Chapter 650: Attack and Defense Transition
Push off the ground and exert force.
Sprint and run.
Calculate and counterattack.
Layout and breakthrough.
Attack, defense.
The final of the ATP Valencia station, "Murray VS Gao Wen", has set the tone for the entire game since the first point, and rounds and tug-of-war are bound to be the main theme.
In men's professional tennis, the most classic and exciting part of the "Big Four" games is the transition between offense and defense. Every shot may become an opportunity to turn the tide of the game: it is not just a battle of "offense vs. defense", nor is it just the personal ability to balance offense and defense, but an all-out offense and defense confrontation in which the players can switch freely and roam freely between offense and defense at all times.
Judging from the current situation, Gao Wen also has such ability. Therefore, when facing giant players, he can always adjust his mentality, show the attitude of a newborn calf not afraid of a tiger, dare to launch an attack and can also form a confrontation. "Not afraid and not nervous" is a very important step -
Professionals once asked why the players born between 1990 and 1994 have never been able to break through the blockade of the Big Four?
Because this group of players encountered the golden period of the Big Four head-on during their rising period, they were at a complete disadvantage in every encounter and every matchup. They were pinned to the ground and rubbed again and again. They became afraid of the fight, like a demon in their hearts. Even if they could occasionally win in small competitions, once they entered the Masters and Grand Slams, the shackles of their inner demons would emerge.
However, the players born after 1995 did not suffer such pain, because the golden peak period of the Big Four has slowly declined. They are bolder, more determined and more confident. Although they still have more losses than wins against the Big Four and have suffered many bloodbaths, their impact is gradually rising and becoming stronger and stronger.
Hitting ability and tennis strength are all just numbers on paper. How well you can perform in actual games is the key to victory or defeat.
Attitude is crucial.
Now, Gawain showed such an attitude: following Djokovic and Nadal, standing in front of Murray, Gawain not only did not have weak legs and shaking hands, but also took the lead in launching the attack with high morale, with a flash of excitement in his burning eyes, and enjoyed the game wholeheartedly.
In fact, that is exactly the case.
From the first point, the confrontation between the two sides was fierce and unyielding throughout, and Gawain launched a powerful attack on Murray.
In the first game, in Murray's serve, Gao Wen won two points in a row at the beginning, "0:30".
But Murray was well prepared for the difficulties in the opening stage, defusing the crisis and turning the game around to save his serve.
Gao Wen was not discouraged.
In the second game, he successfully held his serve and then made a comeback in the next game.
In this game, the two players fought for a full eight minutes and tied three times. Finally, on the second break point, Gao Wen resisted Murray's two active attacks with his forehand. After reversing the passive situation, he used both hands to hit a very sudden small diagonal backhand, which was a stroke of genius and won the winning point.
Be the first to break!
Immediately afterwards, after holding his serve again, Gao Wen won three games in a row and took a "3:1" lead.
At the beginning of the game, Murray really felt Gao Wen's confidence, but after gaining a foothold, Murray also launched a counterattack.
In Gao Wen's next two service games, Murray successfully forced a total of three break points, trying to get the score back to the same starting line.
However, at the critical moment, Gao Wen still showed his big heart. He saved all three break points with beautiful winning points and successfully held his serve. In the close combat, he always maintained the leading advantage in the score: "5:3".
In a blink of an eye, the first set of the game has come to the final stage. In the ninth game, Murray's serve was also the serve that Murray had to win in the first set.
"40:30".
When Murray got the game point first, Gao Wen unexpectedly changed the rhythm, with a forehand slice and a backhand delayed return, winning two points in a row. After saving the game point, he got a break point and set point, continuing the stalemate in the first set.
Facing a break point and set point, Murray served in the second zone and attacked the inside corner, deliberately slowing down and pressing on the T point, pursuing the extreme angle and using rotation to create suppression.
Gao Wen was unable to gain an advantage in receiving the serve. He barely managed to hit the ball back diagonally with his forehand, but the ball did not create an angle and landed in the middle area.
At the critical moment, Murray also tried to break the rhythm and took the first shot. Although the return ball landed in the middle and it was difficult to create an angle, Murray chose to hit a rebound ball with a two-handed backhand, using the strength of his wrist and forearm to tear the fast belt, and hit a flat shot diagonally, aiming at Gao Wen's backhand.
As mentioned before, women's professional tennis gradually emphasizes offense. They often refuse to move back to avoid losing their advantage and falling into a passive defensive situation. So when facing a ball from deep in the baseline, they will choose to squat to increase the stability of their center of gravity and push the tennis ball back with a wall-like return.
This technique may look clumsy, but it actually has very high requirements, including hand feel, control, center of gravity, balance, etc.
Among male players, Murray and Kei Nishikori also occasionally hit the ball like this to improve their offensive connection speed.
At this moment, that is the case.
Whoosh! The return ball, with average power but extremely fast, went to the dead corner on the left baseline of Gao Wen, and unexpectedly had a bit of a skateboard effect.
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Murray seized the opportunity that was not an opportunity, and the whole rhythm of the shot connection instantly increased, which made Gawain embarrassed.
Long strides! Long strides one after another! The footsteps of the full-speed sprint were as smooth as ice skating, but there was still a little difference:
Because Murray's hitting power is not strong, and it is a flat hit without rotation, the rebound height of the tennis ball after landing is limited, not leaving much space for Gao Wen to hit the ball, and the time for moving is naturally further compressed.
Tap, tap, tap! The sound of footsteps with full force continued to echo in the center court, and then Gawain's upper body rushed out first and made a diving gesture.
With the center of gravity of the body almost flying out, he still maintains his upper body stability while running at high speed, and the backhand movement of both hands is instantly accelerated, relying entirely on the swinging frequency of the forearm and wrist to increase the speed of the racket head to a higher level, and fully utilizing the inertia of the body's forward rush to exert force.
call.
Leaping into the air, Gao Wen threw his entire body out with his feet off the ground to complete the shot.
rub.
Touched it!
Bang! The sound of the ball hitting the target was very solid and very crisp! Murray was caught off guard, not because of Gawain's tenacious defense, but also because of Gawain's choice of shot.
straight line!
Two-handed backhand straight line!
The line actually changed! On the break point and set point, facing an extremely passive defensive shot, Gawain chose to attack unbelievably, completely breaking the stalemate and forcibly tearing a straight line in Murray's forehand space.
Amazing skills! (End of this chapter)