Snapped. Snapped. Snapped.
Gawain is shooting the ball.
The whole game was still in a state of anxiety, especially the third and fourth sets. The back-and-forth and rising scores kept both players in a state of high concentration and did not allow any distraction, because This little mistake may ruin a set or even the entire game.
The tie-break was even more suffocating.
His bubbling brain was thinking about the serving strategy. He raised his eyes and glanced at Nishikori Kei's position, and then made a decision in his mind——
Calculation and layout are things that both players must complete. It depends on whose layout can be calculated more accurately and comprehensively.
Area 1, inner corner.
Suppress the backhand.
Kei Nishikori's judgment was obviously a little slower, because Gawain had made several close attacks in key scores before, and all of them had achieved good results. Kei Nishikori lacked the initiative to make a shot, and was often very hasty in his haste. It is difficult to return high-quality returns; instead, it is the inside and outside corners that tear apart the angles. Today, with God's help, I hit many beautiful returns.
As a result, on such an important point, Gawain actually chose the inside corner?
Nishikori Kei's kick was half a beat too slow, and he quickly discovered Gawain's intention. The power and speed of this serve were average, but the angle was very tricky. Obviously Gawain used spin to get it. A landing point is to suppress Nishikori Kei's leverage -
Even though Kei Nishikori made contact with the ball, it was difficult for Kei Nishikori to hit the ball with quality no matter how he hit it.
Damn it!
Kei Nishikori realized something was wrong the moment he touched the ball, because the tennis ball still had high bounce and external spin after it hit the ground. Such a serve only appeared twice in today's match, and the third time was such an important moment. .
Just like the second break point in the previous game, Gao Wen, who didn't seem to have a strong serve, was always able to gain an advantage through changes at critical moments.
Kei Nishikori had to hold the racket with one hand above his shoulder, barely touching the tennis ball, and then used the strength of his wrist and forearm to hit the racket. After finishing the shot, he immediately stood on the spot and adjusted his center of gravity to prepare. He took a shot on defense and stared intently at his own return——
Damn it!
A high curve ball, Nishikori Kei hoped to land on the baseline and restrict Gawain, but obviously this time Gawain's hidden tricks restricted Nishikori Kei's touch, and the result was a midfield ball. , and it is a top-spin midfield ball, which also means that Gao Wen can launch the attack calmly.
Tap tap tap.
Tap tap tap.
Gawain was adjusting his steps in small steps. He was originally going to take advantage of the trend, but as soon as he took a step forward, he found that Kei Nishikori's ball flew towards the baseline. He had to admit that Kei Nishikori's touch was really good——
In such an extremely difficult situation, the arc of the lofted ball can still be pressed so deep, and this is even when Gawain calculated mentally but not intentionally.
Gawain's adjustment was very careful. Even though his physical strength was no longer comparable to that of the first set and his thigh muscles were constantly shouting tired, he still did not slack off. He gritted his teeth and adjusted his position carefully. Then, he stretched his body and stabilized his position. Stand firmly on your feet:
Dapeng spreads its wings! Top down! Smash high pressure!
boom!
The tennis ball turned into a blur of light and flew towards the court, but on the flight path of the tennis ball, Nishikori Kei's figure could be seen at a glance.
Obviously, he was still not ready to give up.
Kick the ground! jump! fly!
Kei Nishikori quickly moved laterally to his left side, staring at the tennis ball with burning eyes, but Gawain's smash was really too strong, coming towards him like a violent storm, even if Kei Nishikori's footsteps were no longer No matter how light and fast he was, he still couldn't catch up, so he "threw" himself out.
Flying out with a leap to the top, the two-handed backhand once again evolved into a one-handed grip, stretching the body to the extreme, barely touching the tennis ball with the racket head, and wrapping the tennis ball softly and lightly with the wrist, leveraging the strength of this technique I have used it to perfection and can complete the return of the ball with just one click.
rub!
The tennis ball shot up in a big arc, the height seemed to be more than ten meters, and it suddenly fell into the sky and disappeared into the golden splendor, so that all the exclamations in the Arthur Ashe Stadium were gone. After being cut off, he stared up at the tennis ball with his mouth open.
At this point, Kei Nishikori has given up moving and his steps are not jumping in place, as if he has given up hitting the ball completely.
On the other side, Gawain was adjusting his steps to prepare for the second high pressure. Subconsciously, he kept reminding himself that Kei Nishikori would never give up the ball easily. However, because Kei Nishikori gave up his movement, he lost the standard of judgment, so he could not guess. Where will Torunishikori Kei move?
At this time, Kei Nishikori was standing in the middle and leaning on his backhand. It seemed that the gap in the forehand position was slightly larger, but in fact the difference was not as big as imagined.
Moreover, in the face of such a high-pressure ball, if it hits the shallow area in the front court, it is very likely to go down the net. Because the flying height of the tennis ball is too high, the acceleration of gravity may make the hitting point of the tennis ball more difficult to figure out. Now we can only rely on the feel of the ball and the Feel to find the hitting point.
Tap tap tap.
Tap tap tap.
Gawain continued to adjust his steps. When he raised his eyes, he could only see a patch of golden sunlight. The evening sun was burning brightly, and he almost lost sight of the tennis ball.
found it!
In the midst of all the splendor, Gawain still found the tennis ball and kicked it off! jump! push down!
boom!
The tennis ball was hit hard again!
However, two details can be seen in the handling of the high-pressure ball this time. One is that the physical strength is reduced and the ground force is not sufficient; the other is that due to interference from the opponent, the downforce is obviously not sufficient. In other words, the high-pressure ball is still slightly withdrawn. After staying for a while, I didn’t exert all my strength.
tread!
You can see Kei Nishikori start immediately, confirming what Gawain just thought: everything is just a smoke bomb, and then he has reached the backhand position in two strides, blocking the high-pressure ball.
Gao Wen pressed a deep area, but in order to avoid going out of bounds, he did not suppress it completely, so there was still about one meter of space from the bottom line.
Kei Nishikori stood firm on his feet and raised his backhand with both hands. He did not take the initiative to use force, but rushed towards the tennis ball with the force of hitting the wall.
One kick! Mention it!
Kei Nishikori added a lot of friction to prevent the tennis ball from flying directly into the stands like an anti-aircraft gun, hoping that the fierce friction would make the tennis ball fall quickly near the baseline and then land in the bounds.
Everything happened so fast!
Just as he kicked off the ground, the tennis ball hit him back in the next second.
Huh!
Along with the sound of gasping in the audience, the commentators in the media center also exclaimed——
"Obviously, Gawain was a little soft on the high-pressure ball just now. He didn't fully exert his strength, and it was actually picked up by Nishikori Kei..."
But is it really so? Did Gawain show mercy at the critical moment?
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