tennis giant

Chapter 184 The Barrel Effect
Being eliminated early again made An Sheng quite helpless and unwilling, but he also knew very well that this was actually a manifestation of his current strength, and it was basically bad luck when he met a seed player.

Looking back, An Sheng was very interested in this Bellucci, and then watched several of his games in a row, and together with coach Sun Binghua, carefully reviewed and analyzed his game videos.

From this, An Sheng gained a deeper understanding of Bellucci's tactics.

Simply put, Bellucci's style of play is a very passive defensive style of play.

The advantage is that when he meets a relatively weak opponent, such as An Sheng, his winning rate will be very high, because his style of play is very stable and he rarely makes unnecessary mistakes.

And its weakness is also obvious. Once he meets an opponent with comparable "internal strength", he will appear very passive, or in other words, the key to his victory or defeat cannot be grasped in his hands.

His performance is still stable, but the outcome of the game depends on the state and performance of his opponent, and he himself has no initiative.

Of course, it is not easy for players to play in a better state in the game.

Perhaps for a certain period of time, they are in a hot state, but most of the time, due to the pressure of the game, changes in mentality and other factors, it may be difficult for them to perform at their highest level.

So, on the whole, Bellucci's winning percentage is still higher, which is one of the important reasons why he can reach the current ranking.

Furthermore, in competitions, players who can perform stably are always more likely to get good results than passionate players.

Correspondingly, it is also difficult for stable players to create miracles in the competition. Whatever strength they have, they roughly have a corresponding ranking.

In addition, there is another very important point, that is, it is more difficult for steady players to win the championship than passionate players.

Because, no matter what kind of event, there are always some players who can mobilize their game state and play at their highest level.

In this way, Bellucci, who adopts a passive style of play, has no ability to resist once he encounters them.

For example, in this tournament, Bellucci met a player of comparable strength but in a very hot state in the semi-finals. Afterwards, he lost the match without any suspense.

He entered the top 4 of the competition very steadily, but lost the championship again. This is actually a dilemma that Bellucci often faces.

And this, in fact, is the key reason why most professional players are unwilling to choose a passive style of play.

Relatively speaking, they are more willing to accept several or dozens of failures, and try their best to pursue the glory of the championship that time, instead of falling forever on the road to the championship. In that case, even if they get another What's the point of having too many quarter-finals, semi-finals, and even runner-ups?
Competitive competition, people will always only remember the champion!

After figuring this out, An Sheng naturally gave up the idea of ​​learning his style of play and devoted himself to his training.

Soon, the competition of the third week will begin.

As for the qualifying rounds, there is basically no need to go into details. If it were not for special circumstances, An Sheng would be able to beat his opponent relatively easily now.

Of course, his attitude towards the qualifying competition is still very serious, and he also firmly bears in mind the creed in his heart. No matter how strong the opponent is, he will definitely go all out. If he can completely suppress the opponent, then he will not give the opponent any comeback. Opportunity.

As a result, An Sheng broke into the race again, and then ushered in his first real test.

And his first opponent in the main match was actually a black player who was relatively rare in professional tennis, named Mbah a Moute.

Of course, Mbah a Moute has now become an Italian, otherwise, he may not have the conditions to come to China to participate in professional tennis events.

By the way, I said before that black players are relatively rare in professional tennis, but as the overlord of sports, there are still many people who are optimistic about their athletic talents and are willing to sponsor them to enter professional tennis. Come try it out.

And Ba Moute is obviously one of them.

Just seeing Mbah a Moute's appearance, An Sheng could immediately judge that his physical condition must be very good, and he is suitable for tennis.

He is about 1 meters tall and weighs about 9 kilograms. His entire body shape is streamlined and he does not look particularly strong, but his strength and speed can maintain a pretty good ratio.

"It seems like this is going to be a tough battle."

The game was about to start, An Sheng, who was standing on the receiving point, thought so.

"Oh!"

Mbah a Moute's serve was really powerful and heavy, and its power may have even exceeded the limit of 70. But surprisingly, Ansheng actually completed the return.

The reason is that the opponent's serve is too straight.

"His serve is completely on the other extreme. He only pursues speed but doesn't care about the angle at all!"

While horrified by its explosive power, An Sheng can easily guess the opponent's serving strategy.

