Chapter 1385: Continuous Hammering
Trample! Trample, trample, trample!
Sprint, run wildly.
Gawain's speed has reached its limit. He stares at the tennis ball with full concentration. He is as light as a swallow and seems to be flying low over the clay surface.
Despite the early start, accurate prediction and fast pace, Tsonga's continuous attack still successfully established an absolute advantage.
A volley in front of the net, a machete-like interception from top to bottom, this is a backspin ball; moreover, Tsonga has excellent control of the racket angle, pressing very deep and very low, and directly blocking it with a smash, releasing all the speed and power, and it looks like it is almost drilling into the ground.
In other words, after the tennis ball lands on the ground, it has almost no bounce height, not because of the force unloading, but because of the arc after the force is suppressed.
This means that Gao Wen no longer has much room to swing his racket.
And don't forget that Gawain was moving all over the court, rushing from one end of the baseline to the other, and couldn't hit the ball steadily.
Difficult! Harder than ascending to heaven!
What's more, there is a furious Vajra standing at the entrance of the network.
While running at high speed, Gawain glanced at Tsonga's position with the corner of his eye: the center of the net, closer to his left side.
In other words, Tsonga is blocking the straight line.
Everything happened in a flash.
Then, Gao Wen's footsteps were already in place smoothly. Thanks to his accurate prediction and early start, he was able to reach the position without sliding.
One pick, one push, one lift.
The racket, in a very, very limited and narrow space, relies entirely on the strength of the wrist and forearm to increase the friction time between the tennis ball and the racket string as much as possible.
Brush, brush, brush.
With a head-swipe, Gao Wen performed Nadal's signature forehand super topspin shot in his own way, completing this extreme defense.
Topspin.
Strong topspin.
The tennis ball drew a full arc, outlining a thrilling rainbow arc, crossing the entire court and flying towards the blind corner on the right baseline of Tsonga.
Oh! Everyone exclaimed.
Especially the audience sitting on the side can clearly see the full parabola outlined by the tennis ball, which goes high into the sky. It seems that they can see the layers of doomsday clouds opening their huge mouths and swallowing the tennis ball, and the next second there will be lightning and thunder, bombarding the whole world.
Tsonga was shocked.
Subconsciously, Tsonga took a small step forward, got closer to the net, and jumped on the spot, trying to intercept the ball halfway and smash it before it reached its highest point.
However, just after jumping a little, Tsonga immediately realized that something was wrong.
Over the top.
Gao Wen's return ball had sufficient friction and full rotation, and it went over the top easily. The height over the net should have been at least two floors.
Tsonga had no chance, and it was impossible for him to complete the high pressure at the net, so he retreated with his feet, following the tennis ball, and ran wildly.
run.
Still running.
Keep running.
Wow! The audience exclaimed, because Tsonga's footsteps had been forced back to the baseline, and the entire pressure advantage at the net was completely disintegrated. But before he had time to adjust his breathing, he burst into surprised exclamations again.
Ah! The line is pressed.
Gawain's lob accurately hit the blind spot at Tsonga's forehand baseline, and the spectators around could all clearly see the tennis ball landing in the blind spot.
So precise, so perfect, so beautiful—
In an extremely passive situation, Gao Wen once again demonstrated his superb touch and reversed the disadvantage with a high ball.
All the pressure was put on Tsonga.
The entire Philippe Chatrier Stadium fell into a brief state of shock. The brain was blank, unable to think, and just stared at Tsonga with wide eyes.
The audience's brains were so tense that they stopped thinking, but Tsonga didn't. His attention was still 100% on the court and moving at high speed.
The baseline, the dead corner, so how should he deal with it?
High pressure from the baseline? Forehand attack? Slice the ball?
Tsonga also took a quick look at Gawain's position:
The lob was so exquisite that it should have been in the air for one to two seconds, which gave Gao Wen enough time to adjust his steps and return to defense.
Therefore, Gawain has returned to the midfield, with light steps and a stable center of gravity, and has entered a full defensive posture, and both sides have returned to the same balance point.
But is it really so?
Tsonga thinks, not necessarily.
Don't forget that the initiative in attack is still in Tsonga's hands. He is on the offensive while Gawain is on the defensive.
then--
Step back, jump, swing the racket, and exert force.
Heavy hammer!
Tsonga launched another attack on his forehand, showing his outstanding talent on the offensive end; moreover, he was not just exerting force blindly.
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Slash.
Shallow area.
The entire angle was torn apart. Even though Gao Wen had already prepared for defense, he had to return to the forehand position as soon as his feet returned to the center of the court. At the same time, the angle was larger and more tricky this time, directly pulling Gao Wen out of the singles line and pushing Gao Wen into a similar dilemma again.
Although Gao Wen's footwork was in place smoothly, the difficulty this time was that Tsonga's return ball landed very shallowly, which had a direct impact on the subsequent layout.
Should Gao Wen follow the trend to the net? Step into the baseline, grab a rising point, and then go to the net to put pressure? But because his footsteps are already in the doubles area, this also means that the entire backhand position is open, and it may be difficult to cover the net defense.
While moving at high speed, Gawain quickly scanned the court space and Tsonga's position with his peripheral vision and made a judgment in a flash.
Perhaps, Tsonga was just waiting for Gawain to come to the net and then break the net from the backhand position.
Gao Wen gave up the idea of going to the net and instead stuck to returning the ball from the baseline. So, this return shot was very important.
Take a step forward diagonally upward, reach the baseline, stand on the baseline, scoop up with your forehand, and turn your wrist.
Unfortunately, because the footsteps did not move forward, the rising point was not grabbed, and the final hitting point was already below the net, so he could not directly aim at the straight blind spot to attack, but instead pulled out a topspin ball and rushed towards the straight blind spot, creating suppression, and then the footsteps quickly returned to position again.
The tennis ball drew a small arc, neither fast nor hurried, but slowly and leisurely, rushing towards the blind corner of Tsonga's backhand baseline.
The entire stadium was filled with attention, and all eyes were focused on the tennis ball, and then they watched it fall quickly -
Huh! There was a cry of surprise.
A blind spot, it was a blind spot again. Two consecutive moon balls from the baseline accurately found the blind spot. Gao Wen's touch in defense was really outstanding.
On the other side, Tsonga had also arrived on horseback. Although his pace was a little slower, he made up for it with his own strength.
Use both hands to backhand, raise it high, and attack with force.
Heavy hammer!
Another heavy hammer!
"ah!"
Tsonga, full strength.
Because Gawain's return ball was deep enough and bounced high enough, it added a lot of difficulties for Tsonga to exert force, so that Tsonga also exploded.
A roar erupted from deep within his dantian, and along with a roar, his body was thrown directly out.
Body weight, inertia, strength, etc. are all added to the power of the hit. Turning, leaning forward, and swinging the racket are like a heavy sword without an edge, hitting a two-handed backhand.
The superposition of power and power is fully released without reservation at this moment.
Penetrate the whole court.
(End of this chapter)