Chapter 1128: Attacking and changing the line

Area 2.

Second serve.

Outside corner.

Classic routine.

Facing the third game point, Zverev finally chose the traditional classic in the second zone, relying on the outside corner to suppress the backhand, pulling the opponent out of the court, and creating an opportunity for himself to attack in the next shot. From the perspective of time and space, the serving side can gain more advantages.

So, what about Gao Wen? Gao Wen was not nervous at all. He thought that if he lost the point, it was lost. If he broke the "highest consumption", it was broken. It had no impact at all.

The overall situation is the only focus.

Anyway, the game has just started, this is only the first game, Zverev's serve is in good condition, and it is normal even if he holds his serve. He needs to enter the game at his own pace, he needs to make different attempts and combinations, and the ups and downs off the court have no effect on his shot selection at all.

How to crack Zverev's serve?

After all, if Gawain wants to do something in Zverev's serve, he must receive his serve, otherwise there will be no chance of forming a rally at all.

Gao Wen has faced strong serve players more than once. His most famous performance in his career was defeating Isner at the US Open. So he knows that when facing a player with a strong serve, he should seize the opportunity of the second serve and exert enough pressure from the second serve, forcing the opponent to rely more on the first serve.

Naturally, the pressure on the first serve will increase, and the entire serving process will feel stressful.

Therefore, the opportunity must be seized.

When Zverev's first serve went into the net, Gao Wen was ready to grab the second serve.

Outside corner. Backhand.

Accurate predictions.

Push off the ground and push.

Move quickly.

The two-handed backhand leads the racket early, and the entire swing action is clean and concise, and it should be completed in the smallest space possible, reducing the actions of actively exerting force, relying on rhythm and speed to drive the swing, and completing the push of leveraging force.

Neat and simple!

From the second serve at a speed of 165 kilometers per hour, it can be clearly felt that Zverev consciously slowed down the speed of the ball, pursued the landing point, and tried to complete the suppression through the line.

The landing point was indeed good, falling within the small triangle of the serving area, accurately hitting the line, and after landing, it rotated strongly outward and upward.

Although Gawain predicted accurately and moved in advance, the serving team still had the advantage and took the lead, so that Gawain's footwork was still a little lacking.

However, Gao Wen's upper body leaned forward, and during the lateral movement, his arms and racket extended all the way along the inertia of his body. He relied on the power of a small-range rotation to fully swing the racket, and at the moment of touching the ball, he fully increased the speed of the racket head, swung his wrist, and hit the ball head-on.

For ordinary fans, they are often curious, why is it so difficult to change the line in a tennis match?

Obviously, tennis is a comprehensive sport and cannot be simply analyzed by one reason:

The quality of the opponent's ball, the height of both ends of the net, the line of the return ball, the movement of the feet, the timing of hitting the ball, the handling method, the conversion between forehand and backhand, etc. are all objective factors that cannot be ignored, which makes the difficulty of changing line increase sharply.

However, leaving all these aside, the most important technique for changing line is the racket head speed.

Simply put, it is the speed at which the wrist drives the racket.

If you only rely on swinging your arms to drive the racket, the speed is definitely not enough, because changing the line means changing the trajectory of the incoming ball, which requires a stronger external force to intervene, break the balance, and complete the control of the return ball line in a flash. The speed of the racket head is crucial.

It is for this reason that if you look at the top players who change lines, whether they are male or female players, their racket head speed is excellent.

Even though his own strength is not outstanding, he can still change the line by relying on the flick of the wrist and the swing of the belt. Even when his footsteps are not in place, he can still change the line. Nadal often changes the line when he loses his position on the clay court, relying on the speed of the racket head.

Many times, their line changes seem to be done leisurely and effortlessly, but in fact it is all just manual work and is definitely not that simple.

In direct contrast, players who cannot improve their racket head speed are prone to making mistakes when changing the line, and their hitting line cannot open up the situation.

At the same time, some players are very good at changing lines with their forehand but completely terrible at changing lines with their backhand, while some players are the opposite. Ultimately, it all comes down to the racket head speed.

Especially when holding the racket with one hand for the forehand and with both hands for the backhand, generally speaking, the racket head speed of the forehand is stronger than that of the backhand. Of course, there are occasional exceptions.

So, is there a way to make up for it? Of course there is.

If the racket head speed is not enough, rely on footwork to make up for it, that is, move to the position in advance, grab the hitting point, and then rely on strength to complete the suppression.

Forced line change.

Overall, tennis is a comprehensive sport. If one aspect is lacking, there is always another aspect to make up for it. The ultimate test is a state of balance.

Gao Wen and Zverev are representatives of this. In fact, neither player is a power player, but both of them have strong ability to change lines, relying on the speed of the racket head.

The difference is that Zverev's backhand changing line ability is stronger, while his forehand changing line ability is slightly unstable; while Gao Wen's forehand and backhand are relatively balanced.

From defeating Djokovic in Melbourne to defeating Federer in Indian Wells, Gawain dared to make bold moves and take risks in changing lines, relying on his racket head speed and hitting feel. Even without strong power support, he was still able to break the balance.

The same is true at this time.

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As the receiver, Gao was in an inherently disadvantageous situation. Without being able to keep up with his pace, Gao Wen relied on the quick swing of his two-handed backhand to change the line.

A flick of the wrist, a push.

In a flash, the seemingly simple and easy hitting action has already created a wall-hitting effect, directly knocking Zverev's serve back.

straight line!

Fight!

The tennis ball turned into a stream of light and rushed towards the deep area of ​​the big triangle at Zverev's forehand baseline. In a blink of an eye, the sound of collision was heard.

There were three consecutive sounds, the sound of the ball hitting the ground, the sound of the ball hitting the wall, so crisp and solid. Before I could even exhale, the ball had already become a dead ball.

Boom! Zverev could only sigh at the ball, his serve still not fully recovered, and he watched the tennis ball disappear into the sunlight, feeling frustrated.

My shoulders drooped uncontrollably.

Return serve ACE!

"40:40".

What's going on?

Originally, Zverev had three consecutive game points and seemed to be able to hold his serve easily. He had already taken the initiative in this game. However, in the blink of an eye, before he could react, all three game points disappeared. The two sides were tied and had to face the test of key points next.

The whole situation changed so quickly that it was shrouded in a fog.

Zverev turned his head to look at the player box, cast his gaze at his team, and muttered uncontrollably, as if expressing his dissatisfaction.

So, what should he do next? Turning back, Zverev could see Gawain on the other side of the court from the corner of his eye.

No celebration.

Gao Wen didn't even clench his fist. Instead, he took a close look at where the return ball would land, then walked to the other side of the court to prepare for the next point.

That’s it?

Zverev felt like his chest was like a bellows and his anger was about to explode.

(End of this chapter)