Chapter 835: Easy to do
Serve at a speed of 219 kilometers per hour.
This not only broke Koggenakis's career record for fastest serve, but was also undoubtedly the fastest record on the first day of the Australian Open.
Even among the many serving machines who are masters of the game, this serve ranks among the best.
The tennis ball flew out like a streamline, leaving only a long afterimage. Before the audience could even catch a glimpse of the trace, it had already reached Gao Wen.
Excellent! A very, very good serve! But!
But it was not a problem for Gao Wen. With accurate prediction, timely start and beautiful touch, he could knock the tennis ball back with just a light tap.
Ping! Pong! One come, one return.
The audience just had time to turn their heads to look at Gawain, and then they had to turn their heads to look at Koggenakis.
Koggenakis enters the game.
He also realized that his serve was excellent and the effect exceeded his expectations, so the first time he entered the court, he had already reached the midfield.
Should he go online?
Koginakis had no time to hesitate, as Gawain's return ball had already arrived.
In a flash, Koggenakis gave up thinking, took a step forward, and pounced forward with his forehand, just like catching a butterfly, and swatted the tennis ball back from top to bottom.
Backslash! Big triangle at the bottom line! Koggenakis's reflex was very fast. His 196-centimeter height was like a wall. He crashed into it directly, releasing all his strength.
It's like preparing to blow up a tennis ball.
However……
Oops!
After Koggenakis made the shot, he realized that Gawain's return shot had irregular rotation. He forced the force and failed to control the racket face. Not only was the combined force not completely combined, but the control of the landing point was definitely not as expected.
really!
The angle of the backslash was not fully opened, and the return ball aimed at the large triangle at the baseline finally landed in a position neither left nor right, and was not deep enough from the baseline.
The only thing worth affirming is that Koggenakis's shots were very flat, and the tennis ball had almost no bounce height after landing.
So, what to do? Koginakis's footsteps were a little hesitant. In the final analysis, it was actually because of his rough skills at the net, his lack of awareness of pressing forward, and his lack of comprehensive understanding of the court space, that led to such hesitation.
If it was Federer, he would have already stepped up to the net by now.
Of course, this slight hesitation is almost fleeting in a formal competition, just a millisecond, and the audience cannot detect it at all.
However, for tennis and for the opponent, this moment of pause and hesitation is an opportunity to turn the situation around.
Despite the hesitation, Koggenakis still rushed forward, but Gawain on the other side of the net had already completed observation and judgment.
Step! Step! Step! In his sight, Koggenakis could see Gawain taking three long steps, three steps accurately, making full use of his tall and strong body to cross half of the court. It seemed that before he could even blink, his steps were already in place.
The center of gravity sinks.
Two-handed backhand.
During the lightning-fast movement, Gao Wen still accurately judged the nature of the incoming ball. He used both hands to backhand and lead the racket in advance, but did not swing the racket widely. Instead, he turned his body away and made a small-range quick and light flick while moving at high speed.
Use the opponent's force to counter attack.
The power that Koggenakis was unable to fully match turned into the power that allowed Gawain to control the arc and landing point, and in a blink of an eye, the tennis ball flew over.
Slash!
Obviously, Gawain noticed Kokinakis's hesitation, which also meant that the "net blocking" action was too late, leaving an obvious gap in the diagonal line -
The audience cannot see it, but Gao Wen will never miss it. Before hitting the ball, the entire route has been conceived and the ball is hit without any effort.
So what about Koggenakis? Left side.
Backhand.
Koggenakis made a judgment at the first moment, and his whole body flew to his left side, stretching his arms with all his strength, like a roc spreading its wings, and his body had been stretched to the extreme.
Whoosh! The tennis ball was fast and light. Under the golden sunlight, one could even see its high-speed rotation trajectory. It easily deviated from Koginakis' swing trajectory, and a small arc went around his racket. The racket was about to intercept the ball, but it just deviated from it lightly.
So close, yet so far away.
Then.
The tennis ball fell rapidly, like a boomerang, drawing a thrilling arc, and returned to the court behind him.
The landing point doesn't even need to be too tricky, there is still a lot of space from the sideline and the baseline, but this is enough.
Cross the broken net!
He went straight through Koggenakis' coverage in the first half and scored easily.
The entire stadium was in complete silence, even too quiet. Obviously, the ease of this goal and this game had exceeded expectations.
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On the other side, Koggenakis was stunned.
Over here, Gao Wen was strolling leisurely in the garden.
Then, the first inning was over in less than three minutes.
"Game, high."
The referee's voice has directly announced the score, putting an end to this point.
This sound was like a spell to dispel a magic spell. The Hisense Stadium finally found the wandering soul. The whole stadium was filled with wails, and no one could believe their eyes.
Oh! The sound was surging.
Wait, where are the Chinese fans?
The Australian Open is also a paradise for Chinese players. Every year, the largest number of Chinese players come to participate in the Australian Open, and the Chinese audience here definitely does not account for a minority either.
Although the number of local Chinese in Melbourne may not be as large as that in New York, the number of spectators coming to Melbourne Park to watch the game should be no less than that in Flushing.
Looking up, the five-star red flag was flying in the wind, but in a blink of an eye it was drowned out by the Australian flags flying all over the sky.
No matter how many Chinese spectators there are, this is Australia's home ground. What's more, today's Hisense Stadium is an Australia-only event.
From Tomic to Koggenakis, local fans came in large numbers, filling every corner of the Hisense Arena, and their various strange and bizarre ways of cheering were dazzling.
Some wore bull heads, some blew horns, some were painted with oil paint, some beat indigenous drums, some waved flags, and some held up cheering cardboards...
And so on and so forth.
The most eye-catching thing is that five young men lined up in order, all shirtless, and wrote a capital letter on their upper body with bright yellow as the background and grass green as the painting, which together formed a cheering slogan: "Go! Australia! (G! O! A! U! S!)"
At this time, five young people stood up, singing and dancing, waving their arms continuously, attracting the attention of the whole audience, and the cheers of support continued to rise.
Perhaps, the number of Chinese fans coming to Melbourne Park to watch Gao Wen's game has increased sharply. Obviously, this year's Australian Open also has special significance for China.
But at the same time, there were countless local fans who arrived at Melbourne Park to cheer, and the scale and scale of the whole easily surpassed that of New York.
In New York, citizens have a rich entertainment life. In terms of competitive sports alone, in addition to tennis, basketball, rugby, ice hockey, boxing and other projects enrich people's leisure life. The US Open's priority in New York is not top-notch, but there are more spectators from all over the world.
In Melbourne, the Australian Open is the biggest sporting event of the year, a celebration for the whole nation.
The enthusiasm of local audiences for watching the game is immeasurable!
(End of this chapter)