"0:15".

Tsonga was ready to continue the game, but when he looked up, he saw that Gawain was not there yet, so he had to relax his preparation posture.

Just now, due to a small accident, both players were pushed to the extreme and fell to the ground, their bodies covered with red clay.

Tsonga is a casual person, he just patted the ball twice and was done, then prepared to continue serving; but Gawain didn't feel comfortable, the red clay stuck to his calves, palms and arms, the whole feeling was not good, so he walked to the sidelines and simply wiped it with a sweat towel.

At the same time, Gawain also took this opportunity to take a breath.

In this point, Gawain ran much farther than Tsonga, and he ran long distances twice in an anaerobic state, which obviously deviated slightly from the established plan.

But tennis is such a sport that changes all the time. Players must constantly adjust according to the situation on the court. Once the adjustments cannot keep up with the changes, they may get into trouble and even lose the game.

Originally, Gao Wen had not planned to spend so much energy on this point and save the ball desperately; now, he had tried his best to win this point, so should he go with the flow and try to see if he could get a chance or even establish a leading advantage? Thoughts were turning rapidly in his mind.

Gao Wen made full use of the short period of time to adjust, and his entire brain was reorganized and clear again -

At least, he can try his best in the next point.

On the one hand, it further suppressed Tsonga's burning little universe.

On the other hand, now that the first point has been scored, the whole state should be continued.

If you can't do it, then make adjustments; but if you can do it, you will really have a chance in this round.

call……

Gao Wen let out a long breath, turned back to the baseline, and raised his racket to apologize to Tsonga.

Then, bend over, bend your knees, and prepare to receive the serve.

Snap. Snap.

Tsonga is still Tsonga. Even if Gawain wasted a little time, he didn't care at all and continued to move forward at his own pace.

As soon as he saw Gawain in position, Tsonga started serving without any hesitation or need for any adjustments.

Area 2, outer corner——

Suppress Gawain's backhand.

From the choice of the first serve point, it can be seen that Tsonga was not affected by the previous point and remained firm in his strategy.

His energy levels did fluctuate.

Tsonga's explosive power is very, very good, but his endurance is a weakness, a relative weakness, so his ups and downs during the game are also quite obvious.

Compared to others, Tsonga is most familiar with his own body and his own condition. He realizes that he needs to burn.

First of all, it's his serve and he needs to hold his serve.

Secondly, he needs to mobilize his energy and, after holding his serve, prepare to fight hard in the next game on Gao Wen's serve, and try to break the serve as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, in the deciding set, as the player serving last, his situation will become increasingly unfavorable.

In other words, the next two games are very, very important and may very well decide the outcome of the entire match, so Tsonga needs to win.

So, Tsonga started to fight for his serve.

Throughout the entire game, Tsonga mainly suppressed Gavin's forehand, which also shows Tsonga's confidence in his forehand attacking power; in comparison, there were times when he chose to suppress Gavin's backhand when serving, but not many times.

At this time, Tsonga chose the outside corner of the second zone, which was both suppression and a surprise attack.

This time, Tsonga took advantage of Gawain.

Gao Wen's footsteps were obviously not moving in time, which affected his capture of the hitting point, and his two-handed backhand action was still a little slow.

Although the two-handed backhand successfully touched the ball, the entire parabola and flight path were not suppressed, and it flew all the way to the deep end of the baseline.

What's worse is the lack of spin, which means that apart from the depth of the landing point, there is almost no way to limit Tsonga's attack.

really!

Tsonga showed no mercy. He drew his racket early, set up his cannon, and prepared to attack fiercely. The power of the ball could be felt from the way he swung the racket.

It can be imagined that Tsonga was determined to win this shot.

However! Tsonga swung the racket like Thor's hammer and smashed it hard, but... nothing happened, not even the sound of the ball being hit was heard.

Swing! There was only the sound of an empty swing, like a blank.

Huh! The whole audience was stunned!

Gao Wen was crossing the court, preparing to defend and save the ball on his forehand position. In his opinion, it was highly likely that Tsonga would choose a forehand diagonal shot. But as he ran, he lost sight of the tennis ball. Could it be that he was not keeping his eyes on the ball? So would Tsonga choose a diagonal shot or a straight shot?

Gao Wen: ??? While running wildly, Gao Wen slowed down his pace and saw that Tsonga was also full of question marks. His swinging movements were frozen in place. He looked around blankly with his head down, like a bear whose honey was stolen by a fox. In addition to confusion, his eyes revealed a trace of sadness.

A little bit late, Gawain reacted, and Tsonga also reacted -

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It seems that we have encountered a landmine.

As mentioned before, on a clay court, the field is covered with soil, and the players move back and forth on it, which inevitably leads to uneven distribution of the soil. Even during breaks between games, the staff will spread the soil evenly again, but there may often be hidden mines beneath the sand.

It is a small mound of soil, or a small piece of soil with a smaller density, so it is stronger and more cohesive. It is also called a "land mine".

When a tennis ball lands on a mine, its flight path is disrupted, changing its trajectory at the last moment and throwing off the players’ ability to judge the trajectory of the return ball.

Sometimes, with better luck, the player has time to change and can still touch the ball, but the quality of the return ball depends purely on luck.

Sometimes, it doesn't.

Just like Tsonga, he swung his racket, but after the tennis ball hit the landmine, the entire arc was lower than expected, showing a vertical cliff-like falling trajectory. All the laws of power and rotation were broken, and finally it went through the bottom line of Tsonga's racket.

Just swing it in the air.

Similar unexpected situations are common and prevalent on clay courts. This is part of the clay court and there is no way to predict those hidden dangers.

It's pure luck, just like a net wipe.

Gao Wen, full of question marks.

Tsonga, full of question marks.

The audience at the scene was also full of questions.

It was not until the referee announced the score that everyone gradually reacted.

Tsonga gave a helpless smile.

Although it was not Gao Wen's fault, Gao Wen still raised his hands to apologize, which was obviously not the way he wanted to score.

Tsonga raised his eyebrows and glanced at Gawain, with the corners of his mouth rising.

Tsonga is a casual person and was very calm about these accidents. He walked forward with his head shaking and smoothed the place where the tennis ball landed with his feet, trying to offset the landmine and avoid the same situation from happening again.

Buzz. Buzz. Buzz.

There was a little commotion on the Philippe Chatrier Stadium. No one had expected that the second crisis turning point in the deciding set would occur like this.

Last time it was Gawain, and this time it is Tsonga who needs to face the crisis.

"0:30".