"6:4", the first set victory belongs to Nadal.

However, for Gao Wen, this was nothing. Although he lost the first set, he still gained a lot and had more confidence in the subsequent confrontations.

really!

In the second set, Gao Wen's performance was still vigorous, the confrontation was still tense and close, and there was no clue to the suspense of the outcome.

Here, Nadal continued to output. He got eleven break points but missed them all. At the critical moment, Gawain was always able to improve his condition.

On the other side, Gao Wen fought back hard and forced eight break points, but unfortunately he failed to convert any of them. Nadal had already used all his skills.

You come and I go.

Interlaced.

Throughout the second set, confrontation and counterattack were the main themes. Both players had put aside all distractions and fully entered into combat mode. The bloody clashes were truly exciting. Both sides were constantly switching between offense and defense. The shifting of advantages and disadvantages was thrilling. Although there were no breaks throughout the whole process, it was still so good that one could not stop watching.

at last--

"5:4".

With the advantage of serving first, Nadal always maintained the lead in the score, and launched another offensive in Gawain's serve game at the end of the set when he had no way out.

Pressure – counterattack.

Raid - hard attack.

However, at the crucial moment, Gao Wen showed great courage and repeatedly delivered top performances. Amid the exclamations and praises of the audience, he fought back three break points and set points, refusing to surrender.

The competition quietly came to a fork in the road——

If he was broken in this game and lost the second set directly, Gao Wen would face the thrilling situation of "0:2" in the overall score.

Here, we need to explain a set of data: In Nadal's career, in the five-set three-win match, after winning the first two sets and taking a big lead of "2:0", he has never lost.

Record: 151 wins, 0 losses.

And don't forget, this is Roland Garros.

This also means that once Nadal wins the second set, his confidence and belief will reach a new high. For Gao Wen, the difficulty of replicating the feat of coming back from 2-0 down to 3-0 in this year's Australian Open final will increase a hundred or a thousand times. After all, this is clay, and Gao Wen himself lacks confidence.

The crisis, an unprecedented crisis, can be said to be hanging on a cliff with one hand, shaky and precarious.

It is precisely because of this that Gao Wen's condition has reached its peak, and he plays every point as a match point.

But at the same time, Nadal's ability to interpret the game is extraordinary. He realized that the first turning point of the game had arrived and he needed to seize it.

As the conversation went on, the atmosphere became extremely tense. It seemed as if one could smell the smoke of gunpowder in the air, which made one's blood boil.

So, when Nadal got the break point again——

He let go of everything and roared from the depths of his soul.

Because the score was close, because the difficulty was extremely high, and because the atmosphere was so close that it was suffocating.

Because he had wasted too many break points in the past two sets of matches and was really dissatisfied with his performance at key points, he urgently needed to adjust his state; more importantly, because this was the first turning point of the victory or defeat of the whole game, he fought out again through his unremitting efforts, and his soul began to burn.

——The 21st break point.

Just from this set of data, we can see how intense this game was. Moreover, Gao Wen also got twelve break points, which was comparable.

However, Nadal's break success rate was only a pitiful 5%, far, far below his normal level; but looking at Gawain's 0% break success rate, you can understand the reason. Obviously, both players mobilized their best conditions at critical moments and maintained a high-intensity confrontation throughout the whole process.

Tick-tock, tick-tock…

The second set was still going on, but the match time had already exceeded 100 minutes, which meant that both players had maintained their top-level and strongest performance for more than an hour and a half. It was hard to imagine how much physical strength and energy they had consumed, but they still couldn't relax.

Despite being tired, tense, and burning, we must continue to grit our teeth and fight on. Either the east wind will prevail over the west wind, or the west wind will prevail over the east wind.

The bayonet saw blood.

The air was filled with blood.

Here, Gawain's mind has completely calmed down, and he is fully focused and has no distractions -

Having no way out means burning your boats.

Now, every point is a match point for Gao Wen. He can't and doesn't need to think too much. The key is to focus wholeheartedly on the point in front of him.

Did he have no chance? No, of course not. Nadal got the chance, and he also got the chance. The stalemate balance of the game was never broken.

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Perhaps, some people are curious, Nadal did not miss any competitions due to any serious injuries this season, but his form has always been low. How is this reflected specifically?

The answer is, forehand and movement.

Firstly, Nadal has always had a minor injury on his left wrist. Although he does not need surgery for the time being, the impact is always there.

Secondly, Nadal has always had injuries to his knees and left foot, which would flare up from time to time, affecting his movement and becoming a time bomb that interferes with the game.

Fans who are familiar with Nadal should know that these two items are precisely Nadal's strongest weapons. He is basically playing with half of his body, but he can still break through four levels in Roland Garros and enter the quarterfinals, once again proving that iron will is Nadal's secret weapon to gain a foothold in the tennis world.

These details are specifically reflected in the game: when there is a problem with the forehand, the lack of a one-shot winning offensive scoring method is one part, and the inability to establish an advantage for oneself through continuous pressure with the forehand is another part.

When there is a problem with movement, the hitting point and timing are likely to deviate. Compared with the offense, the decline in defensive quality is a fatal blow.

This also means that Gao Wen does have a chance.

Of course, if you want to seize these weaknesses to create opportunities and seize them, it depends on whether Nadal agrees.

Gawain thought that he could.

In the coming 2021, in the French Open semi-finals, Nadal and Djokovic will face each other across the net.

In that match, in the first set, Nadal led 5:0 at one point, and then Djokovic won three consecutive games and regained his form, but Nadal still stood firm and won the first set 6:3.

At that time, almost everyone thought that the game would return to Nadal's rhythm and then move towards the standard ending again, but reality gave another answer.

Nadal lost three sets in a row, including the fourth set, when he lost six games in a row after leading 2:0. He suffered the third defeat in his career at Roland Garros and watched Djokovic enter the final.

Later, in the post-match interview, Toni Nadal said that after he was far ahead in the first set, Djokovic slowly regained his form and continued to catch up. Nadal's confidence began to waver and he began to question himself. This little bit of doubt planted the seeds and eventually became a key to changing the trend of the entire game.

Everyone says that Nadal is a god of war. His tenacity, his perseverance and his will are the core of his brilliant achievements. But with his age, his body's protests and injuries, Nadal will also have doubts, waver and become anxious. After all, he is just a mortal.

Therefore, in Gawain's opinion, he still has a chance. As long as he can grit his teeth and get through such a moment, Nadal will also be shaken.