Match point

Chapter 556

"Backhand VS Backhand"!
Gulbis took the lead in launching an attack with a backhand, and finally Gao Wen scored with a backhand. From the beginning of the backhand to the end of the backhand, the two players really showed the confidence and firmness of the backhand. The duel in just a few shots seemed very simple and easy, but the offense The game with the counterattack collided with sparks.

The second break point is still the same.

Gulbis took the lead in attacking, and continued to actively exert pressure with his forehand and backhand. However, Gao Wen's excellent defense prevented Gulbis from returning without success, and the two sides fell into a tug-of-war.

After going back and forth for a full ten shots, Gulbis launched an offensive with his backhand again. As a result, Gao Wen predicted the correct line in advance, and a step forward formed a fast backhand connection, and he used his strength to hit the tennis back repeatedly. , the lines and landing points are mediocre, but the speed and strength have been upgraded to a higher level.

Gulbis was not surprised.

He waited on the spot early, completed the backhand with both hands ahead of time, tried to change the line, and attacked again with a tough stance, but the speed of Gawain's return broke expectations, so that Gulbis's backhand was slightly late Some, gambling-style backhand straights failed to pull back into bounds.

Out of bounds.

Two break points in a row, all of which were saved by Gao Wen.

It wasn't that Gulbis wasn't proactive enough, but that Gao Wen's tenacious defense brought tremendous pressure, and the balance of the confrontation between the two sides continued to waver.

In this serving game, in the first half, Gulbis seized the opportunity and got the break point; in the second half, Gao Wen regained the disadvantage, saved the break point consecutively, and successfully saved his own after going through two draw tests. In the first serve game, the whole scene changed subtly.

After a little distraction, Gao Wen had already made two more consecutive wins, and entered the first break with a "3:0" advantage.

At this time, Gulbis's "Grand Slam Syndrome" has quietly revealed clues, and the main problem still comes from:

backhand.

The first is offense.

Gulbis's backhand attack often only has two shots. If he continues to exert pressure on two shots and cannot score, then he is prone to mistakes. He lacks self-confidence and has a high turnover rate.

Second is defense.

Gulbis's defense is not top-notch, but it has been stable; however, in this game, the overall defensive placement rate and success rate are not satisfactory, mainly because the entire anticipation and activation rhythm is slightly slower, it is difficult to maintain a high With high strength and high efficiency, it is easy to defend more and more guilty.

Once Gao Wen seized the opportunity to launch a defensive counterattack, Gulbis was prone to panic, especially when he couldn't keep track of the ball with his backhand——

Like the third point in the eighth game of the first set.

Gulbis continued to develop powerful attacks, forehand slashes, backhand straight lines, backhand slashes, and three consecutive shots of wide open and close powerful attacks showed solid hitting ability; lines and angles have been torn apart, although He didn't pursue the ultimate blind spot, but it forced Gao Wen to run all over the field.

However, the connection between the offense and the offense is not close enough, which not only leaves Gao Wen with a pre-judgment time, but also leaves room for early movement.

He beat the heavy hammer three times in a row, all of which were guarded by Gao Wen.

heh!
Amidst the exclamation of the Diamond Stadium, Gulbis watched the tennis ball return to his half court again, making continuous small steps to adjust to the backhand return in the middle, and continued to use the backhand to complete the attack on the next shot, but this time , it obviously lacks a bit of unstoppable vigor:

Backhand!backslash!Repeat!
Gulbis tried to find a breakthrough in Gao Wen's forehand position on the fourth attack, but the whole shot did not spin, and was caught by Gao Wen directly. The strength of his legs kicking the ground was very solid. With a small slash, it shot out like a rocket.

Gulbis immediately activated the supplementary defense, rushed out staggeringly, and barely touched the tennis ball with the racket, but it was still half a beat late, and the ball was not able to complete the shot. The tennis ball hit the racket frame and changed its flight. trajectory, rushing towards the stands in the manner of an anti-aircraft gun.

One shot!
With just one shot of defense and counterattack, Gao Wen completely reversed the whole situation, and then got three consecutive break points and chances to count in this round.

This is because Gao Wen won the opportunity to defend with three consecutive shots in front, and also because Gulbis's backhand attack point was a little slow at the last moment, and he obviously failed to close the force. Although it was not a mistake, but in Gulbis It's not often in the game of Adams--

On the one hand, it is inattention, and on the other hand, it is lack of confidence.

What Gao Wen is best at is to seize opportunities and loopholes. This has been the case since the NCAA era. He has always had a unique keen sense of grasping the context of the game and the opponent's mentality. At this moment, he felt Gulbis' impatience and anxiety. How could Gao Wen easily miss it?
Compared to the first round, Gao Wen was more confident and calm, because he knew that his offense didn't need to be extreme in order to gain an advantage.

On the first break point and inventory, after just six rounds of the ball, Gao Wen used a deep backhand to press the backhand, forcing Gulbis to make a mistake in hitting the ball off the racket, and easily cashed in the first place. Disk victory.

In the opening and closing stages, Gao Wen broke Gulbis's serve respectively. In less than 35 minutes, "6:2", Gao Wen took the lead to play the next set.

Gulbis, furious.

The last point was not due to how well Gao Wen played. In fact, the last shot was not difficult, but Gulbis's footstep adjustment obviously did not keep up with the rhythm, so that the position was squeezed, and the trajectory of the swing There was also a deviation, and finally there was a bad mistake of hitting the ball off the bat——

Moreover, it was a backhand.

This is not common in Gulbis' games.

Gulbis was very, very dissatisfied with his performance, yelling curses in Latvian that no one could understand, and almost smashing the racket on the spot, but he finally controlled it, and then rushed to the players' rest area angrily, He knocked over all his water bottles like bowling and ignored it.

During the 120-second break, for [-] seconds, Gulbis was muttering to himself, full of anger and didn't know how to vent it.

Entering the second set, Gulbis's condition did not improve. Not only did it not, but there was a continuous downward trend. I am not sure whether it is the influence of mood or what is going on. Gulbis's mistakes increased significantly, and after each point ended They have been kneading and moving their shoulders.

The game was a bit fragmented, because the rounds were difficult to sustain. Often after two or three hits, Gulbis made a mistake by himself, and the entire batting state seemed to be still falling.

Gao Wen kept his focus as much as possible to avoid being affected by the opponent's state, which would cause his own hand feeling to decline, so as to maintain his focus in the game.

After 8 minutes, Gao Wen had achieved a "3:0" lead.

From the second half of the first set to the present, Gao Wen has won five games in a row, and the game showed a one-sided situation.

Then, at the break, Gulbis called for an official medical timeout and ultimately retired with a shoulder injury.

In this way, Gao Wenbing won another game without bloodshed and advanced to the third round.

(End of this chapter)