Chapter 726: Continued pressure

Huff!

Gao Wen was breathing heavily. From active to passive and then to active breakthrough, Kei Nishikori's performance had reached its limit in this point, but he successfully resisted Kei Nishikori's continuous attacks and finally scored the winning point by a frontal breakthrough. The entire momentum was released in an instant.

With his fists clenched and sweat dripping down his cheeks, he stared at Kei Nishikori intently. A hint of murderous intent flashed in his determined eyes, and his belief in victory was shining.

Kei Nishikori felt a little powerless.

In this game, Kei Nishikori played very well, at one point tying the score to 30:30, and found the feeling of hitting the ball. However, at the critical moment, Gao Wen still showed the tenacity and toughness of a big heart, breaking the two-zone rule and successfully holding his serve by winning two points in a row.

There was no draw and still no break points. Kei Nishikori was unable to find the state he expected in the serve receiving game, which was his best game.

So, what should he do? Nishikori's shoulders slumped again, and he became habitually frustrated.

"……line."

After all, Xu Yang was a bystander who saw the problem clearly and saw the crux of the problem at a glance.

"Kei Nishikori's tactics are still too rigid."

"He is now stuck in a short-term rut, using a fast-to-fast tactic to suppress Gawain's return, while also compressing his own thinking space on the line and the landing point. Because the hitting line is too simple and too repetitive, he is unable to open up the situation and easily falls into Gawain's prediction."

"Ultimately, Nishikori put himself in a situation where he had to break through head-on."

"But the point is that breaking through is not Nishikori's strong point."

"Kei Nishikori must stay calm, diversify his strokes and make full use of the entire court so that he can take advantage of speed against speed."

"And Gawain."

Having said this, Xu Yang paused slightly, and Tong Kexin immediately followed up with a sentence.

"I'm wiping my sweat."

Xu Yang: ...

"Yes, he was wiping his sweat, but you can see that even during the break between games, Gao Wen was still thinking and was very focused throughout the game."

As the commentary partner, Xu Yang successfully continued the conversation.

"Appearing on the year-end finals stage for the first time in his career, he once again showed his big heart."

"My whole brain is very clear in interpreting and grasping the game."

"In the previous game, Gao Wen noticed Kei Nishikori's counterattack, so he improved his condition in time, and his entire hitting state was obviously stronger. He saved his serve with the winning point and realized the break advantage in the opening stage."

"Gowon has proven with his actions that he is not a real substitute even though he appeared as a substitute at the O2 Stadium."

Xu Yang's words could not hide his admiration for Gao Wen.

Tong Kexin also smiled and said, "In football matches, there are many cases where substitutes come on to save the game. Now Gao Wen can be considered a golden substitute and has saved the box office market."

What is this...what is going on?

Xu Yang remained silent, letting these words dissipate in the wind.

The game continues.

When the two players returned to the court, Kei Nishikori was still looking for a chance to get back on track, but the situation was not that simple.

Ordinary players often start from their own serve, not only to regain the initiative of the game balance, but also to regain the feel of the ball.

No matter what, establishing advantage through serve suppression and calculation is always the core of men's competition.

Of course, Kei Nishikori is no exception.

However, Kei Nishikori's ability to control his own serve is still relatively weak. His games often require him to build up his hitting feel in his opponent's serve so that he will be more comfortable in receiving serve.

What's more, Kei Nishikori still needs to see Gao Wen's expression.

Gao Wen also noticed that Nishikori's backhand was getting better. How could he let Nishikori slowly get back to form? At present, the score seemed to be far ahead, but in fact, there was only a break point advantage. A reversal in the game could happen at any time.

Therefore, Gao Wen is also continuing to put pressure on Kei Nishikori.

In the last serving game, Kei Nishikori launched a full-scale attack.

In this serving game, it was Gao Wen's turn to take the initiative.

These two games also became crucial turning points.

After four deuces, Gao Wen used a brilliant forehand diagonal attack to force Kei Nishikori's return into the net, and successfully converted the second break point.

Kei Nishikori couldn't control his emotions after all, and threw his racket directly -

It's not that he smashed the racket, he just threw the racket to the ground silently, and the racket remained intact, and he was able to continue the game after picking it up.

Since the beginning of the game, Kei Nishikori has not been able to find an effective way to score. It seems that when facing Gao Wen again, Kei Nishikori's performance is even worse.

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With such performance, it is difficult for Kei Nishikori to be satisfied with himself: no one should and no one will forget that Kei Nishikori is fighting for his chance to reach the semi-finals of the year-end finals.

The prerequisite is that he must defeat Gawain in order to take the initiative into his own hands.

Group B is called the group of death because of the presence of two giants, Federer and Murray. Kei Nishikori and Raonic, two strong players who have performed well this season, are also highly anticipated. However, no one expected that Kei Nishikori would defeat Murray and take the initiative to qualify into his own hands, which was undoubtedly a surprise.

But no one expected that Raonic would retire due to injury, and Gawain would come on as a substitute, playing the role of an "unknown factor" and further disrupting the situation.

Kei Nishikori is looking forward to advancing from the group stage to the semi-finals, and he is also looking forward to this revenge match.

The significance and weight of this game are far from simple.

The result, however, was not satisfactory.

"ah!"

“Ahhhh!”

At the other end of the court, Gawain was celebrating with his fist. In this round and this point, both sides were fighting hard, and the contest was fierce, but in the end, Gawain was still better and once again withstood Kei Nishikori's continuous attacks, turning the situation around and further expanding his lead.

Looking up, Kei Nishikori could clearly see the determination to win flashing in Gawain's eyes, and the murderous aura surging from his body.

Kei Nishikori was very depressed and aggrieved. He couldn't make any progress in the match. Smashing his racket was the result of repeated attempts to control the game.

A round of boos broke out from the O2 Arena.

Noooooooo! If Kei Nishikori is dissatisfied with himself, then the audience should be even more dissatisfied—

For four consecutive match days, the London audience was unable to see a evenly matched confrontation, and it was all a sweep. They couldn't even stay on the court for a while longer, which was really boring.

After much effort, a close combat between two evenly matched opponents finally arrived. People were expecting this match to bring surprises. They did not care about the quota or the outcome of the match. The only thing they cared about was a hearty and exciting confrontation, and they wanted to enjoy the thrill of the Huashan Contest.

However, that’s it?

Unfortunately, the boos from the audience failed to turn the situation around.

“6:1”.

Just like that, the first set ended.

(End of this chapter)