tennis giant

Chapter 325 Comeback Again
The game continues.

"Oh!"

An Sheng sent his second ball in this match. Compared with the previous one, the speed of the ball was faster and the angle was more tricky. Obviously, this time, An Sheng had no reservations.

Relying on the serve to deal with Sock was also An Sheng's first thought.

However, Sock is not a "partial" player. His spin is very strong, but his ability to return is not weak.

Therefore, although An Sheng's powerful serve can pose a certain threat to Sock, it is not fatal.

Sure enough, Sock immediately completed the hair extension, and he was quite calm.

Seeing that the serve could not give him enough advantage, An Sheng wanted to use the strong attack on the first shot to limit Sock's performance.

An Sheng thought so and did the same thing.

Facing Sock's return, An Sheng hit a powerful forehand volley, hitting the opponent's forehand corner directly.

But it must be said that this is a clay court, which has a certain degree of weakening effect on Ansheng's offensive attack. In addition, he can also use sliding steps.

This also led to the threat of An Sheng's strong attack still not being big enough.

Immediately afterwards, Sock used his sliding step to reach the hitting position in time, and hit a high-spin topspin ball again as a counterattack.

And An Sheng, who had already made a prediction, had no choice but to take two steps back. Otherwise, his hitting point would be too high and he would not be able to exert force at all.

But even so, facing Sock's topspin, it was still difficult for An Sheng to play, and his distance from the bottom line weakened his offensiveness to a certain extent.

And once his offensiveness is not enough to pose enough threats to Sock, then the game will be forced to enter a stalemate, and then Sock will control the situation.

In the end, under the pressure of Sock, An Sheng made a mistake in returning the ball and lost another point.

I have to say that at this time, An Sheng really encountered a big trouble. He couldn't deal with Sock's topspin, which made him very passive in the stalemate.

"Oh!"

On the next ball, An Sheng suddenly sent a sneak attack from the inside corner, but he still wanted to make a fuss about the serve.

But in the end, it was still useless. Sock was very alert and focused, and it was impossible for An Sheng to have a chance to succeed in the sneak attack.

Immediately afterwards, An Sheng made a strong attack, but was also blocked by Sock.

Afterwards, the two sides entered a stalemate again. An Sheng was still restrained by Sock, and retreated outside the bottom line, making it difficult to play offensively.

Under such circumstances, there is only the last possibility left for Anson to score, that is, Sock made an unforced error on his own initiative.

But is it possible?
It might be possible, but the probability is too low. It is impossible for An Sheng to rely on this method to win the game.

After that, there was no accident. An Sheng insisted on six shots, but on the seventh shot, he was forced to make a mistake in returning the ball and lost another point.

In this way, Sock has already won three break points.

And in the fourth ball of the first game, An Sheng also failed to hold back. He missed four balls in a row and was easily broken by Sock.

After that, the game became one-sided, with Sock completely gaining the upper hand and even dominating the game.

Fortunately, when he was completely behind, An Sheng gradually calmed down. In other words, his desire to win overcame all other factors that disturbed his thoughts, allowing him to devote himself wholeheartedly to the game.

First of all, he must admit the fact that on clay courts, using spin is indeed more appropriate than other methods.

The reason why he didn't really recognize this before was because he hadn't really encountered a spin master like Sock on the field.

Even Tim, who is known as the "Prince of Clay", actually prefers violent attacks instead of using rotation to entangle.

In addition, due to the situation, An Sheng had to correct his mentality. Even though he already knew that he was no worse than Sock in terms of the hard power of both sides, there was no way. Sock was obviously better at fighting on clay courts. .

Therefore, if he wants to recognize his identity as a "weak person", he should be counseled when he should.

And after he figured out these reasons, his tactics changed quickly, and he began to implement the tactics he is currently best at, that is, defensive counterattack!

"Oh!"

The game has reached the seventh game, and Ansheng is still serving.

And Sock's current state is still very good. Facing An Sheng's serve, he easily completed the return.

Then, unlike before, An Sheng was not in a hurry to attack. Instead, he used his forehand to hit a diagonal topspin.

What is certain is that An Sheng's rotation is definitely not as good as Sock.

But this is only caused by the difference in the way of gripping the racket and the way of swinging the racket. However, in terms of technology and strength, An Sheng is actually not inferior to Sock.

