Chapter 183 Tactical Improvement

Since arriving in Athens, the schedule has been very tight, with matches almost every day, from team matches to singles matches, with only two days of gaps. In fact, daily training is basically stagnant, and coupled with the NCAA's regulations on training time, every day is just simple basic training and warm-up training.

However, compared to the regular season, the intensity of the competition has increased, and using competition as training is also a way to grow.

It seems like a very long time to describe, but it has only been ten days since the opening of the U.S. Championship. It is conceivable that there has been no natural growth in physical and technical attributes, which is not surprising; correspondingly, the pressure and motivation brought by the atmosphere of the competition has caused the mental attributes to grow a little naturally.

From seventy-four to seventy-five.

Step by step, Gawain's nerves are being tested more and more.

At the same time, the growth potential value was still accumulating diligently, and in a blink of an eye it accumulated to 100% three times, allowing Gao Wen to win three attribute points.

Facing the upcoming quarterfinals, Gao Wen was also deeply aware of the challenges in terms of physical strength and energy, so he completed three extra points without hesitation.

Two points, physical attributes.

One point, technical attributes.

In addition to making balanced improvements and making up for one's shortcomings, one also needs to slowly consolidate one's strengths. After all, the style and method of the game are things that are difficult to change in a short period of time. Gao Wen still has his own habitual batting rhythm and scoring method. It is also very important for him to continue to strengthen his weapons.

He longs for victory and even more for the championship. Standing on the stage of the U.S. Championships, he is still burning with desire to win and looking forward to moving forward.

A light blue ripple spread out, and the attribute panel changed again.

Physical attributes: 68 Technical attributes: 74 Mental attributes: 75 Then, the growth potential value returned to 8.11% again, waiting for the next full value to arrive. At the same time, Gao Wen has also prepared for the upcoming showdown.

Gao Wen was ready, and Sarkeesian was obviously ready too. The quarterfinals of the U.S. Championship singles match slowly kicked off amid everyone's anticipation.

There is a dry heat floating in the air of Athens. The footsteps of midsummer seem to have arrived in this land early, making people feel the strong power of the scorching heat.

Sarkeesian looked up at the sun hanging high above his head. It seemed that just taking a breath could ignite his internal organs. Such hot weather conditions were actually a severe test for both sides.

For Gawain, physical exhaustion should be accelerated.

It should be more difficult for Sarkisian to maintain his high concentration throughout the game.

The weather is fair, so it depends on who can adapt to the weather better and cross the finish line first to win the final victory.

Sarkeesian raised his head, holding the tennis ball in his hand, and signaled to Gawain on the other side of the court that he was ready to serve. Then he took a small step forward, stood behind the baseline, and began to bounce the ball.

In today's match, Gawain guessed the coin, but he chose the venue and gave the right to serve first to Sarkeesian.

Sarkeesian was a little surprised because he also liked to serve first.

The representatives of the point-grabbing style of play mentioned before are Kei Nishikori, Schwartzman, and Fognini. Due to their height restrictions, their serves are generally not strong, so they are more inclined to receive the serve first; but Sarkisian is slightly different. His height of 191 cm is an innate guarantee for his serve.

Objectively speaking, serving is not Sarkeesian's strong point. He is a typical representative of "having height but not being able to serve", otherwise his national ranking in the United States would not have been hovering outside the top 30; but serving cannot be considered Sarkeesian's weakness. His height at least guarantees the lower limit of the serve quality.

So, Sarkisian doesn't mind serving first.

As for why Gawain gave up the right to serve, Sarkisian didn't think about it at all.

Moreover, in the previous matches in Athens, if the coin guessed correctly, Gawain would choose to serve in all of them. But today was an exception. Judging from Gawain's playing style, he must have had some plan, and Sarkisian did not think deeply about it at all.

Anyway, just go out and bat.

Soon, Sarkeesian felt the impact. Even though his brain was not thinking, his body could feel the pressure and air waves coming towards him.

Bang!

Bang!

The first sound was Sarkeesian's serve.

The second sound was Gao Wen's return serve.

The solid and crisp sound of the ball created a wall-hitting effect, and it could be seen that Sarkeesian's first serve habitually aimed at the outside corner.

It's not because Gao Wen's forehand is relatively unstable, but because of Sarkeesian's tactical routine: using the outside corner serve to pull the opponent out of the court, and the opponent barely touches the ball back, most likely diagonally, because the body's center of gravity is out of control and it is difficult to control the racket face, so the diagonal line is a conditioned reflex choice.

Even if there is a small probability that it is a straight line, it does not matter, because Sarkeesian will often tear the angle apart completely, suppressing the opponent's swing space, and the speed and power of the return ball will be suppressed.

Then, whether it is a diagonal line or a straight line, Sarkeesian will quickly enter the baseline, launch the second-shot attack with pressure and suppression, grab the rising point, and force the rhythm of the round ball to increase.

As mentioned before, it is a tactical routine.

As long as the angle in the outside corner is wide enough, Sarkisian's follow-up attack can follow immediately.

However, the rare probability of one in a thousand still occurred.

Gao Wen accurately guessed Sarkeesian's tactical routine in the first serve game -

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Because Sarkeesian has used this tactic to start the game more than once, he is not afraid of his opponent guessing his tactics at all. As long as he can suppress his opponent, it will be fine, until he met Gawain.

Push off the ground! Swing your arms! Pull the racket!

Gawain seized a weakness in Sarkeesian's serve: there was an angle, but the power and speed were very average. So, it was obvious that Gawain's swing was incomplete. He only did half of the racket lead, and his hitting action was very simple, with almost no rotation attached. Instead, he used a flat return method to complete a wall-like bounce.

The return ball was flat and fast, like a flash of lightning.

With a bang, it rushed directly towards the diagonal line, so fast and fierce, so fast that it could be faster than lightning.

speed!

Sarkeesian was trying to increase the tempo, and similarly, Gawain's return was also increasing in speed.

Beat speed with speed.

Comparable to ping pong.

Then, just as Sarkisian finished serving, Gawain's return ball came over and crossed the entire court in an instant.

Even if Sarkeesian was standing at the baseline, it would be very difficult to face such a shot; what's more, Sarkeesian took the initiative to enter the baseline at this time, which was almost like running into the muzzle of a gun, compressing his reaction and adjustment time, so the difficulty naturally increased exponentially.

Tap tap.

Sarkeesian was still in the process of taking a step forward, and before he could adjust his steps, the tennis ball had already landed under his feet. He hurriedly stretched out his racket to block it, trying to create a rebound ball, but Gawain's return was too fast, and the tennis ball hit the racket face and instantly turned into an anti-aircraft cannon and flew into the audience stands.

Whoosh! With the audience's exclamations, Gao Wen successfully scored the first point.

Third update.

(End of this chapter)