Chapter 1689 One Step Away

“The Peak Showdown” is worthy of its name!

Moreover, unlike the internal confrontation among the Big Four, the rise of Gawain adds a different color to the peak collision, just like Wawrinka vs. Djokovic.

The strong confrontation continued from the first set and continued in the third set.

However, the situation of the game is slightly different at this time.

After two close and high-quality matches, the physical fitness of both players was severely tested, and they reached the peak of their physical fitness one after another.

In the physical dilemma, offense is more difficult than defense, which also means that both players need to show a variety of offensive techniques to open up the situation. The content of the game is further enriched. The collision between you and me is full of skills and inspiration, showing the charm of tennis beyond strength and speed.

Eye-opening!

Sure enough, as the Grand Slam tournament entered its second half, the audience was looking forward to this kind of matchup.

This game satisfies all people's fantasies and expectations.

The score was deadlocked from the beginning to the middle and then continued to the end. The biggest difference from the previous two sets was that break points began to appear.

This was the case with Gawain's serve and Federer's serve. As their physical strength declined, the pressure from their serve and offense loosened, and the chances of finding opportunities through defense and turning the situation around also began to increase. Naturally, it was no longer easy to hold their serve.

As a result, the two players staged a good show of saving break points respectively, with key scores everywhere, which was a heart-pounding game.

However! No one was able to break the serve, or from another perspective, both players played at their top level in their service games, focusing more attention and energy, resolving crises again and again, and finally keeping their serve, continuing the balance of the third set and maintaining suspense.

Until the end of the day.

Just when everyone thought that the third set might enter a tiebreak again, Federer still came out on top and showed his true colors as a king.

In the ninth game, in Gao Wen's serve, he seized the fourth break point and completed the key break with a signature forehand diagonal attack winner.

In the tenth game, Federer saved two break points in his serve to win the set and converted the third set point with an ace to hold his serve with great difficulty.

In the end, Federer won the third set and reversed the score with an incredible performance, "2:1".

The scores of the three sets were: “6:7 (6)”, “6:4”, and “6:4”.

Putting aside the score, if you look back at each game carefully, the final difference was actually two points. In other words, the gap was very small, very, very small. Both players grasped the key points and details, and in the fierce entanglement and confrontation, they took advantage of the slight advantage and turned it into victory.

Intense, stalemate, and exciting.

The air in center court was so tight and hot that it was almost impossible to breathe.

Although Gawain's performance has far exceeded expectations and forced the seven-time champion into such an embarrassing situation, in the final analysis, Federer is still superior in skills.

Including the first set, Federer has actually fully demonstrated his control over grass court events. A narrow win in one set may have been just an accident, and two narrow wins may have been due to some luck, but three consecutive sets were so close, which is a reflection of his absolute strength.

If Gao Wen had not fought for a glimmer of hope in the first set, perhaps the game would have ended with a score of "3:0" by now.

But then again, such a situation and such a result are normal. After all, it is Federer standing on the other side of the net.

Compared with Djokovic at Melbourne Park and Nadal at Roland Garros, Federer at Wimbledon was the starting point of his golden age.

This is not to say that Federer at Wimbledon is the strongest in the universe - in fact, among the three challenges, Federer has been broken through the most times; but it is a symbolic meaning that has gradually evolved into the representative of ATP in the past decade. After all, the significance is extraordinary, and the pressure is naturally different.

With this performance, Gawain has proven himself that no matter what the outcome, he can face it with his head held high.

However, Gao Wen does not think so.

Of course, he understood this idea. On the grass, the gap between him and Federer was indeed obvious, just like on clay. He tried his best to defeat a low-health Nadal at Roland Garros. Now facing Federer who was close to his peak on the grass, he was indeed lacking some firepower.

Maybe next year, maybe the year after… maybe when he makes a comeback in the future, the situation will be different. He still needs time to grow.

He understands and accepts this reality. In fact, he is very much looking forward to it because he still has room for growth and there are more challenges ahead. However, this does not mean that he will be satisfied with it.

In this game, played to such an extent, fought to such an extent, and held at such a stalemate, everyone says that he should be satisfied, he should be proud, he should accept all the results calmly. In fact, the subtext is to make him bow his head and admit defeat, right?

He refused.

He believes that he can still fight on, he believes that he can still improve, and he believes that there is more to the game ahead.

He was not prepared to be satisfied with "pushing Federer into such a situation."

It was not because he was unwilling, but because the fighting spirit in his blood was still burning. He was still enjoying the game, even though every aspect showed:

The game is coming to an end.

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"5:4".

In the fourth set, the fifth game, Gao Wen's serve showed obvious fluctuations and he failed to serve consecutively. As a result, he was caught by Federer and converted the third break point to establish the advantage again.

Afterwards, both players held their serve all the way without too many disturbances.

In the ninth game, Gawain withstood the pressure and won four points in a row, keeping his serve. But objectively speaking, Federer did not put too much pressure on him, because with his physical strength declining, he needed to preserve his energy and stay focused, focusing on his serve.

Next, it was Federer's serve to win the match.

Obviously, Federer was ready to win the match through his serve.

The situation is firmly in Federer's hands.

A piece of data shows that although Gao Wen won the first set of the game, he has not converted any of the eight break points he has had so far in the game, with a break success rate of 0%.

In other words, Gawain has never broken any of Federer's serve games. At this year's Wimbledon, the only time Federer broke serve was in the second set of the previous match against Simon. It is conceivable that Federer has strong confidence in his serve, and holding serve will become a habit.

It is precisely because of this that, from all aspects, the game is no longer suspenseful, and the commentators have already begun to make closing statements for Gao Wen.

Federer is only one step away from victory.

Perhaps, Gawain is the only exception.

Even Sampras has relaxed, he is already content and has no more demands on Gawain.

However, Sampras felt a shock on his shoulder and turned his head reflexively, and saw Agassi's shiny bald head at a glance.

"No, the game is not over yet," Agassi said.

(End of this chapter)