Match point

Chapter 1187 Young and Energetic
small ball?

It's a small ball?
When facing the king of clay, it was Gao Wen who took the lead in using small ball tactics, and his delicate and ingenious control of the touch was amazing.

Nadal was slightly taken aback. He had no idea that Gao Wen was the first to use the small ball today. He obviously forgot about this technique for the time being.

The footsteps stopped with a brake, and then the smile on the corner of Nadal's mouth rose. He raised the racket, tapped the surface of the racket with the heel of his right hand, and gave Gao Wen applause.

Accident!Total surprise!
but!

Wonderful!

On the edge of the court, Tony Nadal, who was watching the training match, also grinned, turned his head to look at another coach next to him, Francisco-Roig, and shook his head repeatedly to express his admiration. Wen's use of this small ball is also praised.

When people mention Nadal's coach, Uncle Tony is undoubtedly well-known. After 2016, it was Carlos Moya, the French Open champion in 1998. These two coaches made Nadal's glory one after the other.

Moreover, Nadal is a well-known obsessive-compulsive disorder patient who doesn't like change, so once the coach is determined, he doesn't like to change the mode frequently. In Nadal's view, the coach is indeed very important, but the real key to training and competition is still It lies in the players, and internal factors are the key to victory.

Therefore, Uncle Tony and Moya have become the representative faces of Nadal's coaching team, but in fact, his long-term coach has another one:
roig.

This is also a Spanish tennis player who used to specialize in doubles, with the highest world ranking of 23 in singles and [-] in doubles; the best record in the Grand Slam, the singles broke into the third round at the French Open, and the doubles entered once at the French Open The top eight, this is all brilliant.

Although he chose to retire in 2001, Roig actually played doubles with Nadal in 2004.

That doubles partner became an opportunity, and then in 2005, Roig joined Nadal's coaching team and was responsible for Nadal's frontcourt technical training; at first it was only a part-time job, but slowly, bit by bit Over time, Roeg played an increasingly important role in the coaching team.

Later, after experiencing the trough of two consecutive seasons in 2015 and 2016, countless insiders suggested Nadal should change the coaching team more than once, because Uncle Tony had nothing new to teach Nadal; but Nadal always refused, he thought It's not necessary--

Players should still rely on their own efforts and hard work.

Instead, it was Uncle Tony who opened up the possibility. He personally found Moya and persuaded Moya to join Nadal's coaching team.

After a season of running-in, Uncle Tony decided to retire and spend more time in Nadal Tennis Academy, Moya served as Nadal's head coach; at the same time, Roig will also play a more important role and officially become Nadal The second coach, and Moya division of labor and cooperation.

At this time, people finally realized the existence of Roeg, but in fact, Roeg has stayed in Nadal's coaching team for more than ten years.

Ironically, there are still many professional tennis media who do not know Roig and have mistaken him for Uncle Tony many times.

When Gawain released a delicate ball, Uncle Tony turned his head to look at Roig, because the center field is Roig's field of work.

From Federer to Djokovic to Thiem, then to Zverev Jr. and Tsitsipas, generations of top clay court players have been looking for ways to beat Nadal. Small ball is undoubtedly very important a tactic, but they always had a hard time facing Nadal:

First, the ability to move; second, the ability to predict, always be vigilant about the ball; third, the handling method.

In addition, you need to be vigilant about the small ball from Nadal all the time.

Nadal's personal ability and technical characteristics can always be displayed heartily on clay courts, which also means that Nadal is not afraid of small balls.

If you want to directly form the winning point through the small ball, then you need to have very, very good quality, but with that comes the risk of control.

It is precisely because of this that Gao Wen's small ball winning point is so rare.

Roig could sense the playfulness in Uncle Tony's eyes, he spread his hands helplessly, raised his chin slightly and gestured to the side:
Agassi crossed his chest with his hands and looked intently at the court. His eyes showed a touch of relief, expressing his satisfaction with Gawain's small ball this time.

Uncle Tony showed a shallow smile, and then, not long after, Uncle Tony and Roig both turned their eyes towards Sampras again——

what happened?

"15:0".

Immediately after the next point, Gao Wen and Nadal launched a see-saw round on the bottom line. Nadal had a slight upper hand and formed a suppression through super topspin.

Gawain's backhand withstood the impact, but he never found a chance to counterattack; moreover, this time, Gawain was obviously more patient, and did not rush to attack directly.

Later, Gao Wen seized an opportunity, took half a step, and completed the line change by increasing the speed of the racket head. However, it was slightly different from the previous attack. The landing point is the main point, one shot straight, one shot diagonally, and two consecutive backhands completely mobilized Nadal.

Nadal showed his excellent defensive ability, innate defensive sense and accurate prediction, and pushed back Gao Wen's attack that reversed the situation with two consecutive shots.

Evenly matched.

Don't give in.

Although the offensive and defensive situation has been changing, the balance of advantages and disadvantages between the two has not been broken, and neither has found a chance to overturn the situation.

Then, Gao Wen attacked——

The forehand made a small diagonal line, pressing a deep area, and for the third consecutive shot, he used the light hitting method of controlling the landing point to make full use of the entire court space.

At the same time, with his own hitting, Gao Wen went directly to the net.

Go online with the ball.

At this time, Nadal realized that the three consecutive shots were all foreshadowing, and Gao Wen's tactical intention was not to break the balance, but to divert Nadal's attention.

It must be noted here that Federer has used such a tactical combination countless times, but Nadal has never been afraid.

It is precisely because Federer has used it countless times that people can see Nadal's rich and varied cross-net breaking techniques. He is known as the "No. 1 net breaking" in contemporary men's tennis, and it can even be said to be the best in history.

In other words, Nadal is not worried about his opponent going online at all, because he is in a passive situation, and his ability to defend and counterattack is indeed unique in the world.

So, what is so special about Gao Wen's Internet access this time?Is there any difference with Federer?Isn't Gao Wen worried about Nadal's breaking the net?

If Gao Wen went on the rampage ignorantly, then Uncle Toni and Roeg would just sigh, young people, they are indeed passionate and youthful, completely forgetting Nadal's ability to break the net and Federer's ability to exert pressure on the Internet. Rarely can give Nadal enough pressure.

But here's the point -

Gao Wen, is it really just blood?
(End of this chapter)