Chapter 96: Strong Will
Dangdangdang!
Dangdangdang!
Gawain’s lateral movement speed has reached its limit. He can even feel the trajectory of the sunlight flowing in the lightning speed, but the speed is still a little slow. He is still a little short of the tennis ball. He throws his body forward suddenly, and his upper body is completely stretched out. The racket becomes a part of his arm and extends out.
Chi! He chopped the ball hard with a forehand chopping motion, barely able to chop the tennis ball back, and then the tennis ball drew a big parabola of the moon.
Whoosh! The flight trajectory was... a straight line! In his extreme condition, Gawain controlled the ball with his hand feel, cut a straight line, and flew quickly towards Sacramento's backhand position.
Saramento did not relax at all. He rushed over sideways at the first moment, and hit the ball with a two-handed backhand sweep and downward swing, hammering out a super large diagonal line. The "inside-out" flight trajectory has already utilized the entire court space to the extreme, but -
Who is that? Dad, ddd! The wind-chasing boy in white clothes is running at top speed. After completing a forehand cutting defense, he stops and turns without hesitation and moves sideways again, sprinting back and forth at both ends of the baseline. The wildness and splendor of the whirling wind seem to roll under his feet, and then, he is already in place.
Emergency brake with your left foot! Push the ground with your left leg with all your strength!
Because of the strong inertia, the right leg is already in the air, so he stands on one leg like a white crane spreading its wings, and swings his hands backhand in a full arc, like swinging a sledgehammer. Along with the power of the swing, the whole body is pressed out, hitting the tennis ball hard.
There was even a sound of exertion, "Ah!"
Boom! The tennis ball hit directly back to the Sacramento court - a long diagonal line repeatedly landed! "Deuce!"
The referee announced the score directly.
Saramento thought that Gawain would habitually hit a backhand straight line, so when he saw Gawain's figure, he subconsciously started to defend the big gap in his forehand, but Gawain unexpectedly hit a backhand diagonal line.
Saramento had lost his balance and naturally had no way to chase back. He could only watch the tennis ball fall behind him.
Score directly!
"ah!"
Gawain clenched his fists tightly and looked at Saramento with a burning gaze. His determined eyes flashed with a bright light, as if a flame was burning.
After the second set was tied at 3:3, Gao Wen continued to steadily hold his serve and again led the score to 4:3. After a short break between games, he entered Sacramento's serve.
Then, this time Gao Wen created a storm in Sacramento's serve game again - with this winning point, the two sides are now tied.
"Wow! Wow! Wonderful!"
Sofar couldn't help but let out an exclamation, and the urge to stand up and applaud surged in his chest.
"Wow! This is a super long round of 26 shots!"
"Both Sacramento and Gao Wen had opportunities to attack, but they were blocked by the opponent's exquisite defense. Both of them experienced more than one attack and defense transition, but in the end, Gao Wen was slightly better. He sprinted at both ends of the baseline, a forehand slice, and a two-handed backhand completed the winning point!"
“Admirable!”
Sofar couldn't hide his joy, he turned to look at Sampras, and got the same response, Sampras was also very excited.
"We need to note that the point just now was a game point for Sacramento. He was leading at 40:30 in his serve game, but Gao Wen smelled an opportunity because the score was 30:30 and both sides were still evenly matched. So Gao Wen did not handle it hastily. He was very focused and committed. He acted quickly when he saw the opportunity."
"In Sacramento's serve, Gawain was launching more and more fierce attacks and impacts. Obviously, the match had come to a critical moment again."
"Especially in Kovan's last service game, Sacramento failed to pose an effective threat. After Kovan successfully held his serve, he was able to allocate more energy to his opponent's service game and launch a fierce attack. Now Sacramento is facing a serious dilemma."
"To be precise, Gawain attacked every one of Sacramento's serve games, and as the match entered the final stages of the second set, Sacramento's pressure continued to rise."
Sampras still saw something different. In fact, two of Sacramento's previous service games had ended in deuces, but was there anything special this time?
Fight hard!
It was this contest of twenty-six rounds. After the winning point was finally achieved, both Gawain and Sacramento were gasping for breath. The long-term confrontation and running put both of them in an anaerobic state. They needed a good rest, otherwise the next few points might be affected.
The tenacity and perseverance shown by Gao Wen in this point showed his determination. Now the game has entered the test of willpower.
Timing is still absolutely crucial. There is definitely a reason why Gawain chose to exert his strength at this time.
On the one hand, Gawain had just easily held his serve without spending too much energy; on the other hand, this was not yet Sacramento's serve game, and his mentality was not fully tense. Gawain's sudden exertion might catch Sacramento off guard.
If it succeeds, then the game will be a smooth break; even if it fails, Gao Wen will not suffer any loss.
Sampras has been able to initially see in Gawain the wisdom of planning the entire game, which is rare for young players. After all, tennis should be viewed from the whole game. The gain or loss of one point can hardly determine the outcome, and it needs to be examined from a global perspective.
Sofar asked curiously, "Oh, so now it is the same as the end of the first set?"
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Sampras did not answer directly, but laughed, "Then let's see the next point."
huff.
huff.
His chest felt like it was burning, and he could feel the surging of magma with every breath, but the only thing Gawain could do was to keep telling himself that he was tired, and his opponent was tired too. Now it depended on who could grit their teeth at the critical moment, and whoever relaxed would lose the rhythm.
Gao Wen glanced at Saramento fiercely, then turned back to the baseline of the second zone, got ready first, and waited for Saramento's serve.
Even though Gawain had only "recovered" a little bit ahead of schedule, this action also made Saramento feel pressured. Fearing that he would reveal his fatigue, he quickly turned to the caddy and asked for three tennis balls, pretending to be selecting them, but in fact he was trying to smooth out his breathing.
"Hold on, Ray, hold on!"
Sacramento secretly cheered himself up, then turned and walked directly to the first area, not wanting to be outdone, pretending to be at peace and preparing to serve.
Young people are always young and energetic.
In fact, Saramento's breathing still hadn't fully adjusted, and serving is a technical step that requires the whole body to maintain balance. At this time, in order to hide his fatigue, Saramento forced to serve, and his technical movements became distorted and out of control.
One shot, and the net is dropped.
(End of this chapter)