Unlike the Williams sisters, Wawrinka does not have an open stance, but the similarity between the two is that Wawrinka also uses his own power to release the ball. Even if the hitting point is later, he can still rely on the power to form control and determine his own hitting line at the moment of contact with the ball.
Straight line? Slanted line? All are fine.
In other words, the opponent is completely defenseless.
Judging from the trajectory of the racket swing and the hitting routine, it should obviously be a diagonal shot, but Wawrinka can hit the ball in a straight line, both forehand and backhand, which makes it difficult to judge. This is talent, this is ability, and at the same time, this is the key to a player standing out from the crowd.
There is no doubt that Wawrinka is the most special player in the ATP giant era, relying on his unparalleled offensive talent to win a place.
Although his defensive level is very lacking, Wawrinka's defensive returns are difficult to maintain, his hitting techniques are simple and his defensive quality is mediocre; however, it is with this specialty that Wawrinka has written his own glory in the ATP world that increasingly emphasizes comprehensiveness and balance.
Here, there is another question -
Why did Soderling, who has a similar style, beat Nadal one year and Federer the next, and advance to the French Open finals for two consecutive years, but never break through that window paper? The reason is that Wawrinka has a kind of "madness".
There is a phenomenon called "super god state" in all competitive sports.
That is to say, the players' inner universe explodes, and their competitive state reaches a new height. They kill gods and Buddhas when they see them. They are completely unstoppable and completely dominate the game.
Tennis is no exception. Top players, including the Big Four, have more or less demonstrated their super-godlike state and entered a whole new level.
Not to mention the distant past, this was what Tsonga did at last year's Toronto Masters, where he defeated Djokovic, Murray, Dimitrov and Federer in succession to win the championship. Moreover, in these four games, he only lost one set against Murray, while he swept all other games.
Astonishing, horrifying, delightful—
Even Tsonga himself was unable to reproduce such a "super god state" later.
Wawrinka is also one of the representatives.
But the key is here, Wawrinka has entered a super-god state more than once.
This was the case in the 2013 Madrid quarterfinals against Tsonga, the 2013 US Open quarterfinals against Murray, the 2014 Australian Open quarterfinals against Djokovic, the 2014 Monte Carlo final against Federer, the 2015 Rome quarterfinals against Nadal, and the 2015 Roland Garros quarterfinals against Federer.
In these matches, Wawrinka's condition, ability and performance completely reached a whole new level, and he was truly crazy.
And the above mentioned matches are not all.
It is also because of this that Wawrinka became the only player in the era of giants who could still win the Grand Slam championship when all the big four participated.
In the original historical time and space, until 2022, Wawrinka is still the only player who has accomplished such a feat. It is no wonder that countless fans are willing to cheer and support Wawrinka. He has indeed won the applause.
Of course, Gawain should be added now.
Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine that the enthusiastic fans, the spectators, and even the professionals are all looking forward to this matchup, not to mention that the two players have defeated Nadal and Federer respectively to complete the strong collision? Obviously, the two players are also deeply aware of this -
In the first set, Gao Wen was the first to get into the game and took the lead with a break advantage.
In the second set, Wawrinka improved his condition across the board and continued to exert pressure.
In Wawrinka's game, his shots are deep, heavy and powerful, and the shock waves are continuous. If the resistance and confrontation of the return ball quality is slightly insufficient, he will be in danger, especially on clay. The rotation can limit his attack, but any slight flaw may turn into an opportunity for Wawrinka to attack, resulting in the direct end of the point.
The two players were entangled and deadlocked all the way. Finally, at the end of the set, Wawrinka really went crazy and got a break point opportunity in Gao Wen's must-win serve game with two consecutive line attacks.
Although Gawain saved one point, the second one was penetrated by Wawrinka's unreasonable one-handed backhand straight line, resulting in a fatal break and loss of the second set.
“6:4”, Wawrinka fought back and tied the score.
“6:2”, Wawrinka was already in a killing spree. He won four games in a row from the second to the third set. Finally, he broke Gao Wen’s serve at the beginning and end of the set respectively, and won the decisive battle with a very obvious advantage.
In the third set, it cannot be said that Gawain played badly. Although the physical impact was objective, Wawrinka also experienced the test of extreme physical strength. It was fair to both sides. The real key was Wawrinka.
Wawrinka once again entered his super-god state and completely controlled the game.
Wawrinka's attack was amazing.
For example, in the second zone, Gao Wen chose the classic tactical routine of pressing the backhand with the outside corner. The serve with strong topspin and outside spin was very outstanding. Not only did it completely tear the angle apart, but it was also high and spinning, forcing Wawrinka to lose his center of gravity.
However, Wawrinka forced an attack from above the shoulder, and used his backhand to tear out a straight line, pressing to a hair's breadth outside the sideline, barely entering the boundary, and hitting an ace on the return serve to score.
Amid the exclamations of the whole audience, Gao Wen could only laugh in silence.
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For example, Gao Wen established an advantage through layout, continuously suppressing Wawrinka's backhand and then suddenly attacking forehand. His shot landed in the blind spot on the right baseline of Wawrinka, forcing Wawrinka to lose his balance and almost fall.
However, Wawrinka forced an attack with his forehand, catching Gawain's tendency to return to defend his forehand, and without the balance and space to hit the ball, he inexplicably drew a straight line and hit the ball into the blind corner of Gawain's backhand baseline, hitting the bull's eye accurately and scoring the winning point.
Gao Wen, there is nothing he can do.
In other words, Gawain played very well and pushed Wawrinka to the extreme, but Wawrinka was really playing like crazy, scoring no matter how he played, and every shot was aimed at the corners and all went within bounds.
It has the power, the landing point, and the suddenness, and it relies purely on unreasonable and unstoppable attacks to open the way.
Wawrinka, going crazy.
From the middle of the second set onwards, Wawrinka was in complete control of the situation.
Facing such a situation, Gao Wen actually couldn't do much. The only thing he could do now was to focus on his own game, try to avoid being affected, continue to plan and fight hard, hold on to the game tightly, and not be thrown away.
Once he was left behind, facing Wawrinka with such firepower and condition, he might never catch up.
Gawain needs a belief in victory, believe that he can still win, grit his teeth and keep up with Wawrinka, and then patiently wait for Wawrinka's next physical peak.
It may sound simple in words, but anyone who has experienced a marathon knows that once the leading runner speeds up and completely leaves the main group behind, it is impossible to keep up. Gritting your teeth to keep up with the pace requires more physical strength and energy. Changing your own pace to try to keep up with the opponent is definitely not as easy as it seems.
Now, the same is true for Gawain.
In the fourth set, Wawrinka broke the serve first again.