Match point, one serve, off the net.
Wow!
The audience burst into thunderous applause, cheers, cheers, screams and whistles. The audience couldn't wait to celebrate Gawain's mistake.
Ho ho ho!
Ahhhh!
The overwhelming sound completely swallowed up the referee's continuous calls for "quiet", and the entire Arthur Ashe Stadium was plunged into a frenzy.
Gawain had to stand up straight again as he prepared to serve, showing some helplessness. Then he pursed his lips and started to juggle the ball with his left hand, like a juggling, waiting for the noise from the scene to disappear. This action also made the entertainment The American audience, whose spirits were deep in their bones, burst into laughter.
The noise finally stopped, and then Gao Wen had to re-shoot the ball and readjust to complete the second serve.
Toss the ball! Kick the ground! Turn around! Swing the racket!
Facing the match point, Gao Wen chose an outside corner, aimed at Djokovic's forehand, and consciously increased the spin to create an external spin effect.
but!
Djokovic's prediction was successful in advance, and he threw his body directly with one step and one kick. He completed a quick whip with his forehand and used the power of his arms and wrists to quickly push the tennis ball back.
Fast and heavy, thin and biased.
Djokovic directly returned a small slash effect, and Gao Wen only had time to move a small step laterally to the right before he knew it was too late.
Return the serve to ACE!
"40:30".
Ahhhh!
The whole place was thunderous!
The mighty cheers released energy like a volcanic eruption, and the golden sunlight exploded in the audience, rushing towards Gawain with bared teeth and claws.
Gao Wen shook his head slightly. His second serve was still a little conservative, and the outer corner was not completely ripped. Then he was caught by Djokovic. At the match point of the Grand Slam semi-finals, his mentality was also different. There were still some inevitable fluctuations, but in fact, compared to the joy of advancing to the next round, the thought of defeating Djokovic shook the nerves more.
calm. Calm calm calm calm.
Turning around with his back to Djokovic, Gao Wen took a deep breath to calm down. The greater the chance of a match point, the more he needs to maintain a normal mind, otherwise any slight deviation may lead to an imbalance of mentality. Then the game completely changed and became something else.
Especially against a top player like Djokovic——
You can't be conservative and you can't be nervous. You can't be conservative and you can't be nervous.
Gao Wen secretly reminded himself that today's entire game was won by his own initiative, so the last moment should also have a beginning and an end.
He needs to take the game into his own hands!
Then, turn around, walk to the baseline, and prepare to serve.
One shot, long, out of bounds.
Wow!
Ahhhh!
Ahhhh!
Arthur Ashe Stadium has gone crazy. Boiling lava is constantly blowing out. The game has truly come to a critical moment.
"Obviously Gawain is feeling the pressure too."
"For the second time in a row, he failed to make a first serve, and the second serve just now was directly won by Djokovic. The pressure is really unimaginable, but Gao Wen needs to stay calm now and cannot think about victory for the time being. But you need to focus on this.”
Hu Litao couldn't help but swallow his saliva. He said that Gao Wen needed to stay calm, but he was so nervous that he couldn't breathe.
Match point is like this. If you catch it, everything will be free; but if you miss it, you will start to panic. If you miss it more and more times, you will slowly start to doubt yourself, so that you don't know how to play at all. , many games are reversed like this.
Hu Litao couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his palms on his thighs.
The same must be true for the audience at the scene. In the previous point, Djokovic caught a second serve and returned an ACE. This time Gao Wen must face greater pressure. Maybe Djokovic copied and pasted it?
Snapped. Snapped. Snapped.
The overwhelming shouts at the scene finally stopped, and then fell into a dead silence. It was as if all the 25,000 spectators held their breath, and only the sound of Gawain batting the ball echoed.
Snapped. Snapped. Snapped.
Gao Wen batted the ball for a little too long, as if he was infected by Djokovic, so that the tense and suffocating atmosphere spread on the surface of his skin, and goose bumps began to appear one after another.
Then, Gawain finally stopped shooting the ball——
Toss the ball! Kick the ground! Turn around! Swing the racket!
Hit the ball!
boom.
The tennis ball flew up. Not only did it not slow down or use insurance, but it also took the risk of replicating a first serve——
What?
Gao Wen treated this ball as a first serve, and at the second match point, he risked two service errors leading to a double fault and made a second serve!
This, this is too bold!
All the spectators held their breath in unison, and even swallowed their exclamations, frightened by the accident before them.
drop!
The speedometer in the corner of the court showed that the speed of Gao Wen's ball was 120 miles (194 kilometers) per hour, which was even faster than the average speed of the third and fourth sets. It can be seen at a glance that Gao Wen was playing at such a critical moment. A flat serve at the moment!
frenzied.
So, what about the angle?
Close to the forehand.
Obviously one point before, Djokovic used his forehand to score a winning point, but now Gao Wen actually challenged Djokovic's forehand for the second time in a row. He just made a slight change. Such a choice, Such a strategy and such a tactic made all the spectators watching the game fall into a daze.
Never expected it.
Djokovic also did not expect that this should be a decelerated second serve, but as soon as Gao Wen's serving movement ended, the tennis ball had already jumped in front of his nose, and the entire speed and rhythm exceeded expectations, even if It was Djokovic who was also caught off guard.
Leaning back and retreating, the upper body reacts conditionedly to make room for the forehand. It is too late to swing the racket and can only use the rapid swing of the forearm to drive the power.
boom!
The tennis ball has already hit the racket——
Not to mention the third and fourth sets, in fact, throughout the entire match, Gao Wen’s serving speed remained in the range of 111 miles (180 kilometers) to 118 miles (190 kilometers), focusing on control. The sudden change at this moment The increased speed made Djokovic's response look a bit flustered and unfamiliar.
However, Djokovic is still Djokovic. In a flash, the strength of his wrist and arm pushed the tennis ball back so lightly.
However, Djokovic did not act too hastily and immediately launched a counterattack. Instead, he pushed the tennis ball into a deep area in the middle, which to some extent restricted Gawain's attack connection in the next shot. As long as the two sides can form a stalemate, then The game can start, and this is Djokovic's best way to deal with it when he is caught off guard.
Whoosh!
The next second, the tennis ball had pulled out a light parabola across the sky. The blue and gold intertwined sky outlined a lazy arc. After crossing the net, it quickly fell towards the bottom line. It crashed into the target position, and the naked eye could still see the violent rotation, like a propeller coming towards the face.
rush!
jump up!
change!
The huge pressure brought by the entire ball mass rushed towards Gawain at ten times the speed.
