Once. Once.

Needle point. Wheat awn.

Here, Gao Wen grabbed a serve from the outside corner and suppressed the opponent with a diagonal line from the outside corner.

Over there, Tim, with his footwork disordered and his body passive, forced a one-handed backhand to change the line.

Not willing to be outdone.

For ordinary players, Gao Wen's return is heavy and deep enough, and the backhand straight line return is often easy to go out of bounds.

Because the space for swinging the racket is limited and the wrist strength is insufficient, the racket head cannot be accelerated, resulting in an insufficient swing . The racket is hit by the force of the incoming ball and ultimately cannot suppress the parabola of the return ball. The result is: out of bounds.

And often the sideline and the baseline come out together.

This is also an advanced technical move that requires not only solid basic skills, but also sufficient wrist strength, as well as courage and determination.

Even the Big Four cannot guarantee the success rate; if it is a one-handed backhand, the difficulty will be doubled.

However! At this moment, Tim was really crazy, his mental state was highly concentrated, his body and will were perfectly integrated, and he just relied on his wrist to "bend" it back.

Racket head speed, comprehensively improved——

Buzz.

You can even feel the strong friction of the tennis ball hitting the racket strings, creating sparks.

straight line!

fly!

The whole audience was silent and stunned.

Across the court, a figure was running wildly, running at full speed, sprinting a hundred meters, leaving behind a huge afterimage.

It seemed that the figure was still at the left end of the baseline one second ago, but was already close to the right end of the baseline the next second, and two Gao Wens appeared on the court.

Wait, what? I was stunned for a moment, blinked, and then realized that the shadows on the left were afterimages, which gradually dissipated with the strong wind and finally overlapped with the figures on the right.

It’s in place! Surprisingly!

Amid the stunned exclamations of the whole audience, Gawain's sprint did not slow down, but he maintained a high-speed run and charged head-on.

"ah!"

Everyone was stunned.

Did Gawain sprint too hard and fail to stop? Of course not!

I saw——

Dash! Jump! Swing!

All in one go.

Because Gawain was aware of the quality of Thiem's ​​return, which was heavy, fast and deep. With this kind of ball quality and tail force, even if his footsteps were in place, he would still feel strong pressure, so that it would be very difficult for him to ensure the quality of his return. If he barely returned the ball, it would become an opportunity for Thiem to continue his attack.

In the technical statistics of tennis matches, "unforced errors" is a very important item, which can be understood as "players make mistakes on their own without feeling any pressure."

But as time goes by, people gradually realize that tennis itself is a confrontational sport. The impact and pressure from the opponent are always part of the shot. It's not just about strength and speed, but also about rotation and ball quality. The seemingly simple shot may not be without pressure.

Correspondingly, the item "forced errors" later appeared in the technical statistics. Although they were their own mistakes, the root cause of the mistakes came from the pressure of the opponent's hitting the ball, forcing the players to make hitting errors. This data can also show the strength and passivity of the players in the confrontation.

Thiem's ​​violent shots were intended to force Gawain into making a forced error.

Therefore, in order to deal with such a dilemma, Gao Wen's brain started working quickly while moving quickly, thinking about his return.

Inertia, gravity, acceleration.

The combination of speed and power finally forms a forehand hammer shot.

Gao Wen did not avoid it.

Not only that, but it was a head-on collision of force against force. From turning to swinging the racket, the entire hitting action was completed smoothly with combined force.

Bang.

There was a dull sound, solid and crisp.

Boom! The ball hits and explodes.

The tennis ball turned into a meteor, flew along a straight line, and hit back again.

From straight line to straight line, impacting between two points, releasing all the collision of power, the sound of hitting the ball echoed throughout the Philippe Chatrier Stadium.

There was complete silence.

Stare with bated breath.

"Ugh!"

Tim let out a roar—

Sudden stop and turn.

Secondary startup.

Obviously, Thiem did not anticipate Gawain's return. After completing the shot, he moved towards his forehand space. He thought Gawain would choose a diagonal shot. After all, the entire court was cleared, and his footsteps for the backhand shot had already been swung out, making it much more difficult to adjust his center of gravity.

but!

Gawain did not.

Straight line, back ball, repeated landing point.

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The perfect combination of strength and technique, the powerful collision of courage and wisdom, Gao Wen showed the energy of a Grand Slam champion in the crisis situation.

Tim, very very very embarrassed.

He paused and rushed, and his body flew to the left again, but he finally adjusted his center of gravity, and changed direction for the third time in a flash -

Disaster.

Tim's footsteps were left behind, but his body had already flown out, his upper and lower bodies were misaligned, and finally he simply made a diving gesture and soared into the air.

"ah!"

“Ahhhh!”

The roar that erupted from deep in Tim's dantian could deeply feel the energy released by Tim at this moment.

While suspended in the air, he hurriedly blocked a shot with a one-handed backhand.

There was no control, no arc, no friction. It was just an instinctive interception.

Buzz.

A powerful force hit the racket, and before Tim could rejoice that he had intercepted the ball, he could feel the strong aftereffects stirring on his wrist. Then the tennis ball bounced back. His wrist was shaking violently, and the powerful aftereffects extended along his arm all the way to his heart.

Whoosh, the tennis ball disappeared into a golden halo.

Everyone's eyes followed the tennis ball upwards, but when they saw the glaring sunlight, they subconsciously closed their eyes. There was a burning sensation above their eyelids that almost burned their pupils.

In a hurry, everyone lowered their heads, opened their eyes, wiped the tears that were welling up in their eyes due to the excitement, and looked for the shadow of the tennis ball in their hazy vision.

Gao Wen, go online!

Huh! Exclamations surged!

No one knew how Gawain did it, but one second Gawain was sprinting sideways at full speed, like a bullet train without brakes, about to be destroyed and killed, unable to stop at all; the next second Gawain was already sprinting forward, ready to hit the ball at the net at lightning speed? What was going on?

The answer was not given until the slow-motion replay -

Right angle drift.

Gao Wen's lateral sprint speed has reached its limit, and he fully utilized the centrifugal force to throw himself out and complete the shot just now. His center of gravity can no longer stop. Don't forget that this is red clay. If he brakes rashly at this time, the result is likely to be the price of his ankle:

There are no winners.

But how could Gawain not have a backup plan?

He had never been the rash and reckless type.

After hitting the ball, continue moving forward following inertia, and then complete a 90-degree right-angle drift, making full use of speed and inertia to complete the turn.

The original intention is to prepare to continue hitting the ball. No matter what position or direction the ball is returned, your feet must return to the court before you can complete the subsequent shot.

So, Gao Wen demonstrated the ninth turn technique of the Olympic 200-meter race, went around half a circle, and came back.

Then--

Step forward!

Sprint!