Chapter 544: Unexpected
Push off the ground. Move forward.
If you replay it in slow motion, you can see that Gao Wen's racket clearly shows a small upward movement, which is a typical topspin hitting action. At the same time, the movements of straightening his knees and fully turning his body are done in one go. The whole smooth hitting action looks like a real pleasure.
state.
The sound of the ball hitting the target was still not crisp. Gao Wen still did not use his full strength. He mainly relied on cleverness and control, and just hit the ball a little earlier. The softness of his wrist and arm was fully displayed in this hitting action. Then all eyes in the audience were focused on the tennis ball.
whoosh.
whoosh!
You can see the tennis ball drawing a light diagonal parabola and flying towards the left side of the court of Mayer.
Slash?
It was a diagonal line! Mayer's reaction was a little slow:
In the previous shot, he quickly sprinted sideways and suddenly braked, so that his feet stopped in the midfield. His conditioned reflex was to stay in the midfield and wait for the ball, but his attention was habitually protecting his open space, that is, the forehand position behind him.
Because it is more difficult to move in the opposite direction, it is natural to think that Gao Wen will attack his forehand. After all, his backhand has performed well so far today.
However, Gawain chose the oblique line.
In the next beat, the body and consciousness collide in conflict. The body reflexively moves to the right to protect the forehand, while the consciousness has already judged that it should continue to move to the left to respond with the backhand. This slight deviation leads to a slow start.
After a short pause, Mayer immediately started again, pulling his heavy feet to get rid of the constraints of gravity and body inertia, and quickly moved to the backhand position. Then he realized the trick hidden in Gawain's return -
The ball is not powerful or fast, but it is completely torn apart diagonally, almost equivalent to an outside corner serve, and after it bounces off the ground, it goes high and fast, showing a strong topspin aftereffect.
Even if his footsteps were in place, there would be no space for a backhand shot. Fortunately, Mayer used a one-handed backhand: the racket became an extension of his arm, his body stretched to the extreme, and he used the strength of his wrist to barely cut and hit the ball diagonally above his shoulder.
rub.
Mayer hooked the tennis ball back into the court in a dangerous situation, but his body center of gravity was still dragged forward by the inertia of the second sprint. He couldn't stop his staggering steps. He braked suddenly in a storm to control his body balance, and barely looked back at the direction of the tennis ball's flight.
It was Gawain! Mayer immediately saw Gawain quickly cut into the baseline and arrived near the midfield. He took small steps to adjust his center of gravity and waited patiently for the tennis ball to land. He even had time to catch Mayer's position with his peripheral vision. This set off an alarm in Mayer's heart.
Oops!
The next second, Gawain's forehand was fully stretched out, elegant and chic, and he swung the racket fully and firmly to hit the ball. The blue whirlwind figure burst out with huge energy again.
Bang! The ball hits the ball with a solid sound and lands with a crisp sound. There is no need to pursue the angle because Mayer's entire forehand court has been cleared.
Scoring, so easily.
Mayer was powerless to recover.
"The game, Gawain."
In the first game of the second set, after taking a 40:15 lead, Gao Wen easily held his serve!
Ahhh! Ahhh! An incredible frenzy suddenly broke out in the Diamond Stadium of the Olympic Tennis Center. The audience could be seen applauding one after another. The applause and whistles were intertwined, so that the haze-blue sky above their heads evolved into a sense of changing wind and clouds.
Even if laymen don't understand the tricks and can only watch the excitement, they know that Gao Wen won this game very easily and took the initiative. The whole scoring process was smooth and pleasing to the eye. All four points were winning points for Gao Wen. He won the serve without relying on the opponent's mistakes.
The game seemed to be back under Gawain's control. "Gawain, come on!"
"Gawain, come on!"
Today, the Diamond Stadium, which can accommodate 13,000 people, has an attendance rate of over 50%, which is very rare for the first round of the game.
You know, even the first round of the Big Three didn’t have such high popularity.
The crowds of spectators all came to see the excitement, but it was not until now that they were able to release their emotions, and then all kinds of shouts and slogans rang out in the Diamond Stadium, uneven.
Jiang Yanqing turned his head and looked around, feeling a little shy and reserved, but ultimately his emotions overcame his reason, and a wolf howl erupted from his chest.
“Ouch!”
The audience at the Diamond Stadium were confused and laughed softly, which made Jiang Yanqing even more uneasy. Just when she was hesitating whether she should give up, she saw Gao Wen.
In the stadium, Gawain did not cheer or celebrate loudly. Instead, he looked up at the source of the wolf howl, pointed at his head with his right index finger, and walked back to the baseline. He curled up his right index finger and clenched it into a fist, knocking on the place where his heart was beating in his chest.
Bang bang.
There was a resolute look in his eyes, and he seemed to be expressing with his actions:
Think! Will!
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This is the correct way to open the game. When he is not in good condition, he uses his brain to open up the situation. He can always find a way out of difficult situations.
Jiang Yanqing couldn't help but feel her heart surge. She could understand Gu Xiao's feelings when he was watching the game live, and the wolf howl broke out again.
“Ouch!”
This time, it was not just Jiang Yanqing who was howling. A few wolf howls could be heard sporadically in every corner of the Diamond Stadium. It seemed a little lonely in the huge stadium. However, it was precisely this loneliness that made the lonely wolf howls stand out even more. There was a kind of magnificent feeling of "the wind whistles and the Yishui River is cold" -
Don't forget that a wolf pack is actually made up of lone wolves.
A smile crept up onto the corner of Jiang Yanqing's mouth.
In the studio, Zhan Jun turned to look at Hu Litao beside him and smiled.
"It can be seen from the first game of the second set that Gao Wen has made changes. The entire shot selection and line layout show his strength."
"In fact, Gawain's power and speed of hitting the ball are decreasing, and he is paying more attention to the arrangement and combination of lines. This is the case in the last point. Gawain unexpectedly chose a middle route and a backhand, which completely disrupted Mayer's judgment. The unexpected route selection caught Mayer off guard. Then the speed of attack connection increased, and he entered the baseline to complete the midfield attack."
"Simply put, reduce risk and improve quality. The difficulty of scoring in Gao Wen has been greatly reduced."
"This is also the most important thing. Gao Wen's brain seems to be clear again, and the whole shot is very clear."
"It seems that after the first set, Gao Wen has gradually found his feeling for the game."
"Next, it depends on whether Gao Wen can make a difference in Mayer's serve."
The layman only sees the excitement; the expert only sees the details.
Zhan Jun immediately saw the changes that Gao Wen made in the first game of the second set, and the effect was immediate. Then, Gao Wen found an opportunity in Mayer's serve.
(End of this chapter)