tennis giant

Chapter 238 Still need to work hard
Hollandste, a Slovak player, is 27 years old and is currently ranked 221st in the ATP.

There is no doubt that this is an "veteran", and he must have a lot of experience on the field. More importantly, at his peak, he once reached the top 100 rankings, but it was only because of injuries and his state Due to the decline and other reasons, the current ranking is at a low point.

And he was the opponent An Sheng encountered in the second round of the qualifying round.

What I have to say is that before the start of the game, An Sheng was still a little worried about this game. After all, his opponent's past performance is not easy.

Facts have proved that his worries are justified.

At the very beginning of the game, An Sheng realized that Hollandste's hard power is really stronger than him, and he is in the lead in an all-round way. Except for the backhand, he has a slight advantage in other aspects, such as serve and forehand. one chip.

However, thanks to his defensive style of play, An Sheng was still able to contend with it, and in terms of score, he bit the opponent tightly.

But An Sheng knew that if the game continued like this, his chance of winning would be smaller than the opponent's.

This is also because of his defensive style of play, coupled with the gap in hard power, so that he has always been in a passive situation in the game.

As a result, An Sheng made a decisive change when the game entered the third game.

"Oh!"

Hollands serves, and his serve is full of power.

As a last resort, Ansheng basically did not consider the issue of placement and route, and only asked to hit the ball back to the opponent. As for this ball, his reception quality was relatively average, and the placement point was in the midfield.

As a result, Hollander launched a forehand attack without hesitation, attacking An Sheng's backhand.

Also forced, An Sheng used a backhand slice as a transition.

Of course, this was also when he discovered that Hollander did not rush to the net to volley, so he dared to do so.

And this shot is very important, because Hollander's stability made him have to retreat to the bottom line again, thus reducing the power of his next attack.

This is indeed the case, but in order to limit Ansheng, Hollands hit a topspin ball, trying to hit the ball as much as possible, and controlled it near the bottom line to prevent Ansheng from counterattacking.

But at this moment, An Sheng had actually thought of a countermeasure long ago, so without hesitation, he backhanded with one hand and launched a powerful counterattack.

This is the change Anson made. When the situation is unfavorable, once he has the opportunity, he will use his advantage to backhand more to complete the offensive score.

To put it more clearly, he just wants to take risks, at the cost of possibly increasing mistakes, in exchange for the possibility of regaining the situation.

Of course, his choice is still within the scope of his tactics. His own tactics are to defend and counterattack, with defense as the mainstay and counterattack as a supplement. He just wants to put the initiative in his own hands now, and more The expansion is only beneficial to counterattack.

As for whether it can succeed, it mainly depends on two aspects. One is the power of its counterattack, whether it can pose a threat to Hollandste, and the other is the success rate of its counterattack.

As for the first point, An Sheng was quickly verified.

Back to the ball just now, An Sheng's backhand counterattack was very sudden, but Hollander still caught up to the hitting position and tried to complete the counterattack.

However, he underestimated the power of a stable backhand and improperly exerted force, causing the ball to hang directly into the net.

In the subsequent games, it was difficult for Hollanster to deal with An Sheng's backhand counterattack, because it was very sudden and the quality of his shots was really good.

More importantly, An Sheng's backhand technique is quite special. Not only is it an uncommon one-handed backhand, but also the ball is fast and flat, with almost no spin, which is also different from the conventional one-handed backhand. Batting the ball, there is a big difference.

This made Hollanster's experience a drag on him instead.

His experience has already formed a fixed pattern in his thinking. When dealing with backhands, he has a habitual pattern.

Although after he discovered the problem, he consciously increased his focus on the backhand position, but his inherent thinking actually slowed down his reaction speed to a certain extent.

When dealing with An Sheng's backhand counterattack, he always seemed a little slow, and it was also very difficult to handle, which caused him to make many mistakes.

And this basically achieves the goal of Ansheng.

As for the issue of stability, it can only depend on An Sheng himself, and the facts have proved that his current competitive state is still very good, especially in the belief in winning, which is very strong.

Although he was talking about it, he didn't care about other people's opinions, and he didn't care about some of the media's attacks on him, but it still affected him to some extent.

So much so that, in his heart, he still wanted to prove himself.

And this kind of belief also inspired his fighting spirit to a certain extent.

In addition, regarding the one-handed backhand technique, An Sheng seemed very unconfident when he first practiced this technique, but now, he is sure that this is indeed his specialty, a technique he is particularly good at.

In this way, his self-confidence is still good.

After combining these factors, An Sheng played to his due level in this game, that is to say, his stability was maintained well.

That is to say, relying on this point, An Sheng regained the situation. In the first set, although it was a bit difficult, he still won.

At this point in the game, in fact, Hollandste still has a chance to come back. After all, judging from the hard power he has shown, he will always have the upper hand.

It's a pity that he can't perform well. In fact, his current condition is not particularly good, especially in the middle of the second set, his game state has declined significantly.

This point, as I said just now, at this period, Hollander itself is at a low point, otherwise, his ATP ranking would not have dropped below 200.

In this way, on the one hand, An Sheng played steadily, and on the other hand, Hollandste fell off the line. The result of the game is self-evident.

"Whoo~"

After winning the game, An Sheng let out a long sigh of relief, and then a long-lost smile appeared on his face.

Being able to reach the main round of the Challenger League is already a big breakthrough for him. More importantly, these two games have roughly proved to him that his strength is indeed good enough now. Have a place in the challenge.

Of course, there is still a long way to go to shut up the media who criticized him and just break into the main match, and An Sheng still needs to work hard.

(End of this chapter)