Chapter 191 Unmoved

Backhand straight line, Gawain's famous weapon, at the most crucial moment of the first set, he hit this line again, but Sarkeesian had already taken precautions.

One block! One cut! Got it!

Sarkisian wrapped the ball with his wrist and sent it back to Gawain's court. Then he threw the ball forward with his body weight, only his eyes followed the direction of the ball. In bounds? In bounds !

but!

Who's there? Gawain!

The moment Gawain completed his backhand shot, he had already noticed Sarkeesian's lateral movement and had sounded the alarm before Sarkeesian hit the ball. Obviously, his hitting line had been discovered by his opponent and the situation was not good.

So, how will Sarkeesian bat?

Slash.

This is the only option, because Sarkeesian's body center of gravity has been thrown out. When the body cannot provide enough strength support, intercepting the diagonal line is the only route, otherwise the ball may go directly into the net.

In a flash, Gawain pushed the ground with his left leg, his center of gravity swaying between his violently tumbling internal organs, and then his body moved horizontally to the right at lightning speed. Just as his feet returned to the middle area, Sarkeesian's shot had already landed on the field.

It's too late.

It can be seen that Sarkeesian successfully unloaded most of the force of the hit, so after the tennis ball landed, it obviously could not bounce any higher; moreover, Sarkeesian's interception was very shallow, and the tennis ball landed basically near the serving line.

At this time, Gawain no longer had time to run vertically. Changing lines while running horizontally would take more time and power, but it was not enough at this time.

Seeing that the tennis ball was about to make two jumps, Gao Wen pushed the ground with his right leg, took a step forward, and made a split and slide movement on the clay court. The flexibility of his body immediately extended out, and the soles of his feet and knees could feel the intense friction, and they were faintly hot.

Holding the racket in his right hand, the wind and the sun were whistling in his ears, but his eyes were fixed on the tennis ball. He held the racket in his right hand and shoveled it between the ground and the tennis ball, then lifted it up slightly with a slight lift of his wrist.

Swoosh! Time froze! It was as if all the air, all the sunlight, and all the noise had come to a stop. Even the spectators in the peripheral vision were immersed in amber, frozen in an instant into eternity. In the pupils, one could clearly see the tiny fragments of fluff flying out when the racket hit the tennis ball.

Catch it! Then, time was released, and everything returned to normal, even moving forward at double the speed.

Unbelievably, Gawain stretched out his body completely and miraculously caught the tennis ball. Then you could see the tennis ball flying in a flat parabola, and with a whistling sound, it flew over the net, in a straight line, and flew towards the empty space on Sarkeesian's left.

Sarkeesian's facial expression froze. He couldn't believe how Gawain received the tennis ball and returned it. But he lost his balance in the end. He couldn't catch up even if he wanted to. He could only watch the tennis ball fall into his own court.

Then……

Two jumps. Three jumps. Four jumps. Finally it stopped jumping, rolled forward for a while, and came to a complete stop.

"Set, high, 6:3."

The referee has announced the score directly, declaring the end of the first set.

Wow! This sentence was like a magic spell. The whole audience cheered and looked at Sarkeesian in disbelief. They looked at Gawain in even more disbelief. They whistled and roared to applaud this wonderful back and forth. Many of the audience even stood up.

Roar! Gao Wen also clenched his fist and roared. Even though his body had lost its balance and he simply sat on the ground at the end of the splits, he did not look embarrassed at all. He just roared, roared heartily, and released all his passion without reservation. In this way, he won the first set.

Looking at the course of the entire first set, Gawain broke Sarkeesian's serve at the beginning and end of the set respectively, and improved his condition and created opportunities at critical moments. In particular, his interpretation and grasp of the entire battle situation once again demonstrated a maturity and sophistication that was inconsistent with his age.

Did Sarkisian play badly?

No, actually Sarkisian has played very, very well.

On the offensive level, Sarkeesian dared to exert his strength and take action. Even when he suffered some setbacks, he did not hesitate at all. He scored many wonderful winning points and fully demonstrated his ability to attack. On some points, he did make Gao Wen very embarrassed and had no time to think and plan.

However, Gawain's performance was even better.

Facing Sarkisian's hot hand, Gawain remained unmoved and insisted on sticking to his own tactics, which was -

He kept trying combinations of moves in Sarkeesian's serve, constantly breaking the rhythm and changing the pattern, doing his best to create harassment.

In his own serving game, he pushed the match forward based on his own tactics, and the arrangement and combination of each point was very clear.

Therefore, the rhythm and trend of the entire game were in the hands of Gawain. It can only be said that Sarkeesian's level was still quite different. He could not even see Gawain's control and adjustment of the game. The only thing he could do was to concentrate on exerting all his strength.

When it came to the critical moment, Gawain sped up and Sarkeesian couldn't keep up.

Then, the winner was decided in the first set.

In terms of tactics, batting routines, opportunity grasping, mentality control, etc., Sarkeesian was completely at a disadvantage. Just look at the technical statistics of the first set: Although Sarkeesian played his three service games very beautifully and his offensive winning points were comparable to those of Gao Wen, he did not even get a break point in the first set, but instead lost two key service games.

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This is the most direct proof.

With just one beginning and one end, Gao Wen had already firmly won the first set and entered the second set with a leading advantage.

Sarkeesian worked very hard and was very confident. He tried his best but failed to find any opportunities in the first set.

This seemed to have set the tone for the entire game.

But unlike Weber, Sarkeesian was more determined. Entering the second set, he was not troubled by the loss in the first set and continued to play diligently, so he did not collapse, making the game one-sided. However, Sarkeesian still had difficulty breaking through Gawain's tactical layout.

In the second set, Sarkeesian successfully got two break points, finally!

However, both break points were saved by Gao Wen.

Moreover, after failing to break the serve, Sarkeesian's next service game was in crisis and he encountered multiple break points in a row. He stubbornly held his serve for one game, but was still broken by Gawain. In this way, the game was out of Sarkeesian's control.

In the final stage of the game, Gao Wen scored three goals in a row, destroying Sarkeesian's last line of defense in one go.

"6:3".

Gao Wen won another game with the same score.

After fifty-three minutes of fierce battle, the victory was won without any suspense, ending the magical journey of the "Dark Mark Star" this year and advancing to the singles semi-finals of the US Championship.

Third update.

(End of this chapter)