Match point

Chapter 894
In the third set, Nadal, who was the first to overcome his extreme physical strength, showed an upward trend in his state and hand feeling. Correspondingly, Gao Wen, who was in a crisis of extreme physical strength, fluctuated to a certain extent in his entire batting state, which also reversed the situation of the game. .

but!

Gao Wen, who was in a predicament, once again showed his tenacious and tenacious game quality, daring to fight and fight hard, and unexpectedly fought for a glimmer of life in the rut.

In a 25-shot round of tug-of-war, Gao Wen used a backhand close to the bottom line to suppress the deep area, forcing Nadal to return the forehand to the net, complete the reverse break, and then the score in the third set returned to balance. The fiery atmosphere of Rod Laver Stadium has also reached a new climax.

Still young after all!

In the player's box, Pelt stood up with his fists clenched for a rare moment, applauding Gao Wen and their sweat and hard work during the offseason!

At the critical moment, Gao Wen gritted his teeth in his low physical fitness.

Next-

Nadal breaks again.

Gao Wen broke the serve again.

Back and forth, the score remained balanced and never broke the balance.

At this time, it can be clearly noticed that the physical strength of the two players is not as good as that of the previous two sets, the quality of their serve has declined to varying degrees, and their control over their own serving games has also declined. Therefore, breaking serve is much easier than the previous two sets , The intensity of the entire confrontation also plummeted.

In terms of fierce confrontation and good-looking shots, it is definitely not as good as the first two sets; but in terms of the anxiety of the game and the turbulence of suspense, the third set is the real highlight.

从“3：3”到“4：4”再到“5：5”，比分一路僵持, 其中，高文破掉了纳达尔的发球胜盘局，延续悬念——

Nadal was not able to see the count.

Then, the two players finally gained a firm foothold, regained their focus, and secured serve at the end of the game, bringing the game back to normal.

"6:6".

Much anticipated, the tiebreaker is here.

Compared with the anxious but one-sided situation of the first two sets, the third set requires a plot with a plot, a reversal with a reversal, suspense with suspense, and a climax with a climax!
The neutral fans are satisfied, the Australian and Spanish fans are satisfied, including the Chinese fans... Although they are not that satisfied, they are not limited to dissatisfaction.

Rounding up and down, it means that all the fans are satisfied, and this is the matchup they are looking forward to.

Exciting enough!intense enough!Good looking!
Of course, the outcome is still in doubt.

In the tie-break, Nadal took the lead, catching Gao Wen's forehand return to control the short landing point, and continuously launching fast-paced attacks with backhands:
Different from the forehand, Nadal's backhand can often hit a typical hard ground flat shot, flat and fast, cleverly use the rising point to change the rhythm, especially in Flushing, you can often see Nadal's backhand winning points , just like this time.

A beat is faster than a beat, and a beat is tighter than a beat.

After the third shot, the backhand tore out a small angle, directly pinning Gao Wen in place, and scored the winning point. He took the lead in breaking a mini serve point of Gao Wen, and then saved a serve point of his own.

"2:4".

With a break advantage, Nadal took the lead and exchanged venues.

However, Gao Wen was not affected. After changing the venue, he immediately gained a foothold, faced Nadal's serve, grabbed a second serve, created enough advantage, and caught Nadal's one with a straight forehand. In the gap, break the serve point in a blink of an eye to avoid the score being widened.

Immediately afterwards, Gao Wen kept his two serve points, "5:4"——

"Oh".

Rod Laver sighed lamentably. At this moment, he could no longer control his emotions, and his true feelings were revealed like this.

Then, Nadal also took the lead in keeping his first serve point, "5:5"——

"what!"

Almost all the audience at Rod Laver Stadium stood up, raised their arms and shouted, and the mighty wave of people filled every corner of their sight.

The air is burning, and almost the whole audience is suffocating.

From the middle of the third set, the situation where you come and go, criss-cross, and exchange leads, made the audience go up and down with the roller coaster. The back and forth between heaven and hell is testing everyone's heart, gurgling The boiling blood seemed to burst at any moment.

Shhh!
It's not a booing, but a quiet voice that actively reminds Nadal to serve. As long as he can win it smoothly, Nadal will be the first to see the inventory.

Of course, if Gao Wen can break this point, it will be a match point.

Although the two sides are still in balance, presenting a delicate balance, the direction of the next point can slightly shift the balance point.

And Nadal, who holds the right to serve, undoubtedly has a slight upper hand.

The Australian and Spanish fans obviously don't want their noise to disrupt Nadal's rhythm, while the neutral fans are eagerly hoping that Nadal can win the third set. A great showdown.

So, "Hush!"

Everyone spontaneously quieted down, and the entire Rod Laver Stadium fell into a brief freeze, and even the breeze stopped.

Gaze breathlessly.

Snapped.Snapped.

The sound of Nadal hitting the ball echoed in the Rod Laver Stadium. Then, he raised his head and glanced at Gawain to make sure that Gawain was ready. He lowered his head again, took two shots, and he was ready to serve Prepare.

kick the ground!

Swing!

Snapped.

J.

Once sent, there is no net.

"Oh!"

The audience wailed and couldn't believe their eyes. At such a critical moment, Nadal failed again, and his state tonight was indeed not satisfactory.

However, this is Melbourne Park, and Nadal always seems to be unfriendly.

"Shh!"

Once again, the fans spontaneously fell silent, waiting for Nadal's second serve, and no one wanted to disrupt Nadal's rhythm.

Here is a district.

It is not the second zone that Nadal is best at, but it is absolutely impossible to ignore Nadal's layout ability, especially the second serve, just because it is the first zone.

One district, two rounds.

Nadal chose... the outside corner.

Outer corner!

The speed is only 153 kilometers per hour, which is comparable to the second serve of a female player, but Nadal and Djokovic often send out such a second serve. It is not that they have no strength, but that they deliberately adjusted the rotation and landing point , Increase the threat of the second serve through the line and angle.

Like this one serve.

The landing point is very shallow, in the front half of the tee box; and it is a large outside corner, plus external spin.

After the serve hit the ground, it jumped out with a "bass", high and high, and the strong spin brought the tennis ball out of the doubles line.

Gao Wen, the whole person has been pulled out of the field, not to mention whether he can catch it, even if he catches it, he is no longer visible on the field.

However, Gao Wen did not give up.

Take three big strides in a row, fully extend the body, and use the forehand to chop everything from top to bottom at the high point above the shoulder.

Slicing return serve.

Gao Wen knew that cutting had no effect on Nadal. In the entire tour, no one could match Nadal's understanding of rotation. Cutting is basically like delivering food.

However, Gao Wen had no choice now, he had to use a chip to return the ball, and at the same time slow down the pace to buy himself time to return to the defense and gain a chance of survival.

Even if the chance is slim, but slim is better than no chance.

(End of this chapter)