Chapter 73: Wind Chaser

Backhand!

In Harris' second service game, Gawain began to try to suppress Harris' backhand, just as Harris suppressed Gawain's backhand at the beginning.

The instability of the one-handed backhand has always been known to everyone. Even the one-handed backhand of the "King" Roger Federer is no exception. When facing Rafael Nadal, the backhand has repeatedly become Federer's weakness that was broken through. It was not until he improved his backhand technique that Federer reversed the embarrassing situation.

Now, Gao Wen is trying to disrupt Harris' backhand feel.

More importantly, it can be clearly felt that Harris's attention was a little unfocused. The game situation and circumstances completely broke his expectations. The intensity and impact were beyond his imagination. He could not get used to it for a while, so naturally, his attention was a little distracted.

The serving stage is the most intuitive manifestation.

In this game, Harris only succeeded in one first serve, and the rest were all second serves.

The second serve also means that Gao Wen can free up his hands to make more attempts and take the initiative from the serve receiving stage.

As a result, the positions were reversed, and Gawain began to become the attacker. The distribution of the return ball's landing points showed that Gawain's mind was constantly working. At the critical moment, his powerful smashes were aimed at Harris' backhand. Regardless of whether he could score directly, this could effectively limit Harris.

"0:15".

"0:30".

"15:30".

"15:40".

At the third point, Harris scored the first point since the start of the game with a forehand attack, breaking the embarrassment of zero points.

But then Harris lost another point and faced the crisis of two break points. The comparison of advantages and disadvantages between the two players completely broke people's expectations, so that the home audience was all stunned and couldn't believe that the trend of this game would turn out to be such a situation.

It was originally thought that Harris would have an absolute advantage. Even if not, Gawain would be a surprise weapon, but Harris was not a casual rookie. At least the two sides would be able to have a bloody battle. However, no one expected that Gawain would be far ahead.

Could it be that... the tragedy that Alcorta faced Thompson would happen again? No... No way?

But that’s what negative thoughts are like. Once they come out, it’s fine. But once the thought comes out, it will fill up your entire head endlessly like seaweed and you can’t stop it.

The air is burning.

Gurgling.

Gurgling.

Harris has no room to breathe. The only thing he can do now is to grit his teeth and go into battle, even if it means he has to do it, otherwise there will be no way out.

Facing the break point, Harris still didn't serve first, but his second serve finally changed a little. Instead of blindly pursuing speed, he used a close serve to squeeze Gao Wen's position.

This is also one of the basic serving routines.

Although Harris's rotation was insufficient and he failed to completely squeeze Gawain's position, Gawain's forehand serve was still not fully swung, and the quality of his return was mediocre, not bad but not outstanding either. This gave Harris some breathing time, and he raised his hand and hit a repeated forehand spot.

This time the return ball was deep and heavy, almost landing at Gawain's feet. He barely managed to return it with a backhand slice, but the swing was still not complete and the slice was not rotated enough, so it became an attacking opportunity for Harris.

Harris didn’t miss.

He stood firmly with his legs in a horse stance, with power bursting out from his heels. The movements of pushing off the ground, turning his body and swinging his arms were very complete. He made a direct and fatal strike in a straight line, aiming at the gap in Gao Wen's forehand, preparing to directly get the winning point to end the fight for this point.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The tennis ball flies lightly and quickly, creating a force that breaks through the air.

but!

Another figure appeared in the empty area at the baseline, wearing a white jersey and shorts, with the hem of his shirt fluttering in the wind, like a boy chasing the wind and running wildly.

Tap tap.

Tap tap.

The tennis ball was extremely fast, but the boy's lateral movement was not inferior.

Harris' heart tightened.

The next second, the wind-chasing boy appeared on the flight path of the tennis ball. With the wind blowing hard, he completed a big split and stretched his body as far as possible in the extreme state.

But because all four limbs have reached the extreme state, there is no way to complete the racket draw while running at full speed, so he can only hold the racket high, cut in a large arc, and use the instantaneous burst of racket head speed to complete the ball control, cutting out a moon ball that pierces through the clouds and mist and disappears into the red sky.

Whoosh! Gawain stared at the tennis ball, and tried to brake with his feet to control his body, but the forward force was too strong, and his right foot failed to push against the ground. The continuous forward force of his upper body made his body roll forward unreasonably, and his center of gravity was unbalanced, as if he was thrown into a dryer.

Gurgle!

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The whole world was spinning, and Gawain's first reaction was to drop his racket to avoid more accidents caused by the collision of the rackets, but his body was already completely out of control.

Gurgle.

Gurgle.

All the colors and all the sounds were entangled into a brilliant halo, rushing towards him from all directions. He rolled forward two or three times before the violent forward force was relieved, and he lay on the ground in a mess.

huff.

huff.

Gawain was breathing heavily, his chest heaving violently. He felt a little absurd, a little scared, and a little panicked. His first reaction was to bend his knees and hug his knees tightly. He used all his strength to hold his left knee tightly, and curled up like a hedgehog.

At a certain moment, my breathing was cut off and my mind went blank, as if an electrocardiogram no longer fluctuated, making a white beeping noise that stretched and stretched again. All the noise disappeared and the world seemed to have pressed the pause button.

Did he make the same mistake again? Did he make the same mistake again?

His knees were pressed tightly against his chest and were slightly warm. The nerves in his calves were beating wildly, and the nerves in his whole body were tense. Then a burning pain slightly stung his head. His chaotic thoughts gradually became clear. He moved his left knee slightly, carefully exploring the condition of his knee.

Left knee. Right knee.

Left knee. Right knee.

Gao Wen performed a bicycle kicking motion, once, twice, his knee was intact, without any pain, just a slight tension in the muscles; three, four times, it once again proved the health of his knee, everything was normal and everything was smooth, without any impact, every nerve and every muscle was functioning normally, he could even clearly feel the elasticity of the stretched muscles transmitted from his knees to his toes.

Thump! Thump! The sound of the heartbeat became clear again, and the tension, fear, and panic all calmed down, and then the smile on the corner of the mouth also rose and blossomed.

This time, everything is different. He will not be timid or hesitant, he will not retreat or give up, even if the outcome of his next attempt is still a spectacular failure, he will not leave any regrets, and truly let this time his life bloom like a summer flower.

Gawain clenched his fist gently but heavily, then stood up.

(End of this chapter)