The location is a bit awkward——

Murray's lob, like Gawain's volley at the net, lost control in a hurry, and the final effect did not meet expectations.

High, it's high enough, but far, it's not far enough.

Just now, Gawain's lob not only went over the top successfully, but also landed deep in the baseline, directly pushing Murray from the front of the net all the way back to the baseline, turning the situation around.

However, Murray's lob was not fully pulled up due to limited hitting space, and the parabola was not full enough, so the falling curve did not meet expectations.

From the position point of view, the tennis ball should start falling from the baseline of the serving area, and the final landing point should be about one to one and a half steps away from the baseline. This position, neither up nor down, neither forward nor backward, is indeed somewhat ambiguous and awkward.

Gao Wen's direct high pressure seemed a little insufficient; Gao Wen's return to the baseline seemed unnecessary.

It's such an ambiguous and awkward position.

Of course, from the perspective of tactical layout, Murray is definitely not satisfied; but from the perspective of the return effect, this shot is not bad.

The reason is very simple. Because of the ambiguity and vagueness, it leaves Gawain with a difficult problem -

He needs to judge, choose and make decisions.

In the ever-changing tennis game, any hesitation or delay may lead to completely different results, so difficult problems are a good thing.

Not only Gawain, not only Murray, all the audience were thinking about the same question: Gawain, how should he choose?

Perhaps, the only person in the audience who was not hesitant, worried or delayed was the person involved.

Gao Wen was very calm and focused. After determining the landing point of the tennis ball, he made the decision in a split second.

Retreat.

Push off the ground.

jump.

In the process of retreating at high speed, he used inertia to complete the run-up, and then pushed off the ground to jump, but the direction was not vertical, but formed a fan-shaped angle of 135 degrees with the ground. In other words, the back formed an angle of 45 degrees with the ground, just like Michael Jackson in the opposite direction, and took off into the air.

Gao Wen refused to retreat to the baseline and jumped slightly behind the baseline of the serving area, trying to intercept the ball halfway.

Lean back.

extend.

Touch the ball.

The body has been fully stretched, and the racket becomes an extension of the arm, appearing on the fast-falling trajectory of the tennis ball, hitting the ball at the extreme position.

It all depends on the core strength of the waist and abdomen, and it explodes instantly.

The arms and toes are folded towards the center of gravity of the body, but because they are suspended in the air, it is difficult to exert force, so use the strength of the wrists to press down gently.

"ah."

Gao Wen groaned.

Then, with a light tap, he completed a difficult shot in the style of a badminton overhead smash, pushing the tennis ball back again.

Click to kill!

It's not a smash, it's a tap.

When the body is stretched to the extreme and in a suspended state, the difficulty of exerting force increases exponentially, so the power of the wrist is used to complete the kill.

Light, but sharp.

Huh! The whole audience exclaimed.

Such a difficult shot has completely stunned everyone, but Gawain has increased the tempo of the round again in this way. Before he has time to catch his breath, the tennis ball has already flown back to Murray's side of the court, pushing the pressure to the other side again.

Logically speaking, Gawain's kill lacks power, it is almost a light hit, mainly based on control, with no line, no landing point, no rotation, and lacks ball quality, so the threat to Murray is very limited.

This is similar to Murray's 180-degree backhand straight line turn at the baseline earlier. It is more of a transition ball than a counterattack.

But the actual processing is not like this.

Tennis has its own gravitational acceleration of pressing down from a high point, which fully utilizes Gao Wen's height advantage; at the same time, he cannot jump up due to the lack of force attached to the ground, and finally forms a weird shot that is light, fast, sharp and low; in addition, there is some tail force attached, which is not simple.

The most important thing is that the rhythm is compressed, which is why Gao Wen refused to return to the baseline but chose to intercept the high pressure halfway.

Murray's handling of the situation was not easy.

"Ugh!"

Moreover, the landing point! Gao Wen's return ball landed very shallowly, and because of the limited bounce height, Murray, who was standing two steps behind the baseline, was put into a passive position.

Murray had to move quickly forward, cut into the baseline, lean forward, scoop and lift the ball with his forehand, and lift the tennis ball high again before two jumps.

"ah!"

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Murray let out a roar and lobbed the ball for the second consecutive shot.

Huh! Beckham held his breath again, and heard the sound of the entire center court gasping for air. He watched the tennis ball draw a rainbow arc again, running towards the sun like Icarus, causing the audience to look up again, squinting their eyes and looking at the sun.

Dazzling, gorgeous, and thrilling.

Murray is no exception, but he can't just focus on the arc of the tennis ball, his footwork also needs to be adjusted immediately -

This means that Murray cannot enter the baseline, and he immediately retreats smoothly, returns to the baseline, and prepares to face the next shot of defense.

Because Murray could not be sure of the quality of his return, he could not guarantee that Gawain would be pushed back to the baseline, so he could not rashly enter the baseline, otherwise it would be tantamount to seeking death, washing his head and sticking it out, waiting for Gawain to hit him to death with a high-pressure ball.

Tap, tap.

Murray took small steps to adjust his position, watching the tennis ball rise into the sky, pinning his hopes on it, hoping it would be high and deep enough to pass over Gawain's head. That way, even if he missed the chance to go to the net, Gawain would be pushed back to the baseline, and the offense and defense would be back in balance.

The whole audience stared with bated breath.

One could even clearly see the home crowd subconsciously crossing their hands, clasping their fingers together, and placing them on their chests, silently expecting. Their eyes, looking up at the sky, reflected the brilliance of the sky. They looked forward to it devoutly and sincerely, watching the trajectory of the tennis ball, their hearts forgetting to beat for a very, very short time.

However.

Disappointed.

The height and depth are sufficient, but still lacking something.

In this shot, Murray showed his defensive ability and gained more control in a hurry. Even when dealing with such a passive and difficult shot, Murray was still able to control the flight and rotation of the tennis ball, and finally send the tennis ball to a higher and deeper position.

Gawain has to leave the serving area and retreat to the midfield area between the serving area and the baseline, and continue to adjust with a series of small steps; plus the height of the tennis ball is already over three stories high, the acceleration of gravity will increase the difficulty of finding the hitting point. Once Gawain chooses to land with high pressure but fails to win with one shot, Murray will further reverse the defensive dilemma.

The effect is not good enough, but it is approaching Murray's ideal state. Even in a passive situation, Murray is subverting the situation bit by bit.

What is lacking are just details, details of millimeters' difference; however, when top masters compete against each other, it is often these details that overturn the outcome.

Now, the initiative of the balance of victory has turned to Gawain, and everything is in Gawain's hands.

A little detail, a little gap, is an opportunity but also a crisis, and there are still different possibilities.

Going left means Gawain will touch the dawn of victory; going right means Murray's hope of revival.

The opportunity has come into Gawain's hands, which way will the balance tilt?