Chapter 725: Flowing like clouds and
water Firing! Sweeping!
Turning defense into offense.
Kei Nishikori remained steadfast in following the established tactics. The entire attack was aggressive, and he seized any opportunity to launch a full-scale attack.
In this game, Kei Nishikori played very well with his two-handed backhand. He really got into the state and completed a series of amazing shots. This time he turned the situation around under extremely difficult circumstances. With a sweeping shot, he successfully pushed Gawain to the edge of the cliff: the return ball was fast and flat, like lightning.
Tap tap tap.
The sound of Gawain's footsteps running at full speed echoed in the spacious space of the O2 Arena, and the air was faintly filled with the trivial sounds of people holding their breath while working on the scene.
The two sounds collided with each other, and then the atmosphere on the scene began to burn, as if one could capture the smell of gunpowder.
Huh! The exclamations of the audience could not be controlled after all, and they overflowed softly, but before the sound could surge, it was immediately cut off.
It can be seen that although Gawain's speed has been increased to the extreme, he is still a little short of the mark, so he pushes with his right leg and extends his left leg outward, with the sole of his shoe rubbing against the ground violently, like chalk scratching on a blackboard; at the same time, he extends both hands back and forth, barely reaching for one beat.
Wipe. Squeak.
With a sharp sound, just before the mustard yellow was about to slip out of his control, Gawain cut the tennis ball in a nearly split position.
Moon ball! The whole audience fixed their eyes on the tennis ball, flying along its parabola, wrapped in a brilliant baby blue like a ray of sunshine.
flight.
flight!
Still flying.
If you hold your breath, you can clearly feel that the tennis ball flies in the air for a very long time, just like a rainbow, soaring away with the sound of the wind.
The diagonal line, from one blind corner to another blind corner diagonally opposite, is also the longest theoretical angle line on the tennis court.
Kei Nishikori was still waiting at his backhand position, constantly adjusting his steps, waiting, waiting, and still waiting.
And then... it finally came! Huh.
With the sound of people sucking in their breath, the tennis ball moved deep and spun towards Kei Nishikori's position, and it seemed that it had just hit his face as soon as it landed.
This also forced Kei Nishikori to start retreating, because the flight trajectory of the moon ball has great ups and downs. If he did not retreat, the swing action would not be complete, and he would not be able to complete the flight trajectory after the rebound on the ground and hit it back. Then, it would be highly likely that the ball would go out of bounds.
One step. Two steps.
At this time, Kei Nishikori also showed his unique interpretation of the hitting point. He swung the racket while stepping back, and tried to hit the ball by flipping the racket with both hands.
In fact, Kei Nishikori's body was still squeezed. He didn't have time to move his feet, and his upper body was squeezed backwards, so that he was in a backward posture; but Kei Nishikori still relied on the support of his core strength, and swept the ball back with both hands, sending the tennis ball back as soon as possible.
Still a backhand shot.
It's still a slash.
Still attacking.
Facing the high ball from the baseline, Kei Nishikori continued his usual style, compressing the rhythm by grabbing the hitting point when he was unable to actively exert force.
In a blink of an eye, the tennis ball had returned to Gawain's side. Gawain looked a little embarrassed.
In the previous beat, his body lost balance and he was almost doing splits. In a flash, he used the racket to support his body and stood up relying on the strength of his waist and abdomen.
But before he could steady his feet, his balance and center of gravity continued to shake, and Kei Nishikori's return ball had already arrived, and the entire hitting rhythm hit him head-on with an impenetrable frontal rhythm.
It is precisely because of this that, even though Gao Wen was standing in the backhand position, his hitting action seemed hasty. Most importantly, he did not find the center of gravity, so it was difficult to exert force. He simply used both hands to backhand a backspin ball, transferred the tennis ball back, and prepared for the next shot.
Chance!
Kei Nishikori's chance!
When Kei Nishikori saw Gao Wen's cutting action, he immediately realized that an opportunity had appeared. He took a step forward, stepped into the baseline, bent his knees, lowered his body center of gravity, stared at the tennis ball intently, and then used both hands to backhand and grab the rising point of the rebound.
Bang!
Ah!
The sound of hitting the ball and the sound of power burst out at the same time. Kei Nishikori further accelerated the rhythm of the entire hitting connection, and the tennis ball disappeared like lightning.
The air was a little quiet. The audience was silent, staring with wide eyes trying to find the flight trajectory of the tennis ball.
It appeared again!
Diagonal line, diagonal.
For the third consecutive shot, Kei Nishikori chose to suppress Gawain's backhand, with each shot becoming more ferocious than the last. The rhythm and speed were completely increased. The light strokes did not detect much power attached, but were as fast as lightning, and the speed was getting faster and faster, so that there was no room for breathing, like a tidal wave.
So, what about Gawain?
His eyes were blazing, and even in the midst of the turbulent sea, his breathing and steps were unable to fully adjust, but his eyes revealed a gleam of concentration.
The left leg, at a 45-degree angle, takes a step forward. The whole movement is very firm and crisp, and the calf strength is firmly rooted in the ground.
The body's center of gravity is lowered, and then lowered again. The two-handed backhand hits the ball from bottom to top, accompanied by a rotation movement. The racket is quickly raised when passing through the body axis, and the racket head speed is fully released, directly rising to a higher level -
A powerful clash.
"Speed VS Speed"! It was very rare that Gao Wen also used speed to counter speed. He had always been controlling the situation by adjusting the rhythm and speed before, but this time it was different.
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Bang.
The racket hit the tennis ball, and the tennis ball almost paused for a moment on the racket face, and then there was a violent friction, and it bounced like a dragonfly skimming the water and flew out.
However, Gao Wen's whole body stood up along with the swinging action, his knees straightened, and the racket made a big loop from the right ear to the back of the neck, creating the effect of a baseball home run, and his eyes burst into murderous intent.
Tennis, disappeared again.
Alarm bells rang in Kei Nishikori's mind, and his first reaction was to keep moving to his left.
Backhand!
Still a backhand shot! Kei Nishikori stared at the mustard yellow light and sent his body out, but...
not enough.
It's still not enough.
ah……
Ahhh! Kei Nishikori's two-handed backhand has evolved into a one-handed backhand, trying to extend his arm length, but it is still not enough, far from enough -
Gao Wen's diagonal return was sudden and difficult. The entire diagonal line was light, thin, fast and aggressive. Most importantly, Gao Wen's two-handed backhand actively exerted force. The entire force was attached to the speed, and it crossed the entire court with great force and landed in the midfield between the serving line and the baseline, and rushed out directly.
The power and speed, the landing point and the angle, all improved to a higher level, rushed to the extreme, the smooth swing of the ball was done in one go, it was definitely a perfect enjoyment, in the head-on confrontation between the strong, breaking through with a solid and powerful attitude -
Tear.
Just like that, Kei Nishikori's defense was torn apart.
Even though Kei Nishikori was in the backhand position, he still couldn't reach it and watched the tennis ball fly out .
"ah!"
Kei Nishikori was very angry, very, very angry, and yet he still couldn't stop the referee from announcing the score.
"Game, high."
At the start of the first set, Gao Wen was already leading 3:0.
(End of this chapter)