tennis giant

Chapter 311 This level!

With the potential to win the championship, An Sheng should have been at his peak and full of confidence when he came to participate in the Sao Paulo Open.

But in fact, his condition was not very good, both mentally and physically.

This point was very clear in his first round of competition. Even though he was clearly superior in strength, he did not win so easily.

Fortunately, his desire to win is still very strong, and it is precisely because of this will that he was able to withstand the pressure and finally beat his opponent by a narrow margin.

But what made An Sheng feel a little strange, and what made him a little upset was that his performance was obviously not good enough, but everyone seemed to have gotten used to his slow-heating attributes, and didn't think there was anything unusual about him at all, even Feng Enhao and Xian Ti, I think so.

And this is probably one of the shortcomings of not having a coach. When something unusual happens to him, there is no one to remind him or consult him.

Everything can only be done by himself.

Soon, An Sheng ushered in his second round of the main match. His opponent was Monteiro from Brazil. The current ATP ranking is 88th.

From the ranking gap between the two sides, it can be easily concluded that Ansheng has a considerable advantage in terms of hard power.

That being the case, in terms of Anson's technical versatility and the stability of his performance, he can be said to be a sure thing in this game.

Even though An Sheng knows that his current game state is not very good, he is still very confident when facing opponents who are weaker than him and may not even have reached the 80 stage yet.

But in fact, this game was much more difficult than he imagined.

In the first set, as soon as the two sides met, An Sheng felt something was wrong. Monteiro's strength had definitely reached the 80th level, which was not consistent with his ranking.

However, An Sheng can also roughly judge that Monteiro's strength has probably just entered this stage, so his strength is still dominant.

Therefore, An Sheng adopted a style of play that was biased toward active attack, trying to control the initiative of the game.

Correspondingly, in this game, Monteiro has always adopted a defensive and counterattack style of play. I don't know if he gave up the initiative because he knew the strength gap between the two sides, or he himself likes to adopt Such tactics.

In this way, the two sides have a very "tacit understanding", forming a situation of one attack and one defense.

And so far, it can be said that everything is still within An Sheng's expectations, and because of the tactical choices of both sides, he easily took the initiative in the game.

Then, as long as Ansheng can perform at his normal level, the suspense of victory will be lost in this game.

But here lies the problem. An Sheng, who has always been very stable, has an accident this time.

In the game, he took the initiative to attack and made frequent mistakes, and these were unforced mistakes without pressure from the opponent.

In other words, it was not Monteiro who had the problem, but Anson himself.

Ansheng was naturally aware of this, but he couldn't find the reason for his abnormal performance. The pressure on him from the opponent was obviously not great, and his timing of attack was no problem, but he just couldn't play high-quality offense. And there were many mistakes.

This annoyed An Sheng very much, and it made him a little at a loss as to what to do.

After all, Monteiro adopted a defensive style of play, and it gave a lot of defensive loopholes and offensive opportunities. At this time, An Sheng must not not attack, right?
Therefore, even though he knew that he was in poor condition and made many offensive mistakes, Ansheng still insisted on taking the initiative to attack.

From this, it can also be generally seen that An Sheng's current mentality is actually not stable. He is a little impatient, and he is a little contemptuous of his opponents, without the calmness and calmness of the past.

Otherwise, after he has tried and failed, why can't he give up the opportunity to attack and give up the initiative in the game?
Or does he think he is stronger than the opponent, so for the sake of face, he must adopt an aggressive style of play?

This is unreasonable.

Under such circumstances, the result of the first game was self-evident. An Sheng, who was superior in strength and seemed to have the initiative, lost instead.

Fortunately, under the stimulation of failure, Ansheng finally came to his senses. He didn't really care about face. After all, this was a competition, and only the final winner had the so-called "face."

Therefore, when the game came to the second set, An Sheng gave up the active attacking style of play, and instead adopted a more secure defensive counterattack tactic.

More importantly, after discovering that Ansheng had reduced his offensive nature, Monteiro on the opposite side still stuck to his defensive tactics.

Plus, this is a clay court.

As a result, the game between the two sides turned into a "war of attrition."

Of course, whether it is An Sheng or Monteiro, they will counterattack when there is a good opportunity, but in this game, the quality of their counterattacks is relatively average, and it is difficult to cause damage to the opponent. deadly threat.

In such a situation, although An Sheng played very hard, his performance was much better than before.

All in all, his hard power is still stronger, and his basic skills are very solid. What's more, the pressure Monteiro put on him is really not great.

Therefore, An Sheng is still very stable in terms of just spending money. Coupled with his deliberate control, his mistakes are very few.

It was precisely because of this that Ansheng won the second set without a contest after a full hour of confrontation.

When the game came to the third set, Monteiro, who had realized that the situation was not right, made some changes, but he still adhered to his defensive strategy. However, after the previous two sets, He has also found a more suitable balance point.

To put it simply, he just played a little harder. Whether it was defense or counterattack, the quality was slightly improved, but he was able to control his turnover rate within a reasonable range.

In this way, its overall strength is increased.

On the contrary, An Sheng, he actually made a similar attempt, but he soon discovered that it was not feasible, and there was no more time for him to continue to try, so he could only maintain the original Tactical intensity.

In this way, in the third set, the two sides can be said to have played evenly, and it was hard to tell the winner.

In the end, the game was also dragged into the final tie-break.

In the tie-break, An Sheng fell behind for a while, and finally had to choose to take risks, trying to use a higher-quality counterattack to regain the situation.

Fortunately, An Sheng, who was in poor form throughout the game, finally played his due level in the last few minutes.

That is to say, relying on the normal performance in the last few minutes, An Sheng defeated Monteiro in a narrow and dangerous manner, thus advancing to the quarterfinals of this Sao Paulo Open.

But even though he won, there was no trace of joy on his face. You know, this is only the top eight, but he has already been forced to this point!
(End of this chapter)