Therefore, although An Sheng's topspin is not as good as Sock's, the effect is still good, at least it is very safe, and it can also limit Sock's hitting strength to a certain extent.

In fact, Facing An Sheng's good-quality topspin ball, Sock also had to adjust his position and retreated outside the baseline, thus increasing the difficulty of his hitting and correspondingly reducing his return. of threat.

Of course, Sock's counterattack is still the top spin ball he is good at.

And An Sheng is not in a hurry. In the forehand position, he just uses the topspin to deal with it, and in the backhand position, he has a very powerful chipping hand, which is enough for him to fight against Sock.

In this way, during the stalemate between the two sides, although Ansheng still did not have the upper hand, he did not have such a big disadvantage. Compared to before, the situation was much better.

In other words, An Sheng, who has a correct attitude and patience, is already able to carry Sock, and he has the foundation to defeat the opponent.

On this basis, if An Sheng wants to go further and gain an advantage, then all he can rely on is his counterattack.

Going back to the shot just now, both sides were very patient and tenacious, and they stalemate for six or seven shots. But then, Sock exposed his weakness that was not a weakness, and that was his backhand.

What he uses is the two-handed backhand technique, and his strength is also very strong. However, compared with his forehand, there is still a certain gap, especially in terms of flexibility.

In other words, his backhand can only show its full strength when the steps are in place.

In the next shot confrontation, Facing another high-quality backhand chip shot by An Sheng, Sock's backhand shot did not achieve good results. The speed of the ball slowed down significantly, and its rotation speed, Also dropped a notch.

There is no doubt that this is the opportunity An Sheng has been waiting for to fight back!
I saw that An Sheng, who was originally staying one meter away from the bottom line, rushed into the court extremely decisively after making an accurate judgment, and used his backhand to hit a straight line attack.

This is the advantage of the one-handed backhand technique. Its flexibility is much higher than that of the one-handed backhand.

In the face of An Sheng's sudden acceleration, it was difficult for Sock to keep up with the rhythm.

What's more, An Sheng counterattacked in a straight line, and the quality was quite high. Even if Sock reacted, he might not be able to catch up.

"Nice!"

An Sheng was very excited to score this point, because it meant that he had gradually found a way to deal with Sock.

However, Sock should not be underestimated. His game experience is definitely richer than An Sheng's, and his judgment and sense of the game situation are also quite sensitive.

As for the loss of the last ball, Sock immediately found the key point, that is, his backhand. Therefore, in the confrontation of the next ball, he consciously aimed at An Sheng's forehand position.

To put it simply, Sock was already wary of Ansheng's backhand slice, so he instead targeted his forehand.

His thinking was actually correct, because in terms of forehand strength, especially on this clay court, An Sheng was indeed slightly weaker than the opponent.

However, the gap is not big, at least Ansheng can handle it.

What's more, the biggest advantage, or function, of topspin is not its offensiveness. Even if Sock's spin is strong enough, it can't change this.

Therefore, An Sheng has the ability to withstand Sock's forehand attack, and he also has the spare power to actively change the line.

To be more clear, even if Sock specifically targets Anson's forehand position, he cannot completely avoid the confrontation of the backhand position.

And the subsequent facts also proved that Sock's targeting did not achieve very good results.

However, in this first set, Sock's advantage in the early stage was too great, and in the end, he still won the victory.

But when the game came to the second set, the two sides played much more anxiously and tiredly, because both sides played very patiently and tenaciously.

More importantly, An Sheng, who was able to resist Sock in the front and had a deadly counterattack ability, had gradually turned the game around and gained the upper hand.

Although his advantages are not particularly obvious, he is indeed taking control of the situation step by step and has more initiative.

Moreover, under such circumstances, Sock did not come up with more weapons or better response tactics.

This point may be a barrier to restricting Sock to a higher level. His skills and tactics are too simple. It can even be said that he has no other better means except "turn".

As a result, after more than an hour of fierce fighting, Ansheng won the second set relatively smoothly.

When the game reached the third set, the situation on the court became even more obvious. Ansheng, whose condition improved again, completely controlled the game situation in his hands.

In the end, An Sheng once again completed the comeback. After losing a set first, he won two sets in a row, defeated the No. 2 seed Sock with a score of 1 to 5, and advanced to the semi-finals!
(End of this chapter)