And his crisis had just begun. Mbah a Moute immediately faced his return and launched an attack without hesitation, and once again showed his explosive power.

"Oh!"

The sound of his hitting the ball was even louder than the sound he made when he served the ball, which is enough to show the power of his forehand attack.

But it was still the previous problem, his hitting angle was not open, which made, although his ball was very fast and powerful, An Sheng barely blocked it back.

Then Mbah a Moute made another shot.

This time, there is a slight change, he has reduced some strength and added some angles.

But his change this time gave Anson a chance to adjust, because Mbah a Moute didn't play high-quality shots, and his angle still hasn't been fully opened.

An Sheng started quickly, and even though his footsteps were a little messy, his swing was quite steady, and he used a forehand topspin to complete the counterattack.

Compared with Mba Moute's shot, its strength is at least [-]% smaller, but An Sheng is much better at controlling the line and landing point.

For example, An Sheng controlled the ball well, and it landed extremely deep, which also forced Mbah a Moute to retreat to the bottom line to return the ball, thus reducing the threat of his offense to a large extent.

When the next shot was made, it was An Sheng's turn to attack. Without hesitation, he used his forehand again and hit a backhand corner attack.

What was somewhat beyond Anzheng's expectation was that his attack focused on the angle, and the ball speed was actually not very fast. Moreover, he could easily see that Mbah a Moute's start and movement speed were very fast, which was enough for him to Catching up in time, he did find the batting position relatively easily, but his return made a mistake.

Pretty sure it was an unforced error.

"Ah."

Seeing this scene, An Sheng laughed unconsciously, because he roughly saw the other party's shortcomings.

It is very likely that this Mbah a Moute player is a "reckless man". His physical condition is so good that he will explode, but his tennis skills are very soft.

Of course, just one goal is not enough to fully confirm this matter.

On the next ball, Mbah a Moute still blasted a super high-speed serve, which made An Sheng's serve very reluctantly, and then, under the pursuit of the opponent, he lost the point.

But in the next ball, An Sheng tenaciously blocked the opponent's first few shots, thus turning the situation around and scoring this point.

The next few shots are basically the same, which can roughly confirm An Sheng's previous thoughts. This Ba Mote is really Cheng Yaojin. As long as he can block his three-axes, the situation will change immediately. different.

However, even if Ansheng knew the opponent's weaknesses and knew how to deal with them, the gap in strength between the two sides still put him at a disadvantage in the situation.

Generally speaking, in Mbah a Moute's serve, it is very difficult for him to break serve.

When it comes to his serving game, the situation is very different. Mbah a Moute's serve receiving skills are really not good enough. Compared with his physical condition, it is not at the same level at all.

Coupled with An Sheng's stability in serving, it is relatively easy to complete the serve.

In this way, both sides occupy a clear advantage in their respective serving games, and the score also rises alternately, not giving in to each other.

But An Sheng knew very well that if the game continued at this pace, the possibility of him losing would be quite high.

After all, when it comes to the tie-break, maybe as long as there is a single ball error, the entire game will be ruined.

However, after a few rounds of matches, An Sheng discovered another shortcoming of Mbah a Moute, that is, his first serve is not very stable, and the success rate is actually not too high.

According to Anson's estimation, the success rate of the first shot is about 6%.

What needs a little explanation here is that Mbah a Moute himself and his coach must know this, but they still insist on using such a serving intensity and method. That is because his serving scoring rate is very high. of.

According to tennis theory, even if his serving success rate is not high, as long as his scoring rate reaches a certain level, then he can continue to do so.

But the key point is that Mbah a Moute's second serve and his second serve scoring rate are far from his first serve.

And this is an opportunity for peace of mind.

In fact, it was precisely because of Mbah a Moute's weakness that An Sheng seized the opportunity to break serve in the first set, and then won the entire set.

In the second set, as his condition improved, he broke his opponent's serve twice in a row and won the entire match relatively easily.

In the final analysis, tennis is a sport that has high requirements on the overall level. You cannot have too many loopholes, otherwise, a barrel effect will be formed. Even if you have a high level in some aspects, you still cannot Can't offset the damage caused to you by the short board.

Winning the game naturally made Ansheng very happy, but what made him even happier was that what he had never thought of before was that after the game, Mbah a Moute actually took the initiative to come over to communicate with him and wanted to ask him for a favor.

(End of this chapter)