Chapter 791: Furious One
shot.
Got in.
At the critical moment, Krajinovic gritted his teeth to control the tension in his muscles and served a beautiful outside corner ball to the edge of the serving area.
However, the outside corner of the second zone is exactly Nadal's forehand.
Ah! Nadal's forehand was pulled up directly with strong topspin, heavy and spinning, and it rushed back along the diagonal line fiercely, but Krajinovic's first serve was still heavy, so Nadal made a muffled groan when he exerted force, and the return ball obviously did not land far enough, landing near the baseline of the service area.
Diagonally, still aiming at Krajinovic.
At this point, we can see that Krajinovic's serving tactics should have been discussed with Djokovic, because Djokovic was very careful in positioning the straight line; at the same time, Krajinovic's footsteps had already entered the baseline, and he adjusted with continuous small steps, and chose to go directly to the net without hesitation.
As long as Krajinovic's serve can go in, even if Nadal can scoop it up, the parabola should be pulled up, and the ball speed will not be too fast, which is Nadal's habit; so Krajinovic immediately followed up to block the diagonal line, blocking the shot from a high point and pressing down to create pressure in the frontcourt.
Strategy, very clear and very smart.
One shot.
Krajinovic directly hit the tennis ball back head-on, with almost no force in his wrist and arms, and instead relied on the force of his body to push it forward. The tennis ball returned to Nadal, and it was spinning downwards without any force, with almost no bounce after landing.
However, Nadal still stepped forward quickly, used a forehand super topspin to force the tennis ball up, and drew it in a straight line, rushing towards Djokovic.
One shot.
Djokovic was ready, and his interception at the net was very timely and clean, and he hit the tennis ball back to Nadal's position.
At game point, Djokovic and Krajinovic's tactical strategy immediately emerged: target Nadal.
This was a very sudden and unexpected tactical change, and it was completed through Krajinovic's serve, firmly grasping the initiative.
However, Nadal will not give up.
Djokovic's return was very well unloaded, and Nadal's footsteps also moved within the baseline. Facing the backspin ball, the King of Clay's super topspin came into play, and once again a powerful forehand topspin diagonal shot rushed directly towards Krajinovic.
Krajinovic was a bit caught off guard.
Because the feet are moving forward, the superposition of acceleration and acceleration further compresses the reaction time, and then Nadal's return ball comes at you.
Krajinovic did not have time to swing his racket and could only reflexively block it with his racket. However, his lightning-fast control showed his talent: first, the control of the racket face, which controls the flight trajectory of the tennis ball after it bounces back.
One is the feel of the shot, the instant wrist wrap and control.
straight line.
With no room to react, Krajinovic actually hit a straight line back and used Nadal's hitting force to quickly hit it back.
The tennis ball hit Gawain like a fireball.
Here we come!
Standing in front of the net, Gao Wen kept his attention highly focused at all times, observing the path of the ball and looking for opportunities for surprise attack.
Therefore, Krajinovich's plan to launch a sneak attack on Gawain did not work.
Forehand block, diagonal.
Ping. Djokovic blocks and aims at Gawain.
Bang. Gao Wen turned around and aimed at Krajinovich.
Ping. Krajinovich rammed into Gao Wen again.
Bang. Gao Wen pushed the ball with his forehand and it went straight back to Krajinovic.
Tennis was turned into badminton, and in front of the net, neither side waited for the tennis ball to land, but directly volleyed the ball in mid-air, completing the back-and-forth strokes.
There was no time to breathe or think between the rounds of ping-pong, and two rounds of close combat were completed back and forth.
Djokovic and Krajinovic's tactics at the net were very clear. They completely ignored Nadal and aimed at Gao Wen with all their might.
It can be seen from the small details that Djokovic's tactics were very clear when facing the game point. He disrupted Nadal's formation in the first half and attacked Gao Wen with all his strength in the second half. Once there was a slight deviation in any link, the Djokovic combination should be able to seize the advantage.
Very clever indeed!
Be it Gawain or Nadal, they wanted to break the predicament and turn the situation around, but it was Krajinovic who held the serve. They were passive from the beginning, and then fell into the opponent's tactical trap step by step. The only thing they could do was to withstand the opponent's firepower reflexively.
Change?
It’s too difficult.
That is the case now.
Gao Wen resisted two consecutive volleys from his opponent in an attempt to break the deadlock and unexpectedly hit the ball back to Krajinovic.
But Krajinovic cut the tennis ball from the side and made a small diagonal cut.
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Tennis is back in Nadal's half.
Very sudden and very unexpected.
At the same time, Krajinovic and Djokovic both took a small step forward, further exerting pressure at the net and compressing Nadal's operating space at the net.
Tap tap tap.
Nadal rushed over with a series of small steps. It was another diagonal ball from Krajinovic. It landed with a little external rotation. How should he deal with it? He kicked with his right leg, slid on the clay with his left leg, moved his body forward, and used his hands to backhand like a blade, cutting into the small space between the tennis ball and the ground, and then gently lifted his wrist.
High ball.
When the opponent is standing in front of the net with a large body, the difficulty of lob is multiplied:
Because the opponent can directly intercept the tennis ball at the rising point, block and smash it, and directly hit the tennis ball back with high pressure, and can easily score; but in order to avoid the opponent's interception, the first half of the parabola of the lob ball goes straight up and down, and it either goes high but not far, or goes directly out of the baseline.
The difficulty is unimaginable.
Nadal faced two giants, Djokovic and Krajinovic, who were over 185 cm tall, but he still chose to lob the ball.
The combination on the other side of the net is controlling the situation, while the combination on this side of the net is trying to break the situation, so both sides are seeking changes in the ever-changing game, and Nadal also showed his championship temperament.
Break the deadlock unexpectedly.
Whoosh! The tennis ball flew up, the first half of the parabola obviously accelerating, and in the blink of an eye it flew into a patch of sunlight, spinning at high speed like a gyroscope and flapping its wings.
Djokovic immediately took a small step towards the net, trying to seize the rising point and intercept the ball directly.
but!
Slow, Djokovic's pace was still a little slow.
Because in a fixed mode, in such a situation, if Nadal lobs a high ball, he should choose Krajinovic's side, and if he drops a low ball, he should choose Djokovic's side. This is the choice that conforms to the laws of physics.
But Nadal broke the deadlock——
Even Gao Wen's eyes lit up. At the critical moment, Nadal's shot selection was worth learning from.
(End of this chapter)