Chapter 665 Mobile Opportunity
"30:30".
Area 1.
Gao Wen stood at the baseline, bent his body, the racket spinning rapidly in his palm, watching Berdych's serve preparation movements, his thoughts also spinning rapidly.
Forehand? Backhand? Close range?
Should I move ahead to grab a shot or wait for Berdych to serve and then deliberately slow down the game?
Fight? Seesaw? Assault?
Then--
Backhand.
Gawain's pupils shrank slightly, and he had already kicked out. For the second time in a row, Berdych tried to suppress Gawain's backhand, even though he changed the serving area.
This time, Gao Wen's start was a little bit faster, but it was precisely this little bit that made the whole shot completely different.
First of all, the hitting point is grasped.
Secondly, the return ball's parabola was controlled.
Thirdly, the landing point and rotation are also controlled.
Bang! With the help of the force, the tennis ball flew back quickly -
It’s the deep middle area again.
Berdych chose to serve the same way as in the previous point, and Gawain also chose to return the same way as in the previous point, but obviously, the situation was different.
Gao Wen's return was deep and heavy!
When playing against Berdych, one needs to be careful with his forehand power. Perhaps his instantaneous explosive power is not as good as Wawrinka or Kyrgios, and he does not have absolute talent; but his right forearm quickly presses forward, which is very penetrating. It looks light, but is actually tricky, with a full tail power.
Berdych rarely tries to grab rising points like Kei Nishikori does, and his batting rhythm is relatively balanced. Unless he is in a passive situation, he rarely uses cutting or rotation to change his game speed. It is precisely because of this that his game is always relatively balanced.
So, what does this mean? It means that, against Berdych, it is very important to keep the return depth. Very, very important.
Against Federer or Kei Nishikori, simply returning the ball from deep will not work because they will try to gain ascending points or change to slices to change the tempo.
But not Berdych.
Correspondingly, once the return ball is shallow, Berdych's follow-up and connecting attack capabilities are excellent. He can enter the midfield area with a forehand quick tear, quick attack, and has the ability to create a winning point in one shot. Even the Big Four will be very passive if they fall into such a predicament.
Therefore, controlling the depth of the return ball has also become an important part of the offense-defense transition in the game against Berdych.
In the previous point, Gawain's return serve was not deep enough and Berdych just raised his hand to score the winning point.
In this point, Gawain grabbed a slight advantage and the depth of his return serve successfully restricted Berdych.
Berdych had just finished serving and his body had not yet fully returned to position, so his hands were slightly squeezed on his backhand and could not be fully stretched out.
As a result, in a hurry, Berdych also hit a shot, in the middle, in the deep area.
"Mid Lane VS Mid Lane".
Both players realized that there were no particularly good offensive opportunities—
Because the opponents' positions are very appropriate and their center of gravity is very light, their defensive awareness has risen to the highest level. This also means that the party that attacks first needs to face the risk of the opponent's defensive counterattack. Therefore, both players are restricting and suppressing each other, but do not attack rashly.
Therefore, the landing point of the ball is kept in the middle area. It is not purely straight forward, but the angle of the diagonal line is not torn, and the left and right movements are all within the range of two steps.
After three consecutive beats, Gawain suddenly attacked.
Without warning, Gawain threw a backslash with his forehand, creating a slight angle.
really!
Berdych was very alert and moved swiftly. He took two consecutive long strides to get into position smoothly, and used his two-handed backhand to leverage the force to create a larger angle.
However, it was exactly what he wanted!
Because Gawain anticipated Berdych's shot line: it was standard, most likely he would return the ball diagonally, and then further increase the angle.
The moment Berdych hit the ball, Gawain's feet moved immediately, even slightly snatching a beat, and taking a series of small steps to adjust to the right position.
A step forward! The two-handed backhand shot was very decisive, a step forward to grab the rising point, and directly blocked it from top to bottom, instantly speeding up -
Slash!
A super big diagonal line! The landing point is shallow and off-center, and the angle is further torn apart. The space of the entire venue has been fully utilized.
Whoosh! The tennis ball hit Berdych directly in the shallow area on the left sideline.
From this shot, we can see that Gao Wen's confidence has returned to normal levels. He dares to aim at the corners and edges. Although his success rate is still unstable, the firmness and courage from the inside out have returned. Even for such a crucial score, he dares to go straight for it.
Boom! The speed, rhythm, and quality are all improved.
Berdych was a little embarrassed, but his strength could be seen at this moment. His basic skills were particularly solid, and he rushed out with two consecutive big strides.
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With his body's center of gravity already shaky, the two-handed backhand evolved into a one-handed backhand, and with a downward cut, he miraculously completed the save.
Squeak! His left leg braked suddenly, and the power of his calf burst out instantly. Then Berdych moved sideways to his right side at lightning speed.
Run wildly!
Sprint!
In a flurry of wind and rain, Berdych could see that Gawain's footsteps had already entered the court.
Guessed it right.
Berdych knows that Gawain's entire offensive connection is very tight and bold. Although the net is not Gawain's strong point, he is not afraid to enter the midfield to put pressure. Therefore, it can often be seen that Gawain enters the baseline and completes the offensive connection aggressively, like a storm.
So, Berdych just stood on the edge of the cliff and cut a spinning and fast backspin ball, and deliberately aimed at the midfield area.
As a result, the tennis ball fell at Gawain's feet, forcing Gawain to only hit the rebound ball instead of continuing the attack.
A shot of the ball.
Berdych failed to complete the transition from offense to defense, but eliminated all the advantages of Gawain's previous shot layout, and then forced Gawain to complete a difficult rebound shot at his feet.
Then, Berdych moved sideways and waited for Gawain's ball at the forehand position.
Push off the ground, brake! Turn around and swing! Berdych used the power of his forward rush to swing the racket with his forehand, exerting full force, and a diagonal mustard yellow light and shadow rushed towards the baseline.
Turn defense into offense!
Berdych gritted his teeth and regained the advantage in an extremely passive situation.
Then we can see that Gawain was forced back to the baseline in a panic, because Berdych's return ball landed in the deep backspin area, and Gawain had no way to complete the interception and could only return to the baseline.
However, because his footwork was not in place, Gao Wen almost caught the rebound ball behind his body. He had no control or arc at all and returned the ball in a hurry.
The advantages and disadvantages are completely reversed.
Amidst the turbulent waves, Gao Wen took small steps to adjust his center of gravity, turned his head to look at the moon, and searched for the tennis ball in the air. Then he could see the tennis ball flying high, drawing a thrilling parabola and flying towards the deep area of the baseline.
Light and agile, like an elf.
At the scene, there was a sound of people gasping for air, and they looked at the tennis ball spinning in the air at high speed in disbelief. The long sword was unsheathed, and all breath was cut off.
(End of this chapter)