tennis giant

Chapter 335 Crack
At the beginning of the game, Goffin relied on his unique and powerful ability to give Ansheng a blow.

However, as a world-renowned top tennis player, Goffin's characteristics have actually been known to everyone for a long time, and many other players, or tactical commentators, have proposed ways to deal with it.

To put it simply, it is to take the initiative to attack and force Goffin to not be in place when returning the ball, so he will naturally not be able to play the ultimate "head-on hit".

Of course, it's easy to say, but hard to do. Otherwise, how could Goffin "live" to this day?

Besides, besides hitting the ball forward, does Goffin have no other skills?
Let's not talk about these for now, let's go back to the game first.

"Oh!"

Goffin's serve is still pursuing the angle and landing point, but in fact, in terms of strength, he is definitely trying his best, but because of his physical defects, when it is manifested, it is not too prominent.

And since he is exerting force, it is difficult to guarantee the stability of his serve.

What's more, while he exerts force, he also needs to ensure high control and hit a good enough angle, so the difficulty of such a serve can be imagined.

Therefore, overall, Goffin's first-serve success rate is not very high, and serving has never been his strong point.

For example, in this shot just now, there were some flaws in Goffin's serve. Although the angle was still good, the ball speed was too slow. It seemed that he was not in the right position when he swung the racket.

And An Sheng, who was staring at the other party with all his heart, immediately came to an accurate judgment, and without even thinking about it, he rushed forward.

There is no doubt that An Sheng is going to launch a strong attack.

The reason why he was so decisive that he rushed forward without even thinking about it was naturally because he had already made a decision in his heart, and once he found an opportunity, he must attack first.

However, in order to ensure its success rate, An Sheng did not fully exert his strength in this strong return attack. He just hit a relatively large angle and attacked Goffin's backhand corner.

At this time, Goffin had to run, and he didn't have such a good opportunity to use his forward shot.

Sure enough, after being attacked by An Sheng, Goffin's return of the ball was not so fast. In addition to his strength value, it was indeed a little weaker, resulting in his return of the ball, and the speed of the ball was not fast enough.

Of course, for Goffin, he encounters this kind of situation frequently, and the solution is to rely on his fast running ability and unusual touch to stay on the line and landing point as much as possible. Make a fuss about it.

Therefore, in this shot, Goffin actively chose to change the line and transfer the ball to An Sheng's forehand.

And if he is facing an ordinary opponent, then his change of line this time can already make him switch from defense to offense. Even if he doesn't, it can also weaken the opponent's next fearful offensiveness to a large extent.

However, An Sheng is no ordinary opponent. His other abilities may not be outstanding among these top players, but his mental attributes, or his ability to predict, are excellent enough.

Just like Goffin's super touch, An Sheng's predictive ability is his current strongest weapon.

At the moment when Goffin took action, Ansheng accurately judged his intention, then quickly started, got in time, and hit a powerful forehand thrust, directly attacking the opponent's forehand corner.

And even if Goffin's mobility is very strong, even if this is a clay court, facing such a huge span and such a high ball speed, he still cannot catch up.

On the next shot, An Sheng used the same method. When receiving the serve, he relied on his predictive ability to play aggressively first, thus destroying Goffin's batting rhythm.

After that, he firmly grasped the initiative and used his powerful offense to complete the score.

In this way, the score of the first game between the two sides came to 30 to 30.

Seeing that Anson's offense was so active and the success rate so high, Goffin responded quickly.

"Oh!"

On the next ball, An Sheng still gained a certain advantage in the serving and receiving link, and then he also launched an attack according to the normal thinking.

But this time, he failed to score, and it wasn't because of an unforced error in his offense, but because Goffin's bottom line defensive ability suddenly got a huge improvement. An Sheng was dragged to "death".

what happened?An Sheng couldn't think of the reason for a moment.

"Oh!"

With the next ball, An Sheng took the initiative in serving and receiving again, and launched an offensive smoothly.

On the other hand, Goffin, facing An Sheng's offensive, seemed quite embarrassed, being dragged back and forth, coupled with his own lack of strength, it was difficult to launch a strong counterattack.

However, no matter how passive the situation was, Goffin did not give up, and judging from the quality of his defensive return, it was actually not bad, at least it guaranteed the depth of his return, making it difficult for Ansheng to hit the winning shot.

In this way, the two sides formed a stalemate under the situation of one attack and one defense, and they fought for about ten shots.

But in the end, it was the passive side, that is, Goffin, who won the victory by this point. At the same time, this also allowed him to complete the first game.

Fortunately, An Sheng didn't lose this point in vain. A long shot was enough for him to discover Goffin's secret.

It is said to be a secret, but the reason is actually very simple. The reason why Goffin suddenly enhanced his defensive ability is because he took his position and took two steps back.

This gives him more reaction time. Coupled with his running ability and excellent touch, he can withstand Ansheng's offensive again and again.

After understanding this, An Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, because it still did not escape his control. He recalled that Thomas told him that in addition to his ability to hit the ball forward, Goffin's baseline defense Ability, that is also the top level.

However, please note that its strong defensive ability lies in the bottom line.

In other words, when the two sides are in a baseline stalemate, Goffin's defensive ability is very strong, but in other situations, it is not necessarily the case.

"Oh!"

Anson's serve is still strong, but Goffin's ability to return is not bad. Therefore, the two sides have smoothly transitioned the link of serving and receiving.

After that, An Sheng took advantage of the serve and used his forehand to hit a diagonal attack.

The quality of his offense is still good, with great strength, fast ball speed, and deep landing. However, Goffin still completed this defense, and his return is also of good quality. very deep.

And in the next shot, An Sheng took the initiative to make a change, and he played a trick. He first made a very open movement, as if to exert strength, but in the process of swinging the racket, he He made a slight pause, and then suddenly withdrew his strength.

It was a small ball, and it landed right in front of the net.

This move was beyond Goffin's expectations, and his position at this time was about one meter away from the baseline. Even if he reacted in time, he might not be able to catch up.

That is to say, a change in this length is to a large extent, which destroyed Goffin's defense and made him unable to take care of both ends.

After cracking Goffin's two major weapons, Anson also took the initiative in this game.

Although Goffin has always played very tenaciously, in the end, An Sheng still took the victory, and then advanced to the semi-finals of this Barcelona Open!

(End of this chapter)