Match point

Chapter 418 Chess Game
"40:15".

Kei Nishikori got the game point first.

"40:40".

But Gao Wen chased two points in a row to form a tie.

"40: AD".

"AD" stands for "Advance". At this time, Gao Wen scored another point and got a break point.

The Arthur-Ashe stadium is full of question marks. Obviously Gao Wen didn't seem to be in the right shape, and the entire shot selection was ridiculous, but why is Gao Wen the first to get the break point now?Two of the points were Kei Nishikori's mistakes. Could it be said that Kei Nishikori couldn't wait to cash in on the break advantage and acted too hastily?

But Agassi could faintly see some doorway, and glanced at Sampras out of the corner of his eye.

Sampras didn't say much, just showed a smile, "Gao Wen knows what he's doing."

What does this mean?
Agassi looked at the court again to see how Gao Wen would choose on the break point.

In the second zone, press the forehand close.

Facing the break point, Kei Nishikori attacked a close serve for the first time, breaking the routine and unexpectedly breaking Gao Wen's prediction.

really!

Gao Wen's prediction was wrong, the action of dodging to catch the ball was not able to start at the first time, and the footsteps were too late to move and adjust. He only leaned back with his upper body, pinned his forehand to his body and gave a quick shot, using his forearm to support his body to form a Stabilize the triangle and forcefully return the serve.

But the control is still a little bit worse.

The tennis arc was not able to be suppressed, and the bottom line was not pressed deep enough, so Kei Nishikori immediately moved out of the way, sideways forehanded a slash, and immediately moved to his right side to defend the gap. After all, Gao Wen's backhand straight line is indeed dreadful.

However, Kei Nishikori's sideways forehand attack is solid and solid, but lacks penetrating power. Compared with Kyrgios and Wawrinka, it is indeed a notch lower. This also gives Gawain enough time to complete the shot, but because of his swing The action of shooting and pushing is habitually larger and appears unstable.

Gao Wen also knew that he needed to adapt to Kei Nishikori's hitting style, so he didn't risk changing the line, and also hit the diagonal line.

Then?

Then Kowain and Kei Nishikori restricted the opponent's slash line, one shot and another shot, both of them were changing the rhythm of the shot, but the line was always sticking to the slash line, the two of them used the change of technique to grab a shot Take one shot slower, one shot harder to subtract one shot, and the seemingly simple repetitive route to hit the ball. Both players are very focused.

At this moment, Kei Nishikori took the lead in changing——

The backhand sliced ​​a shot, and cut a straight line with a weird technique. The entire ball speed, spin, and power were all subverted and reorganized.

Moreover, the smartest thing about Kei Nishikori is that he chose to cut. Although he sacrificed strength and speed, he guaranteed the threat of the line and the landing point.

In this compartment, you can immediately see Gao Wen running at full speed and sprinting horizontally. He was caught off guard by Kei Nishikori's sudden change in the lead.

What's worse is that although the speed is not fast, there is almost no strength after landing, and the rebound height is limited. Even if Gao Wen arrived smoothly, there is no room for hitting the ball.

Obviously, it is the best choice for Gao Wen to hit a slash forehand at this time. If there is time, he can also change some hitting techniques and hit a small slash - but it seems that it is too late now.

At the same time, Gao Wen could see Kei Nishikori moving towards the forehand at a glance while he was running wildly. This also shows that the purpose of the backhand slice is not to score, but to dig a hole for Gao Wen to jump. Zhigui just needs to wait on the slash.

How to do?
The best way is naturally to hit the ball straight back and disrupt Kei Nishikori's plan, but the problem is that there is no space for hitting the ball. Changing the hitting line requires swing space and time for the racket head to close, otherwise the straight line will be lost. It will not be collected, and the tennis ball will fall in the doubles area, that is, out of bounds.

How to do?
Tapping.

In a blink of an eye, Gao Wen's footsteps had already arrived, and then you could see his forehand swinging a big looping overhead swing. The whole swing was completely round, but it was not a standard oblique hit. line, but—

straight line!

But because there was no time to close the shot, Gao Wen tried his best to brush the topspin, and unexpectedly brushed a moon ball, and pulled a straight high ball with a super large arc.

Find another way!

Just like Kei Nishikori using cutting, Gao Wen gave up the ball and used a high ball to throw a moon and successfully completed the line change, and disrupted Kei Nishikori's layout plan.

"Oops!"

Kei Nishikori immediately sounded the alarm, made a sudden stop and turned, kicked his right leg, and his body sprinted horizontally towards his left side again.

Worse than the disruption of the plan was that Kei Nishikori had missed the opportunity to grab the rising point because of the wrong time to return, and Kowain just pulled out a super topspin. Zhikei's shoulder——

It was clear that he was deliberately bullying Kei Nishikori's height of 178 cm.

Perhaps for ordinary people, this is already above the average height, but in tennis, it needs to face many difficulties.

Kei Nishikori hit the ball with both hands backhanded above his shoulder line, which was extremely awkward, not only unable to exert force, but also the center of gravity seemed to be lifted, and his feet were not stable at all.

Ah!
Kei Nishikori was in trouble immediately, but he still didn’t give up. He also pulled out a moon ball to increase the insurance for his return as much as possible to ensure that it entered the bounds and pressed in the deep area of ​​the bottom line to prevent Gao Wen’s next shot. attack.

At this time, Kei Nishikori's hot touch can be seen again. In such a passive and difficult situation, his return ball can still land on the bottom line, making the best use of the court space, so that when the lineman When making the in-bounds gesture, the audience gasped.

But Gao Wen knew that the game was still going on, and his concentration was not affected at all.

backhand.

Gao Wen was already in place early, but Xiao Suibu was still adjusting his center of gravity, trying to determine the exact position of the tennis ball, and then he was ready to step forward——

Calculate, calculate back, calculate again.

The three shots of the two players, every shot is calculating and digging holes, and now Nishikori's return is the same:
If Gao Wen takes the risk of trying to hit the high ball on the bottom line, the risk will naturally increase exponentially; but if he tries to hit the ball conventionally from the bottom line, the threat of returning the ball will naturally be completely reduced because he cannot use accurate force.

So, how will Gao Wen deal with it?
Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Kei Nishikori, who was moving in small steps on the opposite side of the court, trying to deceive Gao Wen with fake moves. Then, Gao Wen took a step forward, backhanded his hands, and made a gesture of preparing to exert all his strength. , to induce Kei Nishikori to run, whether it is left or right, let Nishikori Kei run first.

In the next step, when the two-handed backhand was about to hit the ball, he changed the way of holding the racket, changing from pumping the ball to cutting the ball, and cut a small ball like this.

Yes, it's not high pressure or pumping, but small balls!

Another counter-calculation.

For the fourth time, Gao Wen continued to dig a hole.

(End of this chapter)