"ah!"
Pulan couldn't control himself anymore and screamed.
"Ahhh!"
He clenched his fists, cheered heartily, and jumped high uncontrollably. His brain was roaring, and he completely lost his ability to think.
Break, appeared.
In the deciding set, Gawain was the first to break serve.
"4:2".
For the first time in his career, he stepped onto the stage of Roland Garros. He faced the host's darling Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the round of 16, and fought fiercely all the way to the final set. Then, Gao Wen accurately interpreted the game, firmly grasped the opportunity, and turned decay into magic. The first break of serve opened the score gap for the first time.
In the fourth set, Gao Wen kept falling behind. Although he kept fighting and trying, he still missed the victory after fighting hard to the end.
On one side is Tsonga, who plays at home and becomes more courageous as he fights.
On one side is Gao Wen, who is fighting against the odds and fighting alone.
However, it was under such a difficult situation that Gao Wen overcame many difficulties and took the lead in breaking serve in the decisive set, and ignited the entire Philippe-Chatier Stadium——
Applause, whistles, cheers, roars, shouts, overwhelming.
Parisian audiences are picky, demanding, and difficult to serve, but at the same time, they are also proud, aloof, and stick to the bottom line.
If the game is exciting enough, they will not be stingy with applause, they will not refuse to cheer for their opponents, and they will not deny wonderful goals.
This is their bottom line.
Just like this moment.
Applause, thunder.
The whole place was boiling.
On the small TV screen, Pulan looked at Gawain quietly:
After completing the ultimate hit, the inertia of the forward motion could not stop the car at all, so Gawain simply continued to rush forward, and jumped up with the momentum, raising his right fist high.
Drenched in sweat and bright-eyed.
The fighting spirit is high and the momentum is like a rainbow.
There was no roaring or cheering, just clenched fists and a smile on the corners of his mouth, showing his tenacity and burning fighting spirit from the inside out.
However, just such a scene can make people deeply feel the perseverance and determination in the eyes, and the blood can't help but boil with excitement.
Across the net, Tsonga looked at the direction of the tennis ball. Although he had chosen to go online to press, Gawain's backhand slash was impeccable. From the line to the power to the timing, he made a comprehensive breakthrough and directly broke through Tsonga. The protective net, find the path to break the net, and complete a fatal blow.
Regret, surprise, surprise.
All kinds of emotions surged up, but Tsonga still applauded Gawain——
He had no regrets about this.
If he had it to do over again, he didn't think he could do better. Gawain did win it undisputedly through his own hard work and strength.
As for the break, the game is not over yet anyway, he still has a chance, right?
Indeed, Tsonga needs to calm down and think carefully. He is now facing physical problems. He tried to hold serve quickly with all his strength but suffered a break. The disadvantage of the late serve in the decisive set was further magnified. He will face more challenges and pressure in the next game. All circumstances are very unfavorable.
He needs to reflect and reframe.
but!
Tsonga will not collapse easily, let alone surrender easily.
Moreover, he was tired, and so was Gawain. In this round, Gawain's physical exertion was much higher than Tsonga's, and the predicament of the final set was fair to them both.
Now, it depends on who has better physical reserves and uses more appropriate tactics to connect their games.
In fact, this is exactly the case.
A small accident disrupted Gawain's plan, and he used all his strength to complete the break. It indeed consumed a lot of Gawain's physical strength, and the impact immediately emerged——
Next, Gao Wen's own service game failed to score a single serve due to fluctuations in physical fitness. This also gave Tsonga a lot of opportunities to attack the second serve.
From holding the game point at "40:30" to facing the break point at "40:AD", Gao Wen's serving game also experienced the test, and it was another key point test.
Compared with Tsonga, Gao Wen's biggest advantage is that he has more diverse scoring methods and has already started planning from the first game of the deciding set.
Gao Wen uses a large number of different tactical combinations with different batting line combinations to disrupt Tsonga's predictions, avoid exposing routines as much as possible, gain room for tactical choices for himself, and gain a slight advantage in key score confrontations, and then Change the balance between the two sides.
take precedence. Evenly divided.
Evenly divided. take precedence.
At this time, you can clearly feel the swing in the state. Gawain is gritting his teeth and persisting, and Tsonga is fighting with all his strength——
Tsonga, who stood on the cliff and had to go all out, had no baggage and no need to hold back. Even if his physical strength was at the bottom, he knew that he had to give it a try, otherwise it would be useless to retain his physical strength.
Either squander the little energy you have left now and give it a try; or conserve your energy and lose the game, and then go to the training ground after the game to vent your energy?
Obviously, this is a choice that requires no thought.
The side that has no retreat and no choice is always the side that performs better, especially the change in mentality, which also improves the batting feel.
In the previous game, the two sides were in a stalemate for more than five minutes on Tsonga's serve; in this game, the two sides were in a stalemate for more than eight minutes on Gao Wen's serve.
It has been a long time since the last inter-set break, but neither player had any room to adjust their physical fitness and once again felt the torment of the clay court match.
Both players are constantly challenging their own limits, and at the same time they are gritting their teeth to burst out more energy. The burning feeling becomes more and more intense in the doomsday atmosphere.
Now, Gao Wen must thank Peart for starting early on the clay physical training and constantly challenging his own limits. The consumption and suffering of this game has exceeded that of the Australian Open final, mainly due to the characteristics of clay. The torment of the ultra-long round is all Test the player's willpower in a comprehensive way.
In addition, the advantage of physical attributes over technical attributes for the first time was also fully highlighted in the clay court season. Gao Wen withstood Tsonga's impact.
On that side, Tsonga missed three break points.
This time, Gawain finally got his second game point. It was not easy, it really wasn't easy.
It would be great if an ACE could be issued at this time, but at this stage of the final set, let alone Gawain, Tsonga's serving power has also plummeted, so instead of pinning his hopes on the ACE, it is better to Set up the entire offense with your feet on the ground through your serve.
In fact, it can be seen from the last game that it is now not only a contest of physical strength, technology, ability, and on-the-spot performance, but also a contest of will.
When faced with a break point, Tsonga's performance was already good enough, but Gao Wen relied on his tenacity to produce a more beautiful and exciting performance, cashing in on the break point and taking the break advantage in the deciding set; now It was Gawain's turn. Facing the desperate Tsonga, their positions were reversed.
but--
Gawain, you are ready.
The air at Stade Philippe-Chatier was a bit solid, and the sky seemed like it might collapse at any time.
Although he had just wiped off the sweat, when he turned around, the sweat dripped down his chin again, which was a bit itchy. Gawain had to wipe the sweat away with his wrist guard.
Gawain raised his head and glanced at Tsonga to confirm that his opponent was ready, and then Gawain was ready to serve.
Second District.
Close pressure backhand.
(End of chapter)
