Chapter 1469 Ups and Downs
The Philippe Chatrier Stadium was still cheering for Gawain's name. The rolling heat waves that filled the stadium dispersed the dark clouds over Roland Garros a little, and a little sunshine was sprinkled. The thin and warm golden color sparsely filled the entire stadium, rolling with a ball of hot steam.
Even the players' lounge was no exception, some people joined in the booing and shouted Gawain's name.
As a result, when Murray turned his head, he heard laughter in the corner and the atmosphere was particularly relaxed.
Obviously, the audience wants to see the deciding set, but if the match goes into the deciding set, it means that Djokovic and Murray's match needs to be postponed. The two players who are waiting on the scene do not necessarily want the match to go on endlessly. After all, this is clay.
It's inextricable and endless.
However, this is the audience's wish, and they still need to ask Wawrinka's opinion.
To this, Wawrinka said "no".
Push off the ground and swing the racket.
Stretch your arms and exert force.
Wawrinka stretched out his entire body and used his signature one-handed backhand to hit the ball head-on, a perfect diagonal line that penetrated into the blind spot of Gawain's backhand.
Although Gao Wen had already stretched out his racket, the ball was too fast and too tricky. He didn't have time to recover from his serve and his body couldn't stretch out.
In the end, Gao Wen was unable to touch the net.
Mini break, Wawrinka's third in the tie-break and the fifth for both teams combined.
In the form of an ACE receiving serve.
In the previous three sets, Wawrinka had twice received a backhand straight line ACE. This time, he received a backhand diagonal ACE, the third time in the game, once again showing his superb backhand performance.
There is no doubt that fans can see without the help of commentators that Wawrinka really played well today.
Then.
Again and again it brought match point, the second time in the tie-break and the fifth time in the entire game.
"6:7".
And then, it was Wawrinka's serve.
The air almost froze. The sound of the heart beating against the chest continued to roar on the eardrums, and the whole world was plunged into noise.
District 2.
Inside corner, a little closer, 190 kilometers per hour, one shot into the zone.
Wawrinka sped up. He had already wasted four match point opportunities. He realized that he needed to be more determined and decisive on match points.
It can be seen from the choice of landing points that Wawrinka has stabilized. He does not pursue ACE or direct serve, but is willing to be patient, suppress through close serve, and then use offense to score.
Angle, flat, no tearing, but with both speed and power——
Gao Wen was indeed squeezed.
He had to take a step back to the left to barely make room, but the forehand swing was obviously too late and could not be completed.
Wawrinka's serve tactics worked.
However! Gawain remained calm and focused, and an idea flashed through his mind: in a flash, Gawain slightly changed the way he held the racket with his right hand, which was bent so that he couldn't stretch it out, and changed the stroke into a cut.
Cut down.
Push and block.
pack.
With the lightness of steel, he absorbed all the force of Wawrinka's powerful flat serve, and controlled it through the friction of a quick downward cut. The wrist controlled the racket head to shake lightly to complete the push.
bass.
The tennis ball has already flown back——
With ease and simplicity, Gao Wen's serve return looks effortless, even a little relaxed and carefree, revealing a bit of chic.
But the entire Philippe Chatrier Stadium was so shocked that everyone was stunned.
Dumbfounded and stunned.
Murray is no exception.
Then, all eyes in the audience were focused on the tennis ball. No one expected Gawain's hitting method, nor the flight trajectory of the tennis ball.
high.
Very, very high.
It was almost as high as three floors, like an anti-aircraft gun, soaring into the sky and disappearing into the thin golden sunlight, making it impossible to see clearly for a moment.
So, what's going on with this parabola? What about the falling curve? It's hard to tell.
At this time, the audience sitting on the side of the court can see the cross-section of the parabola and judge the falling arc by the rising curve and the highest vertex.
But spectators sitting behind the players and to the side of the angle cannot see it.
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For example, Wawrinka.
Wawrinka was slightly stunned and did not react at first. Gawain's completely unexpected serve receiving technique completely broke his balance.
Then, Wawrinka reflexively prepared to go to the net. He stepped forward and accelerated a little, but his mind turned and he soon realized that if the parabola was full enough, then the high ball from the height of three floors would undoubtedly pass over the top, and he had no chance of completing the high-pressure ball.
Naturally, he needs to stick to the baseline and be prepared to launch a high pressure or high point attack.
So Wawrinka stopped and stood near the midfield waiting. It was so unexpected that he even forgot to take small steps to adjust.
Then, the tennis ball fell.
Huh! Oh! With the exclamations from the audience, Wawrinka's alarm bells rang.
"……Oops!"
Gawain's control of the serve return was unexpectedly like an almond, rising and falling quickly, with the peak area not full, almost straight up and down, climbing to the highest point on Gawain's side of the court, and then falling freely quickly, and finally landing in the shallow area of the court on Wawrinka's side.
Suppose, this is a lob, which is high but not far. It would be a disaster and the opponent can easily smash it in front of the net.
But this is not the case.
This is an unconventional serve reception technique, which completely breaks the rules and directly overturns all predictions. Seeing the ball high but not far becomes a deadly weapon.
When Wawrinka realized that the return ball actually landed in the serving area on his side of the court, almost falling close to the net to create a small ball effect, he prepared to go to the baseline to intercept, but it was too late. His feet slipped just as he started.
Snap. The tennis ball landed on the ground, but it jumped high up. Wawrinka tried to push off the ground to speed up, but his reaction speed was too slow. Too slow.
Bang. The tennis ball has landed for the second time.
The whole audience was stunned.
Even though I saw it with my own eyes, I still couldn't believe how Gao Wen completed such a serve.
In fact, strictly speaking, this is a surprise tactic of choosing to drop the ball when receiving the serve. In ATP and WTA, only Federer does this. He often has bursts of wild inspiration when receiving the serve and brings unique effects.
And now, Gawain also tried it.
However, Gawain had not expected such a shot effect. The short ball was not like a short ball, the high ball was not like a high ball, and in the end, he scored in an incredible way. Philippe Chattier was silent at the scene, and the audience did not know how to react. They did not expect Gawain to choose to break the routine on the match point, and they did not expect to hit such a magical and strange return in the end. The tense atmosphere turned into a strange place.
Including Gawain himself.
Gawain raised his hands to apologize to Wawrinka. This was obviously not his intention, but he still got the point.
Wawrinka: ???
The fifth match point is gone just like that? (End of this chapter)