two sets, Borrelli's performance was indeed like a miracle. Even though Gao Wen continued to look for opportunities, Borrelli's quality on both ends of the offense and defense really did not leave many opportunities. , and his bold and courageous play at critical moments shows the maturity of the veteran."
"But Gao Wen is very patient. He knows that his disadvantage is not big. Don't look at the big score of '0:2' behind, but in fact he only lost one point in both sets. As long as Gao Wen can cling to the score, he will have Chance."
“Sure enough, his courage and determination at the end of the third set successfully turned the situation around. After that bold and fatal break at the end of the set, the game basically came under Gawain’s control. In the fourth and fifth sets, Gawain’s performance was outstanding. He keeps getting better and better, and even if there was a stalemate in the final set, he still held on to the game."
"After the '2:2' draw, Gao Wen's acceleration broke the balance and rushed all the way to the finish line. Now he has ushered in his own serve to win the game."
"Of course, Gao Wen needs to stay calm and cannot relax his vigilance just because he has a large lead. Don't forget that Burelli also has strong tenacity. In the first round, he eliminated the young Canadian rookie Pospisil in five sets. "
In the studio, Zhan Jun and Hu Litao were making suggestions for Gao Wen. They originally thought that after the score of the final set was drawn, the nervousness could finally relax a little; however, this was not the case. The closer they got to victory, the more nervous they became, because they were eagerly looking forward to the second round. A victory is about to become a reality.
Before the game, they analyzed it countless times inside and out, analyzing the possibility of Gao Wen defeating Bo Leili to advance to the next round, holding on to a glimmer of hope, just like every time the World Cup qualifiers, the national football team always listed Countless tables and data are produced to analyze the possibility of qualifying for the group. Even in the top 40 and top 10 games, one needs to analyze the ugly Yin Mao.
However, when I actually entered actual combat, I found that all my theoretical analysis was empty talk and had never been truly realized——
there has never been.
The higher the hope, the greater the disappointment, and even I can't help but curse.
This time, the same is true.
Facing Burelli, an unseeded player and a clay court player, all signs seem to show that this is Gao Wen's best chance to continue making history.
As a result, after the opening, Gao Wen lost two sets in a row with a slight difference. No matter how small the gap was and how close the score was, the victory of the two sets slipped through his fingertips and became a fact. Half of his feet were already on the edge of elimination. Everything seems to be heading towards the worst nightmare.
Could it be that Gawain also has to... die?
Who would have thought that in a desperate situation, Gao Wen would rise up strongly. Unknowingly, after winning two consecutive sets, he was about to serve to win the game.
Did all this really happen?
However, standing on the court, Gao Wen was very calm and focused, like a professional killer. He performed well in winning the game with his serve, winning four points in a row, leaving no chance for Burelli to counterattack. It was firmly grasped when the first match point appeared.
When Borrelli hit the net for the last time, Court No. 17 was a sensation, because of the excitement of the game and because it was once again witnessing the birth of history.
This is no different in the studio.
Even though they had experienced a victory the day before yesterday and faced another victory today, it was still difficult to restrain their excitement, because they were witnessing the historical footprints at close range.
That kind of excitement, that kind of excitement, that kind of happiness, like a volcano erupting, continuously releasing energy, every cell in the body is screaming.
Won.
Won again!
