tennis giant

Chapter 249 Only Desperate
Title: Ansheng advanced to the semi-finals!

"In the third round of the main match held yesterday afternoon, that is, in the quarter-finals, Chinese player An Sheng encountered Robredo from Italy."

"In the ATP rankings, Ansheng is obviously at a disadvantage, and the difference between the two sides is nearly 100 ranks."

"And at the beginning of the game, Robredo also showed his due strength and once controlled the situation of the game, thus successfully winning the first set."

"But in the second set, An Sheng rose against the trend and used his sharp counterattack to successfully win the set. This also left the suspense of the outcome of the game until the final third set."

"In the third set, due to the fierce battle between the two sides for a long time, their physical strength has obviously declined. This has affected their performance to a certain extent, and their mistakes have gradually increased."

"In the end, An Sheng relied on his will to persevere until the end, and won this very difficult game, thus advancing to the semi-finals of this tournament."

"It is worth mentioning that before he defeated Robredo this time, he also defeated Aris, who was ranked 99th in the ATP, in the last round."

"This also shows that Ansheng is in very good competitive shape on the clay court. We also expect that he will perform better in subsequent games."

"Bolang Sports Network, compiled and reported by Cui Yue."

After winning this game, its influence is still good, especially when the other Huaguo players have been eliminated, everyone's attention, whether they like it or not, is actually focused on him.

And An Sheng's performance is also very competitive, especially when he is at a disadvantage, his tenacious will has been recognized by many people.

As a result, whenever An Sheng was in a passive situation and repeatedly scored through counterattacks, many viewers were very excited about it.

Including large online media such as Bolang Sports and Tengxu Sports, they all reported on this game and praised An Sheng's performance in this game.

In addition, Anson's performance also surprised Coach Fortes.

"An, I originally thought that it would take at least half a year for you to have a deeper understanding of our tactics. Unexpectedly, in this competition, you have already understood something, and your performance is very good!"

An Sheng was naturally modest about this.

In fact, when Fortes explained the tactics to him, he more or less mentioned these contents, but without personal experience, An Sheng couldn't comprehend them at all.

This is the difference between theory and practice.

Thinking of this, An Sheng suddenly remembered a point of view, that is, most people believe that spin is very important and the most suitable technique on the clay court.

An Sheng knew this a long time ago, but he rarely used it in actual games. Even though he has changed his grip and become more suitable for spinning, he still doesn't. Play it out.

"Perhaps, I should find a chance to try it." An Sheng thought.

What's worth mentioning is that the continuous hard battles caused some problems with An Sheng's physical strength. Fortunately, he and Feng Enhao are already cooperating very tacitly, and with his help, the physical strength problem , so that it will not become a drag on him.

It must also be said that Feng Enhao is still working very hard. Apart from being able to only lay the floor every day, he needs to give An Sheng several massages every day, and no matter what time it is, he is always on call.

And back to the game, An Sheng's opponent this time broke the record again. He is Kubler from Australia.

His ATP ranking reached No. 91, and he is the No. 2 seed in this tournament. At the same time, he is also the player with the highest ATP ranking that An Sheng has encountered so far.

There is no doubt that in terms of hard power, An Sheng is obviously behind. Even with the weakening effect of the clay court, this gap has not been completely eliminated.

However, at this time, An Sheng's various conditions, including his belief in winning, fighting will, tactical execution, etc., have already climbed to his peak.

In this way, An Sheng's overall strength is enough to support him to fight against Kubler!
What is different from before is that in this game, An Sheng performed well from the beginning. Although he was still on the relatively passive side due to the problem of strength gap, in terms of the score, he was holding on tightly. opponent.

"Oh!"

Kubler's another high-quality serve, but An Sheng's spirit was very concentrated and his reaction was extremely quick, which also allowed him to complete the serve well.

Facing Anson's return, Kubler immediately hit a powerful forehand attack, the ball was fast and deep.

Under such circumstances, if it was the past, An Sheng could only choose to head-on, using his own strength to offset the strength of the opponent, so as to hit the ball back.

But now, the situation is different, because An Sheng consciously used the topspin to deal with it, and he was very confident in his heart, because he had tried it many times before.

Sure enough, the ball, which was originally very difficult to deal with, was resolved relatively easily by An Sheng.

More importantly, while he was successfully coping, An Sheng still had a little spare power to control the line and landing point of the ball, so that he could play a more effective defense according to his thinking.

And this is the role of rotation. To a certain extent, it is like Tai Chi, which can dissolve the opponent's power, making An Sheng's defense more handy.

However, it is also obvious that just being able to complete the defense does not allow him to take the initiative to score. Kubler then forced a direct attack through fast running and the application of sliding steps.

But for this, An Sheng had expected it a long time ago, and used his backhand to make a bounce ball. The speed of the ball was not fast, but the landing point was very delicate, and he actually put a small ball in front of the net.

This time, Kubler was caught off guard. After he reacted, he didn't continue to chase, because he knew that he could no longer catch up.

From this ball, it can be roughly reflected that compared with the previous games, An Sheng has improved to a certain extent again. In addition to the rotation mentioned earlier, he also has more "putting small balls". Such an offensive method.

In fact, Anson's defensive counterattack tactics can only be considered truly formed after adding rotation and diversified counterattack methods.

However, this is just a relatively complete prototype of tactics, and there is still a long way to go before the final requirements of Coach Fortes and the upper limit of his tactics.

But as far as this game is concerned, it has already given An Sheng the ability to compete with Kubler.

Of course, even so, An Sheng is still slightly weaker in terms of winning probability, and at this level, he is already unable to advance, and can only do his best.

(End of this chapter)