Match point

Chapter 1552 Seed Grave
"Out!"

The baseline lineman's gestures were very firm, his eyes were condensed, and he was sure of his judgment. However, the entire No. [-] court erupted in exclamation, and he couldn't believe his eyes——

heh!
At the point just now, Gao Wen established his advantage by serving the ball, and his forehand diagonal attack further formed pressure.

Istomin staggered and managed to save the ball, and tried to use a forehand to break Gawain's balance. As a result, Gawain used a forehand to deal with the close-range ball in front of his chest, pressing Istomin. The bottom line of the backhand was called out of bounds.

Seeing that Gao Wen had completely taken control of the situation, he only needed to hit the ball in front of the net to score, but such an accident occurred, and the audience was shocked.

"...Oh God! It's unbelievable!"

"Out of bounds, actually out of bounds!"

"Gao Wen proposed the Hawkeye challenge, let's see the Hawkeye system replay."

"The situation is not good. For Gao Wen, the situation is very, very bad."

"In this frame, with a '40:0' lead, a double fault that shouldn't have happened, a brilliant forehand straight-line winner from Istomin, and then this push and block out of the deep zone at the net, The two players have returned to equal points, and the whole situation is getting worse and worse for Gao Wen."

"incredible!"

"The next point is crucial. If you are not careful, you may be out of the match point..."

If someone had just turned on the TV to watch the live broadcast of Wimbledon at this time, they would probably not believe their eyes and understand what happened.

“6：3”、“6：4”、“5：4”。

Istomin was at the front and Gao Wen was at the back. It was Gao Wen's unavoidable serve in the game, and the fifth seed was already standing on the edge of the cliff.

Etc., etc!What happened on the scene, is the score sure there is no mistake?For example, should the positions of the two players be reversed?

It can be judged from the expressions of the audience and the words of the live commentator: there is no mistake, and the incredible situation is indeed happening.

This situation reminds people of the final in Melbourne Park at the beginning of the year. Gao Wen also lost two sets first and fell into a desperate situation in the third set. Five months later, the same situation happened again, and this time It's the first round at Wimbledon.

To be precise, the situation at hand is even more difficult than the Australian Open final.

In the Australian Open final, Gawain's ups and downs, including weather, physical fitness and pressure from Djokovic, objectively affected Gawain's performance, but on the whole, Gawain has played six games in Melbourne Park after all. , his own state and game adaptation have reached a certain height.

Therefore, the key to that game is focus and the belief that you can win-in other words, it is all psychological.

The current game is different. Although the psychological impact also exists objectively, it is more of a technical adjustment. Gao Wen's immaturity and lack of experience are gradually exposed in the grass season when the channel is switched. It is not impossible, but Lack of experience, adjustment speed can not keep up.

Simply put, the crux of the problem lies in the ball feel.

As I said before, the feeling of the ball and the feel of the ball are not a fixed item, but a variable item. Even in the same game, there may be ups and downs. The influencing factors include your own physical fitness, mentality, concentration, etc. And so on, as well as the opponent's pressure, impact, tactical changes and so on.

In addition, regardless of the players on both sides, the "texture" of tennis itself also changes. The venue, temperature, humidity, wind, etc. may affect the rotation, strength, speed and flight of the tennis ball. Naturally, when the tennis ball touches the racket, the For a moment, the feel and feel of the ball are different.

Of course, if it is in the same game, the texture of tennis itself will not change too drastically, and it depends more on the state changes of the opponents.

The top players headed by the Big Four often have the ability to adjust the feel and feel of the ball in a game, but they are not successful every time, just because the Big Four have stronger adjustment capabilities and ensure a higher success rate of adjustments. That's why they distanced themselves and wrote countless miracles.

But if it is switching from hard court to clay, and from clay to grass, in addition to its own state, the change of court conditions will completely change the texture of tennis. Naturally, players need to re-find the feel and feel of the ball——

The biggest challenge of "Channel Slam" is that there is basically no buffer time from clay to grass, and the grass season itself is only one month. Many players have not had time to find the ball, and the grass season is over.

In addition, the characteristics of the grass field itself is also a problem. Because of the low bounce and fast pace, the contact time between the tennis ball and the racket is shorter, and sufficient friction cannot be obtained. Correspondingly, the adjustment space for the ball feel is also narrower. , the accuracy and control of hitting the ball will decrease.

Now, Gao Wen is facing such a problem.

In the entire grass court season, today is only the third official game.

In the first match against Kyrgios, there was no need for Gao Wen to exert his strength at all. Kyrgios had already made a lot of mistakes, and there was almost no confrontation.

In the second game against Anderson, both sets were tie-breaks. Anderson’s excellent serve became the protagonist, and there were not many opportunities for bottom line rounds. Basically, it was serving and receiving. The key to the final outcome of the game was just a few points. There is limited room for Gao Wen to find the ball feel and adjust his touch.

Then, it was Wimbledon.

If you are an experienced player, even if you don’t have enough warm-up time, you can use your own experience to slowly adjust your state through training; but Gao Wen can’t, he needs fierce confrontation in official games to feel the grass and hit the ball. There are no shortcuts to accumulation.

In the clay court season, Gao Wen slowly adjusted and fumbled through two months of competitions, and finally had an outbreak at Roland Garros, but not in the grass court season.

Now, Gao Wen can finally experience first-hand why "Channel Slam" is hailed as extremely difficult.

In his professional debut at Wimbledon, Gawain's performance was far from bad - it was almost a nightmare.

Ball feel, nothing.

The lack of ball feel means that Gao Wen has no control over the tennis ball. The details of the moment the tennis ball touches the racket string, including the rotation force, speed friction, etc., the whole feeling is wrong; In tennis, everything from the line to the landing point to the parabola is wrong.

This is completely different from the Australian Open final.

Moreover, in the Australian Open final, even though it was difficult and bad, Gao Wen never faced a match point, and Djokovic did not get a match point in the whole game; but now, Gao Wen has been shaky, slightly If you don't pay attention, you may face the match point.

"...at Wimbledon, Court Two has long been known as the 'Seed Grave', where countless top players have failed, and more than once."

"Come to this year, but I didn't expect that the No. [-] court may usher in a shocking upset on the second match day. As this year's Australian Open champion and French Open semi-finalist, Gao Wen has half a foot on the cliff of being eliminated in the first round. on the side."

"Oh God, this is definitely a situation that no one expected."

(End of this chapter)