"Wow!"

MacDonald's eyes widened completely, he couldn't believe what was happening in front of him -

Wonderful, truly wonderful.

In the previous shot, Gao Wen's forehand diagonal "inside-out" found the sideline landing point, tearing the court apart and pushing Jilong to the limit of the cliff edge.

In the next shot, Jilong relied on his unparalleled movement to cross the entire court, and actually used the force of the ball to hit a straight line that shocked everyone, launching a counterattack, and finally forcing Gao Wen's backhand return into the net, saving the break point and the set point, and bringing the suspense of the first set back to the same level.

Nervous, exciting, sweaty palms.

"roar!"

Here, Jilong relied on the inside corner serve at the T-point to create enough advantages, and continuously tore open the space of the court at large angles on both sides to launch a continuous attack. He quickly tore and hit the forehand and backhand sides during high-speed lateral movement, and made the tennis ball have the effect of table tennis, completely improving the rhythm.

On the other side, Gao Wen, who had been in a passive position since receiving the serve, relied on accurate prediction to continue to maneuver. After withstanding Jilong's several attacks in a row, he suddenly split and extended in an extremely passive situation, and boldly shot a straight line with both hands at a low point with a backhand, breaking the offensive and defensive confrontation with force.

A backhand straight line penetrated into the gap behind Jilong and scored the winning point.

On the third break point and set point, Gao Wen once again fought for a chance and -

Hold on tight!

With a straight forehand shot to the deep area of ​​the baseline and a sneak attack at the net, Gao Wen suddenly and unexpectedly overturned the rhythm of the baseline confrontation.

Jilong was caught off guard and his backhand return went into the net.

"6:4".

The first set victory belongs to Gao Wen.

“Wow!”

McDonald was unable to control himself after all. He clenched his fists, raised his arms and shouted, then stood up suddenly and roared.

Perhaps, judging from the score, there seemed to be nothing special, but in fact, the entire first set took 53 minutes, which showed the intensity and stalemate from the side. Giron, who won three games in a row for the first time in his career at the ATP level, created a lot of trouble for Gawain, who was looking for his form.

Until the end of the set, Gao Wen relied on his tenacity to win the first set in a very, very close situation.

Not only McDonald, but also the audience gave applause and cheered for Jilong——

Before the game, there was no expectation, and everyone thought that there would be no suspense in this match, and Gawain would win easily; as for the so-called civil war within the Bruins, it had no meaning at all in the professional tour. College tennis had no weight in the professional arena, and it was not even a gimmick.

However! But! Unexpectedly! Jilong's daring and all-out attack and defense style of play really made people's eyes shine. The two players fought at the baseline and presented a series of wonderful shots.

Exceeded expectations!

Jilong was a little depressed and also a little angry with himself. In the previous serving game, he was still too impatient. In his eagerness to achieve results, some of his return shots were obviously not well considered. He didn't even have time to savor the result and just lost the serving game and ruined the whole game.

"ah!"

Jilong roared at himself.

After a full year on the professional tour, I still lack experience, especially at the ATP level.

call.

After venting his emotions, sitting in the players' dugout, Jilong let out a long breath, gradually gathering his messy thoughts and regaining his concentration.

The Gao Wen in front of him is different from his opponents in the challenge tournament. He is a top player even in ATP-level events and ranks second in the world.

He should adjust his mindset and not hold the mentality of proving himself to amaze his opponents. Instead, he should hold the mentality of breaking through himself and challenging his limits to re-examine himself. He should treat this game as a test and a summary to see how much he has grown and accumulated in the past year.

After all, they weren't brown bears anymore, were they?

Besides, he had nothing to lose—

Coming to Toronto was an impulse and an adventure, but the result was an unexpected breakthrough and confidence gain. Even if he lost to Gao Wen, it would not be shameful, and he could turn around and leave with his head held high.

Moreover, he is not sure when will be the next time he will step onto the main stage of the Masters. Maybe it will be soon, or maybe he will have to wait for some time; but at least, he is still standing here, still has time, and still has the opportunity to show his style in this venue.

Central Court. If it weren't for Gawain, it would take him some time to step onto this court. Now that he's here, he might as well perform well.

Therefore, there is no need to think about winning or losing, there is no need to rush, just focus on the game.

"Fight, Marcos, fight!"

It was like the first game of my career, and it was like the last game of my career.

When the second set started, Jilong had regained his composure, and he stepped onto the court with his head held high, fully focused on the game.

Then--

Jilong did it.

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In the first game, Jilong covered the entire court with his tireless movement, forcing Gao Wen's forehand diagonal line to go out of the baseline and breaking Gao Wen's serve for the first time in the game.

In the second game, Jilong relied on continuous forehand pressure and attack to win the winning points. After the test of deuce, he won the second game point to realize the break advantage.

In a blink of an eye, "2:0".

At the start of the second set, Jilong broke first and then held to take the lead for the first time in the entire match.

And, this is still not the end.

"0:30".

In the third game, Gao Wen's second serve, Jilong scored two points first, pushing Gao Wen to the edge of the cliff again and completely reversing the situation of the game.

Gao Wen was a little upset, not only because of these two points, but more because of the decline in the quality of his batting -

Tennis is a seesaw. The outstanding performance of one side is inevitably accompanied by the decline of the other side. Jilong's scoring momentum is still strong. The most important reason is that the quality of Gao Wen's return ball has declined. He did not bring enough impact and suppression, so Jilong's defense started to play.

Gao Wen admitted that he was a little distracted.

On the one hand, it was because he returned to the competition after a whole month. In the high-intensity competition, the time to maintain tight concentration was limited and it was difficult to maintain it throughout. He still had not really entered the tour mode.

This is even more obvious when your physical energy fluctuates.

On the other hand, it was because of my own slackness. After the stalemate and tense first set, I relaxed a little during the break between sets. There were some deviations in my judgment of myself and Jilong, and my concentration level declined.

Ultimately, it’s the aftereffects of being away from the tour for a month.

From this perspective, even after a full year on tour, competition experience still needs to be accumulated, and the adjustment of status during the season also needs to slowly form one's own biological clock. It is normal to feel the impact in Toronto now, and there is no need to panic too much.

The point now is that the crisis has come again, so how should Gao Wen deal with it?

When it’s “0:30”, how can you focus your attention and refocus on the game?

Jilong had his battles.

Gawain, too, had his battles.