Chapter 345 Lose Two Win Three
Forehand. Forehand.
Forehand. Backhand.
Backhand. Forehand.
The ball fell into a stalemate again in the round. Both players continued to restrict their opponents, with rotation, line, and landing points, but they did not find any good opportunities in the back and forth.
Gawain tried to attack with a backhand straight line, but was saved by Borelli, who also made an excellent defense to curb Gawain's offensive continuity.
Borelli also hit the dead corner of the base line triangle once, and the strong outward rotation forced Gawain into a desperate situation, but Gawain retaliated with a super big diagonal hook.
During the exchanges, both players performed very well in their transitions between offense and defense. Although their shots were not extremely violent, they fully utilized all the lines on the court. The thrilling returns caused the audience to gasp one after another, and their hearts almost exploded.
In the previous game, the two sides fought for fourteen minutes and ended with Gao Wen holding his serve. It was obvious that the physical strength of both players fluctuated significantly. After all, this was the deciding set and the two players had been playing for nearly four hours under the scorching sun.
In this game, both Borelli and Gawain made more mistakes obviously, but Gawain was still young after all. He gritted his teeth and immediately seized the opportunity to put pressure on the opponent. Then the score came to "30:40" and Gawain got the break point again.
On the break point, both players failed to adjust their breathing, and the quality of their attack inevitably declined, and then they entered a stalemate stage.
Five beats. Ten beats.
Fifteen beats.
Then, Borelli finally chose to break through first, taking advantage of the lack of rotation of Gawain's return ball, and quickly tore it with his signature one-handed backhand, pulling out a light and thin super diagonal line -
He fully utilized the advantage of his one-handed backhand, and the entire diagonal line was very thin, almost equivalent to the level of a small ball, and it had a strong outward spin after landing.
rub.
The tennis ball landed in the serving area and flew all the way out of the doubles line.
Dengdengdeng.
Dengdengdeng.
Gawain's footsteps were just at the backhand position, the nerves in his brain were always tense, and he firmly remembered Sampras's advice - never forget Bolelli's small ball and the net.
As fast as lightning.
Gawain had already rushed forward at full speed, and he had arrived in just three strides. However, the time difference was still quite large, and the tennis ball had passed its highest point and began to fall back. The pull of gravity made the tennis ball fall faster and faster, and it became increasingly difficult to grasp the hitting point.
Push off the ground!
Keep your feet firmly planted.
Swing!
The two-handed backhand swing speed is significantly faster.
Speed up! Just before the ball is about to be touched, the racket head speed is further increased.
Focus!
Staring at the tennis ball intently and concentratingly.
Hit the ball!
Bang, accompanied by a crisp sound of hitting the ball, Gao Wen's whole body followed the swing action and stood up with his knees straightened. At the same time, his body rushed forward due to inertia, and the entire trajectory of the force could be clearly seen.
whoosh.
The tennis ball went straight to the big triangle at the far end of the line! It hit! It bounced! It hit again!
With the sound of the tennis ball hitting the billboard behind again, Borelli, who was moving sideways at full speed, looked up at the sky helplessly, gradually slowed down, with a trace of confusion and helplessness in his eyes.
The whole audience was boiling!
Amid cheers and roars, Gawain broke Borelli's serve for the second time in the deciding set. The score was already 5:2, and Gawain would serve to win the match.
"Throughout the entire match, in the first two sets, Borelli's performance was indeed like divine help. Even though Gawain kept looking for opportunities, Borelli's quality on both offense and defense really didn't leave too many chances. Moreover, his bold and courageous shots at critical moments showed the maturity of the veteran."
"But Gao Wen was very patient. He knew that his disadvantage was not that big. Don't look at the big score of 0:2, but in fact, he only lost one point in both sets. As long as Gao Wen can keep the score close, he has a chance."
"Sure enough, his courage and determination in the final stage of the third set successfully turned the situation around. After that fatal break at the end of the set, the match was basically under Gawain's control. In the fourth and fifth sets, Gawain's performance kept getting better and better. Even in the final set, he still held on to the match."
"After the '2:2' tie, Gao Wen's speed broke the balance and rushed all the way to the finish line. Now he has his serve to win the game."
"Of course, Gawain needs to stay calm and not let his guard down just because he has a big lead. Don't forget that Borelli also has great tenacity. In the first round, he eliminated the young Canadian rookie Pospisil in five sets."
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In the studio, Zhan Jun and Hu Litao were giving Gao Wen advice. They had thought that after the score in the final set opened up, their nervousness could finally be relaxed a little; however, this was not the case. The closer they got to victory, the more nervous they became, because the second victory they had been eagerly awaiting was about to become a reality.
Before the game, they analyzed it countless times, analyzing the possibility of Gawain defeating Borelli and advancing to the next round, holding on to a glimmer of hope, just like every World Cup qualifier, the Chinese national football team always lists countless tables and data to analyze the possibility of qualifying from the group, even the top 40 and top 10 games need to be analyzed out.
However, when it comes to actual combat, I find that all my theoretical analysis is just empty talk and has never been truly realized.
Never.
The higher the hope, the greater the disappointment, and one may even feel so frustrated that he or she can't help but curse.
The same is true this time.
Facing Borelli, an unseeded player and a clay court player, all signs seemed to indicate that this was Gawain's best chance to continue making history.
As a result, after the opening, Gao Wen lost two sets in a row by a hair's breadth. Even though the difference was tiny and the score was close, the two sets of victory had already slipped through his fingertips and he was half a foot on the edge of elimination. Everything seemed to be moving towards the worst nightmare direction.
Could it be that Gawain was also going to… fail? Who could have thought that Gawain would rise strongly in the face of despair, and before he knew it, after winning two sets in a row, he was about to serve for the match.
Did all this really happen? However, standing on the court, Gao Wen was very calm and focused, like a professional killer. He performed well in his serve to win the match, winning four points in a row, leaving no chance for Borelli to fight back, and firmly grasped the first match point when it appeared.
When Borelli's last shot went into the net, Court 17 was in an uproar, both because of the excitement of the game and because of witnessing the birth of history again.
The studio is no exception.
Even though they had experienced a victory the day before, it was still difficult for them to suppress their excitement when facing victory again today, because they were witnessing the footprints of history up close.
That kind of excitement, that kind of excitement, that kind of happiness, like a volcanic eruption, continuously releases energy, and every cell in the body is screaming.
Winner.
Win again! (End of this chapter)