Chapter 1377: New Layout
"...Wow, beautiful!"
"Gao Wen is indeed a man with a big heart. We once again saw the game wisdom of this young player."
"Faced with the weather, the pressure of the home court and, more importantly, the high morale of Tsonga, who had just won the fourth set and was aggressive and aggressive, Kovan showed maturity and experience in his response and was able to gain a firm foothold at the start of the final set."
"In this game, Gao Wen used four different tactical combinations in four points, which did not give Tsonga much room to play. He won four points in a row and successfully saved his serve."
"Obviously, Gao Wen has gotten over the regrettable loss in the previous set and has put his heart and soul into the final set. His overall tactical thinking is very clear."
The commentators in the commentary booth are bystanders who can look down on the overall situation and capture the context of the game more clearly and comprehensively.
As they say, Gao Wen is well prepared for the final set.
Focusing your energy on holding serve is only one aspect; the other aspect is breaking the deadlock. You don't need to rush, but you need to lay the groundwork step by step.
Judging from his condition at the end of the fourth set, Tsonga, after overcoming his physical exhaustion, had a small climax and repeatedly created threats in Gawain's serve. At the same time, he continued to be strong in Tsonga's own serve. Although Gawain tried his best to drag the game, he still lost the tiebreak.
In other words, Tsonga is at a small peak.
But now the game has come to the final set, whether it is Gao Wen or Tsonga, their physical fitness is no longer at the same level compared to the opening stage, which means that
Firstly, the peak state cannot last too long.
Secondly, it is no longer realistic to fight for every ball, and physical energy must be allocated more reasonably.
Tsonga is a passionate player.
In his game, if he gets into a chicken blood state, he will play like crazy, killing everyone and sweeping away thousands of enemies; but if his mood becomes low and he cools down, he will make a lot of inexplicable low-level mistakes, and his whole performance may plummet, and he will not be able to perform at his normal level at all.
For Tsonga, he needs applause and cheers, he needs the excitement and passion of strong confrontations. He is a typical player who "becomes stronger when facing stronger opponents". He loves the top stage, likes peak confrontations, and advocates challenging the strong. Naturally, his game state is prone to ups and downs, comparable to a roller coaster.
Therefore, what Gao Wen needs to do now is to stabilize the game, drag the game, avoid Tsonga's edge as much as possible, and wait for Tsonga's touch, momentum, and state to slowly decline; at the same time, look for opportunities to disrupt the rhythm, create difficulties, destroy Tsonga's touch, and finally create opportunities.
Therefore, "layout" became the focus of Gao Wen's opening stage of the decisive set.
Here, starting from his own serve, he took control of the initiative with changes and tried his best to disrupt Tsonga's rhythm and pattern.
On the other hand, we can try to make some changes in Tsonga's serve. We don't need to see immediate results, but we need to change the rhythm of the game.
Even on paper, you can see the intricacies involved, which is also the most subtle and difficult part of the deciding set; this is even more so when it comes to actual execution.
Gao Wen requires patience, carefulness and concentration, none of which can be missing.
However, in the deciding set, both the physical and mental levels have reached critical points. There are also weather factors that may interfere with or even interrupt the game at any time, which are as distracting as a time bomb. Staying focused is definitely not an easy thing, and problems arise one after another.
Stalemate.
Tight.
And...exciting.
“1:0”.
"2:1".
“3:2”.
Hold serve, hold serve, and hold serve again. The start of the deciding set completely continued the atmosphere at the end of the fourth set, and both players performed well.
Among them, Tsonga is still in slightly better form.
Tsonga once forced two non-consecutive break points in Kovan's serve, but at the critical moment, Kovan showed his top performance and recovered all the points. In his second game point, he exerted continuous pressure to make Tsonga's return go into the net, and he managed to hold his serve in a thrilling manner.
In contrast, Tsonga had a smooth sailing in his own service game. Although he faced some pressure, he did not face any break points. He successfully held his serve twice in a row, continuing his hot hand and constantly pushing the pressure on Gao Wen to maintain his strong position.
Judging from the momentum of the situation, the game is still in a stalemate, and Tsonga has a slight advantage.
However, Gao Wen always adhered to his tactical layout, looking for opportunities patiently and tenaciously.
In the sixth game of the deciding set, Tsonga served.
Zone 1.
Tsonga is a casual and unrestrained person. The pace between points is fast, and his serve preparation for each point is also very clean.
After simply tapping the ball and looking up to make sure Gawain was ready, Tsonga threw the ball directly.
Get close and press forehand.
The first serve was slightly to the inside corner, but mainly close to the opponent, trying to squeeze Gao Wen's hitting space on the backhand side, relying on strength and speed to suppress him.
The effect...is good.
The serve was traveling at 200 kilometers per hour, creating a cloud of dust when it landed on the ground. It was fast and heavy, compressing Gao Wen's movement time. He was unable to fully free his feet, and in the end he could only lean his upper body backward to make room, and rely on a two-handed backhand to quickly roll and pull out a topspin return ball.
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Originally, Gawain tried to draw a parabola from deep area to return the ball, to some extent limiting Tsonga's subsequent offensive connection, but the effect was far from satisfactory.
Tsonga's serve was heavy and powerful, like a cannon, which successfully reduced the speed of Gawain's racket head. In addition, the speed of the two-handed backhand swing was not as fast as the forehand, so the friction was not sufficient, so the parabolic flight trajectory was not full enough, especially the falling curve was far from enough, and then -
The ball was returned too shallow.
Perhaps, Tsonga's number of aces has not been able to enter the top ten in history, and when people mention the serving cannon, few people will think of him; but it is undeniable that the impact and pressure established by Tsonga through his serve are absolutely outstanding, which is also the foundation of his offensive tactical system.
really--
Tsonga won't miss it.
As we watched, Gao Wen's return ball landed in the midfield, and the parabola control was obviously not deep enough.
With one step forward, Tsonga went directly to the baseline. It was very timely and decisive. His entire step connection was very tight and he pressed forward strongly.
Although Gawain chose a middle return, Tsonga didn't care at all. He swung his forehand and without hesitation, he changed the angle of the return.
Forehand. Diagonal. Blind spot.
I saw——
Tsonga's swing is not big, but clean and simple yet powerful. He uses the inertia of his forward rush, relying on the superposition of his body weight and running speed. At the moment of the racket, one can feel the clever fit and full release of energy, and the tennis ball shoots out from the front like a cannon.
Boom! He hit the ball, aiming for the dead corner of Gao Wen's forehand bottom line, without leaving any space for Gao Wen to defend, aiming for the winning point.
However, will Gawain surrender like this?
The answer is no.
How is that possible!
Tsonga had just finished hitting the ball when he spotted Gawain near where his shot landed.
So fast!
(End of this chapter)