Match point

Chapter 1419 Fortitude
Ahhhhh!
Ahhhhh!
Comparable to a volcanic eruption.

The entire Philippe-Chatier stadium fell into madness, screaming, screaming, cheering and jumping irrationally, and the carnival atmosphere was spreading.

It's not just the audience, even Nadal is no exception.

With a little regret and a little regret, Nadal lowered his head and did not hide his loss, but he still raised his hands to applaud Gao Wen——

In this round, Gao Wen's outburst in a desperate situation really proved his ability. He deserves to be the Grand Slam champion.

But will Nadal give up?

The answer is [-]% no.

The Stade Philippe Chartier has entered into a frenzy without exception.

Then, some media discovered an unexpected but reasonable phenomenon——

According to real-time ratings data, Philippe Chartier's ratings surpassed that of Suzanne Lenglen worldwide.

Of course, because the official live broadcast signal is the Philippe Chatier Stadium, the higher ratings are a natural result; but the key point is that if the game broadcast by the official signal is not the game they want to watch, fans can switch channels and switch to Internet, or even not watching, these choices exist objectively.

It doesn't mean that the ratings will be high if the game is broadcast on the official signal.

When the ratings figures come out, it proves the appeal of the game itself.

What's more, the ratings of the Philippe Chartier Stadium far exceeded imagination, not more than a star and a half, but more than twice as high.

At the same time, Nadal played against Gawain at the Philippe Chartier Stadium; Federer played against Wawrinka at the Susan Lenglen Stadium.

As a result, according to incomplete statistics, globally, the ratings of the Susan Lenglen Stadium stabilized at around 2000 million, and the Philippe Chatier Stadium easily exceeded 6000 million.

The difference is obvious.

Of course, an important reason why the ratings of the Philippe Chatier Stadium are so crazy is that in mainland China, this game attracted 500 million viewers to watch, although it did not surpass the 2011 million viewers who won Li Na's French Open championship in 1000. The record of [-] million is already the second highest tennis match rating in China's history.

Moreover, this was just a quarter-final match, which showed Gao Wen's popularity in his hometown.

However, it is not entirely correct to say that the Philippe-Chatier Stadium only relies on the China market behind Gao Wen. The epilogue reaches a whole new level.

It can be seen that the excitement of the game itself is still a major attraction.

Not only in China, but in the world, the audience who gave up Federer and Wawrinka in the Swiss Derby and chose the "Big Four VS Challenger" match between Gao Wen and Nadal is far beyond imagination.

From the perspective of ATP, welcome with both hands and feet, the new generation has finally risen, and the atmosphere of the media bustling for five months has finally ushered in a harvest moment.

In all aspects, inside and out, everyone can deeply feel the intensity of this game——

"5:5", the second set, really came to an end, any game may change the outcome of the trend.

In the next game, the situation is delicate.

Whether it is Nadal or Gao Wen, the two players will inevitably decline in physical strength at the end of the second set. Even if they have not reached the extreme, they are not far away. This is a key factor that must be taken into consideration.

And the game just now took 10 minutes, and the next game was entered without a break. The test was even more severe, and it was the same for both players.

Especially Nadal, because he will be serving the ball next, and his physical energy consumption will be more intense; and his own state will also fluctuate more intensely than in previous years, not to mention that he is nine years older than Gao Wen.

Similarly, whether Gao Wen, who is physically exhausted, still has the energy to launch an attack in Nadal's serve, and how high the quality of the attack can be, is also a question mark. I am afraid that Gao Wen himself has no answer.

Under the comprehensive influence of all aspects, the end of the second set became even more tense.

But the game didn't stop, it continued——

For one thing, Nadal was indeed affected by his physical strength, his state fluctuated significantly, he failed to make a single serve in a row, and basically relied on his second serve to support him in his serve rounds.

Secondly, Nadal has rich experience. In the first half of his career, in fact, he basically did not rely on the first serve. Looking at the scoring rate of the second serve, he has a variety of tactical combinations on the second serve.

Three, here is the Philippe Chatier Stadium.

"30:0", Nadal established an advantage.

"30:30", Gao Wen launched a counterattack.

Then--

Nadal made a very simple mistake in the forehand, missed a good opportunity to attack, failed to get the game point, and sent a break point instead.

Immediately after—

The super spin of Nadal's close serve successfully squeezed Gao Wen, resulting in poor quality of the return. Nadal directly followed up with a shot to form the winning point and save the break point.

"40:40".

The situation is still tense.

Whew, wheeze... Every time he took a breath, Gawain felt like a fire-breathing dragon. Flames surged in his chest, and even the sunlight turned into magma boiling at his fingertips. Every pore breathed hot and scalding hot.

tired.

The body is protesting, the brain is also protesting, every muscle and every bone in the whole body is protesting. Although the race is less than two hours, there is a kind of thrill and excitement of a marathon, which is definitely a test.

But Gao Wen knew that he was tired, and Nadal was tired too, they were all the same, now it was a contest of will——

He never imagined that he would be able to push Nadal to such a degree on clay at Roland Garros, but since he has already achieved this level, why not go further?This is why he is eager to challenge Nadal in Philippe Chatrier, which is the ultimate goal of his clay court season!
Perhaps, he can start by breaking Nadal's serve, and then advance step by step, one small step at a time, there is no need to be greedy.

After all, so far in this match, Gao Wen has not been able to break serve, not even once.

He can't remember how many chances he missed, there should be 85, right?

However, it doesn't matter, the important thing is always the next chance.

Breathing, like sulfur, seems to be able to taste the blood in the trachea, but Gawain still let out a long breath, ready to fight——

Let the storm come more violently.

a district.

Nadal's first serve... still didn't go in, but this time it was out of the bottom line of the service area, and the serve aimed at the inner corner of the middle road failed to enter the area.

From the details, it can be seen that Nadal is still trying to find the landing point of "close body pressure backhand", and through the deep zone serve, he can maximize the squeeze feeling of topspin as much as possible, and then squeeze to Gao Wen's backhand swing Shooting, to create opportunities for his own offense, but unfortunately, the first serve still did not enter the zone.

Second shot——

(End of this chapter)