Chapter 190: Inside the Five Fingers Mountain
In the third game, Sarkisian serves.
Despite losing two games in a row at the beginning, Sarkeesian did not lose his composure. The quality of his serve and attack improved significantly. He finally got into the full state, and the quality of his attack gradually showed its power.
After a tie, Sarkeesian used a forehand diagonal backhand attack to get the game point. This was the first time in this game that Sarkeesian broke his batting habits and chose a repeated route, which was beyond Gawain's expectations. It also meant that Sarkeesian's route had been opened.
In the next point, on Sarkeesian's game point, the two players played a wonderful round of balls. Both of them had the opportunity to switch from defense to offense, but neither of them was able to score the winning point. Then, in an extremely passive situation, Sarkeesian's two-handed backhand hit a magical ball, a small diagonal line across the entire court -
The line is very skewed and crooked, and the angle is very large and weird.
Gawain was pulled outside the doubles line and managed to catch the ball with his backhand, but because his body had lost its center of gravity, he was unable to exert any force, so the tennis ball had no arc at all, flew up slightly, then fell quickly again and landed on Gawain's own side of the court.
Sarkisian scores.
Gao Wen rushed forward due to inertia and almost rushed into the audience. He barely held on to the billboard with both hands and applied emergency brakes to control his body.
At the same time, Sarkeesian, who had barely completed the shot on the other side, was almost falling down. He had to use his hands and feet to barely maintain his balance, looking very embarrassed.
It was a wonderful match, with both players pushing themselves to the limit and successfully winning thunderous applause from the audience. The whole stadium roared.
Sarkeesian, who won his serve with an incredible performance, also released his emotions. He clenched his fists and roared at the moon like a lone wolf. The sound of his veins bulging and blood gushing ignited the enthusiasm of the audience. Cheers and whistles rose and fell, spreading out in a mighty manner.
Sure enough, Sarkeesian was in great form and would never surrender easily. To be precise, he just had his serve broken, and his goal was still to win.
But Sarkeesian still needs to ask Gawain's opinion.
On this side of the court, Gawain's blood also began to boil. Although he lost the game point, Sarkeesian's outstanding performance also inspired him to get into good form.
"Let this battle begin!"
Thus, a standoff was formed.
In the next five games, both players performed well in their serving games. They made good shots one after another with their aggressive offense, making full use of their serving advantage. Their daring offense continuously triggered cheers and applause from the audience. The offensive battle between the two players was truly exciting.
No one gave away a break point in their service game, and both players successfully held their serve. Then, the score remained deadlocked until the end of the set.
"5:3".
After Gao Wen successfully held his serve again, it was Sarkeesian's turn to hold his serve in the first set.
Sarkeesian felt the pressure immediately.
In the first two serving games of Sarkeesian, the game went smoothly. Gawain's tactical routines did not change much, which made Sarkeesian's point-grabbing attack very successful and his hands felt hot. But in the final stage of the set, from the first point, Gawain's offensiveness in returning the ball clearly broke out.
The sudden burst of speed made Sarkeesian a little flustered.
However, Sarkeesian was still in hot form and got the game point first, but unfortunately was saved by Gawain. This happened twice more. After three deuces, Gawain scored the winning point with a dashing backhand straight line, and got the break point again after six games.
After losing three game points, he gave away a break point, which obviously made Sarkeesian a little breathless. Moreover, he held his serve for three consecutive games without giving away break points, which made Sarkeesian a little "relaxed" because he believed that his serve was under his control. However, he encountered a fierce attack in the serve game that he had to hold in the first set.
This made Sarkeesian feel ashamed and deceived, as if... as if everything was a mirage trap.
"Mom, he cheated on me!"
But the problem is that there is no time to be sad now because he still has a break point to save.
call.
Sarkeesian took a long breath to adjust his mood and breathing, and then prepared to serve.
On the break point, Sarkeesian's serve was very careful. He chose a backhand position in the middle, but the angle was not too far, just suppressing Gao Wen's swing space.
Reflexively, Gao Wen returned a backhand with both hands, but because his position and movement were squeezed, he had no choice of return line. He subconsciously returned a diagonal shot, and the landing point and rotation were average. He wanted to suppress the baseline but was unable to do so.
Sarkeesian entered the baseline very timely. After completing the serve, he immediately stepped forward to press, then squatted very low with his center of gravity, and used both hands to hit the ball solidly with a backhand, grabbing the rising point when the tennis ball hit the ground and rebounded. He did not pursue angle and strength, but suppressed with speed.
Whoosh! The tennis ball hit the wall, almost copying and pasting the return line of Gao Wen, and sent the tennis ball back directly.
Gawain had already moved back to his forehand position, and after noticing Sarkeesian's shot, he pulled back with two consecutive big steps. However, his center of gravity was obviously not stable, and he could not complete the backhand with both hands. In a hurry, he could only cut back with one shot.
Deliberately! Gawain cut a super backspin, trying to further disrupt Sarkeesian's center of gravity in his movement.
But Sarkeesian maintained a high level of concentration on the break point, squatted his knees very well, lowered the center of gravity of his whole body, made a full pulling movement with his forehand, and grabbed the rising point for the second time in a row, continuously increasing the rhythm, and pulled out a more diagonal line to complete the return.
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Ping pong.
This time, Gao Wen was slightly prepared and his center of gravity was back in place, but his attention was still on protecting his backhand.
really!
Sarkeesian hit the backhand continuously, and this time Gawain only needed one step to get the ball into position smoothly.
However, just as he was preparing to return the ball, he found that Sarkeesian had taken advantage of the previous shot to move forward to the tennis ball, and his attack was very fierce.
The 191cm tall guy standing in front of the net has a very wide coverage area, which also compresses Gao Wen's space for returning the ball.
Originally, Gawain was going to continue to cut diagonally, but this would be equivalent to sending the ball directly to Sarkeesian's hands, so he changed the way he hit the ball slightly while swinging his racket with both hands, flicking his wrist force outward, and then -
Backhand straight line!
Gawain's most classic and sharpest line came at the most critical moment, preparing to break through from Sarkeesian's right side.
but!
Sarkeesian was already prepared, and he was already in action the moment Gawain touched the ball, taking two big steps towards his forehand direction.
Bang! Sarkeesian's racket landed exactly on the trajectory of the tennis ball, blocking it! Got it!
Second update.
(End of this chapter)