Chapter 453 Inventory Appears

Maybe, Gawain is planning, testing, and executing tactics, or maybe not.

No one except Gawain himself knows what Gawain’s condition is; but what is certain is that Djokovic will never sit idly by and wait for death. This seasoned Grand Slam champion is also fully committed to the game, paying attention to every move of the game at all times.

In the third set, Djokovic was very focused and committed, and quickly established an advantage.

"40:15".

No matter what Gawain was planning, Djokovic remained unmoved and continued to play the game at his own rhythm and pace, then took the lead in getting two set points, two in a row.

With just one more point, Djokovic would have won the third set and reversed the overall score to a 2:1 lead.

Everything is under Djokovic's control.

Snap. Snap. Snap.

It can be seen from the rhythm of his ball bouncing that Djokovic is now very relaxed and completely into his own game state. This time, the ball bouncing did not last too long before he started to throw the ball.

Area 1.

Djokovic's serve is quite secretive, especially at key points. It is difficult for Gao Wen to predict the landing point from the action and the toss. He can only react after Djokovic has finished tossing the ball.

Outside corner.

Push off the ground, leap, and rush forward.

Gao Wen's first reflex was to throw himself out. He gave up the small steps to adjust and took a big step. His right foot slammed the ground hard. He could clearly feel the reactionary impact force like a raging storm coming at him layer by layer, but his body's center of gravity was very solid and stable. His upper body was fully extended, and he relied on the power of his arms to complete the shot.

Forehand!

Swing it! Throw it! Carry it!

There was no time to complete the swing, so Gao Wen's wrist turned inward in the direction of the swing, attaching a thrust like a whip.

Faced with the inventory, Gao Wen remained unmoved. He was highly focused and only focused on the point in front of him. His brain and body were both working at high speed.

Whoosh! The tennis ball went straight out, without changing its line or cutting, just a standard drive.

But Djokovic immediately discovered Gao's tactical intention. In fact, to put it simply, Gao was just trying to receive the serve, even if it was Djokovic's first serve. He completely used the speed of his forearm swinging quickly to drive the power of the racket head and shorten the time to return the ball as much as possible.

It was still a shot, but the speed at which it flew to Djokovic's position was extremely fast.

Moreover, Gao Wen deliberately did not create an angle to hit the ball to the outside corner, but instead aimed at Djokovic's position and directly hit a deep return ball.

Djokovic had just finished serving the ball one second ago, and the next second he found that the tennis ball was at his feet. He had no time to step back and adjust, so he could only wrap the tennis ball with his forehand and push it back diagonally, trying to contain Gawain's offensive rhythm.

From the second half of the second set to the first half of the third set, Djokovic showed his peak form. How did he make Gawain swallow an invisible bagel?

In fact, this is Djokovic's playing style after 2017. Today, Djokovic realized that his offensive touch was not adjusted to the best, his serve was mediocre, and he made mistakes in several attempts to drop the ball, which also meant that his offensive power was weakened. So he tactically focused on defense, but still attacked in defense.

Djokovic seldom actively attacks with powerful shots. It is almost impossible to see him hitting the ball as vigorously as Kyrgios and Wawrinka. His return shots are often very well wrapped, which means the safety factor is very high, ensuring that every shot can reach a safe position.

Then, by controlling the landing point and rotation, he limits the opponent's return line. If the opponent takes the risk to fight, he must bear the risk. Then the game situation becomes that the opponent can't kill Djokovic no matter how hard he plays. But Djokovic is not a passive defender. From time to time, he will hide a counterattack with a change of line, and it will only take a blink of an eye to reverse the passive situation.

In the difficult situation where Gawain's physical strength declined and his attack success rate and line change success rate both decreased, Djokovic's entanglement made Gawain very uncomfortable. Firstly, he could not score any points, and secondly, he could not end the point no matter what. It was just like those players with slightly inferior average strength facing Sacramento in the past in college.

Feeling very uncomfortable.

The key point is that, first of all, Djokovic has such ability, he just doesn't drop the ball, so when facing the other three giants, he can always continue one more shot through prediction, wrapping and his own flexibility; secondly, Djokovic's counterattack is very sharp and resolute, and once an opportunity arises, he can immediately turn the situation around.

This is also Djokovic's specialty that allows him to stand among the Big Four.

In 2021, in the French Open round of 16, Djokovic faced the Italian prodigy Lorenzo-Musetti.

In the first two sets, Musetti played vigorously, winning two tie-breaks and leading with a score of 2:0; but starting from the third set, Djokovic changed his tactics, just like today, he almost did not attack, but let Musetti attack. However, all of Musetti's attacks were within Djokovic's prediction range, and then Musetti could not score any points, and it was extremely difficult to score even one point.

"1:6", "0:6", "0:4".

Musetti was directly defeated and collapsed. He suffered thigh cramps in the deciding set and was forced to retire when he was behind. In the next three sets, Musetti's total score did not even reach 15 points.

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Djokovic has this ability.

Then?

Then Gawain was taught a good lesson and swallowed an invisible egg.

However, in the second half of the third set, the situation was different. On the one hand, Gawain gradually adapted to Djokovic's rhythm, and on the other hand, Gawain was regaining his form after overcoming his physical exhaustion. Naturally, the back-and-forth game was different.

Just like now.

Djokovic was forced to hit a rebound. His rebound was different from those of Federer and Nadal. Simply put, it was rounder and more wrapped, and the entire flight trajectory of the tennis ball was more stable. It can be seen that he has unparalleled control over the tennis ball, which is exactly the same as the return ball starting from the middle of the second set.

This time, Gao Wen had different ideas.

Early on, Gao Wen used a series of small steps to adjust his forehand position, and his racket-leading action was fully stretched out. He was ready to hit the ball one step in advance, staring at the tennis ball with sharp eyes, as if he was ready to exert all his strength to hit the ball hard.

This made Djokovic fully alert. He took small steps towards the center of the court, ready to defend the next shot. At the same time, he was also watching Gawain's movements, trying to make predictions in advance.

Draw the ball?

Wait, that's not right. The alarm in Djokovic's mind immediately sounded! (End of this chapter)