Chapter 838: A Thousand Miles Down
“Shh…shh…”
The whole audience booed.
"Quiet! Keep quiet!"
The referee had to step forward and control the situation.
"The players are ready, please keep quiet, please abide by the rules of the game, keep quiet between the first and second serves, and during the stroke."
"Please respect both players and show basic respect for the game."
However--
"Shh! Shhhhhh!"
The referee's stop made the audience even more excited. Boos filled the entire stadium, and many people even stood up, waving flags and booing.
"Quiet!"
"Silence! Silence! Silence!"
The referee was also angered and raised his voice, revealing a sense of majesty.
"Please keep quiet! Otherwise the security personnel on site will ask you to leave."
finally!
After repeated shouts from the referee, the audience finally quieted down.
The referee cast a glance towards Gawain, expressing his apology while signaling that Gawain could continue to serve.
Second serve.
Just now, when Gawain's serve went into the net, the audience burst into overwhelming boos. They were not complaining about Gawain's serve, but trying to interfere with Gawain's serve: making noise between the first and second serves, interrupting the serving rhythm, trying to make Gawain double fault and win a free point opportunity for Koggenakis.
The order in Hisense Stadium is somewhat chaotic.
This was not the first time in today's match that, because of Gao Wen's unstable serve, the audience had already succeeded twice before, successfully creating two double faults for Gao Wen, which directly caused Gao Wen's double fault number today to rise to six. Now they are repeating the same trick again.
However, Gawain was not moved at all. He was not a flower in a greenhouse who would lose his composure because of some boos.
Instead, Gao Wen gestured to the referee, gave a polite smile, and then prepared to serve again.
Snap. Snap. Snap.
Simply hit the ball, without hesitation or delay, toss the ball, push off the ground, turn your body, and finally, swing the racket and hit the ball.
Tennis ball turns into a streamline.
The entire serve was crisp and smooth, and it was clearly a second serve, but judging from the action, it was a first serve.
Gao Wen, fought for a second serve.
Whoosh! 199 kilometers per hour.
Area 2, outer corner.
In the blink of an eye, it jumped out and disappeared.
Koggenakis's prediction was wrong, his feet were completely nailed to the spot, and he didn't even make any movement. From the movement of his feet, it can be seen that he was going to move to his right side, which is the inside corner, but the ball came to the outside corner, and he didn't have time to shift his center of gravity, so he was fixed in place.
ACE.
The wind was howling, and the whole place was silent. This was Gawain's response, like a slap in the face to those who were interfering with the sound.
The seventh ACE of the game.
Moreover, it was an ace on the second serve, which came at the perfect time.
After experiencing booing and disruption, Gawain remained highly focused, taking risks and making shots, showing his confidence and courage.
And that brought the game to a perfect end.
Clean and neat.
"Game, high, 6:2, 6:2, 6:0."
Goodbye ACE! Game over.
There was a moment of silence at the Hisense Arena. People looked at each other, and the despair in their eyes spread, and the virus began to spread from person to person.
This is obviously not the scene that local fans expect to see. Regardless of whether Koginakis can defeat Gawain, at least Koginakis' impact is unquestionable.
However, throughout the game today, Koginakis was helpless. From winning points to unforced errors, he was at a complete disadvantage. From the first point, the entire game was not in his hands. Not to mention the power to counterattack, he didn't even have the ability to parry. He was in a mess throughout the whole process.
In the first two sets, Koggenakis struggled hard and saved multiple break points to barely hold his serve and avoid being bageled. However, he did not expect that after entering the third set, Gawain, who was in excellent physical condition, actually accelerated again, instantly widened the gap, and swept away the first donut of this year's Australian Open.
In the end, Gao Wen won three straight sets, defeating Kogiinakis with a very easy and drastic score difference. The whole match lasted only eighty-three minutes.
Not even an hour and a half.
Sweep through the enemy!
In fact, objectively speaking, Koginakis's strength is not so embarrassing and so poor. Gao Wen was able to win so easily because of the episode before the game .
Koggenakis is young and energetic. The more he wants to defeat Gawain and prove himself, the more his emotions fluctuate and his attention is obviously distracted, so his performance becomes more unstable when he is on the court.
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And this instability, in Gawain's eyes, was further amplified through rhythm control.
Then, the game became completely one-sided.
Then, the Australian fans died down.
To be honest, before arriving at Melbourne Park, there were still many uncertainties in Gawain's condition. Although he successfully won the double championship in Doha, his struggle in the serve was obvious to all. In his singles championship journey, he only faced Berdych, a top ten player in the world, and had not undergone any real test.
Including Sampras and Agassi also said that Gowan needs to continue to adjust and adapt, and he needs more actual competitions to find his form.
It is precisely because of this that the home fans have higher expectations.
However... that's it? Just like that, and they still say they need to adjust their form? So, did they advance easily today by just using 50% of their power? They even gave away a donut. Isn't that a bit too unfair to the host players? Slaps, snaps.
However, some are happy while others are sad.
But this is great news for Chinese football fans.
"ah!"
After a moment of stunned silence, the fans finally reacted. In fact, they did not expect that the game was over. Before they had time to react, they won and advanced like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves?
Ever since Gao Wen came out of nowhere, Chinese tennis enthusiasts have actually been treated like this—
First round of a Grand Slam? Easy win.
It's stable and strong enough that you don't have to worry about the whole process. It's like going on an outing, eating snacks and drinking beverages, waving flags and cheering a few times, and then calling it a day and going home?
This game is great!
“Ahhhh!”
The five-star red flag fluttered over the Hisense Stadium. The bright red stood out from the vast blue, and the sunset glow in the sky also burned along with it.
Koggenakis was still a little confused——
The game is over just like that...?
I stood there, looking at the tennis ball and then at the racket. My mind was blank and I had no sense of reality because everything happened so fast.
No thoughts, no ideas.
Then, he stood up straight, lowered his head, and trotted to the net without looking at Gawain. He lowered his head and casually patted Gawain's right hand without even saying a word of courtesy. He turned around and patted the referee's hand, perfunctorily, and then left quickly.
He quickly packed up all his equipment, not wanting to stay even a second longer, so he picked up his golf bag and strode out of the Hisense Arena.
What was he going to do here, wait for humiliation? He was not stupid.
However, after entering the player tunnel, an idea suddenly occurred to him and he suddenly stopped where he was.
"Wait, that guy... wasn't sweating much at all?"
(End of this chapter)